Patents Examined by Peter G Leigh
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Patent number: 12237606Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative base having a top surface, a bottom surface, and plural holes extending through the top surface and the bottom surface; a group of contacts mounted to corresponding holes, each contact having an upper contacting arm and a side portion; and a standoff secured to the side portion.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventor: Shuo-Hsiu Hsu
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Patent number: 12237623Abstract: A shield connector is provided with a housing including a module accommodation chamber and a terminal module to be inserted into the module accommodation chamber from behind the housing. The terminal module is formed such that an inner conductor is surrounded by a dielectric and the dielectric is surrounded by an outer conductor. The outer conductor includes a projecting portion projecting from a position rearward of a front end of the outer conductor on an outer surface of the outer conductor. An inner wall surface constituting the module accommodation chamber has a facing inner surface facing the outer surface formed with the projecting portion. The facing inner surface is formed with a projection-like backlash eliminating portion. The projecting portion is arranged behind the backlash eliminating portion with the terminal module inserted in the module accommodation chamber.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2020Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hiroyoshi Maesoba, Toshifumi Ichio
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Patent number: 12237595Abstract: An electrical interconnect including slotted lug with a receiving end for connecting to a flat electrical conductor and a fastening end for connecting to a surface mount terminal extending from the surface of a circuit, such as an integrated metal substrate (IMS) circuit board or a circuit card assembly. The interconnect provides a secure connection capable of transmitting a current of at least 100 Arms, to give a non-limiting example value. The interconnect further provides low contact resistance and ease of manufacturing.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Sara Lorene Simbeck, Glenn Arthur Gage, Roy Emerson Martin, III
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Patent number: 12224528Abstract: The present invention discloses a connector and a connector assembly. The connector has an outer housing and an inner housing detachably mounted in the outer housing for holding a terminal in the outer housing. The connector is adapted to be mounted on corresponding electrical equipment and mate with a corresponding mating connector. A first mating feature adapted to mate with the corresponding electrical equipment and a second mating feature adapted to mate with the corresponding mating connector are formed on the inner housing. In the present invention, when it is necessary to change the identification feature on the connector, only the inner housing or a part of the inner housing of the connector needs to be replaced without replacing the whole outer housing. Therefore, the cost is low and the use is very convenient.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.Inventors: Jianxiong Li, Yuchen Yang, Reicky Zhang, Haomai Yin, Xionghui Zheng
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Patent number: 12224512Abstract: A circuit board assembly, a backplane interconnection system, and an electronic device are disclosed. The circuit board assembly includes a bracket and a circuit board, the circuit board is formed with a fastened part and a free part, the fastened part is connected to the bracket, the free part is suspended, a surface on which the free part and the fastened part are co-located is a first plane, the free part has an amplitude of swing in a first direction, the first direction is perpendicular to the first plane, the circuit board is configured to plug-connect to a front sub-circuit board, a first connector plug-connected to a first plug-connection end on the front sub-circuit board is disposed on the free part, and the amplitude of swing is capable of enabling the first connector to plug-connect to the first plug-connection end.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Huahua Xu, Xinhu Gong, Yinzhong Tang
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Patent number: 12224524Abstract: The present invention discloses a connector and a connector assembly. The connector assembly has a first connector having a first housing and a second connector adapted to mate with the first connector and comprising a second housing. The first housing is adapted to be partially inserted into the second housing along an axial direction of the second housing, and an elastic latch for locking the second housing is formed on the first housing; a latch safety is installed on the second housing and movable along a circumferential direction of the second housing between a safety position to prevent the elastic latch from being unlocked and a pre-locking position to allow the elastic latch to be unlocked, a pushing part is formed on the first housing and adapted to push the latch safety to the pre-locking position at which the first housing is allowed to be inserted into the second housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.Inventors: Jianxiong Li, Yuchen Yang, Reicky Zhang, Haomai Yin, Xionghui Zheng
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Patent number: 12224540Abstract: The present invention provides a connection terminal to be fixed to a conductive portion provided on a glass plate for a vehicle. The connection terminal includes an installation portion having a fixing surface to be fixed to the conductive portion, a rising portion that extends from the installation portion in a direction away from the glass plate, a connection portion that is connected to the rising portion and has a power supply portion configured to supply power, and a solder attached to the fixing surface, in which the solder includes a protruding portion that protrudes from the fixing surface of the installation portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: NIPPON SHEET GLASS COMPANY, LIMITEDInventor: Junichi Tokiwa
