Patents Issued in June 21, 2016
  • Patent number: 9373872
    Abstract: Apparatus for protecting battery cells. In some embodiments, a battery may comprise a series of battery cells and one or more protective plates positioned between the adjacent battery cells. In some embodiments, the plates may also be configured to provide a cooling function relative to adjacent battery cells. The plate(s) may comprise a first section and a second section coupled with the first section. The plate may be configured to fail under predetermined conditions such that, upon experiencing the predetermined conditions, at least a portion of the second section is configured to separate from at least a portion of the first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Barton W. McLaughlin, Todd H. Fast
  • Patent number: 9373873
    Abstract: Method and apparatus for thermal management of a battery cell or a battery assembly including a plurality of battery cells. One or more fins are in thermal contact with one or more battery cells. A fluid is caused to flow from a high pressure side of a plenum fluidly coupled to each fin, through a cavity in each fin, and back to a low pressure side of the plenum. The fins are fluidly coupled to the plenum using flexible connections that can accommodate movement of the fins with respect to the plenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Leonid C. Lev, Nikolay Kondratyev
  • Patent number: 9373874
    Abstract: A metal-air cell recharge apparatus, a metal-air cell assembly and a metal-air cell recharge system including the same are provided. The metal-air cell recharge apparatus for recharging a metal-air cell assembly including a secondary metal-air cell containing anode gel and a case accommodating the secondary metal-air cell therein, the apparatus includes a recharge unit for generating supply power using an external power source, and supplying the metal-air cell assembly with the supply power; and a humidified-air supply unit for generating humidified air containing a certain amount of moisture and supplying the humidified air inside the case through a humidified-air supply hole connected to the metal-air cell assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: E.M.W. ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Hoon Ryou, Jae Kyung Kong
  • Patent number: 9373875
    Abstract: A storage element for a solid electrolyte energy store and a method of producing a storage element are provided. The storage element has a three-dimensional grid structure made of a material that comprises an electron-conducting redox pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Carsten Schuh, Thomas Soller
  • Patent number: 9373876
    Abstract: A fully integrated silicon-based bandpass filter which lends itself to applications in the gigahertz region is disclosed. The bandpass filter is fabricated on an integrated circuit and operates as a microwave/millimeter-wave filtering circuit. In accordance with one aspect, the bandpass filter includes a first set and a second set of filter coupled elements, a three-port “T” transmission line junction and a perturbing element. The three-port “T” transmission line junction has a first port coupled to a first end of a first one of the first set of filter coupled elements and a second port coupled to a first end of a first one of the second set of filter coupled elements. The perturbing element is coupled to a third port of the three-port “T” transmission line junction. A second one of the first set of filter coupled elements includes an input transmission line and has a first end thereof coupled to an input port and an opposite end thereof having an open end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Nanyang Technological University
    Inventors: Kai Xue Ma, Kok Meng Lim, Kiat Seng Yeo, Jian-guo Ma
  • Patent number: 9373877
    Abstract: The communication sheet according to the present invention includes a dielectric layer including a dielectric substrate, a first conductor layer that is a conductor layer including a mesh sheet-like mesh conductor disposed on one surface of the dielectric substrate, wherein an opening region from where the mesh conductor is removed is formed, and a second conductor layer that is a conductor layer including a sheet-like sheet conductor disposed on another surface of the dielectric substrate opposite to the first conductor layer, wherein the sheet conductor in a region opposite to the opening region from where the mesh conductor is removed is not removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Miyata
  • Patent number: 9373878
    Abstract: A communication cable includes a dielectric wave guide (DWG) that has a dielectric core member that has a first dielectric constant value and a cladding surrounding the dielectric core member that has a second dielectric constant value that is lower than the first dielectric constant. An RJ45 compatible connector is attached to a mating end of the DWG. The RJ45 connector is configured to retain a complimentary coupling mechanism on a mating end of a second DWG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Gerd Schuppener, Juan Alejandro Herbsommer, Robert Floyd Payne
  • Patent number: 9373879
    Abstract: A compact power divider/combiner with flexible port spacing is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a three port circuit having first, second, and third ports, and a matching circuit configured to couple the second and third ports to ground. The matching circuit includes a first transmission line connected between a first port and a second port, a second transmission line connected between the first port and a third port, a first matching circuit connected between the second port and a first node, a second matching circuit connected between the first node and the third port, and a third matching circuit connected between the first node and a ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Danial Ehyaie
