Patents Examined by Vanessa Girardi
  • Patent number: 11837837
    Abstract: A terminal block includes: a busbar including a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion, the first terminal portion having a through hole; a housing that holds the busbar and has a storage chamber; a nut stored in the storage chamber; and a holder including a support unit that supports the nut, the holder configured to be attached to the housing, in which the storage chamber has wall surfaces facing individual side surfaces of the nut, the storage chamber configured to restrict rotation of the nut by using the wall surfaces of the storage chamber, and the support unit is positioned on a side opposite to a side of the first terminal portion with respect to the nut, the support unit configured to support the nut by setting a threaded hole of the nut to face the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayato Iizuka, Yasuhiro Otsuta, Yuki Hiruta
  • Patent number: 11823853
    Abstract: The invention relates to a membrane pressure switch (1) comprising a housing (2), in which a deformable membrane (3) is arranged, against which a mushroom shaped thrust element (4) abuts, which is movable by the deformation of the membrane (3); and a microswitch (5), which is arranged in the housing (2) opposite the mushroom shaped thrust element (4) by means of a fixing disk (6), wherein the fixing disk (6) is provided with an external thread (7), which is screwed into an internal thread (8) of the housing (2) in the mounted state of the fixing disk (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Inelta Sensorsysteme Gmbh & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jochen Heimann, Michael Fiala
  • Patent number: 11824290
    Abstract: A connector comprises a housing having at least a pair of legs extending from a bottom thereof, and at least one conductive terminal arranged in the housing. Each of the legs includes a body connected to the bottom of the housing and extending downward in a height direction of the housing. A conical guide is connected to a lower end of the body of each leg for guiding the leg into a hole formed in a circuit board. A positioning end is connected to a lower end of the conical guide of each leg and includes a positioning surface extending in the height direction for contacting an inner wall of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qin (Candy) Xu, Hongbo (Daniel) Zhang
  • Patent number: 11810734
    Abstract: A momentary electrical push switch that can be configured for 2 or more activation positions. The switch has a top surface, or “key” top, which is pressed down upon in different areas to actuate the switch's different activation positions. The key top can be of various shapes, such as quadrangles, circle, hexagon, etc., or irregular shapes, to suit a particular application. The key top can be divided into multiple segments, or activation zones, each corresponding to a different activation position of the switch. The key allows free-form movement when pressing down upon it, without requiring the user to use specific or narrowly-defined motions to actuate the various activation positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Steven B Hirsch
  • Patent number: 11810738
    Abstract: An input device includes an manipulating part, a movable member fixed to the manipulating part and having a rotating shaft, a fixing member configured to rotatably support the rotating shaft so that the movable member is rotatable, a flex sensor disposed on the manipulating part and configured to detect flexing of the manipulating part, a switch disposed on the movable member or the fixing member, pressed by a rotating operation of the movable member, and configured to switch between an on state and an off state when a flexing amount of the manipulating part reaches a predetermined amount, and a signal processor configured to output a control signal, based on a first output signal of the flex sensor, and a second output signal of the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuhiro Tomiyama, Takeaki Maehata, Yoshihiro Hashimoto, Yukio Miura, Kazunari Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11811167
    Abstract: A first housing is formed with an escaping groove into which a cam pin is insertable. A lever to be assembled with the first housing is provided with a locking protrusion capable of holding the lever in a rotation restricted state by locking an edge part of the escaping groove. A second housing is provided with a first pressing portion for deforming the lever in a direction separating from the first housing by coming into contact with the lever, and a second pressing portion for releasing the rotation restricted state of the lever by coming into contact with the locking protrusion. The first pressing portion first comes into contact with the lever, and the second pressing portion is set to come into contact with the locking protrusion with the lever deformed in the direction separating from the first housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Masanori Hirota
  • Patent number: 11805614
    Abstract: An electrical arrangement (1), comprising a housing (2) having a housing opening (20), an electrical component (3) within the housing (20), a power supply connection (4), a contact protection cover (5), and a circuit breaker (6) which can be inserted into the housing (2), wherein, in the inserted state, the circuit breaker (6) connects the electrical component (3) to the power supply connection (4) and, in the withdrawn state, the circuit breaker (6) disconnects the connection, wherein the contact protection cover (5) can be fastened to the housing (2) in a locking position in which the contact protection cover (5) covers the housing opening (20), and wherein, in the inserted state, the circuit breaker (6) locks the contact protection cover (5) in the locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Yu Yan, Wei Zhu, Changhai Zhang, Rui Zhao
