Patents Issued in April 14, 2022
  • Publication number: 20220115786
    Abstract: The disclosed systems, structures, and methods are directed to an antenna comprising: a plurality of Composite Right Left Handed (CRLH) magneto-electric unit-cell based structures, each CRLH magneto-electric unit-cell based structure comprising: a ground electrode for common electrical contacts, a first coaxial connector and a second coaxial connector, a first ground surface and a second ground surface, the first ground surface connected to a second end of the first coaxial connector and the second ground surface connected to a second end of the second coaxial connector, a coaxial line included in the second coaxial connector, a microstrip feed line connected to the coaxial line and electromagnetically coupled with the first and the second ground surfaces, and a first non-resonant meta-surface patch and a second non-resonant meta-surface patch, each of the first and second non-resonant meta-surface patches placed above a series-capacitor gap between the first ground surface and the second ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Senglee FOO
  • Publication number: 20220115787
    Abstract: An electromagnetic coupling device and a wireless communication system comprising same are disclosed. One embodiment comprises: an antenna part having an impedance component; and an attachment part which attaches an electromagnetic coupling device to a conductor such that a certain interval is formed between the antenna part and the conductor, and which forms a capacitance between the antenna part and the conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Eun Gyu Bae, Dae Heon Hur, Chang Soo Kang, Chul Gyun Park
  • Publication number: 20220115788
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an antenna assembly. The methods comprise: receiving a first command for tuning the antenna assembly to a first frequency selected from a plurality of different frequencies to which a strip antenna of the antenna assembly is tunable; selectively connecting ground to the strip antenna at a first location along an elongated length of the strip antenna; and connecting a transceiver to the strip antenna at a second location along the elongated length of the strip antenna using a first tank circuit of a plurality of tank circuits provided with the antenna assembly. The tank circuits are respectively associated with the different frequencies to which the strip antenna is tunable. The first tank circuit is associated with the first frequency to which the strip antenna is to be tuned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Uma S. Jha
  • Publication number: 20220115789
    Abstract: A slot antenna comprising a first conductive structure, a second conductive structure, and an antenna feed coupled to the first conductive structure. The first conductive structure is wholly or partially enclosed by the second conductive structure and comprises a conductive surface and a non-conductive pattern. The non-conductive pattern comprises a longitudinal slot and a lateral slot extending at an angle from the longitudinal slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Antti Karilainen, Konstantin Sokolov, Dong Liu, Zlatoljub Milosavljevic, Joonas Krogerus, Jouni Pennanen
  • Publication number: 20220115790
    Abstract: A plurality of segments each include one input-output port and a plurality of antenna ports. A plurality of subarrays each include a plurality of elements connected to any of the plurality of antenna ports. The plurality of elements constitute a sequential array for each subarray. Each of the plurality of segments includes a distribution-combination circuit that distributes a signal input to a first port to the plurality of antenna ports and that combines signals input to the respective plurality of antenna ports to output a combined signal from the first port, and a first amplifier connected between the input-output port and the first port. In the plurality of subarrays, the plurality of antenna ports to which the respective plurality of elements included in one subarray are connected are included in one segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hideki UEDA
  • Publication number: 20220115791
    Abstract: An electric terminal including a contact section having a locking lance locking the electric terminal in a connector housing of an electric connector and a transition section extending from the contact section and having a secondary latching with a secondary latching device latching the electric terminal in the connector housing. The locking lance is axially additionally secured in the contact section away from an attachment of the locking lance to the contact section and/or a plurality of side walls of the electric terminal are closed by a circumferential connection in the secondary latching device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Leiminger, Jochen Brandt, Andreas Oettle, Stefan Raab, Ulrich Lechler, Marina Hertlein, Florian Staufinger, Jiri Konrad, Andreas Merkle, Julia Stegmeier (nee Kirschbaum)
  • Publication number: 20220115792
