Patents Examined by Ross Gushi
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Patent number: 9705250Abstract: The present invention is directed to a cable organizer. The cable organizer has a base with a plurality of ports. Each port is configured to hold a plug extending from a patch cord. The cable organizer also has a plurality of flanges connected to the base and a plurality of latch mechanisms. Each flange defines a side of one of the ports and each latch mechanism is connected to the ports by a pivot element.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Robert E. Fransen, Thomas M. Baum
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Patent number: 9705211Abstract: A male F-type coaxial cable connector including a nut, a body, a post, and a spacer, the spacer for bearing on the nut.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: PerfectVision Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Chastain, Charles D. Davidson, Jr.
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Patent number: 9698530Abstract: An electronic apparatus having structures for fastening and protecting connectors includes a main body and at least one transmission member. The main body includes an assembling portion, at least one connecting port and at least one retaining groove. The assembling portion is formed at one edge on a sidewall of the main body and has an installing surface and a setting surface. The connecting port is disposed on the installing surface of the assembling portion. The retaining groove is formed on the setting surface of the assembling portion and corresponds in position to the connecting port. The transmission member includes an output connector and a retaining block. The output connector is detachably plugged in the connecting port of the main body. The retaining block protrudes from one side of the output connector and is capable of being engaged in the retaining groove of the main body.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: JET OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Yung-Tse Chang
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Patent number: 9698516Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a connector. The connector includes a top cover, a connecting plate, and a base. The top cover includes a top cover body and a first arc member. A first end of the first arc member is arranged on a side surface of the top cover body. A removable thin plate is arranged inside the first arc member. The connecting plate includes a connection section and a protruding section. The top cover body and the base are engaged and connected to form a cavity. The connection section is arranged inside the cavity. The connection section is connected to the base. A first end of the protruding section is connected to the connection section and a second end of the protruding section protrudes from the base.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: NINGDE CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Huang Yincheng, Xiang Yanhuo
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Patent number: 9692146Abstract: A contact element for connecting to a cable having a braided shield includes a spring contact sleeve and a crimp sleeve. The spring contact sleeve has an annular ring and spring contacts arranged circumferentially on one end of the annular ring. The spring contact sleeve and the crimp sleeve form an enclosed hollow cavity between one another when the crimp sleeve is joined to the annular ring. The hollow cavity is configured to fully receive therein an exposed portion of the braided shield provided for connection of the contact element to the cable.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2015Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: Kostal Kontakt Systeme GmbHInventors: Joern Justi, Hans-Juergen Krach, Georg Schroeder, Uwe Pitzul, Wilfried Heringhaus
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Patent number: 9685727Abstract: A high speed data contact assembly having a linear data contact set and a right-angle termination insert. The linear data contact set has a housing having a hollow body and a termination subassembly. The termination subassembly is inserted in the hollow body of the housing. The termination subassembly has a plurality of pairs of parallel contact beams, the contact beams in each pair being of the same orientation and the pairs of contact beams having alternating orientations, wherein each contact beam has a distal end having a first orientation and a proximal end having a second orientation opposite of the first orientation. The right angle termination insert is adapted for insertion into the proximal end of the linear data contact set. The right angle termination insert has a u-shaped housing and a right-angle contact insert assembly in the U-shaped housing.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2016Date of Patent: June 20, 2017Assignee: Virginia Panel CorporationInventors: Jeffery P Stowers, Darryl M Ashby, David L Rocker, Christopher Church-Diciccio
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Patent number: 9680273Abstract: Disclosed is an electrical connector having a substrate and movable electrical contacts which are mounted to the substrate and extend a distance D from the substrate. A layer of compressible material (such as a foam or elastomeric material) is positioned on the substrate adjacent at least some of the electrical contacts and ideally has an uncompressed thickness slightly greater than the distance D to provide for protection of the electrical contacts. When a mating electrical device such as an electrical connector or other circuit member is mated to the electrical connector with its electrical contacts and its layer of compressible material, the layer of compressible material is compressed to a thickness less than the distance D, allowing the contacts to make a suitable electrical interconnection to the mating electrical device.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: NEOCONIX, INCInventors: David Noel Light, Hung-Ming Wang, David Rodney Baker, Peter Tho Nguyen, Dexter Shih-Wei Pao
