Patents Examined by Phuong Chi Thi Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11658447
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pin-type LED lamp holder including: a connector, a first lead wire, a second lead wire, a first fixing tube and a second fixing tube, the connector provided with a first hole and a second hole through the entire connector, the first fixing tube and the first lead wire fixedly connected and plugged into the first hole, and the second fixing tube and the second lead wire fixedly connected and plugged into the second hole. In this way, the first fixing tube and the second fixing tube can be wrapped by the connector and insulated well, thereby a risk of electric shock is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN LESHIDA LIGHTING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaojun Xu
  • Patent number: 11658432
    Abstract: A substrate assembly includes a printed circuit (PC) substrate, first and second microchips, components or substrates mounted on a surface of the PC substrate, and a projection extending in spaced relation to the surface of the PC substrate. In one example, the projection extends between (i) a downward facing surface and/or an edge of a side facing surface proximate the downward facing surface of the first microchip, component or substrate and (ii) an upward facing surface and/or an edge of a side facing surface proximate the upward facing surface of the first microchip, component or substrate. The first and second microchips, components or substrates may be mounted on different levels of the PC substrate surface. In another example, the projection extends between a upward and/or side facing surface of a first microchip, component or substrate and a slot or cavity in a second microchip, component or substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Indiana Integrated Circuits, LLC
    Inventor: Robert Joseph Engelhardt, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11646517
    Abstract: A plug connector provides an electrical connection to a conductor track connection of a printed circuit board. The plug connector has a first printed circuit board with a conductor track connection and a plugging region for plugging the printed circuit board into the plug connector. The plugging region extends parallel to the first printed circuit board. A contact element and/or a spring element is provided in the plug connector. The plugging region and the contact element and/or the spring element are arranged in such a way that, in a plugged state of the plug connector, the printed circuit board which is plugged into the plugging region is arranged parallel to the printed circuit board and the conductor track connection is arranged opposite the conductor track connection. An electrical connection of the conductor track connection to the conductor track connection is provided by the contact element and/or the spring element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Friesen, Till Riechmann, Felix Loske, Inga Heile, Christian Vollmer
  • Patent number: 11641072
    Abstract: This application relates to the field of power supply packaging technologies, and in particular, to a PCB-pinout based packaged module, including a packaged module and a pin exposed outside the packaged module. The packaged module includes a PCB and a power component. The PCB has a first surface and a second surface that are disposed opposite to each other, and the power component is disposed on the first surface or the second surface of the PCB. The power component performs communication connection with a pin located on one side of the first surface or one side of the second surface of the PCB through surface-layer copper of the PCB. The pin located on one side of the first surface or one side of the second surface of the PCB is a surface-layer copper etching pattern that is located on the PCB and that is exposed outside the packaged module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weijian Pan, Zhixiang Hu, Dan Yang
  • Patent number: 11641076
    Abstract: An electronically lockable, electrical plug configured to communicate power and data signals to mobile electronic devices (MED) includes a male electrical plug body insertable into a female electrical socket of the MED and plurality of electrical contacts defined in the male electrical plug for communicating the power and data signals to and from the MED, via corresponding electrical contacts associated with an MED electrical socket. The MED electrical socket is shaped and sized to physically receive and support therein said male electrical plug body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: NOBLE SECURITY, INC.
