Patents Issued in March 28, 2017
  • Patent number: 9608336
    Abstract: An omni-directional triband antenna operates without ground radials with gain commensurate with a half wavelength vertical on each band. The triband antenna includes a dual-band twinlead J-pole providing half wavelength radiators for UHF and VHF, and an impedance transformer defining feedpoints to which a length Lc of coaxial cable is attached. The Lc lower end is the triband antenna connector port. Intermediate band radiators are first and second wire elements that collectively are a half-wavelength at the intermediate band. The first element is wound helically about the impedance transformer, with upper end floating and lower end connected to a first feedpoint. The second element is wound helically about the Lc upper portion of coaxial cable, with upper end connected to the remaining feedpoint, and lower end of the element floating. The helical windings radiate vertically and there is no cross-interference between antenna radiation in any of the three bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventor: Edison Fong
  • Patent number: 9608337
    Abstract: A built-in antenna for an electronic device is provided. The built-in antenna includes a substrate, a 1st antenna radiator with at least two radiating portions, a 2nd antenna radiator, and a switching means. The substrate has a conductive area and a non-conductive area. The 2nd antenna radiator is arranged within the non-conductive area of the substrate and fed by a Radio Frequency (RF) end of the substrate. The 2nd antenna radiator is configured to operate at a band different from at least one operating band of the 1st antenna radiator, and is fed by the RF end in a position adjacent the 1st antenna radiator. The switching means switches to selectively feed the 1st antenna radiator and the 2nd antenna radiator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Jong Lee, Seung-Hwan Kim, Dong-Hwan Kim, Austin Kim, Young-Sung Lee, Jae-Ho Lee, Jae-Bong Chun
  • Patent number: 9608338
    Abstract: Following the cylindrical bend processing of the shape crimping portion corresponding part corresponding to the crimping section in the sheet-shaped terminal base material, the high bending-rate processing process of bend processing at a bending rate higher than a bending rate for plastically deforming at least a part of a deformation portion to be plastically deformed in a predetermined bend processing shape in the crimping portion corresponding part, and the shaping process of shaping the crimping portion corresponding part into the cylindrical crimping section are performed in this order.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRONIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Terashima, Mikio Kuwabara, Kentaro Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9608339
    Abstract: A sheath (4) of an aluminum electric wire (1) is peeled, a distal end of an exposed conductor part (2) is tightened and connected after being placed in a conductor crimping part (13) of a crimped terminal (10) while being recessed to be further inside than the distal end of the conductor crimping part (13), and the distal end section of the conductor crimping part (13) of the crimped terminal (10) which forms an empty space where there is not the conductor part is welded and sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Yuichi Ito
  • Patent number: 9608340
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for connecting an electric component to an electrical component support and an electrical component for an electrical component support, in particular for a motor vehicle. According to the invention, an electric component is connected to an electrical component support which comprises a base part and an electrical conductor paths arranged therein. At least one electric contact connected to the electrical component is moved in the base part such that the electric contact is electrically connected to the conductor path. The invention also relates to two electric contacts which are connected to the electric components and which are connected, according to the claims, to two different conductor paths in the base part. Said electric components can comprise more than two electric contacts, which according to the claimed method, are connected to the conductor paths of the base part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Kiekert Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ulrich Weichsel, Andreas Ziganki
  • Patent number: 9608341
    Abstract: A socket for a high-current plug-in connection is provided, which includes a contact sleeve and a hollow cylindrical contacting system. The contacting system includes a plurality of elongated contact lamellae, is situated in an inner area of the contact sleeve, and is supported with at least a portion of its outer wall on the inner wall. The contact lamellae extend between a first collar and a second collar of the contacting system. The socket includes a contact lamella, in an area between the first collar and second collar, having an arm, via which the contact lamella is additionally connected to a collar of the contacting system in a supporting manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Saur, Zhenyu Hu
  • Patent number: 9608342
