Patents Examined by Peter G Leigh
  • Patent number: 11688970
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cable connector assembly that includes a cable having conductors secured to contact pads formed on a printed circuit board. A housing and cover are configured to be secured together and combine to form a cavity for receiving the printed circuit board and the cable. A slug is formed around a portion of the cable. Upon assembly of the cover to the housing, the slug is disposed in a pocket formed in the cavity and helps secure the cable to the housing and cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Rayburn, Gianni Bardella
  • Patent number: 11682853
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing having a card slot at a mating end configured to pass through a panel opening of a panel forward of the panel for receiving a circuit card. A cable end of the housing is rearward of the panel. The electrical connector assembly includes contacts held in the housing. The electrical connector assembly includes cables terminated to the contacts and extending from the housing. The electrical connector assembly includes a connector mounting bracket having a collar surrounding a window receiving the housing. The connector mounting bracket has mounting latches extending from the collar with latch fingers configured to be coupled to the panel. The connector mounting bracket includes a biasing element configured to engage the panel to bias the panel against the mounting latches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS, GMBH
    Inventors: Randall Robert Henry, Brandon Michael Matthews
  • Patent number: 11682854
    Abstract: Disclosed is a board connector including a board connector body, conductive terminals of upper and lower rows inserted inside the board connector body and a docking housing wrapped outside the board connector body, wherein a front end of the board connector is used for docking with a cable connector, the docking housing including a top wall, a bottom wall and two side walls, a docking slot is provided between the top wall and a top surface of the board connector body, and the bottom wall is provided with a blocking element that protrudes downward. As compared with the prior art, interference may occur between a front end of a blocking element and a front end of a cable connector when the cable connector is reversely inserted, thereby preventing occurrence of a reverse inserting phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: AMPHENOL ASSEMBLETECH (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenchu Yang, Weishun Chen, Zhenxing Liu, Hang Li
  • Patent number: 11677189
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector, having an electrically insulating housing assembly and an outer-conductor assembly connected in positively locking fashion to the housing assembly. The outer-conductor assembly has at least one fastening tab which can be bent from a basic state into a fastening state. The outer-conductor assembly is received in the housing assembly such that the housing assembly blocks relative movement between the outer-conductor assembly and the housing assembly in positively locking fashion along a first translational degree of freedom (x) and/or along a second translational degree of freedom (y). The fastening in the basic state, allows an assembling movement for assembling the housing assembly on the outer-conductor assembly along a third translational degree of freedom (z) and, in the bent fastening state, blocks the housing assembly on the outer-conductor assembly in positively locking fashion at least along the third translational degree of freedom (z).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Willem Blakborn
  • Patent number: 11677166
    Abstract: An outer conductor contact element for a plug connector arrangement, having a fixing stop which engages behind a cable-side end face of a support sleeve and along a longitudinal axis (L) of the plug connector arrangement, and the cable-side end face is remote from a front, free end of the outer conductor contact element, and the fixing stop is formed in the outer conductor contact element by a male connector-side edge of a material cut-out in the outer conductor contact element that is proximate to a front, free end of the outer conductor contact element. Alternatively, or in addition, the fixing stop is formed by a separate stop element that is fastened to an inner wall of the outer conductor contact element. Alternatively, or in addition, the fixing stop is formed by a stamped shaping in the outer conductor contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Miedl, Walter Baldauf, Marcel Volkmar
  • Patent number: 11677167
    Abstract: An electric wire with terminal includes an electric wire including a core wire and a cover covering the core wire, and a terminal to be attached to the electric wire. The terminal includes a placement portion onto which the electric wire is placed, a pair of core wire crimp pieces extending from the placement portion and configured to be crimped to the core wire, and a pair of cover crimp pieces extending from the placement portion and configured to be crimped to the cover. In a state where the pair of cover crimp pieces is crimped to the cover, the pair of cover crimp pieces includes a recessed portion positioned at an intermediate position in an electric wire extending direction in which the electric wire extends, and a pair of inclined portions continuous with both ends of the recessed portion and inclined radially outward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroya Kousaka, Kei Sato
  • Patent number: 11677190
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a guide shielding cage, an internal biasing heat sink and two lateral heat dissipating members. The guide shielding cage includes a cage body and a partitioning bracket provided in the cage body, the cage body has a top wall and two side walls, the partitioning bracket has an upper wall and a lower wall which together define an interior receiving space, and the partitioning bracket and the cage body together define an upper receiving space and a lower receiving space, each side wall of the cage body is formed with a side window which is communicated with the interior receiving space, the lower wall of the partitioning bracket is formed with a lower window which allows the interior receiving space to be communicated with the lower receiving space. The internal biasing heat sink is provided in the partitioning bracket and has an internal heat dissipating member, the internal heat dissipating member enters into the lower receiving space via the lower window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Che-Yuan Yang
