Patents Examined by Xuong M. Chung
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Patent number: 10461465Abstract: Various disclosed embodiments generally relate to connector modules, and more particularly to magnetic connector modules. The connector module includes a board having a concave section formed at a first side, and the concave section has a base surface having formed thereon a plurality of first electrodes. A plurality of second electrodes are formed at a second side of the board opposite the first side and on a rear surface facing away from the base surface. A plurality of holes are formed through the concave section and have conductors formed therethrough to electrically connect the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The connector module additionally includes a magnet inserted into the concave section and an insulating layer interposed between the magnet and the first electrodes.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: SPS Inc.Inventors: Hyun-Jun Kim, Dae-Young Youn, Sang-Min Kim, Jung Gyo Kim, Seung-Ju Jeong
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Patent number: 10454188Abstract: A metallic contact for insertion into a modular telecommunications plug includes a generally planar body defining a top end, a bottom end, a front end, a rear end, and a length extending from the front end to the rear end. The bottom end is at least partially defined by a blade for piercing an insulation of a wire positioned within the plug. At least a portion of the top end is configured to electrically contact a conductor of a jack that receives the plug. The top end is defined at least in part by a first engagement surface that is separated from a second engagement surface by a notch. An uppermost portion of the first engagement surface defines a first push surface that is generally at the same height as a second push surface defined by an uppermost portion of the second engagement surface. The notch is defined by a front vertical wall spaced from a rear vertical wall, wherein the front vertical wall is positioned at a distance of at least half the length of the contact from the front end of the contact.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignees: CommScope Technologies LLC, CommScope Connectivity Spain, S.L.Inventors: Joseph Edward Geniac, William Joseph Peteritas, Mark William Neff, Longinos de Dios
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Patent number: 10450049Abstract: A modular electrical signal supply assembly includes at least one power/data strip (PDS) configured to provide an electrical signal to an electrical device and at least one mounting clip configured to couple each PDS to a sub-floor surface structure. A vehicle includes an interior cabin with an electrical signal distribution system that includes a plurality of modular electrical signal supply assemblies and a plurality of electrical devices. Each modular electrical signal supply assembly includes a PDS and a mounting clip. Each PDS is configured to provide an electrical signal to an electrical device and is electrically coupled to at least one other PDS. A method of assembling an interior cabin includes providing at least two modular electrical signal supply assemblies, each of which a PDS and a mounting clip, and electrically coupling each PDS to at least one other PDS.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2017Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Andrew J. Spence, Yakentim M. Ibrahim
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Patent number: 10454223Abstract: The present application describes a connector assembly, a circuit board assembly, a cable assembly and to a method of manufacturing a connector assembly. A connector assembly comprises a shroud; and a plurality of co-axial radio frequency connectors at least partially received in the shroud such that the shroud extends around each radio frequency connector and between adjacent radio frequency connectors. The shroud comprises at least one piece of radiowave absorption material arranged to absorb radio frequency energy leaking or dispersing from the radio frequency connectors in use. Another connector assembly comprises a body, a plurality of radio frequency connectors at least partially received in the body, and a conductive foil integrally formed with the body and partially extending beyond the body.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: October 22, 2019Assignee: ETL SYSTEMS LIMITEDInventors: Esen Bayar, Daniel Mapp
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Patent number: 10446955Abstract: A shielded connector for interconnecting printed circuit boards that has a contact assembly that includes a plurality of contacts electrically connectable to the printed circuit boards, first and second guide members that separable from the contact assembly and associated with one of the printed circuit boards, and shielding that establishes electrical continuity through the connector. The contact assembly and the first and second guide members are configured to provide axial and radial float to compensate for axial and radial misalignment between the printed circuit boards.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: Amphenol CorporationInventors: Michael A. Hoyack, Joachim I. Grek, Owen R. Barthelmes
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Patent number: 10446960Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a metallic cage defining a receiving space therein, a receptacle connector unit received in the receiving space and including a pair of mating ports, and a number of terminal wafers stacked with one another with corresponding contacting sections exposed upon the mating ports and tail sections to be mounted on a printed circuit board on which the receptacle connector unit is mounted, and a middle heat transfer unit located between the two mating ports in a vertical direction and including a heat base linked with a pair of heat pipes on two sides, the pair of heat pipes extending through a rear of the cage and connected to a rear heat sink unit located behind the rear of the cage. Each of the pair of heat pipes is directly contacted with at least two different surfaces of the heat base.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Robert Guy Ritter, Terrance F. Little, Joe-Fu Chen
