Patents Examined by Nader J Alhawamdeh
  • Patent number: 11075493
    Abstract: The application provides an electrical connector, which includes: an insulating body; a conductive body; and a plurality of grounding terminals and a plurality of signal terminals. A plurality of L-shaped protrusions are arranged on the conductive body, a row of L-shaped protrusions are formed between every two adjacent terminal rows, the L-shaped protrusion includes a short edge portion and a long edge portion, the short edge portion is electrically connected to the corresponding grounding terminal by a second end of the short edge portion, and the long edge portion isolates a part of differential signal terminal pairs in adjacent terminal rows that are at least partially overlapped in the column direction. By such electrical connector, the differential signal terminal pairs may be shielded well to avoid crosstalk interference, a common-ground effect is achieved between the grounding terminals, and overall operational effectiveness of the electrical connector is effectively improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: STARCONN ELECTRONIC (Su Zhou) Co., LTD
    Inventors: Sanyo Lin, Fu Su, Maoshan Chen, Kai Wu
  • Patent number: 11070013
    Abstract: A connector assembly having an outer ground contact and a one piece over-molded housing and a method of assembly. The outer ground contact has an outer contact socket portion and an outer contact termination portion. The outer contact termination portion has openings which extend through a wall of the outer contact termination portion. The one piece over-molded housing has a nose cone portion, an inner dielectric portion and transition portions which extend between the nose cone portion and the inner dielectric portion. The nose cone portion is positioned outside of the outer contact termination portion. The inner dielectric portion positioned inside of the outer contact termination portion. The transition portions extend from the nose cone portion, through the openings, to the inner dielectric portion. The positioning of the transition portions in the openings securely mounts the outer grounding contact to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Corporation
    Inventor: Christian Perry Brandt
  • Patent number: 11063386
    Abstract: A connector is provided with terminals, stoppers, and a socket insulator. The stoppers are attached to the respective terminals and are housed together with the terminals in the housing parts of the socket insulator. The stoppers are provided with parts to be locked, and lock spring parts that support the parts to be locked. Locking parts and operation parts are formed on the socket insulator. When the stoppers are housed in the housing parts, the locking parts are located rearward of the parts to be locked, and the locking parts restrict rearward movement of the stoppers. The operation parts can be operated in a prescribed direction that intersects the longitudinal direction. When operated, the operation parts cause the parts to be locked to move in the prescribed direction, and the restriction applied by the locking parts to the parts to be locked in released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Yasukazu Itou, Katsuhiko Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 11056816
    Abstract: An electrical terminal includes a terminal body and a mounting portion. The terminal body includes a front end, a rear end, and two lateral edges opposite to each other. The front end and the rear end are arranged opposite to each other, and the two lateral edges are connected to the front end and the rear end. The terminal body further includes one or more bending wings formed on one of the two lateral edges. The bending wing is provided with a notch, one side of the notch corresponding to the front end is closed. The mounting portion is extended from the rear end, and the mounting portion is provided with a fixing member. An electrical connector is also disclosed, which includes the electrical terminal provided with the notch to achieve the fixing operation of the electrical terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yung-Chih Hung
  • Patent number: 11056802
    Abstract: Provided is a connector configured to sufficiently prevent foreign matter from entering from outside by controlling the surface pressure of the fillers. The connector (10) according to the present disclosure includes a pair of a first fitting object (16) and a second fitting object (30) capable of being fitted together; fillers (70) provided in the first fitting object (16) and the second fitting object (30), respectively; and a pressing portion provided, in a protruding manner, to an inner surface of at least one of the first fitting object (16) and the second fitting object (30). The pressing portion presses a corresponding one of the fillers toward the other one of the fillers provided in the other fitting object when the first fitting object (16) and the second fitting object (30) are fitted together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
    Inventors: Tetsuya Hata, Shigeki Ohara
  • Patent number: 11050200
    Abstract: A power connector assembly with hermaphroditic power connectors. The housing and the terminals of first and second mating power connectors may have like mating interfaces. The first power connector may include a plurality of first terminals, where the mating portion of each first terminal of the plurality of first terminals includes a first flat portion, and a first bent portion coupled to the first flat portion and including a first set of fingers parallel to the first flat portion. The second power connector may include a plurality of second terminals, where each second terminal of the plurality of second terminals includes a mating portion with a second flat portion, and a second bent portion coupled to the second flat portion and including a second set of fingers parallel to the second flat portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: FCI USA LLC
