Patents Examined by T C Patel
  • Patent number: 7871275
    Abstract: An interposer frame assembly includes a static frame and a biasing frame. The static and biasing frames include legs joined with and oriented at an angle with respect to one another. The legs include mounting surfaces and opposite upper surfaces that are interconnected by an inner side. The mounting surfaces have outwardly protruding posts and the inner sides have protrusions extending away from the legs. The posts are received in openings of an interposer assembly such that the static frame and the biasing frame are aligned on opposite sides of a contact field of the interposer assembly. The protrusions of the static frame and the biasing members of the biasing frame guide and retain a circuit board with contacts into a mated relationship with corresponding contacts in the contact field of the interposer assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Justin Shane McClellan, Nathan William Swanger, Justin M'Cheyne Reisinger, Jeffrey Byron McClinton
  • Patent number: 7871295
    Abstract: A coaxial connector (100) includes a bracket (10) defining a cavity (15), a central pin (30) received in the cavity and an insulative member (20). The central pin includes a contact portion (31), a mounting portion (32), and a fixing portion (33) disposed between the contact portion and the mounting portion. The fixing portion has at least an engaging face (331) extending along a direction angled to a rotating direction of the central pin. The insulative member is mounted around the fixing portion of the central pin and disposed between the bracket and the central pin. The insulative member includes a working face (211) engaging with the engaging face of the central pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiao-Guo Zhang, Qing-Man Zhu
  • Patent number: 7871278
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for managing power to a group of connectors. The individual power limits of the connectors may be selectively increased while still complying with a group power limit. In one embodiment, a group of electronic connectors disposed on a host device each include a power portion and a data portion. A mechanical barrier is moveable into a blocked position for physically blocking at least the power portion of one or more of the electronic connectors while the other electronic connectors in the group remain unblocked. A power controller automatically increases an individual power limit of one or more of the unblocked electronic connectors in response to the mechanical barrier being in the blocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dean F. Herring, P. Daniel Kangas, David J. Steiner, Jeff D. Thomas
  • Patent number: 7872362
    Abstract: The vehicle-use power supply control apparatus includes a first battery supplying electric power to a load, an alternator driven by a vehicle engine, a second electric accumulator parallel-connected to the first battery, an electric power converter performing two-way power transmission between the first and second batteries, and a power supply control unit. The power supply control includes a function of setting a target power generation efficiency index, a function of setting a target power generation amount of the alternator on the basis of the target power generation efficiency index, while referring to a map defining relationship between a power generation efficiency index and a power generation amount of the alternator, and a function of controlling an amount and a transmission direction of transmission power of the electric power converter in order that an amount of electric power generated by the alternator becomes equal to the target power generation amount.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Minoru Kato, Takashi Senda
  • Patent number: 7871299
    Abstract: A connector of the present invention comprises a jack socket with a plurality of first terminals disposed at a cylindrical inner wall at predetermined intervals in a depth direction, a plug with a plurality of second terminals disposed at an outer wall thereof, constituting a plurality of electrical contacts by individually making contact with each of the first terminals in a state of insertion into the jack socket, and ring-shaped elastic seal members that seal each of the electrical contacts when the plug is inserted in the jack socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Kawasaki, Shigetaka Suzuki
  • Patent number: 7871294
    Abstract: A connector has an insulative housing and two edge card-receiving slots disposed in a stacked arrangement with in the insulative housing. Each slot receives an edge card of an electronic module therein. The slots support conductive terminals that extend from a plurality of individual terminal assemblies. The housing may be positioned in a cage that includes receptacles on a front face of the cage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Jerry A. Long
  • Patent number: 7867017
    Abstract: A connector insertion sensing structure includes an electrically insulative housing having an insertion hole for the insertion of an external modular plug and a vertical front mounting groove located on the front wall at one lateral side of the insertion, a metal sensing terminal mounted in the vertical front mounting groove and having a contact portion suspending in the insertion hole and a bottom bonding tip for bonding to an external circuit board, and a metal shield surrounding the electrically insulative housing and having a metal actuation terminal backwardly extended from the front panel thereof and suspending in the insertion hole and movable by an inserted external modular plug to press a pressure tip thereof on the contact portion of the metal terminal in producing a signal indicative of the insertion of the external modular plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: U.D. Electronic Corp.
