Patents Examined by Travis S Chambers
  • Patent number: 12327989
    Abstract: A protective device for electrical conduits including a body having a lower opening for engaging with a first conduit and a central cavity for receiving conductors extending from the first conduit to a second conduit, a top member having an upper opening for engaging with the second conduit, and a coupler extendable between the body and the top member to close the protective device, wherein the coupler includes an exterior wall with at least one orifice configured for receiving a fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Nicholas Adam Santoro, Christopher John Minski
  • Patent number: 12327966
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a multi-way sliding plug, including a housing, and a British standard pin, an American standard pin and a European standard pin which are slidably mounted on the housing respectively; a British standard region is formed among three legs of the British standard pin; an American standard region is formed among three legs of the American standard pin; a European standard region is formed among three legs of the European standard pin; the English standard region, the American standard region and the European standard region are sequentially distributed on an outer surface of the housing; and the American standard region interferes with the English standard region and the European standard region respectively. The multi-way sliding plug has the characteristics of small size and convenience in carrying; and the compactness of the structure is improved, the utilization rate of the inner space of the housing is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN OULI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Song Liu
  • Patent number: 12322908
    Abstract: First and second outer conductors are each a conductive rigid body. The first outer conductor includes a fitting receiving portion. The second outer conductor includes a fitting portion fit in the fitting receiving portion in a direction of assembly to the first outer conductor. One of an inner surface of the fitting receiving portion and an outer surface of the fitting portion is formed with a recessed portion recessed in a width direction intersecting the assembly direction. Another one of the inner and outer surfaces is formed with a protruding portion protruding in the width direction and fitting in the recessed portion. The inner surface of the recessed portion and the outer surface of the protruding portion include contact surface portions contacting with each other to prevent displacement of the first and second outer conductors in a direction opposite to the assembly direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazuya Takeuchi, Norihito Hashimoto, Kazuya Kobayashi, Shinobu Wakahara
  • Patent number: 12322895
    Abstract: A split connector nut is provided for coupling a cable connector. The connector nut includes a pair of semi-arcuate half-bodies with each half-body having a pair of mating surfaces and a concave inner surface having screw threads between the mating surfaces. A fastener protrudes from one mating surface and an alignment pin protrudes from another mating surface. There is an alignment aperture in the one mating surface adjacent to the fastener, located to correspond with the alignment pin of an adjacent half-body. There is a receiving aperture in the other mating surface adjacent to the alignment pin, located to correspond with the fastener of an adjacent half-body. Each half-body includes an inwardly disposed retaining shoulder around a back of the half-body, which is adapted to engage a retaining groove on the cable connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Inventor: David G Pineault
  • Patent number: 12300937
    Abstract: A connector for use with high-speed signals. The connector may include a row of conductive elements comprising signal conductors and ground conductors. A signal conductor may include a mating end, a mounting end opposite the mating end, and an intermediate portion extending therebetween. A ground conductor may include a shell at least partially encircling intermediate portions of a group of signal conductors, with openings that expose contact surfaces of the signal conductors at the ends. The ground conductors may include contact members aligned with the mating contact surfaces of the signal conductors. Each shell may be coupled to a ground mounting location on each side of a respective group of signal conductors, with adjacent shells sharing a ground mounting location. Such a configuration may meet signal integrity requirements in connectors designed for 64 Gbps and beyond, while conforming to a standard that constrains mating and mounting interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Amphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wenfeng Yin, Teng Cao, Xiaodong Hu, Lei Liao, Xiang Wang, Yan-Bin Tan, Wei Luo, Jing-Tang Zhou
  • Patent number: 12300914
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrical connection clamp, which includes an elastic member, a first clamp arm and a second clamp arm that are rotatably connected to each other. The first clamp arm includes a first metal part and a first insulation part connected to the outer surface of the first metal part. The first metal part includes a first metal clamping portion and at least one first cable connection portion. The second clamp arm includes a second metal part and a second insulation part connected to the outer surface of the second metal part. The second metal part includes a second metal clamping portion. At least one first cable connection portion is electrically connected to the second metal part. When the first clamp arm and the second clamp arm are in a clamping state, the elastic member can be deformed elastically to provide clamping force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2025
