Patents Issued in September 17, 2019
  • Patent number: 10418694
    Abstract: An antenna system for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) includes an antenna having a transmit-receive radiation pattern with a peak strength in a first direction of the antenna, a first strength reducing to a first predetermined strength below the peak strength at a first angle away from the first direction, a second strength reducing to a second predetermined strength lower than the first predetermined strength at a second angle greater than the first angle away from the first direction, and a third strength reducing to a third predetermined strength lower than the second predetermined strength at angles greater than the second angle away from the from the first direction. The antenna system further includes a self-leveling antenna mount to maintain the first direction in substantial alignment with a straight downward direction relative to the UAV despite a change in roll, pitch, or bank of the UAV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: AT&T Mobility II LLC
    Inventors: Haywood S. Peitzer, Carl Lindsey Martin, II, Scott Prather
  • Patent number: 10418695
    Abstract: An antenna apparatus includes a substrate formed of a dielectric material; a pattern unit disposed on one surface of the substrate and radiating energy of electromagnetic wave; and a patch unit disposed on the substrate to be spaced apart from one side of the pattern unit with a first distance and configured to limit radiation of an energy radiated from the one side of the pattern unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Ho Kim, Jungook Lee, Kyu Han Kim
  • Patent number: 10418696
    Abstract: A first antenna and a second antenna (a patch antenna 109) are arranged in a single housing (a cover 101). The second antenna has a grounded conductor plate. The first antenna is a dipole antenna 210 receiving a vertically polarized radio wave, and has feed points positioned as high as or higher than the second antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HARADA INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yugo Tashiro
  • Patent number: 10418697
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an antenna apparatus includes first line which has a feed end connected to a feed point and an open end, and is L-shaped, and second line which has a first end connected to a branch point between a bend portion of first line and the feed point and a second end connected to a first ground point, and is L-shaped. First line includes first portion which is elongated from the feed end to the bend portion, and second portion which is elongated from the bend portion to the open end. Second line includes third portion which is elongated from the branch point to a bend portion, and fourth portion which is elongated from the bend portion to the first ground point. The second portion and the third portion are opposed to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: TOSHIBA CLIENT SOLUTIONS CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Ippei Kashiwagi
  • Patent number: 10418698
    Abstract: An omni-directional antenna using a rotator is disclosed. The omni-directional antenna is installed on the rotator having at least one rotation blade, and includes an antenna carrier unit disposed on at least one of top and bottom surfaces of the blade, and an antenna pattern unit formed on the antenna carrier unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HCTM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seungjae Lee
  • Patent number: 10418699
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide devices, methods, and systems that support electrical connection, signal delivery, and/or communication between internal and external portions of a Faraday cage. In some embodiments, devices and methods are provided for transmitting electrical signals through a waveguide port of a Faraday cage. In some embodiments, aspects of the present disclosure are employed to adapt a magnetic resonance imaging system for communications between a scanner room and a control room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Inventors: Kevan Anderson, General Leung, Garry Liu, Perry Radau, Graham Wright
  • Patent number: 10418700
    Abstract: There is disclosed an antenna device relating to a single or dual band antenna system for use in mobile telecommunications devices, laptop and tablet computers, USB adapters and electrically small radio platforms comprising a pair of antennas attached to a conductive ground plane, the antennas being separated by free space in which at least one notch is formed in the conductive ground plane between the pair of antennas characterized in that the notch further includes an inductive component and a capacitive component providing good antenna isolation so as to enable MIMO operation or diversity operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventor: Marc Harper
  • Patent number: 10418701
    Abstract: An antenna device including a ground conductor and first and second antennas. The first and second antennas are linear antennas and have respective feeding points at ends on a side of the ground conductor. The first and second antennas perform transmission/reception at first and second frequencies that are adjacent to each other, respectively. Moreover, the first antenna includes a first monopole antenna and a loop antenna branched off from the first monopole antenna. An end of the loop antenna opposing a branching point at which the loop antenna is branched off from the first monopole antenna is short-circuited between the feeding points of the first and second antennas on the ground conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masahiro Izawa
