Patents Examined by Truc T. Nguyen
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Patent number: 10998702Abstract: In various implementations, a raceway may be provided that is capable of providing power and/or data connectivity to items (e.g., devices, articles of furniture, etc.) coupled to the raceway. The raceway may be low profile. The raceway may be disposed on floor and/or under floor. The raceway may include an integrated power housing. The raceway may include segments that are selected, as desired for an application configuration, and that are coupleable to each other or other components of the raceway (e.g., nodes, joints, etc.). The housing of component(s) of the raceway may include a base and wall(s) with at least curved section and at least one straight section.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: Legrand ConnectracInventor: Clinton Strong
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Patent number: 10985755Abstract: The present disclosure provides an intelligent lighting control system include a pre-mount chassis system. The methods include attaching a chassis to an electrical wall box, the chassis comprising at least one hook extending in an upward direction and at least one opening, the at least one hook positioned along a peripheral portion of the at least one opening. The methods include hanging a base module from the at least one hook in the chassis.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: Racepoint Energy, LLCInventor: William Lark, Jr.
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Patent number: 10985495Abstract: A high-voltage underwater electrical connector is provided that includes first and second connectors each having a positive contact and a negative contact. The electrical connector further includes an auxiliary electrode made from a conductive material electrically connected to the first positive contact. A voltage limiting circuit electrically connects the auxiliary electrode to the positive contact. A high resistance water pathway is created between the auxiliary electrode and the negative contacts when the first and second connectors are mated while immersed in water or other corrosive environments.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Harvey Paul Hack, James Richard Windgassen
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Patent number: 10978838Abstract: A termination mechanism for reducing the force required by a user to terminate a plurality of wires by staggering the moment in which each wire of the plurality of wires encounters a respective insulation displacement contact (IDC) when connecting twisted-pair cables to an RJ45 connector includes a wire manager including a first and second groupings of wire manager slots; the first and second groupings of wire manager slots being at different depths relative to the respective IDCs; and wherein selective force applied by the user to the wire manager in the direction of the PCB causes a first stage of termination wherein each IDC of a first plurality of the IDCs is electrically connected with a corresponding wire of the plurality of wires in the first grouping of wire manager slots and continued selective force causes a second stage of termination in the second grouping of wire manager slots.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: Optical Cable CorporationInventors: Derrick F. Stikeleather, Sumio Seo
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Patent number: 10978841Abstract: Provided is a connector converter, comprising a shell a digital signal board, a power source board and a connecting wire, wherein the digital signal board and the power source board are respectively integrated with a digital circuit and a power source circuit, the digital signal board and the power source board are both provided in the shell and electrically connected to each other, an inner end of the connecting wire is electrically connected to the digital signal board, an outer end of the connecting wire extends out of the shell and is provided with an input interface, the digital signal board is provided with a plurality of output interfaces, and the shell is provided with an outer pocket. The digital signal board and the power source board are respectively integrated with the digital circuit and the power source circuit.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2017Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: GUANGDONG GOPOD GROUP HOLDING CO., LTD.Inventor: Zhuowen Liao
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Patent number: 10971833Abstract: A board connector includes fixing members (60) to be mounted into a connector housing (10). Each fixing member (60) includes a plate-like housing mounting portion (61) to be arranged along a surface (12) of the connector housing (10) and a board fixing portion (62) connected to the housing mounting portion (61) and to be fixed to a surface of a circuit board (90) by soldering. The housing mounting portion (61) includes a flat plate (63) near the circuit board (90), a flat plate (64) distant from the circuit board (90) and a bent portion (65) between the respective flat plates (63, 64) and bulging in a plate thickness direction with respect to the flat plates (63, 64). The bent portion (65) is provided over an entire width of the housing mounting portion (61) in a plate width direction between the flat plates (63, 64).Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Inventors: Norihito Hashimoto, Keisuke Kanemura, Motoki Kubota, Liping Kang, Shohei Mitsui, Wataru Yamanaka, Masanobu Kasuga, Ai Hirano