    Abstract: A connector locking wire operation mechanism capable of buffering an impact of a push rod. The mechanism comprises a device body (4). A push rod (1) which is rotatably connected along an arc-shaped track (5), and a cam (2) which rotates about a circular hole (12), can be mounted on the body (4). The push rod (1) has a sector-shaped notch (6) on an inner side thereof and is capable of accommodating the cam (2) and leaving an extra space. The push rod (1) and the cam (2) cooperate with each other, and both can rotate around a common rotation axis thereof. The two sides of the cam (2) are in contact with the push rod (1) and an elastic piece (3), respectively, and the cam (2) is pushed to rotate by rotating the push rod (1). Rotation of the cam (2) can press down and lock the elastic piece (3), and a locking wire hole of the elastic piece (3) is completely opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Wai Kong PHON, Roy ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220115793
    Abstract: The present invention provides an earth terminal which is provided with a water sealant layer on a connecting part connected to a wire, the earth terminal being provided with a structure that can suppress the occurrence of the floating of a seating surface of the earth terminal during an earth connection, the floating of the seating surface being caused by a water sealant hanging down in the earth terminal whereby the earth terminal exhibits superior effects in terms of space-saving and cost suppression. The present invention also provides a wire harness provided with the earth terminal. This earth terminal 1 is provided with a terminal fixture 10 having a crimping part 11 for crimping and fixing a wire 40, and a fastening part 15 connected to the earth surface by a fastening member, the terminal fixture 10 being provided with a step having a height D of 2.88 mm to 7.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kazuhiro KITAMURA, Masayoshi TAKATSU, Koichiro MOCHIZUKI
  • Publication number: 20220115794
    Abstract: An optimally interconnected matrix of endpoints involves one or more conductive lanes of a substrate to be incorporated within a housing, with a plurality of conductive blocks positioned transverse to the conductive lanes. Any number of endpoints can be connected to any end of the conductive blocks. The endpoints can be interconnected by activating individual depressible terminals of the conductive lanes. Each depressible terminal is positioned above a conductive block, and activating a depressible terminals allows an electrical contact to be established between the corresponding conductive lane and the corresponding conductive block. The depressible terminals can be activated by extending a conductive or nonconductive pin through individual apertures of the housing which are positioned over the depressible terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Pablo Oscar Olivera Brizzio
  • Publication number: 20220115795
    Abstract: A press-fit terminal inserted into through hole of a circuit board along insertion direction includes a base portion extending in insertion direction, distal end portion, and two deformable portions. The distal end portion is on a front side to base portion in insertion direction and includes distal end portion side corner portions. The two deformable portions connect base portion and distal end portion and are contacted with an inner wall of through hole and elastically deformed. The two deformable portions include deformable portion side corner portions and deformable portion side corner portions include outer deformable portion side corner portions on outer side in direction crossing insertion direction. The two deformable portions include easy deformable portions, in portions having outer deformable portion side corner portions with curved surfaces whose radius of curvature RL is greater than a radius of curvature RS of curved surfaces of distal end portion side corner portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya YAMANAKA, Tetsuya ITO, Shinji IIHOSHI, Kentaro HIRAI, Takashi TONOSAKI, Mitsugu FURUTANI, Shigeki SHIMADA
  • Publication number: 20220115796
    Abstract: A housing of a connector has an end face in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to an up-down direction. A side portion of a guide member is apart from the end face of the housing. The end face of the housing, the side portion of the guide member and supporting portions of the guide member form a receiving portion which guides and receives a protruding block of a mating connector. When the connector is mounted on a substrate, the side portion and the supporting portions are apart from the substrate. Outside the end face of the housing in the perpendicular direction and under the side portion and the supporting portions in the up-down direction, a lower space is formed to communicate with the receiving portion. The guide members 16 is not located in the lower spaces 20 at all.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Yukitaka TANAKA, Yuki SUDA
  • Publication number: 20220115797