  • Patent number: 10418702
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described herein for performing mispointing correction operations that can provide very accurate pointing of an antenna towards a satellite. In particular, mispointing correction operations described herein can reduce or avoid pointing errors due to atmospheric scintillation effects. As a result, the mispointing correction operations described herein can improve resource efficiency of communication systems using such antennas and help ensure compliance with interference requirements of other satellites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Viasat, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas J Merrell
  • Patent number: 10418703
    Abstract: A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for antenna element placement are disclosed. In one embodiment, an antenna comprises an antenna feed to input a cylindrical feed wave; a single physical antenna aperture having at least one antenna array of antenna elements, where the antenna elements are located on a plurality of concentric rings concentrically located relative to an antenna feed, wherein rings of the plurality of concentric rings are separated by a ring-to-ring distance, wherein a first distance between elements along rings of the plurality of concentric rings is a function of a second distance between rings of the plurality of concentric rings; and a controller to control each antenna element of the array separately using matrix drive circuitry, where each of the antenna elements is uniquely addressed by the matrix drive circuitry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: KYMETA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mohsen Sazegar, Nathan Kundtz
  • Patent number: 10418704
    Abstract: An antenna system includes collocated active steering antennas implemented in a bottom portion of a wireless communication device designed for positioning near a user's mouth or chin. The co-located active steering antennas are each configured to steer a radiation pattern of the respective antenna, and can be further configured for active band switching and/or active impedance matching. These co-located active steering antennas can be used independently, or in a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) configuration. In addition, the antenna system is capable of antenna unit selectivity, which includes the ability to select one of the co-located antennas with the lowest head and hand loss for use, while disabling the antenna with the highest loss attributed to hand head loading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Ethertronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Olivier Pajona, Jaakko Kyllonen, Laurent Desclos
  • Patent number: 10418705
    Abstract: An antenna assembly for radiating at least one electromagnetic field for electromagnetic navigation and an electromagnetic navigation system including such an antenna assembly are provided. The antenna assembly includes a substrate and a planar antenna including a trace that is deposited on the substrate and arranged in a plurality of loops. Respective distances between adjacent pairs of the loops increase in a direction from an innermost loop to an outermost loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
    Inventors: Sean M. Morgan, Lev A. Koyrakh
  • Patent number: 10418706
    Abstract: A microstrip antenna includes a dielectric substrate, a radiating plate, and a single feed connection. In these instances, the rectangular radiating plate is affixed to the dielectric substrate and having a center point, and the radiating patch defines a first aperture and a second aperture on opposite sides of the center point, each aperture having a center longitudinally aligned with the center point. The single feed connection is laterally offset from a point on a virtual line, wherein the virtual line is located between two opposite corners of the rectangular radiating patch and passes through the center point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Southern Methodist University
    Inventors: Choon Sae Lee, Yang Fan
  • Patent number: 10418707
    Abstract: An end-fire antenna for wideband low form factor applications includes a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and a dielectric layer disposed between the first and second metal layers. An open cavity formed in the dielectric layer that is filled with air, the cavity defined by a pair of sidewalls that extend from an aperture of the cavity to a rear wall of the cavity, where the depth of the aperture is defined between the aperture and the rear wall. The cavity is formed by selecting the width of the aperture of the cavity and the depth of the cavity such that the antenna achieves the same gain during operation irrespective of a variation in the thickness of the antenna.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Foad Arfaei Malekzadeh, Stephen Joseph Kovacic, Abdulhadi Ebrahim Abdulhadi, Dinhphuoc Vu Hoang
  • Patent number: 10418708
