Patents Issued in July 4, 2017
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Patent number: 9698472Abstract: An antenna device for radio communications in a wearable device comprises a ground plate having an arc shape, a first antenna plate extending essentially parallel to the ground plate and connected thereto at a first end portion of the ground plate, the first antenna plate having a first feed terminal, and a second antenna plate extending essentially parallel to a the ground plate and connected thereto at a second end portion of the ground plate opposite to the first end portion of the ground plate, the second antenna plate having a second feed terminal. A gap is provided between the first antenna plate and the second antenna plate.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Inventors: Pavel Mi{hacek over (s)}kovský, Axel von Arbin
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Patent number: 9698473Abstract: An antenna device that is built inside a hollow body fixed to a vehicle comprises a composite antenna element that has an antenna length corresponding to a first frequency band and is bent so as to also function as a capacitive antenna corresponding to a second frequency band and to improve an antenna effective capacitance and that is disposed in a substantially planar manner. The composite antenna element is disposed such that a planar direction thereof is inclined toward a vertical-direction side with respect to a metal body of the vehicle, and is offset-disposed to a left or right side in the hollow body with respect to a vehicle traveling direction, and is grounded in a metal portion of the vehicle near a position where the composite antenna element is disposed.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: HARADA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Jun Ito, Daisuke Ito, Junichi Kawahata, Hiroki Ujiie
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Patent number: 9698474Abstract: The invention concerns a helical antenna comprising a shape of revolution and a plurality of radiating strands helically wound around the shape of revolution, characterized in that each radiating strand is defined by a repetition of a fractal pattern comprising segments formed by a sinusoidal curve.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignees: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CENTRE NATIONAL D'ETUDES SPATIALESInventors: Hervé Aubert, Hubert Diez, Daniel Belot, Alexandru Takacs
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Patent number: 9698475Abstract: A first resin layer (11) is provided with a first through hole (12), a conductive pattern (31, 41, 51) extends from a first surface of the first resin layer (11) to a second surface of the first resin layer (11) through the first through hole (12), and a second resin layer (21) is provided with a first protrusion (22) which fills at least a portion of the first through hole (12).Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Tomofumi Katayama
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Patent number: 9698476Abstract: An antenna device includes: a case; a board which is encased in the case and receives a signal from an antenna element; and a base for which closes a bottom face of the case. The base is integrally provided with a metal fastening member, and includes a sheet metal part for conducting earth connection between an earth electrode of the board and a vehicle panel, and the sheet metal part is surrounded with resin to be integrally molded therewith.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Yokowo Co., Ltd.Inventors: Noriyoshi Nakada, Masashi Noda
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Patent number: 9698477Abstract: A cell tower is manufactured from a steel plate that is pressed into a polygon form, such as a 12-sided polygon or a 16-sided polygon. The tower is designed for direct embedding into the ground or attachment to a buried portion. The base portion contains apertures sized to permit the installation of an equipment rack directly into the interior of the tower. Other apertures in the tower provide handholes for installation of the equipment, backup batteries, and cabling. The top section of the cell tower includes mounting members for one or more sets of cellular radio antennas and/or microwave antennas. The antennas, and associated remote radio units, are mounted to the top of the cell tower and are hidden from view by one or more shrouds. The shrouds provide a visible barrier, but have minimal impact on the radio frequency characteristics.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Mobilitie, LLCInventors: Gary B. Jabara, Christos Karmis, Jason Caliento, Justin deHart, Michael Thomas Trampetti, Russell J. Lofquist, Jonathan Levine
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Patent number: 9698478Abstract: An electronically-controlled steerable beam antenna with suppressed parasitic scattering includes a feed line defining an axis x; and first and second arrays of electronically-controlled switchable scatters distributed along the axis x, each of the scatterers in the first and second arrays being switchable between a high state and a low state to scatter an electromagnetic wave propagating through the transmission line so as to form a steerable antenna beam. Each of the scatters of the second array is configured to be 180°-phase-shifted relative to a corresponding scatter of the first array. The switchable scatterers of the first and second arrays are configured into high states and low states relative to each other so as to suppress parasitic scattering of the electromagnetic wave without suppressing the steerable antenna beam.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATIONInventors: Vladimir A. Manasson, Lev S. Sadovnik, Vladimir Litvinov
