Patents Examined by Thanh-Tam T Le
  • Patent number: 11688971
    Abstract: A connector including a plug configured to mechanically mate with a socket to establish a connection from a first conduit to a second conduit. The plug is configured to mechanically engage the first conduit and the socket is configured to mechanically engage the second conduit. In examples, the plug is configured to insert into a socket well of the socket. The connector includes an electromagnet configured to energize and produce a magnetic field when the plug mechanically mates with the socket. The electromagnet is configured such that the magnetic field generates an electromagnetic force on a plug armature of the plug to help sustain the mechanically mating of the plug and the socket. The connector may include a user device configured to provide an output indicating when the plug is mechanically mated or unmated with the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Bellco S.R.L.
    Inventors: Niccolo Chelli, Giuliano Giganti
  • Patent number: 11688979
    Abstract: A connector assembly enables electrically safe disconnection and separation because it is possible to secure an interval between the point of time of separation of interlock terminals and the point of time of separation of power terminals when connectors are separated. The connector assembly can implement two steps of cutting power after restricting a lever in a locked state and then completely disconnecting connectors by additionally operating the lever by including an intermediate locking mechanism that restricts the lever for disconnecting connectors in a state in which interlock terminals of two connectors are separated from each other but power terminals of the two connectors are in contact with each other to disconnect and separate female and male connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KUM LLC
    Inventors: Yun Jae Jung, Chan Gu Yun, Anbumani Neelamegam
  • Patent number: 11688976
    Abstract: An electrical connector has a connector housing, a securing element and an actuating element movable between a home position and a locking position and which is designed to lock the electrical connector with a corresponding electrical counterpart connector. The connector housing has a locking guide for guiding the securing element between an initial position, and a securing position, wherein the securing element engages with the actuating element so that the actuating element is locked in the locking position. The securing element has a latching tab and the locking guide has a first stop for the latching tab to block the securing element in the initial position. The actuating element has a releasing body which penetrates into a recess in the locking guide to displace the latching tab of the securing element, to release the securing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Stefan Markus Gruendler, Simon Stoehr
  • Patent number: 11682858
    Abstract: A mounting bracket for an electronic device is provided. The mounting bracket includes a first mounting member and a second mounting member. The first mounting member is configured to detachably accommodate a body of the electronic device and limit a position of the body. The second mounting member is configured to detachably accommodate an adaptor of the electronic device and limit a position of the adaptor. The first mounting member is fixedly connected to the second mounting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: SHENZHEN CHENBEI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jinlong Huang
  • Patent number: 11677184
    Abstract: A connector configured to be fitted with a mating connector includes a main housing, a sub-housing supported on the main housing to be slidable in a fitting direction with respect to the main housing in which the connector is fitted with the mating connector, and an operating member pivotably and slidably supported on the main housing. The main housing moves closer to the mating connector when the operating member is pivoted from a first posture to a second posture. The sub-housing moves in the fitting direction when the operating member slides from the second posture in a direction different from the fitting direction. The sub-housing has an erroneous fitting prevention part abutting against the mating connector in a state of incomplete fitting of the connector with the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomokazu Yamane, Seiji Komatsu, Ryutaro Tokitsu, Kensuke Matsuo
  • Patent number: 11652322
    Abstract: A family of connectors to accommodate a single twisted pair of conductors is disclosed herein. The family of connectors includes a free connector, a fixed connector, and an adapter; the free and/or fixed connectors can be modified to accommodate the adapter configuration and/or modified to accommodate various patch cord configurations. In certain embodiments, the one or more of the family of connectors adopts an LC fiber optic style connector configuration and an LC fiber optic footprint configuration. In certain examples, one or more of the family of connectors adopts an LC fiber optic style connector configuration but in a footprint that is larger or smaller than the footprint of the LC fiber optic footprint. Other configurations may also be adopted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Scott Martin Keith, Amid Ihsan Hashim, Bryan Scott Moffitt, Shawn Phillip Tobey
  • Patent number: 11652342
    Abstract: A device for the electrification of furniture includes at least a first furniture panel, which has, in one of its two panel sides, two parallel grooves and two exposed busbars laid respectively in the two grooves and at least one electric plug for connecting to the two busbars. The plug has two electrical contacts, which are formed as exposed collector contacts on a connecting side of the plug housing and as connection contacts on a front side of the plug housing. The plug is inserted into a bore, interrupting the two grooves, in the one panel side of the first furniture panel. The collector contacts each lie against the two busbars in an electrically conductive manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Häfele Berlin GmbH & Co KG
