Patents Examined by Tulsidas Patel
  • Patent number: 8864529
    Abstract: A USB plug connector structure can use the same set of terminals to apply on different USB connector patterns, such as plate edge connector or wire edge connector, through the design of various soldering portions and base portions being positioned on the same plane. Furthermore, the common mode signals generated from first and second differential signal transmission conductor sets can be restrained by means of first and second grounding base portions of a grounding transmission conductor surrounding first and second differential signal transmission conduct sets. In addition, crosstalk interference generated from the first and second differential signal transmission conductor sets to a signal transmission conductor set can be similarly isolated through the first and second grounding base portions. Furthermore, a bended angle of each bended portion ranges from 120 to 150 degrees, thereby guide scattered radio frequency interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Kuang Ying Computer Equipment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsuan-Ho Chung, Yu-Hung Lin, Chih-Ming Hsu
  • Patent number: 8864506
    Abstract: A cable connector includes an insulative housing including two sidewalls and a mating slot defined between the two sidewalls, and a plurality of terminals received in the insulative housing. The terminals include contacting portions exposed to the mating slot and connecting portions behind a rear end of the insulating housing. The two sidewalls are loaded with a first row and a second row of the plurality of terminals respectively. The first row includes signal terminals and grounding terminals. A grounding plate is inserted in the insulating housing and between two rows of terminals. The grounding plate defines resilient arms and connecting legs, the resilient arms slant to the first row and touch with the grounding terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Terrance F. Little, An-Jen Yang, Stephen Sedio, Richard Lee Malehorn, II, Chien-Ping Kao, Kuo-Chun Hsu, Wei-Hung Hsu, Qing-Man Zhu, Jian-Jun Zhu, Li-Shing Hou
  • Patent number: 8777668
    Abstract: A wiring member is provided that can suppress an influence due to deviation of a position of connection as much as possible so as to maintain a good wiring state. The wiring member 11 is formed of a flexible printed circuit board to be connected to terminals of a plurality of batteries. The wiring member 11 includes a straight section 21 which is disposed along arrangement of aligned terminals, and a plurality of branch sections 22 which extend toward positions of connection to the respective terminals from the straight section 21 so as to be connected thereto. The branch sections 22 have deflection portions 32 which can be deformed in response to displacement of the straight section 21 in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tomohiro Ikeda, Katsunori Sato, Hiroyuki Kato
  • Patent number: 8591250
    Abstract: In an electrical plug and socket connector assembly, each conducting terminal of each of the electrical plug connector and electrical socket connector defines two side panels spaced by a gap, two contact end portions respectively forwardly extended from the two side panels, bonding pegs downwardly extended from the bottom edges of the side panels, and radiation fins respectively extended from the topmost edges of the side panels and suspending above the gap. Subject to the design of the gap and radiation fins, waste heat created during operation of the electrical plug and socket connectors can be quick dissipated into the atmosphere, lowering the temperature and smoothing conduction of power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Aces Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hsien-Ning Chin, Kun-Shen Wu
  • Patent number: 8062080
    Abstract: A wedge connector assembly includes a spring member having a generally C-shaped body with an inner surface, and a wedge member having opposed first and second sides. The wedge member is mated with the spring member such that the wedge member is configured to securely retain a first conductor between the first side and the spring member and a second conductor between the second side and the spring member. The wedge member has at least two final mating positions based on the orientation of the wedge member with respect to the spring member. Optionally, the wedge member may have two orientations, namely a first orientation and a second orientation, wherein the first and second sides are flipped with respect to one another in the first and second orientations. A top of the wedge member may engage the inner surface in the first orientation and a bottom of the wedge member may engage the inner surface in the second orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Charles Dudley Copper, Steven Mitchell
  • Patent number: 8057245
    Abstract: A lever-type connector capable of preventing a worker from damaging a lever when removing the lever from a housing is provided. The lever-type connector includes a housing containing a contact, a wire cover and a lever. The wire cover includes a main body, stopper and a first tapered section formed between the main body and the stopper. The wire cover is attached to a rear side of the housing. The lever includes a pair of side plates and a connecting part that connects the pair of side plates to each other. The lever rotatably attaches to the housing by bridging over the rear side of the wire cover with the wire cover inserted between the pair of side plates in a thickness direction. The main body has a smaller thickness than a distance between the pair of side plates and the stopper has a greater thickness than the distance between the pair of side plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Kazushige Sakamaki, Ryuichi Komiyama