  • Patent number: 11798752
    Abstract: A selector can be used in an on-load tap changer. The selector includes: a tap selector comprising at least one selector arm; and a change-over selector. The change-over selector is configured to be actuated via at least one of the selector arms of the tap selector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Schuster, Georg Kellendorfer, Andreas Raith
  • Patent number: 11784422
    Abstract: A junction box including a box body and a conductive bar. A guide plate extends from a lead insertion opening, with a laterally extended connection portion at its extended end to connect the box body. First and second support plates and edges of the guiding plate form passages accessible to a lead insert space defined by the guiding plate, the connecting portion, the second support plate and the box body. The conductive bar has a bent conductive arm that moves into the inside of the lead insert space by an elastic force, therefore locked in said space, after it passes the passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Inventor: Hung Sheng Hsu
  • Patent number: 11777239
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for pinless interconnect for twinaxial cables to an IC. This includes a socket coupled to an integrated circuit (IC), a port structure coupled to the socket, and a ground connector inserted into the port structure. It further includes a twinaxial cable including a pair of conductors inserted through the ground connector to establish an electrical connection between the twinaxial cable and the IC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Mike Sapozhnikov, Sayed Ashraf Mamun, Tomer Osi, Amendra Koul, David Nozadze, Upendranadh R. Kareti, Joel R. Goergen
  • Patent number: 11769959
    Abstract: A terminal of the present disclosure is to be connected to a mating terminal and includes a tube portion and a wire connecting portion provided on a rear end part of the tube portion. A resilient contact piece is provided inside the tube portion. The resilient contact piece presses the mating terminal inserted from front of the tube portion toward an inner wall of the tube portion. An upper inspection opening and a lower inspection opening are formed in side walls of the tube portion. The upper inspection opening is formed on an upper side. The lower inspection opening is formed on a lower side (other side). The resilient contact piece is partially exposed from the upper and lower inspection openings with an optical path of light entering from either one of the upper or lower inspection opening and coming out from the other secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nungna Wi, Masaaki Tabata
  • Patent number: 11764498
    Abstract: A plug-in terminal block includes at least one conductive assembly including a conductive component connected with a housing assembly and a clamping component arranged on the conductive component. The conductive component includes a first support portion, a first clamping portion, a first connecting portion connected with the first clamping portion, and welding feet. The first connecting portion and the welding feet separately extend along different directions from the first support portion. The clamping component includes a second support portion and a second clamping portion. The second support portion is arranged on the first support portion. The second clamping portion is arranged above the second support portion. The first support portion, the first connecting portion, and the second clamping portion form a triangular structure. One end of the second clamping portion away from the second support portion is a free end that is movable up and down.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN GHGM INDUSTRIAL TRADE CO., LTD
    Inventor: Bingshui Chen
  • Patent number: 11765843
    Abstract: A housing assembly for an electronic circuit including an electronic control unit (ECU) is a low-profile, generally rectangular device that includes a container, a cover that closes an open end of the container, and a printed circuit board disposed in the housing. The container includes an input electrical connector and an output electrical connector formed at opposed ends of the housing. The output electrical connectors includes electrically conductive pins having an irregular shape and that are partially embedded in the container in such a way that each pin has zero degrees of freedom of movement relative to the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: Robert Bosch LLC, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Luis Angel Ramirez Ortiz, Evelin Gaytan Almeyda, Roger John Narlock, Sr., George Marutz, Kevin Orava
  • Patent number: 11757222
    Abstract: To provide for high-performance communicational throughput between electronic systems, a high-performance connector pair is disclosed. The connector pair includes a pin receptacle and card edge (PRCE) connector that may be seated or connected to a pin and card edge receptacle (PCER) connector. The PRCE connector includes an edge connector, with a plurality of edge connector pads and a pin receptacle connector with a mount region connected to the printed circuit board and a receptacle portion with a plurality of conductive pin receptacles. The PRCE connector further includes a clearance between the edge connector and the receptacle portion. The PCER connector includes a pin and card edge receptacle connector with an edge socket that receives the edge connector and includes a plurality of socket pads. The PCER connector includes further includes a pin socket that receives the receptacle portion with a plurality of pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Phillip V. Mann, Tyler Jandt, Sandra J. Shirk/Heath, Tyler Smith
