Patents Examined by Peter G Leigh
  • Patent number: 11513943
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a movable platform (MP) for moving freight during cross-dock operations. The MP comprises a mechanical actuation assembly used to deploy a plurality of roller assemblies used for moving the MP. Also disclosed is an actuating attachment used to deploy the mechanical actuation assembly of the MP. The actuating attachment can be attached to a conveyance vehicle, such as a forklift, or built in to an automated guided vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: INNOVATIVE LOGISTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark Bradley, Stonie Hopkins, Jefferson Maldonado, Doug Hutchens, Jerry Wade
  • Patent number: 11509086
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a main body portion having a receiving passage adapted to receive a plate-type plug inserted in an insertion direction, and a locking protrusion formed on the main body portion and protruding toward the receiving passage. The locking protrusion has a connection portion adapted to connect a top portion of the locking protrusion with the main body portion downstream in the insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xinxin Li, Tongbao Ding, Zebin Tang, Weiguo Li, Liming Wang
  • Patent number: 11508536
    Abstract: The invention discloses a battery assembly and an electronic cigarette using the battery assembly, wherein the battery assembly comprises a main body, a circuit board mounted in the main body and a button assembly, the main body is provided with an avoidance hole and at least one stopper, the button assembly comprises a button cap and a button contact, the button contact is fixedly mounted in the main body and is electrically connected with the circuit board, and the button cap is slidably mounted in the avoidance hole. When the button cap slides to squeeze the button contact, the button cap abuts against the stopper to form a trigger position where the button cap triggers the button contact to transmit a control signal to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN IVPS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junwei Ouyang
  • Patent number: 11502455
    Abstract: A connector includes a sheet terminal and an insulating base. The sheet terminal includes a bend section, a mating section, and an insertion section. The insertion section includes a shoulder extending outward along an insertion axis, and the top of the shoulder corresponds to the mating section. The insulating base includes a base and a mating portion. The base includes two opposite base sidewalls, an accommodation space, and a stop portion. The insertion section is located in the accommodation space. The stop portion corresponds to the shoulder. The mating portion is connected to the base. The mating portion includes two opposite mating sidewalls and a mating space. The mating space is in communication with the accommodation space, and the mating section is located in the mating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bing-Nan Hong, Yung-Chih Hung
  • Patent number: 11502460
    Abstract: A data cable plug connector for data transmission includes a plug body comprising a cable connection end, a plug connection end and a plug shield. The cable connection end has a first connection channel for a first insulated conductor, a second connection channel for a second insulated conductor, and a shield connection for a conductor shield. The plug connection end has a contact carrier with contact openings for receiving contacts which are connectable to the insulated conductors. The cable connection end has an impedance transmitter made of electrically conductive material disposed adjacent to the contact carrier, the connection channels being formed in the impedance transmitter, and at least one material that is electrically conductive at least in parts being formed between the connection channels channel. Openings of the connection channels facing the contact carrier open into the openings of the contact carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: ERICH JAEGER GMBH + CO. KG
    Inventor: Klaus Markefka
  • Patent number: 11493549
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for testing a PCIe interface on a printed circuit assembly. The apparatus can include a plurality of electrical contacts to couple to a PCIe interface of the printed circuit assembly, wherein a respective electrical contact corresponds to a pin of the PCIe interface. The apparatus can also include a plurality of resistors. Each resistor is coupled between two adjacent electrical contacts. At least one electrical contact corresponds to a ground, power, or not connected (NC) pin of the PCIe interface, thereby allowing a loopback test to determine connectivity between the pins of the PCIe interface and the printed circuit assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventor: Min-Huang Wu
  • Patent number: 11496019
    Abstract: The present invention may provide a motor comprising an inverter housing in which a substrate is disposed, a connector which is mounted on the inverter housing and electrically connects the substrate and a cable and wherein the connector includes a body and a first terminal coupled to the body, one side of the first terminal is in electrical contact with the substrate, the other side of the first terminal is in contact with the cable, wherein the inverter housing includes a connector mounting portion which accommodate the body of the connector, sealing members seal a gap between the connector mounting portion and the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Hanon Systems
    Inventors: Ho Bin Im, Ho Youn Kim, Hyeon Jae Shin, Jae Won Lee, Kyung Hun Jung, Seong Kook Cho
  • Patent number: 11489269
    Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a terminal connecting structure which may enable the conductivity to be improved. A terminal connecting structure is intended for connecting a terminal to an electric wire, the electric wire including an aluminum conductor with aluminum, wherein the terminal connecting structure further comprises a conductive connection body formed with aluminum, wherein one end of the connection body is butt-connected to the aluminum conductor, and wherein another end of the connection body is connected to the terminal via crimping. This enables the terminal to be connected to the electric wire via the connection body without crimping the bundle of cores. This may eliminate influence of crimping on the aluminum conductor and enable the conductivity between the electric wire and the terminal to be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Tanaka, Masahiro Takamatsu
  • Patent number: 11489277
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes at least one base body with at least one contact portion and at least one connection portion. The connection portion is provided for fastening an electrical conductor. The base body is made of a first material, and a layer of a second material is arranged in a surface area of the contact portion. An electrical connector that ensures reliable electrical contacting even under heavy mechanical stresses is realized by applying the layer of the second material by means of roll cladding or an additive manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Klawinski, Sven Vesper, Michaela Weger
  • Patent number: 11489268
    Abstract: An electric wire with a terminal includes: an electric wire having a core wire, and a cover; a crimp terminal having a core wire crimping portion which is crimped to the core wire, a cover crimping portion which is crimped to the cover, and a connecting portion which extends from the core crimping portion to the cover crimping portion; and a resin which integrally covers the core wire and the crimp terminal. The core wire has an intermediate portion which extends between the core crimping portion and the cover crimping portion. The connecting portion has a bottom wall portion and a pair of side wall portions which extend in a height direction of the crimp terminal from end portions of the bottom wall portion in a width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Onuma, Yutaka Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 11489227
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette, including an atomizing assembly and a battery assembly. The atomizing assembly is disposed on the battery assembly. The atomizing assembly includes a mouthpiece, a filter cotton, a guide tube, an e-liquid container, a first sealer adapted to seal the e-liquid container, a heating wire comprising a pin, a barrier, a base, a second sealer adapted to seal the base, an insulation ring, and electrodes. The battery assembly includes a battery frame, a light guide, a silica gel, a fixed seat, a printed circuit board assembly, and a battery cell. The guide tube is disposed in the e-liquid container. The heating wire is disposed on the barrier. The barrier is disposed in the base. The insulation ring passes through the pin of the heating wire and is fixed in the base. The electrodes are disposed in the insulation ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Inventor: Tuanfang Liu
  • Patent number: 11490534
    Abstract: Described, herein, is an installation apparatus and method which may permit the safe and rapid mounting of an electrical device (e.g., a Wi-Fi access point or a surveillance camera) onto an elevated support surface (e.g., a wall, a post, or a ceiling). Accordingly, the installation apparatus may include a housing, a mount, and an elongated handle. During use, the mount may be configured to be affixed to the elevated support surface. Additionally, the elongated handle may be configured to selectively couple to the housing enabling a user to lift the housing to the mount on the elevated support surface. Subsequent to the user lifting the housing to the mount, the housing may be configured to selectively couple to the housing, securing the housing to the mount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: MOUNT IT, LLC
    Inventor: Roland Feijoo
  • Patent number: 11482804
    Abstract: It is aimed to reduce an external force acting on a circuit board. A connector (10) is provided with a housing (12) including a board accommodating portion (13), a circuit board (42) accommodated in the board accommodating portion (13), a first terminal holding portion (26) formed in the housing (12) to be integrated with the board accommodating portion (13), a second terminal holding portion (30) formed in the housing (12) to be integrated with the board accommodating portion (13) and second terminal fittings (52) connected to the circuit board (42) while being held in the second terminal holding portion (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Masanori Moriyasu
  • Patent number: 11482803
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a cavity filter including: an RF signal connecting portion spaced apart, by a predetermined distance, from an outer member having an electrode pad provided on a surface thereof; and a terminal portion configured to electrically connect the electrode pad of the outer member and the RF signal connecting portion so as to absorb assembly tolerance existing at the predetermined distance and to prevent disconnection of the electric flow between the electrode pad and the RF signal connecting portion, wherein a part of the terminal portion, positioned between the electrode pad and the RF signal connecting portion, is elastically deformed to absorb assembly tolerance existing in a terminal insertion port. Therefore, the cavity filter can efficiently absorb assembly tolerance which occurs through assembly design, and prevent disconnection of an electric flow, thereby preventing degradation in performance of an antenna device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: KMW INC.
