Contact Or Terminal Manufacturing Patents (Class 29/874)
  • Patent number: 12191123
    Abstract: A wafer placement table includes a ceramic base including an electrode, a cooling base including a coolant flow path formed therein, a bonding layer bonding the ceramic base and the cooling base, a stepped hole penetrating the bonding layer and the cooling base and including an upper hole portion with a small diameter, a lower hole portion with a large diameter, and a hole stepped portion between the upper hole portion and the lower hole portion, the upper hole portion passing through a region in which the coolant flow path is formed, a stepped insulating pipe inserted through the stepped hole and including an upper pipe portion with a small diameter, a lower pipe portion with a large diameter, and a pipe stepped portion between the upper pipe portion and the lower pipe portion; and a connection terminal bonded to the electrode and inserted through the stepped insulating pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: NGK INSULATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takebayashi, Tatsuya Kuno, Seiya Inoue
  • Patent number: 12193161
    Abstract: An apparatus for an electronic power steering system includes a printed circuit board and a first sensor. The printed circuit board comprising: a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a first processor section extending in a first direction on the first surface; a second processor section extending in a second direction opposite the first direction on the second surface; and a void disposed between the first surface and the second surface, the first processor section and the second processor section being separated by the void.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Steering Solutions IP Holding Corporation
    Inventors: Steven J. Collier-Hallman, Daniel J. Klenk, Ryan D. Yaklin
  • Patent number: 12179486
    Abstract: An actuator includes a deformable thin-film member having an opening, an electromechanical conversion element disposed at a periphery of the opening of the deformable thin-film member, an insulating film covering the electromechanical conversion element, a protective film over a surface of the insulating film, the protective film covering the surface of the insulating film and a surface of an electrode wiring connected to the electromechanical conversion element, and an adhesion improving film disposed between the electrode wiring and the protective film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiko Kuroda, Kaname Morita, Toshiaki Masuda, Arata Suzuki, Naoko Kitaoka
  • Patent number: 12184020
    Abstract: A first alternative of the application first defines a one-piece metal blank that will make it possible to produce a connector sub-assembly ready to be directly crimped to an insulated and shielded cable, prepared beforehand. A second alternative of the application first defines a pre-assembled connector sub-assembly that incorporates front and rear crimping portions with different electrical and/or mechanical characteristics, and which is ready to be directly crimped to an insulated and shielded cable, prepared beforehand. Either of the two alternatives makes it possible to minimize assembly steps and associated risks such as those due to the processes of fitting together a great many components according to the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: RAYDIALL
    Inventors: Damien Romand, Sebastien Annequin
  • Patent number: 12149030
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating member, plural signal terminals to be fixed and held to the insulating member, and plural ground terminals to be elastically held to the insulating member. The signal terminals and the ground terminals are disposed in a first direction of the insulating member. Regarding the ground terminal and the signal terminal adjacent to each other as viewed from the first direction, the signal terminal length of the signal terminal in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction, is shorter than the ground terminal length of the ground terminal in the second direction. The signal terminal includes a signal terminal contact engaging portion. The signal terminal contact engaging portion is positioned within a range of the ground terminal length of the ground terminal as viewed from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Hoshiba
  • Patent number: 12142975
    Abstract: A device for widening ends of legs of hairpin conductors, arranged in slots of a stator core, includes at least one finger, for radially moving the ends of legs of hairpin conductors. The at least one finger includes at least one radially extending arm and a separation member arranged adjacent to an end of the arm. The separation member is designed to be positioned between two ends of radially neighboring legs of pairs of hairpin conductors. The finger has a first section adjacent to the separation member. The first section is adapted for moving the pair of ends of legs when the finger is radially moved. The finger has a second section, which does not overlap with the first section. The second section is dimensioned to receive at least one pair of legs without moving, when the finger is radially moved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: ATOP S.p.A.