    Abstract: A plug (1), socket (30) and connection apparatus for making an electrical connection. The plug (1) can hold a wire (20) and be received within a socket (30) having a conductor (37) and sealant (39), for making a waterproof electrical connection. The plug (1) comprises a plug body (2) and a passage (7) extending axially within the plug body (2) for receiving a wire (20), wherein the plug body (2) is configurable in a first wire-receiving configuration so that a wire can be placed within the passage (7) and a second clamping configuration so that the plug body (2) can clamp to and retain the wire (20) within the passage (7) when received within the socket (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventor: Cameron Stuart Tait
  • Patent number: 9608343
    Abstract: A coaxial connector junction includes first and second coaxial connectors. The first coaxial connector includes: a first central conductor extension; a first outer conductor extension spaced apart from and circumferentially surrounding the first central conductor extension; and a first dielectric spacer interposed between the first central conductor extension and the first outer conductor extension. The second coaxial connector includes: a second central conductor extension; a second outer conductor extension spaced apart from and circumferentially surrounding the second central conductor extension; and a second dielectric spacer interposed between the second central conductor extension and the second outer conductor extension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey D. Paynter, Ronald A. Vaccaro
  • Patent number: 9608344
    Abstract: An assembly includes a right-angled coaxial connector, a first coaxial cable and a second coaxial cable. The right-angled coaxial connector includes a first component and a second component connected to a first coaxial cable and a second coaxial cable respectively. The inner conductor and the outer conductor of the first coaxial cable and the first inner conductor and the first outer conductor of the first component, the inner conductor and the outer conductor of the second coaxial cable and the second inner conductor and the second outer conductor of the second component, as well as the first inner conductor and the first outer conductor of the first component and the second inner conductor and the second outer conductor of the second component are permanently connected in a single welding procedure through a first soldering element, a second soldering element and a third soldering element, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Yujun Zhang, Yujun Dai, Xiaodong Liu
  • Patent number: 9608345
    Abstract: A post having a first end, a second end, and a flange proximate the second end, wherein the post is configured to receive a center conductor surrounded by a dielectric of a coaxial cable, a connector body attached to the post, a coupling element attached to the post, the coupling element having a first end a second end, and a biasing member disposed within a cavity formed between the first end of the coupling element and the connector body to bias the coupling element against the post is provided. Moreover, a connector body having a biasing element, wherein the biasing element biases the coupling element against the post, is further provided. Furthermore, associated methods are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: PPC Broadband, Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor Ehret, Richard A. Haube, Noah Montena, Souheil Zraik
  • Patent number: 9608346
    Abstract: A mechanical and/or electrical connector grips onto one or more members inside a hollow passageway of a spiral connector by means of the spiral, or a portion of the spiral being pulled axially to elongate the spiral/spiral-portion, which consequently reduces the diameter of the passageway. The reduction in the diameter of the passageway causes the spiral/spiral-portion to tighten/squeeze/grip on or around the member(s) inside the passageway, to retain the member(s) inside the passageway. Thus, the spiral/spiral-portion mechanically connects the inserted member(s) to each other and/or to another object to which the spiral/spiral-portion is mechanically connected. For example, members inserted into opposite ends of the passageway, or multiple members inserted together into one end of the passageway, will be mechanically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MELNI, LLC
    Inventor: Mark L. Melni
  • Patent number: 9608347
    Abstract: In a housing 10 are formed holding grooves 17A to 17D that permit arm-use blades 20A-1 to 20D-1 of various types of blades 20A to 20D to be inserted from the rear, connection components 33A-1 to 33D-1 provided to the lower ends of legs 33A to 33D of conductive bar members 30A to 30D of the various types of blades 20A to 20D are located outside the housing, the arm-use blades 20A-1 to 20D-1 of the various types of blades 20A to 20D are able to move in the vertical direction over a specific range within the corresponding holding grooves 17A to 17D, and the various types of blades 20A to 20D are able to move within a holding space 17.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masakazu Nagata, Atsushi Matsuzawa
  • Patent number: 9608348
