Patents Examined by Paul D Baillargeon
  • Patent number: 10910737
    Abstract: A rail terminal assembling structure includes a protection member formed with an assembling passage defined by a contact side section, a connection side section and two lateral sections. The connection side section has a first locating section, an elastic locating section and a second locating section. An end section of a conductive plate extends into the assembling passage and securely attached to the contact side section. A metal leaf spring has a first section, a second section and an elastic bight section connected between the first and second sections. The first section has a first located section and an insertion section. When the first section extends into the assembling passage and the first section elastically pushes/presses the elastic locating section until the insertion section reaches the elastic locating section, the elastic locating section is elastically engaged with the insertion section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignees: Switchlab Inc., Switchlab (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Yuan Wu, Wei-Chi Chen, Ming-Shan Tai
  • Patent number: 10903603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical connector comprising a first connector portion, a second connector portion and a locking mechanism, wherein the first connector portion has a first electrical contact element and at least one magnet, and wherein the second connector portion has a second electrical contact element and at least one second magnet with a polarity which is reversed in relation to the first magnet, wherein the first and the second contact element are designed to establish an electrical connection between the first and the second connector portion for power and/or data transmission, and wherein the locking mechanism is of self-locking design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH
    Inventors: Folke Michelmann, Markus Schichl, Herbert Wurm
  • Patent number: 10892576
    Abstract: A socket connector is configured to mount to a component, such as a printed circuit board. The socket connector includes a base having a passageway and a channel extending outwardly from the passageway, a barrel including a wall having a flange extending outwardly therefrom, at least one biasing member engaging the flange and surrounding the wall, and a contact seated within the barrel. The wall is seated within the passageway and the flange is seated within the channel. The barrel is configured for movement within the base to align a centerline of a pin inserted into the socket connector with a centerline of the hole of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Chiu-Ming Lu, Ronald C. Hodge, Pierre Perez
  • Patent number: 10892584
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly is disclosed having a socket-shaped housing with a cable receiving end and an opposing support facing end, a plug connector receiving space, and a flange positioned on the support facing end. A cable collar is positioned in the plug connector receiving space and supported by the housing, and has at least one cable receiving space. At least one cable is secured in the cable receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Boemmel, Rolf Jetter
  • Patent number: 10892582
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal configured to be connected to a wire, a plate-like housing has a terminal accommodating portion configured to accommodate the terminal, the housing having a ceiling wall portion that blocks an upper of a front portion of the terminal accommodating portion and an opening portion which is opened at an upper of a rear portion of the terminal accommodating portion, and a cover configured to cover the opening portion of the terminal accommodating portion when the cover is assembled to the housing. A protruding portion is provided on a front end portion of the cover. The protruding portion presses the terminal located in a primary locking position forward in the front-rear direction to move the terminal from the primary locking position to a regular insertion position when the cover is assembled to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenichi Kawashima, Keiichiro Kurashige
  • Patent number: 10886815
    Abstract: An electrical connector for an electric motor, includes an insulating main body with a front side configured to be coupled with the motor and a rear side configured to be coupled with a corresponding wiring harness, a plurality of electrical terminals fixed by the main body, and at least one current protection element. The at least one current protection element is positioned in the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: JOHNSON ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Bruno Grasso, Carlo Canuto
  • Patent number: 10886670
    Abstract: A connector device for connection with a counter piece for establishing a mechanical and electric connection, wherein the connector device comprises at least two printed circuit board elements each comprising an electrically insulating core and at least one comprising an electrically conductive structure at least partially on the respective electrically insulating core, and at least one embedded component embedded within the respective electrically insulating core and electrically coupled to the respective electrically conductive structure, wherein the at least one electrically conductive structure is arranged at least partially on an exposed surface of the connector device and is configured for establishing the electric connection with the counter piece upon establishing the mechanical connection with the counter piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: AT&S AUSTRIA TECHNOLOGIE & SYSTEMTECHNIK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Martin Fischeneder, Markus Kastelic, Markus Leitgeb, Nick Renaud-Bezot
  • Patent number: 10886652