  • Patent number: 8052465
    Abstract: A coaxial cable connector includes a pin having a first end, a second end, and a plurality of circumferentially spaced support arms terminating at the second end. The support arms have inward facing surfaces defining an internal cavity. A guide is axially received in the internal cavity. The guide has tabs at a first end of the guide and a radially extending flange at a second end of the guide. The radially extending flange has an electrically conductive contact surface that contacts the inward facing surface of each of the support arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn M. Chawgo
  • Patent number: 8052446
    Abstract: An electrical connector with improved terminals, includes a dielectric housing having a connecting end, a mating end opposite to the connecting end, a plurality of slots arranged therein, a plurality of stop grooves formed adjacent to the connecting end and respectively adjoining and communicating with the corresponding slots, a plurality of terminals mounted in the corresponding slots, each of the terminals including a body, a first contact arm and a second contact arm, the first and the second contact arms cooperatively defining a clamping area therebetween, a retention arm formed on a substantially middle of the body and bending outwards of the body, wherein the retention arm is held against the stop groove so as to prevent the terminals from being loosened out of the slots by an excessive insertion force from a mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Taiwan Suncagey Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yen-Lin Chen, Yen-Hsun Chen
  • Patent number: 8052447
    Abstract: Electric connection device for connecting a conductor having at least one contact bush of a conductive material with a clearing for a contact spring and a contact spring disposed thereat which clamps a conductor plugged into the contact bush from a plug-in side against the inner wall of the contact bush wherein the contact spring is pivotable outwardly through the clearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Jürgen Feye-Hohmann
  • Patent number: 8052458
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing having a base and contact towers extending forward from the base. The base has an outer perimeter defined between a front and a rear of the base, and the base has a latch extending forward from the base generally parallel to and spaced apart from the towers such that a gap is defined between a bottom of the latch and a top of the towers. Flanges extend upward from the top of the towers and at least partially block the gap. Contacts are held by the housing, where the contacts extend into the contact towers for mating with mating contacts of a mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jared Evan Rossman, Steven Lee Flickinger, John Eugene Westman, Karen Paul Seubert
  • Patent number: 8038472
    Abstract: A coaxial cable connector for terminating a prepared coaxial cable end includes a connector body having a center passageway. A compression sleeve attached to one end of the connector body is axially movable wherein movement of the sleeve causes the center conductor of an engaged coaxial cable end to be engaged by a plurality of spring contacts that are radially disposed in relation to a conductive member into which the center conductor is advanced. The center conductor is seized when advanced a predetermined distance into the conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Noah Montena, David Jackson, Daniel Robb
  • Patent number: 8038482
    Abstract: A plug including first, second, third, and fourth pairs of contacts connected to first, second, third, and fourth wire pairs, respectively. The first pair of contacts is positioned between first and second contacts of the third pair of contacts, the second pair of contacts is positioned alongside the first contact, and the fourth pair of contacts is positioned alongside the second contact. A first and second capacitive coupling member each including a sleeve and contact member are spaced from the plug contacts. The second wire pair extends through the sleeve of the first coupling member and the contact member of the first coupling member is electrically connected to the wire connected to the second contact. The fourth wire pair extends through the sleeve of the second coupling member and the contact member of the first coupling member is electrically connected to the wire connected to the first contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Erickson, Jeffrey Alan Poulsen
  • Patent number: 8038454
    Abstract: An electrical ganged-outlet apparatus includes a unitary outlet body including a plurality of electrical outlets and a back surface. Each of the electrical outlets has at least a first and a second receptacle contact element, and a line terminal. The line terminal is electrically connected to the first receptacle contact element and extends from the back surface. The outlet body has at least one neutral bus bar disposed against the back surface, and the neutral bus bar is electrically connected to the second receptacle contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: American Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventors: Yuchun Jiang, Michael Jansma
