Patents Examined by Travis Chambers
  • Patent number: 8992260
    Abstract: An electrical connector arrangement includes a storage device coupled to a connector housing. The storage device is configured to store physical layer information pertaining to the electrical connector arrangement. The storage device also has contacts that enable the physical layer information to be read from the storage device by a media reading interface. A connector assembly includes at least one receptacle assembly; a printed circuit board; and a media reading interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph C. Coffey, Loren J. Mattson
  • Patent number: 8986046
    Abstract: A duplex harness assembly for a motor vehicle airbag occupant restraint system. The system design incorporates a connector housing for connection via a cable with a restraint system controller. The connector housing having an integrated circuit provides a duplex restraint system control. The duplex control is provided by incorporating one or more electronic elements such as diodes mounted to the circuit. One or more electronic device attachments are remotely mounted from the connector housing via pairs of conductive wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Autoliv ASP, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley W. Smith, Ted J. Bertacini, Canice P. Boran
  • Patent number: 8979584
    Abstract: An object is to provide a board-mounted connector which has an assembly fitting opening provided on the attachment surface side of an external shield shell onto a circuit board such that a housing assembly can be fit from the assembly fitting opening into the external shield shell, and is capable of improving the ease of assembling the housing assembly. In a board-mounted connector 1A, a housing assembly 21A to be fit from an assembly fitting opening 34 provided at an external shield shell 11A into the external shield shell 11A is made by integrally forming an internal housing 23 that accommodates a plurality of connection terminal members 22 and an external housing 26 that covers the outer circumference of the internal housing 23 and accommodates and holds the internal shield shell 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 8979566
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) for electrically connecting an IC package with a substrate and includes an insulative housing (1) with a plurality of contacts (10) received therein, a stiffener (3) located outside of the insulative housing (1) and includes a front end (20) and a rear end (21) opposite to the front end (20), a holding member (61) pivotally assembled to the front end (20) of the stiffener (2), a carrier (8) assembled to the holding member (61) for holding the IC package (9), a load plate (3) pivotally assembled to the rear end (21) of the stiffener (2) and includes an opening (310) to permit the exposing of the IC package (9), the load plate (3) presses on the holding member (61).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-Chi Yeh
  • Patent number: 8961228
    Abstract: An electrical connector including a connector housing having a mating face that is configured to engage a mating connector. The electrical connector also includes a contact module that is held by the connector housing and that includes differential pairs of signal conductors. The contact module also includes dielectric ribs that encase corresponding signal conductors. The dielectric ribs are spaced apart from one another. The contact module also includes guard conductors that extend between and couple to adjacent dielectric ribs. The contact module also includes a conductive layer that is disposed on the dielectric ribs and the guard conductors. The conductive layer is electrically coupled to the guard conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Myoungsoo Jeon
  • Patent number: 8961221
    Abstract: A stacked electrical connecting device includes an insulating body, first and second connectors and a conductive connecting member. The insulating body includes first and second accommodation portions and a separator between the first and second accommodation portions. The first and second connectors have first and second metal casings fixed into the first and second accommodation portions. The conductive connecting member is installed at the separator and includes a first planar section electrically contacted with the first metal casing, a second planar section electrically contacted with the second metal casing, and a third planar section coupled between the first and second planar sections. The first and second planar sections have a first elastic plate elastically pressing at the first metal casing and a second elastic plate elastically pressing at the second metal casing, and the conductive connecting member is electrically coupled between the first and second metal casings and grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Inventor: Nai-Chien Chang
  • Patent number: 8961242
