Patents Examined by Paul D Baillargeon
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Patent number: 10811931Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electrical connector assembly for a motor and a method for producing the electrical assembly. The electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical terminal device, disposed at one end and having electrical terminals, and a second electrical terminal device, disposed at the other end having electrical terminals. A wire rail with the terminals connects the two terminal devices. The wire rail and at least parts of the terminal devices are jointly encompassed and insulated relative to one another by an insulating material.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2015Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Martin Münz, Florian Friedlein
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Patent number: 10804648Abstract: A connector housing includes a first side wall and a second side wall. The first side wall is to be pressed against a cylindrical member extending in a first direction. The second side wall is opposed to the first side wall in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The second side wall is formed with a front-side rib at one end in the first direction and a rear-side rib at the other end in the first direction. The front-side rib protrudes in the second direction and extends in a third direction perpendicular to both the first direction and the second direction. The rear-side rib projects in the second direction and extends in the third direction. The front-side rib and the second side rib do not face to each other in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Tomohiro Urashima, Masashi Nakamura, Yoshiharu Ishii
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Patent number: 10804669Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly method for a connector, in particular for a high-voltage connector, having an electrical conductor and an electric contact, which assembly method comprises the following steps: providing a screw having a first drive and a second drive which is formed opposite the first drive; establishing a connection with play between the electrical conductor and the electric contact by means of the screw by the screw being inserted respectively into a passage hole in the electrical conductor and in the electric contact and being turned in a first direction by way of its first drive; tightening the connection between the electrical conductor and the electric contact by the screw being turned in a second direction, which is opposite the first direction, by way of its second drive. The present invention further relates to a connector and also to a screw.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2017Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBHInventor: Willem Blakborn
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Patent number: 10804627Abstract: A connector system includes a cage with an intermediate section. The cage support a connector and the resulting connector system includes an upper port and a lower port. A heat sink is provided in the intermediate section that is configured to cool a module inserted into the lower port. Apertures can allow air to flow through the connector system so as to allow for improved cooling by more directly cooling the inserted module. The heat sink can be urged into the lower port by a biasing element.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2018Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Molex, LLCInventor: Jerry D. Kachlic
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Patent number: 10784595Abstract: A power terminal includes a terminal body having a mating portion including plates with a mating space therebetween. A spring clip is coupled to the mating portion and includes inner spring plates extending along the plates in the mating space with a slot therebetween. The inner spring plates directly engage and electrically connect to the terminal body and to a tab terminal received in the slot. The spring clip includes at least one cantilevered contact spring configured to be spring biased against and electrically connected to the tab terminal. The spring clip includes at least one stabilization contact spring spring biased against and electrically connected to the corresponding plate and configured to be spring biased against and electrically connected to the tab terminal. The stabilization contact spring provides a greater contact normal force against the tab terminal than the cantilevered contact spring.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2017Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATIONInventor: Adam Price Tyler
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Patent number: 10784621Abstract: An electrical connector includes a connector housing having a first end and an opposed second end, a pair of release stops extending generally radially outward and adjacent to the first end, and a pair of deflection buttons extending longitudinally cantilevered from a pivot base having a lateral axis and having free ends extending toward the first end and located adjacent to and radially outward from respective ones of the release stops when in an unflexed state. The electrical connector also includes a latch arm extending longitudinally cantilevered from the pivot base toward the second end, with a free end of the latch arm including a latch lock configured to selectively engage a barb on a mating connector.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Reinhard Pusch, Yefim Grinshpun, David Menzies, Anthony Butcher, Bhupinder Rangi