    Abstract: A cable bypass assembly is disclosed for use in providing a high speed transmission line that connect a chip, processor or circuitry mounted on a circuit board to other similar components. The bypass cable assembly has a structure that allows for low loss between a first body and a connector that includes a second body. The connector includes a plurality of conductive terminals arranged in a manner that allows the impedance and other electrical characteristics of the cable to be maintained in a desirable manner through the cable bypass assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher D. Wanha, Brian Keith Lloyd, Ebrahim Abunasrah, Rehan Khan, Javier Resendez, Michael Rost
  • Patent number: 9608349
    Abstract: A contact configured to be retained and arranged in an insulating object includes a contact portion that is configured to come into contact with a counterpart object, a connecting portion connectable to an object to be connected, a main body portion having two side walls and a joining wall that joins the side walls, the main body portion having a substantially U-shaped cross section, first and second contact pieces protruding from the two side walls and extending along a direction of mating with a counterpart object, and first and second contact portions disposed at free end parts of the first and second contact pieces, respectively. The first and second contact portions each has a curved shape and configured to come into contact with the same surface of the counterpart object. The first and second contact portions are spaced apart along the direction of mating, the first and second contact portions being configured to come into roll-face contact with the counterpart object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: DDK LTD.
    Inventors: Jinichi Mashiyama, Takanobu Yoshimi, Yukio Saito, Kei Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 9608350
    Abstract: An electronic equipment unit includes a multi-layer circuit board. A part arrangement region on which circuit parts are mounted and a terminal region are provided on the multi-layer circuit board. The part arrangement region is encapsulated with resin. An outline region is formed from a solder resist film surrounding the part arrangement region to prevent the resin from flowing into the terminal region. A non-solder resist region is provided so as to surround the outline region and formation of the solder resist film is inhibited in the non-solder resist region. A clamp abutting surface which is pressed by a mold and surrounds the terminal region and thereby prevents the resin from flowing into the terminal region is a partial region of the multi-layer circuit board where a surface layer circuit pattern is absent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Shozo Kanzaki, Fumiaki Arimai, Hiroyoshi Nishizaki, Masato Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 9608351
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing stack and plural conductors. The housing stack includes a front housing and a rear housing. The rear housing is disposed rearward of the front housing. The housing stack defines plural cavities that extend continuously through the front housing and the rear housing. The front housing includes a forward-facing shoulder within at least some of the cavities. The rear housing includes a rear-facing shoulder associated with the cavities that include the forward-facing shoulder. The conductors are disposed in the cavities of the housing stack. At least some of the conductors have a first projecting feature that engages the forward-facing shoulder in the corresponding cavity and a second projecting feature that engages the rear-facing shoulder to secure the front housing to the rear housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael James Horning, Wayne Samuel Davis
  • Patent number: 9608352
    Abstract: A device which allows connection of external objects is disclosed. The device comprises: an array of contact pads, each contact pad operable in an active state and an idle state; a space for one or more objects that can be inserted into the device to make contact with at least part of the contact pads when inserted; and a control element electrically connected to the contact pads. The contact pads in the active state are reconfigurable by the control element based on the contact made with at least part of the contact pads by one or more objects inserted into the device. A method and system are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Marko Eromäki
  • Patent number: 9608353
    Abstract: A conductive terminal is provided which includes a base unit, two elastic contact pieces, a tail unit and two contact plates. The base unit includes a bottom plate extending along a front-rear direction and two side plates integrally extending upwardly from a left and right sides of the bottom plate respectively. The two elastic contact pieces are arranged side by side, each elastic contact piece comprises a connecting portion bent upwardly from a front end of the bottom plate, an arm portion extending rearwardly from the connecting portion, positioned above the bottom plate and spaced apart from the bottom plate, and a first contact portion positioned at a rear end of the arm portion. The tail unit is connected to a rear end of the bottom plate. The two contact plates are respectively bent from two upper edges of two front ends of the two side plates toward each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Lay Khim Ang, Kian Heng Lim
  • Patent number: 9608354