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Patent number: 9698479Abstract: A method and apparatus for electronically steering an antenna system. The apparatus comprises a dielectric substrate, a plurality of radiating spokes, and a number of surface wave feeds. The plurality of radiating spokes is arranged radially with respect to a center point of the dielectric substrate. Each radiating spoke in the plurality of radiating spokes forms a surface wave channel configured to constrain a path of a surface wave. Each of the number of surface wave feeds couples at least one corresponding radiating spoke in the plurality of radiating spokes to a transmission line that carries a radio frequency signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Daniel J. Gregoire, Amit M. Patel, Michael de La Chapelle
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Patent number: 9698480Abstract: A first base radiation element has a first end connected to the feed point, and a second end. A second base radiation element has a first end connected to the ground point, and a second end. The first and second base radiation elements respectively include portions extending in a first direction and close to each other. The first base radiation element is branched into first and second branch radiation elements at a first branch point located at the second end of the first base radiation element, the first branch radiation element includes a portion extending in the first direction, and the second branch radiation element includes a portion extending in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The end of the second base radiation element is connected to a connecting point different from the first branch point of the first branch radiation element.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuya Tani, Toshiharu Ishimura, Kenji Nishikawa, Kazuya Nakano
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Patent number: 9698481Abstract: A first radiating electrode of a split ring resonator type is formed on a side face of a substrate of a rectangular cuboid antenna device so as to be at a right angle to a ground electrode surface, a second radiating electrode is provided on a top surface of the substrate, the first radiating electrode and the second radiating electrode are capacitively coupled, and the resonance frequency of the first radiating electrode and second radiating electrode are configured to be approximately in symmetry with the central frequency of the used frequency.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.Inventor: Jin Mikata
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Patent number: 9698482Abstract: An antenna device of the present embodiment includes: a first conductive layer connected to a ground potential, a semiconductor device provided above the first conductive layer, a second conductive layer provided above the semiconductor device, a first via connecting the second conductive layer and the first conductive layer, a third conductive layer provided above the second conductive layer, a second via passing through the first opening, and an antenna provided above the third conductive layer. A dielectric is provided between the second conductive layer and the semiconductor device, between the third conductive layer and the second conductive layer, and between the antenna and the third conductive layer. The second conductive layer includes a first opening. The second via connects the third conductive layer and the first conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventors: Tadahiro Sasaki, Kazuhiko Itaya, Hiroshi Yamada, Yutaka Onozuka, Nobuto Managaki, Atsuko Iida
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Patent number: 9698483Abstract: Provided are an aerial device applied to an electronic apparatus and corresponding method for setting the aerial device that include a first aerial unit located at the first position of the electronic apparatus, having a first communication bandwidth, and radiating a first aerial signal in a first polarization direction; and a second aerial unit located at the second position adjacent to the first position of the electronic apparatus, having a second communication bandwidth, and irradiating a second aerial signal in a second polarization direction orthogonal to the first polarization direction. In the present invention, the polarization directions of aerial signals of adjacent aerial units are orthogonalized to improve the isolation between adjacent aerial units, thus enabling different aerial units to be arranged adjacent to one another so as to reduce the footprint of an aerial device.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: LENOVO (BEIJING) CO., LTD.Inventors: Jin Liu, Jinqiang Lin
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Patent number: 9698484Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatically adjusting a plurality of tunable passive antennas, for instance a plurality of tunable passive antennas of a radio transceiver using several antennas simultaneously. The invention also relates to an automatically tunable antenna array using this method. An automatically tunable antenna array of the invention has 4 user ports, and comprises: 4 tunable passive antennas, the 4 tunable passive antennas operating simultaneously in a given frequency band and forming a multiport antenna array; 4 sensing units; 4 feeders; a signal processing unit delivering a tuning instruction; and a tuning control unit, the tuning control unit receiving the tuning instruction from the signal processing unit, the tuning control unit delivering tuning control signals to the tunable passive antennas, the tuning control signals being determined as a function of the tuning instruction.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: TekcemInventors: Frédéric Broyde, Evelyne Clavelier
