Patents Examined by Travis S Chambers
  • Patent number: 12212104
    Abstract: The present utility model discloses a conversion and conduction structure for a power converter, comprising the power converter including an upper cover of a main body, a lower cover of the main body, a bracket, a UK-standard pin assembly, a US-standard pin assembly, a hybrid plug assembly of the type CEE7/7, a CN-standard or an AU-standard pin assembly; Plugs in different countries are correspondingly connected in conduction with pins of different national specifications, especially ground wires in plugs in different countries are connected in conduction with pins of ground wires of different national specifications, thereby improving the safety of the power converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Inventors: Guangli Zeng, Chengbing Wang, Feng Wang
  • Patent number: 12207718
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present application are a rotating conductive structure, a handle and a hairdressing device. The rotating conductive structure has an axis of rotation and includes an insulating member, a conductive rotating member and a conductive fixed member. The conductive rotating member includes a first rotating portion and a second rotating portion; the conductive fixed member includes a first fixed portion and a second fixed portion, the first fixed portion is in contact with the first rotating portion, the second fixed portion is in contact with the second rotating portion; the insulating member is configured to isolate the first rotating portion from the second rotating portion; and a current passes through the first fixed portion, the first rotating portion, the hairdressing assembly, the second rotating portion and the second fixed portion in sequence to form a series circuit with a power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Inventor: Zhuhua Zheng
  • Patent number: 12201167
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure describes a conductive garment fastening product for a garment, comprising a first article coupleable to a second article for fastening the garment. The first article comprises: a first substrate; an array of first conductive fasteners attached to the first substrate, the array comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; and a set of first conductive paths disposed conductively along the rows of first conductive fasteners. The first conductive fasteners are engageable with second conductive fasteners of the second article for coupling the first and second articles together and forming a conductive connection therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Prym Intimates Group Limited
    Inventors: Heenatikumbure Kavisekara Mudiyanselage Anjana Piushan Kavisekara, Jayasuriya Arachchige Palitha Dhanushka Jayasuriya, Hapuarachchige Don Rasun Sajeewa, Hettige Don Dinesh Kumara
  • Patent number: 12200889
    Abstract: A power supply device includes at least one magnetic member, a first circuit board and a second circuit board. The first circuit board is disposed over the magnetic member and is electrically connected to the magnetic member. The first circuit board has an opening. The second circuit board is electrically connected to the first circuit board. The second circuit board is disposed over the first circuit board and faces the opening of the first circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Hsien Chu, Chih-Chiang Chan, Yi-Hua Chang
  • Patent number: 12199385
    Abstract: An assembly for terminating a high speed cable with an EMI braided shield, The assembly a shell housing, a crosstalk shield and a constant force spring. The shell housing has a mating end and a conductor receiving end. A recessed portion is provided proximate the conductor receiving end, the recessed portion has an outer diameter. The crosstalk shield is provided in the shell housing. The constant force spring is positioned in the recessed portion of the shell housing. The constant force spring has an opening with an inner diameter which is less than the outer diameter of the recessed portion. The constant force spring is circumferentially wrapped about the EMI braided shield to mechanically and electrically secure the EMI braided shield to the recessed portion of the shell housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Nicholas Paul Ruffini, Matthew Richard Mcalonis, Lynn Robert Sipe
  • Patent number: 12191607
    Abstract: An electric connector assembly includes an insulating housing, a plurality of rows of contact terminals disposed in the insulating housing and including a plurality of signal terminals and a plurality of ground terminals, and a conductive shell assembled on the insulating housing. The conductive shell contacts and is connected with the ground terminals to electrically connect the ground terminals together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd, Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Xinlei (Tony) Li, Fengping (Alex) Xu, Qiaoli (Cherie) Chen, Junya Tsuji
  • Patent number: 12181349
    Abstract: The disclosure describes devices and systems for a color-changing torque seal. A system includes multiple electrical connections. Each electrical connection of the multiple electrical connections includes a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector that contacts the first electrical connector. Each electrical connection further includes a color-changing torque seal disposed on the first electrical connector and the second electrical connector. The color-changing torque seal is configured to change color responsive to a temperature change of one or more of the first electrical connector or the second electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Imran Afzal, Jeffrey C. Hudgens
