Patents Examined by Matthew T Dzierzynski
  • Power distribution branch unit and vehicle
    Patent number: 10707607
    Abstract: In a case of a power distribution branch unit used in a vehicle or the like, one end of a branch wiring is connected to an exposed part of a main covered cable (a part where a core wire is exposed without an insulation cover). Branch couplers are connected to the other ends of the branch wiring and fixed to the case so as to be exposed to an outside. At least one retainer is disposed inside a hole part that is formed in the case and fixes the main covered cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Miharu Muramatsu, Hiroo Yamaguchi
  • Electrical connector
    Patent number: 10700460
    Abstract: An electrical connector adapted to electrically connect with a mating electrical connector comprises a housing, a cable having a plurality of wires and a plurality of cladding layers each covering one of the plurality of wires, an electrical connection assembly electrically connected to the plurality of wires, and a first molded member adapted to be inserted into the housing in a plug-in manner in an extension direction of the cable. The electrical connection assembly is inserted into the housing and configured to be electrically connected with the mating electrical connector. The first molded member is molded on both a portion of the wires on which the cladding layers are not stripped and a portion of the wires on which the cladding layers are stripped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xian Li, Xinjie Zhang, Xin Song
  • Connection terminal and electrical connector
    Patent number: 10680375
    Abstract: A connection terminal is provided and includes a body, a welding pin, a first stop, a second stop, and a third stop. The body includes a pair of planar surfaces and a pair of side surfaces. The welding pin extends from an end of the body. The first stop extends outwardly from one of the pair of side surfaces, while the second stop extends outwardly from another of the pair of side surfaces. The third stop protrudes outwardly from one of pair of planar surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Chaofan Li, Hongbo Zhang, Yongjia Wang
  • Press-fit terminal and electronic device including press-fit terminal
    Patent number: 10680360
    Abstract: A press-fit terminal includes a bar part and a deformation part provided at an end portion of the bar part. The deformation part includes a recess, a front boundary portion and a rear boundary portion. The recess is provided between a front end portion of the deformation part and the end portion of the bar part. The front boundary portion defines a boundary between the recess and a surface of the deformation part adjacent to the front end portion of the deformation part. The rear boundary portion defines a boundary between the recess and the surface of the deformation part adjacent to the end portion of the bar part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yuki Yagyu
  • Card edge connector assembly
    Patent number: 10680363
    Abstract: A card edge connector assembly includes a card edge connector having a housing defining a card slot and holding contacts to electrically connect to a pluggable module and a host circuit board. The card edge connector assembly includes a guide cover having a main body including a first side wall between first and second end walls. The main body defines a center cavity receiving the housing and the pluggable module. The guide cover has a first alignment channel between the center cavity and the first end wall and a second alignment channel between the center cavity and the second end wall. The alignment channels are configured to receive alignment posts of the pluggable module prior to the card slot receiving the pluggable module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael John Phillips, Randall Robert Henry
  • Electric current conducting assembly
    Patent number: 10673220
    Abstract: The technology relates to an electric current conducting assembly, more specifically with the incorporation of a dead end shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Pole Line Innovations LLC
    Inventor: Gary Schumann
  • Actuator
    Patent number: 10665992
    Abstract: An actuator capable of enhancing versatility is provided. The actuator prevents a charging connector from coming off a power receiving connector, and includes: a hollow housing; and a driving mechanism that is housed in the housing. The driving mechanism includes: an electric motor; a cam member that is driven by the electric motor; and a lock pin that interlocks with the cam member and moves from an initial position to a restricting position where the charging connector is prevented from coming off. A rotation axis of the cam member is arranged substantially perpendicular to a reference plane defined by a line segment running in the direction of plugging the charging connector and a line segment extending from the housing toward the power receiving connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: MURAKAMI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroya Miwa, Akira Fukai, Fumitaka Kitagawa
  • Cable connector and cable termination
    Patent number: 10665971
