Patents Examined by Tho D. Ta
  • Patent number: 12388221
    Abstract: An electric connector structure includes a base, a tongue piece, a shielding case, a first terminal row, a second terminal row, a middle partition, a first shielding sheet and a second shielding sheet. The shielding case sheathes the base and the tongue. The first terminal row and the second terminal row are disposed on two distal surfaces of the tongue piece. The middle partition is disposed in the tongue piece. The first shielding sheet has a first terminal elastic arm extended toward and abutting against the first terminal row, and a first case elastic arm extended toward and abutting against the shielding case. The second shielding sheet has a second terminal elastic arm extended toward and abutting against the second terminal row, and a second case elastic arm extended toward and abutting against the shielding case. Accordingly, interferences of the electromagnetic wave and the crosstalk are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: JESS-LINK PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hsu-Feng Chang, Yu-Chai Yeh, Yi-Lun Hsiao
  • Patent number: 12388217
    Abstract: A component for attaching a cable to a housing member includes an attachment section having an attachment element and a cable clamping section integrally connected to the attachment section. The cable clamping section has a tubular shape and forms a cable tunnel. The cable clamping section has a clamping tongue that is deflectable into the cable tunnel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignees: TE Connectivity India Private Limited, TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Hartmut Ripper, Yehya Ashour, Vinoth Kumar S
  • Patent number: 12364286
    Abstract: Aerosol provision devices are disclosed and can be configured for generating aerosol from aerosol-generating material. These devices can include a heating chamber for receiving the aerosol-generating material; at least one heating unit for heating the aerosol-generating material during a session of use; and an aperture, which fluidically connects the heating chamber with the exterior of the aerosol provision device. The aperture is suitably configured to reduce the risk of condensate accumulating within the device during use. The aperture can be non-circular. In some embodiments the device can include a plurality of apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Mark Forster, Will England, Luke Warren
  • Patent number: 12362516
    Abstract: A dustproof frame is disposed on a server, wherein at least one cable is plugged into the server. The dustproof frame includes a cable management assembly and a filter assembly. The cable management assembly is configured to be disposed one the server. The cable management assembly surrounds and forms an air channel. The air channel is configured to accommodate the at least one cable. The cable management assembly has at least one wire outlet. The at least one wire outlet is located at a central portion of the air channel and is in fluid communication with the air channel. The at least one wire outlet is configured for the at least one cable to pass through. The filter assembly is detachably disposed on the cable management assembly and covers a side of the air channel farthest away from the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignees: INVENTEC (PUDONG) TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ming Tsung Liu
  • Patent number: 12355174
    Abstract: An assembly includes an electrical connection terminal electrically connectable to a pin of a connector socket, the electrical connection terminal including a connecting portion and a crimping portion, and a ring assembled around the connecting portion. The crimping portion receives and crimps an electrical cable to be connected with the pin of the connector socket. The connecting portion receives the pin of the connector socket and has a side wall forming a circular cylinder structure. The side wall has an opening. The ring is connectable in a positive fit with a coding housing such that the coding housing is rotatably movable with respect to the electrical connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Alexis Mettavant, Imad Smirani, Xavier Rouillard
  • Patent number: 12355192
    Abstract: An electromagnetic shield member according to one aspect of the present disclosure has an end portion fixed by being sandwiched between a bracket body serving as a first plate and a second fixing plate serving as a second plate. The bracket body has first positioning holes penetrating the bracket body in the plate thickness direction thereof. The second fixing plate has an end portion provided with first cutaway portions. Each of the first positioning holes and each of the first cutaway portions are formed such that the width of the first positioning hole and the width of the first cutaway portion are equal to each other in a first direction. Further, a part of the first positioning hole and a part of the electromagnetic shield member are positioned in the area of the first cutaway portion when viewed from the plate thickness direction of the second fixing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takeru Miyamoto
  • Patent number: 12355180
    Abstract: A protective cover for an electrical conductor comprises a substantially tubular cap surrounding the electrical conductor. The protective cover further includes a substantially disc-shaped flange comprising a bore surrounding the electrical conductor in a liquid-tight manner and an outer contour strictly inscribed in an inner contour of the tubular cap facing disc-shaped flange. The tubular cap also comprises at least one perforation arranged at a low point of the tubular cap. In one example, the protective cover is used for a heating element for an exhaust line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: FAURECIA SYSTEMES D'ECHAPPEMENT
    Inventors: Thomas Sommier, David Zahnd
  • Patent number: 12355181
