Patents Examined by T C Patel
  • Patent number: 8007293
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an electrical connector. The electrical connector includes a bolt member, a first connector member, and a second connector member. The bolt member has a general ā€œUā€ shape. The first connector member includes a first surface, a second surface, and first openings. The second connector member includes second openings. The second connector member is a one-piece member. The first end and the second end of the bolt member extend through the first and second openings. The electrical connector is adapted to receive a bar member between the bolt member and the first connector member. The electrical connector is adapted to receive an electrical conductor between the first connector member and the second connector member. The first surface of the first connector member is adapted to electrically contact the bar member. The second surface of the first connector member is adapted to electrically contact the electrical conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Kris R. Boutin
  • Patent number: 8002556
    Abstract: The invention relates to a termination (1) for telecommunication and data engineering, comprising a housing (10) which contains terminal strips for connecting up a prescribed number of pairs, wherein the housing (10) is designed to have mounting means which can be used to mount the housing (10) on supports, wherein the terminal strips are in the form of printed circuit board connectors (50), wherein the housing (10) contains a plurality of printed circuit boards (60) which are accessible from the front and at least one side portion (12) of the housing (10), wherein the printed circuit board connectors (50) are plugged onto the printed circuit boards (60) from the front of the housing (10) and are plugged onto the printed circuit boards (60) from the side portion(s) (12) of the housing (10), wherein the printed circuit boards (60) hold conductor tracks which are respectively used to connect a contact on a printed circuit board connector (50) from the front to a contact on the printed circuit board connector (5
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: ADC GmbH
    Inventors: Adrian Benedetto, Harald Klein
  • Patent number: 8002577
    Abstract: A connector includes a main body, a reflecting member, and a cable electrically connected to a rear end of the main body. An elastic latch is formed on a top of the main body opposite to the cable. The reflecting member is fitted to a rear portion of the main body, and two protrusions are formed on a top of the reflecting member. A surface of each protrusion is coated with reflective material, slanted, and opposite to the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zheng-Heng Sun
  • Patent number: 8004250
    Abstract: A pyramid electric generator for harvesting the vibrational energies of Earth's atomic oscillators according to the present invention comprises: (1) an antenna/waveguide that is geometrically optimized; (2) a secondary coil wound with an insulated conductor on a nonconductive coil form, the coil being attached electrically to the conducting surface of the antenna/waveguide such that the secondary coil is attached near the point at which the electric field contacts the antenna/waveguide; (3) the antenna/waveguide connected with the secondary coil serving as a quasi-capacitive series element to provide a specific resonant frequency; and (4) a primary coil of a few turns wound around the secondary coil, the secondary coil being positioned coaxially within the primary coil and acting as a resonant step-up transformer winding, inductively coupled with the primary coil. The generator resonantly couples into specific frequencies of Earth's atomic oscillators and extracts electric energy therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Inventor: Peter Grandics
  • Patent number: 8004252
    Abstract: A power system stabilizer includes: a sensor configured for sensing a signal representative of electromechanical oscillations of the power system; a controller configured for using the sensed signal for generating control signals for damping the electromechanical oscillations; and a damper including a damping converter and a resistor coupled to the damping converter, the damping converter being coupled to the power system through a power bus, the damping converter configured for using the control signals for damping the electro-mechanical oscillations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christof Martin Sihler, Alfredo Sebastian Achilles, Simon Herbert Schramm
  • Patent number: 7997929
    Abstract: A phone plug connector device having a preassembled phone plug and connector, wherein the phone plug includes a conductive tip and a stem, wherein the connector connects the phone plug to a coaxial cable, wherein the coaxial cable comprises a center conductor surrounded by a first dielectric, the first dielectric being surrounded by a first conductive sheath, and the first conductive sheath surrounded by a protective outer jacket, wherein the connector connects the coaxial cable to the phone plug mechanically and electrically by compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Noah Montena
  • Patent number: 7997940
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly for an airbag ignitor including a) a socket member having a mating aperture, an internal side wall portion having a locking slot, and a bottom wall portion having at least one pin contact extending therefrom; and b) a plug member adapted for mating with the socket member by insertion in the mating aperture and including a plug body and a plug nose, the plug nose including (i) at least one socket contact aperture for receiving a socket contact corresponding to a respective pin contact, and (ii) a resilient locking device adapted for engaging in the locking slot and locking the plug member in the socket member, wherein the plug member includes an annular gasket seal around the plug nose and under the plug body to seal the aperture between the socket member and the plug member when they mate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: FCI