  • Patent number: 11670885
    Abstract: A terminal fitting 10 includes a body portion 11 in the form of an angular tube. The body portion 11 includes a first wall portion 21, a second wall portion 22, a third wall portion 23 and a fourth wall portion 24 continuous in a circumferential direction. The first and second wall portions 21, 22 are continuous via a first corner portion 26. The second and third wall portions 22, 23 are continuous via a second corner portion 27. The third and fourth wall portions 23, 24 are continuous via a third corner portion 28. The fourth wall portion 24 includes restricting portions 31 to be overlapped on an end part of the first wall portion 21 opposite to the first corner portion from outside. The first wall portion includes projecting portions 42, 43 projecting outward at positions away from the restricting portions 31 toward the first corner portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takahiro Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 11670879
    Abstract: A midboard cable connector assembly with a board connector and a cable connector. The board connector has terminals precisely positioned with respect to engagement features. A cable connector likewise has terminals precisely positioned with respect to complementary engagement features. When the connectors are pressed together for mating, the terminals of one or both connectors deform, generating a force that separates the connectors until the engagement features engage and block further backward motion. As the mating position is defined by the locations of the engagement features, the connectors can be designed with low over travel and a resulting short stub length, which promotes high frequency performance. High frequency performance is further promoted by a ground conductor interconnecting the beams forming mating contact portions of ground terminals, reducing the length of unconnected segments and by a cable clamp plate with complaint compression features that reduce distortion of the cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: FCI USA LLC
    Inventor: Arkady Y. Zerebilov
  • Patent number: 11670902
    Abstract: A method aligns a crimping cassette crimping tool in a cable processing apparatus having a tensioning device for applying tension to a mounting part relative to a crimping device attachment surface. The crimping cassette includes the crimping tool having cooperating stationary and movable tool parts for crimping and a holding device that attaches to the mounting part fixed to the stationary tool part and has a position allowing a spatially-limited adjustment movement of the stationary tool part. The method includes releasing the tensioning device; inserting the stationary tool part into a tensioning device area; moving the moveable tool part towards the stationary tool part slightly before it touches the stationary tool part; moving the moveable tool part towards the stationary tool part until a pressing force between the tool parts is reached or exceeded and an alignment occurs between the tool parts; and applying tension with the tensioning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: komax Holding AG
    Inventors: Bruno Weber, Dominik Feubli, Alois Conte, Nils Furrer
  • Patent number: 11664617
    Abstract: An elastic terminal includes a first base having an annular shape and a plurality of elastic sheets extending from the first base in an axial direction. A slit is formed between a pair of adjacent elastic sheets. The plurality of elastic sheets include a plurality of sets of elastic sheets, each elastic sheet of each set of elastic sheets has a plurality of electrical contact portions protruding inwardly radially. The electrical contact portions of one set of elastic sheets are arranged on a same circumference and the electrical contact portions of different sets of elastic sheets are staggered with respect to each other in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua Li, Guangming Zhao
  • Patent number: 11664630
    Abstract: A terminal assembly and an electrical connector. The terminal assembly comprises a plurality of terminals, an insulating body, a first electromagnetic shielding member, and a second electromagnetic shielding member. The plurality of terminals comprises a plurality of signal terminals and a plurality of ground terminals. The signal terminals and the ground terminals are disposed at intervals. At least one signal terminal is disposed between two adjacent ground terminals. The insulating body is disposed at the plurality of terminals. One end of each terminal protrudes from one side of the insulating body, while the other end is exposed from the insulating body. The first electromagnetic shielding member is disposed at one side of the insulating body and is connected with the plurality of ground terminals. The second electromagnetic shielding member is disposed at the other side of the insulating body and is opposite to the first electromagnetic shielding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd, HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Huang, Ming Li, RongZhe Guo, HongJi Chen, KaiDe Wang, Tao Zeng, ShuYao Shen
  • Patent number: 11658441
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body and a terminal module. The terminal module includes a first terminal module, a second terminal module, and a shielding piece. The first terminal module includes a number of first conductive terminals. Each first conductive terminal includes a first elastic contact arm and a first tail portion. The second terminal module includes a number of second conductive terminals. Each second conductive terminal includes a second elastic contact arm and a second tail portion. The shielding piece includes a connecting portion and a number of ground terminals. The ground terminals include a number of first ground elastic arms arranged in a same row as the first elastic contact arms and a number of second ground elastic arms arranged in a same row as the second elastic contact arms. As a result, the shielding performance of the electrical connector is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huabing Li, Zhongyuan Lai, Chenhui Zeng, Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 11646535
