Patents Examined by Phuong Dinh
  • Patent number: 9722344
    Abstract: A safety shield is provided for use with an electrical plug engaged in a wall socket, the plug having two or more prongs extending from a plug body. The shield comprises a plate formed of an electrically insulating material, with two or more openings defined in the plate in alignment with the two or more prongs of the electrical plug, each opening sized for a snug fit with a corresponding prong. The plate defines a perimeter area around the two or more openings that is at least five times greater than a planar area bounded by the two or more openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Inventor: James T. Hamilton
  • Patent number: 9722354
    Abstract: An electronic card connector, cooperated with a plug-in component and defining an insertion direction and a transverse direction perpendicular to the insertion direction, includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing, a metal shell attached to the insulative housing and forming a cavity therebetween, and an ejector movable in the insulative housing. The metal shell has a number of lateral walls located at two sides and a front end thereof. One of the lateral walls has a resisting portion protruding to the cavity and resists the resisting portion to confine a movement thereof in a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Gang Hu
  • Patent number: 9721735
    Abstract: A multi-function charger is provided. The multi-function charger includes a main body, a first plug, a first base, a second base, and a linkage element. The main body has a first surface having a recess and a second surface opposite thereto. The first plug having a first connector, a second connector, and a third connector is arranged in the main body and exposed on the first surface. The first base is connected to the first and second connectors, and the second base is connected to the third connector. The linkage element is pivotally connected to the first and second bases so that the first connector, the second connector, and the third connector are capable of rotating in the same direction until to be arranged in the recess. The linkage element is located in a connecting region defined between the central section of the first base and the second base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: POWERTECH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Hui Hsu, Fan-Keng Ho
  • Patent number: 9711908
    Abstract: An electrical connector, defining an insertion port, a mating direction, a transverse direction perpendicular to the mating direction, and a vertical direction perpendicular to the mating direction and the transverse direction, includes an insulative housing, a number of terminals retained in the insulative housing, and a metal shell attached to the insulative housing. Each terminal has a soldering portion. The terminals have a number of grounding contacts, power contacts, and signal contacts. A maximum width of the power contact and the grounding contact is larger than that of the signal contact along the transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Tao Yao, Jing-Jie Guo
  • Patent number: 9711875
    Abstract: A bolt-fastened terminal connects to a wire that includes an aluminum core wire of an aluminum-based metal. The terminal includes a wire connection configured by a copper-based metal material and continuous with an electric contact that includes a bolt hole, the wire connection being welded and electrically connected to the aluminum core wire. A surface of the wire connection is coated with a first metal such as nickel and a surface of the electric contact is coated with a second metal such as tin. The first metal and the second metal, which are configured by different metals, are selected from metals between hydrogen and aluminum, aluminum having a negative electric potential with reference to the electric potential of hydrogen and a high ionization tendency, and the second metal is a metal having a smaller negative electric potential and lower ionization tendency than the first metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya Ooba
  • Patent number: 9705246
    Abstract: A connector includes a connector body, two or more connector pads within the connector body, and a releasable attachment mechanism for attaching the connector to a mobile computer. The connector may include a seal positioned around the outer edge of the connector body. The connector typically includes two or more connector pins each in contact with a respective connector pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Hand Held Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew Skvoretz
  • Patent number: 9705221
    Abstract: An electronic component includes at least a contact member having, on a surface of a contact portion adapted to come into contact with another contact member, at least an undercoat plating layer and a main plating layer formed on the undercoat plating layer. A coating containing a fluorine-based oil is provided on the main plating layer, and the coating has a dry coating weight per unit area on the main plating layer of greater than or equal to 0.011 mg/cm2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: DDK LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihiro Tadokoro
  • Patent number: 9705242
    Abstract: An electrical connector has two portions, a first portion connectable to a device and a second portion having a contact point which is movable in relation to the first portion. The second portion having the contact point comprises a magnet configured to attract the corresponding connector. The contact point does not require a counteracting force, whereby the side magnets may be smaller or the connector may lack the side magnets entirely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Juuso Heiskanen, Samuli Mäkinen