    Abstract: A connection clamp assembly and an electrical system including a connection clamp assembly are disclosed. The connection clamp assembly includes a rigid clamp portion with one or more protrusions configured to mechanically secure one or more electrical leads of an electronic device to one or more electrical connection points on a printed circuit board assembly forming an electrical connection. One or more fasteners pass through the rigid clamp portion and are configured to couple the connection clamp assembly to the printed circuit board assembly. A lid elastic element is received by the rigid clamp portion and is configured to elastically press on the electronic device, mechanically and thermally coupling the electronic device to the printed circuit board assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Jon Danielson, Courtney Crandell, Michael Shover, Steven Lawless
  • Publication number: 20220115798
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes: a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface; a second substrate having a third surface and a fourth surface; and a connection module connected between the first substrate and the second substrate. The connection module further includes: a first connection section having two ends respectively connected to a first connection portion and a second connection portion, wherein the first connection portion is connected to the first surface of the first substrate, and the second connection portion is connected to the third surface of the second substrate; a second connection section having two ends respectively connected to the first connection portion and a third connection portion, wherein the third connection portion is connected to the second substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: I-CHIEH LIN, KENG-YI LEE, SHU-JUIEN HUANG
  • Publication number: 20220115799
    Abstract: A housing of a connector has end faces at both ends thereof in a pitch direction. The end faces correspond to protruding blocks of a mating connector 50, respectively. Two guide members are distinct and separated from each other. Each of the guide members has a side portion and two supporting portions. The guide members correspond to the end faces, respectively. Accordingly, the side portion and the supporting portions correspond to one of the end faces. The side portion is located apart from the end face corresponding thereto in the pitch direction. The side portion, the supporting portions and the end face corresponding to the side portion form a receiving portion. The receiving portion guides and receives the protruding block corresponding to the end face forming the receiving portion when the connector and the mating connector are mated with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Yukitaka TANAKA, Yuki SUDA
  • Publication number: 20220115800
    Abstract: A electronic device including a host connector and memory device is provided. The host connector includes a connector pin, and the memory connector includes a connection terminal electrically connected to the connector pin of the host connector. The connector pin includes a first conductor part including a conductor, a second conductor part including the conductor, the second conductor part being bent from the first conductor part in a direction towards the connection terminal, and a stub including an insulator, the stub being bent from the second conductor part in a direction away from the connection terminal. The connection terminal includes a first region including an insulator, and a second region including a conductor. The second conductor part is electrically connected to the second region, so that the host connector is electrically connected to the memory connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-Suk KIM, Chung Hyun RYU, So-Young JUNG, Ji Yong KIM, Jin Wook SONG
  • Publication number: 20220115801
    Abstract: Disclosed is a connector including at least: a printed circuit board including preferentially a plurality of stacked layers; a plurality of connecting pins which are spaced apart from each other and transversally pass through the printed circuit board from a bottom external surface up to an opposite top external surface of the printed circuit board; and an insulating assembly for providing insulation among the plurality of connecting pins, wherein the insulating assembly includes at least one insulator which is configured to be coupled to the printed circuit board and is configured to insulate at least a portion of each connection pin from a corresponding portion of one or more adjacent connecting pins of the plurality of connecting pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Nicholas NAGRODSKY
  • Publication number: 20220115802
    Abstract: A terminal includes a body and an elastic contact plate. The body includes a cylindrical shape into which a mating terminal is inserted, and includes, in an inner wall, a contact region that comes into contact with the mating terminal. The elastic contact plate presses the mating terminal against the contact region. A plurality of grooves that extends in a second direction intersecting a first direction in which the mating terminal is inserted is formed in the contact region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: I-PEX Inc.
