Patents Examined by Travis S Chambers
  • Patent number: 11444397
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, first and second sets of terminals and a spacer. The housing has a first sidewall, a second sidewall spaced apart from the first sidewall and a cavity between the first and second sidewalls. The first set of terminals is disposed in the cavity adjacent to the first sidewall. The second set of terminals is disposed in the cavity adjacent to the second sidewall. The spacer is disposed in the cavity between the first and second sets of terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignees: Amphenol FCI Asia Pte. Ltd., Amphenol FCI Connectors Singapore Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Naotaka Sasame, Motomu Kajiura, Masahiko Motoyama
  • Patent number: 11444401
    Abstract: A flat electrical cable extends longitudinally along a length of the cable. The flat electrical cable includes a plurality of conductor sets extending along the length of the cable. Each conductor set includes one or more insulated electrical conductors. Each insulated conductor includes a central conductor surrounded by a first dielectric material. The plurality of conductor sets includes a middle conductor set disposed between two other conductor sets and an edge conductor set disposed proximal to a longitudinal edge of the cable. The first dielectric material of each insulated conductor of the edge, but not the middle, conductor set includes an intumescent flame retardant material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: James G. Vana, Jr., Rocky D. Edwards
  • Patent number: 11437168
    Abstract: A charging cable is related to the data transmission technology field, including: a data cable main body, a data connector and a power connector. The data cable main body includes: a wire sleeve and a signal and power line. The power connector includes a USB interface, a first circuit board and a first casing. The charging cable further includes: at least one LED lamp bead; at least one lampshade that is opaque, and a transparent optical fiber and a control switch for controlling the LED lamp bead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHANQIRUI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Donggen Liu, Suqi Cao
  • Patent number: 11432373
    Abstract: An electrical heater and method includes heating member, a cable, and a connector. A resistance heating element is within a sheath of the heating member. A proximal end of the sheath is inserted into a slot of a first fitting and welded to the first fitting with first and second leads extending into the first fitting. The second fitting is threadably engaged with the first fitting. The second fitting defines a central bore disposed about the axis. An end of a power cable extends into the second central bore. A first wire is coupled to the first lead. A second wire is coupled to the second lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: WATLOW ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY
    Inventors: Brad McDonnell, Curt St. Clair, Michael Ruhr
  • Patent number: 11424559
    Abstract: An automotive battery cable includes an electrical wire, a terminal crimped onto a distal end of the electrical wire, and a sleeve positioned on the electrical wire and extending over an attachment point between the terminal and the electrical wire, the sleeve including a first portion including a body and a neck, the body including an inner surface having contour features adapted to allow the body to deform and compress against the attachment point and matching the shape of the attachment point to sealingly encapsulate the attachment point, and the neck extending from the body around and along the electrical wire, and a second portion encircling and compressing the body onto the attachment point to seal the attachment point within the first portion and to provide a positive stop to limit relative motion of the electrical wire and the terminal at the attachment point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Luis J Ruiz, Francisco David Velasco
  • Patent number: 11417970
    Abstract: There is provided a hermetic terminal for a large amount of power so as to secure wettability of a lead member to glass and improve hermetic reliability of a glass sealing portion. A hermetic terminal includes: a metal base provided with at least one through hole; a lead inserted in the through hole of the metal base; and an insulating member that seals the lead in the metal base. The lead includes: a core member; a binding member that at least coats an outer diameter portion of the core member; an intermediate member that coats a surface of the binding member and that is composed of a low-electric-resistance material; and an outer coating member that coats the intermediate member and that has a stable glass binding characteristic at a sealing temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: SCHOTT JAPAN CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daisuke Fukushima, Hiroki Honda, Naoki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11417991
    Abstract: A retainer resists decoupling of a first connector of a first cord from a second connector of a second cord. The retainer includes a first receiver having an adjuster to adjust the receiver about a portion of the first cord. The retainer includes a second receiver having an adjuster to adjust the receiver about a portion of the second cord. A connector housing couples the first and second receiver. The first receiver, second receiver, and connector housing form a continuous chamber in which lies portion of the first and second cords connected together when the retainer resides in an installed orientation. The retainer, in the installed orientation, resists incursion of water, dust particulate matter and other debris into the continuous chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventor: Jason Robert Norris