    Abstract: A joint connector includes: a connector housing formed with a plurality of terminals that receive a plurality of sockets to which wirings are connected; and a holder that is fitted into the connector housing and electrically connects the sockets which are inserted into the terminals, respectively. Also, a plurality of fitting pieces are inserted into connection portions of the sockets, respectively, which are arranged inside the terminals so as to protrude in a length direction on an inner side of the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KUM Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol Hun Lee, Ju Sung Jeon, Sung Won Jeon
  • Patent number: 9608355
    Abstract: A connector includes a terminal, a housing body haying a terminal housing chamber inside which the terminal is housed, an opening portion formed at an outer peripheral surface of the housing body, a retainer having a locking protrusion that protrudes into the terminal housing chamber to lock the terminal housed in the terminal housing chamber when the retainer is fitted to the opening portion, and a hinge that connects the retainer to the housing body so as to allow the retainer to turn between an open position at which the opening portion is opened and a closed position at which the retainer is fitted to the opening portion to close the opening portion. When the retainer is in the closed position, an outer surface of the retainer is flush with the outer peripheral surface of the housing body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Nagai, Yoshimi Wada, Naokazu Nagasaka, Dacheng Jin
  • Patent number: 9608356
    Abstract: Disclosed is a headset and a cover component for a connection port in a housing portion of a headset, wherein the cover component is movable relative to the position of the connection port, where the cover component is arranged to at least partly enclose at least a part of the housing portion, and where the cover component is configured to be: arranged in a first position where the connection port is uncovered by the cover component, and where a cable is configured to be inserted into the connection port; and arranged in a second position where the connection port is covered by the cover component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: GN NETCOM A/S
    Inventor: Peter Ulrik Kann
  • Patent number: 9608357
    Abstract: A connector assembly, such as a high voltage electrical connector assembly, includes a first connector having a first housing and an intermediate housing attached to the first housing. The intermediate housing is moveable from a first position to a second position. A flexible retaining arm is configured to hold the intermediate housing in the first position. The connector assembly further includes a second connector having a second housing. The second housing defines a release wedge that engages and flexes the retaining arm, thereby releasing the intermediate housing from engagement with the retaining arm and allowing the intermediate housing to move from the first position to the second position as the first connector is connected to the second connector. A terminal in the first housing is enclosed within the intermediate housing in the first position, and protrudes from an aperture in a surface of the intermediate housing in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Rangarajan Sundarakrishnamachari, Anthony Raschilla, Don E. Bizon
  • Patent number: 9608358
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a housing that may include an opening formed on an outer surface and a space fluidly communicating with the opening, at least one electronic element which is disposed in the space, and at least one terminal which is disposed on the outer surface of the housing and is electrically connected with the at least one electronic element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Byoung-Uk Yoon
  • Patent number: 9608359
    Abstract: A waterproof connector is configured in such a manner that the waterproof properties between a housing and electrically conductive members, such as a shell and contacts, are improved. This waterproof connector includes a housing having an insulating resin and at least one electrically conductive member formed integrally with the housing. The electrically conductive member has a connection section which is exposed from the housing and connected to a mating connector, a mounting section which is exposed from the housing and mounted to a circuit board, and a holding section which connects the connection section and the mounting section, and which is embedded in the housing. A waterproof shaped section for blocking the entry of water along the interfaces between the holding section and the housing is formed on the surface of the holding section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Katsumi Arai, Masayuki Nishikata, Masakazu Kobayashi, Fumiki Yamada, Hiroshi Akimoto
  • Patent number: 9608360
    Abstract: An interface seal for an electrical connector assembly that includes a housing and a seal retainer defining a seal recess and configured to couple to the housing, is disclosed. The interface seal includes a main body portion configured to substantially surround the housing to create a sealing interface, and an anti-rotation projection coupled to and extending from the main body portion. The anti-rotation projection includes (i) an engagement portion extending in a first direction and (ii) a connecting portion that couples the engagement portion with the main body portion and that extends in a second direction different from the first direction. The anti-rotation projection cooperates with the seal recess to inhibit movement of the interface seal with respect to the housing and seal retainer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Eugene Yang, Jen Vun Ng, Kevin Shaheen Pakravan
