Patents Examined by Neil Abram
  • Patent number: 10218133
    Abstract: Distal connector assemblies that are on the distal end of medical lead extensions provide increased rigidity by including a rigid holder that contains the electrical connectors. The electrical connectors are separated within the rigid holder by insulative spacers that may be individual items or may be formed from a compliant carrier that the electrical connectors may reside within where the carrier is positioned within the rigid holder. The rigid holder may also contain a set screw block defining set screw bore or the rigid holder may include an integral portion that defines a set screw bore. The integral portion may include a slot to allow a molding pin loaded with the electrical connectors and other components to be dropped into a cavity of the rigid holder. An overmold may be present to surround the rigid body containing the electrical connectors and insulative spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Scott M. Hanson, Joseph P. Ricci, Adam J. Rivard, Jonathan C. Sell
  • Patent number: 10218134
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes a metallic shell, an insulated housing, first receptacle terminals, second receptacle terminals, a shielding plate, and a terminal organizer. The insulated housing is in the receptacle cavity of the metallic shell. The first receptacle terminals are assembled with the insulated housing. The second receptacle terminals are assembled with the terminal organizer. The insulated housing and the terminal organizer are assembled with each other. The shielding plate is between the first receptacle terminals and the second receptacle terminals. The terminal organizer extends the fixation portion attaching to the front portions of the second receptacle terminals, so that the front portions of the second receptacle terminals are securely held on the tongue portion. Therefore, when the terminal organizer is deformed due to heating, the front portions of the second receptacle terminals can be still fixed on the tongue portion without being deflected upwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Long-Fei Chen, Hsu-Fen Wang
  • Patent number: 10211545
    Abstract: The invention provides systems and methods for power connection, which may be a sealed power connection. The sealed power connection may be used with an electric machine or any device that may require electrical and/or mechanical connection for power. The sealed power connection may provide an effective electrical connection while providing a robust mechanical connection. The electric machine or device may be fluid-sealed and/or fluid-cooled. The sealed power connection may provide for electrical insulation of the connection from the machine or device enclosure, and may also be sealed to provide for fluid sealing and/or internal fluid cooling of the electric machine or device, as well as fluid cooling of the connection. The sealed power connection may include a high electrical conductivity member in which a high strength insert is located. The insert may be internally threaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: CLEAN WAVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Rudolph Garriga, Michael Kubic
  • Patent number: 10205261
    Abstract: A connection terminal includes a contact member including a first contact unit having an arcuate outer periphery that is formed along an inner periphery of the female connector and is electrically connected to a female connector, and a second contact unit that is connected to the first contact unit and pushed outward in a radial direction by the male connector inside the internal space so as to be electrically connected to the male connector, and an uplift prevention unit that is locked not to move inward in the radial direction at an outer wall surface of the female connector and is configured to prevent an uplift of the first contact unit from the inner periphery of the female connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kengo Machida, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10199770
    Abstract: A connector includes a base member having a first surface facing a rear surface of a flexible substrate and a projection projecting from the first surface, and a contact which has a second surface facing a flexible conductor exposed on a front surface of the flexible substrate and a projection accommodating portion disposed in the second surface, the first surface of the base member coming into contact with the rear surface of the flexible substrate and the second surface of the contact coming into contact with the front surface of the flexible substrate, the projection being inserted into the projection accommodating portion with the flexible substrate being sandwiched therebetween, and an inner peripheral surface of the projection accommodating portion coming into contact with the flexible conductor in a direction parallel to the second surface to electrically connect the contact to the flexible conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsuya Komoto, Akihiro Matsunaga, Seiya Matsuo
  • Patent number: 10199760
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a substrate including a first surface facing a first direction, and a second surface facing a second direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction; a first connector arranged on the first surface, wherein the first connector includes a first hollow member extending in the first direction; a first movable conductive member inserted in the first hollow member and movable in the first direction; and a first elastic member for supporting the first movable conductive member; a second connector arranged on the second surface and aligned with the first connector in the first direction, wherein the second connector includes a second hollow member extending in the first direction, a second movable conductive member inserted into the second hollow member and movable in the first direction, and a second elastic member for supporting the second movable conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chungsoon Park, Junghyun Kang, Hyunmin Seo, Seung-Ho Lee, So-Young Lee
  • Patent number: 10194550
    Abstract: The application relates to a computer system including a housing, a first circuit board with at least one plug connector and a retrofittable second circuit board with at least one mating plug connector. During the retrofitting of the second circuit board a plug connection is produced. The plug connection includes at least one plug connector and the at least one mating plug connector. The computer system is characterized in that a fixing device is mounted in a region of the plug connection on the first circuit board and/or the second circuit board, which is configured to apply a force for connecting the plug connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Ralf-Peter Fietz, Rex Lee, Stanley Chuang
  • Patent number: 10193248
    Abstract: The present invention is an apparatus and method for allowing for the use of commercial dual inline memory module (DIMM) in high shock and vibration environments while preserving serviceability. This system extends the performance of the standard Joint Electron Device Engineering (JEDEC) memory connectors in said environments without sacrificing high speed electrical performance. The system provides a simple clip which locks the module in place using the standard connector latches preventing relative motion of the connector and the DIMM thereby insuring uninterrupted computational performance. The clip may be formed with resilient ends that snap onto pivotal latching devices to prevent inadvertent opening of these latching devices. The clips may also include bumper spacers (205) on their opposite faces to engage bumper spacers of adjacent clips to maintain the modules in proper orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Crystal Group, Inc.