    Inventor: Po-Jung Chen
  • Patent number: 7867038
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided comprising a female member and a male member configured such that the female member is inhibited from being electrically coupled to the male member if the electrical coupling would reverse the polarity of the electrical connector. The female member may comprise a first and second chamber. The male member may comprise a first and second extension. The first and second chambers may be configured to insertably accommodate the first and second extensions. The female member may comprise one or more resilient members providing a pressing force to bias at least a portion of a male electrode against at least a portion of a corresponding female electrode. Alternatively, the cover of the male electrode in the first and second extensions may comprise a resilient member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Traxxas LP
    Inventors: Seralaathan Hariharesan, Brock Dennison, Jon Kenneth Lampert
  • Patent number: 7866988
    Abstract: A connector in which contact between a circuit board and a card-type electronic device is made less liable to be unstable, even when the connector is subject to a shock. One (37) of a pair of arms (37, 38) of a base (3) is made elastically deformable. A holddown (43) is provided on the arm (37) such that the arm (37) cannot be elastically deformed when the base (3) is mounted on the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Masaaki Shimada
  • Patent number: 7867032
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a housing and contacts. The housing is configured to mate with a mating connector. The contacts are in the housing and configured to electrically connect the connector assembly with the mating connector. The contacts are arranged in a coaxial signal contact pattern. The coaxial signal contact pattern includes a center signal contact surrounded by contacts electrically connected to an electrical ground in a manner to emulate a coaxial connection with the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: David Allison Trout, James Lee Fedder, Juli S. Olenick, Steven J. Millard
  • Patent number: 7867034
    Abstract: A card insertion slot in the card connector through which two types of cards, large and small cards, can be selectively installed in a card accommodation space include first and second guideways in corresponding to the sizes of the cards. The card connector includes first and second contacts, a lock bracket configured to detect the width of the large card, an actuator configured to be rotatable, and a partition member including a partition plate configured to be movable. When the large card is inserted into the card connector, the lock bracket is moved from the first position to the second position. When the large card is further fed into the card connector, the actuator is rotated from the first position to the second position, and the partition plate is moved from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignees: Yamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd., Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Sato, Masato Koyasu, Yosuke Takai, Masaaki Oshima
  • Patent number: 7867001
    Abstract: A waterproof harness connector that is simple, highly reliable, and can branch a wire. An inner holder is inserted into an outer holder from an opening, and then, joints of wire terminals, where seal members are attached to wires, are inserted into wire terminal holding holes of the inner holder through wire terminal insertion openings of the outer holder. When a pin terminal is inserted into pin terminal insertion hole of the inner holder, the pin terminal penetrates tubular contacts of the joints, which are placed in the holding hole, to electrically connect the wire terminals to each other. After that, a waterproof member is fixed to an opening to make the inside of the outer holder a waterproof structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsugio Ambo, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Tomokazu Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 7867018
    Abstract: An apparatus for accommodating and making electrical contact with a luminous means, which contains a glass vessel, a luminous means base and contact pins for supplying power, in a spotlight, which contains a luminous means holder for accommodating the luminous means base with plug-type sockets for accommodating the contact pins of the luminous means, is provided. The luminous means holder has a device for monitoring the connection between the luminous means base and the luminous means holder. The monitoring device comprises a device for detecting the relative position of at least one part of the luminous means base in relation to the luminous means holder when the luminous means base is inserted into the luminous holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG
    Inventors: Harald Krieg, Erwin Melzner, Kerstin Schlegel, Thomas Dörner, Anton Hundhammer
  • Patent number: 7867024