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a wideband antenna including a feed line, a ground conductor plate and a radiating conductor element connected to the feed line and facing the ground conductor plate at a distance from the ground conductor plate. A parasitic conductor element is provided on a side opposite to the ground conductor plate as viewed from the radiating conductor plate and is insulated from these plates. A coupling adjusting conductor plate is positioned between the radiating conductor element and the parasitic conductor element, is configured to adjust an amount of coupling between them, overlaps an area where the radiating conductor element and the parasitic conductor element overlap, and straddles the radiating conductor element in a direction orthogonal to the direction of a current I that flows therein. Both end sides of the coupling adjusting conductor plate are electrically connected to the ground conductor plate via via-holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaoru Sudo, Hirotaka Fujii, Toshiro Hiratsuka
  • Patent number: 10418709
    Abstract: A Planar Inverted-F Antenna, PIFA, comprises a sheet of conductive material including first, second, third and fourth contiguous sections, the first and third sections extending orthogonally away from the second section and the fourth section extending away from the third section. The sections are folded relative to one another to define a volume with a height of the second section, a width of the second section and a depth of the third section extending away from the second section. A supporting pin and a feed pin extend from the second section along an outer edge. A supporting leg extends from either the third or fourth sections, the supporting leg lying outside the plane of the supporting pin to support the PIFA when mounted on a printed circuit board, while allowing components to at least partially occupy the volume under the PIFA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: TAOGLAS GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventor: Vladimir Furlan
  • Patent number: 10418710
    Abstract: An antenna for the reception of circularly polarized satellite radio signals comprises a conductor loop that is arranged above a conductive base surface and that is configured as a ring line radiator that forms a resonant structure. Vertical radiators extending toward the conductive base surface are present at the periphery of the ring line radiator, with the excitation of the conductor loop taking place via one of the radiators as an active radiator. A specific number of passive vertical radiators galvanically coupled to the ring line radiator is furthermore provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: FUBA Automotive Electronics GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Lindenmeier, Heinz Lindenmeier
  • Patent number: 10418711
    Abstract: An RFID tag device with an RFID antenna assembly that increases transmission range of the RFID tag device when adhesively coupled to a mobile device. The RFID tag device includes a RF interface that operates at a first RF frequency, a controller coupled to the RF interfaces, and the RFID antenna assembly. The RFID antenna assembly includes a first and a second dipole elements, each shaped as a half rectangle with an additional segment joining the respective element to a tuning element. The RFID antenna also includes a tuning element, which is a loop antenna, connecting the RF interface to the controller and a ferrite dielectric on the back of one of the dipole elements. A structure of the RF antennal assembly, when the RFID tag device is coupled to a mobile device, causes the mobile device to function as a reflector to increase gain of the RFID antenna assembly thereby improving transmission range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: GEOTOLL, Inc.
    Inventors: Wyatt Drake Geist, Jaime Andres Borras
  • Patent number: 10418712
    Abstract: Folded optics reflector system includes a hoop assembly configured to expand between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration to define a circumferential hoop. A mesh reflector surface is secured to the hoop assembly such that when the hoop assembly is in the expanded configuration, the reflector surface is expanded to a shape that is configured to concentrate RF energy in a desired pattern. The system also includes a mast assembly comprised of an extendible boom. The hoop assembly is secured by a plurality of cords relative to a top and bottom portion of the boom, whereby upon extension of the boom to a deployed condition, the hoop assembly is supported by the boom. A subreflector is disposed at the top portion of the boom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Eagle Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Philip J. Henderson, Charles W. Kulisan, Francisco Torres, Robert M. Taylor, Gustavo A. Toledo, Ryan Whitney, Michael R. Winters, Dana Monnier Rosennier
  • Patent number: 10418713
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a polarized antenna including a waveguide power divider, a waveguide phase shifter and a radiating unit. The waveguide power divider is configured to have an input waveguide for receiving a transmission signal, and first and second output waveguides for distributing and outputting the transmission signal. The waveguide phase shifter is configured to receive two output signals outputted respectively from the first and second output waveguides of the waveguide power divider, to variably change a phase difference between the two input signals, and to output respective changed signals. The radiating unit is configured to receive the respective changed signals from the waveguide phase shifter, and to combine and radiate the respective changed signals as a radio signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: KMW INC.