  • Patent number: 11757214
    Abstract: A terminal block with a handle structure includes an insulation base having an accommodation space, an insertion port, and a side opening. The insulation base has a limit column and a pivot part formed in the accommodation space. A conductive terminal includes a conductive body and plural lead pins, and the conductive body is positioned in the accommodation space, and the lead pin passes out from the insulation base. An elastic plate includes an abutting arm with a curved surface, a bend section sheathing the limit column, and the abutting arm is suspended on a side of the insertion port, and a pivot of the handle structure is combined with the pivot part to make a handle protrude from the insulation base, and a pressing cam abuts against the curved surface of the abutting arm, so that the handle structure may avoid damages and provide a labor-saving effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignees: DINKLE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD., DINKLE ELECTRIC MACHINERY (CHINA) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shang-Tsai Wu
  • Patent number: 11757216
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a clip pin of a secondary printed circuit board removably coupled to a primary printed circuit board and a backplate in an information handling system includes: an open end configured to receive a guide pin of the backplate within a clip pin hole of the primary printed circuit board, the guide pin configured to removably couple to the clip pin via the open end; a bulbous portion disposed proximate to the open end, the guide pin causing the bulbous portion to apply an outward force on an inner wall of the clip pin hole; and a plurality of signal pins disposed within the bulbous portion, the outward force causing the plurality of signal pins to communicably couple to the inner wall to transmit a signal from the secondary printed circuit board to the primary printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Fong-An Kan, Ming Chu Kuo, Yi-Chu Hsieh, Chun-Min He
  • Patent number: 11735861
    Abstract: A socket structure includes a casing, a switch, a linkage, a first hook, a gear, a rotating arm, and a second hook. The switch is exposed from the casing and disposed movably to the casing along a first direction or a second direction. The linkage is located in the casing and linked to the switch, and has a rack. The first hook is exposed from the casing and linked to the linkage. The gear is located in the casing and engages with the rack. The rotating arm having one end pivotally connected to the gear is located in the casing. The second hook is exposed from the casing and linked to the other end of the rotating arm. When the switch moves along the first direction, the linkage drives the first hook to move, the gear drives the rotating arm, and the second hook moves to an unlocked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Fu Chang, I-Tien Hsieh, Hui-Chen Wang
  • Patent number: 11728591
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing 11 and terminal fittings 12 and a terminal module 13 to be accommodated into the housing 11. The terminal module 13 includes inner conductor terminals 20 and a dielectric 21 for covering outer peripheries of the inner conductor terminals 20 and has larger external dimensions than the terminal fitting 12. A first wire 81 is connected to a rear part of the terminal fitting 12. A second wire 82 is connected to a rear part of the inner conductor terminal 20 in the terminal module 13. The connector 10 also includes a one-piece rubber plug 63. The one-piece rubber plug 60 is formed with first seal holes 62 through which the first wires 81 are passed in a liquid-tight manner, and a second seal hole 63 through which the second wire 82 is passed in a liquid-tight manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11728116
    Abstract: An electrical arrangement for performing radio frequency isolation for microelectromechanical relay switches. A microelectromechanical relay switch comprises a beam configured to switch from a first position connected to an upper voltage source to a second position connected to a lower voltage source. The microelectromechanical relay switch further comprises at least one frequency isolation circuit or resistor disposed adjacent to the beam. The at least one frequency isolation circuit or resistor biases a direct current potential to allow for electrostatic actuation and further provides a path for transient electrical currents during switching.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Qorvo US, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberto Gaddi, Robertus Petrus Van Kampen
  • Patent number: 11710913
    Abstract: [Problem] To allow a plurality of connection terminals to be reliably arranged in a storage case, and the storage case to be placed into a housing. [Means for Resolution] A storage case 1 has a storage portion 2 in which female connection terminals T including connection portions at front ends are arranged in parallel along storage grooves 2d, and a cover 3 that covers the storage portion 2, and tubular temporarily storing portions 2i for inserting tips of connection portions Ta of the female connection terminals T for temporary storage are provided at the fronts of the respective storage grooves 2d.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA PLUS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tsugio Ambo