Patents Examined by Tho D. Ta
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Patent number: 10886960Abstract: A button assembly of the present invention is configured in a communication equipment. The button assembly includes a button, a tray and at least an elastic arm. A side of the button is recessed inward to form a holding space. At least an inner side wall of the holding space is recessed to form a clamping groove. The tray is disposed in the holding space. The elastic arm has a fixing portion mounted on a side wall of the tray. The fixing portion is extended frontward and is protruded outward to form a contact part. The contact part is extended frontward and outward to form a clamping part disposed in the clamping groove. The clamping groove and the elastic arm are disposed to provide the button and the tray to be fixed or disengaged, achieving an effect of saving space in assembling of internal components of the communication equipment.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Chih-Chiang Lin, Te-Hung Yin, Chun-Fu Lin, Sheng-Nan Yu
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Patent number: 10882408Abstract: Embodiments discussed herein refer to connectors that enable two structures or devices to be coupled together in a manner that enables consistent and reliable operation of contactless communications and power transfer. The connector integrates power and alignment such that when two connectors are coupled together the power connections are also responsible for connector alignment. The connector alignment ensures that contactless communication channels, spanning between the connectors, are aligned to enable consistent and reliable operation of contactless communications.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: KEYSSA SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Alan Besel, Stephan Lang
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Patent number: 10881151Abstract: A cartridge of an e-vaping device includes a housing extending in a longitudinal direction, a reservoir in the housing, a heater in the housing, and an absorbent material at least partially surrounding the sinusoidal shaped member. The reservoir is configured to store a pre-vapor formulation. The heater has a sinusoidal shaped member translating about an elliptical shape to define a channel there through. The absorbent material is in fluid communication with the reservoir.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2020Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Altria Client Services LLCInventors: Shmuel Gavrielov, Yuval Malka, Rangaraj S. Sundar, Isaac Weigensberg, David Rubli, Moshe Eliyahu, Arye Weigensberg, Christopher S. Tucker
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Patent number: 10886664Abstract: In some embodiments, an electrical terminal includes a contact formed of a first material having a tensile strength, and a hood surrounding the contact, the hood formed of a second material having a tensile strength. The tensile strength of the second material is greater than the tensile strength of the first material. The contact and hood have cooperating retention features for securing the contact to the hood, and the hood provides strengthening features for improving the mechanical properties of the contact. The electrical terminal is mounted in a connector assembly. The electrical terminal has features which prevent or minimize damage to a seal of the connector assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Dwaraganathan Bhagyanathan Sathianathan, Yves Lepottier
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Patent number: 10862245Abstract: Connector apparatus having a male connector assembly, a female connector assembly, and a connector position assurance (CPA) device. The connector position assurance (CPA) device is inserted into one of the connector assemblies to lock the male connector assembly and female connector assembly together as an additional locking assurance.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: J.S.T. CORPORATIONInventors: Franklin A. Holub, Vikas Azad, Darrell George
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Patent number: 10855011Abstract: A connector module for an electrical connector that has at least one wafer assembly with at least one conductive member and at least one contact wafer. The contact wafer includes a plurality of contacts including at least one signal contact and at least one ground contact. Each of the contacts has a board engagement end configured to engage a printed circuit board and a mating interface end opposite thereof and configured to connect with a contact of a mating connector module. A grounding gasket receives the board engagement ends of the contacts of the wafer assembly. The grounding gasket has at least one portion in electrical contact with the ground contact of the plurality of contacts. The ground contact of the contact wafer is in electrical contact with both the conductive member and the grounding gasket, thereby defining a grounding path through the connector module to the board.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Amphenol CorporationInventors: Philip T. Stokoe, Djamel Hamiroune
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Patent number: 10855023Abstract: A magnetic connector has a plug core disposed around a plug contact set and a receptacle core disposed around a receptacle contact set. The plug core defines a generally elongated circular plug core edge. The receptacle core defines a generally elongated concentric-circular receptacle core edge. The receptacle core edge defines an air gap and the plug core defines an anchor configured to insert into the air gap. A coil is disposed around the receptacle core, and the coil, the plug core and the air gap define a magnetic circuit. The coil is electrically energized so as to form a magnetic field within an air gap, lock the anchor within the air gap and lock the plug contact set to the receptacle contact set accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: Masimo CorporationInventors: Massi Joe E. Kiani, Marcelo M. Lamego, Cristiano Dalvi, Hung Vo