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Patent number: 10777942Abstract: A signal transmission cable includes a first connector, a signal line, a first shielding line, and a second shielding line. The signal line is electrically connected to the first connector. The first shielding line is electrically connected to the first connector, extending away from the first connector, and wound around at least a portion of the signal line along a first rotating direction. The second shielding line is electrically connected to the first connector, extending away from the first connector, and wound around at least a portion of the signal line along a second rotating direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2019Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: ASUSTEK COMPUTER INC.Inventor: Shih-Nien Huang
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Patent number: 10763611Abstract: The connector includes: at least one contact; a housing to which the contact is arranged; a shell formed into a cylindrical shape inside of which the housing is disposed; and a joining member formed of a resin material; wherein the housing and the contact form an integral unit by means of the joining member, and the joining member is closely fitted within an inner surface of the shell or the joining member is integrally coupled to the inner surface of the shell. Thus, the number of components of the connector can be reduced but the manufacturing flexibility thereof can be increased and the connector can be easily miniaturized and manufactured.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2017Date of Patent: September 1, 2020Assignee: J.S.T. MFG. CO., LTD.Inventor: Kenichi Toda
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Patent number: 10741945Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, an electrical connector can be mounted to a first printed circuit board to obtain a first current capacity, and the electrical connector can be mounted to a second printed circuit board to obtain a second current capacity that is lower than the first current capacity.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: FCI USA LLCInventors: Thomas Brungard, Michael Percherke, Christopher J. Kolivoski, Christopher S. Gieski, Nazareth Eppley, Charles Copper, Thierry Goossens
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Patent number: 10737342Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes: an electrical connector; and a cable electrically connected with the electrical connector, the cable including plural high-speed wires for transmitting high-speed signal, a pair of low-speed wires for transmitting low-speed signal, a pair of power wires for transmitting power signal, a pair of standby wires, a detection wire for transmitting detection signal, and a power supply wire; wherein the pair of standby wires, the detection wire, and the power supply wire are arranged in a line along a horizontal direction; the high-speed wires are evenly distributed on both sides of the line along a thickness direction vertical to the horizontal direction; the low-speed wires are disposed on a side of the line along the thickness direction; and the power wires are disposed on another side of the line along the thickness direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Jerry Wu, Jun Chen, Fan-Bo Meng
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Patent number: 10734745Abstract: A terminal (10) of a connector (1) includes a case (20) and a first conductive member (40). The first conductive member (40) includes a junction (43) for connection with a mating terminal. The junction (43) is movable in the compression direction (Y) in which the coil spring (30) is compressed. The case (20) is composed of metal and includes a front wall (22) bent at a front end (21A) of the top wall (21) toward the first conductive member. The front wall (22) is at such a distance from the coil spring (30) that movement of the first conductive member (40) in the compression direction (Y) is not prevented. The front wall (22) includes a support (28) that supports one end (45) of the first conductive member on the front wall side, the one end (45) being movable in the compression direction (Y) at the support when the junction moves.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2016Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Akio Kimura, Seido Nishijima
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Patent number: 10734771Abstract: A socket (2) for a headphone set, comprising: four terminals (5, 6, 7, 8), arranged to contact with terminal contacts (11a, 12a, 13, 14a) of a plug of a headphone set, the terminals longitudinally spaced within a plug-receiving space of the socket, wherein two of the adjacent terminals are electrically connected together.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2015Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: IFPL Group LimitedInventor: Geoffrey Paul Underwood
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Patent number: 10734743Abstract: A panel mount connector and method involve a connector shell assembly that is configured to be received in an opening that is defined by a panel with the connector shell defining a through passage. A flexible circuit board is supported within the through passage and defines a first external connection interface at one end for external electrical access from one side of the panel when the connector shell assembly is installed in the panel and at least the first external connection interface is supported for independent movement relative to the connector shell.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Glenair, Inc.Inventors: Ronald T. Logan, Jr., Sean Zargari, Mehrdad Ghara, Huan Do
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Patent number: 10727636Abstract: A terminal unit has a terminal unit body, a first terminal connector located adjacent a first opening in the terminal unit body for connection of a first conductor passing through the first opening, and a second terminal connector located adjacent a second opening in the terminal unit body for connection of a second conductor passing through the second opening. The first terminal connector conductor terminates internally of the terminal unit at a first link connection point, and the second terminal connector conductor terminates internally of the terminal unit at a second link connection point. The first and second link connection points are accessible via a link opening in the terminal unit body and a removable link comprising a link conductor and a link handle is removably insertable into the link opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: PIVOT ELECTRONICS PTY LTDInventor: Philip Louis Peach