    Abstract: A connection plug for a portable terminal includes a plurality of plug connection terminals of different types disposed on one plane in a case and connected with socket connection terminals mounted to a socket. Here, ends of the plurality of plug connection terminals to be connected with the socket connection terminals are disposed in different positions. The plurality of plug connection terminals are in different lengths. Accordingly, since different types of plug connection terminals of the connection plug are mounted on one plane such that the ends of the plug connection terminals are disposed in different positions, thickness of the connection plug may be minimized. Also, different functions may be performed with one connection plug. In addition, since different plug connection terminals are in different lengths, connection between the respective connection terminals may be stably achieved when the connection plug is inserted in the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Hoon Kim, Jeong-Han Gong
  • Patent number: 8951063
    Abstract: A crimp terminal (10) has a connecting portion (12) that is conductively connected to an electrical connection target, a crimp portion (14) that has a core crimping portion (22) that is fixed by crimping to a core (38) of a coated wire (32), and a link (16) that extends between the connecting portion (12) and the crimp portion (14), a positioning protrusion (30) is formed by a pair of slits (26) penetrating through the link (16) and extending in a direction along which the link (16) so as to be separated from each other in a width direction orthogonal to the extension direction. An intermediate region (28) sandwiched between the slits (26) in the width direction is deformed to protrude on a side on which the core crimping portion (22) protrudes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyokazu Iio
  • Patent number: 8951064
    Abstract: Terminal structures for wiring devices, such as receptacle assemblies, are disclosed having first and second spring assemblies constructed of a first metal and each having at least one spring finger with the first and second spring assemblies being connected to respective first and second conductive contacts that are constructed of a second metal, wherein the terminal structures are configured for push-in termination of conductive stripped ends of respective first and second wires between the at least one spring finger of the respective first and second spring assemblies and the respective first and second conductive contacts, and wherein the first and second conductive contacts are configured to be connected to respective first and second separate conductive elements. Such a terminal structure is shown for example within a receptacle assembly in the form of a grounding duplex plug outlet or switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Sushil N. Keswani
  • Patent number: 8944829
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals and a terminal positioning seat. The housing has an upright base and a tongue plate. Each first terminal has a first fixed portion, a first extension portion and a first tail portion. Each second terminal has a second fixed portion, a second extension portion and a second tail portion. The first and second extension portions are bent and extend laterally, and are arranged as two rows in a front-rear direction behind an upright portion of the housing. The terminal positioning seat is assembled with the base of the housing, and has a base portion and an assembly portion extending upwardly from the base portion. The assembly portion has a partition plate, and the partition plate is positioned between the first extension portions and the second extension portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Yi-Tse Ho
  • Patent number: 8939794
    Abstract: A coaxial cable assembly includes a coaxial cable having a terminating end and a conductor being exposed at the terminating end. A cable housing holds the coaxial cable and has a conductor slot receiving the exposed conductor. A cable shield is coupled to the cable housing and provides electrical shielding for the terminating end of the coaxial cable. The cable housing is configured to be coupled to a circuit board such that the exposed conductor directly engages a signal pad of the circuit board for electrical connection thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery Walter Mason, Wayne Stewart Alden, III
  • Patent number: 8939797
    Abstract: A connection system establishes an electrical connection between an electrical device and at least one pair of cables each of which ends with a cable terminal. The connection system comprises a fixed part including a support base adapted to be rigidly fitted to a wall of the electrical device and, for each cable, a connection screw protruding from the support base and electrically connectable to the electrical device. A mobile part includes a perimeter frame adapted to be mechanically fitted to the support base and having a passage wall defining, for each cable, a passage-through hole through which an end part of the cable passes so that the corresponding cable terminal is disposed inside the perimeter frame and aligned with the respective connection screw when the perimeter frame is mechanically fitted to the support base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Magneti Marelli S.p.A.