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Patent number: 10950983Abstract: A connector comprises a cage and a light pipe. The cage has a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls between the top wall and the bottom wall. The light pipe is mounted on an outer surface of at least one of the pair of side walls.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity CorporationInventors: WenYu Liu, Hongqiang Han, Chenxi Wang, Jiwang Jin, Nikhil Shankar
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Patent number: 10938158Abstract: A connector housing of a modular electrical plug connector system comprises a plurality of substantially identical passages arranged side by side. Each passage is configured to accommodate and lock an electrical connector module of a first predetermined type. At least one passage comprises an adapter receiving interface configured to receive, in a removable manner, an adapter for supporting and locking an electrical connector module of a second predetermined type, different from the first predetermined type.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Connecteurs Electriques DeutschInventors: Thierry Corriou, Jean-Luc Moreau
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Patent number: 10938154Abstract: A powered and secure device is provided. The device includes a terminal, an adapter, a self-latching mechanism and a secure housing. The terminal is adapted to be inserted into a host terminal device port. The self-latching mechanism adapted to secure or lock the device within the device port when the device is inserted into the device port. The secure housing adapted to be locked, unlocked, assembled, and disassembled. Access to the adapter is available when the secure housing is disassembled. The adapter includes a terminal slot for receiving and removing second devices.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: NCR CorporationInventors: Michael Andrew Kleppinger, Ulrich Kaiser, Philipp Schmidt
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Patent number: 10938171Abstract: A portable power distribution unit for safely distributing high wattage power supplied from mobile generators to lower power test adapter units and systems. Embodiments disclosed include a structurally rigid housing shaped to facilitate secure holding by an operator's foot, a 400 Hz power connector adapted for connection to a mobile power generator, a circuit breaker matched to the rating of the system to be powered and connections for conversion of the six-pin output from the mobile generator to a three or four-pin input for the system to be powered.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Innovative Electrical Design, Inc.Inventors: Preston D. Shultz, Kevin Crowl
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Patent number: 10903593Abstract: An Off The Module (OTM) cable assembly includes a back shell assembly and a guide block, where the guide block is disposed on a top surface of a electronic package. The back shell assembly is disposed inside a cavity of the guide block, where the back shell assembly includes a plurality of cable subassemblies and a back shell holder. Each cable subassembly from the plurality of cable subassemblies includes a compression connector portion and a cable portion, where the cable portion is mechanically coupled and electrically coupled to the compression connector portion. A contact wire and a contact spring of each cable subassembly is compressed against a respective plated contact pad on the top surface of the electronic package, where the compressed contact wire and the compressed contact spring of each cable subassembly is electrical coupled to the electronic package via the respective plated contact pad.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Brian Beaman, Jason R. Eagle
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Patent number: 10897103Abstract: An electrical connector includes first and second housing portions that are secured to one another and respectively provide an aperture and a hole. The aperture is configured to receive a terminal of a wire. The hole is configured to receive the wire. The first housing portion includes a face that is configured to mate with another connector that carries another terminal that is engageable with the terminal. A seal is captured between the first and second housing portions and is configured to engage the other connector.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Inventors: Rangarajan Sundarakrishnamachari, Velmurugan Kandasamy
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Patent number: 10886671Abstract: An electronic power connector. The electronic power connector includes at least one contact configured to electrically connect a power supply to a load, an insulating sleeve, and an electronic assembly. The insulating sleeve includes a sensor slot configured to receive a sensor and is configured to receive the at least one contact. The electronic assembly including a transformer winding configured to receive the at least one contact and sense a current.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: Hubbell IncorporatedInventors: Shadi Alex AbuGhazaleh, Ryan Papageorge, Thomas Scanzillo, Matthew Samojeden
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Patent number: 10886651Abstract: An electrical connector assembly used in an interior of an electronic device which includes an internal printed circuit board, a chip mounted on internal printed circuit board, internal conductive pads disposed close to the chip and electrically connected to the chip, and an interface connector away from the chip and electrically connected to the external electrical connector comprises a first connector electrically connected to the internal conductive pads and a cable connecting with the first connector, the cable being able to electrically connect to the interface connector, wherein the first connector includes first elastic terminals elastically contacting the internal conductive pads.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventor: Kuei-Chung Tsai
