Patents Examined by S. Chambers
  • Patent number: 11374354
    Abstract: An electrical pin connector including a receptacle and a plug configured for matable connection, the plug and the receptacle each including conical backshells with a surface disposed about a central axis and a plurality of pin receptacles helically disposed in parallel curves around the central axis on the conical backshell surface for terminating conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Safran Electrical Components USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Jared Semik
  • Patent number: 11369147
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette atomizer employing an ultrasonic atomizing unit (6), which comprises an outer tube (1), a liquid storage cup (2), a porous supporting sheet (3), a cigarette liquid permeation sheet (4), an ultrasonic atomizing unit (6), an atomizing seat (7), and a power connector (8). An inside of the atomizing seat (7) is provided with the ultrasonic atomizing unit (6), which includes a liquid guiding stick (61), an atomizing sheet (62), and an ultrasonic oscillating sheet (63); the ultrasonic oscillating sheet (63) can ultrasonically atomize the cigarette liquid conducted from the cigarette liquid permeation sheet (4) and the liquid guiding stick (61) to the atomizing sheet (62). The ultrasonic atomizing unit (6) is employed to atomize the cigarette liquid, which prevents the burning and deformation of the components of the electronic cigarette atomizer due to heating at high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventor: Guangrong Lin
  • Patent number: 11362466
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an inner signal contact, an outer shielding contact, and a cover. The outer contact has a crimping portion including a first crimp wing and a second crimp wing that are bendable towards each other to attach the outer shielding contact to a cable such that ends of the first crimp wing and the second crimp wing extend towards each other when the outer shielding contact is attached to the cable. The cover is configured to cover a braid or a protective layer of the cable that is arranged underneath the ends of the crimp wings when the outer shielding contact is attached to the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventors: Gert Droesbeke, Paul Pigmann, Martin Ludwig
  • Patent number: 11362621
    Abstract: A wiring device of photovoltaic power generation equipment includes an aluminum wire and a copper-aluminum transition element. One end of the aluminum end is connected with the aluminum end of the copper-aluminum transition piece, and the other end of the aluminum end is configured to connect with an external connecting component. The copper end is configured to connect with photovoltaic power generation equipment. In the wiring device of the photovoltaic power generation equipment provided in the present application, the copper-aluminum transition piece is arranged at the position of the photovoltaic power generation equipment, and the aluminum end of the copper-aluminum transition piece is connected to the external connecting component by the aluminum wire, avoiding using copper wire for long-distance conduction. The cost of the aluminum wire is much lower than that of the copper wire. Therefore, the cost of the wiring device provided by the application is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: SUNGROW POWER SUPPLY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenhao Li, Yonghong Li, Qingqing Xu, Peng Chen, Puyun Dong
  • Patent number: 11362468
    Abstract: A coupling device is provided. The coupling device comprises a first connector with one or more primary pins and one or more drawers. The one or more drawers are configured to receive at least one of a fuse or a jumper. The one or more drawers are configured to be opened to permit the fuse or the jumper to be added or removed. The coupling device defines one or more recesses, and the one or more drawers are configured to be inserted into a recess of the one or more recesses to place the drawer in a closed state. In the closed state, the fuse or the jumper form part of an electrical circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: DIAC Holdings LLC
    Inventor: David Mathias
  • Patent number: 11362453
    Abstract: A first housing of a first connector has a first end wall which is located downward of a first accommodation portion in an up-down direction. When viewed from beneath along the up-down direction, the first end wall hides, in part, a first contact located in the first accommodation portion. A second housing has a second end wall which is located upward of a second accommodation portion in the up-down direction. When viewed from above along the up-down direction, the second end wall hides a second contact located in the second accommodation portion. The first end wall prevents a finger of an operator from coming into contact with the first contact, and the second end wall prevents the finger of the operator from coming into contact with the second contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED, PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiko Nakazawa, Shoichi Toya
  • Patent number: 11355870
    Abstract: A conductor terminal for connecting an electrical conductor by means of spring force clamping, the conductor terminal being configured for mounting on a busbar, the terminal conductor including at least one spring force clamping connection having a clamping spring for clamping the electrical conductor, a housing, which at least partially surrounds the spring force clamping connection and has a conductor insertion opening and a pivotably supported actuation lever, which is configured to actuate at least one part of the clamping spring, a receiving space for receiving at least one section of the busbar onto which the conductor terminal may be mounted, being present in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Hans-Josef Koellmann, Michael Meyer