    Inventors: Massimo Ponzio, Rubino Corbinelli
  • Patent number: 12095194
    Abstract: A board-to-board connector comprises: a male end having at least three rows of male insert terminals; and a female end having at least three rows of female insert terminals, the number of rows of the female insert terminals being equal to the number of rows of the male insert terminals. A region on the male end near the middle row of male insert terminals is provided with a male end window, which is formed in an injection molding process by a clamping component for clamping the middle row of male insert terminals in a male end injection mold. A region on the female end near the middle row of female insert terminals is provided with a female end window, which is formed in an injection molding process by a clamping component for clamping the middle row of female insert terminals in a female end injection mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: ZTE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Huaiqing Wang, Anjun Chen, Zhenzhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 12087912
    Abstract: To secure ionic conductivity by improving the adhesion between an electrode material mixture and a solid electrolyte and suppressing electrodeposition of lithium. A lithium ion secondary battery (100) includes a positive electrode including an electrode material mixture that fills pores of a metal porous body constituting an electrode current collector, a first solid electrolyte layer including a solid electrolyte that fills pores of a resin porous body, and a negative electrode including an electrode material mixture that fills pores of a metal porous body constituting an electrode current collector. The positive electrode and the negative electrode are alternately stacked with the first solid electrolyte layer provided therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Ariga, Takuya Taniuchi, Masahiro Ohta
  • Patent number: 12089007
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hearing device comprising: —a behind-the-ear housing, where the housing comprises a bottom part, a top part opposite the bottom part, a front part, and a rear part opposite the front part, —a connector, the connector is configured to be removably attached to the housing, where the connector is configured for connecting the housing to an element, the element is being configured to be arranged in or at the ear of the user, wherein the housing comprises a locking element, where the locking element is configured for locking the connector to/in the housing, and wherein the housing comprises a guide for at least a part of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventor: Anders Hjermø Michaelsen
  • Patent number: 12080453
    Abstract: A shunt resistor the resistive value of which can be lowered simply and easily has: a first resistive body, two base materials that sandwich the first resistive body therebetween and are joined by a welding to the first resistive body, and a second resistive body joined by a welding to the two base materials at different positions from the first resistive body. In addition, the second resistive body can come into contact with the first resistive body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SUNCALL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoya Ashida, Kenji Murakami
  • Patent number: 12072250
    Abstract: A thin film sensor includes an insulating layer provided on a surface of a measurement target, and a sensor layer that is laminated on the insulating layer, and includes a plurality of regions partitioned by a groove that is provided by irradiation of a laser and penetrates in a thickness direction. Among the plurality of regions, at least one region corresponds to a sensor region that senses a pressure applied to the measurement target or a temperature of the measurement target, and other regions each correspond to a non-sensor region that does not sense a pressure applied to the measurement target or a temperature of the measurement target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignees: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD., GOTOH EDUCATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Matsumoto, Yuji Mihara
  • Patent number: 12074345
    Abstract: Provided is a terminal of improved conduction reliability. The terminal disclosed herein has a plate-shaped first conductive member; a second conductive member electrically connected to the first conductive member; a fastening portion at which there are mechanically fixed the first conductive member and a flange portion of the second conductive member; and a metal joint in which the first conductive member and the flange portion of the second conductive member are metal-joined, at a position spaced from the fastening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: PRIME PLANET ENERGY & SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Ryoichi Wakimoto
  • Patent number: 12064617
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for fabricating a neurostimulation stimulation lead comprises: providing a plurality of ring components and hypotubes in a mold; placing an annular frame with multiple lumens over distal ends of the plurality of hypotubes to position a portion of each hypotube within a respective lumen of the annular frame; molding the plurality of ring components and the hypotubes to form a stimulation tip component for the stimulation lead, wherein the molding fills interstitial spaces between the plurality of ring components and hypotubes with insulative material; and forming segmented electrodes from the ring components after performing the molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED NEUROMODULATION SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Sefkow, Christopher A. Crawford, Jeffrey Mitchell, Kevin Wilson, Raymond P. Bray, John R. Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 12046564