  • Patent number: 9373880
    Abstract: An enhanced hybrid-tee coupler (“EHT-coupler”), the EHT-coupler is described. The EHT-coupler includes a first waveguide, second waveguide, third waveguide, and fourth waveguide. The first waveguide defines a first port and the second waveguide defines a second port. Similarly, the third waveguide defines a fourth port and the fourth waveguide defines a fourth port. The first, second, third, and fourth waveguides meet in a single common junction and the first waveguide and second waveguide are collinear. The third waveguide forms an E-plane junction with both the first waveguide and the second waveguide and the fourth waveguide forms an H-plane junction with both the first waveguide and the second waveguide. The EHT-coupler also includes a first impedance matching element positioned in the common junction where the first impedance matching element includes a base and a tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul J. Tatomir, James M. Barker
  • Patent number: 9373881
    Abstract: A low RCS array panel employs a number of linkable support segments. Each support segment has several junctions spaced along it, and the support segments are designed to connect with each other at the junctions to create a support grid. The segments can connect orthogonally, and the junctions can be spaced according to the frequency performance requirements for the antenna the array panel is designed to support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Basil W. Thompson, Jr., Robert D. Smith, Almer M. Garnett
  • Patent number: 9373882
    Abstract: The present application relates to a near field communications (NFC) reader which includes an amplifier that drives an antenna. Capacitors of fixed value are connected in series between differential outputs of the amplifier and inputs of the antenna and form a series resonant circuit with the impedance of the antenna. Variable capacitances are provided in series with the fixed value capacitors, and the capacitance of these variable capacitances can be adjusted to compensate for manufacturing tolerances in the fixed value capacitors which cause a frequency offset between a desired resonant frequency of the series resonant circuit its actual resonant frequency, and to compensate for changes in the input impedance of the antenna that occur as the distance between the antenna of the reader and an antenna of an NFC tag changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd.
    Inventor: Anthony L McFarthing
  • Patent number: 9373883
    Abstract: An antenna device of a portable terminal including conductive components is provided. The antenna device includes a first radiator connected to a power feeding unit of the portable terminal and a second radiator connected to each of the power feeding unit and a ground part of the portable terminal. At least one of the conductive components is connected to at least one the first radiator and the second radiator. The conductive components may be used as a radiator of the antenna device such that the antenna device may be easily installed within an inner space of a miniaturized and lightened portable terminal and the inner space of the portable terminal may be efficiently used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon-Ho Hwang, Sung-Koo Park, Kyung-Jae Lee, Joon-Ho Byun
  • Patent number: 9373884
    Abstract: An improved dual-polarized, omnidirectional antenna is characterized inter alia by the following features: each sector antenna (5) comprises at least one antenna gap (6) comprising an associated reflector (11), which is arranged at least in part in a reflector plane (13?), at least one dual-polarized radiator (7, 9) being arranged in the antenna gap (6), in front of the reflector (11) the sector antennae (5) are additionally arranged mutually offset along the central axis (1) thereof, the sector antennae (5) are arranged in such a way that, in an axial view along the central axis (1), the reflector walls (13), arranged in a respective reflector plane (13?), of the reflectors (11), overlap or intersect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: KATHREIN-WERKE KG
    Inventors: Maximilian Göttl, Manfred Stolle
  • Patent number: 9373885
    Abstract: Indoor/outdoor broadband wireless combined radio/antennas configured to include an integrated adjustable mount allowing mounting to a pole or stand and adjustment of the angle of the device (e.g., the altitude) by a lockable ball joint. The device may include a compact array antenna having a high gain configured to operate in, for example, the 5.15 to 5.85 GHz band and/or the 2.40-2.48 GHz band. The antenna emitters may be arranged in a separate plane from a plane containing the antenna feed connecting the emitting elements and also from a ground plane. The antenna array may be contained within a protective weatherproof housing along with the radio control circuitry. The antenna may be manufactured by a simple stamping/forming process. The apparatuses may be configured for low impedance mismatch and may have a high gain relative to a very small and compact overall shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerardo Huerta, Jude Lee, John R. Sanford, Gonzalo P. Jabbaz, Hsin-Ming Chen, Robert Pera
  • Patent number: 9373886
