Patents by Inventor WenYu (Vindy) Liu

WenYu (Vindy) Liu 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: 11855371
    Abstract: A connector housing assembly includes a housing installed on a circuit board and a heat sink installed on the housing. The heat sink has a front end portion on a top of the housing and a rear end portion extending beyond the housing. A fixing member connected to the housing installs the front end portion of the heat sink on the housing. The connector housing assembly includes a supporting device on the circuit board. The supporting device supports the rear end portion of the heat sink on the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fei He, Hongqiang (Sean) Han, WenYu (Vindy) Liu
  • Publication number: 20230216234
    Abstract: A connector cage assembly includes a housing, an intermediate member, a heat sink and a movable stop member. The housing defines upper and lower plug sockets stacked in a vertical direction. The intermediate member is arranged between the upper socket and the lower socket, and the heat sink is arranged adjacent the intermediate member. The stop member is movable within the housing between a first position in which it is positioned at a first distance from the heat sink, and a second position in which it is positioned at a second distance from the heat sink, greater than the first distance. The stop member is adapted to limit the insertion of a plug connector inserted into the lower plug socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongfeng (Richard) Ma, WenYu (Vindy) Liu, Guangming (Suny) Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230029814
    Abstract: A connector cage assembly includes a housing defining an upper port and a lower port stacked over each other in an up-down direction, an intermediate member between the upper port and the lower port in the up-down direction, and a movable stopper movably disposed on the intermediate member and movable between a first position and a second position in a front-rear direction perpendicular to the up-down direction. The movable stopper is at least partially located inside the intermediate member in the first position. The movable stopper at least partially extends beyond the intermediate member and limits a plug connector inserted into the lower port in the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongfeng (Richard) Ma, WenYu (Vindy) Liu, Guangming (Suny) Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230030112
    Abstract: A heat dissipation module includes a plurality of heat dissipation units arranged along a longitudinal direction of the heat dissipation module. Each heat dissipation unit has a plurality of heat dissipation fins arranged at intervals along a transverse direction of the heat dissipation module. The heat dissipation fins of a first heat dissipation unit of a pair of adjacent heat dissipation units are each coupled with one of the heat dissipation fins of a second heat dissipation unit of the pair of adjacent heat dissipation units by a coupling structure. The heat dissipation fins of the first heat dissipation unit and the heat dissipation fins of the second heat dissipation unit are displaceable with respect to each other within a certain range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: WenYu (Vindy) Liu, Xingjie (Steven) Ge, Xinbo (Polly) Liu
  • Publication number: 20230035520
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing having a cavity and a terminal assembly accommodated in the cavity and including a first terminal. The first terminal has a first mating portion, a first connecting portion, and a first mating beam extending from the first mating portion to the first connecting portion. The terminal assembly includes an inserting block usable with the first terminal and having an inserting block frame. The inserting block frame has a first passage and a preloading portion. The first passage allows the first mating beam to pass therethrough. The preloading portion supports the first mating beam and applies a pre-pressing force to the first mating beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited
    Inventors: Jiwang (Arthur) Jin, WenYu (Vindy) Liu, Xingjie (Steven) Ge, Kuo-Wei Chang
  • Publication number: 20220069495
    Abstract: A connector housing assembly includes a housing installed on a circuit board and a heat sink installed on the housing. The heat sink has a front end portion on a top of the housing and a rear end portion extending beyond the housing. A fixing member connected to the housing installs the front end portion of the heat sink on the housing. The connector housing assembly includes a supporting device on the circuit board. The supporting device supports the rear end portion of the heat sink on the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Fei He, Hongqiang (Sean) Han, WenYu (Vindy) Liu