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Patent number: 9698485Abstract: A module for wireless communication includes: a module body which (i) is plate-shaped, has (ii) a structure having a plurality of layers, and (iii) has a circuit region; and a folded dipole which is situated circumferentially around the circuit region and has a first dipole half situated in a first level of the module body, and a second dipole half situated in a second level of the module body. The first dipole half and the second dipole half are separated by a layer of the module body, and are connected to one another in electrically conductive fashion through a first via and a second via extending through the layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Stefan Gaier
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Patent number: 9698486Abstract: A higher band radiating element for use in a multiband antenna includes first and second dipole arms supported by a feedboard. The feedboard includes first and second matching circuits, each comprising a capacitor-inductor-capacitor (CLC) matching circuit. The matching circuit further includes a CM tuning circuit connecting a portion of the matching circuit to ground via a microstrip trace selected to pass lower band currents while blocking higher band currents. The CM tuning circuit moves the common mode resonance of the higher band support PCB down below the operating frequency of additional, lower band radiating elements present in the multiband antenna, which is preferable to moving the common mode resonance above the lower band frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Alireza Shooshtari, Martin L. Zimmerman, Peter J. Bisiules
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Patent number: 9698487Abstract: In a multilayer substrate, eight front-side antenna portions and eight back-side antenna portions are disposed. Front-side radiation elements in the front-side antenna portions and back-side radiation elements in the back-side antenna portions are arranged in a staggered pattern when being vertically projected onto an back side of the multilayer substrate. The front-side radiation elements are disposed on a front side of the multilayer substrate, and a front-side ground layer is formed near the back side of the multilayer substrate. On the other hand, the back-side radiation elements are disposed on the back side of the multilayer substrate, and a back-side ground layer is formed near the front side of the multilayer substrate. The front-side radiation element and the back-side radiation element are disposed so as not to overlap each other when being vertically projected onto the back side of the multilayer substrate.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaoru Sudo, Masayuki Nakajima
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Patent number: 9698488Abstract: A waveguide filter is provided. The waveguide filter includes a pipe and a first rib structure. The pipe includes a first inner wall. The first rib structure includes a first rib. The first rib is disposed in the pipe and formed on the first inner wall. The first rib includes a first section and a second section, wherein the first section and the second section extend on a first straight line and are perpendicular to the first inner wall, and a first gap is formed between the first section and the second section, and a first gap distance of the first gap is between 0.1 to 1.2 mm.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Wistron Neweb Corp.Inventors: Shun-Chung Kuo, Chang-Hsiu Huang
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Patent number: 9698490Abstract: A dielectric cone radiator sub-reflector assembly for a reflector antenna with a waveguide supported sub-reflector is provided as a unitary dielectric block with a sub-reflector at a distal end. A waveguide transition portion of the dielectric block is dimensioned for insertion coupling into an end of the waveguide. A sub-reflector support portion of the dielectric block and the waveguide transition portion provided with a plurality of longitudinal ribs and grooves coaxial with a longitudinal axis of the assembly; the longitudinal grooves open to a proximal end of the dielectric block. The unitary dielectric block may be manufactured as a single contiguous monolithic portion of dielectric material via injection molding.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Alastair Wright, John Curran
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Patent number: 9698491Abstract: A multi-panel antenna system may be disassembled and packaged into a container with substantially smaller dimensions than the assembled antenna system. The antenna system may include two or more reflector panels, such that a respective reflector panel can include a curved surface that may form a portion of a parabolic reflector, and can include an inter-panel fastener operable to align a side surface of the respective reflector panel with a side surface of another reflector panel. The antenna system may also include a mounting assembly that may be used to fasten a convex side of the two or more reflector panels to a surface external to the antenna system, and a feed assembly that may be attached to the mounting assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: UBIQUITI NETWORKS, INC.Inventor: Jude Lee