    Inventor: Vincent Regnier
  • Patent number: 7997941
    Abstract: A plug connector comprising a first contact support, in which contacts are disposed, which enter an electrical connection with mating contacts of a second contact support, when the contact supports are joined. The first contact support comprises first coding device, which interacts with a second coding device of the second contact support and assures a defined joining of the contact supports in order to connect the contacts and the mating contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Lumberg Connect GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Pfaffenbach, Dirk Pellizari, Sandra Wiegen, Frank Rentrop
  • Patent number: 7999405
    Abstract: An electric power system includes an engine, a generator driven by the engine, an electrical energy storage device, power control circuitry coupling the generator and storage device together, and a processor coupled to the circuitry. The generator provides variable AC power and the storage device provides variable DC power to the circuitry. The processor executes operating logic to provide control signals to the circuitry to operate the generator at a first speed to provide a first level of AC electricity, increase the DC power provided from the storage device to increase the AC electricity to a second level, increase operating speed of the generator from the first speed to a second speed greater than the first speed, decrease the DC power from the storage device as the operating speed of the generator increases, and limit acceleration of the operating speed to reduce perception of a speed change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Cummins Power Generation IP, Inc.
    Inventor: Mitchell E. Peterson
  • Patent number: 7997931
    Abstract: In one possible embodiment, a waterproof connector is provided having a unitary compressible housing comprised of a waterproof material encasing a finger board. The finger board is constructed to receive interconnect wires and corresponding electrical contact pins, which are secured to the finger board. The housing has a well portion within the housing, the electrical contact pins extend through the waterproof material from the finger board into the well. Partition portions within the well extend between the electrical contact pins. A sealing lip portion is around the well on a mating side. The housing also has a compressible backing portion behind the finger board. The unitary compressible housing may be constructed to be seated in a structural housing, which may be a recess or the like in a structural member or component of an apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: AeroVironment, Inc.
    Inventors: Jos B. Cocquyt, Luke Bradley, Jeremy Tyler
  • Patent number: 7997908
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a printed circuit having a component surface, and an electrical connector having a bottom side mounted on the component surface of the printed circuit. The electrical connector extends a length from a mating face to a rear side that is opposite the mating face. The electrical connector is configured to mate with a mating connector at the mating face. The assembly includes a support member that includes a body having a connector face and a circuit face. The support member is positioned such that the connector face engages the rear side of the electrical connector and the circuit face engages the component surface of the printed circuit to support the electrical connector on the printed circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Keith McQuilkin Murr, Jordan M. Cole, Brian Patrick Costello
  • Patent number: 7997943
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a first conductive member and a second conductive member. The first conductive member includes a first channel portion extending from a first wedge portion, with the first channel portion configured to receive a first conductor therein. The first conductive member includes a jaw movably coupled to the first channel portion and being positioned between the first channel portion and the first wedge portion. The second conductive member includes a second channel portion extending from a second wedge portion where the second channel portion configured to receive a second conductor. The first wedge portion and the second wedge portion are assembled such that the second wedge portion engages the jaw and moves the jaw to the closed position. The jaw engages the first conductor in the closed position. Optionally, the first channel portion may have a contoured shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Owen Ross Gregory, Charles Dudley Copper, Terry Edward Frye, Alexandre Marc, Barry Johnson, Vladimir Hoxha
  • Patent number: 7997936
    Abstract: A power connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing and a spacer fixed to the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a mating surface, an end surface opposite to the mating surface and a plurality of first passageways extending through the mating and the end surfaces. A depression and a cavity are recessed into the insulative housing from the mating surface and the end surface, respectively. Each first contact includes a main portion received in the corresponding first passageway and a tail portion located at the cavity in condition that at least one side wall of the tail portion is exposed to the outside for excellent heat dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Alltop Electronics Co., Ltd (Su Zhou)
    Inventor: Wang-I Yu
  • Patent number: 7993161