    Abstract: A radiator in which power is fed through a slot of a reflection plate and which can be manufactured in a simple manner and an antenna including the same are disclosed. The antenna includes a reflection plate and a radiator. The radiator includes feed sections disposed on a first surface of the reflection plate, first and second radiation elements extending perpendicular to the feed section or inclined towards the reflection plate, and first and second base plates configured to support the balanced parallel strip feed sections. Here, the first and second base plates are capacitively coupled to the reflection plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Ace Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Dean Kitchener
  • Patent number: 9373887
    Abstract: A configurable segmented antenna is described herein. A monitor component can be configured to detect at least one parameter corresponding to one or more segments of an antenna integrated with a communications device. An antenna component can be configured to select at least one segment of the one or more segments in response to the at least one parameter. A control component can be configured to modify a quality of a signal according to the at least one parameter. Further, a transmission component can be configured to transmit the signal from the at least one segment based on the quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Bard, George Creigh, Roger Mahn
  • Patent number: 9373888
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for a phased array radar system including an array comprising columns of super-elements containing radiator elements located along a length of the super-element, wherein the super-elements form the columns such that super-elements are arranged end-to-end, wherein the super-elements are arranged in the column at randomized locations to reduce sidelobes. In a further embodiment, super element lengths can be randomized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Jack J. Schuss, Kaichiang Chang, Jeffrey C. Upton
  • Patent number: 9373889
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an ultra-wideband antenna, including: a coplanar waveguide feeder connected to a Radio Frequency (RF) excitation port on the PCB substrate at one end and to a tapering supporting arm at the other end; the tapering supporting arm connected to the coplanar waveguide feeder at one end and to a primary radiating closed-band-shaped monopole at the other end; the primary radiating closed-band-shaped monopole connected to the tapering supporting arm; a primary coupling patch located in the area closed by the closed band of the primary radiating closed-band-shaped monopole; a secondary radiating closed-band-shaped monopole connected to the primary radiating closed-band-shaped monopole through a metallic via; and a secondary coupling patch located in the area closed by the closed band of the secondary radiating closed-band-shaped monopole. The present disclosure also discloses an ultra-wideband terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Yajun Chen, Shougang Cheng, Jun Shen, Yu Qin
  • Patent number: 9373890
    Abstract: Disclosed is an antenna. The antenna includes a first radiating part bent in a predetermined direction, a second radiating part under the first radiating part, a conductive member connected to the second radiating part, and a coupling part spaced apart from the conductive member while surrounding a lateral side of the conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Hun Park
  • Patent number: 9373891
    Abstract: A device for at least one of receiving and transmitting electromagnetic radiation includes a feedhorn having a substantially smooth, electrically conducting inner surface extending from an open end to a feed end, the inner surface being substantially rotationally symmetrical about a longitudinal axis, wherein an orthogonal distance from a point on the longitudinal axis to the substantially smooth, electrically conducting inner surface increases monotonically as the point on the longitudinal axis is selected at successively greater distances from the feed end of the feedhorn towards the open end of the feedhorn such that a profile of the substantially smooth, electrically conducting inner surface of the feedhorn is monotonically increasing. The feedhorn has an operating bandwidth and the feedhorn provides a maximum of ?30 dB cross polarization response over at least 15% of the operating bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: The Johns Hopkins University, The United States of America, As Represented by the Administration of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Charles L. Bennett, Lingzhen Zeng, Edward J. Wollack, David T. Chuss
  • Patent number: 9373892
    Abstract: A dielectric waveguide slot antenna which is capable of radiating a circularly-polarized wave comprises: a dielectric waveguide having a slot through which a dielectric is exposed in a part of an electrically conductive film formed on a surface of the dielectric waveguide; a printed circuit board having a via hole opposed to the slot with the same shape as that of the slot; and a conductor plate having a first through-hole opposed to and having approximately the same shape as the via hole, and a pair of second through-holes in a vicinity of the first through-hole. The dielectric waveguide, the printed circuit board and the conductor plate are joined together with aligning the slot, the via hole and the first through-hole with each other. The printed circuit board has a conductor layer formed in positions facing to the second through-holes, and the second through-holes are arranged point-symmetrically with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: TOKO, INC.