    Abstract: A terminal module includes an insulating member, a number of conductive terminals, and a conductive plastic. Each conductive terminal includes a fixing portion. The conductive terminals include a group of signal terminals, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. The terminal module includes a first rib, a second rib and a groove. The first rib is adjacent to but not in contact with the fixing portion of the first ground terminal. The second rib is adjacent to but not in contact with the fixing portion of the second ground terminal. The present disclosure also relates to a backplane connector having the terminal module. Compared with the prior art, by making the first ground terminal and the second ground terminal non-conducting, it easier to determine the accuracy of the electrical test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yanbo Lin
  • Patent number: 11646520
    Abstract: A contact device for receiving a plug end includes a first contact, which has a first coupling end and a first contact end, and a second contact, which has a second coupling end and a second contact end. The coupling ends are configured to electrically couple the respective contact to a receiving device, and the contact ends are configured to electrically connect the respective contact to a contact element of the plug end. The shortest distance between the first coupling end and the first contact end is not equal to the shortest distance between the second coupling end and the second contact end. The total length of the first contact is equal to, or is within a predetermined tolerance from, the total length of the second contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: MD ELEKTRONIK GMBH
    Inventors: Daniel Bock, Dominik Schroll, Thomas Grasser, Thomas Halbig
  • Patent number: 11646510
    Abstract: A shielding electrical terminal is presented herein. The shielding electrical terminal includes a securing portion that is configured to attach to an outer shield conductor of a shielded cable and a cylindrical mating portion having an inner surface configured to make electrical contact with a corresponding cylindrical shield terminal inserted within the mating portion. The inner surface of the mating portion defines a plurality of protrusions that extend from the inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: John R. Morello, James M. Rainey
  • Patent number: 11646513
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrical connector connected with a chip connector. The electrical connector comprises a first terminal component, an adapting board, and a cable. The first terminal component comprises a plurality of terminals. The adapting board is disposed at one side of the first terminal component. At least one of the plurality of terminals of the first terminal component is connected with the adapting board. One end of the cable is connected with the adapting board. The other end of the cable is connected with the chip connector. Since the plurality of terminals and the cable of the first terminal component are connected with the adapting board, selectable cables in multiple dimensions would be increased, the soldering process can be simplified, the soldering cost can be reduced, and the stability of the connection between the terminal and the cable would also be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bin Huang, RongZhe Guo, QiongNan Chen, HuanHuan Shen, HongJi Chen
  • Patent number: 11641068
    Abstract: An electrical crimp terminal for connection with a conductor of an electrical cable has an insulation surrounding the conductor. The electrical crimp terminal comprises a conductor connection portion, wherein the conductor connection portion comprises conductor crimp wings for being crimped onto the conductor of the electrical cable. Each of the conductor crimp wings in the non-crimped state has at least one progressive portion having a progressively increasing height in a longitudinal direction to a tip of the conductor to be crimped, wherein the progressive portion extends along the complete length of each conductor crimp wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Maxime Porte, Gert Droesbeke
  • Patent number: 11641080
    Abstract: A harness comprises a connector body, a cable and a cable-holding portion which holds the cable. The connector body comprises a base portion. The cable is connected to the connector body. The cable has an end portion received in the base portion and a main portion extending rearward from the end portion. The cable-holding portion is formed with a recessed portion which opens at least downward in the upper-lower direction (Z-direction). The base portion has an interference portion. The recessed portion and the interference portion are located at opposite sides of the harness, respectively, in the lateral direction (Y-direction). The recessed portion is, at least in part, located at a position same as that of the interference portion in the front-rear direction (X-direction). The recessed portion is, at least in part, located at a position same as that of the interference portion in the upper-lower direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Masaki Kimura
  • Patent number: 11637391
    Abstract: A miniaturized card edge connector providing reliable operation. A connector may have a reinforcing member comprising a main body, a first connector engaging portion and a second connector engaging portion. The first connector engaging portion and the second connector engaging portion extend from the main body in a first vertical direction and are spaced apart in a transverse direction. The first connector engaging portion and the second connector engaging portion are configured to be engaged to both sides of a card slot of the electrical connector. The reinforcing member may effectively protect the insulating body of the electrical connector against deformation or even damage. The reinforcing member can strengthen the connection between the electrical connector and the circuit board to ensure their stable connection. Since the reinforcing member itself is multifunctional and is convenient for mounting, the assembly period may be shortened and the product cost may be lowered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bryan Guo, Xiaodong Hu