Patents Examined by Phuongchi T Nguyen
  • Patent number: 9673584
    Abstract: An electrical cord system includes a male plug assembly configured to engage with a wall outlet, an electrical cord conductively coupled to the first male plug connector and the female plug connector, and a female outlet assembly conductively coupled to the electrical cord. The male plug assembly includes a low-profile base sized to cover entirely a first female plug adapter and a second female plug adapter; a first male plug connector attached to and extending from the base and configured to engage with the first female plug adapter of the wall outlet; and a second male plug connector attached to and extending from the base and configured to engage with the second female plug adapter of the wall outlet. The female outlet assembly includes a housing; a female plug secured to the housing and conductively coupled to the cord; a light carried by the housing; and a switch secured to the housing and configured to activate the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Inventor: Josh Nelson
  • Patent number: 9673539
    Abstract: A spring biased contact pin assembly includes a barrel member having a barrel wall defining an elongate internal cavity with a lower end and an upper end. The assembly also includes a lower plunger member reciprocally mounted in the internal cavity proximate the lower end of the internal cavity. A spring member is positioned in the internal cavity between the lower plunger member and the upper end of the internal cavity. A high electrical resistance spacer member is positioned in the internal cavity in contact with the lower plunger member and the spring member. Spring force exerted through the spacer member urges the lower plunger member into electrical contact with the barrel wall. A method of transmitting electricity through an electrical contact assembly includes urging a plunger member against the wall of a barrel member in which it is reciprocally mounted with a high electrical resistance member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Hisashi Ata, Kay Chan Tong, Thiha Shwe, Martin Whitfield
  • Patent number: 9673581
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprising an insulating housing, a USB Type-C connector arranged in the insulating housing, a circuit board and a plurality of transferring terminals is disclosed. One side of the circuit board is connected with twenty-four connection terminals of the USB Type-C connector, other side of the circuit board is connected with the plurality of transferring terminals which are corresponding to USB Type-A standard. The circuit board is arranged with a connecting line, which is used to integrate signal transmitted through the twenty-four connection terminals of the USB Type-C connector into USB Type-A standard adopted outputting signal, and outputs the outputting signal through the plurality of transferring terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignees: NICECONN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi-Fang Chuang, Nai-Chien Chang
  • Patent number: 9666981
    Abstract: The present invention is an integrated electrical harness and connector in which the connectors are annular with pins and receptacles on opposing faces. A threaded fastener can be driven through the inner diameter of each annulus, connecting the pins to the receptacles. Each annulus is attached to a rigid conduit that carries electrical wire. The conduit can be formed and sized to fit into any application. The conduit can also be integrated into motor vehicle body panels. The two annular connector halves can have a series of rims and cylinders in order to create a water-resistant connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Inventor: Bruce Bell
  • Patent number: 9667002
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a housing having housing cavities extending between a mating end and a loading end. The housing having module latches associated with corresponding housing cavities. Contact modules are received in corresponding housing cavities. Each contact module having first and second module cavities extending between a front end and a rear end of the contact modules. The contact modules being held within the housing cavity by the corresponding module latch. Each contact module having an unshielded twisted pair (UTP) circuit, the UTP circuit includes first and second signal wires and first and second terminals terminated to the first and second signal wires. The signal wires being twisted along a length of the first and second signal wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Galen M. Martin
  • Patent number: 9660359
    Abstract: A cable splice includes a casing, a jaw assembly, a biasing member, a guide, and a bullet cup. The casing has an opening and an interior cavity. The jaw assembly is positioned in the interior cavity and moveable between a loading position and a terminated position. The biasing member biases the jaw assembly towards the terminated position. The guide includes a receiving end and a shaft extending at least partially into the interior cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Seydou Diop, Paul Zelazny
  • Patent number: 9660400
    Abstract: A plug connector includes a connector body defining a rear cable supporting platform with opposite first and second surfaces, a plurality of terminals and a cable. The terminal includes a pair of USB 2.0 signal soldering legs, a grounding and power soldering legs exposed to the first surface of the supporting platform and a detecting soldering leg, an additional power and grounding soldering legs exposed to the second surface. Wires of the cable consist of a pair of USB 2.0 signal wires, a power wire, a grounding wire welded with corresponding soldering legs on the first surface. The second surface of the supporting platform is further located with a SMT type resistor with a first leg and a second leg, the first leg is connected with the detecting soldering leg, the second leg is connected with the additional power soldering leg or the additional grounding soldering leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Chih-Pi Cheng, Chun-Chieh Yang, Tzu-Yao Hwang, Wen He, Feng Zeng