  • Patent number: 9705217
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a body having a tongue, a pair of first differential signal terminals and a pair of second differential signal terminals fixed to the body, and a middle shielding sheet fixed to the tongue, and located between the first and second differential signal terminals. The tongue includes an upper surface having two depressed first receiving slots and a lower surface having two depressed second receiving slots. A first groove is depressed from each first receiving slot. A second groove is upward depressed from each second receiving slot. Each first differential signal terminal has a first contact portion fixed to and exposed from the upper surface of the tongue. Each second differential signal terminal has a second contact portion fixed to and exposed from the lower surface of the tongue. The first and second contact portions are partially accommodated in the first and second receiving slot respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ted Ju, Wen Wei Lin, Li Ming Zhang, Han Qing Guo
  • Patent number: 9692154
    Abstract: A clamp includes a first and second handle parts that are pivotable relative to each other and biased closed. A first electrical contactor is associated with the first handle part, and a second electrical contactor is associated with the second handle part. The first electrical contactor and the second electrical contactor are positioned such that in the closed position of the clamp, a circuit connection between the first electrical contactor and the second electrical contactor is open, and in the open position, the circuit connection is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: TWITCH TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: John Dennis Page
  • Patent number: 9691582
    Abstract: The invention relates to a photo-control receptacle, which comprises a base, having a power jack formed on one side and a pin holding groove formed on the other side thereof and communicated with the power jack; a mounting base, connected with the base through a connecting structure, having a plurality of pin mounting grooves arranged on one end and cable grooves arranged on the other end thereof and communicated with the pin mounting grooves; wherein, each of the pin mounting grooves has a metal pin arranged therein, which is further arranged to extend into the pin holding groove, the cable groove has a cable arranged therein and connected with the metal pin. The photo-control receptacle of the utility model achieves the tool-free installation, the assembly process is simple and saves time and labor. In addition, according to the actual situation, the orientation of the photo-control device can be adjusted by changing the relative position of the base and the mounting base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Qicheng Electrical Equipment Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Xuanfeng Ye
  • Patent number: 9685720
    Abstract: A connector structure (100) for a flexible light strip (10) includes a cable joint (110) and an insulation body (200). The cable joint (110) includes a housing (120) and a plurality of conductive terminals (130) assembled in the housing (120). Each of the conductive terminals (130) includes a piercing portion (150). The insulation body (200) has a first end (210) and a second end (220) communicating with the first end (210). The flexible light strip (10) is inserted into the first end (210), and the housing (120) is inserted into the second end (220). The piercing portion (150) is parallel to the flexible light strip (10) and correspondingly pierces the flexible light trip (10) to be electrically coupled to the same. Therefore, the connector structure (100) achieves fast assembly and improves efficiency and reliability for connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: AMPHENOL LTW TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Wang, Chih-Wen Hu, Jen-Yuan Hung
  • Patent number: 9673545
    Abstract: A printed wiring board (1) includes: a base substrate (3); a plurality of pads (15a, 17a) for electrical connection that are disposed at one surface side of the base substrate (3) and at a connection end portion (13) to be connected with another electronic component (50); wirings (9, 11) that are connected with the pads (15a, 17a); and engageable parts (28, 29) that are formed at side edge parts of the connection end portion (13) and are to be engaged with engagement parts (58) of the other electronic component (50) in the direction of disconnection. The flexible printed wiring board (1) further includes reinforcement layers (31, 32) that are disposed at the other surface side of the base substrate (3) and at a frontward side with respect to the engageable parts (28, 29) when viewed in the direction of connection with the other electronic component, and that are formed separately from the wirings (9, 11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: FUJIKURA LTD., DDK LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Ishida, Masayuki Suzuki, Yuki Nakano, Harunori Urai, Norifumi Nagae
  • Patent number: 9667008
    Abstract: A power adaptor includes an adaptor body, an output connector, and a replaceable tip. The output connector is connected to the adaptor body. The replaceable tip is detachably connected to the output connector. The replaceable tip includes four terminals, a first conductive element, and a second conductive element. The first conductive element is connected to two or three of the terminals. The second conductive element is connected to at least one of the remaining terminals. The adaptor body outputs an output voltage depending on the replaceable tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Hung-Sheng Hsieh