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Patent number: 9698492Abstract: A multiple beam integrated antenna system for a satellite including a support structure having an alignment plate. The antenna system further includes a plurality of feed horns mounted to the alignment plate, where each feed horn includes a plurality of tapered sections that support propagation modes for both up-link signals and down-link signals. A septum polarizer is mounted to an input end of each feed horn that converts linearly polarized signals to circularly polarized signals for the up-link signals and converts circularly polarized signals to linearly polarized signals for the down-link signals. A Y-shaped waveguide is coupled to each of the polarizers and includes separate receive reject and transmit reject filters so as to keep the up-link signals and the down-link signals from interfering with each other. Flex waveguides couple the transmit leg and the receive leg of each Y-shaped waveguide to RF modules.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems CorporationInventors: Sudhakar K. Rao, Daniel H. Roper, Arun K. Bhattacharyya
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Patent number: 9698493Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a dual-polarized antenna radiating element. The dual-polarized antenna radiating element includes four radiators and a connecting part, where the four radiators are arranged in a cross shape, with each two of them oppositely disposed, the four radiators form a radiating plane, one end of each of the radiators is connected to the connecting part, and the other end extends in a direction away from the connecting part. Each of the radiators includes a first radiating arm and a second radiating arm, where the first radiating arm and the second radiating arm are asymmetric. In the embodiments of the present invention, a new resonant frequency band is added by using asymmetric radiating arms, thereby broadening the width of a resonant frequency band, so that the antenna radiating element can adapt to a broader resonant frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Jinju Wang, Tao Tang
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Quadri-polarized antenna radiator, quadri-polarized antenna and quadri-polarized multi-antenna array
Patent number: 9698494Abstract: A quadri-polarized antenna oscillator, a quadri-polarized antenna, and a quadri-polarized multi-antenna array are provided. The quadri-polarized antenna oscillator comprises four polarized oscillators, wherein midpoints of the four polarized oscillators are coincident; a polarization direction of a first polarized oscillator is a horizontal direction; a polarization direction of a second polarized oscillator is perpendicular to the horizontal direction; a polarization direction of a third polarized oscillator has a 45° angle with the horizontal direction; and a polarization direction of a fourth polarized oscillator has a ?45° angle with the horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: China Telecom Corporation LimitedInventors: Qi Bi, Weiliang Xie -
Patent number: 9698495Abstract: The reconfigurable MIMO and sensing antenna system combines a 2-element reconfigurable MIMO antenna system with a UWB element. The complete setup is suitable for CR platforms that require sensing UWB band availability. The design is planar in structure and includes a pair of PIFAs disposed on a dielectric substrate top surface. The UWB sensing element is disposed on the dielectric substrate bottom surface. An F-head portion of each PIFA has two arms extending to a longer peripheral edge of the substrate. An F-tail portion of each PIFA extends from the substrate's shorter peripheral edge. The two PIFAs are mirror images of each other. For each PIFA, three diode circuits include a PIN diode in combination with a varactor diode connected to and extending away from the F-tail portion of the PIFA, thereby creating separate radiating branches of the PIFA.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALSInventors: Mohammad Said Sharawi, Rifaqat Hussain
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Patent number: 9698496Abstract: A crimp terminal includes a core-wire crimping part that crimps a core wire including strands of an electrical wire so as to surround the core wire from the outside. The core-wire crimping part is provided, on its surface for arranging the core wire thereon, with serrations extending in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the core wire. The serrations include central serration parts and end serration parts which are arranged on respective surfaces that face each other when the core-wire crimping part is crimped to the core wire and which have protruding cross-sectional shapes. The central serration parts and the end serration parts are arranged at respective positions deviated from each other in the axial direction of the core wire.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Takahiro Yudate
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Patent number: 9698497Abstract: A repair sleeve has first and second end portions, each of which has a substantially cylindrical outer surface. The end portions are bored to receive a cable of a particular diameter. The inner surface of each end portion may be stepped or tapered. The center portion of the repair sleeve, between the two end portions, has an interior diameter substantially larger than the nominal diameter of the cable so that the repair sleeve can be use on a frayed cable or a cable with a failing splice. The repair sleeve is split longitudinally into two interlocking portions, which, when separated, allows the damaged cable or failing splice under repair to be inserted into a first one of the portions in a radial direction. The other portion is then inserted into the first portion and the repair sleeve is swaged onto the cable.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2013Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: DMC POWER, INC.Inventors: Eyass Khansa, Luis Sosa