    Inventors: Nam Shin Park, Joung Hoe Kim, Sung Ho Jang
  • Patent number: 11482798
    Abstract: A terminal-equipped electric wire includes: an electric wire in which a conductor is covered by an insulating cover; a crimp terminal including a conductor crimping portion crimped to the conductor exposed from an end of the insulating cover, a cover crimping portion crimped to the insulating cover, and an intermediate portion that couples the conductor crimping portion and the cover crimping portion and in which the conductor is exposed; and a anticorrosive material covering at least the conductor exposed in the intermediate portion. The intermediate portion has grooves that are provided on a surface on the conductor side and formed from both end portions in a circumferential direction such that each of the grooves is formed toward a center side in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Onuma, Hidehiko Iwasawa
  • Patent number: 11482799
    Abstract: In a terminal-equipped electric wire in which a first barrel of a crimp terminal is crimped to a core wire exposed portion of an electric wire, a second barrel of the crimp terminal is crimped to a covering portion of the electric wire, and an anticorrosive portion is formed at least in an opening portion between the first barrel and the second barrel, an adhesive member is arranged on an outer peripheral surface of the covering portion, a base member and adhesive layers of the adhesive member are held in an elastically deformed state by being crimped by the second barrel, the inner adhesive layer of the adhesive member adheres to the entire circumference of the outer peripheral surface of the covering portion, and the outer adhesive layer of the adhesive member adheres to the entire circumference of an inner peripheral surface of the second barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidehiko Iwasawa, Masao Nagano
  • Patent number: 11476619
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a high frequency connector system with reduced stub lengths that provide improved performance at high frequencies. A first connector includes a plurality of mating contacts designed to electrically connect to a second plurality of mating contacts associated with a second connector. The first connector includes one or more elastic members such that when the second connector is mated to the first connector, the one or more elastic members are compressed between the first and second connectors. The first and second plurality of contacts overlap by a first distance when initially mated, but when the connectors are released, the first elastic member biases the second connector away from the first connector such that the first and second plurality of contacts overlap by a second distance smaller than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: FCI USA LLC
    Inventor: Jordan Winey
  • Patent number: 11476615
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with: a terminal metal fitting to which a core wire exposed portion of a core wire of a terminal of a wire is physically and electrically connected; a housing inside which the terminal metal fitting and the terminal of the wire are housed and from which the wire is drawn outside from inside; and a wire holding member that holds, inside the housing, the terminal of the wire, in which the wire holding member has a fixed portion that is fixed to a fixing portion inside the housing, and a holding portion that holds the terminal of the wire so that the terminal of the wire does not move relatively to the housing when the fixed portion is fixed to the fixing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takatoshi Suzuki, Yoshitaka Tsushima, Yasuhiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11476601
    Abstract: In a connector, movement of a contact is appropriately restricted in detaching a counter connector from the connector. The connector fittable with the counter connector in a first direction includes the contact and a housing. The contact includes: a press-fitted portion press-fitted into the housing in a second direction intersecting the first direction; an extension portion that extends from the press-fitted portion in a third direction intersecting the first and the second directions; and a contact portion that extends from the extension portion and contacts the counter contact. The housing includes a protrusion portion that protrudes from a rising portion in the third direction. In a state where the press-fitted portion is press-fitted in the housing, a surface of a distal end portion in the third direction of the extension portion contacts the protrusion portion, which surface faces a side where the counter connector is situated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Junji Oosaka
  • Patent number: 11476594
    Abstract: An electric wire with a terminal includes: an electric wire having a core wire, and a cover; a crimp terminal having a core wire crimping portion which is crimped to the core wire, a cover crimping portion which is crimped to the cover, and a connecting portion which extends from the core crimping portion to the cover crimping portion; and a resin which integrally covers the core wire and the crimp terminal. The core wire has an intermediate portion which extends between the core crimping portion and the cover crimping portion. The connecting portion has a bottom wall portion and a pair of side wall portions which extend in a height direction of the crimp terminal from end portions of the bottom wall portion in a width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masanori Onuma, Yutaka Matsuoka