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a substrate. A conductive layer is formed over the substrate and includes a ground plane. A first tab of the conductive layer extends from the ground plane and less than half-way across a saw street of the substrate. A shape of the first tab can include elliptical, triangular, parallelogram, or rectangular portions, or any combination thereof. An encapsulant is deposited over the substrate. The encapsulant and substrate are singulated through the saw street. An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding layer is formed over the encapsulant. The EMI shielding layer contacts the first tab of the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: STATS ChipPAC Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: HunTeak Lee, Deokkyung Yang, HeeSoo Lee
  • Patent number: 12021271
    Abstract: An energy-storage apparatus and an electricity-consumption device are disclosed. The energy-storage apparatus includes a first tab, a first pole, a first connector, and a lower plastic assembly. The first connector is connected to the first tab and a flange portion of the first pole. A top cover defines a liquid-injection hole. A sealing plug includes a plug body. The lower plastic assembly at least includes a first-lower-plastic-member body. The first-lower-plastic-member body defines a hollow hole. In a thickness direction of the lower plastic assembly, the first-lower-plastic-member body is mounted on the top cover. The liquid-injection hole is positioned facing towards and is in communication with the hollow hole. The sealing plug seals the liquid-injection hole. The plug body extends through the liquid-injection hole and the hollow hole, and protrudes from a second surface of the first-lower-plastic-member body. The first connector is mounted on the second surface of the first-lower-plastic-member body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: Shenzhen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd., Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongfeng Xiong, Jinqiang Chen
  • Patent number: 12014863
    Abstract: A coil-forming apparatus for forming a bare coil wire into a U-shape, the apparatus including: one bare coil-wire holding unit that winds and holds a bare coil wire; a take-up drum that includes one or a plurality of housing units that house the bare coil wire supplied from the one bare coil wire holding unit at a circumference; a cutting member that cuts the bare coil wire housed in housing units and wound around the take-up drum, at a portion of the circumference of the take-up drum; a drawing member for drawing the bare coil wire outward in a radial direction of the take-up drum after being cut by the cutting member, from a position separated from the cutting member; and a forming unit that forms the bare coil wire drawn by the drawing member into a U-shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Ide, Kenichi Omagari
  • Patent number: 11967786
    Abstract: A tracer wire configured to be situated on, or adjacent to a buried utility line is provided. The tracer wire allows the hidden utility line to be quickly and accurately identified. A tracer wire grounding rod is interconnected to the tracer wire and provides a means by which electrical current used to identify utility line can travel through the earth to a ground point. The tracer wire grounding rod has a prong residing in a cavity that receives one end of the tracer wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Stuart Steel Protection, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher L. Moore
  • Patent number: 11862809
    Abstract: A separator sealing apparatus for bonding an upper separator and a lower separator with an electrode plate being interposed therebetween and a separator sealing method is provided. The separator sealing apparatus includes a first sealing unit configured to seal a first region specified as an outer edge along a width direction of the electrode plate, among portions where the upper separator and the lower separator face each other; and a second sealing unit configured to seal a second region specified as an outer edge along a length direction of the electrode plate, among the portions where the upper separator and the lower separator face each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Jae Lee, Jong-Hun Kim, Sung-Min Hwang
  • Patent number: 11792916
    Abstract: A printed circuit board includes an insulating layer; a recess portion disposed on one surface of the insulating layer; and a circuit layer disposed on the one surface of the insulating layer and including a signal pattern and a ground pattern. At least a portion of the ground pattern covers at least a portion of the recess portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Han Park, Woo Seok Yang
  • Patent number: 11772388
    Abstract: A thermal print head includes a heat-generating substrate, a resistor layer, a conductive layer, a first substrate, a second substrate, and a third substrate. The heat-generating substrate includes a heat-generating substrate obverse face and a heat-generating substrate reverse face that are spaced apart from each other in a thickness direction. The resistor layer is supported by the heat-generating substrate. The conductive layer is supported by the heat-generating substrate, and electrically connected to the resistor layer. The first substrate is located upstream of the heat-generating substrate in a sub-scanning direction. The second substrate is located upstream of the first substrate in the sub-scanning direction. The third substrate is bonded to the first substrate and the second substrate and higher in flexibility than the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Yoshikawa, Toshihiro Kimura