  • Patent number: 8033844
    Abstract: A connector comprises housing, a lever and a lock portion. The lever, attached to the housing, is configured to be rotatable between a first position, where the connector is initially fit to another is established, and a second position, where the fitting is completed. The lock portion is capable of locking the lever at the second position, is slidably attached to a body portion of the lever, and is configured to be slid between a lock position (where the lever is locked) and a lock release position (re-leased). The lever is provided with a positioning latch-portion, which is configured to latch the lock portion at the lock position and the lock release position and is pro-vided with a concaved latch-portion and a convexed latch-portion that is configured to be elastically displaced to be engaged in or disengaged from the concaved latch-portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Kohtaro Kobayashi, Naoya Matsuura
  • Patent number: 8033869
    Abstract: An electrical adaptor includes a first connector body loaded with first terminals and a second connector body loaded with second terminals. The two connector bodies assembly attaches with each other and each defines a mating port opposite to each other. At least partial of the first terminals each includes a contacting strip in the mating port of the first connector body and a touching portion. Each second terminal includes a contacting portion in the mating port of the second connector body and a touching portion. Each touching portion of the first terminals contacts with touching portions of two or more said second terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu Zhu, Sheng-Ho Yang
  • Patent number: 8033834
    Abstract: An electrical connector terminal (1) includes a base portion (12) having a lower end (122) for connecting to a circuit board and an upper end, a twist portion (14) extending upwardly from the upper end of the base portion, and a contact portion (16) extending upwardly from the twist portion. The contact portion defines an upwardly facing contacting face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Igor Polnyi, Chi-Nan Liao
  • Patent number: 8029314
    Abstract: A connector is adapted to mount a FPC board. The connector includes a base and a cover. The base includes an opening and a first connecting portion located at two sides of the opening. The cover is pivotally connected to the base, and includes a second connecting portion, wherein when the cover is turned and then the second connecting portion is engaged with the first connecting portion, there is an accommodating space formed between the cover and the opening of the base for accommodating the FPC board, and the first and second connecting portions are adjacent to the position portion, whereby the position portion cannot escape from the accommodating space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corp.
    Inventor: Ying Che Huang
  • Patent number: 8029291
    Abstract: A coil spring, a pogo pin having the coil spring, and manufacturing methods thereof are provided. The method for manufacturing a coil spring includes i) preparing a metal strip 200 with a periodically repeated U- or S-shape pattern, and ii) bending the metal strip 200 at one or more inward bending points 210 and at one or more outward bending point 220, which are formed on the metal strip 200, in opposite directions, the inward bending point and the outward bending point being spaced apart from each other. The coil spring and the pogo pin may be manufactured to be small in size and low in manufacturing costs as compared with conventional ones. Further, the coil spring and the pogo pin may provide a sufficient maximum range of motion and spring force of a probe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Inventor: Sang Yang Park
  • Patent number: 8029302
    Abstract: An ornamental strap with charging and data transmitting function is disclosed, The ornamental strap comprises: a data cable; a base; a data connector rotatably connected to the base; and a USB connector; wherein a positioning groove is provided between the data connector and the base; the data cable has one end connected to the data connector, and the other end bent and turned back to connect with the USB connector after passing through the positioning groove. Therefore, the data cable forms a loop at one end of the base such that it can be carried about and will not be lost easily, and further it can be used as an ornament.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Inventor: Xingyi Duan
  • Patent number: 8029306
    Abstract: A plug module disposed at the end of a cable is used for assembling in a socket, and the socket has a connecting portion and a position limiting structure on the connecting portion. The plug module includes a body, a positioning element, and a sliding element. The body is connected with the connecting portion in a connecting direction. The positioning element disposed on the body is interfered the position limiting structure. The sliding element is slidingly disposed at a side of the body adjacent to the cable, and it is suited for driving the positioning element to release the interference between the positioning element and the position limiting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Pai-Ching Huang