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Patent number: 10436395Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flexible illuminating flat cable structure including a connector, a circuit board, a plurality of external signal lines, a first illuminating unit, a shell, signal lines, a fiber cable, and a transparent coat. The connector connects to an electronic device. The circuit board includes contact welds, signal line welds, a first illuminating unit weld, controller welds, and an external signal line welds. The external signal lines conduct a power signal or a control signal. The controller generates a power control signal according to the power signal or the control signal sent from the external signal lines. The first illuminating unit generates lights according the power control signal. The shell includes an illuminating mark corresponding to the first illuminating unit. The signal lines transmit data signals. The fiber cable transmits lights.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: SUN WELL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hsu-Shen Chin
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Patent number: 10439306Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vertical connection type contact terminal of a wire to board connector, which enables a wire to be connected in a vertical direction, and the present disclosure has a terminal formed in a horseshoe shape (‘?’) by bending both ends of a back plate of a sheet shape toward a front surface and having one side opened, includes: one pair of support plates which bend from both ends of the back plate and define a wire insertion space therebetween, and have mounting portions formed on lower ends thereof to be mounted on a substrate; and one pair of connection plates which bend from upper ends of the one pair of support plates toward the wire insertion space inside, and connect and lock a wire, and is mounted on the substrate in an upright position to allow the wire to be connected in a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Jang Bum Jin, Ji-Su Shin, Sa-cheol Hong
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Patent number: 10439333Abstract: An electrical connector which includes a housing having a first side wall, a second side wall and end walls. A mating connector receiving cavity is provided between the first side wall and the second side wall. Terminals are positioned in the mating connector receiving cavity. A shield receiving area is provided on the first side wall and has shield receiving slots which extend through the first side and open into the mating connector receiving cavity. An outer shield member is positioned in the shield receiving area. The outer shield has end sections which extend essentially perpendicular to a planar section. The end sections extend into the mating connector receiving cavity through the shield receiving slots. Inner shield members are positioned in the mating connector receiving cavity. The inner shield members extend between the terminals to facilitate signal integrity.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: TE ConnectivityInventors: Guadalupe Chalas, Douglas John Hardy, John Wesley Hall, Galen M. Martin, Neil Franklin Schroll
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Patent number: 10431920Abstract: An electronic device socket includes a barrel having a lumen extending therethrough. The barrel includes a proximal barrel portion having a first outer diameter; a tapering region extending distally from the proximal barrel portion, the tapering region extending both distally and radially inward towards a central axis of the barrel; a plurality of fingers extending distally from the tapering region, the plurality of fingers are all parallel to one another and the central axis; and a dimple contact area extending from each of the plurality of fingers extending radially inward and distally. The barrel is configured to make full contact with an electronic pin only at the dimple contact area.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Inventor: John O. Tate
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Patent number: 10424424Abstract: Coaxial radio frequency (“RF”) connectors for high-power handling are disclosed. Specifically, a high-power male coaxial connector (“HPMC”) is disclosed. The HPMC includes a center conductor, an outer conductor disposed around the center conductor, an insulating layer positioned between the center conductor and the outer conductor, and a first elastomer. The outer conductor has an outer conductor front-end (“OCFE”) and the insulating layer has an insulating layer front-end (“ILFE”). The first elastomer is positioned between the center conductor and the insulating layer. The insulating layer may include an insulating layer cavity (“ILC”) extending inward into the insulating layer from the ILFE and the first elastomer may be within the ILC.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: James T. Farrell, Thomas E. Musselman, Martin W. Bieti, Paul J. Tatomir
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Patent number: 10424887Abstract: A busbar and connector assembly is provided. The busbar and connector assembly includes a printed circuit board having an attached connector arranged to couple to a first busbar and a second busbar coupled to the connector. The busbar and connector assembly includes the connector arranged to distribute a first portion of current from the first busbar to the printed circuit board and distribute a second portion of the current from the first busbar to the second busbar.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2017Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.Inventors: Jeffrey Hirschman, Matthew Gawlowski, Youngbae Park, Duong Lu, Alex Rose, Robert Wilcox, Richard Hibbs
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Patent number: 10411389Abstract: An electrical connector includes: a first insulator and a row of first contacts retained to the first insulator, each first contact having a rear tail; a second insulator and a row of second contacts retained to the second insulator, each second contact having a rear tail, the rear tails of the second contacts being arranged in front of the rear tails of the first contacts; a shielding plate assembled between the first insulator and the second insulator; a third insulator molded to an assembly of the first insulator, the second insulator, and the shielding plate; and a retainer extending through the first insulator, the second insulator, and the shielding plate, wherein the retainer is disposed between the third insulator and the rear tails of the first contacts.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventor: Jun Zhao
