Patents Examined by Travis Chambers
  • Patent number: 9373916
    Abstract: A receptacle structure, which is specifically referred to a joint assembly of terminal with plural signal pins, a main isolator and a metallic casing, wherein the terminal with plural pins is further separated with an upper row terminator and a lower row terminator, the metallic casing is extended with a fixing part at the back side and is configured with an upper rib and at least a spring on the top surface of fixing part, and both laterals are formed as side curvatures with each side opening. Thus, the present invention provides a better shielding protection against ESD—Electrostatic Discharge and enables a high frequency characteristic control which stabilizes the impedance variation within the error range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: TRIPLE WIN PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih Pin Liu
  • Patent number: 9368892
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal including a base, first extension parts that extend from the base toward a first end of the connector and second extension parts that extend from the base toward a second end of the connector; an insulating layer formed on the terminal; a signal line that is formed on the insulating layer and extends from an end of one of the first extension parts to an end of one of the second extension parts, the signal line being connected to a signal wire of a board; and a ground line that is formed on the insulating layer, is electrically connected to the terminal, and extends from an end of another one of the first extension parts to an end of another one of the second extension parts, the ground line being connected to a ground wire of the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Takahiro Kondo, Yasuyuki Miki, Koki Sato, Mitsuru Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 9368910
    Abstract: A mechanically assisted electrical connector including a lever and a slider. The slider is coupled to the lever such that movement of the lever moves the slider. The slider defines a slot that is configured to cooperate with a post of a mating connector in a manner effective to urge the electrical connector and the mating connector together when the lever is moved from a first position to a second position. A ramp angle of the slot is varied to reduce a peak value of an applied force to advance the lever from the first position to the second position when connecting the electrical connector to the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel S. Eichorn, Andrew Joseph Jozwiak, Grant Michael Wheeler
  • Patent number: 9368883
    Abstract: A multi-cable connector includes a main body, a plurality of cable assemblies, and a fixing unit. The cable assemblies are inserted into the main body. Each cable assembly has a connecting head and a cable. The fixing unit is installed on the main body. The fixing unit has a plurality of notches for providing the cables to respectively couple there-through. The fixing unit abuts against the connecting heads for holding the connecting heads between the main body and the fixing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: BO-JIANG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang-Hui Chiang, Pi-Chien Yeh, Chih-Yung Chen
  • Patent number: 9356377
    Abstract: An electrically conducting terminal having capabilities to facilitate electrically connecting to one or more connectors is disclosed. The electrically conducting terminal may include a recessed end to receive a connector. The recessed end may include a resilient element, such as but not limited to a female contact, to facilitate electrical conductivity between the connector and the terminal. The electrically conducting terminal may include an end cap, end piece, or other feature to facilitate retaining the resilient element within the recessed end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Allen Leo Mott, Slobodan Pavlovic, Tulasi Sadras-Ravindra, Michael Glick
  • Patent number: 9356381
    Abstract: Protective cover including a mating cap having a cap body. The cap body includes a connector cavity that opens in a loading direction. The connector cavity is configured to receive an electrical connector of a communication system when the mating cap is moved in a loading direction onto the electrical connector. The cap body is configured to surround a mating interface of the electrical connector. The protective cover also includes a movable latch that is coupled to the mating cap and extends in a rearward direction that is generally opposite the loading direction. The movable latch has a side surface and a latch projection that extends laterally from the side surface. The movable latch is configured to flex relative to the mating cap to move the latch projection. The latch projection is configured to engage the communication system to block the protective cover from being inadvertently removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chong Hun Yi, Kevin Michael Thackston, Keith Miller
  • Patent number: 9356412
    Abstract: A female terminal includes a box portion which is formed into a quadrangular prism-like shape so as for a tab of a male terminal to fit therein by bending a copper alloy plate which is obtained by being continuously and repeatedly bent before an age heat treatment is applied thereto, which has a proof stress of 700 MPa or larger and a width of 10 mm or larger and in which no crack is produced therein when bent 180 degrees about a bending axis which is at right angle to a rolling direction of the copper alloy plate. The box portion comprises notches which are formed in inner sides of bent portions produced by bending the copper alloy plate. A depth of the notch is set to be in the range from ¼ to ½ of a thickness of the copper alloy plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, DOWA METALTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kubodera, Hisashi Suda
