Patents Examined by Ross Gushi
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Patent number: 9825398Abstract: In the waterproof connector, a receptacle is provided with a first housing and first contacts, and a plug is provided with a second housing and second contacts. The first housing has a header at one end portion side and a quadrangular shaped waterproof ring mounted to allow close contact with an outer perimeter of the header. The second housing has in its interior a second contact housing chamber into which the header can be introduced, and has a shell which surrounds a periphery of the plurality of second contacts. The waterproof ring has a first pucker, formed with an undulating shape at an outer perimeter of the front portion, and which can closely contact at an inner wall of the shell, and a second pucker, formed with an undulating shape at an outer perimeter of the rear portion, and which can closely contact at an inner wall of a first frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2017Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: J.S.T. MFG. CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinji Uchida, Kunitoshi Kanazawa
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Patent number: 9819106Abstract: A male strip connector having a support element made of insulating material that has a base area section, a retaining section protruding transversely therefrom and, on the side of the retaining section that is opposite the base area section, a fixing section, and having a plurality of contact pins that have a plug contact section and a connection contact section angled off with respect thereto, is described. The retaining section has a plurality of insertion openings, arranged next to one another, for inserting a plug contact section of a contact pin. The fixing section has a plurality of recesses for holding a respective connection contact section of a contact pin. The retaining section has a plurality, corresponding to the number of insertion openings, of fingers that are separated from one another by free spaces and in which the insertion openings are made.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2015Date of Patent: November 14, 2017Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbHInventor: Jens Froebing
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Patent number: 9812826Abstract: A connector for electrically connecting with a complementary connector, includes an insulating housing, a number of conductive contacts, and a shielding shell. The insulating housing includes a base, a mating tongue extending forwards from the base, and a number of channels extending through the mating tongue and the base. The conductive contacts are retained in the channels, with each conductive contact having a fixing portion assembled within corresponding channel, a contacting portion extending from one side of the fixing portion and a soldering portion extending from the other side of the fixing portion opposite to the contacting portion. The shielding shell covers the insulating housing and the number of conductive contacts. One of the contacts is employed for grounding purpose.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) LTD.Inventors: Wang-I Yu, Mao-Jung Huang, Ya-Juan Gou, Dan Li, Qing-Fang Deng
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Patent number: 9812818Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes a mount member received in a metallic shell. A tongue portion is integrally formed with a front end of the mount member. Accordingly, a grounding plate, first receptacle terminals, and second receptacle terminals that are at the front end of the mount member can be positioned. In addition, the front ends of the first receptacle terminals are held in a first surface of the tongue portion, and the front ends of the second receptacle terminals are held in a second surface of the tongue portion. Since the tongue portion and the mount member are formed integrally with each other, the first receptacle terminals, the second receptacle terminals, and the mount member can be firmly positioned with each other. Accordingly, when the connector is impacted by a foreign force, the components of the connector would not detach from each other easily.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Long-Fei Chen, Dong Xiang, Da-Wei Zhu
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Patent number: 9793647Abstract: A moving plate (30) includes two resilient locking pieces (34) and can be resiliently curved and deformed to incline a projecting direction of the resilient locking pieces (34). With the moving plate (30) held at an initial position by retaining projections (21), locks (55) of a female housing (50) are displaced from positions where the locks (55) are locked to the resilient locking pieces (34) to positions where the locks (55) are not locked to the resilient locking pieces (34) by resiliently deforming the resilient locking pieces (34). The retaining projections (21) are spaced apart in the same direction as a separating direction of the resilient locking pieces (34) and are at positions different from the resilient locking pieces (34) in the separating direction of the resilient locking pieces (34).Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2017Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Masakazu Suzuki, Kazuo Nakai
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Patent number: 9793638Abstract: Provided is a plug connector module for inserting in a holding frame of a modular plug connector. The plug connector module is provided so as to make electrical contact with the holding frame. A housing that forms the plug connector module is embodied from metal and can be connected in a mechanical and electrically conductive manner by way of a first type of fastener and a second type of fastening means to the holding frame.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Heiko Meier, Uwe Sundermeier, Svea Meier
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Patent number: 9793631Abstract: A flexible circuit to wire transition member and method which transitions wires connected to a standard wire termination connector to a flexible circuit. The transition member includes a housing with a flexible circuit receiving recess provide proximate a first surface of the housing. A wire receiving recess is provided in the housing proximate a first surface of the housing. A contact extends between the flexible circuit receiving recess and the wire receiving recess, the contact provides an electrical connection between a flexible circuit received in the flexible circuit receiving recess and a wire received in the wire receiving recess.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS UK LTD.Inventors: Keith Edwin Miller, Kyle Gary Annis, Eric Douglas Springston, II, Mitchell Kunane Storry, Robert John William Hudd, Jonathan Mark Eyles, Philip James Hammond