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Patent number: 10847938Abstract: An antenna cable connection module in accordance with the present disclosure includes an antenna cable for forming a contact point connected to an antenna filter part; a body part located on the outer circumferential surface of the antenna cable, and inserted into a receiving port located on the antenna filter part together with the end portion of the antenna cable and coupled to the antenna filter part; and a bush interposed between the antenna cable and the body part, and having an inclined surface having a slope in a longitudinal direction formed thereon to strengthen the coupling between the antenna filter part and the antenna cable. As a result, it is possible to constitute a simple antenna cable connection module of a ground contact type, thus providing a device reducing the failure occurrence rate.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: KMW INC.Inventors: Sunghwan So, Seongman Kang, Eunsuk Jung
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Patent number: 10847912Abstract: A broadband connector system is provided. Said broadband connector system comprises a broadband socket connector comprising a socket strip conductor element comprising a socket lateral dimension, and a broadband plug connector comprising a plug strip conductor element comprising a plug lateral dimension. In this context, the broadband socket connector is connectable to the broadband plug connector, wherein the socket lateral dimension is greater or equal to the plug lateral dimension.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: ROHDE & SCHWARZ GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Alexander Kunze, Alexander Stuka
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Patent number: 10847916Abstract: A connector includes a cylindrical connector housing having a retainer and a terminal accommodating chamber in which a terminal is to be inserted. The retainer has first and second flat plate portions, a side plate portion, and a front plate portion. The retainer is attached to the cylindrical connector housing along an attaching direction. A temporary engagement projection and a main engagement projection are provided on a housing outer surface of the cylindrical connector housing so as to be arranged in parallel each other and extend along a direction substantially perpendicular to the attaching direction of the retainer. The temporary engagement projection has a height from the housing outer surface higher than that of the main engagement projection.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Tomomi Endo, Koutarou Tobino
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Patent number: 10845392Abstract: A medium or high voltage electrical device includes a housing, a central conductor provided within the housing, and a sacrificial cap configured for mounting on the housing. The sacrificial cap includes an outer housing, an insulated body, and a sacrificial conductor provided within the insulated body, wherein the sacrificial conductor electrically communicates with the central conductor within the housing when the sacrificial cap is mounted on the housing. A voltage test point terminal is provided within the insulated body and accessible via the outer housing of the sacrificial cap to capacitively couple with the sacrificial conductor. The sacrificial cap includes a portion configured to be physically severed to confirm that the electrical connector is de-energized.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventor: Larry N. Siebens
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Patent number: 10847928Abstract: A connector for plugging together with a counter-connector in a plug-in direction comprises a casing, a receptacle seal, and an oscillation absorber. The casing has a contact receptacle receiving a contact. The contact receptacle has a receptacle outer wall. The receptacle seal is disposed on the receptacle outer wall. The oscillation absorber is disposed at a distance from the receptacle seal in the plug-in direction and has a de-aeration opening extending through the oscillation absorber in the plug-in direction. A free volume extends between the receptacle seal and the oscillation absorber in the plug-in direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbHInventors: Ruediger Ostermann, Ralf Hecker
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Patent number: 10840629Abstract: An edge card connector assembly has a harness-side portion connectable to a cable and a card-side portion adapted to receive a planar structure edgewise therein in a plane of entry. The edge card connector has a plurality of resilient electrical contacting members extending through the wall and is adapted for electrical connection with the cable in the harness-side portion and with the planar structure in the card-side portion. Upper and lower contacting members are disposed above and below the plane, respectively, such that the received planar structure impinges on the contacting members to urge the upper and lower contacting members away from the plane, and the upper and lower contacting members exert opposing holding pressure on the upper and lower surfaces of the planar structure at respective contact points.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.Inventor: Sharona Ben Shoshan