    Assignee: Hainan Xunwei Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Gonghai Fu
  • Patent number: 12294188
    Abstract: Provided is a fuse-equipped connector including: a housing; a fuse terminal configured to be attached to the housing; a holder configured to be attached to the housing; and a fuse configured to be attached to the holder, and be electrically connected to the fuse terminal, wherein the housing includes a lock portion, and the holder includes a lock receiving portion configured to be elastically locked to the lock portion, the holder includes a fuse accommodating portion in which the fuse is to be removably accommodated, the fuse includes a terminal portion, and the fuse terminal includes a fuse elastic contact portion configured to come into elastic contact with the terminal portion of the fuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda
  • Patent number: 12283777
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a circuit board disposed in a frame. The circuit board has at least one signal input parts/signal output parts (SIP/SOP) port. The frame includes a fascia cover disposed over the at least one SIP/SOP port. The fascia cover has an opening aligned with the at least one SIP/SOP port. The door is movable from an open position to a closed position across the opening. The fascia cover and the door include an insulating material layer and a conductive material layer. A portion of the conductive material layer is disposed on an area of the fascia cover at a distance from edges of the opening, and another portion of the conductive material layer is disposed on an area of the door at a distance from an edge of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLC
    Inventor: Godwin Christopher Selvi
  • Patent number: 12255416
    Abstract: A protective cap (4, 4?) for an electrical high-current plug connector (1) is substantially box-shaped and has at least one open side (5). The protective cap (4) has a gripping element (8) for fixing the protective cap (4, 4?) to a connection region (3, 3?, 3?) of the high-current plug connector (1), which is provided for connecting an electrical conductor. The gripping element (8) extends into the open side (5). The gripping element (8) has a pincer-like design with two arms (8a, 8b) which cross over each other or two arms (8a, 8b) oriented relative to each other in an S-shape. Each of the two arms (8a, 8b) is integrally formed on the protective cap (4, 4?) in a lower region and grips around the connection region (3, 3?, 3?) for a conductor to be connected in an upper region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ensign Wen
  • Patent number: 12244096
    Abstract: A plug connector includes a plug housing coupled to a header connector and holding plug contacts mated with corresponding header contacts of a header connector. The plug connector includes an eCPA assembly coupled to the plug housing having an actuator movably coupled to the plug housing between a retracted position and an actuated position. The eCPA includes a plug eCPA terminal coupled to the actuator and movable by the actuator between a mated position and an unmated position for mating with a header eCPA terminal of the header connector. The eCPA includes an eCPA wire terminated to the plug eCPA terminal and routed to a remote electrical device. The plug eCPA terminal and the eCPA wire form a position assurance circuit with the header eCPA terminal in the mated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventor: Galen M. Martin
  • Patent number: 12244108
    Abstract: A ground portion for maintaining a ground path in a coaxial cable connector includes a coupler ground contact portion configured to be biasingly maintained in contact with a rearward facing coupler surface of a coupler of a connector when the connector is assembled and during operation of connector and a post ground contact portion configured to be located rearward from the rearward facing coupler surface of the coupler of the connector so as to extend in a space formed between a forward facing body surface of a body of the connector and a rearward facing post surface of a post of the connector when the connector is assembled and when the coupler engages the interface port so as to maintain physical and electrical grounding contact with the rearward facing post surface during operation of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Purdy, Noah P. Montena, Jeremy Amidon
  • Patent number: 12237630
    Abstract: A splitter for interconnecting a first connector with at least two second connectors includes a first electrically conductive layer that is connectable to the first connector and to at least one of the second connectors. The first layer has at least two electrically conductive terminals which protrude from the first layer. The electrically conductive terminals are arranged to provide electrical connection between a first contact of the first connector and an associated first contact of at least one of the second connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics UK Ltd., TE Connectivity Nederland B.V.