    Inventor: James M. Sabo
  • Patent number: 11050196
    Abstract: Embodiments of present disclosure relate to a power cable connector, an electrical system and a method for assembling a power cable connector. The power cable connector comprises a housing comprising a first portion adapted to contain a conductive plug inserted therethrough. The power cable connector also comprises a first layer arranged on at least a part of an inner wall of the housing. The power cable connector further comprises a second layer arranged on the first layer so that the first layer is at least partially located between the inner wall of the housing and the second layer. The power cable connector further comprises a passive wireless measuring apparatus embedded into the second layer, wherein in the case that the conductive plug is inserted into the first portion, a surface of the passive wireless measuring apparatus is coupled to the conductive plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Fumei Wu, Yibo Zhang, Qing Yang
  • Patent number: 11050174
    Abstract: When an electric connector assembly is in a connector fitting state, a distance from a receptacle protruding wall first end surface on one end side of a receptacle housing in a longitudinal direction to an inner surface of a receptacle end wall on the other end side and a distance from a plug end wall first inner surface on one end side of a plug housing in the longitudinal direction to an outer surface of a plug end wall on the other end side are equal to each other at an optional position in an upper-lower direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Midorikawa
  • Patent number: 11050125
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module, including two or more battery cells, each including an electrode terminal; a connecting member, wherein the electrode terminals of adjacent battery cells are connected by the connecting member; and a clamping-sampling member, including a wire connection portion for fixing a wire harness and a clamping portion, wherein one end of the clamping portion is connected with the wire connection portion and the other end of the clamping portion clamps the connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xianchun Zhu, Hua Cao, Chong Wang, Mu Qian, Shixin Wu
  • Patent number: 11043769
    Abstract: A first inner housing and a second inner housing are combined to form a combined inner housing, in which the first inner housing having a plurality of mutually independent insertion holes is formed of a first dielectric or an electric conductor, and the second inner housing having a plurality of mutually independent terminal-housing chambers is formed of a second dielectric. Terminals of a twisted-pair cable are inserted and housed one-to-one in the terminal-housing chambers of the combined inner housing. The twist-released sections of sheathed cables of the twisted-pair cable are inserted and housed one-to-one in the insertion holes of the combined inner housing. The combined inner housing is covered with a shield member, and the combined inner housing and the shield member are housed in an outer housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, SMK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isao Kameyama, Tomohiro Imamura, Shogo Uehara, Yasuo Yoshiura, Shuichi Uruwashi, Shinya Okumura
  • Patent number: 11038301
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a plurality of circuit boards and a bracket retaining the plurality of circuit boards. The circuit boards each have a plugging portion to be plugged into a mating connector and each have a first main face facing a second main face of an adjacent circuit board of the plurality of circuit boards. The bracket retains the plurality of circuit boards with the plugging portions facing downward and with each of the circuit boards capable of making a predetermined amount of independent movement in a pair of directions in a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Tatsuki Watanabe, Katsuhiko Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11031740
    Abstract: A ground terminal is integrally formed with one ground coupling member extending in a width direction; a housing is integrally formed with a signal terminal, the ground terminal, and the ground coupling member by insert molding; the signal terminal has a contact portion that comes into contact with a counterpart signal terminal and a tail portion soldered to a core wire of a coaxial cable exposed from the housing; the ground coupling member includes a shield connecting portion that is exposed from the housing on a rear side of the tail portion of the signal terminal and soldered to a shield of the coaxial cable; and the ground terminal has a portion other than the contact portion embedded in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Yoshiteru Nogawa, Toshihiro Niitsu
  • Patent number: 11031711
    Abstract: An electrical connector disposed on a circuit board is provided. The electrical connector includes a terminal set having a plurality of terminals, a first insulator, at least one second insulator, and a third insulator. Each of the terminals has a contact portion, a soldering portion connecting to the circuit board, and a bending portion connected between the contact portion and the soldering portion. The first insulator is structurally integrated with the contact portions. The second insulator is structurally integrated with the terminals and is located between the bending portions and the soldering portions. The third insulator is locked with the second insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Min-Lung Chien, Fan-Cheng Huang, Ying-Te Lin
  • Patent number: 11024995