  • Patent number: 11411329
    Abstract: A cap (50) is mounted on a housing (22) for accommodating a device-side terminal connected to equipment and a wire-side terminal connected to a wire, the housing (22) being formed with a second opening (228) for exposing a connected part of the device-side terminal and the wire-side terminal, and is provided with a cap body (51) for closing the second opening (228) of the housing (22), locking portions (52) to be locked to outer side surfaces of the housing (22), and protection walls (53) for covering the locking portions (52) while being spaced apart from the locking portions (52).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Koichi Yokotani
  • Patent number: 11411342
    Abstract: A connector for a flat flexible cable includes a housing and a spring clip disposed in the housing. The housing has a main body and a cover. The cover is movable with respect to the main body between an open position and a closed position. The spring clip is resiliently deflectable by the cover. The spring clip is in a first state with the cover in the open position in which the spring clip abuts a conductor exposed through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable with a first contact force. The spring clip is in a second state with the cover in the closed position in which the spring clip abuts the conductor with a second contact force greater than the first contact force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: John Mark Myer, Hurley Chester Moll, Forrest Irving Kinsey, Jr., Ryan David Hetrick
  • Patent number: 11411350
    Abstract: A class of electrical connectors are described along with methods of manufacturing the same. In one example embodiment, a method of assembling a connector includes extending a twisted pair through a slot in a seal plate; untwisting the twisted pair along a first distance; inserting first and second conductors of the twisted pair through first and second through holes of a seal carrier; coupling first and second electrical terminals to the first and second conductors; re-twisting the twisted pair along a portion of the first distance by rotating the seal carrier; and inserting the seal carrier into the slot of the seal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: PGS GEOPHYSICAL AS
    Inventors: Ramon Martinez, Nick C. George, Martin Hunley, Melissa Lugo Brito
  • Patent number: 11411339
    Abstract: An apparatus for modifying an electrical circuit includes a first electrical contact, a second electrical contact, an electrical coupler formed of an electrically conductive material, a first assembly including a cavity, a driving portion, an inhibiting portion, and a second assembly electrically coupled to the second electrical contact. The electrical coupler is moveable within the cavity along a movement axis, a wall of the cavity is electrically coupled to the first electrical contact and to the electrical coupler, and when the electrical coupler is disposed at an initial position within the cavity, the electrical coupler is not electrically coupled to the second electrical contact. The driving portion applies a first force on the electrical coupler in a movement direction along the movement axis. The inhibiting portion inhibits the movement of the electrical coupler along the movement axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: R.S.M. Electron Power, Inc.
    Inventors: David Peng, Ching Au
  • Patent number: 11404801
    Abstract: A connector locking wire operation mechanism capable of buffering an impact on a push rod includes a body provided with a push rod rotatable along an arcuate track and a cam rotatable about a circular hole. A sector notch capable of accommodating the cam and leaving sufficient space is provided at an inner side of the push rod. The push rod and the cam are cooperatively rotatable about a common rotation axis. Both sides of the cam are in contact with the push rod and a spring plate respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventors: Wai Kong Phon, Roy Zhang
  • Patent number: 11394154
    Abstract: A connection device for interconnecting electrical components that uses a plurality of contact layers. Each of the contact layers includes a substrate of dielectric material with a top edge, a bottom edge and side surfaces. A plurality of conductive elements extends in parallel through the dielectric material. The various contact layers are stacked. The side surfaces of the contact layers interconnect through a matrix of connective pillars. The connective pillars provide a network of open spaces between each of the contact layers. When the overall connection device is compressed, the dielectric material compresses and widens. The open areas receive the deformation and prevent the deformations from propagating lateral forces that can act to displace the conducive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventor: Jeffrey G. Buchoff
  • Patent number: 11394148