  • Patent number: 9350095
    Abstract: The Present Disclosure is a connector comprising a connector main body, terminals mounted in the connector main body, and a reinforcing main fitting mounted in the connector main body. The connector main body includes a mating guide portion formed on both longitudinal ends, the mating guide portion mating with an opposing mating guide portion formed on both longitudinal ends of the opposing connector main body of an opposing connector. The reinforcing metal fitting includes a pair of left and right contact arm portions, and a pair of left and right side guide portions disposed in the mating guide portions. The side guide portions guide the opposing mating guide portions, and the contact arm portions establishing contact with the opposing reinforcing metal fitting mounted in the opposing connector main body when the connector main body is mated with the opposing connector main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Kenta Arichika, Toshiyuki Someya
  • Patent number: 9350102
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a metal leaf-spring-type connector used for electronic cigarette devices. The connector comprises a leaf spring component and a connector component. The leaf spring component comprises a central columnar negative electrode leaf spring, and at least one positive electrode leaf spring disposed outside the negative electrode leaf spring. The connector component comprises a hollow central columnar negative electrode connector, and a positive electrode connector disposed outside the negative electrode connector. When the leaf spring component and the connector component are inserted and plugged together, the negative electrode leaf spring is inserted into the circular hole of the negative electrode connector to electrically connect with the negative electrode connector. The positive electrode connector is inserted into a void between the negative electrode leaf spring and the positive electrode leaf spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SMACO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Yangyang Wu
  • Patent number: 9343858
    Abstract: A connector includes a female connector and a male connector. The female connector includes a first sidewall, two resisting members, and a number of first electrical terminals. Each resisting member includes a base plate. The base plates cooperate with the first sidewall to form a receiving space to receive the male connector. The first electrical terminals are received in the receiving space and secured to the base plates. The male connector includes a supporting plate, a first elastic, and a number of second electrical terminals. The supporting plate defines an inner first hollow portion. The first elastic is received in the first hollow portion and resists opposite inner surfaces of the supporting plate. The first elastic is configured to resile the supporting plate outwardly. The second electrical terminals are attached to opposite outer surfaces of the supporting plate and are configured to electrically contact the first electrical terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Li-Chin Lu
  • Patent number: 9337554
    Abstract: An insert made of electrically conducting material, insertable at least partly inside a seat on a first member, and connectable to a second member; the insert having a fastening member connectable electrically to a first electrically conducting area on the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: AGUSTAWESTLAND S.P.A.
    Inventors: Tiziano Marcon, Flavio Baroli, Luigi Bezzon, Roberto Gussoni, Enrico Puricelli, Simone Sotgiu
  • Patent number: 9337585
    Abstract: A terminal structure includes ground terminals, signal terminals, connection elements, and ground electrical connection elements. The connection elements connect the ground terminals to the signal terminals, respectively. The ground electrical connection elements are in connection with connection elements and in electrical contact with at least a ground terminal. An electrical connector includes two terminal structures and a casing. The connection elements are connected to each other. An insertion slot is disposed on the front side of the casing. The terminal structure is disposed at the casing. The resilient ground electrical contact segments and the resilient signal electrical contact segments face the insertion slot. The ends of the ground electrical connection segments and the ends of the signal electrical connection segments are exposed from the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: ALL BEST PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haven Yang
  • Patent number: 9331408
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembled component includes a first connector to be disposed on a circuit board and including a receiving portion; and a second connected to be accommodated in the receiving portion. The receiving portion includes a cylindrical receiving portion and an open receiving portion. The open receiving portion includes a locking piece connected to the side plate portion. The locking piece includes a locking portion at a front edge thereof. The cylindrical receiving portion includes an elastic contact piece. The second connector includes an elastic locking arm extending from the flat plate portion. The elastic locking arm is situated inside the cylindrical receiving portion at a position different from that of the elastic contact piece in the width direction, and at a position overlapped with that of the elastic contact piece in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shozo Ono