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Patent number: 12212090Abstract: An electrical connector includes a first terminal set including first terminals and first material bridges forming electrical connections between the first terminals, a second terminal set including second terminals and second material bridges forming electrical connections between the second terminals, and an insulating body formed on the first and second terminal sets by insert molding. The insulating body has a top surface thereof provided with first and second punching holes that expose the first and second material bridges for allowing a preset cutting tool to be used to cut the first and second material bridges and carry out waste removal, so that the first terminals and the second terminals are independent without producing electrical connections.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: ACES ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kuang-En Lee, Chung-Hsin Wu, Peng-Fei Sun
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Patent number: 12207403Abstract: Two QSFP-DD transceivers' footprints are placed on the opposite sides of a PCB board. The two footprints are aligned in a special way and the connections among the pads of the two footprints are also specially defined. Based on that, the pads of the two footprints are connected through PCB traces and VIA. Two QSFP-DD electrical connectors are soldered onto the two footprints. So the high-speed signals from two QSFP-DD transceivers are directly connected in the shortest way when the two transceivers are plugged into the two QSFP-DD connectors.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Inventor: Shuang Jin
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Patent number: 12206151Abstract: A coaxial isolator includes an integrated circuit board, a first body and a second body. The integrated circuit board includes a first surface, a second surface, a signal processing circuit extending along a central axis, two first capacitors, two second capacitors, and a first iron core. The first capacitors are located on the first surface and are respectively disposed on both sides of the signal processing circuit. The second capacitors are located on the second surface and are respectively arranged corresponding to the positions of the first capacitors. The first iron core surrounds the signal processing circuit. A first tube portion of the first body surrounds the integrated circuit board, and a first end portion of the first body is used for connecting with an external device. A second end portion of the second body is used for connecting with another external device.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: EZCONN CORPORATIONInventor: Ming-Ching Chen
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Patent number: 12200856Abstract: A circuit board has an upper face and a lower face. The circuit board comprises at least two circuits, with each of the at least two circuits comprising at least one conductor track and at least one current carrying electronic component. The circuit board has at least one through-hole which is provided with at least one insulating unit. The at least one insulating unit is arranged in the at least one through-hole and so is mechanically connected to the circuit board and thus is positioned between a first circuit and at least one second circuit of the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung &Co. KGInventor: Norbert Kropiewnicki
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Patent number: 12191597Abstract: An RF connector having an integral weather protection system for protecting the connector from water, ice, salt, debris and other foreign damage. The connector comprises a Weather Protection (WP) assembly circumscribing a connector body, which, in turn, sealably mounts to a coaxial cable. The WP assembly comprises a housing, a compliant sealing ring and a biasing element. The WP housing sealably mounts over an end of the connector body and defines an aperture at an opposite end thereof to receive the coaxial cable and facilitate axial translation of the housing relative to the connector body. The compliant sealing ring has an inwardly facing sealing surface which defines a diameter dimension. And, the biasing element is reconfigurable from an expanded to a collapsed state in response to axial displacement of the housing relative to the connector body.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2020Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, LLCInventors: Thomas Sawyer Urtz, Jr., Brandon M. Stevens, Jeremy Charles Benn, Christopher P. Natoli, Jeffrey P. Dennis
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Patent number: 12185756Abstract: An enclosure is provided for at least partially surrounding an atomizer of a vapor provision system to define an aerosol chamber around the atomizer, where the atomizer is located at least partially externally to outer dimensions of a reservoir for aerosolizable substrate material to be aerosolised by the atomizer, where the enclosure comprises at least one wall defining the aerosol chamber; a joining portion by which the enclosure is enabled to extend outwardly from a housing defining the reservoir; one or more openings in the at least one wall to allow aerosolizable substrate material to enter the aerosol chamber from the reservoir and aerosol to exit the aerosol chamber; and one or more apertures in the at least one wall to allow air to enter the aerosol chamber.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2020Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITEDInventor: Patrick Moloney
