Patents by Inventor Adriano Plazio

Adriano Plazio has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11502442
    Abstract: A pin header connector having: a peripheral frame having, at the centre, a series of through openings; and a plurality of modules, each of which engages a corresponding through opening and is provided with a series of electrical pin contacts and with a support plate, which is made of a plastic material and has a series of first through holes engaged by the corresponding electrical pin contacts. The peripheral frame has a plurality of linear sliding guides, each of which is arranged in the area of a through opening, is designed to guide an insertion of the support plate of a module into the through opening allowing the support plate to only make a translation in a mounting direction, and is provided with a limit stop ending the insertion. An interlocking connection system is provided, which is activated when the support plate of each module strikes against the limit stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: MARELLI EUROPE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Adriano Plazio, Razvan-Vasile Deji
  • Patent number: 11417986
    Abstract: An electrical connector group comprising a connector body shaped to allow electrical connection with external components. The connector body delimits an inner volume. A plurality of electrical contacts are housed in the inner volume and connected to the connector body and to at least one internal electrical/electronic circuit or component. At least one closing lid of the connector body covers and hermetically seals the inner volume. At least one vent valve is fluidically connected to the inner volume, so as to allow only the exit of fluids from the inner volume to the outside. The vent valve comprises a valve head, integral with the connector body and coupled with a seat of the closing lid using a shape coupling, in order to perform a fixing and a centering of the closing lid with respect to the connector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: MARELLI EUROPE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Adriano Plazio, Razvan-Vasile Deji, Davide Maggioni
  • Publication number: 20220006231
    Abstract: An electrical connector group comprising a connector body shaped to allow electrical connection with external components. The connector body delimits an inner volume. A plurality of electrical contacts are housed in the inner volume and connected to the connector body and to at least one internal electrical/electronic circuit or component. At least one closing lid of the connector body covers and hermetically seals the inner volume. At least one vent valve is fluidically connected to the inner volume, so as to allow only the exit of fluids from the inner volume to the outside. The vent valve comprises a valve head, integral with the connector body and coupled with a seat of the closing lid using a shape coupling, in order to perform a fixing and a centering of the closing lid with respect to the connector body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: MARELLI EUROPE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Adriano Plazio, Razvan-Vasile Deji, Davide Maggioni
  • Publication number: 20210265762
    Abstract: A pin header connector having: a peripheral frame having, at the centre, a series of through openings; and a plurality of modules, each of which engages a corresponding through opening and is provided with a series of electrical pin contacts and with a support plate, which is made of a plastic material and has a series of first through holes engaged by the corresponding electrical pin contacts. The peripheral frame has a plurality of linear sliding guides, each of which is arranged in the area of a through opening, is designed to guide an insertion of the support plate of a module into the through opening allowing the support plate to only make a translation in a mounting direction, and is provided with a limit stop ending the insertion. An interlocking connection system is provided, which is activated when the support plate of each module strikes against the limit stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: MARELLI EUROPE S.p.A.
    Inventors: Adriano Plazio, Razvan-Vasile Deji
  • Patent number: 9490576
    Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed having a first connector member, a second connector member, and a connector position assurance element. The first connector member has a stop surface with flanking projections. The second connector member is complimentary to the first connector member and has a stop element with a second raised portion. The connector position assurance element is slidably mountable on the first connector member and has a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion. The first engagement portion engages the flanking projections when the first connector member is completely mated to the second connector member in a final mating position. The second engagement portion is spaced a distance from the first engagement portion in a longitudinal direction of the connector position assurance element, and is engaged with the second raised portion when the first connector member is mated to the second connector member in the final mating position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP Italia S.R.L.
    Inventors: Adriano Plazio, Fulvio Amerio
  • Publication number: 20150222055
    Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed having a first connector member, a second connector member, and a connector position assurance element. The first connector member has a stop surface with flanking projections. The second connector member is complimentary to the first connector member and has a stop element with a second raised portion. The connector position assurance element is slidably mountable on the first connector member and has a first engagement portion and a second engagement portion. The first engagement portion engages the flanking projections when the first connector member is completely mated to the second connector member in a final mating position. The second engagement portion is spaced a distance from the first engagement portion in a longitudinal direction of the connector position assurance element, and is engaged with the second raised portion when the first connector member is mated to the second connector member in the final mating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP ITALIA S.R.L.