    Inventors: James E Shaw, Rachel Manson, Chase Marsden, Robert Graham, Brent Sievers, Shawn Castillo
  • Patent number: 10193246
    Abstract: A socket for mating with the eyelet of a hot line clamp, an eye nut, an eye bolt, and a wing nut, the socket defining two slots for straddling and axially-rotating a bolt of the hot line clamp to tighten or loosen the hotline clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventors: James Tyler White, Shlomo Ben-Efraim
  • Patent number: 10181669
    Abstract: A pogo pin connector includes: a piston cylinder, a cylindrical piston with its bottom latched into the piston cylinder and capable of moving along the piston. cylinder axially; a needle head partially latched into the piston and capable of rotating freely in the piston, a spring installed between the needle head and the bottom of the piston cylinder for pushing the needle head to the outside, such that the top of the needle may protrude from the top of the needle head under the elastic effect of the spring. The needle head is latched to the top of the piston under the elastic effect of the spring and the top of the needle head protrudes from the piston to contact with a connecting member for an electrical conduction when there is no external pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: DONGGUAN C.C.P. CONTACT PROBES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tsung-Ming Tsai, Yu-Shou Lin, Shen-Yi Hsieh
  • Patent number: 10177506
    Abstract: A connecting-conductor is disclosed. The connecting-conductor may have a first conductor-element and a second conductor-element. Each conductor-element has a first end that is mechanically-connected and electrically-conductively connected to a resistor-element. The resistor-element has an electrical-insulating substrate, and a resistive material annularly disposed on at least part of the electrical-insulating substrate. The first end of each conductor-element is electrically-conductively connected to the resistive material. The first conductor does not touch the second conductor, and an electrical pathway is created via the resistive material from one of the conductor-elements to the other of the conductor-elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: API Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey D. Chereson
  • Patent number: 10170849
    Abstract: A receptacle connector is provided with a slider and a first securing metal fitting. The slider can slide between a locking position where the slider locks a plug connector and a lock releasing position where the slider is separated from the plug connector to an outer side in a longitudinal direction such that locking of the plug connector is released. The first securing metal fitting has the hook, and the slider has the first engageable part that engages with the hook to retain the slider in a selected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Daiki Tanaka, Yuji Naito, Naoto Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 10170867
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulation body having a base and a tongue located in a front end of the base, terminals arranged in upper and lower rows, and a middle grounding plate disposed in the base and extending to the tongue. Terminals in the upper and lower rows are arranged on upper and lower surfaces of the tongue, respectively. The middle grounding plate is located between the upper and lower rows of terminals, and having at least one first hole. An edge of each of two lateral sides of the middle grounding plate is inwardly depressed to form a first groove. The first hole is located between the two first grooves. The insulation body has a first insulation post and a second insulation post, the first insulation post protrudes into the first hole, and the second insulation post protrudes into the first grooves on the lateral sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ted Ju, Wu Feng, Ya Jun Zeng, Nan Fang He, Jun Fan, Jin Ke Hu, Guo Sheng Zhou, Chin Chi Lin
  • Patent number: 10170857
    Abstract: An electrical connection device comprises: a receptacle connector and a plug connector. The receptacle connector comprises a receptacle body, a front guide-positional limiting portion, a rear guide-positional limiting portion and a first latching member. The plug connector removably mates with the receptacle connector, and comprises a plug body and a second latching member, when the plug connector mates with the receptacle connector, the second latching member of the plug connector is latched to the first latching member of the receptacle connector and limited by the front guide-positional limiting portion, and the rear guide-positional limiting portion of the receptacle connector engages with a recessed portion of the plug connector, so that two side walls of the plug connector are respectively exposed to two side openings of the receptacle connector and generally flush with two side walls of the receptacle connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Yi-Tse Ho
  • Patent number: 10164375
    Abstract: A plug connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of detecting terminals, a plurality of connection terminals, an outer shell and at least one ground piece. The insulating housing has a plurality of connection terminal grooves and a plurality of detecting terminal grooves. The plurality of the detecting terminals are assembled in the plurality of the detecting terminal grooves separately. The plurality of the connection terminals are assembled in the plurality of the connection terminal grooves separately. The outer shell surrounds the insulating housing. A top surface of the outer shell protrudes upward and then is bent frontward to form a locking portion. The at least one ground piece is mounted to at least one side of the insulating housing, and a portion of the at least one ground piece is exposed outside from the insulating housing and the outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shi-Mao Xie, Bo Liu, Feng Zhu