    Abstract: The present application relates to an FPC connector, comprising a first insulating layer, a first circuit layer comprising a plurality of conductive strips, and a second insulating layer, wherein the first circuit layer and the second insulating layer each has a forepart extending beyond a front end of the first insulating layer; the first circuit layer comprises a plurality of conductive strips having foreparts arranged in parallel at equal intervals, a metal layer is plated with or deposited on the foreparts of the first circuit layer, the metal layer and the foreparts of the first circuit layer constitute metal fingers; conductive strips on other circuit layers connect to the conductive strips of the layer by vias and metallic coating or deposition. A position located at a bottom of the FPC corresponding to the metal fingers is covered by a layer of reinforcing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN STARTEK ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dejun Zhu
  • Patent number: 10868390
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a first module and a second module. Each of the first and second modules extends parallel to a longitudinal axis between a respective front end and a respective rear end opposite the front end. Each of the first and second modules includes a respective shell and one or more electrical connectors held by the shell and exposed at the respective front end for mating to a corresponding mating electrical device. The shell of the second module is mechanically coupled to the shell of the first module between the front and rear ends of the first module. The second module is movable relative to the first module parallel to the longitudinal axis to allow for separately mating the first and second modules to the corresponding mating electrical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Brian Patrick Costello
  • Patent number: 10862256
    Abstract: For ease and modification flexibility in the manufacture of jumpers in a plug connector, according to the invention the housing cover (10) is equipped with a contact carrier (3) which is releasably clipped thereon. The contact carrier (3) can be made in two parts and can have an upper part (1) and a lower part (32). These can be separated from one another and joined together in order to accommodate individual U-shaped contact pins (8, 8?, 8?) for bridging socket contacts (28) of the plug connector or also in order to remove and/or replug said pins. If necessary, the complete contact carrier (3) can also be exchanged for another contact carrier having a different bridge assignment. As a result, the operating state of an electrical system can be individually defined and modified. When the housing cover is open, an external test plug can be plugged in for maintenance purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Uwe Sundermeier, Andre Beneke
  • Patent number: 10854934
    Abstract: The invention relates to an energy storage system for a repeated drawing/intake, storage and release of electrical energy having a control unit and an energy store comprising a plurality of storage cells that are organized in storage modules, with the control unit being configured to separately determine the state of charge of at least some of the storage cells. The control unit is configured to recognize whether at least one storage cell should be removed; to electrically disconnect the storage cell to be removed from the remaining storage cells after the recognition that at least one storage cell should be removed; to recognize whether the disconnected storage cell has been replaced by a new storage cell; and to electrically connect the new storage cell to the remaining storage cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: enfas GmbH
    Inventor: Falk Lange
  • Patent number: 10854999
    Abstract: Angled electrical header connectors comprise a housing with a first electrical terminal port and a second electrical terminal port oriented apart from one another. A first electrical terminal is disposed within the first electrical terminal port, and a first electrical insulator is interposed between the first electrical terminal port and the first electrical terminal. A second electrical terminal is disposed within the second electrical terminal port, and a second electrical insulator is interposed between the second electrical terminal port and the second electrical terminal. A passage exists between the first electrical terminal port and the second electrical terminal port, and one of the first electrical terminal or the second electrical terminal extends into the electrical terminal port of the other of the first electrical terminal or the second electrical terminal to make an electrical-mechanical connection therebetween in situ within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew G. Price, Michael S. Glick, Charles L. Phelps
  • Patent number: 10847933
    Abstract: A connector holder that holds and integrates a plurality of connectors, the connector holder including a pressing part, side wall parts, and connecting parts. The pressing part is arranged in a center of the connector holder. The side wall parts are respectively disposed on each of both sides with respect to the pressing part at intervals in the array direction of pins of the connectors that the connector holder holds. The connecting parts respectively connect a lower end portion of the pressing part and a lower end portion of each of the side wall parts disposed on the both sides in the array direction. Holding parts are respectively formed on the both sides in the array direction of the pressing part, the holding parts holding the connectors together with the pressing part, the side wall parts, and the connecting parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Minoru Shinba, Masanori Kyogoku, Yuichi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 10847282
