With Connector Patents (Class 174/145)
  • Patent number: 10381752
    Abstract: A module connector comprises a first connector including a first conductor attached to the first connector at a conductor point of the first connector and a second connector capable of being electrically connected with the first connector and including a second conductor attached to the second connector at a conductor point of the second connector. The first connector and the second connector each have an affixing element and a touch protection disposed on a connection side. The touch protection includes an outer electrically insulated collar and an electrically insulated protection pin surrounded by the collar. A current bridge is disposed between the collar and the protection pin and electrically connects the conductor point of the first connector with the conductor point of the second connector. The collar and the protection pin project beyond the current bridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Frank Kaehny, Martin Listing, Wilhelm Grzywok
  • Patent number: 9368953
    Abstract: A terminal-formed wire (1) includes a covered wire (7) obtained by covering an outer circumference of a core wire part (3) including a plurality of element wires with a covering part (5); and a terminal part (11) provided at a terminal of the covered wire (7) and terminal-formed with the core wire part (3) exposed from the covering part and with the core wire part (3) having a connection hole (9), wherein, at the terminal part (11), the plurality of element wires of the core wire part (3) are divided into two; and wherein leading ends of the divided plurality of the element wires (13), (15) are folded back toward a root part in different directions from each other to form the connection hole (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeo Mori, Hayato Ilzuka
  • Publication number: 20150096786
    Abstract: An insulating waterproof member for insulating and waterproofing a connector of a cable, the insulating waterproof member including: a sealing material for covering the connector, and a protective sheet for covering the connecting portion with the sealing material interposed therebetween, the protective sheet having an adhesive layer on a surface on a sealing material side, wherein the protective sheet includes a body portion for covering the connector and an extending portion that extends in a first direction from the body portion, and the extending portion allows pressure to be imparted to the sealing material and the body portion that cover the connector in a first region at a first end side of the body portion in a second direction that intersects the first direction, in a second region at a second end side of the body portion, and in a third region between the first region and the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventor: Kengo Takasu
  • Patent number: 8847475
    Abstract: A lamp with a light-emitting unit, at least two separate contact modules and an electrical connection between the light-emitting unit and the contact modules, wherein each contact module has at least one electrical contact for connecting to a corresponding lampholder, is presented and described. So that other lamps can be operated safely as gas-discharge lamps in lampholders provided for them, it is envisaged that at least one protective device for prevention of electric shock is provided on at least one of the electrical contacts in a partially assembled state of the lamp in a corresponding lampholder, and that the protective device is designed to assume a deactivated position in the assembled state of the lamp and an activated position in the dismantled state of the lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
    Inventors: Volker Heil, Rasit Oezguec, Udo Piontek
  • Publication number: 20140196924
    Abstract: A dielectric element (2) for a high-voltage insulator (1) of very great traction strength, greater than 700 kN, of the type comprising a toughened glass body of revolution about a longitudinal axis (A) having a hollow head (6) extended by a ribbed shed (7). It has a profile that defines a creepage distance lying in the range 550 mm to 800 mm for an outside diameter (DJ) of the shed (7) that lies in the range 380 mm to 450 mm and a pitch (P) that lies in the range 260 mm to 290 mm, said dielectric element also presenting weight lying in the range 10 kg to 13 kg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Inventors: Jean-Marie George, Serge Tartier, Michel Chonier
  • Patent number: 8760173
    Abstract: A signal test apparatus for a serial attached Small Computer System Interface (SAS) device includes an SAS female connector to be connected to the SAS device, an SAS male connector to be connected to a server, first and second pairs of subminiature version A (SMA) connectors, and first and second groups of switches. When the first pair of SMA connectors is connected to an oscillograph to test a pair of output signals from the SAS device, the second group of switches are turned on and the first group of switches are turned off to communicate the SAS device with the server. When the second pair of SMA connector is connected to the oscillograph to test another pair of output signals from the SAS device, the first group of switches are turned on and the second group of switches are turned off to communicate the SAS device with the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui Li, Fa-Sheng Huang
  • Patent number: 8563867
    Abstract: A smart link in a power delivery system includes an insulator, which electrically isolates a power line, and a switchable conductance placed in parallel with the insulator. The switchable conductance includes switchgear for sourcing, sinking, and/or dispatching real and/or reactive power on the power line to dynamically in response to dynamic loading, transient voltages and/or currents, and phase conditions or other conditions on the power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, William Gates, Jordin T. Kare, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene, David B. Tuckerman, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8502074
    Abstract: A sealing device and method of making it for insulating and sealing a joint electrically connecting a wire or ribbon anode to an electrical cable. The cable is insulated except at an open region where the wire anode is connected to it. The sealing device comprises a body of an insulating material molded in situ about the electrical joint to completely cover it and bond to portions of the electrically insulating covering contiguous with the joint to thereby insulate the joint and prevent the ingress of water or other materials into the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Matcor, Inc.
