Patents Examined by Ross Gushi
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Patent number: 10017659Abstract: A wire terminal assembly is disclosed in which a conductive terminal is connected to a conductive cable core along a conductive connection interface. A coating is disposed over the conductive connection interface that is the product of a free radical polymerization reaction of a coating composition applied over the conductive connection interface, the coating composition including: (1) an oligomer comprising at least two active unsaturated bonds, (2) a monomer comprising an unsaturated bond, and (3) a compound comprising a plurality of thiol groups.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: Delphi Technologies, IncInventors: Robert A. Smith, Frank A. Ciapala, Gina Sacco, Sean P. Krompegel, Christopher R. Rudzinskas, Evangelia Rubino
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Patent number: 10014598Abstract: A terminal fitting (F) includes a pressure receiving portion (20) formed by causing a part of a first top plate (13) constituting a rectangular tubular body (10) to project toward a resilient contact piece (18), a locking projection (15) flush with the first top plate (13) and projecting from an extending end edge (13E) of the top plate (13) extending in a front-rear direction and locked to a right side plate (12R), and a right side edge (22R) constituting an outer peripheral edge part of the pressure receiving portion (20) and arranged along the extending end edge (13E) of the first top plate (13). A spacing in a width direction between the extending end edge (13E) of the first top plate (13) and the right side edge (22R) is smallest in an area corresponding to the locking projection (15).Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Katsuya Uezono
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Patent number: 10008815Abstract: The invention relates to a plug-in connection (1) for connecting, in particular, electrical lines, comprising at least a female connecting element (2) and a male connecting element (3), wherein the female connecting element (2) interlockingly receives the male connecting element (3) and wherein the two connecting elements (2, 3) can be detachably frictionally connected while in interlocking contact, wherein a region (4) of the male connecting element (3) that enters into connection is coaxially tapered and comprises at least one slidable contact body (5), which is arranged within the male connecting element in a first position and protrudes from the male connecting element (3) in a second position. The invention further relates to a use of such a plug-in connection (1). The invention further relates to a method for connecting, in particular, electrical lines by means of a plug-in connection (1).Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2016Date of Patent: June 26, 2018Inventor: Christian Flechl
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Patent number: 10003136Abstract: A crimp terminal includes a conductor crimping portion having a U-shaped cross section and including a bottom plate and a pair of conductor caulking pieces extending upward from both side edges of the bottom plate. The other conductor caulking piece includes a bending portion being folded and is formed so that a tip positioned at a tip side from the bending portion faces downward. A pair of the conductor caulking pieces is bent inward so that the one conductor caulking piece overlaps on an upper side of the other conductor caulking piece and a conductor of an electrical wire to be connected is wrapped, and thereby a pair of the conductor caulking pieces caulks the conductor so as to closely contact on an upper surface of the bottom plate. Therefore, it is prevented that the conductor caulking piece opens after being caulked.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Kentaro Ohnuma
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Patent number: 9997860Abstract: A coverplate for attachment to a standard electric power outlet, the coverplate comprising: a faceplate occupying a first plane and defining at least one opening sized to provide access to the standard electric power outlet; a support frame attached to the faceplate, the support frame comprising: a U-shaped element occupying a second plane; a first receptor flange and a second receptor flange, each extending from the U-shaped element, wherein the first receptor flange defines a first chamber containing a first conductor and the second receptor flange defines a second chamber containing a second conductor; and wherein the first conductor and the second conductor are spaced apart by a first distance which is equal to a standard distance on the standard electric power outlet separating two electric power elements.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2017Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: ALLTRADE TOOLS LLCInventor: Hector R. Hernandez, Jr.
