Patents Examined by Paula A. Bradley
  • Patent number: 6227911
    Abstract: An RJ contact module includes a plurality of RJ contacts, a plurality of contact tails separate from the RJ contacts, and a plurality of filtering and isolation components. The ends of the RJ contacts that are opposite the mating ends of the contacts, and the ends of the contact tails that extend into the connector, are either formed into vertically extending wire-wrap terminals to which wire leads of the components may be connected, or solderless contact extensions arranged to engage electrodes on chip-type capacitors or electrodes, with additional solderless connections being provided as necessary between the components, and between the components and a shield or ground plate external to the module. The RJ contact module may be inserted into a multiport connector housing including at least two rows of RJ ports isolated by an intermediate shield plate to which components in the modules are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Kamal Shawiky Boutros, Bonita Lynn Rose
  • Patent number: 6227904
    Abstract: A compound type connector comprises an insulating seat, an AV terminal connector, an S terminal connector and a housing. The insulating seat has a first receiving space and a second receiving space at the upper and lower spaces thereof. The AV terminal connector is installed within the first receiving space of the insulating seat. The AV terminal connector has a body. A plurality of terminals are installed within the body, and one end of each terminal protrudes out of the insulating seat. The S terminal connector is installed within the second receiving space. The S terminal connector has a body. The plurality of terminals are installed in the body, while one end of the terminals protrudes out of the insulating seat; and a housing encloses the insulating seat. The housing has at least one shielding surface, the shielding surface having an upper and a lower openings with respect to the AV terminal connector and the S terminal connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Ya Do Wang
    Inventors: Yao Do Wang, Gin Ei Lee
  • Patent number: 6227902
    Abstract: The present invention proposes a modified line lamp comprising a lamp and a lamp socket. The lamp socket is connected to a fixing seat. A retaining frame is connected with two sides of the fixing seat. Two sides of the retaining frame is connected to a main electric line. A hole is disposed at each of the two sides of the retaining frame not connected with a main electric line. The fixing seat extends to form two bent arms from a tubular seat. A joining seat installed at the outer side of the middle section of the bent arm is connected pivotally to the hole to let a joining element be joined with the joining seat such that the fixing seat can swing. A locking member is installed at the end of the bent arm of the fixing seat to be locked with the periphery of the lamp. The main electric line uses a locking element of a line gripper to join a bearing seat of the retaining frame. A guide bar is lagged in the locking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Inventor: Jack Lin
  • Patent number: 6227894
    Abstract: There is provided an insertion and withdrawal connector apparatus in which a plurality of connectors can move only in a range of capable of engaging and separating with and from a plurality of mating connectors within a connector receiving body. A connector receiving body (1) has a pair of parallel frames (3), a pair of frame blocks (4) positioned at both end portions, and a plurality of partition members (5). One connector (10) and one mating connector are received in each of a plurality of space portions, that is, receiving chambers partitioned by a pair of frames, a pair of frame blocks, and a plurality of partition members. Each of the partition members has a pair of lances (5f, 5g) having a spring characteristic and each of the connectors has a pair of interlocking groove portions (10g) on both side surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Toshihiko Maeda, Yoshinori Mizusawa, Osamu Hashiguchi, Kazuomi Sato, Hisashi Ishida, Hiroyuki Tsuzuki, Masahiro Yamada, Masahiro Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 6227871
    Abstract: In a device (23) for contact-connecting two circuit boards (17, 18) for a control device of a throttle valve of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, contacts (24, 25) of one of the circuit boards (17) are arranged on a holding part (20). The holding part (20) is prestressed toward contacts (25) of the other circuit board (18). The holding part (20) is connected to said one circuit board (17) via elastic connecting lines (22). Tolerance compensation is provided as a result of this. Furthermore the circuit boards (17, 18) are reliably contact-connected to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Mannesmann VDO AG
    Inventor: Günther Bender
  • Patent number: 6227865
    Abstract: A rotary connector 1 has a fixed case 3 for being mounted on a base 5 for a switch 4. The fixed case 3 has a first screw insertion hole 3a formed open therein for insertion of a screw 6. The screw 6 has a flange 6a. The fixed case 3 or the base 5 has a resilient pawl 3f formed therein for engagement with the flange 6a. With such structure, it is possible to screw-fix both the rotary connector and the base onto the steering column. The screw is securely kept in the rotary connector during transport and assembly by the resilient pawl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Niles Parts Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Matsumoto, Kouichi Someya
  • Patent number: 6227908
    Abstract: Electrical interconnection arrangements are provided for connecting together two pieces of electrical equipment. A first connection component includes a first elongate conductive member, which in use is at a relatively high voltage, enclosed within insulating material. A portion of the first conductive member protrudes at one end beyond an end surface of the insulating material. The other end of the first member is arranged for electrical connection with one of the pieces of electrical equipment. One end of the first conductive member has an enlarged radiussed region within the insulating material adjacent the protruding portion to provide electrical stress relief at the exposed surface of the insulating material. A second connection component includes a second elongate conductive member enclosed within insulating material which has a socket exposed at an end surface thereof for receiving the protruding end of the first conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Inventors: Wolfram Aumeier, Bodo Bottcher, Josef Harrer