    Inventors: Adriano Plazio, Fulvio Amerio
  • Patent number: 8956192
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical plug-in connector (1) in particular for high-voltage connections, comprising an outer body (2) having a plug opening (5) for receiving a mating plug-in connector (101), a terminal housing (8, 8?, 8?, 13, 13?, 13?, 13??) for fastening an electrical contact (36), and a finger protection member (25) projecting into the plug-in direction (X) towards the plug opening (5). Further, the present invention relates to a finger protection member (25) for an electrical high-voltage plug-in connector (1), with a bar-shaped body having a protection end (56), and to a construction kit for a high-voltage electrical plug-in connector (1), comprising an outer body (2) with a plug opening (5) for receiving a mating plug-in connector (101), and at least one terminal housing (8, 8?, 8?, 13, 13?, 13?, 13??) for fastening an electrical contact (36).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH, Tyco Electronics AMP Italia SRL
    Inventors: Markus Eckel, Adriano Plazio, Fulvio Amerio
  • Patent number: 8840435
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical connector (1) with an inner housing (2), an outer housing (3) and a locking arrangement (L). In order to provide a control mechanism for a correct insertion of the inner housing (2) into the outer housing C(3), the invention provides that the electrical connector (1) has an indicator sleeve (18), whose insertion into the outer housing (3) is blocked by the locking arrangement (L), if the inner housing (2) is incompletely inserted into the outer housing (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics AMP Italia SRL, Tyco Electronics AMB GmbH
    Inventors: Adriano Plazio, Fulvio Amerio, Markus Eckel
  • Publication number: 20130143448
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical plug-in connector (1) in particular for high-voltage connections, comprising an outer body (2) having a plug opening (5) for receiving a mating plug-in connector (101), a terminal housing (8, 8?, 8?, 13, 13?, 13?, 13??) for fastening an electrical contact (36), and a finger protection member (25) projecting into the plug-in direction (X) towards the plug opening (5). Further, the present invention relates to a finger protection member (25) for an electrical high-voltage plug-in connector (1), with a bar-shaped body having a protection end (56), and to a construction kit for a high-voltage electrical plug-in connector (1), comprising an outer body (2) with a plug opening (5) for receiving a mating plug-in connector (101), and at least one terminal housing (8, 8?, 8?, 13, 13?, 13?, 13??) for fastening an electrical contact (36).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics AMP Italia SRL, TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Eckel, Adriano Plazio, Fulvio Amerio
  • Publication number: 20130130535
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical connector (1) with an inner housing (2), an outer housing (3) and a locking arrangement (L). In order to provide a control mechanism for a correct insertion of the inner housing (2) into the outer housing C(3), the invention provides that the electrical connector (1) has an indicator sleeve (18), whose insertion into the outer housing (3) is blocked by the locking arrangement (L), if the inner housing (2) is incompletely inserted into the outer housing (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicants: TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP GMBH, TYCO ELECTRONICS AMP ITALIA SRL
    Inventors: Adriano Plazio, Fulvio Amerio, Markus Eckel
  • Patent number: 7540772
    Abstract: An electrical connector having a housing having a body and a plug tip, a cable raceway having a raceway riser configured to receive a cable, the cable raceway being configured for attachment to the body, wherein the plug tip of the housing is angled with respect to a raceway riser when the cable raceway is attached to the body is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics AMP Italia S.p.A., Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Marco Sardi, Adriano Plazio, Fulvio Amerio, Markus Eckel, Markus Bahr, Josef Woller, Wolfgang Maier
  • Publication number: 20080026639
    Abstract: An electrical connector having a housing having a body and a plug tip, a cable raceway having a raceway riser configured to receive a cable, the cable raceway being configured for attachment to the body, wherein the plug tip of the housing is angled with respect to a raceway riser when the cable raceway is attached to the body is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2007
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Marco Sardi, Adriano Plazio, Fulvio Amerio, Markus Eckel, Markus Bahr, Josef Woller, Wolfgang Maier