Patents Examined by Truc T. Nguyen
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Patent number: 11114784Abstract: A connector structure configured to electrically connect an electrical component to a circuit board is disclosed. The connector structure may include a female connector secured to the circuit board; and a male terminal extending from the electrical component and inserted into the female connector. The female connector may include a connector housing secured to the circuit board; a connector-side terminal located within the connector housing and including a female contact configured to receive the male terminal; and a contact sleeve located within the connector housing and secured to the female contact. The female contact may be displaceable within the connector housing. The male terminal may be deformed so as to press the contact sleeve against a frictional inner surface of the connector housing by a restoring force of the male terminal.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 7, 2021Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Saki Naito
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Patent number: 11101637Abstract: A circuit interrupting device including a loop split interrupter for interrupting a loop split circuit, and a quick whip interrupter for interrupting a charging circuit.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: David Rhein, Nathan Scot Loucks
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Patent number: 11087939Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for interrupting non-short circuit currents only, and in particular relates to a disconnector, more particularly high voltage disconnector, or to an earthing switch, more particularly make-proof earthing switch, and further relates to a low voltage circuit breaker. The device comprises at least two contacts movable in relation to each other between a closed state and an open state and defining an arcing region, in which an arc is generated during a current interrupting operation and in which an arc-quenching medium comprising an organofluorine compound is present. According to the application, a counter-arcing component is allocated to the arcing region, the counter-arcing component being designed for counteracting the generation of an arc and/or being designed for supporting the extinction of an arc.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignee: ABB Power Grids Switzerland AGInventors: Denis Tehlar, Martin Seeger, Nitesh Ranjan, Patrick Stoller, Raffael Buehler, Jan Carstensen
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Patent number: 11088476Abstract: Chained terminals include a strip-like carrier and terminals arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction of the carrier. The terminal includes a base portion constituting a part of the carrier and projecting portions respectively connected to the base portion and projecting in opposite directions from both side edges of the carrier. The carrier includes notches at positions distant from the projecting portions at least on one side edge. The terminals are cut off from the carrier along cutting surfaces passing through the notches.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2020Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Inventor: Toshihiro Ito
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Patent number: 11081296Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a stationary contact assembly and a corresponding switch contact. The stationary contact assembly comprises: a stationary contact body (21); a stationary contact point (23) placed on the stationary contact body (21); and an arc-guiding member (25) fixed on the stationary contact body (21) and including an arc guiding portion (251), the arc guiding portion (251) comprising a first end (A) and a second end (B) that are opposite to each other, the first end (A) being close to the stationary contact point (23), a direction form the first end (A) to the second end (B) defining a main movement direction (F) of arc.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SASInventors: Haifeng Tian, Patrick Larcher
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Patent number: 11081833Abstract: An electrical connector includes a contact module essentially composed of a plurality of contacts integrally formed within an insulator via an insert-molding process. The insulator includes a base, tongue extending forwardly from the base, and a mounting port extending rearwardly from the base. The contact includes a front contacting section exposed upon the tongue, a rear soldering tail exposed outside of the base and a middle retaining section therebetween. A groove is formed between the base and the mounting port to expose middle sections of the contacts. An insulative housing is over molded upon the contact module for not only forming an exterior structure of the connector but also filling the groove for enhancing sealing between the contacts and the insulator.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Jun Zhao, Jie Su
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Patent number: 11069494Abstract: A switchgear includes a movable part capable of reciprocating movement, a movable contact coupled to the movable part, a member that biases the movable contact, a latch capable of switching between a first state in which movement of the movable contact is restricted and a second state in which movement is permitted, a part that accommodates the movable part and the movable contact therein, a fixed contact provided outside of the accommodating part, and a moving part that moves with the movable contact. The latch is switched to the second state when the movable contact has moved against the biasing force. The accommodating part contains a first region and a second region, which is on a side of the fixed contact with respect to the first region within a range of movement of the moving part. The first region has an inner diameter smaller than that of the second region.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masato Kubota, Daisuke Fujita
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Patent number: 11070011Abstract: A reconfigurable connector having a first set of electrical contacts and a second set of electrical contacts each configured to be electrically connected to electronic elements. The reconfigurable connector further includes a network access device configured to receive a signal from a remote device and an internal switch coupled to the network access device and configured to reconfigure pairing of the first set of electrical contacts and the second set of electrical contacts based on the signal received by the network access device.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: SMITHS INTERCONNECT AMERICAS, INC.Inventor: Jedidiah Bentz
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Patent number: 11070002Abstract: A connector with at least one guiding portion is provided along with a shell and an insulating body of the connector. The connector includes a plurality of metal terminals in addition to the insulating body and the shell. The metal terminals are fixedly provided in the insulating body. The insulating body is mounted in the shell, and the connector is characterized in that at least one plate-shaped guiding portion extends upward from a portion of the top edge of either the shell or the insulating body. While another connector is being connected to or disconnected from the connector, the guiding portion guides the another connector to facilitate electrical connection with or detachment from the connector.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: AMPHENOL EAST ASIA LIMITED TAIWAN BRANCH (H.K.)Inventors: Chien-Ming Chen, Szu-Ting Liao