  • Patent number: 11778428
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a controlled device via an activation accessory that includes a vibration motor, a wearable module including a clench-detection sensor (e.g., a Hall effect sensor), and a communication element. The sensor is coupled to a controller, which has an output coupled to a control signal interface and another output coupled to the vibration motor. The controller is programmed to receive and evaluate input signals from the sensor to determine whether or not they represent a command for the controlled device by assessing the input signals for a signal pattern indicative of a plurality of volitional jaw clench actions of a wearer of the wearable module. If/when the processor determines that the input signals represent the command, then it decodes the command and transmits an associated control signal to the controlled device via the control signal interface as well as an activation signal to the vibration motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Hourglass Medical LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy B. Ross, Blake S. Good, Jacob Flagle
  • Patent number: 11753097
    Abstract: A seat cushion includes an edge portion and a three-dimensional fiber structure including core-sheath fusible fibers and skeletal fibers thermally fused at intersections thereof. The sheaths of the core-sheath fusible fibers are made of a thermoplastic elastomer to fuse the intersections and form a bulging portion at each of the fused intersections. The skeletal fibers and the cores of the core-sheath fusible fibers are made of a non-elastomer resin. The skeletal fibers are crimp-processed bulky fibers, and a fineness of the skeletal fibers and a fineness of the core-sheath fusible fibers are in a range of 1 to 200 dtex. The seat cushion has a layered structure including a plurality of layers fused together, each of the layers has the three-dimensional fiber structure, and the seat cushion has a density distribution based on regional variations of the layered structure and a stiffness distribution that depends on the density distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: YAMAHA HATSUDOKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hideyoshi Sato, Tetsuya Mashiko, Sho Kakuta, Naoki Kinomoto, Yusuke Aoyama, Shigeyuki Ozawa, Mikito Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 11657963
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for producing helix windings used for a transformer are provided. For example, apparatus comprise an electrically conductive mandrel comprising an elongated body, a head comprising an eyelet detail, and a winding structure disposed along the elongated body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Enphase Energy, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Harrison
  • Patent number: 11626649
    Abstract: A battery terminal connector assembly includes a first post engagement portion and a second post engagement portion. The first post engagement portion has a first opening for receiving the battery terminal post therein. The second post engagement portion has a second opening for receiving the battery terminal post therein. The first post engagement portion is movable relative to the second post engagement portion and the first post engagement portion and the second post engagement portion are movable relative to the battery terminal post as the first post engagement portion and the second post engagement portion are moved between a first insertion position and a second termination position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Brasil Industria De Eletronicos LTDA
    Inventors: Luis Altero, Gustavo Bonucci, Agnelo Bartolomeu Cavallaro, Rafael Kazuo Sato T Leme
  • Patent number: 11561244
    Abstract: A board-like connector, a dual-ring bridge of a board-like connector, and a wafer testing assembly are provided. The board-like connector includes a plurality of dual-ring bridges spaced apart from each other and an insulating layer. Each of the dual-ring bridges includes two carrying rings, two cantilevers respectively extending from and being coplanar with the two carrying rings, two abutting columns respectively extending from the two cantilevers along two opposite directions, and a bridging segment that connects the two carrying rings. The insulating layer connects the two carrying rings of the dual-ring bridges, and the two abutting columns of the dual-ring bridges respectively protrude from two opposite sides of the insulating layer. The two abutting columns of each of the dual-ring bridges are configured to be respectively abutted against two boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: CHUNGHWA PRECISION TEST TECH. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai-Chieh Hsieh, Chao-Chiang Liu, Meng-Chieh Cheng, Wei-Jhih Su
  • Patent number: 11539155
    Abstract: A contact assembly for a connector housing includes an adapter element and a contact element. The adapter element has a sleeve with a lead-through opening extending in an axial direction of the sleeve and with a threaded bore extending perpendicularly to the lead-through opening through the sleeve. The contact element is adapted to be inserted into the lead-through opening and latched to the sleeve. The contact element may exhibit varying types of a cable connection section and/or a contact section. The adapter element is receivable within the connector housing and may accept the contact element regardless of the type of cable connection section and/or contact section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Nederland B.V., Tyco Electronics UK Ltd.
