Patents Examined by Ross Gushi
  • Patent number: 9583862
    Abstract: Connector assembly includes a communication connector configured to be at least one of electrically or optically coupled to a plug. The communication connector has a connector housing that includes a back side and a mating face that are on opposite ends of the connector housing. The connector assembly also includes a retention mechanism having a connector hinge and a retention clip. The connector hinge is a portion of the connector housing or is coupled to the connector housing. The retention clip has a panel, a hinge arm, and a plug arm. The panel extends between and couples to the hinge and plug arms. The hinge arm grips the connector hinge such that the retention clip is rotatable about the connector hinge between open and locked positions. The plug arm is shaped to press the plug toward the mating face when the retention clip is in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Corporation
    Inventor: Edmund J. Haley
  • Patent number: 9570862
    Abstract: In a terminal including: a terminal body that has a mating terminal contact part with which a mating terminal is brought into contact, and a sensor fixing part; and a thermistor fixed to the sensor fixing part, and a charging connector using the terminal, the sensor fixing part has a cylindrical shape in which the thermistor is inserted, the thermistor has a lock part, and is allowed to be inserted in the sensor fixing part by elastic deformation of the sensor fixing part, and at an insertion completion position, the lock part is locked to the sensor fixing part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Kawai, Hirotaka Fukushima
  • Patent number: 9564694
    Abstract: A compressible, F-connector and method for interconnection with coaxial cable that includes a biasing grommet for promoting electrical continuity despite inadequate nut tightening. Each connector has a rigid nut, a post penetrating the nut, a tubular body, and an end cap. The conductive post coaxially extends through the connector, linking the nut and body. A post end penetrates the coaxial cable. Each connector body comprises a frontal ring groove in which is seated a biasing grommet with integral wings spiraling away from one or both grommet ends that bias the nut to insure mechanical and electrical contact with the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: PERFECTVISION MANUFACTURING, INC.
    Inventors: Joshua Blake, Glen David Shaw
  • Patent number: 9561728
    Abstract: To effectively suppress radiation and mixture of noise superimposed on a power line into a connection detection line. A power conversion device includes a connector having a wiring line which transmits DC power; and a housing in which the connector is arranged. The connector has a connection detection wiring line which detects whether the connector is connected with an external circuit. An opening part which connects with the connector is formed in the housing. An annular core formed of a magnetic substance is inserted through the opening part. The annular core is an annular member formed with a through-hole. The wiring line and the connection detection wiring line are introduced into an inside of the housing through the through-hole of the annular core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuji Sobu, Mikito Komatsu, Tatsuya Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 9564691
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a crimp terminal having a crimp portion that allows crimp connection to a conductor part of a coated wire includes forming a tubular body by bringing together side edges of a plate material made of metal composed of a copper alloy having a copper content ratio of greater than or equal to 70%, irradiating a periphery of the sides edges, which are brought together, with laser light from a laser irradiation unit to weld the side edges which are brought together, and setting a power density of the laser light and a sweep rate of the laser light in such a manner that a weld bead formed at the side edge portion after the welding has a width of 80 ?m to 390 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignees: FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC., FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Saburo Yagi, Takashi Shigematsu, Masaya Satou, Shinya Kojima, Akira Tachibana
  • Patent number: 9564702
    Abstract: An electric apparatus with safety connector for preventing electric shock, having an electric circuit comprising at least a pair of terminals electrically separated from each other, and a cover which covers the electric circuit so as to prevent access to it when it is disposed in the assembly configuration to cover the electric circuit. The cover is mechanically fixed in position by a plurality of attachment mechanisms. A safety connector associated with the cover and provided with an electric conductor element, wherein the security connector passes through the cover so as to short-circuit the terminals and a projection supports the electric conductor element and is movable from a closed configuration in which it short-circuits the terminals to an open position in which it does not short circuit the terminals. A cover element which, in closed configuration, at least partially overlaps at least one of attachment mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2017
    Assignee: MAGNETI MARELLI S.P.A.
    Inventors: Franco Ciampolini, Enrico Della Fornace
  • Patent number: 9559464
    Abstract: The present invention provides a positive locking confirmation mechanism for a battery contact of an electric vehicle. The positive locking confirmation mechanism uses a terminal bolt with an expansive tail section and judges whether the battery contact is in a positive locking state according to a voltage signal measured by a battery management unit. Before the battery contact is possibly not in the positive locking state, the system notifies the user to check and repair the possibly-loosened contact. Consequently, the problem of losing power or generating electric arc in the battery box will be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: ALEEES ECO ARK (CAYMAN) CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Anthony Antao Yang, Gordon Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 9559447
    Abstract: An electrical connector and a method of make the same. The electrical connector includes an insulator housing formed with a plurality of through holes extending from a first surface to a second surface of the insulator housing. A flowable polymeric material is located adjacent at least one retention region in each of the through holes. Contact members are positioned within each of the through holes. Energy and/or pressure is applied to the electrical connector so the flowable polymeric material flows into engagement with retention features on the contact members. The electrical connector is cooled so the flowable polymeric material fuses to the contact members in a retention regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: HSIO Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: James J. Rathburn
  • Patent number: 9559475
    Abstract: A plug assembly includes a plug housing, six connector cavities, and a first and a second electrical connector. The plug housing is configured to be positioned in a receptacle assembly. The six connector cavities are defined in the plug housing and radially disposed around a connecting face in compliance with the Society of Automotive Engineers (“SAE”) J2863 standard. The first electrical connector is disposed and positioned with respect to a first connector cavity of the six connector cavities such that a first contact surface of the first electrical connector is contactable within the first connector cavity. The second electrical connector is disposed and positioned with respect to the first connector cavity such that a second contact surface of the second electrical connector is contactable within the first connector cavity and such that the second electrical connector is displaced relative to the first electrical connector and electrically insulated therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Inventors: Ricky David Shaeffer, Jared Tanner Shaeffer
  • Patent number: 9559439
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided and includes a cover member and a connector bushing. The connector bushing is partially encased and movable in the cover member and having an electrical conductor section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Raychem GmbH
    Inventor: Jens Jaroschek
  • Patent number: 9553381
    Abstract: A connector system is provided that includes a first connector and a second connector that are both coupled by a cable. Both connectors can be configured with terminal tails that are configured to be press-fit into a circuit board. The first connect - or includes a first terminal pair and the second connector includes a second terminal pair and the first and second terminal pairs are fixably connected to opposite ends of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Kent E. Regnier
  • Patent number: 9543715
    Abstract: An electrical device includes a shutter support structure having a return position, at least one blocking position and an open position. A first shutter element is configured to rotate about a first dimensional axis within a predetermined angular range while being translated in two-dimensions between the return position to the open position, each of the two dimensions being orthogonal to the first dimensional axis. A second shutter assembly includes a second shutter element coupled to the first shutter element, the first shutter element allowing the second shutter portion to move in a first direction parallel to the first dimensional axis when the first shutter element is in the open position, the first shutter element being configured to drive the second shutter element in a second direction parallel to the first dimensional axis when the first shutter element is being translated into the return position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: PASS & SEYMOUR, INC.