  • Patent number: 11349244
    Abstract: An electrical contact includes a retention section of an outer part and an extension section of an inner part parallel to each other and linked to each other via a transverse bridge located in another vertical plane perpendicular to both the retention section and the extension section. An upper contacting arm extends, toward the extension section, from an upper end of the retention section with an upper mating apex and an upper abutment tip region, and a lower contacting arm extends, toward the extension, from a lower end of the retention section with a lower mating apex and a lower abutment tip region. An upper abutment tab upwardly and obliquely extends from an upper end of the extension section toward the retention section and adapted to be mated with the upper abutment tip region when the upper contacting arm is downwardly depressed by the CPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Shuo-Hsiu Hsu
  • Patent number: 11349239
    Abstract: A terminal includes a first connection section having a first connection central axis extending centrally though the first connection section along a longitudinal direction and a shoulder having a first surface extending normal to the longitudinal direction at an end of the first connection section. The shoulder has a width greater than the first connection section in a width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and has a shoulder central axis extending centrally though the shoulder along the longitudinal direction. The shoulder central axis is offset from the first connection central axis in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: James Edward Gundermann, John Mark Myer, Hurley Chester Moll, Daniel Williams Fry, Jr., Christopher Lee Allgood, Michael Dale Brown, Eric Torrey
  • Patent number: 11349269
    Abstract: An adapter device includes a printed circuit board (PCB), an output port disposed on the PCB and having first pins, where the output port is to be connected to an output harness that is connected to an adaptive device. The adapter also includes wireless circuitry one of disposed on or coupled to the PCB and a processing device disposed on the PCB and coupled to the output port and wireless circuitry. The processing device is to: identify, via the wireless circuitry, an actuation command from a wireless signal received from a handheld electronic device; translate the actuation command to one or more actuation bits that match one of analog-converted bits receivable over an input harness or digital control bits receivable over a wireless controller associated with the adaptive device; and provide the actuation bits to the first pins, the actuation bits causing the adaptive device to perform a specific action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Inventors: Aaron Werner, Andrew Evans
  • Patent number: 11336047
    Abstract: A high-current connector is provided, comprising an insulating body which has at least one contact carrier having at least one contact chamber, which has at least two through-openings on the plug-in side, and at least two electrically conductive plug-in contacts which are arranged parallel to one another in the contact chamber and each have a cable connection region at a first end and a plug-in region opposite at a second end, the plug-in regions of the plug-in contacts being guided through one of the through-openings each of the contact chamber. The high-current plug connector also has an electrically conductive connection element which is inserted into the contact chamber and which has at least two contact receptacles, into each of which one of the plug-in contacts is inserted interlockingly and frictionally by its plug-in region, and the at least two plug-in contacts are electrically conductively connected to one another by the connection element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wilhelm Kliever
  • Patent number: 11336038
    Abstract: A connector suitable for being mounted on a coaxial cable comprising at least one metal braid layer surrounding inner parts of the cable and an outer insulating layer surrounding said at least one metal braid layer and a silicone sleeve arranged around the outer insulating layer wherein the connector comprises a ferrule to be arranged in electrical contact with said at least one metal braid layer, wherein said outer insulating layer of the cable is arranged to be stripped away for the length of said electrical contact, a base arranged cylindrically around said ferrule, and a collar arranged at least partially within said base and comprising a body configurable around the ferrule; wherein the body of the collar has a first outer diameter substantially the same as the diameter of the outer insulating layer of the coaxial cable; and the silicone sleeve is arranged, upon mounting the coaxial cable to the connector, between the base and the body of the collar for applying a pressure force to said at least one meta
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Teleste Oyj
    Inventor: Steve Gribby
  • Patent number: 11336055
    Abstract: An electrical connector housing is provided with at least one locking clip, which is mounted pivotably via a bearing pin and has a locking region and an actuation region. In order to reversibly lock the electrical connector housing to a mating electrical connector housing, the locking region engages overbearing journals integrally moulded on the mating electrical connector housing. The locking clip has a locking device or means for blocking the pivot movement of the locking clip. In this manner, an accidental release of the plug-in connection can be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Harting Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Norbert Kropiewnicki