    Inventors: Marco Zucca, Subhash Mungarwadi, Jonathan Catchpole
  • Patent number: 12230903
    Abstract: A connecting element for mounting an electrical circuit board to an electrical flat conductor, in particular a busbar, has a flat or substantially flat mounting surface for applying and mounting the connecting element to the circuit board, and a tulip contact for receiving the flat conductor in an electrically contacting manner. The tulip contact includes at least one clamping element and a support element, between which a receptacle for the flat conductor is provided, and wherein the tulip contact preferably extends at a mounting angle greater than 45° and less than 135° with respect to the mounting surface. An electrical circuit board having such a contact element, a terminal block having such an electrical circuit board, and a method for automated mounting of such a terminal block are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Weidmüller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerald Busch, Peter Stuckmann, Ralf Schumacher, Kurt Hermanns, Thomas Wielsch
  • Patent number: 12230947
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical conductor, a cable support, a housing, and a cap. The electrical connector assembly relates to a system for fastening or otherwise supporting an electrical conductor on a housing of an electrical connector assembly that reduces the amount of mechanical vibrations transmitted from the electrical conductor to other components of the electrical system. The electrical connector assembly also minimizes the likelihood that the watertightness of a seal extending between the electrical conductor and the electrical connector assembly may be compromised as a result of such mechanical vibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventor: Alexandre Semine
  • Patent number: 12230919
    Abstract: The invention relates to a plug connection for transmitting electrical energy by releasable contact, said plug connection comprising at least one plug contact pin and at least one contact socket, the at least one contact socket being received in a plug connector housing and the plug connector housing interacting with a slider which is movable relative thereto, so that the plug connection partners are housed in an inserted and secondarily locked contacting position. At least one detent and support geometry is integrated into the plug contact pin and interacts with the plug connector housing, so that the contacting partners are disconnected from one another when the positions thereof relative to one another are outside the secondary locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: AMPHENOL-TUCHEL ELECTRONICS GMBH
    Inventor: Manfred Greiner
  • Patent number: 12220573
    Abstract: One aspect relates to an electrode-electrical conductor system for a medical device. The system includes one or more electrically insulated wire(s) or cable(s) wherein. The electrical insulation includes electrical conductor one or more partial opening(s), which is/are arranged on one side of the wire(s) or cable(s), and one or more electrode(s), which is/are mechanically and electrically connected to the wire(s) or cable(s) via the one or more partial opening(s) arranged on one side of the wire(s) or cable(s). The mechanical and electrical connections are made by welding, pressing, swaging, adhesives, brazing, soldering and/or dimples. One aspect also relates to a method for preparing such an electrode-electrical conductor system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Jung, Thorsten Kaiser
  • Patent number: 12219997
    Abstract: There is provided an inductively heating aerosol-generating device configured to generate an aerosol by heating an aerosol-forming substrate, the device including a receiving cavity configured to receive the aerosol-forming substrate; an induction source configured to generate an alternating electromagnetic field; and a susceptor assembly configured and arranged to inductively heat the aerosol-forming substrate within the receiving cavity under influence of the alternating magnetic field generated by the induction source, the susceptor assembly including a first susceptor and a second susceptor, the first susceptor including a first susceptor material having a positive temperature coefficient of resistance, and the second susceptor including a second ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic susceptor material having a negative temperature coefficient of resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Philip Morris Products S.A.
    Inventors: Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik, Irene Taurino
  • Patent number: 12218463
    Abstract: An electrical contact for an electrical connector includes a contact body and a lossy material located on the contact body. An electrical connector includes contacts with a lossy material located on the contact body. A method of applying a lossy material to a contact for an electrical connector includes providing a contact and applying the lossy material to the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Buck, Yasuo Sasaki, Julian Ferry, Brandon Thomas Gore
  • Patent number: 12218444
    Abstract: Printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs) are a fundamental component used in nearly all electronics. PCBAs provide electrical connections and mechanical support to electronic components and are generally made of copper layers laminated onto, though, and/or between one or more non-conductive substrate layers. Press-fit pin connections are often driven through the non-conductive substrate layers to connect power or ground across multiple conductive copper layers within a PCBA and/or connect electronic components on opposing sides of the substrate layer(s). Some new PCBA designs utilize fewer, but larger contact pins (e.g., power pins) in place of a greater number of smaller contact pins. With larger contact pin sizes, press-fit pin connections become more difficult to achieve with repeatable reliability in electrical connection without damaging surrounding features in a PCBA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Pai-Ping Hsu, Shun-Wen Shih
  • 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