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Patent number: 10886645Abstract: A contact element for connection of an electrical plug-in connector of electrical or electronic system components to an electronic printed board assembly is provided herein. The contact element has two mutually spaced arms, each having a circular free end. The arms are connected to one another via a contact portion. At one end, the contact element has an extension piece for the electrical connection to the printed board assembly. The contact element has a cutout over its entire length. The cutout is narrowed in the contact portion by contact projections projecting into the cutout. A clamping region for the force-fitting and electrically conductive clamping of the plug-in connector is formed. The arms are arranged at an angle with respect to the contact portion in such a way that they extend in two different planes.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2017Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: WABCO EUROPE BVBAInventors: Thomas Bolik, Juri Harz, Tobias Kortlang, Tobias Wustrack
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Patent number: 10879649Abstract: An electrical connector is used to electrically connect a first component to a second component. The electrical connector includes multiple terminals. Each terminal has a connecting portion, a first conduction portion and a second conduction portion. The first conduction portion extends forward from the connecting portion to be electrically connected to the first component, and has a first contact point in contact with the first component. The second conduction portion extends backward from the connecting portion to be electrically connected to the second component, and has a second contact point in contact with the second component. A distance between the first contact point and the second contact point is 7.46±0.4 mm.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: LOTES CO., LTDInventor: Jun Liu
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Patent number: 10873142Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an intermediate adapter connector and an electrical connector assembly, which are adapted to electrically connect a first connector and a second connector. The intermediate adapter connector comprises a plurality of insulating spacers and a plurality of terminal modules, the plurality of terminal module and the plurality of insulating spacer are alternately arranged and stacked in a first direction, so that each terminal module is positioned between two adjacent insulating spacers, and each terminal module comprises a terminal plate and a shield plate which are stacked in a front-rear direction, the terminal plate has a plurality of conductive terminals arranged in a second direction, each conductive terminal has a first contact portion and a second contact portion positioned at two opposite sides in a third direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Hoon-Chan Goh, Chie-Meng Wong
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Patent number: 10868378Abstract: A receptacle connector having a stable contact point structure and a rigid structure, and a connector assembly including the same, is provided. The receptacle connector includes a receptacle housing, a plurality of receptacle terminals which are retained and supported in the receptacle housing in a first direction, and one pair of receptacle metal members which are provided on both ends of the receptacle housing in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2019Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Sang Yong Ko, Jin Hyup Chang, Kwang Sik Kim
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Patent number: 10863776Abstract: Aspects of the instant disclosure relate to electronic cigarettes. More particularly, to electronic cigarettes including a circumferential light guide that distributes light transmitted by a light source, and controller circuitry that variably illuminates the circumferential light guide of the electronic cigarette based on a user's draw strength.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: Fontem Holdings 1 B.V.Inventors: Ramon Alarcon, Adam Hoffman, Christopher Myles, James R. Conrey
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Patent number: 10862253Abstract: A circular power connector that can accommodate plugs of varying diameters includes a plurality of electrical terminals that include a contact beam extending from and monolithic with base, where the contact beam includes a contact portion, and a mounting portion that extends from and monolithic with a base for mounting the terminal to a substrate. The terminals are cylindrically arranged to receive a plug. Alternatively, each electrical terminal includes a frame portion, a first contact beam extending from the frame in a first direction, and a second contact beam extending from the frame in a second direction. Multiple electrical terminals are oriented so that the first and second contact beams for one terminal extend at an angle, preferably perpendicular, to the first and second contact beams of another electrical terminal, in a still further embodiment, an electrical terminal having two halves is provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 8, 2020Assignee: FCI USA LLCInventors: Charles Copper, Thomas Brungard