    Inventors: Marco Zucca, Subhash Mungarwadi, Jonathan Catchpole
  • Patent number: 11489308
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a power pin of a power interface is provided. The method may includes the steps of: providing a pin workblank, wherein the pin workblank includes a first surface and a second surface adjacent to each other; performing a fine blanking process for the first surface in a predetermined blanking direction, while burrs forming on the second surface; and adjusting a position of the pin workblank, performing another fine blanking process for the second surface in the predetermined blanking direction, to form a power pin of the power interface and to omit a process of removing the burrs on the second surface. Before the step of adjusting a position of the pin workblank, the method further includes a step of forming a chamfer or a round fillet at an edge of the second surface adjacent to the first surface of the pin workblank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Guodong Gu, Feifei Li
  • Patent number: 11483927
    Abstract: A component carrier includes an electrically insulating layer structure having a first main surface and a second main surface with a through hole extending through the electrically insulating layer structure between the first main surface and the second main surface. An electrically conductive bridge structure connects opposing sidewalls of the electrically insulating layer structure delimiting the through hole. A vertical thickness of the electrically insulating layer structure is not more than 200 ?m and a narrowest vertical thickness of the bridge structure is at least 20 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ismadi Bin Ismail, Valerian Yun Khim Chung, Alex Yucun Dou, Seok Kim Tay
  • Patent number: 11342713
    Abstract: A reversible USB receptacle having high-frequency transmission properties, including a shielding middle plate (50), first and second terminal groups (30, 40) respectively located at upper and lower sides of the shielding middle plate (50), and an insulating body (20) making first and second terminal groups (30, 40) and the shielding middle plate (50) be formed into one piece, the insulating body (20) including a base and (21) a butting tongue portion (22) extending forward from the base (21), first and second terminal groups (30, 40) respectively including contact portions (35, 45) exposed on upper and lower surfaces of the butting tongue portion (22), retaining portions (36, 46) formed by extending backward from the contact portions (35, 45), and welding pins (37, 47) formed by extending from the retaining portions, wherein first and second terminal groups (30, 40) further include bent portions (381, 481) formed by oppositely bending from front end edges of contact portions (35, 45), and material strip conne
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: SHENZHEN EVERWIN PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shaocan Zhang
  • Patent number: 11211730
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a connector terminal in which an outermost layer is not susceptible to wear due to repeated sliding, an electrical wire with terminal and a terminal pair. The connector terminal includes a base material and an outermost layer provided on at least part of the base material. A constituent material of the outermost layer contains 98 mass % or more of Ag, and a Vickers hardness of the outermost layer with a measuring load of 0.1 N is from 115 HV to 160 HV inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Shirai, Kingo Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11161165
    Abstract: One aspect relates to a method of producing a sleeve for a ring electrode for electrophysiological and neuro-medical applications from a biocompatible metallic tape. Repetitive structures are punched into the tape and each includes at least one surface that is connected by at least one fin to at least one external strip. The at least one external strip connects the repetitive structures to each other on the margin. A sleeve mold is formed from a multiple of the repetitive structures through multiple reforming steps by a reforming technique. The sleeve mold is punched off the such that the sleeve is formed with a first tube-shaped region with a larger diameter and a second tube-shaped region with a smaller diameter. The first region with the larger diameter has a larger external diameter and internal diameter than the second region with the smaller diameter, and the two regions are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Thomas Doerge, Christiane Leitold, Oliver Keitel, Dominik Schneider, Katharina Musiol, Josef Roth, Bernd Koch, Benjamin Koch, Herwig Schiefer
  • Patent number: 11161166