    Abstract: A fitting device includes a connection terminal, a tubular housing that covers an outer circumference of the connection terminal, a rubber ring attached to an outer circumferential surface of the housing, and a retainer that prevents the rubber ring from being dislodged. The retainer includes a tubular main body portion, and a plurality of arm portions extending from the main body portion in a front-rear direction. Each arm portion includes an extension portion extending from the main body portion toward the rubber ring in the front-rear direction, a first projection protruding from the extension portion toward an inner circumferential surface, and a second projection protruding from the extension portion toward the outer circumferential surface of the housing. An amount of insertion of the second projection into the recess is larger than a gap between a protruding end of the first projection and the inner circumferential surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kohei Ikeya, Takuya Uemura
  • Patent number: 12347963
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes: a housing having a base, a body extending rearward from the base, and a hole through the base and the body, the hole including a first part of a first diameter, a second part of a second diameter greater than the first diameter, and a step portion between the first part and the second part; a connector received by the housing, the connector having an insulating member, an inner conductor, and an outer conductor received by the first part of the hole, the outer conductor having plural tabs received by the second part of the hole; and a metal plate confining the tabs to the second part of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Ming-Ching Chen
  • Patent number: 12327971
    Abstract: A light bulb socket adapter comprising a main body having an internal cavity, the main body having a first end and a second end, the first end having an Edison screw extending therefrom, a power supply driver arranged within the main body in communication with the Edison screw, a primary light source arranged within the main body proximate the second end, the primary light source in communication with the Edison screw, a processor arranged within the main body and in communication with the power supply drive, the processor in communication with at least one sensor within the main body, the processor having a radio transceiver and at least one antenna, and an electrical output in communication with the power supply driver. The light bulb socket adapter may also include at least one of a passive heat management system and an active heat management system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Inventors: David Stewart, Joseph T. J. Stewart
  • Patent number: 12327970
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aerosol delivery device and a cartridge for an aerosol delivery device. In various implementations, the aerosol delivery device comprises a control device that includes an outer housing defining a cartridge receiving chamber, and further includes a power source and a control component, and a cartridge that includes a mouthpiece, a tank, a heating assembly, and a bottom cap. The mouthpiece defines an exit portal in an end thereof, and the tank is configured to contain a liquid composition therein. The cartridge is configured to be removably coupled with the receiving chamber of the control device, and the heating assembly defines a vaporization chamber and is configured to heat the liquid composition to generate an aerosol. The heating assembly comprises a substantially planar heating member and a liquid transport element, wherein the heating member is installed in a bowed orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Jacob Novak, III, Sean A. Daugherty, Jared Aller, Michael Ryan Galloway, Justin Holt, Matthew Joel Nettenstrom, Steven Michael Schennum
  • Patent number: 12322914
    Abstract: A communications connector has a shielded jack body and a wire cap. The shielded jack body has a single pair of plug interface contacts having a first thickness and a single pair of insulation displacement having a second smaller thickness. The plug interface contacts are configured to electrically connect to the insulation displacement contacts. The wire cap is configured to terminate a pair of conductors to the pair of insulation displacement contacts by being secured to the shielded jack body in a direction perpendicular to a direction of an insertion of an associated connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Benjamin S. Novak, Satish I. Patel, Sean W. Lenz, Roman J. Churnovic, Robert E. Fransen, Robert L. Fritz, Jason O'Young
  • Patent number: 12311787
    Abstract: An embodiment charging door device for a vehicle includes a charging-port door part configured to shield a charging part and to be rotatably coupled in a housing provided with the charging part, and an actuator coupled with a rotation shaft part provided in the charging-port door part and configured to rotatably move the charging-port door part to an open position or a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hyeon Woo Cho, Seung Jun Yang
  • Patent number: 12300934
    Abstract: Provided is a supporting apparatus which can make a sound when it is electrically connected to electronic equipment that is supported on the supporting apparatus. The supporting apparatus (1) that has a terminal (41) includes a first movable member (60) that moves downwardly when receiving a load of the electronic equipment, a restriction portion (53a), a second movable member (70) that is movable relative to the restriction portion (53a) in a direction intersecting with an upward and downward direction and that receives the load from the first movable member (60), a first spring (110) that is positioned between the first movable member (60) and the second movable member (70), and a collided portion (63a) that receives a collision with the second movable member (70).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
    Inventor: Takashi Onda
  • Patent number: 12294170
    Abstract: A system for charging electrical micromobility vehicles includes a post (20); a socket (30) located in the post (20); and a plug (40) to be mounted on the vehicle. The socket (30) has a longitudinal opening (34) arranged vertically on the post (20). The height (H) of the opening (34) of the socket (30) is larger than the height (h) of the plug (40). The socket (30) has a socket first and second contact means (31, 32). The plug (40) has a plug first and second contact means (41, 42) arranged so that when the plug (40) is inserted into the socket (30) at any position along the height (H) of the opening (34), the socket first and second contact means (31, 32) form an electrical connection with the corresponding plug first and second contact means (41, 42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: MICROMOBILITY SOLUTIONS SP. Z O.O.