    Inventor: Kenya Ando
  • Publication number: 20220115803
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly for mating with a mating connector assembly. The connector assembly includes a housing with a cable receiving portion and a mating portion. The housing has a first surface and an oppositely facing second surface. A mating projection extends from the first surface in a direction away from the second surface. The mating projection has a circular cross-sectional configuration. The mating projection has an angled wall which extends from the first surface to a mating face, the angled wall is angled relative to a plane of the first surface and a plane of the mating face. The mating face has contacts extending therethrough. The contacts have circular engagement sections arranged concentrically about a center of the mating face. A securing recess is provided in the angled wall, the securing recess extends about the outside circumference of the angled wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Rodney T. Smith, Keith E. Miller, Kyle M. Doll, Tim R. Chevalier
  • Publication number: 20220115804
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electric shock-proof plug that comprises an insulating sleeve, a plug body, and a reset member. The plug body is movably disposed in the insulating sleeve. An inner wall of the insulating sleeve comprises a guiding groove, and an outer wall of the plug body comprises a sliding member movably coupled to the guiding groove. The sliding member moves in the guiding groove to drive the plug body to move between a high position and a low position. When the plug body moves to the low position, a connector of the plug body is exposed out of the insulating sleeve, and the reset member generates an elastic resetting force. When the plug body moves to the high position, the connector is retracted back into the insulating sleeve. A user will be prevented from getting an electric shock when unplugging the electric shock-proof plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Xilong Li
  • Publication number: 20220115805
    Abstract: The invention relates to a labeling profile for marking electrical installations, comprising a labeling region which has a cover surface to be labeled, and comprising a support region which connects to the labeling region facing away from the cover surface, wherein, when viewed in a cross-section transverse to the longitudinal extension, at least sections of the support region have a smaller width than the labeling region, wherein the labeling profile has a constant cross-section when viewed along its longitudinal extension and wherein the labeling profile has spaced-apart, optically detectable position markers on at least one surface facing away from the cover surface, wherein intermediate regions are formed between the position markers and wherein the position markers have in particular reflective properties which differ from the intermediate regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Alexander Hofmann, Albrecht Schierholz, Kilian Klages
  • Publication number: 20220115806
    Abstract: A hermetic feedthrough terminal pin connector for an active implantable medical device (AIMD) includes an electrical insulator hermetically sealed to an opening of an electrically conductive ferrule. A feedthrough terminal pin is hermetically sealed to and disposed through the insulator, the feedthrough terminal pin extending outwardly beyond the insulator on the inside of the casing of the AIMD. A circuit board is disposed on the inside of the casing of the AIMD. A terminal pin connector includes: an electrically conductive connector housing disposed on the circuit board, wherein the connector housing is electrically connected to at least one electrical circuit disposed on the circuit board; and at least one electrically conductive prong supported by the connector housing, the at least one prong contacting and compressed against the feedthrough terminal pin, the at least one prong making a removable electrical connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Thomas Marzano, Keith W. Seitz, Robert A. Stevenson, Christine A. Frysz, Marc Gregory Martino
  • Publication number: 20220115807
    Abstract: A modular plug is disclosed as having a housing, a wire manager, an anti-snag protector, and a load bar each configured to snap-fit together to assemble the modular plug. The wire manager includes a front portion fitted within an internal cavity of the housing and a rear portion having an aperture configured to receive a terminal end of a telecommunications cable. The wire manager includes a plurality of channels, each channel having a gate configured to position a twisted pair of wires from the telecommunications cable in a stacked vertical arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Timothy W. ANDERSON, Jeffrey Allan OBERSKI, Brian J. FITZPATRICK, Shawn Phillip TOBEY
  • Publication number: 20220115808
    Abstract: A fixation device for fixing a contact element within a connector. The device includes a housing defining a contact element receptacle for receiving a contact element and a support face defining a deflection surface for supporting the contact element within the housing, and a clamping device for clamping the contact element in the contact element receptacle with a clamping force directed in a clamping direction. The deflection surface is oriented at an angle relative to the clamping direction such that it deflects a component or portion of the clamping force acting upon the contact element in a direction transverse to the clamping direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Schmitt, Jens Nickel, Walter Saenger, Christian Gregor, Martin Listing, Rolf Jetter, Christoph Kosmalski, Wolfgang Balles
  • Publication number: 20220115809
    Abstract: A grounding contact configured to electrically couple a first chassis wall to a second chassis wall, that includes a standoff a magnet, and a contact element, where the standoff is rigidly coupled to the first chassis wall, where the contact element is directly contacting the second chassis wall, and where the contact element is disposed between the magnet and the second chassis wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yi-Pai Chu, Chih-Wen Huang