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a forging method and a forging apparatus, capable of: reducing the amount of tray plates used during the forging of materials by reducing the width from front to back of the tray plates by fixing only the rear of the materials to the tray plates for fixing the materials; and minimizing the amount of materials used, by compression-molding products by fixing, to the tray plates, the materials having a minimum size necessary for the fmal products, the present invention comprising: a press having upper and lower molds; a tray plate supply means for supplying, to the top rear of the lower mold, tray plates to be vertically movable from one side to the other side by a pitch and to be spaced from the upside of the lower mold; a punching unit provided at one side of the upper and lower molds so as to continuously punch material fixing hole parts in the tray plates; a material plate supply means provided at the front of the other side of the punching unit so as to supply material plate
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: BUMCHUN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yang Il Park
  • Patent number: 11075021
    Abstract: Disclosed are conductive composites comprising a polymer, a conductor selected from metals and metal alloys, and a thickening agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Ashley M. Dustin, Andrew P. Nowak, Xin N. Guan, Adam F. Gross, Richard E. Sharp
  • Patent number: 11056815
    Abstract: An electrical contact includes a planar main body, a supporting arm extending upwardly from an upper edge thereof, and a spring arm extending curvedly and upwardly from a lower edge thereof with a contacting region at a free end region. The spring arm will contact the supporting arm when the spring arm is downwardly pressed by the CPU. A connecting part extends from an upper portion of the main body for connecting to a carrier strip, and includes a first connecting section coplanar with the main body, and a second connecting section perpendicular to the first connecting section wherein the carrier strip is connected to an upper edge of the second connecting section so as to be spaced from the corresponding spring arm and supporting arm, thus avoiding improper coating thereupon when the gold coating is applied to the self-contacting regions of the spring arm and supporting arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignees: FUDING PRECISION COMPONENTS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Shuo-Hsiu Hsu
  • Patent number: 11043767
    Abstract: A method of forming an electrical terminal is presented herein. The method includes the step of stamping an electrical terminal preform from a sheet of metal. The electrical terminal preform having a base plate, a plurality of contact arms radially extending from the base plate, a wire attachment feature radially extending from the base plate, and a carrier strip. The base plate defines crimp wings. The method also includes the step of bending each of the plurality of contact arms to form a socket configured to receive a mating electrical terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventors: David B. Martins, Marco M. Lucci, Timothy S. Craven, Michael J. Palombo
  • Patent number: 10960731
    Abstract: Heating element for user-touchable areas in a vehicle with a foamed carrier material in which at least one heating conductor, which comprises an electrical insulation, is embedded, and with connecting conductors which are electrically connected to the ends of the heating conductor via at least one connection part and form an electrical feed line. The at least one connection part is arranged within the foamed carrier material and the connection part is foam-covered in an electrically insulating manner by the carrier material. The connection part is brought into electrically conductive contact at least partially with the respective connection end of the heating conductor due to applied pressure and/or applied heat, at least partially destroying the electrical insulation in the region of the connection part. Furthermore, a method for producing such a heating element using a mold tool is indicated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: I. G. BAUERHIN GMBH
    Inventors: Karl Lochmann, Volker Prescher
  • Patent number: 10834812
    Abstract: A wiring board includes: a ceramic board including a ceramic insulator layer composed mainly of ceramic, and a wiring disposed at the ceramic insulator layer; a first resin board and a second resin board each of which includes a resin insulator layer composed mainly of resin, and a wiring disposed at the resin insulator layer; and a metal member mounted to the second resin board. The first resin board is superposed to a first surface of the ceramic board. The second resin board is superposed to a second surface of the ceramic board opposite to the first surface of the ceramic board. The second resin board includes a joint pad at its first surface opposite to its second surface facing the ceramic board, the joint pad made of metal. The metal member is joined to the joint pad by brazing or soldering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakuni Nasu, Yousuke Kondou, Masaomi Hattori, Kouta Kimata, Atsushi Kaga, Guangzhu Jin