    Inventors: Yukikazu Yatabe, Kazuhiro Ito
  • Patent number: 9373893
    Abstract: An RFID tag and a method for optimizing a Yagi-Uda antenna for a RFID inlay or integrated circuit is provided. The method has steps comprise: 1) selecting an electrically conductively first element; 2) generating an electrically conductive second element by taking a mirror image of the electrically conductive first element and trimming the second element; 3) generating a third element” along a line of axis of symmetry of the first two elements and on the opposite side of the first element as the electrically conductive second element; 4) adjusting the distance between the first three elements for optimum performance using Et(x)=EXP[a?x·b]+E?; and 5) optionally, if the electrically conductive first element does not contain an IC (integrated circuit) or RFID inlay, then adding an IC or RFID inlay adjacent to/or physically touching the electrically conductive first element along the line of symmetry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: WILLIAM FRICK & COMPANY
    Inventors: Benn Stutrud, John Poplawski
  • Patent number: 9373894
    Abstract: A system for transmitting or receiving signals may include an integrated circuit (IC), a transducer operatively coupled to the IC for converting between electrical signals and electromagnetic signals; and insulating material that fixes the locations of the transducer and IC in spaced relationship relative to each other. The system may further include a lead frame providing external connections to conductors on the IC. An electromagnetic-energy directing assembly may be mounted relative to the transducer for directing electromagnetic energy in a region including the transducer and in a direction away from the IC. The directing assembly may include the lead frame, a printed circuit board ground plane, or external conductive elements spaced from the transducer. In a receiver, a signal-detector circuit may be responsive to a monitor signal representative of a received first radio-frequency electrical signal for generating a control signal that enables or disables an output from the receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Keyssa, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian A. Kyles, Gary D. McCormack
  • Patent number: 9373895
    Abstract: Conformal antennas and methods for radiating radio frequency energy using conformal antennas are provided. In particular, one or more tapered feeds can be provided as part of or interconnected to a conductive top plate. The one or more tapered feeds have a depth that decreases from a feed point to a tip. The tip of the one or more tapered feeds is adjacent a cavity formed over a lens region. An aperture over the lens region can be covered or filled by an impedance surface. This impedance surface may comprise a frequency selective surface. Alternatively, a frequency selective surface can be provided over the lens region of an antenna incorporating one or more stripline feeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: BALL AEROSPACE & TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
    Inventors: John Langfield, John T. Mehr, Daniel J. Carlson
  • Patent number: 9373896
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods for determining and applying true time delay (TTD) values for compensating for free-space path length differences between a phased array and a reflector in wideband communication are disclosed. TTD values are determined for individual and groups of antenna elements in phased array fed reflector (PAFR) antennas based distances from a focal region of the reflector. The distance from the focal region of the reflector and the offset of the phased array from the reflectors focal plane can be used to determine path length differences. Corresponding TTD values for antenna elements are then determined based on the path length difference associated with the antenna elements. Each antenna element can be coupled to a TTD element to provide the corresponding TTD value to the signals received by and generated by the antenna elements of the phased array. The TTD elements include transverse electromagnetic (TEM) mode mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: VIASAT, INC
    Inventor: Donald L Runyon
  • Patent number: 9373897
    Abstract: A printed circuit board with a terminal having a novel structure that enables terminals to stand on their own on the printed circuit board without using a seat, while reducing or eliminating damage to through-hole plating or an inner layer circuit. A printed circuit board with a terminal includes a terminal having soldering sections that are inserted, without being press-fitted, into through-holes of a printed circuit board and are fixed by soldering. The terminal has a fixation leg and the printed circuit board has a press-fit hole, the terminal is positioned and retained on the printed circuit board by the fixation leg of the terminal being press-fitted into the press-fit hole of the printed circuit board, and an inner circumferential surfaces of the through-holes are provided with plating, whereas an inner circumferential surface of the press-fit hole is not provided with the plating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Sakita, Katsuya Ito
  • Patent number: 9373898