  • Patent number: 9608361
    Abstract: An assembly includes: a cable; a first connector attached to the cable; a second connector that mates with the first connector to form an interface; a sealing boot that encloses the interface, the sealing boot including a cable section that fits conformably over the cable; a conduit that circumferentially overlies a portion of the cable adjacent the first connector, the conduit including a plurality of first corrugations; and a protective cover that overlies the corrugations of the conduit and the sealing boot, the cover including at least one second corrugation on an inner surface thereof that interdigitates with one of the first corrugations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Ronald A. Vaccaro
  • Patent number: 9608362
    Abstract: A mat seal for an electrical connector, including: a front face, a rear face opposite to the front face, and a plurality of passageways each adapted to receive a cable to be inserted through the passageway, at least one cavity in at least one of the front face and the rear face, wherein at least two first passageways of the plurality of passageways open into one of the at least one cavity, and wherein at least one second passageway of the plurality of passageways opening into the front face and the rear face of the mat seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI EUROPE, LTD.
    Inventors: Josip Jelak, Vedran Mahovic, Tvrtko Rebic, Michael Wiese
  • Patent number: 9608363
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and structure for sealing an electrical connector. The structure includes a sealing insert for insertion into the housing of an electrical connector. The sealing insert has a flared lip spaced from and extending above a base and the flared lip has a diameter that is larger than a diameter of the base. The sealing insert further includes a retention feature and at least one electrical pin guide. The sealing insert is inserted into the housing of an electrical connector after applying a form in place sealant inside the housing. The flared lip forms a seal against an inner wall of the housing and the retention feature of the sealing insert engages a retention feature inside the housing thereby locking the sealing insert into the housing and forcing the sealant into a sealant gap formed between the housing and the sealing insert thereby sealing the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN, INC.
    Inventor: Darrell F. Greene
  • Patent number: 9608364
    Abstract: A circuit board that is to be mounted in a connector socket includes a plurality of electrical connectors located along a side edge of the circuit board. Retention bosses are formed on first and second opposite sides of the circuit board, each of the retention bosses protruding from a surface of the circuit board and extending parallel to and adjacent to the first edge of the circuit board. When the first edge of the circuit board is inserted into a slot of a connector socket, contact surfaces of the first and second retention bosses contact top surfaces of the connector socket to help immobilize the circuit board with respect to the connector socket. Adhesive layers on the contact surfaces of the first and second retention bosses may adhere to the top surfaces of the connector socket to help hold the circuit board immobile with respect to the connector socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: GERMANE SYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Stock, Scott Semmler
  • Patent number: 9608365
    Abstract: The invention relates to a direct plug-in element comprising: a plug housing (3), a direct contact (4) with a contact tongue (5), the contact tongue (5) having at least one contact section (50) for directly contacting an exposed contact area on a counterpart, and a catch device (6) for an interlocked connection between the plug housing (3) and the direct contact (4), in order to retain the direct contact (4) in the plug housing (3), the direct contact (4) being arranged in the plug housing (3), the contact tongue (5) having a first and second flat side (52, 53) and a first and second narrow side (54, 55), the catch device (6) comprising a first catch element (60) on the direct contact (4) and a second catch element (61) formed on the plug housing (3) complementary to the first catch element (60), the first catch element (60) being arranged on one of the flat sides (52, 53) of the direct contact (4), and the contact section (50) being arranged on one of the narrow sides (54, 55) of the contact tongue (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Kroeckel
  • Patent number: 9608366
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for holding an electronic device that includes an interface surface, a central electrical contact on the interface surface, a first radial electrical contact on the interface surface, a first magnetic member near the first radial electrical contact, and a second magnetic member near the central electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Henge Docks LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Leigh Vroom, Benjamin Edwards Maskell