    Inventors: Yong-Won Seo, Myung-Hwa Kim
  • Patent number: 10418714
    Abstract: In an electronic switching beamforming antenna array, a coplanar feeding line of the antenna array is configured on a metal plane of a substrate, and a plurality of slot antennas of aforementioned antenna array are inclinedly configured on the metal plane and configured on at least one side of the coplanar feeding line. A slot coupling segment of slot antenna is configured at one end of the slot antenna and neighbored with the coplanar feeding line so as to make the slot antenna couple with the coplanar feeding line, and a switch device of the slot antenna is configured at one portion which between one part of the slot antenna and a grounding plane formed by the metal plane. When the switch device is triggered to configure a radiating feature of the slot antenna, the antenna array is able to achieve the purpose of setting beamforming direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Chunghwa Telecom Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Jiao Liao, Yan-Yun Lin, Chang-Fa Yang, Chang-Lun Liao
  • Patent number: 10418715
    Abstract: A tunable antenna module for a mobile device includes an antenna, a frequency-division circuit and one or more impedance-tuning circuits. The frequency-division circuit is coupled to a radiator of the antenna for forming one or more signal paths for one or more of component frequencies of a radio-frequency signal of the antenna. One or more the impedance-tuning circuits are coupled to the frequency-division circuit for tuning an impedance of the antenna at one or more of the component frequencies of the radio-frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventor: Chen-Fang Tai
  • Patent number: 10418716
    Abstract: Phased array antennas include a plurality of radiating elements and a plurality of RF lenses that are generally aligned along a first vertical axis. Each radiating element is associated with a respective one of the RF lenses, and each radiating element is tilted with respect to the first vertical axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Martin Zimmerman, Igor Timofeev, Kevin Eldon Linehan
  • Patent number: 10418717
    Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to any device capable of wireless communication, such as a mobile telephone or wearable device, having one or more antennas. By applying a variable reactance (capacitive or inductive component) antenna aperture tuner within a simple, scalar antenna aperture tuning system, the maintenance of a constant antenna resonant frequency in the presence of environmental changes or head/hand effects is obtained. The variable reactance is used to adjust the resonant frequency of the antenna to stay at the desired target frequency in response to external variables that would otherwise shift the resonance away from the operating frequency of the device. Adjusting the resonant frequency of the antenna in response to externally induced changes maintains the radiating efficiency of the antenna and simultaneously avoids impedance mismatch between the antenna and the respective transmit/receive path in the radio, thereby minimizing transmission losses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: CAVENDISH KINETICS, INC.
    Inventors: Lars Ernst Johnsson, Ray Parkhurst, Paul Anthony Tornatta, Jr., Roberto Gaddi, Chenhui Niu
  • Patent number: 10418718
    Abstract: Various embodiments of antenna assemblies are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the antenna assembly includes a reflector comprising a center opening, a feed-antenna subassembly situated in front of the reflector, a rear housing situated behind the reflector, and a pole-mounting bracket comprising a base plate situated between the reflector and the rear housing. The feed-antenna subassembly comprises a feed tube that houses at least one of: a transmitter circuit and a receiver circuit. The rear housing is coupled to a front side of the reflector via the center opening. The rear housing comprises a center cavity, and a back end of the feed tube is inserted in and coupled to the center cavity. The base plate is coupled to the reflector and the rear housing in such a way that decoupling between the base plate and the reflector requires a prior decoupling between the feed-antenna subassembly and the rear housing and a prior decoupling between the rear housing and the reflector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jude Lee, Gerardo Huerta
  • Patent number: 10418719
    Abstract: An apparatus include a package, a chip and a plurality of bumps. The package may include (i) a plurality of bonding pads configured to exchange a plurality of radio-frequency signals with an antenna panel and (ii) a plurality of transmission lines configured to exchange the radio-frequency signals with the bonding pads. Two of the transmission lines may be connected to each of the bonding pads. The chip may be disposed in the package and may include (i) a plurality of transceiver channels configured to exchange the radio-frequency signals with the transmission lines and (ii) a plurality of switches configured to switch the radio-frequency signals to a signal ground. The bumps may be configured to exchange the radio-frequency signals between the transmission lines of the package and the transceiver channels of the chip. The transmission lines, the bumps and the switches may form a plurality of transmit/receive switches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: INTEGRATED DEVICE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Samet Zihir, Tumay Kanar