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Patent number: 11056299Abstract: A vacuum circuit breaker 10 comprising a vacuum interrupter 12 coupled between upper 18 and lower 20 terminals and being operable to make or break an electrical connection between the upper and lower terminals. The circuit breaker has a body 22 formed from electrically insulating material, the vacuum interrupter being located in an internal chamber of the body. The lower terminal 20 comprises a hollow body 26 that forms part of the internal chamber and which is shaped and dimensioned to allow the vacuum interrupter 12 to pass through it. An electrical connector device 50 has a movable part 52 that is connected to the movable contact and an annular fixed part 54 that is connected to the lower terminal 20. The movable part 52 is connected to the first part 54 by flexible connectors 56, and has a socket (58) for engaging an electrical connector 60 of the vacuum interrupter 12. A pulling rod 16 is coupled to the movable contact via the electrical connector 60.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2018Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: TAVRIDA ELECTRIC HOLDING AGInventors: Sergey Ivanovich Malakhovskiy, Vladimir Sergeevich Minaev
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Patent number: 11056813Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector mateable with each other. Each of the receptacle connector and the plug connector defines a first mating face and a second mating face perpendicular to each other in response to mating along the front-to-back direction and the vertical direction. Each of the receptacle connector and the plug connector includes a plurality of contacts composed of a plurality of first contacts and a plurality of contact units alternately arranged with each other along the transverse direction perpendicular to both the front-to-back direction and the vertical direction. Each contact unit includes a second contact and a third contact wherein the second contact is closer to the second mating face than the third contact is while the third contact is closer to the first mating face than the second contact is.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Ting-Ting Yin, Bin Peng, Kuo-Chun Hsu, Jian-Kuang Zhu
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Patent number: 11056833Abstract: An electrical connector and an electrical connector assembly are disclosed. The electrical connector comprises an insulating housing and a plurality of terminal columns arranged to the insulating housing. Each terminal column comprises a plurality of ground terminals and a plurality of differential signal terminal pairs alternately arranged along a first direction. Each ground terminal has a body portion and two elastic contact portions extending from the body portion and spaced apart from each other.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Chong Thiam Cho, Elvy Haryati, Hoon Chan Goh, Ser Kiat Toh
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Patent number: 11050173Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing forming plural rows of passageways wherein each row of passageways extends along a transverse direction while the plural rows are spaced from one another in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to the transverse direction. Each passageway is dimension to receive a unified contact having three sets of spring arms spaced from one another in the transverse direction. The three sets of spring arms are categorized with two outer sets and one inner set therebetween in the transverse direction. The pitch between the two neighboring sets of spring arms of each unified contact is essentially one half of the distance between one outer set of spring arms of one unified contact and another outer set of spring arms of the neighboring unified contact.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Shan-Yong Cheng, Chih-Hsien Chou, Fang-Jwu Liao
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Patent number: 11050188Abstract: In a plug connector assembly, a plug connector for mating with a receptacle connector, includes: a shell and a locking spring mounted on the shell and including a mating curved surface for directly locking to and unlocking from a receptacle connector.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Jerry Wu, Jun Chen, Fan-Bo Meng
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Patent number: 11047925Abstract: The second ring (third terminal) of a tip-ring-ring-sleeve (TRRS) plug is divided into two arcuate segments that face each other, with one segment being connected to a ground line and the other segment to a detect signal line. An extension port device can be connected to both segments to short the segments together to produce a detection signal indicating engagement of the plug with a jack in, e.g., a game controller such as a wireless DualShock® (DS-4) controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.Inventor: Glenn Black
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Patent number: 11043343Abstract: An assembly and a method for damping contact bounce in high-voltage circuit breakers include a vacuum interrupter and a holder for the vacuum interrupter. The vacuum interrupter includes a housing, at least one movable contact piece and at least one fixed contact piece. At least one mass body is mechanically connected to the at least one fixed contact piece in order to effect damping of the contact bounce between the at least one fixed contact piece and the at least one movable contact piece during a switch-on operation of the high-voltage circuit breaker.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2018Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Volker Lehmann, Friedrich Loebner
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Patent number: 11031709Abstract: A housing of an electrically insulating material, signal terminals and non-signal terminals used as at least one of ground terminals and power supply terminals which are made of a metallic material and retained within the housing, and reinforcing fittings attached to the housing, wherein the non-signal terminals are located outside the array range of the signal terminals, the reinforcing fittings are located adjacent to the non-signal terminals, the non-signal terminals have connecting legs for connection to a circuit board, the reinforcing fittings have attachment legs for attachment to the circuit board P, and the connecting legs of the non-signal terminals and the attachment legs of the reinforcing fittings are located adjacent to each other in the array direction of the signal terminals within a single through-hole provided in a common land formed on the circuit board and can be solder-connected to said land.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Takao Horii
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Patent number: 11025012Abstract: An electrical connector with an insulative housing and a plurality of contacts retained thereto. The housing includes a base and a tongue extending forwardly from the base. Each first contact includes, along the front-to-back direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, a front first contacting section, exposed above a mating face of the tongue, a rear first soldering section extending out of the housing, and a first connecting section located therebetween wherein in the pair of first different contacts, the first connecting sections are transversely offset from the corresponding first contacting sections and toward each other so as to have therebetween a distance, in the transverse direction, smaller than that between the corresponding first contacting sections.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 1, 2021Assignees: FU DING PRECISION INDUSTRIAL (ZHENGZHOU) CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Xiang-Dong Wang, En-Jin Chang, Dao-Zhen Bian, Wei-Liang Zhang, Jian-Long Hu
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Patent number: 11011869Abstract: The outer peripheral surface of a connector, to which a connector seal structure is applied, is provided with an engaging section that engages with a seal member. A rib of the engaging section locks the seal member in the inserting direction of the connector. The seal member is provided with a cutout section formed by cutting out a part of the rib, or a protruding section that engages with the rib.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Sugio, Yuichi Takeda, Koji Inose
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Patent number: 11004625Abstract: An improved high speed breaker for industrial or railways applications wherein a high D.C. current must be interrupted with high efficiency and extremely fast intervention times.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Inventors: Claudio Mondellini, Marco Corna, Lorenzo Stendardi