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Patent number: 9997851Abstract: Example implementations relate to a power connector. For example, an implementation of a power connector includes a circuit board contact to insert into a circuit board, a pluggable power input contact to removably plug into a power distribution system of an electronic system external to the circuit board, and a conductive body connecting the pluggable power input contact and the circuit board contact. The conductive body may be narrowed to a fusible region between the pluggable power input contact and the circuit board contact.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2017Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LPInventor: Alexander C. Ekrot
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Patent number: 9997847Abstract: 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 annular groove in which is seated a biasing grommet with projections extending from one or both grommet ends that bias the nut to insure mechanical and electrical contact with the post. In one embodiment of the invention the projections are semicircular. In alternative embodiments the projections may be triangular or square, and projections on one grommet end may be radially offset from projections on the opposite end.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: PERFECTVISION MANUFACTURING, INC.Inventors: Robert J. Chastain, Glen David Shaw, Linan Gan
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Patent number: 9986765Abstract: A container for use in an electrically heated aerosol-generating device is provided, the container including a piercing area, wherein the electrically heated aerosol-generating device has a piercing element configured to pierce the piercing area; a casing; and a cap including the piercing area and a heater, the heater defining a boundary of the piercing area. An electrically heated aerosol-generating device is also provided, including a power supply; a cavity configured to receive a container; electrical contacts connected to the power supply and configured to couple the power supply to the heater of the container through electrical contacts of the container; means for piercing the piercing area of the container when the container is received in the cavity. A method of manufacturing a container including an aerosol-generating substrate is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: PHILIP MORRIS PRODUCTS S.A.Inventor: Rui Nuno Batista
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Patent number: 9986766Abstract: A container for an aerosol-generating substrate is provided, the container including a piercing area, wherein the electrically heated aerosol-generating device has a piercing element configured to pierce the piercing area; a casing; and a cap including the piercing area and a heater, the heater defining the boundary of the piercing area. An electrically heated aerosol-generating device is also provided, including a power supply; a cavity configured to receive a container containing an aerosol-forming substrate, electrical contacts connected to the power supply and configured to couple the power supply to the heater of the container through electrical contacts of the container; and means for piercing the piercing area of the container when the container is received in the cavity. A method of manufacturing a container including an aerosol-generating substrate is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.Inventor: Rui Nuno Batista
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Patent number: 9989990Abstract: A receptacle connector may include a housing for housing a first pin and a second pin. The first pin may be of a first length and configured to be coupled to a first corresponding pin of an information handling resource received by the receptacle connector, the first pin comprising two contact bumps for maintaining electrical contact with the first corresponding pin. The second pin may be of a second length and configured to be coupled to a second corresponding pin of the information handling resource. The second length may be substantially shorter than the first length such that when the information handling resource is inserted into the receptacle connector, the first corresponding pin engages with the first pin before the second corresponding pin engages with the second pin. The second pin may comprise one contact bump for maintaining electrical contact with the second corresponding pin.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2015Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Dell Prodcuts L.P.Inventors: Gary B. Kotzur, Marcelo Saraiva, Bernard Strmiska
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Patent number: 9991629Abstract: Disclosed are a magnetic automobile vehicle device and its multifunctional module. The magnetic automobile vehicle device obtains electric power from a cigarette lighter slot of an automobile vehicle and includes a first magnet and an impact detector. The impact detector generates a distress signal when the automobile vehicle is collided. The multifunctional module includes a second magnet and an output element coupled to the magnetic automobile vehicle device by magnetic attraction and provided for charging or supplying power to the output element, and the output element has an ultrasonic transmitter, a USB slot or an O3 air purifier. Therefore, the device comes with a multifunctional configuration and meets market and consumer requirements.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: C.C.P. CONTACT PROBES CO., LTD.Inventors: Hao-Wen Chien, Li-Chun Lan, Min-An Ching, Ping-Huan Tsou, Wen-Ying Cheng, Bor-Chen Tsai, Tsung-Ming Tsai, Chih-Feng Chen
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Patent number: 9991619Abstract: An electrical connector and an electronic device including the electrical connector. The electrical connector comprises a housing and an electrical contact. The housing includes a first wall oriented in a first direction, a second wall oriented in a second direction that is transverse to the first direction, and an aperture defined by the first wall and the second wall. The electrical contact is disposed within the aperture and has a singular structure with a first end and a second end opposite from the first end. A first portion of the electrical contact extends from the aperture in the second direction and is configured to deflect toward the first wall along the second direction. A second portion of the electrical contact extends from the aperture in the first direction and is configured to deflect toward the second wall along the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2017Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Cheah Chan Kee, Chin Chin Ooi, Thomas D. Klump, Adrian F. Rubio, Peter Gilmore, Mohd Imran Bin Rosly, Boon Hoo Tee