  • Patent number: 9331433
    Abstract: A connector includes at least one contact, a ground plate formed of a metal plate of a predetermined thickness, an insulator that holds the at least one contact and the ground plate, and a metal shell that covers an outer periphery portion of the insulator, the metal shell having a window section formed facing the ground plate and having a thickness greater than the thickness of the metal plate which forms the ground plate, the ground plate having a shell fixing section formed by folding and overlapping the metal plate and located to contact the window section from inside the metal shell, a periphery of the window section of the metal shell and the shell fixing section of the ground plate being welded to each other inside the window section of the metal shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Kouhei Ueda, Yohei Yokoyama, Masaaki Takaku, Takushi Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9325102
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sealing assembly (100,200), which can be used for sealing an electric circuit of a connector (510). The sealing assembly includes a soft, elastic core (130), which is compact when deformed and which includes one or more inserting channels (132) for inserting contacts. The sealing assembly includes an outer inserting layer (110) and an outer exiting layer provided with protective elements (120) in correspondence with the inserting channels (132) and adapted to be positioned between the cutting edges of a contact and the sealing core (130) during insertion of the contact in the sealing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP Italia S.R.L.
    Inventor: Alessandro Genta
  • Patent number: 9325122
    Abstract: A fuse assembly includes a housing comprising a first compartment and a second compartment. The fuse assembly also includes a fuse holder movable between a closed position and an open position relative to the housing. A fuse can be removed when the fuse holder is in the open position, and the fuse is inaccessible when the fuse holder is in the closed position. The fuse assembly also includes a first connector comprising a first fuse contact disposed at one end and a first wire coupler disposed at an opposite end. The first connector is slidable between an engaged position and a disengaged position within the first compartment. The connector is electrically coupled to the fuse in the engaged position and electrically decoupled in the disengaged position. The first connector locks the fuse holder in the closed position when the first connector is in the engaged position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Rahul Natwar Goyal
  • Patent number: 9325092
    Abstract: An electric connecting structure includes L-shaped terminals having electric connecting portions and a resin member which contains the electric connecting portions. The L-shaped terminals are assembled to a circuit board so that a mounting direction of electric components to the resin member is substantially parallel to an extending direction of the circuit board. The electric components are mounted to the resin member in a plurality of stages which are stacked in a substantially vertical direction with respect to the extending direction of the circuit board. Mounting planes of the resin member in which the electric components are mounted to the resin member are arranged in a step-like shape so as to be displaced backward in the mounting direction by a unit of the stage in accordance with increasing of a distance from the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kimitoshi Makino, Masahiro Takamatsu, Shohta Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 9300060
    Abstract: A terminal strip comprising an insulating housing and three busbar sections and comprising a disconnecting blade opening and a plug-type receptacle for a component plug connector is described. The insulating housing has a channel, which leads from the first busbar section to the second busbar section, for receiving an electrically conductive bridging element. The bridging element is electrically conductively connectable or connected to the first and second busbar sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Burkhard Niemann
  • Patent number: 9293874
    Abstract: A coaxial connector system includes a first coaxial connector having a first center contact and at least one outer contact segment. The coaxial connector system includes a second coaxial connector mated with the first coaxial connector. The second coaxial connector has a second center contact terminated to the first rectangular center contact. The second coaxial connector has at least one outer contact segment mechanically and electrically connected to the at least one outer contact segment of the first coaxial connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Stephen Thomas Morley, Steven Mead DeVore
  • Patent number: 9287656
    Abstract: An electrical connector that includes a terminal adapted to mate with another terminal and at least one heat dissipating element that has opposing ends and an opening therebetween. At least one of the ends includes at least one printed circuit board engagement member configured to engage a printed circuit board for electrical current transfer. The opening receives the terminal such that heat dissipating element substantially surrounds and contacts the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Crozier, John K. Griffiths