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly including an electrical connecting member, at least one connector, and at least one metal cover is provided. The connector is disposed at and electrically connected to the electrical connecting member. The metal cover is disposed on the electrical connecting member, such that the electrical connecting member is located between the metal cover and the connector, and the connector is covered by the electrical connecting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Min-Lung Chien, Ta-Teh Meng, Wen-Yu Wang, Yu-Chai Yeh, Ping Shi, Jizhou Li
  • Patent number: 11018442
    Abstract: Provided is a connector capable of enhancing contact reliability between a cable and a contact by improving press-contact accuracy of the cable by the contact. The connector (10) configured to clamp a core wire of a cable by a press-contact portion includes: a pair of fitting objects fitted to each other; a contact (50) provided in the fitting objects and having a pair of press-contact portions; a first partition wall (18b1) formed in one of the fitting objects; and a second partition wall (33) formed in another one of the fitting objects, in which a pair of press-contact portions of the contact (50) are spaced apart from each other and are separated by the first partition wall (18b1) and the second partition wall (33) in a pair of fitting objects fitted to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuya Hata, Shigeki Ohara
  • Patent number: 11011870
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a first connector, a second connector and a connector assembly having the first connector and the second connector. The first connector comprises an insulating base, two first conductive members fixed on the insulating base, a first magnetic attraction ring sheathing the insulating base, and a switch assembly fixed in the insulating base. The second connector comprises an insulating body, two second conductive members fixed on the insulating body, a second magnetic attraction ring sheathing an outer circumference of the insulating body, and a cover further sheathing an outer circumference of the second magnetic attraction ring. The first connector and the second connector can achieve a function of 360 degree mating and charging. The first connector integrates charging function and switch function which can save one connector, save space and cost in a small electronic device, facilitates miniaturization of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Teng Fei Zhang, Feng Chen, Hao Yin
  • Patent number: 11013131
    Abstract: A shielding cover is provided. The shielding cover is adapted to be disposed on a circuit board and covers at least one electronic element. The shielding cover includes a cover body and a first spacer. The cover body includes a top sheet and a plurality of sidewalls, wherein a plurality of sidewall connecting portions are formed on the sidewalls. The first spacer includes a first spacer body, a first connection portion and a second connection portion, wherein the first connection portion and the second connection portion are formed on two ends of the first spacer body, and the first connection portion and the second connection portion are detachably connected to the sidewall connecting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: WISTRON NEWEB CORP.
    Inventors: Jen-Yung Chang, Tiao-Ming Hsu
  • Patent number: 11005207
    Abstract: A plug-and-socket connector for an electrical plug-and-socket connection that has the plug-and-socket connector and a mating connector associated with the plug-and-socket connector as a mating part to which the plug-and-socket connector can be attached in a plug-in direction, wherein the plug-and-socket connector has a housing and multiple electrical plug-in contacts that are arranged at least partially in the housing and that are arranged side by side in a row direction, wherein a first housing wall of the housing, which is arranged parallel to a plane spanned by the plug-in direction and the row direction, adjoins a second housing wall of the housing, which faces in the plug-in direction and is arranged at an angle to the first housing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Rudolf Mastel, Marcel Pahl, Henning Meier, Philipp Ober-Woerder
  • Patent number: 11005212
    Abstract: A torque sleeve includes sleeve body configured to extend along an axis. The sleeve body is further configured to at least partially receive a coupling member of a coaxial cable connector. The sleeve body has an outer surface configured to permit a user to tighten the coupling member to an interface port up to a first torque, and the sleeve body includes a pair of opposed cutouts configured to receive a tightening tool so as to permit the tightening tool to grip the coupling member and tighten the coupling member to an interface port up to a second torque, the second torque being greater than the first torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Harold J. Watkins, Steve Stankovski, Daniel Daoust
  • Patent number: 11005201
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a connector for flat conducting wires that is directed into the insertion opening, the front end comes in contact with the first locking protrusion and the second locking protrusion of the connector, respectively causing the first elastic arm and the second elastic arm to deform, thereby causing the first operating part and the second operating part to move towards the third surface until the indented notches correspond to the first locking protrusion and the second locking protrusion, which subsequently causes the first elastic arm and the second elastic arm to return to their former position by means of elastic force, latch-locking the front end of the flat conducting wire in the accommodating space, and through exerting an external force on the upper portion of the first operating part and the upper portion of the second operating part to unlatch and separate from the accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: P-TWO INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventor: Shien-Chang Lin