    Inventors: Michael Von Wilcke, Robert Birkner
  • Patent number: 11652317
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a receptacle connector disposed in a wearable machine and equipped with one row contacts and a set of magnets, and a cable connector equipped with two rows of contacts and another set of magnets so as to be mated with the receptacle connector in a flippable manner wherein the interface between the receptacle connector and the cable connector is of a stadium configuration, and the set of magnets are located at two opposite halves of the long sides of the stadium configuration in the diagonal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Joe-Fu Chen, Terrance F. Little
  • Patent number: 11652314
    Abstract: A sealed electrical connector assembly includes a first and second connector member. The first connector member is arrangeable in open and sealed positions. In the sealed position, the first connector member is mated and sealed to the second connector member. The first and second connector member sealing walls face each other in a sealing region. The first and second connector members includes first and second connector member sealing walls extending essentially the same direction. In the sealed position, a flexible sealing element is configured to be arranged between and contacting the first and second connector member sealing walls in the sealing region. The flexible sealing element is fixed with respect to one of the sealing walls and is releasably engageable with another one of the sealing walls for providing a watertight seal. The sealing wall is slanted with respect to the first direction along an entire sealing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Gunreben, Bruno Barth
  • Patent number: 11632868
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an adaptor, comprising an adapting bracket, an adapting member, and at least one locking component. The adapting bracket comprises a chute comprising two opposite sidewalls and a bottom wall. The bottom wall is disposed between the two sidewalls. The adapting member is disposed on the adapting bracket. The adapting member comprises an adapting interface and is in communicating with the chute. The at least one locking component is disposed in the adapting bracket. Each of the locking components comprises a locking member movably extending into the chute. When an electronic component is inserted in the chute, a mating interface of the electronic component is connected to the adapting interface, and the locking member is inserted into an engaging groove of the electronic component. By protecting the electronic component with the adapting bracket, it is possible to avoid damage to the electronic component from impacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: LUXSHARE PRECISION INDUSTRY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Liang Yu, ZhongYuan Lai
  • Patent number: 11622581
    Abstract: A cartridge is selectively usable with a personal vaporizer. The cartridge may include a chamber for holding a vaporizing medium such as a liquid solution. The cartridge may also include an atomizer that can be manufactured as a unit with the chamber. The cartridge can be attached to a vaporizer structure such as a battery assembly. A cartridge cover fits over and encloses the cartridge therewithin. The cartridge cover can employ decorative aspects that match or complement decorative aspects of the battery assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Lubby Holding, LLC
    Inventor: J. Christian Rado
  • Patent number: 11626686
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting an object having one or more electrical contacts within a vehicle, the object. The apparatus comprises a base configured to receive the object, the base comprising a mounting surface and a docking surface. A docking connector is coupled to the docking surface and is configured to electrically connect with the one or more electrical contacts of the object. The docking connector is movable relative to the docking surface between a first position and a second position. When the docking connector is electrically connected with the one or more electrical contacts of the object, a second main surface of the object is positioned obliquely relative to the mounting surface in the first position of the docking connector and the second main surface of the object is aligned in contact with the mounting surface in the second position of the docking connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Havis, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Telesco, Mo Walton
  • Patent number: 11611176
    Abstract: A structure for preventing a connector from being detached from an electronic component of a vehicle is provided. The structure includes a fixing clip member fixing the connector to a connector inserting groove. The fixing clip member includes a first stopper acting as a hanging jaw so that the fixing clip member is not detached from the connector inserting groove in a state which is mounted in a mounting groove formed in the connector inserting groove, in a process of inserting the fixing clip member to be inserted into the connector inserting groove and a second stopper mounted in a stopper hanging groove formed in a front end portion of the connector to act as a hanging jaw fixing the connector so that the connector is not detached from the connector inserting groove, in a process of inserting the connector into the connector inserting groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Myeong Nam Woo
  • Patent number: 11600947