  • Patent number: 9660382
    Abstract: What is presented is an extension cord with a convertible electrical plug end that can be connected to grounded and ungrounded power supply outlets. The extension cord comprises an extension cord and a plug end and is configured to transmit electrical power. The plug end is connected to the extension cord. The plug end itself comprises a plug body, plurality of prongs, flap, and ground contact. The protruding prongs are connected to the plug body and configured to couple to the outlet. The flap is movably attached to the plug body such that the flap can rotate relative to the plug body. When the flap is in the closed position, the plug end can connect to a grounded outlet. The ground contact is configured to releasably and electrically connect the extension cord to a ground potential on the outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Inventors: Cleodis Beaty, Germaine Beaty
  • Patent number: 9653825
    Abstract: A physical network plug, configured to attach to a registered jack (RJ)-style jack and also configured to be directly mountable to a circuit board, is provided. The plug includes a plurality of pin contacts extending from a front end thereof and configured to extend through and be electrically connected to a circuit board. Each of the pin contacts is electrically connected to a spade disposed within the plug. The plug further includes a pair of tabs, extending from the front end of the plug, and configured to extend through the circuit board from a rear side to a front side of the circuit board, and to clasp the front side of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: AFL Telecommunications LLC
    Inventors: Wilfred J. Courchaine, Roger Vaughn
  • Patent number: 9653850
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating assembly, terminals, an inner shielding assembly and an outer shielding assembly. The insulating assembly has a tongue board at a front. The terminals are insert molded the insulating assembly and are divided into an upper row and a lower row with contacts portions located at a top side and a bottom side of the tongue board. Outmost two of the upper row of terminals and outmost two of the lower row of terminals are grounding terminals, outsides of rears of the contact portions of the grounding terminals form touch portions. The inner shielding assembly includes an upper shielding piece and a lower shielding piece located to a rear of the tongue board. The outer shielding assembly includes a shielding sleeve sleeving and spaced from the tongue board, the shielding sleeve contacts with at least one of the upper shielding piece and the lower shielding piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yu-Hung Su, Chin-Chou Wang
  • Patent number: 9647355
    Abstract: The invention aims at providing an automobile start supply voltage detection alligator clip with a pull-off function, including: a positive alligator clip structure; a negative alligator clip structure; a male contact head; and a positive pull-off end and negative pull-off end arranged on the male contact head; the positive/negative alligator clip structure includes a positive/negative upper cover, positive/negative upper cover contact piece, positive/negative pull-off contact piece, positive/negative pull-off spring, positive/negative lower cover contact piece, positive/negative lower cover, and positive/negative upper and lower covers pressure spring; an internal positive/negative silica gel wire is sleeved in an external positive/negative silica gel wire by an internal silica gel wire sleeving process; and the positive/negative pull-off contact piece is connected to a positive/negative pull-off detection end by the internal positive/negative silica gel wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Dongguan Zhongkang Technology Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianxin Ye, Yuping Luo, Shihao Huang
  • Patent number: 9640881
    Abstract: A contact device for establishing an electrical connection to a contact point of a printed circuit board is insertable into a contact hole arranged at the contact point, so as to establish an electrical connection to the contact point of the printed circuit board. The contact device includes a contact element having a deformation portion and a screw element operable to be screwed into the contact element. The deformation portion is in a longitudinal extension state when in a pre-assembly state and is operable to be deformed out of the longitudinal extension state when in an assembled state by means of the screw element being screwed at least part way into the contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Juergen Feye-Hohmann
  • Patent number: 9640911
    Abstract: A plug connector includes a plug shell, a housing base and a plug contact. The housing base is combined with the plug shell and includes a main base and a tongue structure. The tongue structure extends from the main base and has a first face and a second face opposite to the first face. The plug contact includes a main body, a foot portion, a first end portion and a second end portion. The main body is mounted in the main base. The foot portion extends from the main body and stretches out of the main base. The first end portion is resiliently connected to the main body and protrudes out of the tongue structure via the first face. The second end portion corresponding to the first end portion is resiliently connected to the main body and protrudes out of the tongue structure via the second face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ching-Tien Chen, Shu-Lin Duan, Wei Wan, Fu-Yi Xu