  • Patent number: 9608367
    Abstract: An apparatus including a housing: including an upper surface and a socket cavity, the socket cavity extending underneath the upper surface, from an opening at the upper surface, to provide one or more socket contacts; and at least one retainer, within the socket cavity, configured to be automatically actuated to retain a flexible planar connector including connector contacts, for contacting the socket contacts underneath the upper surface, inserted along the socket cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    Inventor: Chong Chen
  • Patent number: 9608368
    Abstract: A device for establishing an electric contact between two electric units, in particular between a printed circuit board and an electromotor, including at least one electric conductor and a plug-in body for receiving the conductor. The plug-in body has a plurality of positioning members for aligning the plug-in body relative to a recess in a receiving body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Bermel, Roland Schneider, Matthias Strack
  • Patent number: 9608369
    Abstract: A connector system includes an electrical connector that has a housing, a rounded member, and a connector position assurance (CPA) lever. The housing defines a cavity that receives a mating connector and a socket that holds the rounded member therein. The rounded member is moved by the mating connector from a seated position to a lifted position, and attains the lifted position when the mating connector is fully loaded in the cavity. The CPA lever is slidable relative to the housing between an extended position and a retracted position. When the rounded member is in the seated position, a protrusion on the housing blocks movement of the CPA lever from the extended position to the retracted position. When the rounded member is in the lifted position, the rounded member deflects the deflectable tab to clear the protrusion, allowing the CPA lever to be moved to the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventors: Christian Perry Brandt, Neil Franklin Schroll
  • Patent number: 9608370
    Abstract: A connector terminal includes a holding portion, an elastic arm portion connected to a front end of the holding portion. The holding portion and the elastic arm portion as a whole show an outward arc shape, a front end of the elastic arm portion protrudes inward to form a contact portion, a rear end of the holding portion is bent and extended inward and then extended rearward to form an abutting portion, the thickness of the holding portion and the elastic arm portion becomes gradually smaller from the holding portion to the front end of the elastic arm portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xing-Yu Hu, Gao-Hua Du
  • Patent number: 9608371
    Abstract: An interconnection apparatus including: a rigid substrate having a first side and a second side; at least one first connector arranged on the first side; and at least one second connector arranged on the second side. The apparatus can compensate an alignment error of complementary connectors configured to be mated with the at least one first connector and the at least one second connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: PLASTIC OMNIUM ADVANCED INNOVATION AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Renaud Bonzom, Romain Herdier
  • Patent number: 9608372
    Abstract: An electrical card connector assembly includes an electrical card connector and a printed circuit board. The electrical card connector includes: a first contact module and a second contact module assembled to the printed circuit board along a transverse direction perpendicular to a card-inserting direction; a shielding shell enclosing the contact modules to form a receiving room; a tray movably received in the receiving room along the insertion direction and having a first receiving groove receiving a first card corresponding to the first contact module and a second receiving groove receiving a second card corresponding to the second contact module; an ejector comprising a lever located at a lateral side of the first contact module and a cam located at a rear of the first contact module; and a detecting terminal positioned at a rear of the second contact module beside the cam along the transverse direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Gang Hu
  • Patent number: 9608373
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprising: a first connector having a housing on which an elastic locking piece is suspended; a second connector having a housing on which a locking member mating with the elastic locking piece is formed so as to lock the first and second connectors together when the first and second connectors are mated together; and a connector position assurance device having a first stopper and a second stopper behind the first stopper. A first mating stopper is formed on the elastic locking piece, and a second mating stopper is formed on the housing of the first connector. The connector position assurance device only can be inserted into a first position under the elastic locking piece of the first connector when the first and second connectors are separate from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics Coporation