    Inventor: William R. Schutt
  • Publication number: 20120125655
    Abstract: A sealing device and method of making it for insulating and sealing a joint electrically connecting a wire or ribbon anode to an electrical cable. The cable is insulated except at an open region where the wire anode is connected to it. The sealing device comprises a body of an insulating material molded in situ about the electrical joint to completely cover it and bond to portions of the electrically insulating covering contiguous with the joint to thereby insulate the joint and prevent the ingress of water or other materials into the joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventor: William R. Schutt
  • Publication number: 20110011624
    Abstract: A smart link in a power delivery system includes an insulator, which electrically isolates a power line, and a switchable conductance placed in parallel with the insulator. The switchable conductance includes switchgear for sourcing, sinking, and/or dispatching real and/or reactive power on the power line to dynamically in response to dynamic loading, transient voltages and/or currents, and phase conditions or other conditions on the power line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: Searete LLC
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, William Gates, Jordin T. Kare, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Clarence T. Tegreene, David B. Tuckerman, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • Patent number: 7841862
    Abstract: To provide a dielectric sheet that can be used as an elastomer connector in order to connect highly integrated circuit board and fine pitch electronic parts. The dielectric sheet (10f) comprises a first penetrating region (222c) having high permittivity, and a second penetrating region (33a) having conductivity, the regions are arranged and formed in such a way that they are alternatively interspersed in longitudinal and crosswise directions in a non-conductive sheet-shaped elastomer. The transverse thickness W2 and longitudinal thickness W5 in the first penetrating region (222c) may be arbitrarily determined. Similarly, the transverse thickness W3 and longitudinal thickness W5 in the second penetrating region (33a) may be arbitrarily determined. The dielectric sheet (10f) serves to compliment the circuit of electronic parts (for example, the printing board) to be connected thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Miki Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20090078449
    Abstract: To provide a dielectric sheet that can be used as an elastomer connector in order to connect highly integrated circuit board and fine pitch electronic parts. The dielectric sheet (10f) comprises a first penetrating region (222c) having high permittivity, and a second penetrating region (33a) having conductivity, the regions are arranged and formed in such a way that they are alternatively interspersed in longitudinal and crosswise directions in a non-conductive sheet-shaped elastomer. The transverse thickness W2 and longitudinal thickness W5 in the first penetrating region (222c) may be arbitrarily determined. Similarly, the transverse thickness W3 and longitudinal thickness W5 in the second penetrating region (33a) may be arbitrarily determined. The dielectric sheet (10f) serves to compliment the circuit of electronic parts (for example, the printing board) to be connected thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2004
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventor: Miki Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 6901657
    Abstract: The wiring harness has a plurality of first sub-harnesses and a plurality of second sub-harnesses. The first sub-harness has a first press-fit terminal joined to each end of a first electrical cable, and the first sub-harness has a first isolator holding the first press-fit terminal. The second sub-harness has a second press-fit terminal, a crimp terminal, a connector housing for accommodating the crimp terminal, and a second isolator supporting the second press-fit terminal. The second press-fit terminal is connected to one end of a second electrical cable, and the crimp terminal is connected to the other end of the second electrical cable. The press-fit terminals held by different ones of the isolators can be connected to one another when any of the first and second isolators are layered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuhiko Takada
  • Publication number: 20040000424
    Abstract: A connector holder holds a connector of a flat cable. Cable-folding members are provided on an arrangement path for the flat cable having the connector. The cable-folding member is provided at each of the folding positions of the flat cable that are specified on the arrangement path. The cable-folding member includes a positioning section for disposing the flat cable on the arrangement path and a direction-defining section for specifying a folding angle of the flat cable F in association with the positioning section. A successive folding apparatus and a successive folding method can enhance accuracies in dimension and operation in a successive folding process of a flat cable F.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Isao Mori, Masanori Kato, Hiroshi Adachi, Kunihiro Mizui, Takashi Ueno
  • Patent number: 6624360
    Abstract: A bushing, which normally includes an insulator, having a high-voltage connection and a metallic foot part, and an electrical conductor, the foot part of the insulator) is in the form of a curved housing part in which a post insulator for the electrical conductor is arranged. This configuration of the bushing allows the bushing to be arranged inclined on encapsulating housings in which the flange plane of the connecting flange for the bushing runs horizontally or vertically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Manfred Meinherz
  • Patent number: 6498304