  • Patent number: 11329403
    Abstract: A conductor connection terminal with an insulating material housing, a busbar component, a first clamping leg and a second clamping leg, wherein the first clamping leg and the second clamping leg are arranged on a clamping spring or on different clamping springs, respectively, wherein the first clamping leg and the busbar component form a first clamping point for a first electrical conductor to be clamped, and the second clamping leg and the busbar component form a second clamping point for a second electrical conductor to be clamped, wherein the busbar component comprises a first conductor receiving section and a second conductor receiving section at diametrically opposite areas of one another, wherein the first conductor receiving section and the second conductor receiving section are connected to one another via a connecting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Hans-Josef Koellmann
  • Patent number: 11322884
    Abstract: An apparatus for connecting and disconnecting an electrical connection, comprising a socket, a male plug that can be connected to the socket, and a coupling mechanism which is designed for locking the socket to the male plug and for separating it therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Karsten Krome
  • Patent number: 11322881
    Abstract: A connection device may include a releasable electrical connection between a first current conducting element of a power electronics system and a second current conducting element of a transmission. The connection device may be configured such that it is removably locatable in a first opening in at least one of a power electronics housing and a second opening in a transmission housing. A transmission for a motor vehicle may include the connection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Linus Eschenbeck, Christopher Allnoch
  • Patent number: 11322861
    Abstract: A conductor connection terminal, having an insulating material housing, a busbar, a clamping spring and an operating lever which is pivotably received in the insulating material housing over a pivoting range and can be pivoted between an open position and a closed position, wherein the clamping spring has an operating arm which is deflected via a spring driver of the operating lever at least in the open position, characterized in that the operating lever is supported in the open position at a first and a second support point spaced from the first, and that the operating lever is pulled against the first and the second support point by a tensile force of the clamping spring acting on the spring driver from the operating arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Frank Hartmann, Gunter Spey
  • Patent number: 11316288
    Abstract: An electrical connector for receiving at least one electrical conductor comprises a housing, a bus bar arranged inside the housing, and at least one clamp arranged inside the housing. The clamp has a spring arm moveable relative to the bus bar between a connecting position and a disconnecting position. The spring arm cooperates with the bus bar to secure an electrical conductor to the bus bar when the spring arm is in the connecting position. The spring arm allows an end section of an electrical conductor to be inserted through an opening of the housing in the disconnecting position. At least one slider extends into the housing and is moveable relative to the housing between a closed position and an open position. The slider includes at least one sliding guide cooperating with the spring arm such that a movement of the slider translates into a movement of the spring arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Andreas Urbaniak, Thulasiraman Shanmugam, Vijay Babu Moorthy, Sathishkumar Venkatesan, Erik Michelsen, Adrian Hanisch
  • Patent number: 11316291
    Abstract: A board mounting type connector includes a housing, a plurality of contact portions to be extending from the housing toward a circuit board, and a plurality of protrusions to be protruding from the housing toward the circuit board. The plurality of contact portions are aligned along a width direction at a first position in a fitting direction. The connector and a mating connector are to be fit each other in the fitting direction. The width direction intersects the fitting direction. The plurality of protrusions are aligned along the width direction at a second position in the fitting direction. A distance between the first position and a position of a center of gravity of the connector in the fitting direction is longer than a distance between the second position and the position of the center of gravity in the fitting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomohiro Hikosaka
  • Patent number: 11316290
    Abstract: A pin-like printed circuit board connector is at least slightly reversibly deformable and has a pin axis. The printed circuit board connector has at least a first slit which starts at the insertion end and runs through the pin axis towards the printed circuit board connection region and by means of which at least two segments pointing in the insertion direction are formed. In particular, the printed circuit board connector can additionally have a second such slit which intersects the first slit in the pin axis, in particular at right angles, forming even four segments pointing in the insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Wilhelm Kliever