    Inventors: Jianfeng Wu, Christopher Scott Hertzler, Jiucai Fan, Wei-guo Li
  • Patent number: 9608374
    Abstract: Described is a holding frame for receiving a multiplicity of plug-in connector modules. The plug-in connector modules are received in recesses of the holding frame by holding elements. The recesses of the holding frame are inserted into frame portions located opposite each other. The holding frame according to the invention allows a spring-loaded reception and support of the plug-in connector modules in the holding frame. Tolerances of the various plug-in connector modules and the contacting means thereof can be compensated. A secure and complete plugging in of plug-in connector modules of a modular plug-in connector together with the counter-plug-in connector thereof can be ensured in this way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: HARTING ELECTRIC GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Beischer, Hanno Wolff
  • Patent number: 9608375
    Abstract: Disclosed is a LAN port lock device for selectively locking a LAN port connector, having a resilient hook that is locked and coupled inside a LAN port of an electronic device when inserted into the LAN port, so as not to be separated when in the state coupled to the LAN port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Inventor: Chang Hoon Ahn
  • Patent number: 9608376
    Abstract: An electrical connection device includes a plug connector and a positioning module. The plug connector has a plug body with first and second side surfaces respectively provided with first and second fixing holes. The positioning module includes a mounting member having a main body provided with a through hole, and a first fixing member. The through hole in the mounting member can be selectively disposed to align with the first or second fixing hole so as to fix the first fixing member in the first or second fixing hole and to connect together the positioning module and the plug connector to form a first or second assembly state of the electrical connection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: ALYSIUM-TECH GMBH
    Inventor: Ying-Liang Huang
  • Patent number: 9608377
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a cage member having a plurality of walls defining a port configured to receive a pluggable module therein through a front end of the cage member. The port extends to a rear end of the cage member. The walls are manufactured from a conductive material and provide electrical shielding. A communication connector is disposed within the cage member and is positioned at the rear end of the cage member to mate with the pluggable module when the pluggable module is inserted into the port. The communication connector has a mating face being forward facing. A communication connector light pipe is mounted to the communication connector and provided at the mating face. The communication connector light pipe has an emitting face emitting light into the pluggable module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael John Phillips
  • Patent number: 9608378
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing crosstalk compensation in a jack are disclosed. According to one method, the crosstalk compensation is adapted to compensate for undesired crosstalk generated at a capacitive coupling located at a plug inserted within the jack. The method includes positioning a first capacitive coupling a first time delay away from the capacitive coupling of the plug, the first capacitive coupling having a greater magnitude and an opposite polarity as compared to the capacitive coupling of the plug. The method also includes positioning a second capacitive coupling at a second time delay from the first capacitive coupling, the second time delay corresponding to an average time delay that optimizes near end crosstalk. The second capacitive coupling has generally the same overall magnitude but an opposite polarity as compared to the first capacitive coupling, and includes two capacitive elements spaced at different time delays from the first capacitive coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: David Patrick Murray, Bernard Harold Hammond, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9608379
    Abstract: A communication connector including elongated contacts, and an optional flexible compensation circuit. The elongated contacts include a plurality of contact pairs. Each pair includes first and second contacts configured to transmit a differential signal. The elongated contacts may each have first and second portions with first and second heights, respectively. The first height is greater than the second height. The first portion of the first contact is positioned alongside the first portion of the second contact to capacitively couple the first and second contacts together. The optional flexible compensation circuit includes compensation circuity configured to at least partially reduce crosstalk between the elongated contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
    Inventors: Jon Clark Riley, Bret Taylor, Charles R. Bragg, Darrell W. Zielke, Tom Sauter, Hua Wang
  • Patent number: 9608380