  • Patent number: 10418720
    Abstract: A signal line conversion structure of the antenna array is disposed between the antenna array and the circuit substrate, which includes a first dielectric substrate is disposed on the circuit substrate, a second dielectric substrate is vertically disposed on the first dielectric substrate and divided into a first region and a second region, and the second dielectric substrate is provided with the antenna array. At least one signal line is disposed on the first region and extends to the second dielectric substrate for connecting the circuit substrate and the antenna array. A metal connecting plate has at least three metal through holes pierced in the first dielectric substrate and connected to the second ground layer. The metal connecting plate is connected to the first ground layer of the first dielectric substrate and the second ground layer of the second dielectric substrate through the metal through holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: National Chiao Tung University
    Inventors: Jenn-Hwan Tarng, Chi-Yang Chang, Che-Hao Chang, Jing-Cheng Hong
  • Patent number: 10418721
    Abstract: A modulated MTS antenna including a metasurface fabricated from metallized cylinders on a ground plane. The antenna structure can be designed to operate in the Gigahertz or Terahertz frequency band and to have a well defined directivity. The MTS antenna may be micromachined out of a silicon wafer using deep reactive ion etching (DRIE).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Goutam Chattopadhyay, Cecile D. Jung-Kubiak, Theodore J. Reck, David Gonzalez-Ovejero, Maria Alonso delPino
  • Patent number: 10418722
    Abstract: Dipole antenna arrays are disclosed. An example dipole antenna array includes a ground plane having a first serrated edge, and a first dipole antenna, at least a portion of the first dipole antenna disposed parallel to the first serrated edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Espen Wium, Fredrik Georg Kervel, Reidar Myhr
  • Patent number: 10418723
    Abstract: An antenna array includes a first substrate having a first curved edge, a second substrate having a second curved edge, and members extending outwardly toward or past the first curved edge. The members include a first member and a second member below the first member. The antenna array also includes a vertical polarization (BAVA) element disposed perpendicular to the first substrate or the second substrate and between the first member and the second member, and a horizontal polarization BAVA element disposed parallel to the first substrate or the second substrate and between a top of the first member and the second member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ROCKWELL COLLINS, INC.
    Inventors: Matilda G. Livadaru, Jonathan A. Lovseth
  • Patent number: 10418724
    Abstract: A satellite communication system includes a non-geostationary satellite configured to provide a first plurality of non-articulated spot beams that comprise a Field of Regard. The satellite further configured to provide a steerable spot beam that can be steered to establish communication with a gateway outside and in front of the Field of Regard and maintain communication while the satellite and the Field of Regard moves over and past the gateway including after the gateway is outside of and behind the Field of Regard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Space Systems/Loral, LLC
    Inventors: William Hreha, Anne Elizabeth Wharton
  • Patent number: 10418725
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a dual-polarized antenna that includes a ground plate, a feeding part, and a radiant plate. The feeding part includes a first feeding part and a second feeding part. The first feeding part includes a first dielectric plate, a first feeding layer, and a first transmission line. The second feeding part includes a second dielectric plate, a second feeding layer, and a second transmission line. The first dielectric plate and the second dielectric plate are placed perpendicularly to each other and are perpendicularly installed on the ground plate, and the first transmission line and the second transmission line are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: ShiWen Yang, Yanshan Gou, Qiang Wang, Weimin Chen
  • Patent number: 10418726
    Abstract: A bus bar connection structure includes a housing, a circuit board including metal, and a bus bar that are disposed in order from a lower side, a lower nut including metal and disposed in an upper surface-side of the housing in a state in which the lower nut is embedded in the housing, and a bolt including metal. On an upper surface of the circuit board, an insulation layer and a copper foil pattern are formed in order from a lower side. An insulation paper piece is disposed between the lower nut and the circuit board. The bolt is screwed into the lower nut in a state in which the bolt is inserted through the insulation paper piece, the circuit board, the insulation layer, the copper foil pattern, and the bus bar. A rotation-preventing part is further provided, the rotation-preventing part preventing the insulation paper piece from rotating due to torque generated during fastening of the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Yukawa, Tatehiko Inoue
  • Patent number: 10418727