    Abstract: Cable connectors for connecting two multicore cables are provided including a clamping sleeve, having a ceramic insulator with openings on each side of the sleeve, for accommodating core conductors. The clamping sleeve includes contact inserts passing through the clamping sleeve. Clamping elements are provided to clamp the core conductors to the contact inserts to electrically connect the multicore cables. The cable connector has a heat shrink tube that surrounds the clamping sleeve and the cables. Furthermore, cable termination including a clamping sleeve with a ceramic insulator with openings for core conductors is provided. Contact inserts are situated behind the openings to clamp the core conductors on the contact inserts establishing mechanical fixing of the core conductors on the clamping sleeve. The cable termination includes a heat shrink tube as according to the first aspect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Woertz Engineering AG
    Inventors: Tamas Onodi, Andreas Dreier
  • Automatic ejection mechanism of connecting device
    Patent number: 10651587
    Abstract: An automatic ejection mechanism of a connecting device includes an outer shell defining an accommodating space and including a rear cover covering a rear end of the accommodating space, a connector slidably received within the accommodating space, a fastening assembly located between the connector and the rear cover, and a resilient member located between the connector and the rear cover. The resilient member drives the connector to slide toward an opening of a front end of the accommodating space. The connector is received within the accommodating space by being fastened to the connector. The connector is ejected out of the opening of the front end by releasing the fastener from the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ze-Min Wu, Zhan-Sheng Lu, Yu-Chun Sun
  • Electrical junction box provided with relief terminal portion
    Patent number: 10651639
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical junction box including a relief terminal portion having a structure in which the relief terminal portion can be constituted with a small number of parts and high space efficiency. The electrical junction box includes: a box body; and a power supply distribution bus bar that is disposed in the box body and includes a power supply input terminal portion and power supply branch terminal portions that are connected by a plate-shaped conducting portion. The relief terminal portion is constituted by at least a portion of the plate-shaped conducting portion of the power supply distribution bus bar being disposed in a state of protruding from the outer surface of the box body and exposed to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Shiraki
  • Connector with front retainer
    Patent number: 10644447
    Abstract: A connector (10) is connectable to a mating connector (50) including a plurality of resin walls (54) formed to be open forward and having a plurality of mating terminals (60) individually fixed inside the respective resin walls (54). The connector (10) includes a plurality of terminals (40) to be connected to the plurality of mating terminals (60) and a housing (20) having the plurality of terminals (40) accommodated in a movable state inside. The plurality of terminals (40) are connected to the mating terminals (60) while being respectively positioned by the plurality of resin walls (54) at the time of connection to the mating connector (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuya Nishio, Kiyokazu Sakaguchi
  • Drain structure, terminal block, and on-vehicle device
    Patent number: 10644418
    Abstract: An on-vehicle device has a device box accommodating a device body; a terminal block attached to an upper wall of the device box; and a wire harness electrically connected to the device body through this terminal block. The terminal block adopts a drain structure, and this drain structure is provided with: the upper wall of the device box; a housing body attached to the side of an outer surface of the upper wall; a drain outlet passing through a bottom wall of the housing body; and a drain ditch formation portion for forming a drain ditch from this drain outlet to the outside of the housing body. In the drain ditch formation portion, an outer surface of the bottom wall is formed so as to be separated from the outer surface of the upper wall by a dimension of a gap where a capillary phenomenon occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kawamura, Naoki Isaka
  • Connector
    Patent number: 10644416
    Abstract: A connector (C) includes a housing (60), a terminal fitting (10) and a retainer (80). The housing (60) includes a cavity (64) extending in a front-rear direction and a retainer insertion hole (72) intersecting and communicating with the cavity and open in an outer surface. The terminal fitting (10) is inserted into the cavity (64) from behind, and a stabilizer configured to guide an inserting operation into the cavity (64) and restrict the inserting operation in an erroneous posture projects on an outer side. The retainer (80) is inserted into the retainer insertion hole (72) and include a retaining portion (85) configured to face the stabilizer from behind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Keisuke Kanemura, Shohei Mitsui, Hidekazu Matsuda, Yuichi Nakanishi, Ai Hirano
  • Metal leaf spring structure of electrical connection terminal
    Patent number: 10622730