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Patent number: 9698498Abstract: The disclosed embodiments relate generally to a modular connector for a multi-conductor ribbon cable provided for power and data transmission to a network of devices. The modular connector is coupled to the conductors in the ribbon cable by insulation displacement members. When the connector is attached to the ribbon cable and disconnected from a device a continuous circuit path is provided and when connected to a device configurable circuit paths are provided.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Yutao Wang, Steven T. Haensgen, Jeffrey A. Kilburn, John P. Caspers, Darryl E. Whitley
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Patent number: 9698499Abstract: A wire clamp connector includes a connecting board, a plurality of conductive sheets, a plurality of conductive mounts, and a plurality of wire clamp components. The conductive sheets are disposed at one surface of the connecting board. The conductive mounts are disposed at the top of the connecting board and connected to the conductive sheets. The wire clamp components are disposed at the respective conductive mounts. Each of the wire clamp components includes a lock member and a clamping piece. The lock member pushes the clamping piece to push against a wire, so that the wire can be firmly positioned with the corresponding conductive mount. Furthermore, the wire clamp connector may be applied to the wall mount component so as to be mounted on a wall and connected to an electronic product.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Advanced-Connectek Inc.Inventors: Jin-Shi Chen, Pin-Yuan Hou
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Patent number: 9698500Abstract: A joint sleeve is proposed for connecting busbar sections, each having connectable contacts. In an embodiment, the sleeve includes—a non-magnetic case defining butt ends occluded with non-magnetic flanges each having a hole securing the respective busbar section therein,—a fire-resistant coating covering the case,—an electrically insulated supporting tube disposed within the case and defining a chamber therein, enclosing the connectable contacts,—a grounding screen mounted on the supporting tube, and—a fire-resistant layer disposed between the case and the screen capable of thermal expansion upon heating thereof, thereby improving fire-resistance. Instead of the fire-resistant layer, another embodiment includes an annular air chamber formed between the case and the supporting tube, while the annular chamber is in communication with hollows, and the supporting tube is closed by another pair of flanges with holes securing the respective busbar sections.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Inventors: Nikolai Danielian, Fatima Ferkhatovna Yashina, Gagik Gamletovich Galstyan
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Patent number: 9698501Abstract: An electrical shield connector configured to be attached to an end of a shielded cable having a conductive wire and a shield conductor longitudinally surrounding the conductive wire. The shield connector includes a connection portion that is configured for connection with a corresponding mating electrical shield connector and a cable attachment portion that is configured to longitudinally receive an end of the shield conductor. The connection portion defines a shroud surrounding an electrical terminal attached to the conductive wire. The cable attachment portion and/or crimp wings projecting therefrom define a projection that is configured to contact and indent the shield conductor, thereby mechanically and electrically connecting the shield connector to the shield conductor. The cable attachment portion may also define a knurled pattern in an interior surface of the cable attachment portion, such as a knurled pattern having a number of rhomboid-shaped indentations.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Delphi Technologies Inc.Inventors: Nicole L. Liptak, Bruce D. Taylor, Leslie L. Jones, William J. Palm
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Patent number: 9698502Abstract: A coaxial plug connection having a coaxial plug connector and a counter plug connector. The coaxial plug connector having an inner conductor, an outer conductor which surrounds the inner conductor, and a bayonet nut which is arranged so as to be rotatable relative to the outer conductor and which forms a locking groove for accommodating a projection of a counter plug connector. The locking groove is disposed in the form of a helical groove and the bayonet nut has first and second bayonet nut parts that each form one side of the helical groove, wherein the bayonet nut parts can be displaced relatively to each other in longitudinal axial direction of the coaxial plug connector in order to clamp the projection of the counter plug connector in the helical groove, and wherein the bayonet nut parts can be fixed in position relative to each other by a fixing element.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Frank Tatzel
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Patent number: 9698503Abstract: A part (11) of a conducting bar (5) for an electrical apparatus, such as a terminal block, the part (11) of the conductive bar (5) comprising a first planar portion extending along an extension direction (15) of the part (11) of the conducting bar (5), a second planar portion (23) extending along the extension direction (15), the extension plane (25) of the second portion (23) being transversal to the extension plane (21) of the first portion. The part (11) has a first cutout along a first contour arranged in the first portion and a second cutout along a second contour arranged in the first portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Philippe France, Andre Imperato