  • Patent number: 12176651
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a conductor connection clamp that includes a bus bar and a clamping spring, the clamping spring including a main portion for clamping an electrical conductor to the bus bar, the main portion and bus bar defining a clamping spring connection, and a spring member adjacent to the main portion and rigidly coupled to the main portion. The clamp further includes a housing defining a conductor insertion opening that leads to the clamping spring connection, and an operating lever configured to apply force to the spring member in order to deflect the main portion to open the clamping spring connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan E. Zantout, Sushil N. Keswani
  • Patent number: 12166299
    Abstract: A cable lug for a connector includes a first portion having a receiving end receiving a cable and a second portion extending from the first portion and having a through hole through which a stud can be passed. The through hole extends transversally through a first surface and a second surface of the second portion opposite one another. At least one of the first surface and the second surface has a protrusion projecting away from the at least one of the first surface and the second surface. The protrusion is positioned between the through hole and the first portion and is spaced apart from the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS—SIMEL ET AL.
    Inventors: Bruno Peltier, Laurent Petrignet, Torsten Friedrich, Christian Heindl, Markus Hardi
  • Patent number: 12151571
    Abstract: An adapter system for the electrical connection of a connector of a cabling to different contact arrangements of different charging sockets along a connection axis includes an adapter housing and a fastening element attaching the adapter housing to one of the charging sockets. The adapter housing has a contact surface extending perpendicularly to the connection axis and a plurality of contact openings extending along the connection axis. The contact surface is disposed at an end of the adapter housing on a socket side. An end of the adapter housing on a cable side has a cabling interface connecting to the connector. The end of the adapter housing on the socket side is attachable to each of the charging sockets by the fastening element with the contact surface in a predetermined rotational position relative to the connection axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Dirk Weyrauch, Philipp Kowarsch, Dominik Heiss
  • Patent number: 12155157
    Abstract: Systems for optimizing mounting points for coaxial RF connectors, including a printed circuit board (PCB) comprising a coaxial radio frequency (RF) connector; a faceplate comprising an opening adapted to receive the coaxial RF connector; and a bushing positioned within the opening, wherein the coaxial RF connector is positioned within the bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Phillip V. Mann, Brandon R. Christenson, Ray Clement Laning, George Russell Zettles, IV, Pat Rosno, Layne A. Berge
  • Patent number: 12150487
    Abstract: Disclosed are an aerosol generating device including a heater that heats an aerosol generating material; a battery that supplies power to the heater; a sensor that senses puffs of aerosol; and a controller that determine a power profile based on a time interval between the puffs of the user and controls power to be supplied to the heater according to the determined power profile, and an operation method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byung Sung Cho, Won Kyeong Lee, Jong Sub Lee, Dae Nam Han
  • Patent number: 12155151
    Abstract: A socket assembly may include a socket for receiving a plug, a flap for covering the socket, wherein said flap is rotatable about a shaft between a closed position and an open position and is biased into the closed position, a locking mechanism that locks the flap in the open position, and a release mechanism that releases the locking mechanism, when a plug is inserted in the socket. After a release of the locking mechanism, the locking mechanism can be activated only after the flap has been rotated from the open position to the closed position to an extent of at least 30%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventor: Pawel Lesniak
  • Patent number: 12139079
    Abstract: A pipe harness including an electric wire; a pipe through which the electric wire is inserted; a seal through which the electric wire is inserted, the seal being configured to ensure sealing of an interior of the pipe by being attached inside the pipe; and a position fixing portion that is provided on at least a pipe opening side of the seal out of two sides of the seal in a thickness direction of the seal when the seal is attached in the pipe, the position fixing portion being configured to fix the seal at an attachment position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Jisung Kim, Hirotaka Baba, Takeshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 12142884