    Abstract: A metal leaf spring structure of electrical connection terminal includes a main body. The main body has a base section defined with a first end and a second end. The first end is connected with a first section and a locating section. The second end is connected with a bight section and a reciprocally movable second section. The locating section is positioned in the reciprocally moving path of the second section to setup a moving endpoint of the second section. The metal leaf spring structure of electrical connection terminal improves the shortcomings of the conventional metal leaf spring that the conductive wire cannot be plugged into the terminal by a precise angle so that the metal leaf spring is over-bent to affect the pressing and securing effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: Switchlab Inc., Switchlab (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Wu, Chang Han Lee
  • Insertion tool for right-angled RF connectors
    Patent number: 10615559
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a shaft, a slide lock, and a pin. The shaft includes a first end, a second end opposite the first end and a middle portion between the first end and the second end. The first end includes an enclosure. The middle portion includes a tapered hole. The tapered hole is tapered in a direction from the first end to the second end. The slide lock is disposed over the shaft. The pin is disposed through the tapered hole and coupled to the slide lock. The movement of the slide lock is coupled to movement of the pin within the tapered hole of the shaft. The position of the pin within the tapered hole corresponds to an amount of opening of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventor: Wesley S. Owen
  • Electrical cable assembly
    Patent number: 10615524
    Abstract: An electrical cable assembly includes a plurality of electrical cables, and a plurality of interposers configured to be mounted to a substrate at a first end, and mounted to electrical conductors of the electrical cables at a second end that is offset from the first end. The electrical cable assembly further includes an alignment housing that supports the interposers, and further defines a conduit to receive the drain wires of the electrical cables that are mounted to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: FCI USA LLC
    Inventor: Charles M. Gross
  • Connection structure between flat cable and electronic circuit board
    Patent number: 10608359
    Abstract: A connection structure between a flat cable and an electronic circuit board includes an electronic circuit board; a cable connection hole formed to penetrate the electronic circuit board; a plurality of internal contacts provided on an inner surface of the cable connection hole; and a flat cable provided with a plurality of contacts which correspond to the plurality of internal contacts of the cable connection hole and are exposed to one side surface of the flat cable. When one end of the flat cable is inserted into the cable connection hole of the electronic circuit board, the plurality of contacts of the flat cable are in contact with the plurality of internal contacts of the cable connection hole, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-soo Kim
  • Undersea cable connector with internal debonding prevention
    Patent number: 10608371
    Abstract: An electrical connector for joining a cable to a cathodically protected body in a marine environment includes a connector body having a terminal connector for joining to the cathodically protected body and a mounting portion for receiving the cable. An elastomeric band is positioned around said connector body mounting portion and exerts radially compressive inward force thereupon. An encapsulant is formed around and bonded to said connector body mounting portion, said elastomeric band and the cable. A method for making the electrical connector is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas S Ramotowski
  • Contacting device for the transmission of electrical energy to a circuit board and method for the assembly of such a contacting device
    Patent number: 10601155
    Abstract: A contacting device has a housing in which a first contact element is arranged. The first contact element has a receiving chamber for a second contact element, which is open with respect to at least one opening of the housing. The first contact element is displaceable relative to the housing in a direction transverse to a central longitudinal axis of the receiving chamber against a spring element, so that the second contact element is insertable into the receiving chamber and capable of being clamped in the receiving chamber by the spring element. The first contact element is firmly connected to at least one plug-in contact element. By this device, a transmission of electrical energy from a power supply line to a circuit board can be achieved in simple and reliable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: WÜRTH ELEKTRONIK EISOS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Wladimir Werz
  • Electrical connector
    Patent number: 10601162
    Abstract: An electrical connector is mounted on a circuit board for mating with a chip module. The electrical connector includes: an insulating body, provided with an accommodating hole; a conductive terminal, accommodated in the accommodating hole, and having a conducting portion; and an electrical conductor, provided below the conducting portion to be in contact with the conducting portion and electrically connected to the circuit board. The electrical conductor is received in a receiving groove of the insulating body. The positions of the electrical conductor and the conductive terminal are relatively fixed in a horizontal direction, and the electrical conductor is more wear-resistant. Thus, the electrical conductivity of the electrical conductor will not be affected due to the electrical conductor and the conductive terminal scratching with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Chien Chih Ho