    Inventor: Kamil Suda
  • Patent number: 12294176
    Abstract: A connector includes: a terminal fitting; an electric wire connected to the terminal fitting; a housing in which the terminal fitting is stored; a shield shell disposed so as to surround an outer periphery of the housing; and a waterproof cover having a tubular shape and made of an elastic material, the waterproof cover being provided so as to surround an outer periphery of the shield shell and configured to be in close contact with the outer periphery of the shield shell. The shield shell is brought into close contact with a close-contact portion of the waterproof cover. The waterproof cover includes at least one protruding strip portion provided at the close-contact portion, the at least one protruding strip portion protruding from a tubular inner surface of the waterproof cover and extending in a peripheral direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Satoshi Nakai
  • Patent number: 12283770
    Abstract: An electronic module for a modular patient care system is disclosed. The electronic module can include a housing having an attachment side configured to releasably attach to an adjacent electronic module. A latch mechanism can be configured to engage a catch member on the adjacent electronic module to secure the attachment side to the adjacent electronic module. An electrical connector positioned on the attachment side can be configured to electrically connect to an adjacent electrical connector on the adjacent electronic module. A sensor coupled to the housing can be configured to detect movement of the latch mechanism indicative of at least one of engagement or disengagement of the latch mechanism from the adjacent electronic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: CAREFUSION 303, INC.
    Inventors: Gregory Borges, Daniel Govea, Roman Dodge, Daniel Kimm
  • Patent number: 12283782
    Abstract: A second component (electronic component) includes a second housing, an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and an internal shell. The second housing forms the storage space together with the first housing by being attached to the first housing. The outer conductor has a cylindrical shape and annularly surrounds the inner conductor and extends in the first direction. The internal shell is disposed inside the storage space and electrically connected to the outer conductor. The internal shell has a spring piece that makes elastic contact with the outer conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Sekine
  • Patent number: 12280206
    Abstract: A control device for an electronic aerosol provision system is configured to receive a replaceable component to form an electronic aerosol provision system. The control device is further configured to receive an identifier from a replaceable component received by the control device; and to modify one or more characteristics (such as resistance to draw, RTD) of an airflow path through the electronic aerosol provision system dependent upon the received identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Patrick Moloney, Anton Korus, Justin Han Yang Chan
  • Patent number: 12278444
    Abstract: A protection structure for waterproof protection of an electrical device, including first and second shells connected to each other forming an outer shell, the first and second shells respectively including first and second reinforcement walls on their inside, and a sealing member disposed between the first and second reinforcement walls to form a waterproof seal between them. The protection structure employs a dual-layer structure, where the outer shell is a first protection layer that protects against high impact, high pressure water flow, and the sealing member with the first and second reinforcement walls form a second protection layer which is tightly waterproof to protect against water droplets, vapor and dust. The first protection layer protects the second protection layer from external impact and prevent it from being deformed, enhancing the overall protection effectiveness. The protection structure is easy to manufacture, low cost and easy to repair, and provide high waterproofness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Inventor: Chengli Li