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Patent number: 10840623Abstract: A board-mounting connector includes a cylindrical terminal and a housing holding the cylindrical terminal. The cylindrical terminal includes a cylindrical portion in contact with a mating terminal, a contact portion extending in a direction intersecting a fitting direction so as to be connected to a circuit board, and an intermediate portion supported by the housing between the cylindrical portion and the contact portion. The cylindrical portion includes a slit defined, by bending a plate-shaped conductor into a cylindrical shape and abutting one edge portion thereof against another edge portion thereof, between the one edge portion and the other edge portion. Further, the slit is formed such that a slit tip end portion located on a mating terminal side of the cylindrical portion and a slit base end portion located on an intermediate portion side thereof are located at offset positions in a peripheral direction of the cylindrical portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Naokazu Nagasaka, Shin Nemoto, Koji Miyawaki, Takashi Matsunaga
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Patent number: 10833448Abstract: A termination assembly including an elongate housing having at least one access port and an end adaptor on each opposing end, said end adaptor including a tube adaptor or a moulded cable end adaptor, a terminal block having a plurality of terminals, said terminal block is positionable within the elongate housing, a sealing sleeve for covering the elongate housing, and wherein the termination assembly is fillable with oil and forms part of a sealed electrical cable when connected via the end adaptors to tube containing a wiring loom and/or when connected to a moulded cable.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Inventor: Tristan Janle
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Patent number: 10833458Abstract: An electrical connector including a housing having a terminal channel with a power terminal in the terminal channel. The electrical connector includes a temperature sensor assembly positioned in the chamber. The temperature sensor assembly includes a sealing pad holding the power terminal and a thermal shunt held by the sealing pad. A temperature sensor is coupled to the thermal shunt. The sealing pad is electrically insulative and has a terminal opening receiving the power terminal. The sealing pad is thermally coupled to the power terminal and thermally coupled to the thermal shunt. The thermal shunt has a thermal conductivity higher than a thermal conductivity of the sealing pad. The temperature sensor monitors the temperature of the power terminal through a thermal path defined by the sealing pad and the thermal shunt.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATIONInventors: David Bruce Sarraf, Nathan Philip Myer
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Patent number: 10833449Abstract: High voltage, subsea connection assembly having a male part (101) comprising a male housing (103) with a liquid chamber (110), and a male housing aperture (107). A male pin (106) is positioned within the male housing aperture. A female part (1) has a female housing (5) with a liquid chamber (10) with a dielectric liquid, and a male pin receiving aperture (7). The male pin is axially movable into and out of the female housing (5). An aperture channel (8) has a rear section (12), the radial inwardly directed face of which together with an outer radial face of the male pin (106) defines a flushing gap (14) when the male pin (106) is positioned in the rear section (12). An exit channel (16) is arranged in the aperture channel, between the rear section, and the male pin receiving aperture or the male housing aperture.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: Benestad Solutions ASInventor: Johannes Arngrim Vassgård
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Patent number: 10833516Abstract: A charging port module for a mobile electronic device and a mobile electronic device including the charging port module. The charging port module includes a housing including at least one opening; a heating element disposed on the housing; and a plurality of electrodes contacting the heating element.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2017Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hajin Kim
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Patent number: 10826202Abstract: Connectors for linear lighting are disclosed. These connectors are adapted to electrically connect two strips of linear lighting, or a single strip of linear lighting and an appropriate number of wires. At least the portions of the connectors that accept the strips of linear lighting have sloped ramps that provide strain relief to the strips of linear lighting. Additionally, pivoting connectors that allow their sides to rotate relative to one another are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: Elemental LED, Inc.Inventors: J. B. Lowe, Travis Irons, Matthew John
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Patent number: 10819071Abstract: A connector is capable of replacing an STP cable (10B) and a UTP cable (10A) without a large structural change. UTP connection terminals (21A) are accommodated in accommodating portions (26) of a UTP dielectric (22A) that are close to each other in a width direction. Thus, elastic contact pieces (32) thereof are located inside and close to each other in the width direction, while receiving portions (31) are located outside and spaced from each other in the width direction. STP connection terminals (21B) are accommodated in accommodating portions (26) of an STP dielectric (22B) that are spaced more apart in the width direction than those of the UTP dielectric (22A). Thus, elastic contact pieces (32) thereof are located outside and are spaced from each other in the width direction, while receiving portions (31) thereof are located inside so as to be close to each other in the width direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2017Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Inventors: Hiroyoshi Maesoba, Toshifumi Ichio, Kimiyasu Okumura, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Motoya Hara, Ryutaro Yamazaki