    Abstract: A swaged-on fitting, for anchoring exterior wires to a cable, includes an outer ring and a split inner ring. The inner ring has an inside grooved pattern, which is substantially an angled cross-hatching of shallow grooves. The two grooved halves of the inner ring are placed under the bare ends of the wires and pressed on either side of the cable jacket such that the pattern contacts the jacket. The outer ring is slid over the wires, so it overlaps the inner halves. The fitting is swaged-on, locking in the wires between the rings and embossing the jacket with the cross-hatching pattern of the inner ring, without puncturing the jacket. The grooves on the inner ring thus grip the cable jacket, preventing rotational and translational movement of the wires on the jacket while maintaining the structural integrity of the jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: James E. Sovel, Jacob Cornman
  • Patent number: 9373899
    Abstract: A butterfly spring connector made from a one-piece blank is disclosed. comprising a The butterfly spring connector includes: a frame, comprising a first, second and third frame pieces defining a bottom plane; a butterfly spring comprising the connection of an upper piece, a lower piece and a lateral piece, wherein the lateral piece extends from the first frame piece to a direction perpendicular to the bottom plane; a support formed at the third frame piece to support the lower piece; and a clip piece formed at the second frame piece, to clip a wire or a cable in association with the upper piece. The support and the clipping piece extend in the same direction of the lateral piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: DINKLE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shang-Tsai Wu
  • Patent number: 9373900
    Abstract: A contact structure unit that achieves electrical continuity between a substrate, which includes a plurality of electrodes, and a contact object includes a first-type contact-carrying member including a contact portion which makes contact with the contact object; includes a plurality of second-type contact-carrying members each of which includes a leading end portion formed at one end portion and making contact with the electrodes and each of which makes contact with the first-type contact-carrying member at the other end portion; and includes a plurality of coil springs each of which is disposed between the contact portion and the leading end portions and each of which biases the contact portion and the leading end portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Yamada, Osamu Ito
  • Patent number: 9373901
    Abstract: Grounding finger for shielding at an electrical connection between a plug connector and a mating plug connector of an electrical line, having a sleeve-like support element which has a first outer edge and a second outer edge, axial connecting webs being provided between the outer edges, and having a plurality of spring limbs which act radially outward and, at least at one end, are connected to one of the edges in order to generate a spring-loaded contact force to the outer plug connector, with some of the connecting webs being interrupted and being formed in each case with at least one contact lug which faces radially inward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: Helmut Singer, Martin Littek, Andreas Standfest
  • Patent number: 9373902
    Abstract: A coaxial cable connector includes an outer barrel having a longitudinal axis, the outer barrel formed with an inner compression band. A coaxial fitting is mounted at a front end of the outer barrel for coupling to an electrical device, and a coaxial compression collar is applied to the outer barrel. An outer compression band formed in the compression collar moves between an uncompressed condition and a compressed condition in response to axial compression of the coaxial cable connector. Movement of the outer compression band from the uncompressed condition to the compressed condition shapes the inner compressed into a pawl which allows introduction of a cable into the connector and then prevents removal of the cable from the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Inventor: Timothy L. Youtsey
  • Patent number: 9373903
    Abstract: A flexible flat cable connector is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Inventor: Wei Sun Chang
  • Patent number: 9373904
    Abstract: The invention describes a pin contact element (1) having a contact support (2) which is composed of insulating material and having at least two pin contacts (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) which are installed in the contact support (2). The pin contact element (1) is intended to be installed in an electronics device housing (13) and to be connected to a printed circuit board. The pin contacts (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) project from a platform (5) of the contact support (2) in order to receive a spring-force plug connector (19) by way of a straight contact section (4). The contact sections (4) of the pin contacts (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) are surrounded in a fixing region (6) of the platform (5) by the contact support (2) and the pin contacts (3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) are secured in the contact support (2) in the fixing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventor: Lars Binner