    Abstract: A rotate-to-open clamping unit and a connection device having the same are disclosed. The connection device includes a housing and plural clamping unit disposed in the housing. The clamping unit includes an elastic member and a rotate-to-open member. The elastic member is leaned by a conductive terminal and has a moveable elastic arm and a pivotal connection space. The rotate-to-open member has an extending arm formed with an extending distal end pivoted in the pivotal connection space. The rotate-to-open member is rotated with the extending distal end served as an axis, the rotate-to-open member in a rotating status is able to drive the moveable elastic arm to be displaced so as to be opened, so that a conductive member can be elastically clamped or released between the moveable elastic arm and the conductive terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: DINKLE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD., DINKLE ELECTRIC MACHINERY (CHINA) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shang-Tsai Wu
  • Patent number: 10418728
    Abstract: A connector having a contact made of metal, and comprises a pair of elastic arms adapted to clamp a conductor of a wire, so as to electrically contact the conductor. A first release structure is on one of the pair of elastic arms and a second release structure, facing the first release structure, is on the other of the pair of elastic arms. A wedge channel is defined between the first release structure and the second release structure when the conductor is clamped between the pair of elastic arms and the wedge channel gradually widens toward free ends of the pair of elastic arms. The pair of elastic arms are adapted to be expanded away from each other by inserting an external tool into the wedge channel, so as to release the clamped conductor, improving the use convenience of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaozhi Fu, Ming Shi, Xiang Xu, Wei Zhang, Cui Li
  • Patent number: 10418729
    Abstract: A coaxial connector having an axially moveable shell in opposition to a separate and distinct body component wherein the moveable shell contains a gripping member capable of having the front portion displaced radially inwardly by the body so that the gripping member is positioned within the connector body and between the connector body and the coaxial cable and secures the cable to the connector and environmentally seals the junction while at the same time the shell contains a structure to move a rear portion of the gripping member radially outwardly upon compression. In some embodiments disclosed herein the shell contains a structure to prevent a rear portion of the gripping member from moving radially inwardly upon compression. Other connector shell embodiments may be made from a one-piece stamping instead of a machined component and thereby deliver a manufacturing cost savings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Corning Optical Communications RF LLC
    Inventor: Donald Andrew Burris
  • Patent number: 10418730
    Abstract: [Problems] A cable connecting structure for connecting bus bars and an insulating part with a simple configuration is provided. [Means for solving the problems] The cable connecting structure includes a plurality of bus bars (60), a flexible flat cable (14), and an insulating part (40). The flexible flat cable (14) is connected to the bus bars (60). The insulating part (40) has bus bar mounting grooves (41) for arranging the bus bars (60) individually and a bus bar fixing portion (45) for fixing the bus bars (60) by overlapping the bus bars (60). A triangular protrusion (62) that protrudes toward a side where the flexible flat cable (14) is mounted is formed in each of the bus bars (60). The flexible flat cable (14) is connected to the triangular protrusion (62) in each of the bus bars (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Hirofumi Utsunomiya
  • Patent number: 10418731
    Abstract: Terminals 40 including stationary-side retained portions are held in place by stationary housings 20, movable-side retained portions are held in place by a movable housing 30, and resilient portions are provided between said stationary-side retained portions and movable-side retained portions, and, in the movable housing 30, abutment portions 72 of abutment fittings are provided on the bottom face that faces the circuit board, thereby facilitating the above-mentioned abutment portions 72 to abut the surface of the circuit board when the movable housing 30 moves towards the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yohei Hasegawa, Takahiro Abe
  • Patent number: 10418732
    Abstract: A board attaching structure includes a first board on which a first connector provided, a second board on which a second connector provided, a plate-like member extending parallel to the first board and covering at least part of an surface of the first board, a posture restricting portion formed by bending part of the plate-like member toward the first board and configured to restrict a posture of the second board with respect to the first board when the second connector is mounted on the first connector, and a position restricting portion formed by bending part of the plate-like member and configured to restrict a position at which the second board is arranged on the first board while the second connector is mounted on the first connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Arakawa
  • Patent number: 10418733