    Inventor: Gerald R. Savicki, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9531122
    Abstract: The connector of the present invention includes a case 2 receiving passed through cables 9 and passed through a cylindrical member 8, a side surface of the case when aligned axially with the direction of insertion into the cylindrical member 8 having an outer peripheral surface portion 21 with a shape corresponding to the inner peripheral surface 81 of the cylindrical member 8, and an engaging surface portion 23 having an engaging piece 35 for engaging another connector and forming a space S for arranging the cables 9 between the engaging surface and the inner peripheral surface 81 of the cylindrical member 8.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Takashi Iida
  • Patent number: 9525247
    Abstract: An interlocking outlet includes terminals configured to electrically connect to a power source; a receptacle structured to receive a plug; at least one sensor; and a control unit structured to determine whether an electrical condition is met and the plug is physically inserted into the receptacle based on outputs of the at least one sensor and to electrically connect the receptacle to the terminals when the electrical condition is met and the plug is physically inserted into the receptacle to energize the receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul David Seff, Christopher Emmons Drueke, Jason Demetrios Easton, Tyler Devon Young
  • Patent number: 9525215
    Abstract: A crimp terminal that can maintain excellent water-stop performance over a long term and is enhanced in joint strength between a fitting portion and a covered electrical wire connection portion. The crimp terminal has a fitting portion at a tip thereof and an electrical wire connection portion at a rear end thereof, the electrical wire connection portion is configured in a tubular shape, a tip of the tube is crushed to be superimposed and closed, and a portion between the fitting portion and the electrical wire connection portion is formed by superimposing and bending two or more sheets of a plate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Kawamura, Takashi Tonoike, Takuro Yamada, Masakazu Kozawa, Daisuke Takahashi, Masafumi Kawata, Tomohiro Yamazaki, Hiroaki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9525229
    Abstract: A terminal having a dissimilar material different from a contact base material, the dissimilar material arranged on a surface of a sliding contact portion on which a mating terminal slides includes a groove provided in the sliding contact portion in a direction different from a sliding direction of the mating terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsutomu Sawada, Tomokazu Iwami, Hirotaka Fukushima, Takashi Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 9525242
    Abstract: Presented herein is a modular connector with electromagnetic interference suppression. The modular connector includes a substrate, at least one set of spring pins, and a ferrite component. Each spring in the at least one set of springs includes a first portion adjacent the substrate and a second portion extending away from the substrate. The ferrite component surrounds the at least one set of spring pins, couples the at least one set of spring pins to the substrate, and is configured to suppress electromagnetic interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianquan Lou, Hongmei Fan, Quanhui Sun, Shun Li, Alpesh U. Bhobe, Jinghan Yu, Yingchun Shu
  • Patent number: 9520255
    Abstract: A connection structure of an electronic component and terminal metal fittings includes a relay including a relay body and a plurality of terminals, terminal metal fittings mating with the terminals, and a holding member. The terminals have end portions facing side surfaces of the relay body, and their leading ends are positioned closer to a top surface side than a bottom surface of the relay body. At a side surface, a first terminal and a second terminal that is more rigid than the first terminal are disposed. The holding member includes a component body accommodating portion, a first terminal accommodating portion, and a second terminal accommodating portion. A gap dimension between the first terminal and an insertion slot of the first terminal accommodating portion is larger than a gap dimension between the second terminal and an insertion slot of the second terminal accommodating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yukihiro Kawamura
  • Patent number: 9520685
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating body having an upper face and a lower face, two opposite side faces, a front face and a rear face, and a plug-receiving hole; and a number of terminals mounted to the insulating body, each terminal having a holding portion, an elastic portion extending into the hole, and an abutment portion. The abutment portion is movably exposed to a corresponding side face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jun Zhao, Jing-Jie Guo
  • Patent number: 9520673
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes a mating member (1), a cable (300) connected with the mating member, a strain relief member (4) enclosing on the cable and the mating member, a cover (6) enclosing on the strain relief member, and a retaining member (5) formed between the strain relief member and the cover. The strain relief member is made of a first type of plastic material, and the retaining member is made of a second type of plastic material, the second type of plastic material being harder than the first type of plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Da-Wei Xing, Jun Chen, Jerry Wu