  • Patent number: 6227884
    Abstract: A carrying device for a conductor rail for supplying electrical power to lighting fixtures comprises an insulating bow-shaped retainer having resilient arms with inner latching projections for latching engagement with the conductor rail, and further having end-side latching projections, a carrying element capable of being fastened to the retainer, and a safety cover capable of being snapped onto the end-side latching projections on the resilient retainer arms; disclosed are also a conductor rail comprising two metal sections which serve as conductors and are interconnected via an insulation means; and a conductor rail coupling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Inventor: Andreas Hierzer
  • Patent number: 6227883
    Abstract: An electric combination socket, which includes a socket body having a face panel, an upper round ground slot provided at the face panel on the middle at a top side, flat hot and neutral slots arranged in parallel at the face panel below the upper round ground slot for matching with the upper round ground slot to receive an electric plug from an electric home appliance, a flat ground slot provided at the face panel between the hot and neutral slots for matching with the hot and neutral slots to receive a computer power plug, and a coupling groove provided at the face panel around the hot and neutral slots and the flat ground slot for receiving the shell of a computer power plug, a ground terminal mounted in the flat ground slot, hot and neutral terminals respectively mounted in the hot and neutral slots, and a ground frame at a rear side of the socket body remote from the face panel, the ground frame comprising a top contact portion inserted into the upper round ground slot at the socket body, and a bridge por
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Inventors: Chiu-Shan Lee, S. S. Chen Li
  • Patent number: 6227888
    Abstract: An interchangeable plug device includes an electrical plug detachably mountable to a casing and movable between a detached and an operative position relative to the casing, and a releasable locking mechanism integral with the electrical plug to maintain the plug in an operative position. The locking mechanism can be released by a user to allow the plug to be moved to the detached position. A preferred form of locking mechanism is a depressible lock bar connected to or integral with an electrical plug body, which is designed to engage a detent in a casing. A preferred form of electrical connection between the plug and any casing comprises a submerged pin and sleeve configuration to protect the user or passerby from electric shock if the plug is detached from its operative position but remains a source of live current. A variety of interchangeable electrical plugs can preferably be fitted to the same casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Advanced Mobile Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Stan S. Hahn
  • Patent number: 6227878
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for improving RF contact positioning in a RF test socket is disclosed. The RF test socket comprises a housing having a plurality of notches along one side for clamping to a RF test board and postioning a plurality of contacts in the notches between the housing and the RF test board. The plurality of notches are formed in a step fashion wherein when the housing is clamped to the RF test board, the housing deflects such that the plurality of contacts contact the RF test board with equal force. The plurality of notches are lower in a center of the housing and higher along the edges thereby defining a catenary shape of notches along the housing and are further machined to a specific height for applying equal force or the plurality of contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Conexant Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Evan S. McCarthy
  • Patent number: 6227903
    Abstract: A 110-volt wiring connector wherein sets of wire connectors are positioned on each of four sides, each set of the sets of 1-4 having three in-line electrodes as connectors, corner electrodes are interconnected, and the center electrodes are bridged as between the first set and second set and as between the first set and fourth set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Inventor: Robert F. Horton
  • Patent number: 6224418
    Abstract: An electrical connector for flexible printed board includes a housing with an opening, and a cover rotatable about a pivotal axis for closing or opening the opening. When the cover is closed, a pressure portion disposed along one edge of the cover is clamped between a flexible printed board on a resilient piece of a fork-shaped contact and a fixing piece of the contact while pressing the flexible printed board against the resilient piece. A wire fixed within the cover includes a pair of opposite ends projecting from lateral sides of the cover along the pivotal axis, and an intermediate portion circumventing the pressure portion as spaced a distance from the pivotal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: J.S.T. Msf. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuto Miura, Taichiro Miyao, Shinji Uchida
  • Patent number: 6224388
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are provided for electrically connecting to a printed circuit board having first and second faces spaced from each other by a thickness. The connection is formed by inserting an electrical connector into a receptacle formed in the printed circuit board, and, in response to the insertion of the electrical connector, engaging a contact pad carried on the electrical connector with a contact pad carried on the printed circuit board in the receptacle between the first and second faces to urge the contact pads into electrical contact between the first and second faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Ericsson Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. Ahr, Thomas D. Snyder