    Abstract: Example connection ports for electronic devices are disclosed. In an example, the connection port includes a longitudinal axis, a receptacle that extends axially with respect to the longitudinal axis, and a substrate disposed within the receptacle. The substrate includes an end and a support surface that extends axially with respect to the longitudinal axis. In addition, the connection port includes a plurality of first electrical contacts on the support surface, a plurality of second electrical contacts on the end. Each second electrical contact is electrically coupled to a corresponding one of the first electrical contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Derek Kyle Joseph Kanas, Tony Seokhwa Moon, Andrew Shane Elsey
  • Patent number: 12137751
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device includes: a liquid storage configured to store a liquid material; an aerosol generating space configured to accommodate a solid material including a tobacco material and a foamable material such that an aerosol is generated as the solid material comes in contact with the liquid material in the aerosol generating space; a liquid transfer tube connected to the liquid storage and the aerosol generating space such that the liquid material moves from the liquid storage to the aerosol generating space; and a mouthpiece configured to discharge the aerosol generated in the aerosol generating space, according to a user's inhalation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeong Hoo Kim, Woo Seok Chung
  • Patent number: 12136783
    Abstract: A waterproof electrical connector assembly releasably connects an electrical cable to a second cable, or to one or more electrodes or sensors in a housing that has a bore therethrough that accommodates the electrical cable on one end and a fitting on the other end. The fitting holds one or more electrodes/sensors in a bore through the fitting. The fitting is a commercially-available male-threaded polymeric fitting of the type used in High-performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) applications. This type of polymeric fitting has a conical, or tapered, ferrule portion at one end that is configured to fit securely into a female-threaded and chamfered bore in the housing so that when the fitting is tightened against the chamfered housing bore it forms a watertight seal which is waterproof to at least 10,000 psi. As the seal is formed, the components contact each other to form an electrical connection, illustratively, a connection from electrode or sensor probes to the cable leading to measuring equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Inventor: Donald Bernard Nuzzio
  • Patent number: 12136779
    Abstract: A card edge connector includes: a housing including a board accommodation space and a connection terminal including a resilient contact piece configured to contact a circuit board inserted into the board accommodation space, the connection terminal being mounted into the housing. The connection terminal is movable between a connection position where the resilient contact piece is in contact with a surface of the circuit board and a retraction position where the resilient contact piece is separated from the circuit board. A first interference preventing portion and a second interference preventing portion are formed between a moving path of the resilient contact piece and the board accommodation space. The first interference preventing portion and the second interference preventing portion restrict the interference of the resilient contact piece and an inserting end part of the circuit board inserted into the board accommodation space in a moving process of the connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Miyamura, Yutaka Kobayashi, Daisuke Saito, Masanori Moriyasu, Shinji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 12136778
    Abstract: A connector according to the present disclosure is a connector to be mounted on a circuit board and to be connected to a mating connector including a first shield member. The connector includes an insulator, a contact attached to the insulator, and a second shield member attached to the insulator on a same side as the contact. The second shield member includes a base portion that is adjacent to the contact in a first direction perpendicular to a connecting direction in which the mating connector and the connector are to be connected, a mount portion is formed on a side of the base portion opposite to the contact in the first direction and that is to be mounted on the circuit board, and a contacting portion that extends from the mount portion toward a connection side in the connecting direction and that is to be in contact with the first shield member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Horino, Masayoshi Kakino
  • Patent number: 12126124
    Abstract: There is provided a power connector system for electrically connecting a power source to a device. The power connector comprises a first component and a second component which each have a plurality of electrical contacts disposed on a face thereof. The contacts each include an electrically resistive element having an impedance. When the first and second components are coupled, a logic unit controls enables current flow between the first and second components based on the impedances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: VOLTSAFE INC.
    Inventors: Sanad Aridah, Arash Janfada, Trevor Burgess