    Abstract: To be capable of easily avoiding lengthening and heightening with a simple configuration even in a case where relatively large electric power is supplied. Provided is a configuration in which the conductor resistance of a plurality of contact members 13 and 14 is reduced in accordance with an increment in thickness and energization allowable electric power is increased by one of more of the contact members 13 and 14 being formed thicker than the rest so that an increase in the size of an electric connector such as lengthening and heightening is prevented even in a case where the supply electric power with respect to the electric connector is large and the retention of a flat plate-shaped signal transmission medium F is enhanced by contact portions of the thickness-increased contact members 13 and 14 being pressure-welded to the flat plate-shaped signal transmission medium F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masao Ishimaru
  • Patent number: 10418734
    Abstract: A straddle mount connector includes a housing and a contact assembly received in a cavity of the housing between a mating card slot and a host board slot. The contact assembly has a contact organizer having upper and lower contact channels in a top wall and a bottom wall, respectively receiving upper and lower contacts and engaging corresponding upper and lower locating features. The upper and lower contacts are electrically connected to a host board and a mating card. The contact assembly is loaded into the cavity such that upper and lower blocking surfaces of the housing block the upper contacts in the upper and lower contact channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS JAPAN G.K.
    Inventors: Randall Robert Henry, Katsuhiko Kobayashi, Michael John Phillips
  • Patent number: 10418735
    Abstract: A micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) terminal structure of board-to-board electrical connector and manufacturing method thereof are provided. The terminal of the terminal structure includes a side arm, a bent portion, and a flexible arm integrally formed as one component. The flexible arm includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion and the side arm form an insertion space. The second portion and the side arm form a locking space. The second portion of the flexible arm has a contact portion. The insertion space is greater than the locking space. The terminal has curved and locking features to extend the moment arm of the terminal for improving the terminal flexibility. The terminal contacts a mating terminal through multiple points, thereby improving the contact stability and providing the locking function. Furthermore, by using the MEMS techniques for semiconductor industries, the terminal of micro board-to-board electrical connector can be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Kuo-Ching Lee, Ta-Teh Meng, Cheng-Feng Yu
  • Patent number: 10418736
    Abstract: A metal plate for a terminal and a terminal in which cracks in a plating film due to bending or the like can be suppressed, and a terminal pair that is wear resistant against micro-sliding. The metal plate includes a base material and, a plating film that covers the entire surface of the base material. The plating film includes an intermediate Ag layer that is layered on the base material, and an Ag—Sn alloy layer that is layered on the intermediate Ag layer and is exposed on the outermost surface. The terminal is made from the metal plate and has a protruding contact projecting from the surrounding region and is configured to come into contact with a corresponding terminal. The plating film is arranged at least on the protruding contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Sunaga, Akihiro Kato
  • Patent number: 10418737
    Abstract: A terminal connection component including press-fit terminals and terminal metal-fittings. The press-fit terminals have a plate shape in which a taper is disposed at one tip, and the terminal metal-fittings also have a plate shape in which a fitting section is disposed at one end side. The fitting sections of the terminal metal-fittings have a first hole part and a second hole part from the one end in parallel. The tips of the press-fit terminals are press-fitted and are connected to the fitting sections of the terminal metal-fittings, and a portion between the first hole part and the second hole part of the fitting section, which serves as an elastic deformation section, is elastically deformed in a thickness direction of the press-fit terminal and biases the press-fit terminal so that the press-fit terminals are surely press-fitted to the fitting sections of the terminal metal-fittings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: NSK LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Sunaga, Tadayoshi Osakabe
  • Patent number: 10418739
    Abstract: An electrical connection box includes a housing and a connector assembly coupled to the housing. The connector assembly includes sockets for receiving plugs from a motor vehicle. The housing is formed to include a cavity that is designed to house electronic circuitry. The connector assembly includes at least one socket and at least one connector positioned within the socket. The connector is configured to create an electrical connection with an electrical plug that is received in the socket to electrically couple components of the vehicle with the electronic circuitry and minimize a voltage loss across the electrical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: WELLS VEHICLE ELECTRONICS L.P.