    Abstract: For fastening a coupling (1) formed from one plug-in part (2) and one sliding part (4) to a carrier part, a retaining arrangement (9) constructed of at least one side part (10, 11) from each opposite side is proposed. Each of the side parts (10, 11) has a spring arm (20) to which a bracket (23) is attached that grips the shaped collar (6) of the plug-in part (2) from behind in such a way that the collar (6), after pushing in the plug-in part (2) from the entry side (14), is in contact with a termination rib (24). Thus the plug-in part (2) is left fixed on the carrier part without both parts (2, 4) of the coupling (1) having to be plugged together when the sliding part (4) is slid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: A. Raymond et Cie
    Inventors: Didier Fraysse, Steve Mouchet, Jean-Baptiste Pau
  • Patent number: 7863767
    Abstract: A turbine (2) driven electric power production system (1),—said turbine (2) arranged for being driven by a fluid (3) having a fluid speed (v) varying in time,—said turbine (2) connected to a hydrostatic displacement pump (6) further connected to a hydrostatic displacement motor (8) as part of a closed loop hydrostatic transmission system (7),—said motor (8) arranged for driving an electrical generator (9) supplying AC power (10) at a frequency (fg) near a given desired frequency (fdes), characterized by a closed loop system arranged for controlling a volumetric displacement (13) of the hydrostatic motor (8), comprising—a fluid speed meter (11m) arranged for producing a speed signal (11s) representing a speed (v) of said fluid (3), and—a rotational speed meter (12m) arranged for providing a rotational speed signal (12s) representing a rotational speed measurement (?) of said turbine (2), —a motor displacement control system (15) for continuously receiving said speed signal (11s) and said rotational speed signa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Chapdrive AS
    Inventors: Peter Chapple, Ole Gunnar Dahlhaug, Per Olav Haarberg
  • Patent number: 7862372
    Abstract: A power supply includes a body, a number of cables, a first connector, and a second connector. The first and second connectors are connected to the body of the power supply via the cables. The first connector includes a first connecting portion. The second connector includes a second connecting portion, operable to engage with the first connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ming-Ke Chen, Hsiu-Chang Lai
  • Patent number: 7863766
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention includes a turbine to generate mechanical energy from kinetic energy, a generator coupled to the turbine to receive the mechanical energy and to output multiple isolated supply powers, and multiple power stages each coupled to the generator. Each of the power stages may receive at least one of the isolated supply powers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: TECO-Westinghouse Motor Company
    Inventors: Mehdi Abolhassani, Thomas Keister, Haran Karmaker, Ryan Edwards, Enrique Ledezma, Alex Skorcz
  • Patent number: 7862348
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a connector for a composite structure includes at least one conducting element that is coupled to a node of an electrical circuit embedded in a composite structure. The composite structure has two opposing surfaces in which the conducting element is disposed essentially between the surfaces of the composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: William C. Strauss
  • Patent number: 7862362
    Abstract: The invention relates to a test holder for fixing the position of a microchip in a microchip contactor, having a base frame and a pressing unit, which is connected to the base frame such that it can be pivoted open or shut and which comprises a pressure body designed to interact with the microchip. In order to press the microchip all over with a uniform pressure onto the contactor, even if the microchip is inclined with respect to the pressing means when it is contacted with the contactor, the invention provides that the pressure body may be tilted about a first and a second tilting axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Amp GmbH
    Inventor: Christian Koehler
  • Patent number: 7857628
    Abstract: A connector is provided. The connector is for connecting an electronic card. The electronic card comprises a first card side and a second card side, a first notch formed on the first card side, and a second notch formed on the second card side. The connector comprises a body, a first fixer and a second fixer. The body comprises a first side, a second side and a slot. The first fixer is disposed on the first side, wherein the first fixer pivots between a first orientation and a second orientation, and the first fixer abuts the first notch when the first fixer is in the first orientation. The second fixer is disposed on the second side, wherein the second fixer abuts the second notch via elastic force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: ASUSTek Computer Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Hung Chung, Yu-Chen Lee