    Abstract: A contact module is provided for an electrical connector. The contact module includes a carrier and a leadframe held by the carrier. The leadframe includes signal contacts that extend outward from the carrier for mating with corresponding mating signal contacts. A ground shield is mounted to the carrier. The ground shield includes a body configured to extend over at least a portion of the leadframe. The ground shield includes ground contacts configured to mate with corresponding mating ground shields. The ground contacts include groups of spring beams. Each group of spring beams includes at least first and second spring beams that extend from the body of the ground shield in respective different directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael James Horning, Wayne Samuel Davis, Xingling Zhou
  • Patent number: 9608381
    Abstract: A receptacle connector assembly includes a plurality of receptacle connectors stacked up and down and fastened together. The receptacle connector includes a first terminal module, two second terminal modules, two middle shielding plates, two docking modules, and a shielding shell surrounding the first terminal module, the second terminal modules, the middle shielding plates and the docking modules. The first terminal module includes a first base block which has a first fastening portion. Two side surfaces of the first fastening portion protrude upward and outward to form two flanks. Each of the second terminal modules has a second base block. Each of the middle shielding plates is mounted between one of the flanks and the corresponding second base block. The two docking modules are mounted to the first terminal module, the two middle shielding plates and the two second terminal modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng-Wang Yang, Kai-Hsiang Chang
  • Patent number: 9608382
    Abstract: A header transition connector includes a header housing having a separating wall separating a first cavity from a second cavity. Header signal contacts are held by the header housing. The header signal contacts are arranged in pairs carrying differential signals. The header signal contacts have first mating ends in the first cavity for mating with a first receptacle connector. The header signal contacts have second mating ends in the second cavity for mating with a second receptacle connector. Header ground shields are held by the header housing. The header ground shields have first mating ends in the first cavity for mating with the first receptacle connector. The header ground shields have second mating ends in the second cavity for mating with the second receptacle connector. At least a group of the header ground shields are electrically commoned with each other within the header housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TE CONNECTIVITY NEDERLAND B.V., TYCO ELECTRONICS BELGIUM EC BVBA
    Inventors: Justin Shane McClellan, Jeffrey Byron McClinton, Lieven Decrock, Han van het Bolscher
  • Patent number: 9608383
    Abstract: An electrical assembly has a lead frame with a plurality of elongated conductor sets and an insulative housing. Each conductor set has two differential signal pair conductors between a first ground conductor and a second ground conductor. A slot extends through the insulative housing and at least partially exposes the first ground conductor of a first conductor set and the second ground conductor of a second conductor set. A first ground shield has a first tab bent inward that extends into the slot from a first side of the lead frame. A second ground shield has second tab bent inward that extends into the slot from a second side of the lead frame. A conductive medium is provided in the slot to electrically connect the first tab, the second tab, the first ground conductor and the second ground conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: AMPHENOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Philip T. Stokoe, Djamel Hamiroune
  • Patent number: 9608384
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, a cage and a switch unit. The housing has a base and a side wall connected to a side edge of the base. The cage and the housing together define a slot, and an entrance of the slot is on an end face. The switch unit is provided to the side wall. The side wall further has a mounting space that can receive the switch unit and a through-hole extending from the end face of the side wall into the mounting space along the card insertion direction so that a pin-like element can be inserted into the through-hole to enable the switch unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Foong-Ching Soo
  • Patent number: 9608385
    Abstract: A connection structure of an electronic component and terminal metal fittings includes a relay in which a plurality of terminals are projected from a relay body having a rectangular parallelepiped shape, terminal metal fittings that are fitted in the respective terminals, and a holding member in which the relay and the terminal metal fittings are accommodated. The holding member has a component body accommodating portion that accommodates the relay body, terminal accommodating portions each accommodating the distal end portion of corresponding one of the terminals and corresponding one of the terminal metal fittings, a groove portion that positions an erroneous-insertion prevention projecting portion therein when the relay is inserted in a normal orientation, and a contact portion that is brought into contact with the erroneous-insertion prevention projecting portion when the relay is inserted in an erroneous orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Yukihiro Kawamura