  • Patent number: 10804044
    Abstract: An improved electrical contact alloy, useful for example, in vacuum interrupters used in vacuum contactors is provided. The contact alloy according to the disclosed concept comprises copper particles and chromium particles present in a ratio of copper to chromium particles of 2:3 to 20:1 by weight. The electrical contact alloy also comprises particles of a carbide, which reduces the weld break strength of the electrical contact alloy without reducing its interruption performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Louis Grant Campbell, Ganesh Kumar Balasubramanian, Benjamin Alex Rosenkrans
  • Patent number: 10765012
    Abstract: A method for making a circuit board uses a dielectric core, and at least one thin foil bottom surface with a foil backing of sufficient thickness to absorb heat from a laser drilling operation to prevent the penetration of the thin foil bottom surface during laser drilling. A sequence of steps including a laser drilling step, removing the foil backing step, electroless plating step, patterned resist step, electroplating step, resist strip step, tin plate step, and copper etch step are performed, which provide dot vias of fine linewidth and resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: CATLAM, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth S. Bahl, Konstantine Karavakis
  • Patent number: 10720743
    Abstract: A power adapter, a mobile terminal, a power interface (100) and a method thereof are provided. The method may includes: S10: providing a pin workblank (200), wherein the pin workblank includes a first surface (201) and a second surface (202); S20: performing a fine blanking process for the first surface (201) in a predetermined blanking direction, while burrs forming on the second surface (202); S30: adjusting a position of the pin workblank (200), performing another fine blanking process for the second surface (202) in the predetermined blanking direction, thereby forming a power pin (120) of the power interface (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Guodong Gu, Feifei Li
  • Patent number: 10720732
    Abstract: A method of making an electrical connector includes: forming an upper row of contacts each connected between a primary carrier strip and a secondary carrier strip and stamping a selected one of the upper contacts to have a front extension thereof leveled at a lowest position; insert-molding the upper row of contacts with an upper insulator to form an upper terminal module unit; forming a lower row of contacts each connected between another primary carrier strip and another secondary carrier strip and stamping a selected one of the lower contacts to have a front extension thereof leveled at a highest position; insert-molding the lower row of contacts with a lower insulator to form a lower terminal module unit; bringing the front extensions of the selected upper and lower contacts to be in touch with each other. The primary and secondary carrier strips are then severed and an over-mold applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Jun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10653177
    Abstract: A cartomizer assembly of an electronic cigarette which is formed from automated assembly compatible parts comprises a container assembly including a container and a heater coil surrounding a wick in an airflow space of the container. The entire coil of the heater coil is inside the container and the heater coil is configured to heat liquid on the wick to generate an aerosol mist during a vaporization process. A liquid storage space is in liquid communication with the wick and is operable to supply liquid to the wick. The heater, the wick, and the container are shaped such that the heater and wick can be dropped into the container during automated assembly thereof and be directed to and located at a desired location in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: NU MARK INNOVATIONS LTD
    Inventors: Zvika Feldman, Arie Holtz, Eyal Peleg, Sammy Capuano
  • Patent number: 10632636
    Abstract: Provided are a method for splitting longitudinally an end part of a metal plate or a metal rod having a rectangular, polygonal, or elliptical shape, in which the length of incision in the split portion can be freely adjusted and smooth split face can be formed; a metal part manufactured by such method; and a method for bonding such metal part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: SEKI PRESS CO. LTD
    Inventor: Masakatsu Seki
  • Patent number: 10630192
    Abstract: A power converter may include four power modules and a bus bar connecting the four power modules, wherein the bus bar may include: a first bus bar piece connecting a negative terminal of a first power module and a positive terminal of a second power module adjacent to the first power module; a second bus bar piece connecting a negative terminal of a third power module and a positive terminal of a fourth power module adjacent to the third power module; and a plurality of connecting bus bar pieces connecting the first bus bar piece and the second bus bar piece. At least one of the connecting bus bar pieces may connect a center of the first bus bar piece and a center of the second bus bar piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Jojima, Shuichi Iwata