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Patent number: 9666973Abstract: A connector coupling that has a body, an inner sleeve receiving the body, at least one self-locking pawl pivotably coupled to the inner sleeve that is configured to toggle between first and second positions in engagement with ratchet teeth of the body, and an outer sleeve surrounding the inner sleeve. The inner and outer sleeves are rotatable together in opposite mating and unmating directions. At least one spring member is attached to the outer sleeve and is configured to bias the pawl. When the pawl is in the first position engaging the ratchet teeth, the inner and outer sleeves are rotatable together in the mating direction only and prevented from rotating in the unmating direction and when the pawl is in the second position engaging the ratchet teeth, the inner and outer sleeves are rotatable together in the unmating direction only and prevented from rotating in the mating direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2016Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Amphenol CorporationInventor: Erik Strahl
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Patent number: 9667005Abstract: A switchboard base terminal block for connecting electrical wires comprising an insulating body having one top side and a bottom side opposite in a vertical direction, and at least two respective flanks opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction; wherein inside the body there is formed at least: a first pair of seats; a first space centered on a central vertical axis and bounded in the longitudinal direction by respective first partitions extending parallel to the vertical direction spaced from each other in the longitudinal direction by an amount such as to define a size of the space suitable for housing a jumper of the screw type; an undercut with base formed in the top side of the terminal block, presenting a first central opening for connecting externally the central space for insertion of the respective screw jumper, and means for coupling with corresponding means of an add-on terminal block for forming a two-tier terminal block in the vertical direction wherein said coupling means are adapted foType: GrantFiled: February 5, 2016Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Morsettitalia S.p.A.Inventor: Giordano Pizzi
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Patent number: 9658641Abstract: This application relates to methods and apparatus pertaining to a SIM tray that includes a deformable portion. When the SIM tray is subjected to stresses that result from tolerance stacking, the deformable portion accommodates the differences tolerance errors by allowing the non-deformable portion of the SIM tray to move substantially independently from one another. Creating the deformable portion can be accomplished by utilizing materials with lower relative moduli of elasticity, dovetails, magnets, or other means.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Gregory N. Stephens, James B. Smith
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Patent number: 9661777Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure, a detachable power cable interface box (PCIB) for coupling AC power to a rack-level power infrastructure is described. The detachable PCIB includes a body section and a terminal disposed within the body section. The terminal may be coupled to an AC power source. A wiring block may also be disposed within the body, and the modular wiring block may be coupled to the terminal. The wiring block may arrange power input from the AC power source into a pre-determined output configuration corresponding to a detachable interface. The system may also include the detachable interface, and the detachable interface may be configured to couple with an integrated connector of the rack-level power infrastructure. The detachable interface may be common to all types of AC power sources.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2016Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Richard S. Mills, Edmond I. Bailey, John Stuewe, Kunrong Wang
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Patent number: 9660393Abstract: In a connector fitted with a shorting terminal, both sides of an elastic member included in the shorting terminal are respectively provided with abutting parts to form one pair on the left and right, and each of the abutting parts can be independently elastically deformed and also biases two terminals to maintain a shorted state. When the connector fits with a mating connector housing, a short-cancellation member makes contact with a cancellation part and the abutting part is separated from the terminal to cancel the shorted state.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshifumi Shinmi
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Patent number: 9660402Abstract: A conductor assembly for establishing a connection to a power distribution unit is disclosed. The conductor assembly includes one or more conductors have a conductive rod. Each end of the conductive rod has an end forming a ball member. The conductor assembly also includes a connector having a clamp mechanism to receive the ball member of the conductive rod. A fastener threadably couples with a conductor on power distribution unit to rigidly secure the conductor assembly to the electrical equipment units.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2016Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: S&C ELECTRIC COMPANYInventor: Michael R. Maroney
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Patent number: 9653832Abstract: A conductive elastic member is formed by having a columnar member having elasticity, and plural wire rods which extend from one end face to the other end face of the columnar member in an axial direction and are formed in a state inclined with respect to the axial direction and have conductivity. At least a part of the plural wire rods are cabled in a direction of intersection mutually.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2016Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Masanobu Higashitani, Masayuki Kataoka