  • Patent number: 10151369
    Abstract: A piston assembly for a damper includes: a piston head; a piston rod having one end connected to the piston head, forming an inner space therein, and having another end at which an opening communicating with the inner space is formed; a wire having one end connected to an electric device mounted on the piston head and extending through the inner space of the piston rod; and a connector disposed at the other end of the piston rod and connected to another end of the wire. The connector includes a socket part rotatably disposed in the opening at the other end of the piston rod, and a plug part inserted into the socket through the opening of the other end of the piston rod. A self-alignment structure is provided in the socket part and the plug part and is configured to rotate the socket part such that the socket part is aligned at a predetermined orientation with respect to the plug part when the plug part is inserted into the socket part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Myeong Su Hwang
  • Patent number: 10139776
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly for use in an image forming device according to one example embodiment includes an electrical connector mounted on and translatable relative to a frame along a first dimension. The electrical connector is pivotable relative to the frame along a pivot path about a pivot axis that is perpendicular to the first dimension. The electrical connector includes a first guide post and a second guide post. The first and second guide posts are received by and movable within at least one elongated guide slot on the frame defining a path of movement of the electrical connector along the first dimension. The first guide post is fixed relative to the electrical connector and defines the pivot axis of the electrical connector. The second guide post is received by and movable within an elongated guide slot on the electrical connector defining the pivot path of the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Joe Carlo Enoc Bacon, Katrina Rosit Lactuan, James Richard Leemhuis
  • Patent number: 10141677
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body, which has at least two body units. Each two body unit accommodates and is fixed with multiple terminals, and the at least two body units are spliced to each other. Each body unit has at least two edge portions, and the insulating body is provided with at least four fixing portions such that each of the edge portions is provided with at least one fixing portions. At least four metal members are correspondingly and fixedly provided on the at least four fixing portions respectively. At least two metal sheets are provided outside the at least two body units. Each metal sheet is soldered and fixed to at least one metal member provided on each body unit. By soldering and fixing the metal members and the metal sheets together, the overall structure of the electrical connector is firmer, and flatness is higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Ted Ju
  • Patent number: 10136195
    Abstract: An upgradeable distribution framework, cable connector and cabling management system is described. The distribution framework has a plurality of ports adapted to be connected by cable connectors and indicator elements arranged on the distribution framework wherein corresponding to at least a portion of the ports. A plurality of first communication units are detachably secured to the cable connectors and such that the first communication units are positioned outside the ports when the cable connectors are inserted into the ports. The distribution framework further includes a plurality of second communication units that correspond to at least a portion of the ports. The second communication units and the corresponding first communication units are configured to communicate with each other in a non-contact manner. A control modules is configured to control and read and write communications between at least a portion of the first communication units and the second communication units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Min Ding, Jian Wei, Hong Lu, Yanhong Yang, Zheng Huang, Xiaoyang Bai, Zhijun Yang
  • Patent number: 10132452
    Abstract: Suspended and planar electrode systems and methods are disclosed for applications such as lighting. Some embodiments incorporate removable twist-on elements providing uniform spacing between cable rod or strip electrodes extending through space. Multiple electrodes may be attached simultaneously. Twist-on elements may contain light emitting elements electrically attached to parallel electrodes. Embodiments may include mounting features for fixing electrodes above a mounting surface. Some embodiments include electrically insulated electrodes and modules with insulation displacement contact elements and environmental sealing. Some embodiments include polymeric insulation on both the module and electrodes providing environmental sealing when modules are disconnected from electrodes. Electrodes in sealed systems may be suspended with spacers or built into planar arrays in walls, ceiling or furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: APEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Albert Rudisill, Daniel John Whittle