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Patent number: 10403565Abstract: A lead frame module of an electrical connector includes a ground lead frame, signal conductors, a dielectric holder, and a ground plate. The ground lead frame includes multiple ground conductors and a tie bar that extends between and connects the ground conductors. The signal conductors are interleaved with the ground conductors. The signal conductors have jogged segments that extend across the tie bar around an outer side of the tie bar without engaging the tie bar. The dielectric holder at least partially surrounds the signal conductors and the ground lead frame to secure the signal conductors relative to the ground lead frame. The ground plate is disposed along an interior side of the dielectric holder and engages an inner side of the tie bar, which is opposite the outer side, to electrically connect the ground plate to the ground lead frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATIONInventors: Randall Robert Henry, Michael John Phillips, Michael Joseph Tryson
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Patent number: 10405448Abstract: A connector for surface mounting with a solder reflow process with closely-spaced solder masses on mounting ends of reference contacts. The solder masses on the reference contacts may fuse for enhanced shielding. The mounting ends of signal and reference contacts may be positioned in rows, configured such that the solder masses of the reference contacts may shield solder masses attached to signal contacts in adjacent rows. The mounting ends of the signal contacts may be disposed in pockets in a surface of the connector housing. In some embodiments, solder balls may be fused to an edge of the signal contact, with the length of the edge extending beyond locations at which the solder ball is fused to. The edge may extend through a wall of the pocket, so as to set a desired impedance in the mounting region of the connector.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: FCI USA LLCInventors: Madhumitha Rengarajan, Lewis Robin Johnson
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Patent number: 10404020Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-channel connector for cables for the transportation of both power lines and data signals, the connector comprising a plurality of phase contacts or hot/live contacts, a corresponding plurality of neutral contacts, and at least a corresponding plurality of earth contacts. The contacts are configured in such a way as to transmit electric current to power electrical devices. Furthermore, at least one of the earth contacts is a coaxial contact configured in such a way as to transmit data signals.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: LINK S.R.L.Inventor: Marco Piromalli
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Patent number: 10398024Abstract: The stretchable circuit board (100) includes: a stretchable base (10); a stretchable wiring portion (20) formed on the stretchable base (10); a reinforcement base (30) having in-plane rigidity higher than that of the stretchable base (10); a draw-out wiring portion (40) formed on the reinforcement base (30), and electrically continuous with the stretchable wiring portion (20); and an elastomer layer (50) formed on the reinforcement base (30). The reinforcement base (30) overlaps with a partial area (10a) of the stretchable base (10). An other area (10b) of the stretchable base (10) is exposed from the reinforcement base (30). The stretchable wiring portion (20) extends on the other area (10b) and over the partial area (10a). The elastomer layer (50) and the stretchable base (10) are layered and joined with each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Iwase, Takeo Wakabayashi, Eiji Mizuno
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Patent number: 10396519Abstract: A two-piece male electric terminal includes an attachment piece with an attachment fastener portion that extends along a terminal axis. The two-piece male terminal also includes a contact piece with a lance and a contact fastener portion that extends along the terminal axis. One of the attachment fastener portion and the contact fastener portion includes a box structure. The box structure is positioned around and extends along the terminal axis and defines an interior space. The box structure includes a resilient contact locator that extends from a wall of the box structure into the interior space. The other of the attachment fastener portion and the contact fastener portion is located in the interior space. The contact locator is pre-stressed against the other of the attachment fastener portion and the contact fastener portion. The two-piece male terminal also includes a weld applied between the attachment piece and the contact piece.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2017Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Lear CorporationInventors: Rainer Busies, Dirk Winter, Sami Mezrioui
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Patent number: 10396472Abstract: A method for producing a permanent mechanical and electrical connection between a stranded wire and a connecting element, one end of the stranded wire being welded to the connecting element, the end of the stranded wire being introduced into a crimping recess of the connecting element prior to welding, and the connecting element being additionally crimped with the stranded wire. Crimped welded joints produced using this method are taught.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2015Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Walter Baldauf, Martin Hundseder
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Patent number: 10396497Abstract: A lever assembly for mounting to a removable plug-in module for selectively engaging a lip of a rack for effecting an injection of the plug-in module into the rack, and related kit(s) and method(s). The lever assembly includes a lever handle, an elastic bias element mounted to the lever handle, a pivot arm pivotally mounted to the lever handle, a pawl pivotally mounted to the lever handle, and a pivot axle. The pivot arm and the pawl abut one another so that a rotational force applied to a forward free end of the pivot arm, urging the pivot arm to rotate away from a lower interior surface of the lever handle, is transmitted to the pawl so that a rearward tip of the pawl is urged to rotate upward.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 27, 2019Assignee: Wavetherm CorporationInventors: Rodney Bame, David Mosier, Jr.