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connection to a complementary mating connector includes a housing having at least one socket and at least one contact assembly which is disposed at least partially within the socket. A fastening element secures the contact assembly within the socket. A secondary retention means is movable between a pre-latched position and a final latched position, and, in the final latched position, prevents the fastening element from releasing securement of the contact assembly in the socket. The housing has a fastening groove extending along the socket at least along a portion of its length for securing the secondary retention means. In the final latched position, the secondary retention means engages by at least one latching element in the fastening groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: MD ELEKTRONIK GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Kirschner, Johannes Eben, Matthias Plischke
  • Patent number: 11600941
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a connector and a grommet. The connector includes an inner member having an annular plate-shaped flange. The inner member includes a first divided inner part, a second divided inner part, a deformable hinge that connects one end of the first divided inner part and one end of the second divided inner part to each other, and a lock portion that is formed on a fitting portion between the other end of the first divided inner part and the other end of the second divided inner part. The lock portion is formed on a portion where the other end of the first divided inner part and the other end of the second divided inner part are fitted to each other by sliding movement in accordance with a twisting of the hinge about a first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akitoshi Kimura, Satoshi Yokoyama, Masayoshi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11594838
    Abstract: A connector position assurance device (CPA) cooperated with a plug connector to ensure a latch of the plug connector located in a releasing state or a blocked state, includes a base including a downwardly deflectable center arm and a pair of sidewardly deflectable side arms enclosing the center arm in a transverse direction. The bottom surface of the center arm have an engagement protrusion, each side arms have an engagement protrusion which protruding in a transverse direction. The CPA is maintained in a front blocked position or a rear releasing position in the connector to ensure the latch blocked or released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Terrance F. Little
  • Patent number: 11569622
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector having a housing and a contact carrier held inside the housing. It comprises an electrically insulating base part and at least one pair of first electrical contacts for transmitting energy and multiple pairs of second electrical contacts for transmitting data. The contacts are held in the base part and arranged so as to be distributed in a plane extending essentially perpendicular relative to the longitudinal axis of the contact elements and the contact carrier. First distance lines between the contacts of the pairs of first contacts are free of overlaps with second distance lines between the contacts of the pairs of second contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Neutrik AG
    Inventor: Oliver Dobler
  • Patent number: 11563315
    Abstract: A busway connector is provided including a base, a drive member, a connection component, and a locking member. The locking member is disposed through the base and fastened to the drive member, and the locking member fits with the base to drive the drive member to move in a first direction. The connection component includes a connection block and connection units connected in series in a row, each connection unit includes a first insulation sheet, a first conductive sheet fastened to the first insulation sheet, a second insulation sheet, and a second conductive sheet fastened to the second insulation sheet. A slot is formed between the first conductive sheet and the second conductive sheet, the first insulation sheet is elastically connected to the second insulation sheet by using an elastic member, and the connection block is slidably connected to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peixing Chen, Minxiang Zhang, Yong Li, Xiangtao Meng, Fugao Zhao, Bingjin Wu
  • Patent number: 11552488
    Abstract: A supply charging device includes a supply power connector having a housing with a mating end and a flange configured to be mounted to a panel. The housing includes power contact channels extending through a base receiving power contacts. The housing includes a guide member engaging a guide feature of a mobile device to locate a receiver power connector relative to the supply power connector. The supply charging device includes a retaining plate securing the housing to the panel. The supply charging device includes a mounting spring extending from the housing and received in the panel cutout. The mounting spring engages the panel to allow the supply power connector to float relative to the panel within the panel cutout for aligning the mating end of the supply power connector with the receiver power connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Christopher George Daily, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
  • Patent number: 11549547
    Abstract: A locking device adapted to lock a shell to an installation body includes a thread connection member extending through a connecting hole in the shell and engaging a threaded hole in the installation body, a sealing ring sleeved on the thread connection member and adapted to be pressed on an installation surface of the shell to seal the connecting hole of the shell, and a gasket sleeved on the thread connection member and adapted to be pressed between the thread connection member and the sealing ring to prevent the thread connection member from being loosened. The gasket has a pair of stopping arms. An angle defined between the stopping arms is greater than 0 degrees and less than 180 degrees. A pair of top ends of the stopping arms are adapted to simultaneously abut against an outer wall of the shell to prevent the gasket from rotating with the thread connection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: Sibas Electronics (Xiamen) Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Qiang Yuan, Shaowei Zeng, Yong Wang, Xiang Xu