  • Patent number: 9373905
    Abstract: An electrical card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) defining a receiving space (10) along a front-and-rear direction thereof, a number of first contacts (211) and a number of second contacts (212) respectively retained in a front row and a rear row of the insulative housing, and a number of third contacts (221) retained in the rear row of the insulative housing. The first and second contacts constitute a first terminal group. The third and second contacts constitute a second terminal group. The first terminal group is adapted for engaging with a first card and the second terminal group is adapted for engaging with a second card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Dong-Liang Liu
  • Patent number: 9373906
    Abstract: To suppress degradation of signals exchanged between the semiconductor chip and each of the communication modules while a large number of communication modules are mounted near a semiconductor chip at a high density. A connector includes a plug connector provided in a communication module and a receptacle connector provided in a motherboard to which the connection module is connected. The plug connector has an inserting convex portion that is connected to a module substrate included in the communication module. The receptacle connector has an inserting concave portion into which the inserting convex portion is inserted. A plurality of first connection terminals are arranged in two outer side surfaces in parallel with each other, of the inserting convex portion. A plurality of second connection terminals in contact with the first connection terminals are arranged in two inner side surfaces in parallel with each other, of the inserting concave portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kinya Yamazaki, Yoshinori Sunaga, Yoshiaki Ishigami
  • Patent number: 9373907
    Abstract: A flexible flat cable includes conductive wires disposed on a first surface of an insulation layer, and a cover shield covering an opposite second surface and side surfaces of the insulation layer. An electrical connector includes an insulation case defining an insertion space for receiving an insertion portion of the flexible flat cable, conductive terminals disposed on the base and contacting respectively with the conductive wires, and a ground unit. The ground unit includes a contacting portion disposed in the insertion space and contacting with the cover shield of the flexible flat cable, and a conductive portion extending out of the insulation case for grounding the flexible flat cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Winstron Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Feng Chiang, Cheng-Hao Lee, Tung-Huang Kuo
  • Patent number: 9373908
    Abstract: A contact assembly includes a base and a pair of electrical contacts supported by the base. A first end of the first electrical contact corresponds to a first end of the base and is configured to engage a first external conductive circuit element. A first end of the second electrical contact also corresponds to the first end of the base and is configured to engage a second external conductive circuit element. The first contact and the second contact are electrically isolated from one another and configured to compress when engaging an external connector element. The base includes an aperture positioned on a second end of the base outboard of a second end of the first and second electrical contacts. The aperture presents a narrowing shape with a wide mouth distal the electrical contacts and a narrow internal through-hole proximate the electrical contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Stephen McGarry Hatch
  • Patent number: 9373909
    Abstract: A connector includes a receptacle having a body defining apertures and having a mating face and socket contacts each defining an opening aligned with an aperture. The connector also includes a plug having an outer casing defining a cavity and having a mating end and contacts positioned within the cavity and coupled to the outer casing, each having a pin tip. The plug also includes a pin protection plate slidably coupled to the outer casing, enclosing at least a portion of each contact within the cavity, and defining pin guides each aligned with one of the contacts. When the mating end is aligned with the mating face and force is applied to the outer casing towards the body, the pin protection plate slides into the cavity and the pin tip of the contacts extends beyond the pin protection plate into a socket contact via one of the apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: Hypertronics Corporation, Interconnect Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: David E. Salomon, Francesco A. Nania, Timothy E. Marshall, Donald A. Marx
  • Patent number: 9373910
    Abstract: A connector terminal (10) which includes a barrel portion (21) to which a core wire (12) exposed from an outer cover (13) of an electric cable (11) is electrically connected, a tab terminal portion (31) that is electrically connected to a mating terminal and, a resin mold which covers and waterproofs the barrel portion (21) and an end portion of the electric cable (11). Before the connector terminal (10) is finalized, the connector terminal (10) is connected to a carrier (42) through an interconnection portion (41) and is separated from the carrier (42) at interconnection portion (41). A cutting groove (44) is formed on the interconnection portion (41) along a width direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kei Sato