  • Publication number: 20220115810
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes an electronic component including a component main body and a terminal protruding from the component main body, a block including a mating terminal configured to be connected to the terminal and a block main body configured to accommodate the mating terminal and a case having a box shape and configured to accommodate the electronic component and the block. The component main body of the electronic component is provided with a first locking portion. The block is provided with a second locking portion. The case is provided with a third locking portion configured to be engaged with the first locking portion and a fourth locking portion configured to be engaged with the second locking portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroaki IIDA, Kei Tomita, Koji Makiyama
  • Publication number: 20220115811
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly for mating with a mating connector assembly. The connector assembly includes a housing with a cable receiving portion and a mating portion. The housing has a first surface and an oppositely facing second surface. The mating portion has a mating projection which extends from the first surface in a direction away from the second surface. The mating projection has a circular cross-sectional configuration. The mating projection has an angled wall which extends from the first surface to a mating face, the angled wall is angled relative to a plane of the first surface and a plane of the mating face. The mating face has contacts which extend therethrough. The contacts has circular engagement sections arranged concentrically about a center of the mating face. A nonconductive coating applied to the angled wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Rodney T. SMITH, Keith Edwin MILLER, Kyle Michael DOLL, Tim Robert CHEVALIER
  • Publication number: 20220115812
    Abstract: In a card connector, a main body has a plugging space formed therein and used to locate terminals of a terminal set, two sliding members of a sliding mechanism are movably disposed on two sides of the terminal set in the plugging space, respectively, and each sliding member has a supporting part protruded on a side thereof and extended into the plugging space, and elastic members are abutted between sides of the two sliding members and two opposite sidewalls of the plugging space, respectively; a terminal of a guiding rod is slid along a guiding groove, and other terminal of the guiding rod is inserted through the main body; a push plate of a shielding housing is abutted with the guiding rod, so that a preset electronic card can be stably inserted into or ejected out of the plugging space through the two sliding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Shu-Chu KUNG, Ching-Chia CHU
  • Publication number: 20220115813
    Abstract: Provided is a floating structure of a coaxial connector having a floating function and ensuring a reliable connection and water cutoff property are ensured. The floating structure of the coaxial connector includes: a plug introduction hole having an inner diameter larger than an outer diameter of the plug; an enlarged diameter hole communicating with the tip side of the plug introduction hole; a locking ring fixed in the enlarged diameter hole; a slider having a slide ring disposed movably in the axial direction and the axial radial direction; and an energizing elastic member that energizes the slide ring toward the locking ring. The plug body is coupled to the slider, and the plug body is held in the plug insertion part movably in the axial direction and the axial radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Hirotaka TSUCHIYA, Fumio OSAWA, Tadahito SASAKI
  • Publication number: 20220115814
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes, among other things, a connector that includes a connector lock arm that is cantilevered from one side of the connector to a free end. The connector lock arm has first and second apertures that are separated by a block. The assembly further includes a connector position assurance lock that has a base that supports a wave-shaped center lock arm that is received in the connector lock arm. The center lock arm extends to a nose that has a shoulder. The connector position assurance lock is slidable between unlocked and fully locked positions that respectively correspond to the shoulder arranged in the first and second apertures. The center lock arm has a bend joined to the nose by a portion that is parallel to the connector lock arm in the unlocked and fully locked positions. The center lock arm is configured to be deflected to an improper mating position with the portion arranged non-parallel to the connector lock arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Christopher A. Margrave, Michael Messuri, Nicole L. Liptak, Dominic A. Messuri, James Shuster
  • Publication number: 20220115815
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments for providing electrical connection between trunk sections of an artificial tree. In some embodiments, forces are created between electrical connectors on plugs and sockets to ensure a secure electrical connection. In other embodiments, pins and sockets are used in conjunction with rotational orientation devices to ensure proper orientations of the pins and sockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Ledup Manufacturing Group Limited
    Inventor: Jing Jing Yu
  • Publication number: 20220115816