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Patent number: 12191592Abstract: A connector body includes mating guide parts having mating recesses into which counterpart mating guide parts are inserted, the reinforcing bracket includes a body part attached to end wall parts of the mating guide parts, and a pair of left and right connection arms connected to both ends of the body part, the connection arms extending to the longitudinal center of the connector body and being attached to side wall parts of the mating guide parts, the connection arm includes a side plate part and a side wall upper cover part connected to an upper end of the side plate part, at least a part of the outside of the side plate part is covered with an outside part of the side wall part, and the side wall upper cover part is curved such that a tip faces the mating recess and covers at least a part of the upper surface of the inside part of the side wall part.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2024Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Daiki Tanaka, Naoto Sasayama
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Patent number: 12185766Abstract: An aerosol-generating device controls power supplied to a heating unit based on a first target temperature during a first preheating section and control the power based on a second target temperature higher than the first target temperature during a second preheating section, such that the heating unit is stably heated to a target preheating temperature without carbonizing the aerosol generating substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: KT&G CORPORATIONInventor: Jaemin Lee
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Patent number: 12191612Abstract: A connector comprises an insert-molded body. The insert-molded body comprises a housing and a terminal partially embedded in the housing. The housing has a main portion. The main portion is formed with a trace hole and an accommodation space. The terminal has a held portion, a bent-back portion extending forward from the held portion, a support portion extending rearward from the bent-back portion and a contact portion supported by the support portion. The held portion has a wide portion. When the insert-molded body is seen from above, the wide portion is, at least in part, visible through the trace hole. Each of the support portion and the contact portion has a size smaller than that of the wide portion in the lateral direction. The wide portion is partially visible through the accommodation space when the insert-molded body is seen from below.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, LimitedInventor: Junji Oosaka
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Patent number: 12191595Abstract: A plug connector module for a modular industrial plug connector is provided, wherein the plug connector module is formed from at least two independent functional units, wherein the functional units enclose a cavity when in the assembled state together. A method for producing a plug connector module for a modular industrial plug connector is also provided, comprising: initially assembling at least two independent functional units, wherein the functional units enclose a cavity when in the assembled state together; and subsequently at least partially filling the cavity with a fixing material, whereby the functional units are fixed to one another.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Bernard Schlegel, Heiko Meier, Irina Lötkemann
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Patent number: 12184020Abstract: A first alternative of the application first defines a one-piece metal blank that will make it possible to produce a connector sub-assembly ready to be directly crimped to an insulated and shielded cable, prepared beforehand. A second alternative of the application first defines a pre-assembled connector sub-assembly that incorporates front and rear crimping portions with different electrical and/or mechanical characteristics, and which is ready to be directly crimped to an insulated and shielded cable, prepared beforehand. Either of the two alternatives makes it possible to minimize assembly steps and associated risks such as those due to the processes of fitting together a great many components according to the prior art.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: RAYDIALLInventors: Damien Romand, Sebastien Annequin
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Patent number: 12178247Abstract: An aerosol provision device includes a spring, wherein a first end of the spring is connected to the lid at a first pivot point and the first end is rotatable about the first pivot point as the lid moves between the open and closed positions. A second end of the spring is connected to the housing at a second pivot point and the second end is rotatable about the second pivot point as the lid moves between the open and closed positions. The spring is configured such that the spring biases the lid towards the open position when the lid is between the open position and the intermediate position, and the spring biases the lid towards the closed position when the lid is between the intermediate position and the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITEDInventors: Ashley John Sayed, Mitchel Thorsen, Luke James Warren
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Patent number: 12184045Abstract: An apparatus for providing an electrical connection to at least one electrical component comprising a first busbar, a second busbar, wherein during the electrical operation the first busbar and the second busbar have a different potential with respect to one another and are arranged parallel to one another, a first insulation element and a second insulation element. The first insulation element and the second insulation element overlap in part in an axial direction but are arranged spaced from one another in the radial direction at least in part between the first busbar and the second busbar. In addition, at least the first busbar has a contacting means for providing an electrical contact to an electrical component, wherein the second insulation element is arranged in the region of the contacting means.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: MAGNA Powertrain GmbH & Co KGInventor: Michael Pauer