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Patent number: 9698504Abstract: A battery terminal 1 includes a terminal main body 2 including an upper plate portion 10 and a lower plate portion 60 provided separately from the upper plate portion 10, the upper plate portion 10 including a upper plate mounting portion 20 having an upper plate mounting hole 21 through which a battery post 140 is to be inserted and an upper plate fastening portion 30 connected to the upper plate mounting portion 20, the lower plate portion 60 including a lower plate mounting portion 70 having a lower plate mounting hole 71 through which the battery post 140 is to be inserted and a lower plate fastening portion 80 connected to the lower plate mounting portion 70, and a bracket 100 configured to deform the upper plate mounting hole 21 and the lower plate mounting hole 71 to reduce them in diameter by being mounted on the terminal main body 2.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Takashi Nobukuni, Takashi Tsuchiya, Takamaru Amano, Yuichi Nakanishi
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Patent number: 9698505Abstract: A connector includes: a press-fit pin including a press-fit portion configured to be press-fitted into a through-hole of a circuit board and a pressed portion configured to be coupled to the press-fit portion and receive a pressing force for press-fitting the press-fit portion into the through-hole; and a press-fit member including a through-hole configured to removably hold the press-fit pin and a pressing portion configured to transfer the pressing force to the pressed portion of the press-fit pin held in the through-hole such that the press-fit portion protrudes.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventor: Takehide Miyazaki
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Patent number: 9698506Abstract: An electric connection structure electrically connecting an electric device and a circuit board includes a connection terminal including a press-welded terminal portion welded to a device terminal of the electric device by pressing, and a press-fit terminal portion fitted in a through-hole of the circuit board by pressing. A direction of the pressing of the press-welded terminal portion against the device terminal is the same as a direction of the pressing of the press-fit terminal portion into the through-hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Toshihiro Miyake
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Patent number: 9698507Abstract: A package structure of a power module includes an insulation frame, a first circuit substrate, an insulation cover, plural first pins, plural posts and a fastening element. The insulation frame includes a sidewall and a first coupling part. The first coupling part is externally protruded from the sidewall. The first coupling part includes a first mounting structure. The first circuit substrate is combined with a bottom part of the insulation frame. The insulation cover is combined with a top part of the insulation frame. The insulation cover includes a second coupling part. The second coupling part includes a second mounting structure. The plural posts are embedded in the at least one first coupling part of the insulation frame, and partially penetrated through the second coupling part. The fastening element is connected with the first mounting structure and the second mounting structure.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.Inventors: Kai-Ti Chang, Ching-Chi Yang, Hsueh-Kuo Liao, Chuna-Jia Cheng
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Patent number: 9698508Abstract: A plug connector electrically connected to a socket connector includes a movable housing engaged with the socket connector; a fixed housing secured to a first substrate; and a plug terminal having a plug contact portion in electrical contact with the socket connector engaged with the movable housing, and a movable part configured to support the fixed housing such that the fixed housing can be displaced with respect to the movable housing in engaging and disengaging directions of the socket connector with respect to the movable housing, while maintaining the contact of the plug contact portion with the socket connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroaki Kobayashi, Yoshiyuki Ogura, Katsumasa Sato, Koji Kuniyoshi
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Patent number: 9698509Abstract: A connector which makes it possible to prevent an object to be connected from being easily removed therefrom. When a flexible printed wiring board is inserted into an insertion portion from an insertion slot of a housing, abutment portions of an operation member are pushed and rotated by the flexible printed wiring board, and are moved in a direction away from the insertion portion, and an operation portion of the operation member is rotated, whereby movable arm portions of first contacts and second contacts are moved in the direction away from the insertion portion. When the flexible printed wiring board is inserted to a predetermined position in the insertion portion, locking portions of the abutment portions are inserted in receiving portions of the housing through receiving portions of the flexible printed wiring board, and the movable arm portions are moved in a direction approaching to the insertion portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITEDInventor: Kenta Ashibu