    Abstract: An electrical connector connected with a cable connector. The cable connector comprises a plurality of ground terminals, a plurality of signal terminals, and an electromagnetic shielding member. The electrical connector comprises a circuit board, a plurality of ground conductive pads, a plurality of signal conductive pads, and a shielding ground conductive pad. The circuit board comprises an electrical connecting area. The plurality of ground conductive pads are disposed on a surface of the electrical connecting area of the circuit board at intervals. The plurality of signal conductive pads are disposed on the surface of the electrical connecting area of the circuit board at intervals. At least one signal conductive pad is disposed between two adjacent ground conductive pads. The shielding ground conductive pad is disposed on the surface of the electrical connecting area of the circuit board and is disposed on one side of the plurality of ground conductive pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicants: Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd, HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin HUANG, Ming LI, RongZhe GUO, HongJi CHEN, KaiDe WANG, Tao ZENG, ShuYao SHEN
  • Publication number: 20220115817
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a terminal assembly and an electrical connector. The terminal assembly comprises a plurality of terminals and an insulating body. The plurality of terminals comprises a plurality of signal terminals and a plurality of ground terminals. The plurality of signal terminals and the plurality of ground terminals are disposed at intervals. The plurality of signal terminals are disposed between two adjacent ground terminals. The plurality of signal terminals of two adjacent ground terminals form a signal pair. The distance between a centerline of each of the signal terminals and a centerline of an adjacent ground terminal is greater than the distance between the centerline of each of the signal terminals and a centerline of an adjacent signal terminal. The insulating body is disposed at the plurality of terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicants: Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd, HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin HUANG, Ming LI, RongZhe GUO, HongJi CHEN, KaiDe WANG, Tao ZENG, ShuYao SHEN
  • Publication number: 20220115818
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an upper connector unit and a lower connector unit in a vertical direction. Each connector unit includes a contact module received within an insulative housing. The contact module includes an upper contact unit and a lower contacts unit stacked with each other. Each of the upper contact unit and the lower contact unit includes a front/outer contact part and a rear/inner contact part each including a plurality contacts essentially composed of a plurality of differential-pair signal contacts and a plurality of grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other in a the transverse direction wherein the differential-pair signal contacts are stamped and formed from sheet metal and successively integrally formed with a plurality of insulative transverse bars via insert-molding while the grounding contacts are directly blanked from sheet metal and associated with corresponding shielding plates assembled to the insulative transverse bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: TERRANCE F. LITTLE, PATRICK R. CASHER, CHIH-HSIEN CHOU, AN-JEN YANG
  • Publication number: 20220115819
    Abstract: An assembly for passing controlled impedance electrical signals between two different environments via feedthroughs in an electrically-conductive feedthrough block. The feedthrough has a signal coupling, a dielectric spacer surrounding the signal coupling, and a ground coupling surrounding the dielectric. The feedthrough is sealed to hermetically separate the two environments. One or both ends of the dielectric are recessed from the face of the block forming a gap. The gaps is filled with a potting material to form the hermetic seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Victor A Lapkowicz, Gordon A Vinther
  • Publication number: 20220115820
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a conductive body, a terminal module and a grounding element. The conductive body includes a mating cavity and a slot for fixing the grounding element. The terminal module includes an insulating block, a plurality of signal terminals and a grounding piece mounted to the insulating block. The grounding piece includes a ground terminal. The ground terminal includes a ground contact portion at least partially located in the mating cavity. The grounding element includes a ground mating portion at least partially located in the mating cavity. The ground contact portion and the ground mating portion are adapted to be in contact with a same ground pin of a mating connector. As a result, a stable loop can be formed and the shielding performance of the electrical connector is improved. Besides, an electrical connector assembly having the electrical connector is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yanbo LIN
  • Publication number: 20220115821
    Abstract: A terminal assembly and an electrical connector. The terminal assembly comprises a plurality of terminals, an insulating body, a first electromagnetic shielding member, and a second electromagnetic shielding member. The plurality of terminals comprises a plurality of signal terminals and a plurality of ground terminals. The signal terminals and the ground terminals are disposed at intervals. At least one signal terminal is disposed between two adjacent ground terminals. The insulating body is disposed at the plurality of terminals. One end of each terminal protrudes from one side of the insulating body, while the other end is exposed from the insulating body. The first electromagnetic shielding member is disposed at one side of the insulating body and is connected with the plurality of ground terminals. The second electromagnetic shielding member is disposed at the other side of the insulating body and is opposite to the first electromagnetic shielding member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicants: Dongguan Luxshare Technologies Co., Ltd, HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin HUANG, Ming LI, RongZhe GUO, HongJi CHEN, KaiDe WANG, Tao ZENG, ShuYao SHEN
  • Publication number: 20220115822