    Abstract: A contact probe can be easily mass-produced, reduce manufacturing cost, and obtain a stable contact state with an electrode such as a land of an inspection substrate. An inspection socket can be provided with the contact probe. The contact probe has a first contact terminal that contacts a solder ball of a device under test and a second contact terminal that contacts a land of a printed substrate, and a coil spring for urging contact terminals so as to separate the first and the second terminals. The first contact terminal is constituted by a first contact element formed by a rod-shaped metal member, and the second contact terminal is constituted by two second contact elements formed by a plate-shaped metal member and which clamp the first contact element in frictional contact with a part of the first contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: UNITECHNO Inc.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Iwasaki, Kazuaki Arai
  • Patent number: 11394146
    Abstract: A connection pin for an expansion socket can be treated to improve signal (e.g., reduce noise) for high speed applications. A connection pin can be treated to have a conductive plating covering a proximal region of the connection pin. Electrical signals between an expansion card in contact with the connection pin and the circuit board to which the connection pin is coupled can pass directly through the conductive plating of the proximal region. However, the distal region of the connection pin can be treated to be devoid of the conductive plating, such as by being covered with a high dielectric loss and/or high-resistance material or through removal of the conductive plating in that region. Thus, electrical signals passing through the connection pin will tend to pass through the conductive plating rather than along the distal region of the pin. Thus, signal reflections and other artifacts and noise can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventor: Cheng-Hsien Lee
  • Patent number: 11383606
    Abstract: A locking pin driving mechanism includes a motor, a preceding gear, a round gear, a feed screw and a slider. The feed screw is coaxially fixed to the round gear. A locking pin is mounted in the slider. A center axis of the locking pin and a center axis of the feed screw are each disposed in parallel with a center axis of a vehicle inlet. An interaxial distance between the center axis of the vehicle inlet and the center axis of the feed screw is set to be larger than an interaxial distance between the center axis of the vehicle inlet and the center axis of the locking pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: MURAKAMI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Motomiya, Takayuki Miyazaki, Kenji Ichikawa, Hiroki Takeuchi
  • Patent number: 11387605
    Abstract: Provided are a conductive sheet structure and a high-speed connector. The conductive sheet includes a conductive sheet, and a plurality of elastic arms are disposed on the conductive sheet with spacings. Each elastic arm includes a connecting section, a tilt section and a contact section which are connected in sequence. The connecting section is fixedly connected to the conductive sheet. The tilt section is tilted relative to the conductive sheet and the tilt angle between the tilt section and the conductive sheet is variable. The contact section is used for contacting with a grounding terminal on a high-speed connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chenhui Zeng, Yunfeng He
  • Patent number: 11387590
    Abstract: A system and method directed for one or more safety plugs whereby safety plugs may either be individual plates that will insert into unused Telephone, Ethernet, and USB outlets, the safety plug may also be an individual coaxial plate that will cover a coaxial stud thus preventing any damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventor: Ryan M. Ames
  • Patent number: 11387584
    Abstract: A contact pin, a spring contact including the same, and a socket device are proposed, in which the contact pin has a minimum length suitable for testing a semiconductor IC for a high speed signal and allows the spring contact to secure a maximum compression distance. The contact pin (100) includes: a plate-shaped body part (110) having a width and a thickness; a head part (120) configured to be integrated with an upper end of the body part (110); and a leg part (130) formed by extending from a lower end of the body part (110) to be integrated therewith, wherein the head part (120) is a plate-shaped strip (122) provided on the upper end of the body part (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventors: Dong Weon Hwang, Logan Jae Hwang, Jae Baek Hwang
  • Patent number: 11381020
    Abstract: An electrical terminal having a base section, a first contact leg and a second contact leg. The contact legs extend from the base section. The first contact leg has a first generally planar portion. A first curved resilient contact portion extends from a first side of the first planar portion, and a first positioning wall extending from a second side of the first planar portion. The first side of the first planar portion is opposed to the second side of the first planar portion. The second contact leg has a second generally planar portion. A second curved resilient contact portion extends from a first side of the second planar portion, and a second positioning wall extends from a second side of the second planar portion. The first side of the second planar portion is opposed to the second side of the second planar portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventor: Brian Keith Weaver