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Patent number: 9698510Abstract: In the connector, each terminal has a base portion, a rear upper beam, a front upper beam, a rear lower beam, and a front lower beam. The actuator includes a cam portion pushing the rear upper beam upwards, and the rear lower beam includes a fixed portion. The front lower beam includes a contact point which establishes contact with the flat cable, and a front end of the lower surface of the front lower beam establishing contact with the upper surface of the bottom portion of the housing. The contact point is positioned to the rear of the upper end of the lower surface of the front lower beam, and the front lower beam and the rear lower beam curve upward when the rear upper beam is pushed upwards, the front end of the lower surface of the front lower beam and the fixed portion serving as the support point.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Takumi Ono, Hideki Iijima
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Patent number: 9698511Abstract: An electric contact for preventing a terminal of an electrical part and the electric contact from sticking to each other after a continuity test to improve the durability of the electric contact; and a socket for electrical part using the electric contact. In the electric contact according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, a foundation layer composed primarily of Ni, a surface layer composed primarily of Pd and Ag, and an outermost layer composed primarily of Sn or Au are formed on a surface of an electrically-conductive base material.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: ENPLAS CORPORATIONInventor: Takahiro Oda
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Patent number: 9698512Abstract: Embodiments disclose an electrical contact including a metal housing and a fixed contact part, which is attached to the metal housing and has a contact surface that, during the attachment, is located within the metal housing, and a contact tab located outside the metal housing. The electrical contact includes a movable contact part, which can be inserted into the metal housing to form an electrical contact together with the contact surface of the fixed contact part. A cleaning system is provided in that at least one scraping edge is provided adjoining the contact surface, the movable contact part making contact with said scraping edge during insertion. A surface of the movable contact part passes over the scraping edge to remove possible dirt particles.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Lisa Draexlmaier GmbHInventors: Robert Saller, Xiayuan Zhang
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Patent number: 9698513Abstract: A force biased spring probe pin assembly includes a barrel member having a barrel wall defining an elongate internal cavity with a lower end and an upper end. The assembly also includes a first plunger member reciprocally mounted in the internal cavity proximate the lower end of the internal cavity. A spring member is positioned in the internal cavity between the plunger member and the second end of the internal cavity. Three or more conductive bearings are positioned in the internal cavity in contact with the first plunger member and the spring member. A force biased spring probe pin assembly includes a barrel member having a barrel wall defining an elongate internal cavity with a lower end and an upper end. The assembly also includes a first plunger member reciprocally mounted in the internal cavity proximate the lower end of the internal cavity and a second plunger member reciprocally mounted in the internal cavity proximate the upper end of the internal cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Kay Chan Tong, Hisashi Ata, Thiha Shwe, Phillip Marcus Blitz
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Patent number: 9698514Abstract: A connector (10) includes a female housing (20) for accommodating female terminals (24) and a retainer (40) mountable in female housing (20). The retainer (40) includes a retaining portion (41) that retains the female terminals (24) by being inserted into a retainer mounting hole (27) in the female housing (20). Locks (46) are adjacent to the retaining portion (41) in a direction intersecting an inserting direction of the retaining portion (41) while standing up from bases (45) integral to the retaining portion (41). The locks (46) resiliently deform by moving onto partial locking projections (30) and full locking projections (31) formed in the female housing (20), and resiliently restore to engage the partial locking projections (30) and the full locking projections (31). The lock pieces (46) are separated from the retaining portion (41).Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2012Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Naotaka Tanikawa, Yuujirou Imai
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Patent number: 9698515Abstract: A port of a computing system includes a connector movable between a recessed position and an extended position. The connector is extended from the recessed position to the extended position in response to a plug.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventor: Mark David Senatori
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Patent number: 9698516Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a connector. The connector includes a top cover, a connecting plate, and a base. The top cover includes a top cover body and a first arc member. A first end of the first arc member is arranged on a side surface of the top cover body. A removable thin plate is arranged inside the first arc member. The connecting plate includes a connection section and a protruding section. The top cover body and the base are engaged and connected to form a cavity. The connection section is arranged inside the cavity. The connection section is connected to the base. A first end of the protruding section is connected to the connection section and a second end of the protruding section protrudes from the base.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: NINGDE CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Huang Yincheng, Xiang Yanhuo