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Patent number: 9653831Abstract: A float adapter for an electrical connector that includes a conductive shell and an insulator received in the conductive shell. The insulator includes an engagement end, an interface end that is opposite the engagement end, and a reduced diameter middle portion therebetween. The insulator includes an inner bore that extends through the engagement end, the interface end, and the reduced diameter middle portion. The interface end has a lead-in tip portion that extends outside of the first end of the conductive shell. The lead-in tip portion has a tapered outer surface that terminates in an end face surface and a shoulder remote from the end face surface that defines an outer diameter that is larger than the inner diameter of the conductive shell. An inner contact is received in the inner bore of the insulator. The inner contact has socket openings at either end.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2016Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: AMPHENOL CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Andrew Hoyack, Owen Robert Barthelmes
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Patent number: 9653859Abstract: An electrical connector system including a male connector having a male terminal that defines a first blade longitudinally projecting from the male terminal and a second blade longitudinally projecting from the same male terminal. A first blade width is less than a second blade width and a first blade length is less than a second blade length. The male terminal further defines a pair of crimp wings configured to attach the male terminal to a wire cable. The system further includes a female connector having a first female terminal configured to receive the first blade and a second female terminal configured to receive the second blade, thereby electrically interconnecting the first female terminal, the second female terminal, and the wire cable.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2016Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Brandon M. Moore, Eric E. Shasteen, Don E. Bizon, Ryan E. White
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Patent number: 9653894Abstract: An incorrect fitting of a connector (40) is prevented, and a fitting work is enabled to be performed smoothly. A plurality of connectors (40), each having a housing (41) capable of fitting with its counterpart housing (71), is arranged in a line. Upon fitting of the housings (41, 71), a front face of each housing (41) is arranged so as to face a direction facing its counterpart housing (71), and an aligning direction of the connectors (40) is set to be a direction intersecting a front-rear direction. Through portions (52, 52E) are provided in the housings (41), and upon fitting of the housings (41, 71), each connector (40) is arranged at a position capable of facing its counterpart connector (70) by an aligning member (80, 100) that is passed through the respective through portions (52, 52E).Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Keishi Kitamura, Yoshihiro Mizutani, Yasuto Takeda, Hiroki Hirai, Tetsuji Tanaka, Hiroyoshi Maesoba, Kosuke Sone, Teruo Kato, Kazuhisa Nimura
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Patent number: 9653847Abstract: A high speed communication jack including a housing including a port for accepting a plug, the port including a plurality of pins each connected to a corresponding signal line in the plug, a shielding case surrounding the housing, a rigid circuit board in the housing having a substrate, a plurality of vias extending through the substrate with each via being configured to accommodate a pin on the housing, a plurality of traces on a middle layer in the substrate, with each trace extending from a corresponding one of the plurality of vias, a first shielding layer on a first side of the middle layer in the substrate, a second shielding layer on a second side of the middle layer in the substrate, and a third shielding layer adjacent to the second shielding layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: SENTINEL CONNECTOR SYSTEM, INC.Inventor: Brett Robinson
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Patent number: 9647386Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a percutaneous skin connector including a base and a cap. The base has a channel extending through it and a plurality of base magnets are positioned around the channel and exposed at a base surface. A skirt which allows tissue ingrowth extends from the base to further secure the base to the patient. The connector also includes a cap with a bore extending through it and a plurality of cap magnets positioned around the bore and exposed at a cap surface. The base magnets and cap magnets attract and align the cap surface to the base surface. The connector further includes a release mechanism adapted to at least partially separate the cap from the base when the cap is rotated relative to the base and out of alignment with the base.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: HeartWare, Inc.Inventors: Lance Lynn Andrus, Andre Castillo
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Patent number: 9647372Abstract: An electrical pin contact is disclosed. The electrical pin contact has a free end, a base spaced apart from the free end and connected to a plug type connector, and an electrically insulating contact protection member extending from the base to the free end. The contact protection member forms an outer face between the base and the free end.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2015Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbHInventor: Markus Eckel