    Abstract: A female connector 12 that connects to an end section of a shielded electrical wire 11 obtained by using braided wire 14 to surround the outer periphery of a coated electrical wire 13, which is obtained by surrounding the outer periphery of a core wire 16 with an insulating coating 17. The female connector 12 comprises: a female terminal 18 which connects with the core wire 16; a first outer conductor body 33 having a cylinder part 35 which surrounds the female terminal 18 and is electrically insulated therefrom, and in which a through hole 41 is formed, and a connection plate part 36 which is overlaid on the braided wire 14; and a second outer conductor body 34 having a rear crimped part 45 which crimps the braided wire 14 and the connection plate part 36 from the outside of the braided wire 14 and the connection plate part 36, and a left wall 44L and right wall 44R which cover at least a part of the cylinder part 35 from the outside of the cylinder part 35.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroyoshi MAESOBA, Toshifumi ICHIO
  • Publication number: 20220115823
    Abstract: A power cord locking assembly includes a button projecting from an upper surface of electrical outlet housing having an outlet core therein. The button is selectively positionable relative to the housing between a locked position and an unlocked position in a direction obliquely oriented to a plug insertion axis, with the locked position engaging and securing the plug connector housing in the mated position on the outlet core, and with the unlocked position disengaged from the plug connector housing for removal of the mated plug connector housing from the at least one outlet core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Karl Klaus Dittus, Wade A. Clarke
  • Publication number: 20220115824
    Abstract: There is provided a power connector system for electrically connecting a power source to a device. The power connector comprises a first component and a second component which each have a plurality of electrical contacts disposed on a face thereof. The contacts each include an electrically resistive element having an impedance. When the first and second components are coupled, a logic unit controls enables current flow between the first and second components based on the impedances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Sanad ARIDAH, Arash JANFADA, Trevor BURGESS
  • Publication number: 20220115825
    Abstract: An adapter mechanism includes an electrical adapter and an attachment device. The electrical adapter includes an adapter housing and a pair of conductive prongs. The adapter housing includes a first complementary connector, and the pair of conductive prongs is configured to be inserted into an electrical outlet. The attachment device includes a fixation aperture and a second complementary connector. The attachment device is configured to move relative to the adapter housing between a retracted position and an extended position. When the attachment device is in the retracted position, the second complementary connector is uncoupled from the first complementary connector. When the attachment device is in the extended position, the fixation aperture is extended out from the adapter housing and the second complementary connector is coupled to the first complementary connector to secure the attachment device in place at the adapter housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yao Wang, Yongjun Chen, Bin Shi
  • Publication number: 20220115826
    Abstract: A system includes a jack screw including a body portion and a keyed portion extending along a length of the body portion. The system includes a panel including a first aperture configured to receive the jack screw. The system includes a connector including a second aperture configured to receive the jack screw. The system includes a plate including a third aperture configured to receive the jack screw, where the jack screw is configured to be aligned along an axis through the first aperture, the second aperture, and the third plate aperture, where a portion of the body portion of the jack screw extends past a locking plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian D. LaFerriere
  • Publication number: 20220115827
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a safety plug comprising two pins, an insulating housing, a limiting member, and an operating member. The operating member is configured to drive the limiting member to be changed between a position-limited position and an unlocked position. First ends of the two pins extend into the insulating housing, a short-circuit protection circuit is disposed in the insulating housing, and the short-circuit protection circuit is disposed in a path in which the two pins move away from the insulating housing. When the limiting member is in the position-limited position, a limiting fit is defined, and the first ends of the two pins are spaced apart from the short-circuit protection circuit. When the limiting member is in the unlocked position, the limiting fit is released, and the insulating housing is pulled to enable the short-circuit protection circuit to short circuit the two pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Xilong Li
  • Publication number: 20220115828
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical terminal having a connection portion and an attachment portion angled relative to the connection portion. The assembly also includes a cylindrical inner housing sleeve formed of a polymeric material in which the connection portion of the electrical terminal is disposed and an outer connector housing formed of a polymeric material having a smooth bore configured to receive the inner housing sleeve containing the electrical terminal. The bore and inner housing sleeve are sized such that the inner housing sleeve is in an interference fit condition when received within the bore. The electrical connector assembly is assembled by a process having the steps of inserting the inner housing sleeve within the bore of the outer connector housing and affixing the inner housing sleeve to the outer connector housing by welding the inner housing sleeve to the outer connector housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Matthew L. Penn, Steven P. Ragalyi