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Patent number: 9698517Abstract: A connector (10A) includes a main body (300) with a wire pull-out surface (66) through which wires (100) are pulled out and a wire cover (50) mounted on the main body (300). The wire cover (50) includes a back plate (51) and two covering portions (53) projecting from opposite ends of the back plate (51) to face each other and cover the wires (100) from opposite sides. The covering portions (53) have an opening (55) configured to expose parts of the wires (100) when viewed in the facing direction at a position overlapping a formation area of the wire pull-out surface (66). A mounting portion (59) extends from an edge of the opening (55) to the back plate (51) and is configured such that a binding band (75) for fixing the wires (100) is mounted thereon.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Shigeto Kataoka
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Patent number: 9698518Abstract: A wire connector kit and a method of protecting an electrical connection comprising a wire connector and a source of expandable sealant wherein the expandable sealant is injected into a wire connector after the electrical connection has been formed with the expandable sealant undergoing an in situ internal expansion from a site proximate the electrical connection to encapsulate and protect the electrical junction from the environment or through forming a sealant plug in a housing through an in situ expansion of the sealant plug to protect an electrical connection cocooned within the housing by the sealant plug.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2014Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: THE PATENT STORE LLCInventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., James C Keeven
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Patent number: 9698519Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing including an outer surface and an inner surface, the housing including an opening through which the outer surface and the inner surface communicate with each other. The external connection terminal also includes a female connector including a receiver configured to receive at least a part of a male connector inserted externally, the female connector including a conducting portion located to face the inner surface of the housing and electrically connectable to the male connector through the opening, and a seal located around the opening and located obliquely with respect to a direction in which the male connector is received.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2016Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATIONInventors: Atsuki Oi, Daisuke Takahashi
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Patent number: 9698520Abstract: A shrouded connector and associated methods of manufacture are provided. The shrouded connector includes an insulating shroud which includes at least one ventilation passageway which communicates an internal cavity of the insulating shroud with an annular space of the insulating shroud, the annular space adjacent an exterior of the insulating shroud.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Prothia s.a.r.l.Inventors: Brian Hartwell Spear, Nicolas Martinez
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Patent number: 9698521Abstract: A high voltage feedthrough assembly comprises an electrical lead extending in a longitudinal direction and an insulative cover capturing the electrical lead and extending along the electrical lead. The high voltage feedthrough assembly also comprises a flange, the insulative cover extending through and being held by the flange, so that the electrical lead extends through the flange. An adapter body has a cavity extending therethrough, is held in a spaced relation to the flange, the width of the cavity being greater than the width of the insulative cover, wherein a portion of the insulative cover and the electrical lead extending from the flange extends into the cavity. A collar is arranged in the adapter body cavity, extending radially between the adapter body and the insulative cover, to hold the insulative cover and electrical lead so that the insulative cover is radially spaced away from the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Thermo Fisher Scientific (Bremen) GmbHInventors: Michael Deerberg, Thomas Heise, Michael Krummen, Ronald Seedorf, Tobias Wolf
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Patent number: 9698522Abstract: A strain relief element for a cable. The strain relief element has a clamping collar in form of an at least partially closing ring for clamping the cable sheathing arranged in a clamping opening of the ring. The clamping collar having first and second half-ring clamping elements with a partial clamping opening each and hinged together through a first hinge. The clamping opening being defined by the two half-ring clamping elements folded towards each other and fixed with a clamping force executed by a clamping element. The strain relief element has a fixing collar means in form of an at least partially closing ring for fixing a corrugated tube surrounding the cable arranged in a fixing opening of the ring, the fixing collar having first and second half-ring fixing elements with a partial fixing opening each and hinged together through a second hinge.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: Erich Jaeger GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Klaus Markefka