  • Patent number: 9373911
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a waterproof audio connector which includes an isolation base mounted in the electronic device, having an inserting port and an assembly port respectively at a front end and a rear end thereof, having a plurality of first assembly slots longitudinally and concavely disposed at an inner surface thereof between the two ports; a plurality of signal terminals each having a contacting portion at the end thereof and fastened with the first assembly slot corresponding thereto; an isolation plate having a side surface abutted against outer edges of the first assembly slots and forming a filler space between another side surface thereof and an edge of the assembly port; and a waterproof sealant formed by waterproof glue which is filled into the filler space and solidified later, so as to watertightly seal all gaps among the signal terminals, the isolation plate and the assembly port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: SIMULA TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Chin Lung Lo
  • Patent number: 9373912
    Abstract: An electrical connection element is for a power connector. The power connector includes an electrical component having a number of first electrical mating members. The electrical connection element includes: a housing including a number of second electrical mating members electrically connected to the first electrical mating members; a contact assembly comprising a number of sets of separable contacts each structured to be electrically connected to at least one of the second electrical mating members; and an arc suppression system including: a number of electronic devices each electrically connected to a respective set of separable contacts, and a control mechanism for controlling the electronic devices. When the contact assembly moves between an OPEN position and a CLOSED position, the control mechanism redirects current from the respective set of separable contacts to a corresponding one of the electronic devices in order to suppress arcing across the respective set of separable contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark Allan Juds, Jerome Kenneth Hastings, Slobodan Krstic, Kurt Von Eckroth
  • Patent number: 9373913
    Abstract: A lever type connector includes: a first housing; a lever that is rotatably fixed to the first housing; a cam groove formed in the lever; and a second housing having a cam follower. The first housing and the second housing are fitted together by rotating the lever 30 in a fitting direction in a state in which the cam groove and the cam follower are engaged to each other. A plurality of operation protrusions (fitting operating portions) are formed on the lever so as to contact an operator's finger at the time of a fitting operation, and are arranged at an interval in the rotating direction of the lever.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Noda, Ryotaro Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9373914
    Abstract: A linkage apparatus is provided. The linkage apparatus is disposed between a bottom plate and a carrier plate, and the linkage apparatus includes a drag link and an “L” shape swing link. The drag link is rotatably connected to an end of the “L” shape swing link, and the drag link and the bottom plate are connected to a fixing pin by using a horizontal guide groove; a corner in the middle of the swing link is rotatably connected to the bottom plate, and another end is fastened to the carrier plate; another fixing pin connects the bottom plate and the carrier plate. The swing link is driven by the drag link, so that the carrier plate can be driven to vertically move. Therefore, hot plugging of a peripheral component interconnect (PCI) express card fastened on the carrier plate and plugging of another printed circuit board (PCB) that requires two-dimensional plugging can be implemented without interrupting a power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuang Li, Jun Zhao, Chengpeng Yang
  • Patent number: 9373915
    Abstract: A cable-circuit board assembly is disclosed for use in providing a high speed transmission line for connecting electronic devices together. The circuit board is joined to a ground extension member that extends rearwardly of the circuit board and between sets of wires that are terminated to respective surfaces of the circuit board. The extension portion places a ground plane in the termination area of the connector, rear of the trailing edge of the circuit board to provide shielding between pairs of wires on opposite sides of the paddle card where the cable shields are cut back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Darian Ross Schulz, Mark Alan Bugg, Michael Rost, Munawar Ahmad
  • Patent number: 9373916