  • Patent number: 6224433
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting first and second conductive crossing bars together comprising a first elongated enclosure for at least partially enclosing the first bar; and a second elongated enclosure intersecting said first elongated enclosure for at least partially enclosing the second bar. The first and second enclosures are comprised of a single sheet metal member. The first elongated enclosure may be crimped on the first bar and the second elongated enclosure may be separately crimped on the second bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: FCI USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Chadbourne, Neil S Dunn
  • Patent number: 6224406
    Abstract: A rotating connector including a movable body having a lower holder with an outer extension portion which faces a widthwise direction end of a flexible cable. The flexible cable has a connecting end portion which extends beyond the outer extension portion and which is connected to a stationary side connecting portion of a first housing. For example, a cutout is formed in the flexible cable to prevent an edge of the connecting end portion of the flexible cable and the outer extension portion from contacting each other at a location where they cross each other. Using a simple structure, the rotating connector which makes it possible to reduce the level of sliding noise produced when sliding occurs between the flexible cable and the outer extension portion of the lower holder of the movable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Alps Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seishi Takahashi, Takashi Oguma, Kazuya Kawamura
  • Patent number: 6224428
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrical connector which is connected to wires extending from a circuit device, and which makes it possible to realize high contact reliability with mating members, and a method of assembling and connecting the electrical connector with circuit devices. Electrical wires are terminated at one end to male first terminals, the opposite ends of the wires are connected to a circuit device, and the lead out portions of the wires from the circuit device are subjected to a potting treatment. Afterward, the first terminals are accommodated inside the first housing member. The first terminals are placed in positions so as to be engaged with second terminals that have been accommodated inside the first housing member before hand. A second housing member is latched onto the first housing member and provides terminal support for the first terminals and strain relief for the electrical wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Ping Chen, Kimihiro Miyake
  • Patent number: 6224425
    Abstract: A modular microelectronic connector having an electrical component or component package molded directly within the connector body and preformed electrical leads which facilitate rapid and simplified connector assembly. In a first embodiment, the component package is molded directly within a one-piece connector body having a series of grooves on the exterior of the body, and the elongated leads of the package are deformed so as to extend into place within the grooves and ultimately within a modular plug receptacle so as to mate with the contacts of the plug. In a second embodiment, a component package having substantially elongated leads is molded within a rear body element or trailer which is then mated with a front body element (sleeve) having a modular plug receptacle. The leads are inserted through a series of apertures in the sleeve and deformed so as to extend into the cavity of the receptacle to form the electrical contacts for the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Pulse Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald A. Shutter
  • Patent number: 6224427
    Abstract: A modular jack 200 includes a jack housing 220 with an opening 225 in its front end that is adapted to receive a modular plug 100. Within the opening there are a number of jack springs 215 for making electrical contact with metallic blades 120 that are installed in the plug. Variations in the actual position 211 where the plug blades make contact with the jack springs are reduced by the inclusion of a positioning member within the housing. This is extremely important in situations where the modular plug includes crosstalk compensation, since positional variations affect the amount of crosstalk compensation needed. In one embodiment, the positioning member comprises a cam 228 that engages a flexible latch 130 on the modular plug to create an axial force “F1” that pushes the plug toward a retaining surface 229 within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Assignee: Avaya Technology Corp.
    Inventor: Robert Ray Goodrich
  • Patent number: 6220903
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plastic housing structure of a board-to-board connector comprising a base seat and a top cap, wherein the base having a central protruded rib portion with a plurality of slots along the two lateral sides of the rib portion, a through hole being formed at the bottom portion of the slot and the external side of the slot being corresponding to a plurality of notches having a sloping guiding surface at the inner surface thereof, at the two ends of the rib portion, an engaging surface being provided for engagement with a top cap, and the top surface of the engaging surface being provided with a blocking block and a protrusion; and the top cap is provided with an engaging portion at the side thereof, and the bottom portion is provided with a plurality of protruded blocks having a wavelike surface at the inner side thereof, thereby, the base seat and the top cap are combined, and the protruded blocks are inserted into the notches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: CviLux Corporation
    Inventor: Alex Huang