    Inventor: Meir Avganim
  • Patent number: 11641084
    Abstract: An in-line portable, handheld hydraulic scissor-type action crimping tool having a handle assembly and a working head assembly is provided. The handle assembly has a tool frame portion and a neck portion. The working head assembly has a pair of jaw members joined so that they are movable relative to each other and held in place by a locking pin. One jaw member has a nest secured to or directly formed into the jaw member. The other jaw member has an indentor secured to or directly formed into the jaw member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Peter Matthew Wason
  • Patent number: 11631949
    Abstract: A magnetic connector assembly has a female connector with spring-loaded conductive pins slightly protruding inside a recess or cavity in the female connector's body. A corresponding male connector has a protrusion on its body with conductive pins slightly indented into the protrusion's surface. The protrusion on the male connector is sized and shaped to fit into the cavity in the female connector such that the male connector's pins engage the pins of the female connector, allowing for electrical communication across the connector assembly. Magnets on the male and female connectors secure them in a correct orientation. A unique shape ensures proper alignment of the pins and prevents the connection of incompatible devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Inventor: Vincent Lee
  • Patent number: 11626698
    Abstract: An electronic power connector including a contact configured to electrically connect a power supply to a load. The electronic power connector further including a contact core configured to receive the contact, the contact core including a transformer winding wrapped around the contact core, the transformer winding configured to sense a current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Shadi Alex AbuGhazaleh, Ryan Gene Papageorge, Thomas Louis Scanzillo
  • Patent number: 11626692
    Abstract: Connector receptacles that can provide audible feedback to inform a user that a card has been properly inserted, and can include structures to protect contacts in a connector receptacle from damage due to an improper card insertion. An example can provide a connector receptacle having a click module to provide audible feedback indicating that a card has been fully inserted. Another example can provide a connector receptacle having movable contacts that can remain out of an insertion path until the card is at least partially inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mahmoud R. Amini, George Tziviskos, Bartley K. Andre, Ayoub Yari Boroujeni, James E. Harper, Davood Mousanezhad Viyand, Rui Zhou, Daniel A. Bergvall, Nikhil S. Pansare
  • Patent number: 11626703
    Abstract: A device for stripping a cable is provided. The device includes an extraction chamber and a pusher mounted with an ability to move in the extraction chamber between a rest position and a deployed position. A distal end of the extraction chamber is closed by a flange including a slot. The pusher pushes on the cable in order to press the cable against the slot in the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: SILEC CABLE
    Inventors: Abdou-Karim Top, Didier Lagneau, Christophe Casuc
  • Patent number: 11616334
    Abstract: A busbar is placed on an anvil, and a core wire of a cable is placed on the busbar. While the core wire is pressed onto the busbar using a horn chip, ultrasonic vibration is given to the core wire to join the core wire to the busbar. The horn chip has two flat portions and a recessed portion located between the flat portions. When the core wire is pressed onto the busbar using the horn chip, each of the flat portions and the busbar sandwich a part of the core wire therebetween while the recessed portion and the busbar put a remaining part of the core wire therebetween. Each of the sandwiched parts of the core wire does not reach an outer end of the corresponding flat portion to leave a space between the corresponding flat portion and the busbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masayuki Shiratori, Kenji Kameda
  • Patent number: 11611157
    Abstract: This invention provides a polymer thick film electrically conductive paste composition, comprising conductive metal powder, a resin blend of polyol and phenoxy resin, blocked aliphatic polyisocyanate and one or more polar, aprotic solvents. In one embodiment the paste composition is used to form electrically conductive adhesive. In another embodiment the paste composition is used to form an electrically conductive polymer thick film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: Du Pont China Limited
    Inventors: Hee Hyun Lee, Edmund Francis Schieffer, Jr., Hoang Vi Tran
  • Patent number: 11600961
    Abstract: The present application provides an adaptor, the adaptor includes a plug, a signal extension cord and an adaptor body; the signal extension cord is in an L shape, and one end of the signal extension cord is connected to a sidewall of a tail end of the plug, the other end of the signal extension cord is connected to the adaptor body, such that the plug, the signal extension cord and the adaptor body are integrally formed a U-shaped structure, and when the adaptor is configured to be plugged into a communication interface of an electronic device, the adaptor body is configured to be located on a back side of the electronic device. The present application provides an adaptor, which has a function of curved structure, and improves the user experience when holding the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Inventor: Xuetao Wang
  • Patent number: 11594845