    Inventors: Franco Ciampolini, Riccardo Viancino, Mauro Quacquarelli, Fulvio Cicognati
  • Patent number: 8920180
    Abstract: A portable electronic device including a main body and a connecting port is provided. The main body has an containing cavity. The connecting port includes a base and at least one movable component. The base is disposed at the main body. The movable component is movably connected to the base and moves between an accommodated position and an operation position relatively to the base. When the movable component is located at the accommodated position, the height of the connecting port is less than or equal to the height of the containing cavity such that the connecting port is adapted to be accommodated in the containing cavity. When the movable component is located at the operation position, the height of the connecting port is greater than the height of the containing cavity, and a connector is adapted to be fixed between the base and the movable component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Hung-Tien Chang, Chien-Chia Huang, Po-Wei Shih
  • Patent number: 8915755
    Abstract: An object is to provide a board-mounted connector which has an assembly fitting opening provided on the attachment surface side of an external shield shell onto a circuit board such that a housing assembly can be fit from the assembly fitting opening into the external shield shell, and is capable of improving the ease of assembling the housing assembly. In a board-mounted connector 1A, a housing assembly 21A to be fit from an assembly fitting opening 34 provided at an external shield shell 11A into the external shield shell 11A is made by integrally forming an internal housing 23 that accommodates a plurality of connection terminal members 22 and an external housing 26 that covers the outer circumference of the internal housing 23 and accommodates and holds the internal shield shell 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 8915753
    Abstract: A male coaxial cable connector includes spring with tines and a fastener wherein the spring is housed by the fastener and distal ends of the spring tines are arranged to provide a spring mouth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Inventors: Michael Holland, Ming Feng Chien
  • Patent number: 8911257
    Abstract: A connector comprises a housing, a plurality of contact terminals and a signal processing module. The housing has a receiving hole for receiving a plug. The plurality of contact terminals are disposed in the housing for being connected with the plug. The signal processing module is electrically connected with the contact terminals and has a first magnetic component, wherein the first magnetic component comprises a base and a plurality of magnetic cores, the base has a plurality of through holes, each of which has substantially the same size as that of the magnetic core so that the magnetic core is fixed in the through hole, and distances between adjacent two through holes are the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ying-Chian Kang, Chin-Chung Tai, Shou-Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 8900006
    Abstract: Charging cable plug 1 for electric vehicles, with a housing 2 and electrical contacts 6, arranged in the housing 2, for connection to a charging station 4. For simple identification before a charging procedure, an identification means 8 is proposed, arranged in the housing 2 and communicating with the charging station 4 via the electrical contacts 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: RWE AG
    Inventors: Armin Gaul, Ingo Diefenbach
  • Patent number: 8894423
    Abstract: A contact includes a head, a tail including an opening, a body connected at one end thereof to the head and at another end thereof to the tail, a first lance and a second lance extending from the body, a dimple raised from the body, and a solder member attached to the tail such that the solder member engages at least a portion of the opening. The first lance and the second lance are arranged to deflect when the contact is inserted into a connector; and the first lance, the second lance, and the dimple are arranged to frictionally secure the contact to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samtec, Inc.
    Inventors: John Mongold, Randall Musser, Brian Vicich, Neal Patterson
  • Patent number: 8894429
    Abstract: A device for use with a printed circuit board, PCB, is provided. The device is arranged to electrically connect to a component on the PCB. The device comprises a first layer having a first hole therethrough and a second layer having a second hole therethrough. The second hole is arranged to receive a connector to connect the device to the PCB. Each of the first and second holes has a width in the plane of the respective first or second layer. The first and second holes are substantially coaxial. The width of the first hole is greater than the width of the second hole. Thus proper electrical clearance is provided between the component on the PCB an the device when the connector is not present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Control Techniques Ltd
    Inventor: Neil Jackson
  • Patent number: 8888500
    Abstract: Connector inserts and receptacles that are robust, easily manufactured, and provide an improved connector performance. One example may provide a connector receptacle having a power contact located in a ground surface. An insulating layer may be placed between the power contact and the ground surface. The ground surface may be curved or flat, or it may have other shapes. Another example may provide a robust connector insert. This connector insert may include a crimping piece that fits over a cable braiding and is crimped. The crimping piece may then be attached to an attraction plate. A cover or shell may be attached to provide further reinforcement. Another example may provide a connector system having a ground contact and a power contact, where the ground contact is a make-first-break-last contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Zheng Gao, Joshua Pong