  • Patent number: 9660390
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes: an insulative housing; a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing; a cable including a plurality of wires electrically connected with the contacts and an insulative outer coating enclosing the wires; and a shielding case enclosing the insulative housing; wherein the insulative housing includes a first main body extending along a docking direction and a second main body extending along a direction perpendicular to the docking direction, an end of the second main body is exposed to the first main body along the docking direction, and the insulative outer coating of the cable extends along a direction away from the docking direction to form an angle relative to the extending direction of the second main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Da-Wei Xing, Jun Chen, Jerry Wu
  • Patent number: 9660383
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a housing with a card slot and includes terminals positioned in the card slot where the terminals are tuned to improve performance. The terminals include a contact, a tail and a body extending therebetween. The contacts can include a deflecting portion and a pad interface portion. The deflecting portion includes a dual beam portion and a single beam portion. The connector can be configured to provide a row of contacts positioned on both sides of a card slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Kent E. Regnier, Michael Rowlands
  • Patent number: 9652697
    Abstract: The card holding member is able to hold a card having terminal members and is able to be inserted into a card connector, and includes a frame portion opposing the side surfaces of the card. The frame portion includes a first metal portion composed of a metal plate, a second metal portion composed of a metal plate being a separate component from the first metal portion, and a resin portion surrounding and covering at least a portion of the first metal portion and the second metal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Teruki Nagase, Akihiro Shimotsu
  • Patent number: 9647395
    Abstract: An electrical connector for high-frequency transmission comprises an elongate insulative housing including a top wall and a bottom wall opposite to each other, and a pair of end walls respectively connecting two ends thereof, and a receiving cavity surrounded thereby; a terminal assembly received in the top wall and the bottom wall respectively, and stacked in an up-to-down direction; and a metal case enclosing the insulative housing; wherein the terminal assembly includes a signal terminal group, and a ground terminal group including a first contact portion and a second contact portion, wherein the first contact portion and the second contact portion are arranged in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to both the up-to-down direction and the elongate direction, and respectively protruding into the receiving cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kuo-Chun Hsu, Wei Zhong, Jian-Kuang Zhu, Chun-Sheng Li
  • Patent number: 9647370
    Abstract: It is aimed to maximally suppress the inclination of a terminal fitting in a terminal accommodating chamber. A connector includes a terminal fitting having a wire connecting portion connected to an end of a wire, a housing having a terminal accommodating chamber into which the terminal fitting is to be inserted from behind, and a sleeve fitted on a rear side of the terminal fitting while surrounding the wire connecting portion of the terminal fitting and functioning to retain the terminal fitting by locking both front and rear end parts to the terminal fitting and a wall surface of the terminal accommodating chamber. An inclination regulating portion configured to regulate such inclination of the terminal fitting relative to the sleeve as to incline axial lines of the terminal fitting and the sleeve relative to each other is provided near a fitting part of the terminal fitting and the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masashi Uchida
  • Patent number: 9647367
    Abstract: In the present invention, a connector pin assembly for a high voltage (hv) connector used to connect a high voltage (hv) power supply to a cathode assemble of an X-ray tube is provided. The pin connector assembly includes a conductive outer cylinder adapted to be connected to a hv power supply, a conductive inner cylinder located at least partially within the outer cylinder, a biasing member disposed within the inner cylinder, a conductive plunger slidably disposed within and engaged with the inner cylinder and the biasing member and a non-conductive member disposed within the inner cylinder, the non-conductive member operable to restrict a current flowing through the connector pin along a path from the outer cylinder through the inner cylinder to the plunger, without contacting the biasing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Edward Emaci, Steven Thiel, Richard Roffers
  • Patent number: 9647391
    Abstract: A lattice (29) is provided on a rear surface of a connector main body (10) and defines a plurality of insertion openings (28). The lattice (29) includes first and second walls (31, 32) extending parallel to each other in the same direction and third walls (33) intersecting the first and second walls (31, 32,). Rear ends of the first, second and third walls (31, 32, 33) are located more backward in the order of the second walls (32), the third walls (33) and the first walls (31). The first walls (31) provide identification from the surrounding by projecting more backward than the second walls (32). The third walls (33) achieve an improved resin flow by alleviating steps between the first and second walls (31, 32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinpei Sugimoto, Kenji Makino