    Abstract: Electrical connection system comprising a primary connection device and a secondary connection device, the primary connection device comprising a shielded cap and primary conductive contacts which extend at least partially inside the shielded cap, the secondary connection device comprising a secondary electrical board which has a secondary mass surface, secondary conductive contacts which extend from an installation surface of the secondary electrical board which is surrounded by the secondary mass surface, and a resilient conductive material which is attached to the secondary mass surface, the electrical connection system being arranged so that the primary conductive contacts are electrically connected to the secondary electrical contacts inside the shielded cap and the shielded cap extends on the resilient conductive material by compressing it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS
    Inventors: Nassim Saheb, Hervé Lieven, Yann Le Henanff
  • Patent number: 11588279
    Abstract: An apparatus is described. The apparatus includes a dual-in line memory module (DIMM) socket having a first electrical circuit component embedded in a latch of the DIMM socket. The first electrical circuit component has a first exposed electrical contact that is to contact or not contact a second exposed electrical contact of a second electrical circuit component that is embedded in a housing of the socket depending on whether a corner of a DIMM is or is not properly inserted into the DIMM socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Xiang Li, George Vergis
  • Patent number: 11581684
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an elongate insulative housing defining a central slot extending along a longitudinal direction, and two rows of contacts disposed by two sides of the central slot. The housing forms a front receiving cavity to receive the corresponding mating tongue of the complementary connector, and a rear receiving cavity to receive the corresponding insulators wherein each insulator is integrally formed with each row of contacts via insert-molding for completing the whole contact module. Each grounding contact is equipped with the corresponding EMI absorber before being insert-molded within the insulator so as to have the corresponding EMI absorber also integrally formed with the insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Rui-Qin Wang, Zhan-Sheng Meng, Meng Liu, Yen-Chih Chang, Yu-San Hsiao, Shih-Wei Hsiao, Jhih-Yao Jiang
  • Patent number: 11581689
    Abstract: A first component, such as an electrical connector, can be mechanically connected to a second component, such as a surface, and separately electrically bonded to the second component using a third component, such as foil. The third component can be ultrasonically welded to the first component and separately ultrasonically welded to the second component. In some cases, multiple third components can be utilized to cover a seam between the first and second components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Gregory Kopansky, Michael Joseph Schneider
  • Patent number: 11570888
    Abstract: A power tool may include a compartment in its housing and a first printed circuit board (PCB) located in the housing and electrically coupled to a first connector. An insertable wireless communication device may include a second electronic processor and an antenna that are each mounted to a second PCB. The insertable wireless communication device may be configured to be received in the compartment and may include a second connector configured to electrically and physically couple to the first connector. The insertable wireless communication device may be configured to wirelessly communicate with an external device. When the insertable wireless communication device is inserted into the compartment, a first conductive layer of the first PCB may be configured to be electrically coupled to the antenna via the first connector and the second connector such that the first conductive layer of the first PCB serves as a ground plane of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation
    Inventors: John B. Lienau, Anthony M. Davis, Ian A. Duncan, Benjamin Gordon, Stephen Matson, Steven M. Smith
  • Patent number: 11569624
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for quick, safe, and easy installation of electrical fixtures in the building construction field, including connecting the fixture to a mounting mechanism for structural support and electrical service. A coupling mechanism is attached to or incorporated into the fixture. The coupling mechanism has built-in electrical leads that are designed to connect with the electrical leads on a fixture-facing interface of the mounting mechanism. Electrical leads on the coupling mechanism are connected via wire or other electrically conductive material to the electrical components in the fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: MAGTOWN, LLC
    Inventors: Darren Glenn Austin, Mardee Coyle Austin, Corey Bernard Mack
  • Patent number: 11569596
    Abstract: Systems, apparatus, and/or processes directed to applying pressure to a socket to alter a shape of the socket to improve a connection between the socket and a substrate, printed circuit board, or other component. The socket may receive one or more chips, may be an interconnect, or may be some other structure that is part of a package. The shape of the socket may be flattened so that a side of the socket may form a high-quality physical and electrical coupling with the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Steven A. Klein, Kuang Liu, Srikant Nekkanty, Feroz Mohammad, Donald Tiendung Tran, Srinivasa Aravamudhan, Hemant Mahesh Shah, Alexander W. Huettis