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Patent number: 9787003Abstract: A crimp terminal includes an F-type crimp portion and a C-type crimp portion. The F-type crimp portion has first and second barrel tabs, preferably with an identical length, for crimping a tip end of a complex stranded wire. The F-type crimp portion is adapted to have distal ends of the first and second barrel tabs put together and pushed into the tip end of the complex stranded wire to be crimped. The C-type crimp portion has a third barrel tab for crimping the complex stranded wire. The third barrel tab is wound in a C-form on an outer periphery of the complex stranded wire to be crimped. The arrangement provides a crimp terminal and an electric wire with crimp terminal, that prevents or reduces increases in retained resistance at a crimp portion, and can also prevent an electric wire from slipping out of a crimp terminal.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2013Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: NISSHIN STEEL CO., LTD.Inventors: Shinichi Kamoshida, Tadaaki Miono, Yasunori Hattori, Takeshi Shimizu, Mitsuru Suzuki
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Patent number: 9787026Abstract: An electrical connector includes first and second connector parts and an electrical connection detector. The electrical connection detector includes a contact spring with a spring contact on the first connector part and a contact strip on the second connector part. The electric connection detector establishes an electrical connection between the contact spring and the contact strip when the connector parts are joined together. The second connector part includes an electrically insulating protrusion which forms a guide bevel that rises in a joining direction of the first connector part toward the second connector part. The spring contact is guided over the guide bevel, rests behind the protrusion, and physically contacts the contact strip when the connector parts are joined together to thereby establish an electrical connection between the contact spring and the contact strip.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2017Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Kostal Kontakt Systeme GmbHInventors: Thomas Scherer, Petr Spunar, Vojtech Leopold, Rainer Buethe, Jiri Keclik
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Patent number: 9787034Abstract: A cage assembly comprises a cage, at least one heat sink, at least one clip and at least one light guide. The cage comprises a front end, a rear end, a top wall positioned between the front end and the rear end and a rear wall positioned at the rear end, the cage is formed with at least one port, the port extends from the front end to the rear end. The heat sink is provided on the top wall of the cage and corresponds to one port. The clip comprises a frame engaged with the top wall and fixing the heat sink and a holding piece extending upwardly from the frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Hui-Hsuan Yang, Yen-Lin Chen
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Patent number: 9787015Abstract: A contact sub-assembly is provided for an electrical connector. The contact sub-assembly includes a printed circuit and an array of mating contacts. Each mating contact includes a terminating end portion and a mating interface. The contact sub-assembly also includes an array of circuit contacts that is discrete from the array of mating contacts. Each circuit contact is engaged with and electrically connected to the printed circuit. Each circuit contact is separably engaged with and electrically connected to the terminating end portion of a corresponding one of the mating contacts such that the array of circuit contacts electrically connects the array of mating contacts to the printed circuit.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2017Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Paul John Pepe, Steven Richard Bopp
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Patent number: 9780471Abstract: A printed circuit board arrangement and a method for mounting a product to a main printed circuit board (100) at a substantially perpendicular angle, the printed circuit board arrangement comprises a main printed circuit board (100) comprising an elongated slot (102), and a product (128) comprising a connector portion (130) configured to be inserted into the elongated slot (102). The connector portion (130) is such that the product (128) may be attached at a substantially perpendicular angle to the main printed circuit board (100). The elongated slot (102) comprises a protrusion (104), and the connector portion (130) comprises a spring portion (132) configured to engage with the protrusion (104) when the connector portion (130) is inserted into the elongated slot (102). This results in a force pressing the connector portion (130) of the product (128) to at least one side wall of the elongated slot (102).Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: PHILIPS LIGHTING HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Nicolaas Antonie Van Rijswijk
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Patent number: 9780481Abstract: A connector waterproofing structure watertightly seals a gap between openings of cavities of a pair of housings which accommodate terminals. In the structure, the pair of housings includes annular members formed at each of ends of the openings. The annular members are made of resin, protrude and surround the openings, either one of the annular members is formed into such a shape to be pressed to an inner peripheral surface or an outer peripheral surface of the opposite annular member, when the pair of housings are fitted together, and the inner peripheral surface or the outer peripheral surface are obliquely formed so that the wall thickness of the opposite annular member is gradually increased from the distal end toward the back.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Keiji Hamada, Tomoyuki Miyakawa, Kazuyuki Ochiai, Masaki Imamura