    Inventor: David R. Hansen
  • Patent number: 10418740
    Abstract: A terminal fitting (50) includes a metal case (52) having an opening (52A) through which a mating contact point (31) is inserted, a coil spring (16) accommodated in the metal case (52), and an electrical contact (53) biased toward the opening (52A) by the coil spring (16) and configured to move while compressing the coil spring (16) by being pressed by the mating contact point (31). The metal case (52) includes a first guide (parts at both front and rear sides of an opening (57) in a front wall (55) of the metal case (52)) configured to guide the electrical contact (53) to a position shifted from a position before a movement in a direction orthogonal to an inserting direction of the mating contact point (31) by sliding in contact with the electrical contact (53) when the electrical contact (53) moves by being pressed by the mating contact point (31).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akio Kimura, Seidou Nishijima
  • Patent number: 10418741
    Abstract: Contact structures that are readily manufactured, where contacts in the contact structures consume a minimal amount of surface area, depth, and volume in an electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel C. Wagman, Oliver C. Ross, Eric S. Jol, Hani Esmaeili
  • Patent number: 10418742
    Abstract: A connector-assembly includes a connector-housing and a primary-lock-reinforcement device. The connector-housing retains electrical-terminals within terminal-cavities defined by a terminal-tower disposed within the connector-housing. The electrical-terminals mate with one or more corresponding electrical-terminals along a mating-axis of the connector-assembly. The primary-lock-reinforcement device slideably engages the terminal-tower and is moveable from a shipping-position to a pre-stage-position. The primary-lock-reinforcement device has a base and a skirt. The primary-lock-reinforcement device has a post extending beyond an inner-surface of the skirt that engages a corresponding L-shaped slot defined by an outer-surface of the terminal-tower. The corresponding L-shaped slot has a first-leg and a second-leg. The first-leg defines a wall configured to inhibit a movement of the primary-lock-reinforcement device along the mating-axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Carlos A. Gonzalez Delgadillo, Jorge I. Escamilla Rodriguez, Pedro Yabur Pacheco
  • Patent number: 10418743
    Abstract: A connector includes a second housing member having a terminal housing chamber that accommodates an electrical connecting part in an accommodation space, a terminal holding part that holds a held part of a terminal fitting so as to prevent the electrical connecting part from coming off the terminal housing chamber, a terminal insertion port through which a mating terminal is inserted into the terminal housing chamber, and a contact prevention part that stops fingers to prevent them from coming into contact with the electrical connecting part through the terminal insertion port. The contact prevention part is disposed to cover at least part of an end surface of the electrical connecting part disposed facing the terminal insertion port from the terminal insertion port side in the tube axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Yuki Mori
  • Patent number: 10418744
    Abstract: It is aimed to prevent separation of a cover (30) from a housing (10). The housing (10) includes lock receiving portions (21) on an outer side of a wire extending surface (13). The cover (30) is in the form of a cap for covering wires (80) extending from the wire extending surface (13) and includes a wire pull-out opening (35) configured such that the wires (80) are pulled out therethrough, an opening end (34) configured to contact the housing (10) along a front-rear direction, and locks (41) configured to restrict separation from the housing (10) by locking the lock receiving portions (21). The cover (30) includes a rib (37) serving as a forward movement restricting portion. The housing (10) includes opening restricting portions (23) arranged to contact and face a front end of the rib (37) and to face an outer surface of the cover (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Daisuke Ogashira