  • Patent number: 10630007
    Abstract: The press-fit terminal includes: a press-fit portion that is deformed in a width direction orthogonal to a press-fit direction into a through hole of a circuit board when the press-fit portion is press-fitted into the through hole; a slit that is formed in the press-fit portion and has a longitudinal direction matched with the press-fit direction into the through hole; and a contact portion, which is formed in a part on an imaginary line passing through a center of the slit in the longitudinal direction and extending in the width direction in the press-fit portion and comes into contact with an inner wall of the through hole by press-fitting the press-fit portion into the through hole. The shortest distance from the contour of the press-fit portion to the slit becomes largest in the contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuya Kishibata, Takayuki Kato, Takahiro Yudate
  • Patent number: 10611139
    Abstract: A method for producing at least one spring contact pin acting as an electrical contact, or a spring contact pin arrangement comprises at least one such spring contact pin. The following steps are provided: producing at least one base part of the spring contact pin, at least one section of said base part being made of plastic, and subsequently metallizing at least the section of the base part that is made of plastic. The invention also relates to a spring contact pin produced to according to said method, or a spring contact pin arrangement having at least one such spring contact pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: FEINMETALL GMBH
    Inventors: Jörg Burgold, Christian König, Wolfgang Schäfer
  • Patent number: 10559898
    Abstract: A connector includes, in one embodiment, a first component, a coupling element configured to engage the first component, and a second component configured to engage the first component. The second component, in one embodiment, is configured to produce a spring, pushing or biasing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.
    Inventors: Trevor Ehret, Richard A. Haube, Noah P. Montena, Souheil Zraik
  • Patent number: 10518084
    Abstract: A tine portion of an implantable medical device includes a hook segment and a distal segment terminated by a tissue-piercing tip, wherein the distal segment extends from a distal end of the hook segment to the tip. The hook segment, which is elastically deformable from a pre-set curvature, for example, defined by a single radius, preferably tapers from a first width thereof, in proximity to a proximal end thereof, to a smaller, second width thereof, in proximity to the distal end thereof, wherein the tip has a width that is greater than the second width of the hook segment. Alternately, the tine portion may include a hook segment that is defined by two radii and a straight section extending therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan L. Kuhn, Michael P. Campbell, Vladimir Grubac, Kenneth D. Rys, Richard W. Swenson, Charles L. Wilson
  • Patent number: 10490964
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a crimping terminal includes a punching process of punching out a crimping terminal from a flat-plate-shaped metal base material, an attaching process of attaching a sheet-like water stop member to a wire connection portion being a portion in the crimping terminal that is to be crimped onto a wire, and a bending process of bending the wire connection portion to which the water stop member is attached. The wire connection portion may integrally cover a core wire and a covering of the wire by being crimped onto the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Koichi Ikebe, Masashi Iwata, Junya Shinohara, Hirohito Nakata, Hideki Saito, Syunsuke Yaoita
  • Patent number: 10483695
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing with a plurality of passageways and a plurality of contacts received therein. The contact includes an upstanding section retained in the passageway with a spring am extending from an upper region of the upstanding plate and above the mating surface, and a mounting leg extending from a lower region of the upstanding plate around the mounting surface. The spring arm forms a contacting section around a free end thereof. The contact further includes an extension extending from the upstanding section and optimally above the mating surface so as to be located between the spring arm and the mating surface in the vertical direction. The extension and the spring arm are partially overlapped in the vertical direction and results in the capacitance effect therebetween, thus lowering impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shan-Yong Cheng, Tzu-Yao Hwang, Ke-Hao Chen, Kuo-Wei Chang