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Patent number: 9780476Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a tongue portion, and two rows of terminals reversely-symmetrically arranged at opposite faces of the tongue portion. Each row of terminals include a grounding terminal and a power terminal arranged at a first district, and at least one subsidiary terminal arranged at a second district connecting the first district. Each row of terminals lack of at least two terminals to thereby form a vacant space between the grounding terminal and the power terminal. The subsidiary terminals in the two rows are offset with each other along an up-to-down direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: FOXXONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventor: Jing-Jie Guo
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Patent number: 9780478Abstract: A connector comprises a housing, a contact and a connection structure. The connection structure is a structure other than the housing and comprises a conductive member, a protection portion and an electric-shock prevention portion. The conductive member has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is attached to or integrally formed with the contact. The protection portion covers a part of the conductive member, which is positioned between the first end portion and the second end portion. The housing has an accommodation portion formed therewithin. The accommodation portion has an opening. The contact is accommodated in the accommodation portion together with the first end portion of the conductive member. The electric-shock prevention portion, at least in part, blocks the opening of the accommodation portion and obstructs entrance of a finger into the accommodation portion beyond the electric-shock prevention portion.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, LimitedInventor: Yuji Kamei
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Patent number: 9780507Abstract: The utility model claims a double-side and dual-purpose connector, comprising a terminal component and a shell, wherein the terminal component comprises a first terminal and a second terminal which are in isolated setting and adapt to different data interface types; different types of data interfaces can be connected by the first terminal and the second terminal; and the shell is tightly sleeved outside the terminal component to limit and fix the terminal component. The connector provided in the utility model is convenient to use and capable of being compatible with different types of data interfaces and matching with the interface of electronic equipment, such as existing cell phone, etc.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: SHENZHEN WUXIANG ELECTRONICS & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTDInventor: Jing Li
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Patent number: 9774099Abstract: A structure for connecting a crimping terminal and an electric wire, includes: the crimping terminal that is provided with an electric wire connection section to be crimped to the electric wire, the electric wire connection section including a conductor crimping section and a sheath crimping section which are successively disposed to each other; a waterproof material that includes an opening for allowing the conductor and the conductor crimping section to make contact with each other, has a size to surround the conductor and the sheath which are to be crimped, and is installed between the electric wire connection section and the electric wire; and a recess that is formed on at least one of the electric wire connection section and the sheath, and a bulged and deformed section of the waterproof material deformed by the electric wire connection section which is caulked and crimped enters.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Kazuto Ohtaka
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Patent number: 9774156Abstract: An electrical connector may include a cord comprising wires and a plug extending from the cord. The plug may include a first top row of contacts included in a top portion of the plug and a first bottom row of contacts included in a bottom portion of the plug. The first top row of contacts may be coupled to the plurality of wires and include a first top differential signaling pair configured to carry signals according to a first communication protocol, and a second top differential signaling pair configured to carry signals according to a second communication protocol. The first bottom row of contacts may be coupled to the first top row of contacts and arranged to maintain a same arrangement of contacts and electrical paths the first top row of contacts to the plurality of wires when the plug is rotated one hundred and eighty degrees.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2014Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Aaron Leiba, Adam Rodriguez, Zhonghua Wu
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Patent number: 9774102Abstract: A connector for connecting to a magnetic coil wound onto a support is disclosed. The connector comprises a first resilient body formed of a conductive material and having a plurality of cutters disposed on a plurality of inner walls of the first resilient body. The first resilient body is inserted onto the support and held in an open position during insertion. The first resilient body is biased into a closed position. In the closed position, the plurality of cutters cut an insulating layer on the magnetic coil and the first resilient body retains the magnetic coil on the support while electrically connecting the magnetic coil and the support.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2017Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP Italia S.R.L.Inventors: Alessandro Genta, Marco Barberis, Marcello Farinola
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Patent number: 9774108Abstract: There is provided an electrical connection device (100) including a male portion including a head (21) having a groove for insertion of a driver, and a body portion (24) having a spirally penetrating first guide hole (26a) formed from a lower end and a second guide hole (26b); a female portion (116) having a hole portion (118) into which the body portion (24) is inserted; an elastic portion (40) to be disposed on an outer circumference of the body portion (24) when the body portion (24) is inserted into the hole portion (118); and a movable body (30) which is disposed below the elastic portion, and engages and penetrates through the first guide hole (26a) when the body portion (24) is inserted into the hole portion (11), in which a first conductive member (50) and a second conductive member (60) are interposed between an upper end of the elastic portion (40) and the head (21), and with the movable body (30) engaged in the first guide hole (26a), as the head (21) rotates to a predetermined rotation angle relatType: GrantFiled: June 25, 2015Date of Patent: September 26, 2017Assignee: KITANI ELECTRIC COMPANY LIMITEDInventor: Yuichi Takashima