    Abstract: A low profile connector for mounting on a PCB comprising: an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals, a shielding shell and an auxiliary member. Each terminal is provided with a contacting section and a solder portion extending beyond insulative housing for connecting with the PCB. The shielding shell defines a mating opening surrounding the contact portion, and the auxiliary member defines a main portion attached to a bottom surface of the shielding shell and at least one horizontal portion located at one end thereof for mounting on an upper surface of the PCB. The shielding shell further includes a vertical portion perpendicular to the horizontal portion for inserting a hole of the PCB, and the horizontal portion of the auxiliary member has a concavity for receiving the vertical portion which decreasing space that the connector located on the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Hua Mao, Zhi-Hong Fang
  • Patent number: 7993163
    Abstract: A modular jack connector (100) includes a contact module (2) having a paddle board (21) and a magnetic module (23). The magnetic module includes a number of magnetic cores (231) embedded in the paddle board, and a number of PCB layout traces (232, 233) arranged in each side face of the paddle board. The PCB layout traces on each side face includes a primary group of PCB layout traces (232a, 233a) having one group of tips (2322, 2331) extending to a position adjacent to corresponding magnetic core to form a magnetic field and another group of tips (2321, 2332) connected to a conductive section (2111, 2121) of the paddle board, and a secondary group of PCB layout traces (232b, 233b) having one group of tips (2323, 2333) extending to a position adjacent to corresponding magnetic core to form a magnetic field and another group of tips (2324, 2334) connected to vias of the paddle board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Li-Chun Wu, Chao-Tung Huang, Yueh-Shan Shih, Jie Zhang, Yong-Chun Xu, Jian-She Hu
  • Patent number: 7995356
    Abstract: A power semiconductor module is disclosed including a housing for receiving at least one essentially board-type circuit carrier, the circuit carrier being provided with a metallization on at least one part of its surface and being populated with and electrically connected to at least one power semiconductor, rigid, integral and essentially straight load connection elements being applied on the metallized part of the metallized surface of the circuit carrier, which load connection elements are electrically and mechanically fixedly connected to the circuit carrier by one of their ends and project essentially perpendicularly into the housing interior, separate connection terminal elements for electrical conduct-making being placed onto the free end of the load connection elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rainer Kreutzer, Karl-Heinz Schaller
  • Patent number: 7993143
    Abstract: A powered communications patch panel is adapted to power network devices connected to the communications patch panel. Power is supplied to the network devices by the powered communications patch panel over the communication cabling. The powered communications patch panel may be provided with a management port to allow remote management of the patch panel via a network connection. Multiple management ports may be provided, allowing patch panels to be connected to one another in a daisy-chain configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Ronald A. Nordin, Masud Bolouri-Saransar, Michael V. Doorhy
  • Patent number: 7988493
    Abstract: An electrical component holder contains an electrical component to be connected to an internal circuit of a vehicle-installed electrical junction box. The holder has a casing main body and a lid to be mounted on an upper surface of the casing main body. The casing main body has a box-like configuration that is open at a lower end so that the casing main body can be placed on an electrical component mounting section of the electrical junction box. The casing main body has an upper wall that defines a through-hole that receives and holds a support portion of a terminal member of the electrical component. The support portion of the terminal member is inserted into and secured to the through-hole so that the terminal member projects into a hollow interior of the casing main body. The terminal member is inserted into and secured to a terminal aperture in the electrical component mounting section, under the condition that the casing main body is attached to the electrical component mounting section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Taniguchi, Takeshi Yomura
  • Patent number: 7990113
    Abstract: A method and a wind power plant are provided for smoothing alternating electric current from a number of power generators. Generators are electrically connected to an electric network. Each power generator includes a transformer with pulse width modulation for converting direct current to pulse width modulated alternating current for feeding to the network. The time for feeding the pulses of the pulse width modulated alternating current is different for each generator in order to achieve a more even alternating current as a sum of respective outputs of alternating current from the generators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Henrik Stiesdal
  • Patent number: 7989972
    Abstract: A method an apparatus for providing speed control in a spindle system are provided. The apparatus includes an air turbine spindle that rotates at a speed, an electromagnetic device coupled to the spindle for creating a torque to maintain a desired speed of the spindle, and a tachometer for generating a measurement of the rotational speed of the spindle. The electromagnetic device applies a torque to the spindle in response to the measurement to change the speed of the spindle to the desired speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Microlution, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Edward Honegger, Andrew Gordon Phillip