Patents Examined by Oscar C Jimenez
  • Patent number: 11791598
    Abstract: A lamp socket for a cooking appliance light, the lamp socket including a socket body; a base receiver configured to receive a lamp base of a lamp and formed at a top side of the socket body; connection contacts for external connection conductors of a voltage supply, the connection contacts arranged at a bottom side of the socket body; an attachment ring configured to retain the lamp base in the base receiver; two retaining arms integrally formed at the attachment ring; two spring arms respectively arranged at the two retaining arms and forming a receiving gap for the lamp base between each other and respectively including a free spring arm end and a connected spring arm end respectively connected at each of the two retaining arms, wherein the two spring arms are arranged in the base receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: BJB GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Philipp Henrici, Olaf Baumeister, Mark Weber
  • Patent number: 11777260
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a charging socket lead frame assembly and a charging socket. The charging socket lead frame assembly has a lead frame which has a frame body and an electrical connection structure arranged in the frame body. The lead frame is adapted to be installed in a cavity of a charging socket, and a plurality of terminals of the charging socket are adapted to pass through the frame body. One end of the electrical connection structure is exposed from the frame body to electrically connect with a lead of a temperature sensor. The lead frame is arranged in non-electrical contact with at least one signal terminal of the charging socket. Therefore, the structure of the lead frame can be simplified and the manufacturing difficulty and cost can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd., Tyco Electronics Technology (SIP) Ltd.
    Inventors: Fangyue Zhu, Jinshun Wang, Renyi Dou, Kaixuan Jiang
  • Patent number: 11777243
    Abstract: A connector receptacle for connecting with a corresponding connector plug coupled with electrodes being used for performing EMG procedure on a patient is provided. The receptacle includes a first ball bearing pressing against a first end of a housing of the plug and, preferably, a second ball bearing pressing against a first end of the housing of the plug when the plug is connected to the receptacle for exerting a retention force against the plug. The first and the second ball bearings are pressed against the first and the second ends respectively by using a spring force generated, for example, by a retention band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Cadwell Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard A. Villarreal, David Lee Jepsen
  • Patent number: 11777249
    Abstract: An electrical connection box is provided with a connector-attached board and a shield case that internally houses the connector-attached board. The connector-attached board is provided with a circuit board, a connector that is fixed to the circuit board and that engages with a mating connector, and an attachment that is attached to the connector. The shield case surrounds the circuit board and is provided with an upper short wall portion and a lower short wall portion that include a connector opening for facing the connector outside. The attachment is provided with a waterproof portion that covers the periphery of an engagement surface of the connector that faces the mating connector, and the waterproof portion is provided with a waterproof wall that covers the periphery of the connector and the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Sumida
  • Patent number: 11777247
    Abstract: A housing assembly for a connector includes a securing mechanism for securing the connector to a mating connector in a securing position, and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism in a locking position locks the securing mechanism in the securing position. The locking mechanism is latchable in a holding position in which the securing mechanism can be moved out of the securing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Florin Spataru, Bernd Leonhardt, Michael Schall
  • Patent number: 11777252
    Abstract: A manufacturing method for assembling a high voltage vertical disk ferrule, the ferrule being stamped and having a vertical disk-like structure, which is not necessarily round or does not necessarily have any roundness. The high voltage disk ferrule has an opening residing and traveling over the wire core and/or a wire braided shield, to which an end portion of the wire braided shield is affixed thereto the ferrule, or between two ferrules, such that a portion of the wire braided shield is flared and substantially perpendicular to the direction along which the wire core extends. The high voltage vertical disk ferrule slides over the core insulation, towards the outer insulation when the wire is pushed. The end portion/flared portion of the braided shield and the high voltage vertical disk ferrule, or the end portion/flared portion of the braided shield between at least two high voltage vertical disk ferrules are soldered, welded, or brazed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: J.S.T. CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Demaratos, Joshua Taylor
  • Patent number: 11769962
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a rear base and a front tongue; plural contacts extending rearward through the base and exposing to the tongue; an outer cover enclosing the insulative housing to define a rear chamber therebetween; and a sealing member formed in the chamber to seal an interface between the base and the outer cover and an interface between the base and the contacts, wherein the base has a rear face and a rib protruding rearward from the rear face into the rear chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Min-Han Lin, Zhi-Feng Wang
  • Patent number: 11764511
    Abstract: An actuating clip (1) for a connector (10), having a cable receptacle (2) for receiving at least one cable; connecting means in order to connect the actuating clip to the connector in such a manner that the actuating clip adjoins the connector at a cable-side end of the connector; surfaces for actuating the connector (10), which are configured to ensure guiding of the connector (10) when the latter is connected to an actuating clip by the surfaces of the actuating clip (1) being able to be gripped by a human hand and/or by a gripping tool, wherein the surfaces of the actuating clip (1) are specifically designed to be gripped by a hand and/or by a gripping tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Andreas Fischer, Elisabeth Preintner
  • Patent number: 11764524
    Abstract: A terminal connector for attachment to a circuit board. The terminal connector comprises first and second terminals, each comprising a connection end for connection to respective contacts in the circuit board and a wire attachment formation for connecting a wire to the respective terminal. The terminal connector further comprises a ferrite core surrounding a section of both the first and second terminals between their terminal contacts and wire attachment formations. The ferrite core is directly connected to the terminals and is secured to the circuit board by the terminals when their connection ends are connected to the respective contacts in the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: TDK-LAMBDA UK LIMITED
    Inventor: Radoslav Solc
  • Patent number: 11764518