  • Publication number: 20220115829
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a diffractive grating configured to receive multiple output beams from an array of laser sources. The apparatus also includes one or more optical elements configured to receive, direct, and focus multiple zeroth-order light beams, where the zeroth-order light beams include portions of the output beams reflected off the diffractive grating. The apparatus further includes a detector configured to receive the zeroth-order light beams from at least one of the one or more optical elements and process the zeroth-order light beams to generate diagnostic information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventor: Leva E. Bukowski
  • Publication number: 20220115830
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical amplifier and a control method therefor, with which it is possible to stably control an optical amplifier that uses a multicore optical fiber. The optical amplifier uses, in a gain medium, a multicore optical fiber having a plurality of cores, and comprises: an input-light power monitor that monitors the optical power of input light to the plurality of cores of the multicore optical fiber; an output-light power monitor that monitors the optical power of medium-passed output light from the plurality of cores that has passed through the multicore optical fiber; a crosstalk monitor that monitors the amount of inter-core crosstalk among the plurality of cores; and a controller that controls the pump-light power of pump light superimposed on the input light to the plurality of cores on the basis of the monitored optical power of input light, the monitored optical power of output light, and the monitored amount of inter-core crosstalk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeyuki YANAGIMACHI, Emmanuel LE TAILLANDIER DE GABORY
  • Publication number: 20220115831
    Abstract: A high repetition rate pulse laser including a linear cavity having a first direction and a second direction opposite to the first direction is disclosed. The pulse laser includes, along the first direction, a first optical component, a gain and Raman medium, an acousto-optic crystal, a first lithium triborate (LBO) crystal and a second optical component. The first optical component allows a pumping light incident in the first direction to transmit therethrough. The gain and Raman medium receives the pumping light from the first optical component, and generates a first infrared base laser light having a first wavelength and a second infrared base laser light having a second wavelength. The acousto-optic crystal receives a radio frequency control signal from a radio frequency controller, wherein the radio frequency control signal has a signal period including a low level period and a high level period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yung-Fu Chen, Hsing-Chih Liang, Chia-Han Tsou
  • Publication number: 20220115832
    Abstract: A system and method for safe use of an optics assembly with an external light source and an optically coupled optics module is disclosed. The system includes an external light module emitting a continuous wave laser through an output port. An optics module has an input port and a memory. The optics module generates a modulated optical signal. The memory stores the power level of the continuous wave laser signal received by the optics module. An optical jumper is provided for coupling the output port with the input port. A communication bus is coupled between a controller and the external light source module. The controller sets the external light source at a low power level and transitions the external light source to a high power level when the stored power level of the continuous wave laser signal received by the optics module exceeds a predetermined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Chang-Sheng LIN, Hsiao-Hsien WENG, Zong-Syun HE
  • Publication number: 20220115833
    Abstract: An array device manufacturing method includes the steps of forming a plurality of optical elements on a wafer; inspecting the plurality of optical elements; defining dicing lines on the basis of a result of the inspection such that an array device composed entirely of one or more non-defective ones of the plurality of optical elements is obtained, the one or more non-defective ones being determined to be non-defective in the inspection; and forming the array device by dicing the wafer along the dicing lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Ryosuke KUBOTA
  • Publication number: 20220115834
    Abstract: An electronic device according to a present disclosure includes a semiconductor substrate, a chip, and a connection part. The chip has a different thermal expansion rate from that of the semiconductor substrate. The connection part includes a porous metal layer for connecting connection pads that are arranged on opposing principle surfaces of the semiconductor substrate and the chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi IMAHIGASHI, Kaoru TANAKA, Masashi MIYAZAKI
  • Publication number: 20220115835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for generating laser radiation. An object of the present invention is to indicate a laser diode which simultaneously has a high degree of efficiency and a low degree of far field divergence. The diode laser according to the invention comprises a current barrier (5), characterized in that the current barrier (5) extends along a third axis (X), wherein the current barrier (5) has at least one opening, and a first width (W1) of the opening of the current barrier (5) along the third axis (X) is smaller than a second width (W2) of the metal p-contact (8) along the third axis (X).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Gotz EEBERT, Hans WENZEL, Steffen KNIGGE, Christian Dominik MARTIN, Andre MAASDORFF, Pietro DELLA CASA, Andrea KNIGGE, Paul CRUMP