    Abstract: A receptacle structure, which is specifically referred to a joint assembly of terminal with plural signal pins, a main isolator and a metallic casing, wherein the terminal with plural pins is further separated with an upper row terminator and a lower row terminator, the metallic casing is extended with a fixing part at the back side and is configured with an upper rib and at least a spring on the top surface of fixing part, and both laterals are formed as side curvatures with each side opening. Thus, the present invention provides a better shielding protection against ESD—Electrostatic Discharge and enables a high frequency characteristic control which stabilizes the impedance variation within the error range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: TRIPLE WIN PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chih Pin Liu
  • Patent number: 9373917
    Abstract: Electrical connector including a connector housing having a front side that faces along a mating axis and contact passages that open to the front side. The contact passages are configured to receive corresponding ground shields of a system connector during a mating operation. The electrical connector also includes signal contacts that are coupled to the connector housing and configured to engage corresponding contacts of the system connector. The electrical connector also includes a grounding lattice that is held by the connector housing. The grounding lattice includes a support frame and lattice springs that are interconnected by the support frame. The support frame extends generally transverse to the mating axis. The lattice springs are positioned to engage the ground shields of the system connector as the ground shields are inserted into the corresponding contact passages of the connector housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Jeffrey Sypolt, Timothy Robert Minnick, Margaret Mahoney Fernandes
  • Patent number: 9373918
    Abstract: This connector (1) includes a connector housing (59) and a holder (4) which supports electric wires (17) connected to terminals (39) accommodated in the connector housing. The holder includes a first holder (5) which has a locking portion (9) and a thermistor accommodation portion (13) accommodating a thermistor (11); and a second holder (7) which is provided with a locked portion (15) locked by the locking portion, and with an electric wire accommodation portion (19) that accommodates the electric wires. Through locking of the locked portion by the locking portion, the thermistor and the electric wires overlapped and mounted on the thermistor are nipped between the thermistor accommodation portion and the electric wire accommodation portion by the second holder (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryuji Kawai, Hirotaka Fukushima
  • Patent number: 9373919
    Abstract: An adjustable electrical connector for connecting to cable or conduit by a strap adjustment member has a body with a hollow cylindrical section and an extension member. The hollow cylindrical section has a slot and a threaded bore passing therethrough. The slot allows passage of a stop plate, and the threaded bore receives an adjustment screw. The connector has an insulator having a bushing at one end to be inserted into the hollow cylindrical section of the body, and a curved member attached to the hollow cylindrical bushing, the stop plate extending radially outward from the curved member, the stop plate movable by the adjustment screw between a minimum deflection and a maximum deflection to stop the sheath of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Smith
  • Patent number: 9373920
    Abstract: A connector includes a module and a housing that accommodates the module. The module includes multiple contacts each including a first contact part to contact a board, a second contact part to contact a connection object, and a body extending at angle from the first contact part to the second contact part; and a molded part insert-molded with the contacts arranged as inserts. The molded part covers a portion of the body part through a surface of the first contact part of each of the contacts facing toward the board. In each contact, a width of the portion of the body covered with the molded part is smaller than a width of a spring portion of the body. The spring portion is exposed from the molded part and supports the second contact part in such a manner as to allow its displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignees: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED, FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Miki, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Takahiro Kondo, Takatoshi Yagisawa
  • Patent number: 9373921
    Abstract: A socket device comprises a socket body including a swerve part, wherein a first socket part extends from an end of the swerve part and a second socket part extends from the other end of the swerve part, an electric power line extends from the interior of the swerve part, an accommodation groove is configured on the lateral wall of the socket body where the electric power line extends out thereby accommodating and attaching the electric power line into the accommodation groove to achieve the objective of electric power line accommodation; meanwhile, the first socket part and the second socket part extending from the two ends of the swerve part can further improve the application flexibility of the socket device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Inventor: Chia-Hua Lin