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Patent number: 9985383Abstract: An electrical connection component for a machine cable is described. The electrical connection component is suitable for transmission of power with voltage levels greater than or equal to 1 k V and comprises a first electrical contact arranged for electrically coupling with a second contact and arranged for direct or indirect coupling to a conductor of the machine cable. The electrical connection component also comprises a housing in which at least a portion of the first electrical contact is positioned, a flexible element for engaging with an outer surface portion of the machine cable, and a cable clamping assembly arranged to couple with a portion of the housing and to clamp the flexible element such that the clamped flexible element secures the machine cable relative to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2014Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: Connec LimitedInventor: Stephen Williams
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Patent number: 9985403Abstract: A power connector assembly includes a power rail having a power supply circuit being configured to be mounted within an equipment cabinet and a sliding power connector configured to be terminated to a host circuit board. The sliding power connector has a power contact electrically connected to the power supply circuit of the power rail. The sliding power connector is configured to be slid along the power rail as an equipment rack holding the circuit board is opened and closed during an extension cycle of the equipment rack. The power contact maintains electrical connection with the power rail during the entire extension cycle.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.Inventors: Michael David Herring, Jeffery Walter Mason, Zhengguo Sun, Guangming Zhao
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Patent number: 9985389Abstract: A connector assembly includes a housing and contact modules having signal contacts with signal pins and a ground shield providing electrical shielding for the signal contacts with ground pins. The connector assembly includes a conductive pin organizer coupled to the contact modules having a plurality of ground pin holes receiving ground pins and signal openings receiving signal pins. The conductive pin organizer substantially fills a space between the bottoms of the contact modules and the circuit board to provide electrical shielding for the signal pins between the bottoms of the contact modules and the circuit board.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATIONInventors: Chad William Morgan, John Joseph Consoli, Justin Dennis Pickel, David Allison Trout
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Patent number: 9972947Abstract: A connector includes a first housing, a second housing, a short-circuiting terminal, and a release portion configured to release contact between the first terminals and the contact pieces. The contact piece includes a contact portion provided to be in contact with the first terminal, and a sliding protrusion protruding from the contact portion in a direction intersecting a fitting direction of the housings. The release portion includes a sliding slope sliding on the sliding protrusion to displace the contact piece, a support portion continuously provided with the sliding slope, the support portion coming into contact with the sliding protrusion and holding the contact piece is displaced in a state, and a contact housing portion arranged from the sliding slope and the support portion in a direction crossing a fitting direction of the first housing and the second housing, the contact housing portion housing the contact portion the fitted state.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Tetsuya Sekino, Nobuyuki Sakamoto
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Patent number: 9966703Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to the field of telecommunication, and more specifically to the connectivity components implemented therein. In an embodiment, the present invention is an RJ45-compatible network jack which includes a front sled PCB assembly incorporating short PICs, a compensation printed circuit board, and a spring loaded movement designed to provide a portion of the total displacement necessary to accommodate plug travel of a mated plug. The PICs are capable of displacement which is designed to be adequate to provide reliable contact while mating with a plug.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventor: Satish I. Patel
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Patent number: 9966683Abstract: A connector terminal includes two top side contact points each of which makes point contact with a top surface of a counter connector terminal and three bottom side contact points each of which makes point contact with a bottom surface of the counter connector terminal and which are not aligned in a straight line, the two top side contact points doing not overlap the three bottom side contact points when viewed in a direction perpendicular to the top surface of the counter connector terminal in a fitted state, a position of a center of gravity as determined by arrangement positions of the two top side contact points coincides with a position of a center of gravity as determined by arrangement positions of the three bottom side contact points when viewed in the direction perpendicular to the top surface of the counter connector terminal in the fitted state.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITEDInventors: Takuo Sasaki, Tomoki Kataoka, Osamu Hashiguchi
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Patent number: 9966713Abstract: A receptacle assembly for a vehicle-trailer wiring connector assembly includes a receptacle housing, a housing opening, a first receptacle connector, and a second receptacle connector. The receptacle housing includes a first cavity extending from a first end to a central structure. The housing opening is defined at the first end. The first cavity and the housing opening are shaped to enable insertion of a plug assembly constructed to comply with the Society of Automotive Engineers J2863 standard. A first portion of the first receptacle connector extends from the central structure into the first cavity. The first receptacle connector is sized such that the first receptacle connector is configured to be inserted into a connector cavity of the plug assembly. The second receptacle connector is disposed and positioned on an interior surface of the first cavity and is contactable within the first cavity.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2017Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: R&S Shaeffer Properties LLCInventors: Ricky David Shaeffer, Jared Tanner Shaeffer
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Patent number: 9960542Abstract: A coaxial connector with an F female end shield is configured to restrict RF ingress.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Holland Electronics, LLCInventors: Michael Holland, George Goebel, Reed Gibson