  • Patent number: 9647388
    Abstract: A high-definition multimedia interface (HDMI) plug includes a plug body section including a rigid outer shell that includes a roof section, a floor section, and a front-facing side. A male HDMI connector shell is secured to the rigid outer shell. A retention clamp is disposed within the plug body section and the male HDMI connector shell. The retention clamp includes an anchor, a flexing arm, and a tooth disposed at an end of the flexing arm. The anchor is vertically stabilized by a first interior liner that physically couples an upward-facing surface of the anchor to the roof section, and a second interior liner that physically couples a downward-facing surface of the anchor to the floor section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: All Systems Broadband, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig Dwayne Ray, Michael D. Collins
  • Patent number: 9640926
    Abstract: An interface device that includes a plastic part including at least one through-opening in a longitudinal direction, the plastic part being adapted to be fixed in an airtight manner into an opening in the wall. At least one metal shaft is arranged and fixed in the through-opening. The metal shaft has a connection element at each longitudinal end. The metal shaft is configured to provide electric connectivity from one side of the wall to the other in a fixed position of the interface device. At least one fixing element is adapted to fix the plastic part to the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventors: Davide Faggella, Samson Lafranchis, Philippe Chapoulie
  • Patent number: 9640900
    Abstract: A plug-in connector part for connection to an associated mating plug-in connector part includes a housing part, which has a plug-in portion and a plurality of contact openings arranged in the plug-in portion each having a contact element arranged therein. The plug-in portion being can be brought into a plug-in connection with the associated mating plug-in connector part in a plug-in direction, and has an outer surface extending peripherally around the plug-in direction. The plug-in portion includes a plurality of drainage openings which are each associated with a contact opening and extend from the associated contact opening to the outer surface so as to lead liquid from the associated contact opening to the outer surface. At least one of the drainage openings extends along a first plane and at least a second drainage opening extends along a second plane offset from the first plane in the plug-in direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2017
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT E-MOBILITY GMBH
    Inventor: Dirk Moseke
  • Patent number: 9634437
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes an insulated housing, upper-row terminals, lower-row terminals, and a grounding sheet. The insulated housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion. The tongue portion is extended from one side of the base portion and has an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper-row terminals are disposed at the base portion and the tongue portion and include a ground terminal located at the upper surface The lower-row terminals are disposed at the base portion and the tongue portion and include a ground terminal located at the lower surface. The grounding sheet is disposed at the insulated housing and located between the ground terminal of the upper-row terminals and the ground terminal of the lower-row terminals. The grounding sheet includes one or more protruded portion in contact with the ground terminal of the upper-row terminals or the ground terminal of the lower-row terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ya-Fen Kao, Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Wen-Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: 9627807
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes a connecting frame, wherein an opening through which a cable penetrates is formed at an end of the connecting frame, a cable support connected to another end of the connecting frame and supporting the cable, a first locking part including a fixed end fixed to a first side of the connecting frame and a free end that is movable about the fixed end, a second locking part including a fixed end fixed to a second side of the connecting frame opposite to the first side of the connecting frame, and a free end that is movable about the fixed end, and a sealing portion surrounding the connecting frame and being elastic deformable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fei Gao, Guangxin Zhao, Jinpei Ju, Shengjun Ou, Wensheng Chen, Chunliang Chang
  • Patent number: 9620912
    Abstract: Disclosed is a connector module comprising an insulation main body including a slot and groups of connection terminals fixed to the insulation main body, with each group of connection terminals including a first contact piece and a second contact piece. The first contact piece provides an external first contact and internal second and third contacts, arranged along a first direction in the slot. The second contact piece provides an external fourth contact and internal fifth and sixth contacts, arranged along the first direction in the slot and in resilient contact with the second and third contacts, respectively. When an external object enters into the slot in the first direction, contact between the second and fifth contacts or the third and sixth contacts is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Dinkle Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shang-Tsai Wu