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Patent number: 10714857Abstract: A cable assembly and associated connector are provided. The cable assembly includes a connector and a length of cable for conducting an electrical current. The connector includes a connector body and a cap threadably engaging the connector body. The cap and connector body each include abutment surfaces arranged to interact with one another to provide a retention feature such that the cap is not inadvertently removed from the connector body.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: Prothia S.à.r.l.Inventors: Brian Hartwell Spear, Nicolas Martinez
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Patent number: 10700367Abstract: A coolant storage tank (1) for storing coolant in a fuel cell system (2), the coolant storage tank comprising a plurality of individually controllable heater elements (7, 8a, 8b). A coolant storage tank comprising a first heater element (7) located at a base of the coolant storage tank and a second heater element (8a) is also disclosed. A coolant storage tank comprising a first coolant storage compartment (50) in fluid communication with a second coolant storage compartment (51), the first coolant storage compartment including at least a first heater element (54) and wherein the second coolant storage compartment is unheated is also disclosed. A method of melting frozen coolant in a coolant storage tank is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2019Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Intelligent Energy LimitedInventors: Daniel Ninan, Nathaniel Palmer, Sophie Charlotte Harris, Phillip Wardle, Jonathan Cole, Iain Fraser, Peter David Hood, Paul Leonard Adcock
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Patent number: 10700473Abstract: There is provided a connector in which a plug is put to a socket in any rotational direction around an axis and is guided to a normal position smoothly thereby providing proper connection with a simple structure. On opposite surfaces of the plug and the socket, there are provided a tilted cam surface and a cam follower with which the plug and the socket are slidably contacted to each other, rotated and positioned in a rotational direction around the axis when the plug is fitted onto the socket axially. At the center of one of the opposite surfaces of the plug and the socket, a pin-receiving hole is formed, and a center pin at the center of the other fits into the pin-receiving hole before the tilted cam surface comes in contact with the cam follower.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: WITCO OF JUPITER DENTSU CO., LTD.Inventor: Toshiyuki Seido
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Patent number: 10693250Abstract: A fluid circulation device having at least one fluid circulation tube, a first coupling sealingly coupled to a first end of the tube and a second coupling sealingly coupled to a second end of the tube in such a way as to allow the circulation of fluid between said two couplings via the tube. The device further has separate electronic elements. The tube has at least one conductor track extending along an outer surface of the tube. The track is suitable for transmitting at least one signal and arranged to engage with the abovementioned electronic elements.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: COVALInventors: Pierre Milhau, Michel Cecchin
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Patent number: 10693165Abstract: In one embodiment, an environmental sensor array monitors pre-filter airflow to a fuel cell with an air filter, and senses amounts of filter exposure of air contaminants in the monitored pre-filter airflow. The environmental sensor array may then correlate the sensed amounts of filter exposure over time to a long-term adsorption limit of the air contaminants for the air filter, determining a lifetime usage level of the air filter. Accordingly, the environmental sensor array may provide an indication of the lifetime usage level of the air filter. In another embodiment, the environmental sensor array may also monitor post-filter airflow to the fuel cell, and senses instantaneous levels of post-filter air contaminants. In response to the instantaneous level of any particular air contaminant of the post-filter air contaminants being above a respective threshold level, the environmental sensor array may protect the operation of the fuel cell (e.g., de-rate, shut down, etc.).Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2016Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: University of Hawai'iInventors: Scott Robert Higgins, James Michel Ewan
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Patent number: 10686260Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cable connector assembly with a wire spacing component, the cable connector assembly comprises a cable connector main body and a locking device sheathing on a periphery of the cable connector main body. The cable connector main body has: a shielding shell; an insulating body received in the shielding shell; a plurality of conductive terminals, the conductive terminals are fixed to the insulating body and have a plurality of soldering tails extending backwardly out from insulating body; a cable, naked ends of a plurality of conductive wires of the cable are correspondingly soldered to the soldering tails; and a wire spacing component, the wire spacing component is provided with a plurality of receiving grooves, the receiving grooves each receive the soldering tail and the naked end of the conductive wire soldered to the soldering tail.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2017Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Meng-Biao Wang, Zhen-Liang Li