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connector (300), having: a receiving element (10) for receiving a plug-in element of the first type (100) or a plug-in element of the second type (200) at least in certain areas; and - a push-pull locking system (20) for producing a push-pull locking between the connector (300) and the plug-in element of the first type (100); wherein the push-pull locking system (20) has at least one locking element (13) which is arranged at least regionally in a recess (14) of the receiving element (10) provided for the at least one locking element (13), and wherein the receiving element (10) has at least one latching means (12) which is provided and designed to with at least one complementary latching means (230) of the plug element, of the second type (200) to be brought into engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Weidmuller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Xuefeng Ge, Matthias Bönsch
  • Patent number: 11764534
    Abstract: A Type C female side connector includes a terminal part, a body part, a steel plate, and a casing part; the terminal part is inserted in the body part; the body part is inserted in the casing part; the steel plate is inserted in the body part; the casing part has a suction portion formed in a flat plate structure on another side corresponding to an opening; the suction portion is integrated with the casing part; two sides of the suction portion expand to be sucked by a suck disc during manufacturing process. The present invention applies the suck disc portion to fulfill a sufficient area for automatic suction effect during manufacturing process, and includes a triple fix effect to strengthen the stability of the body part and the casing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Amphenol East Asia Electronic Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kang-Qin Li
  • Patent number: 11757238
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a contact module having an upper part and a lower part stacked with each other. The upper part includes a front/outer upper unit and a rear/inner upper unit and the lower part includes a front/outer lower unit and a rear/inner lower unit. Each unit includes an insulative body and a plurality of contacts integrally formed with the insulative body via an insert-molding process. The insulative body includes a middle sector and a pair of side sectors. The contacts include side-band contacts retained in the middle sector and differential-pair contacts retained in the side sectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Terrance F Little
  • Patent number: 11749945
    Abstract: A connector includes a first housing, a second housing connectable to the first housing, and a lever rotatably supported on the first housing. The lever includes a lever lock portion for holding the first and second housings in a connected state. The first housing includes a first locking portion and the second housing has a second locking portion. The first and second locking portions, are arranged side by side with each other to constitute an integrated locking portion and arranged to be lockable to the lever lock portion with the first and second housings connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kentaro Hirai
  • Patent number: 11749915
    Abstract: A grounding clamp includes a safety lock-out which locks the operation of the clamp in the absence of a cooperating hot-stick. The lock-out employs a clutch which prevents the translation of the clamping members relative to one another until the clutch is disengaged. The cooperating hot-stick is required for the disengagement of the clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Quanta Associates, L.P.
    Inventors: Phillip Howard Quaedvlieg, David Karl Wabnegger, Janos Csaba Toth, Daniel Neil O'Connell
  • Patent number: 11749944
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening screw, comprising an electrically insulating insulating body and a metal body formed from a metal and having an external thread. The metal body is fastened on the insulating body and has a first axial end and a second axial end opposite the first axial end, wherein the first axial end is remote from a screw head of the fastening screw. It is provided that the insulating body, by means of a shaft portion, emerges from the first axial end of the metal body along the longitudinal axis (L) of the metal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Willem Blakborn
  • Patent number: 11749939
    Abstract: An assembly for a coaxial connector is described. The assembly, in one embodiment, includes a coupler, a grip ring and a seal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventor: Andrew Haberek
  • Patent number: 11749929
    Abstract: A connector comprises two holding members, two terminal rows, a midplate and a shell. Each of the holding members is lightly press-fit into the shell. Each of the terminal rows has a plurality of terminals. The terminals of each of the terminal rows include a specific terminal. The specific terminal has an exposed portion. The exposed portion is, at least in part, exposed from the holding member in an up-down direction perpendicular to a pitch direction. The midplate has a receiving portion. The exposed portion is brought into contact with the receiving portion. One of the holding member and the shell is formed with at least one light press-fit portion. A position of the at least one light press-fit portion overlaps with a position of the exposed portion in a front-rear direction perpendicular to both the up-down direction and the pitch direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Kimiaki Saitou, Hiroaki Kuribayashi
  • Patent number: 11749912
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire includes an electric wire in which a core wire including a plurality of strands is covered with a covering, and a terminal fitting attached to the electric wire. The terminal fitting includes a core wire connection body physically and electrically connected to the core wire. The core wire connection body has a bottom, a pair of cantilever side walls erected from the bottom and arranged facing each other with a space therebetween, and at least one set of paired pressure contact bodies arranged facing each other with a space therebetween between the pair of side walls so as to come into pressure contact with the strands in an outermost layer of the core wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Ito
  • Patent number: 11742620
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an insulative shell having a floor; a first plurality of contacts extending through the floor, wherein the first plurality of contacts are disposed in a plurality of columns; a second plurality of contacts extending through the floor, wherein the second plurality of contacts are interspersed with the first plurality of contacts within the plurality of columns; and a conductive member adjacent the floor. The conductive member comprises a first plurality of openings, wherein the first plurality of contacts extend through the openings of the first plurality of openings; a second plurality of openings, wherein the second plurality of contacts extend through the openings of the second plurality of openings; and a first plurality of tabs, extending into openings in the insulative shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas S. Cohen, Robert Richard, Eric Leo
  • Patent number: 11742621
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a conductive body, a terminal module and a grounding element. The conductive body includes a mating cavity and a slot for fixing the grounding element. The terminal module includes an insulating block, a plurality of signal terminals and a grounding piece mounted to the insulating block. The grounding piece includes a ground terminal. The ground terminal includes a ground contact portion at least partially located in the mating cavity. The grounding element includes a ground mating portion at least partially located in the mating cavity. The ground contact portion and the ground mating portion are adapted to be in contact with a same ground pin of a mating connector. As a result, a stable loop can be formed and the shielding performance of the electrical connector is improved. Besides, an electrical connector assembly having the electrical connector is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yanbo Lin