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insulator for an electrical conductor provided with an outer shield, especially a so-called coaxial cable or shielded twin cable, in order to achieve an insulation at the shield that insulates against DC and low frequency AC signals transforming through the conductor and that includes a first and a second element (3,4) formed from electrically conducting material that by means of a dielectric (5) are electrically insulated and delineated from one another. and that are intended to be connected between an interruption at the shield or between the shield and an external earth connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: MT Memoteknik AB
    Inventors: Lars Hedström, Lennart Lundmark
  • Patent number: 6221459
    Abstract: A coupling such as a socket may couple one electronic device to another and may reduce differential thermal expansion between the two coupled devices. For example, a surface mount socket may differentially expand relative to a printed circuit board. By incorporating a structure having a coefficient of thermal expansion that matches the coefficient of thermal expansion of the printed circuit board, differential thermal expansion may be lessened and the possibility of mechanical damage may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory A. James, Kristopher J. Frutschy, Larry L. Moresco
  • Patent number: 6198042
    Abstract: A suspension clamp for suspending and clamping an elongate flexible member, the clamp having: (i) a saddle in which the elongate flexible member may sit, ii) a mounting to support the saddle with respect to a fixture, (iii) a closure latch to restrain the elongate flexible member in the saddle, and (iv) a resilient member mounted to the closure latch and having a bottom face adapted to clamp an elongate flexible member positioned within the saddle when the closure latch is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Logistics AG
    Inventor: Michael Ronald Huston
  • Patent number: 5990610
    Abstract: This invention secures the breakdown voltage between stem pins or the like for high voltage service in a cathode ray tube. This insulator is formed of a clay-like silicone compound having a tip-throughhole and pin-throughholes or a stem base with the electric insulator mounted to the stem base. An inter-stem electric insulation device is structured by mounting either one of the electric insulator or the stem base with the electric insulator to the stem of a cathode ray tube and by pressing to fix together. This structure does not allow bubble generation caused by the electric insulator, and makes the handling easy, and furthermore, allows an automatic mounting of the electric insulator to a stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeo Matsumoto, Takashi Setsuda, Haruo Ito, Kazuyuki Ota
  • Patent number: 5077450
    Abstract: A high-voltage test terminal for interconnection between high-voltage power lines and the bushing stud member of a transformer or reactor. An insulator component of the terminal is placed in compression rather than tension, the terminal having a substantially reduced moment arm to withstand angular forces which are created upon interconnection between the power lines and the stud member. Metallic end fittings for the insulator serve to maintain the insulator in permanent compression and provide ready disconnection of the bus bars of the terminal for determination of induced electrical currents such as by Doble testing. The insulator is mounted horizontally between the end fittings and between the power lines in substantially parallel and horizontal alignment therewith, and eliminates the torsional stresses which have been generated previously with upright post-type insulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1991
    Inventor: Masoud Rafiee
  • Patent number: 4150866
    Abstract: An improved environmentally sealed connector is disclosed. The connector includes mating members having bodies of semi-rigid dielectric material with a plurality of contact receiving cavities therein. A like plurality of seals are provided each inserted into a recessed rear end portion of a respective contact receiving cavity to effect seating engagement with both the member and the wires connected to the terminals mounted therein. A plurality of seals are preferably molded in a single sheet and are so spaced therein that they can be punched therefrom and inserted directly into the rear of the connector member contact receiving cavities. The seals allow easy replacement of the contacts without destroying the sealing characteristics. The connector members also include radially deformable locking means and sealing means at the mating faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1977
    Date of Patent: April 24, 1979
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Clair W. Snyder, Jr., Paul B. Derr, Thomas H. Wycheck
  • Patent number: 3966294
    Abstract: An adaptor for attachment to the terminal of a transformer bushing. The adaptor includes a metallic casting having a form-fitting skirt, a connecting stud, a channeled arm, supporting columns, and a crown and base. A knob, shaft and shoe combination is engaged with the casting to provide means for forcing a high-voltage cable against the casting base. In one embodiment, a two-piece, insulating shroud containing knockout regions is positioned around the casting and the bushing terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1973
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1976
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Ronald E. Benton
  • Patent number: 3931456
    Abstract: A high voltage distributor allowing the easy connection and disconnection of a high voltage power supply to and from one or more circuits requiring the supply. The design configuration features unrestrained "pump-out," insulation of the high voltage from ground, and freedom from corona. These features are obtained by mounting a removable retaining rod on one or more insulators, thereby facilitating the support by the retaining rod of a plurality of washers. One of the washers is integrally connected to the high voltage power supply while the remaining washers are integrally connected to the circuits requiring the high voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1976
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United STates National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of General Counsel-Code GP
    Inventor: James F. McChesney, Jr.