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a plurality of electric wires, a plurality of flexible and conductive tubular individual shields individually covering and electromagnetically shielding the plurality of electric wires, a flexible and conductive tubular collective shield collectively covering and electromagnetically shielding at least portions of the plurality of electric wires that are not covered by the individual shields, and a connector configured to electrically connect the collective shield and the plurality of individual shields to each other in a state in which the collective shield and the plurality of individual shields overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Katsutoshi Izawa
  • Patent number: 10840626
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a conductive terminal formed by a metal material integrally punched. The conductive terminal comprises a mating segment positioned at the front and a tail segment positioned at the rear and adapted to connect with a conductive wire. The mating segment comprises a bottom wall, two bending walls, two side walls and two guiding walls, the two bending walls bend upwardly respectively from two side edges of the bottom wall and extend, the two side walls extend upwardly respectively from top edges of the two bending walls, the two guiding walls extend forwardly respectively from front edges of the two side walls toward each other, and each guiding wall has a first tab portion extending downwardly to the front of the bottom wall, and each first tab portion has a guiding edge facing downwardly and inclining upwardly and forwardly from an end close to the bottom wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Guo-Li Li, Hao Yin
  • Patent number: 10840635
    Abstract: A plug housing comprises at least one leaf spring element in a cable duct, which has a central part and a respective first and second lateral part which are bent in relation to said central part. The first lateral part is elastically bent via a first bending edge and the second lateral part is elastically bent via an opposing second bending edge on the central part. The central part extends substantially parallel to the cable duct. In relation to the central part, the first and the second lateral part adopt a respective variable acute angle and a variable respective height. The first and second lateral part narrow the cable duct such that, in an assembled state, a respective end section of the first and second lateral part press against the cable with a respective elastic force and thereby bring about the strain- and pressure-resistant securing of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: HARTING Electronics GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Zellner, Matthias Jungbeck, Ernst Klees
  • Patent number: 10830833
    Abstract: A coaxial cable testing assembly includes an electrically conductive fixture including first and second sections, and an electrically conductive radio frequency (RF) connector pin carried by an electrically insulative body carried by the second section. The pin extends away from the receiving area from a connection end of the pin proximate to the receiving area and through and beyond the body to a connector end of the pin. An inner contact is electrically connected to the pin at the connection end. An outer contact is electrically connected to the fixture. The inner and outer contacts electrically contact coaxial inner and outer conductors, respectively, of the end of the coaxial cable, the body electrically isolates the RF connector pin from the fixture, and the fixture frictionally engages the coaxial cable, when the end of the coaxial cable is inserted into the receiving area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas Richard Brinkoetter
  • Patent number: 10826237
    Abstract: A plug connector includes a main body, a plurality of terminals, an insulating housing and a protecting portion. The main body includes a main plate, a base body assembled to the main plate, and an outer ground shell. The base body has an assembling end, and a connecting end connected with the assembling end. The outer ground shell is mounted around the assembling end. The plurality of the terminals mounted to the base body, include a plurality of ground terminals. Each terminal has a contact portion. The contact portions of the plurality of the terminals are exposed to the connecting end. The contact portion of each ground terminal has a soldering pad fastened to the main plate. The insulating housing surrounds the outer ground shell. The protecting portion surrounds front ends of the contact portions of the plurality of the terminals and a front end of the connecting end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Wu, Hsin-Min Chao
  • Patent number: 10826246
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained within the housing as a contact module. The housing includes a base and a mating tongue forwardly extending from the base. The contacts are arranged with two rows contacting sections respectively exposed upon two opposite surfaces of the mating tongue, and one row mounting sections for mounting to a same plane of a printed circuit board. Each contact has a linking section between the contacting section and the mounting section. The contacts are grouped by one grounding contact associated with a pair of neighboring differential pair signal contacts in an isosceles triangular configuration wherein the grounding contact is located at the top apex. The linking section of grounding contact of the outermost group is widened compared with those of the remaining contacts for lowering the corresponding impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: FU DING PRECISION INDUSTRIAL (ZHENGZHOU) CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei-Liang Zhang, Jian-Long Hu, Xiang-Dong Wang, Dao-Zhen Bian, Wen-Ming Wu
  • Patent number: 10811931
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Martin Münz, Florian Friedlein