With Coupling Separator Patents (Class 439/152)
  • Patent number: 11928171
    Abstract: An example uniform resource locator (URL) information providing method includes obtaining a text from a document including location information and identifying the location information, transmitting an original URL corresponding to the identified location information to an external apparatus and receiving a shortened URL corresponding to the original URL, generating an optical recognition code corresponding to the received shortened URL and obtaining information related to a content provided from the original URL from the external apparatus based on the original URL, changing the document based on the shortened URL, the optical recognition code, and the information related to the content provided from the original URL, and generating the changed document as page description language data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Ji Hyun Yoon, Jung Nam Bae, Yoon Soo Lee, Chul Gee Lee, Tae Soon Kim
  • Patent number: 11855671
    Abstract: A radio-frequency module includes a first terminal, a second terminal, a first switch including a first switch terminal connected to the first terminal and a second switch terminal connectable to the first switch terminal, a second switch including a third switch terminal connectable to the second terminal, a first filter connected between the second switch terminal and the third switch terminal, and a substrate. The first switch and the second switch are included in a single semiconductor chip. The first filter and the semiconductor chip are on the substrate. In a plan view of the substrate, a first distance between the third switch terminal and the first switch terminal or a second distance between the third switch terminal and the second switch terminal is greater than a third distance between the first switch terminal and the second switch terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11785083
    Abstract: A system to synchronize application data bidirectionally between N clients and one server, by: (a) pushing mutations made in the client to the server, wherein each mutation is comprised of a mutation name identifying the type of mutation, and arguments provided by the application modifying the behavior of the mutation, and the pusher also pushes a client ID and mutation ID for each mutation to the server; (b) pulling server differentials to the client; (c) storing key/value pairs in a versioned cache, wherein the keys are text strings and the values are data provided by an application in the client; and (d) resolving conflicts between the client and the server with a rebaser that: forks the cache to create a synch branch when the client receives the latest server differential, applies the latest received server differential to the synch branch, applies only those mutations to the synch branch that have not already been acknowledged by the server, and then makes the synch branch the main branch of the cach
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: ROCICORP, LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Boodman, Fritz Schneider, Erik Arvidsson
  • Patent number: 11745640
    Abstract: A self-absorbent vehicle headlamp system including (i) a vehicle frame element that can be firmly connected to a vehicle; (ii) a vehicle headlamp housing displaceably held on the vehicle frame element, having at least one pin that is firmly connected to the vehicle headlamp housing, wherein the vehicle frame element includes at least one guide for receiving and linearly guiding the pin, wherein the pin is in engagement with the guide, so that the vehicle headlamp housing is guided by the pin being displaced along the guide and is thereby displaceable with respect to the vehicle frame element; (iii) at least one triggering element that can be mechanically connected to a bumper of a vehicle, and (iv) at least one triggering mechanism that is firmly connected to the vehicle frame element and is configured to receive the triggering element and the pin and to change at least as a function of the position of the triggering element, between a state (S1) blocking the pin and a state (S2) releasing the pin, wherein in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ZKW Group GmbH
    Inventors: Markus Zeuner, Florian Wagner, Markus Bemmerl
  • Patent number: 11665135
    Abstract: Disclosed is a domain filter capable of determining an n-gram distance between a seed domain and each of a plurality of candidate domains. The domain filter loads a seed domain n-gram for the seed domain and a candidate domain n-gram for each candidate domain in memory, compares the seed domain n-gram and the candidate domain n-gram to identify any identical grams, removes any identical grams from the seed domain n-gram, and determines how many grams are left in the seed domain n-gram, representing the n-gram distance between the seed domain and the candidate domain. The domain filter then compares n-gram distances thus determined with a predetermined threshold, eliminates any candidate domain having an n-gram distance from the seed domain that exceeds the predetermined threshold, and provides remaining candidate domains to a downstream computing facility such as a user interface or an analytical module operating in an enterprise computing environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: PROOFPOINT, INC.
    Inventors: Harold Nguyen, Ali Mesdaq, Kevin Dedon, Michael Fox, Gaurav Dalal
  • Patent number: 11622473
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrical connection apparatus which includes a receptacle and a plug. The receptacle includes a cage, a heat sink, a thermal interface material layer, and an elastic sheathing member. The heat sink is provided to the cage and has a base portion. The base portion has a lower surface, a first side edge close to the port, and a second side edge spaced apart from the first side edge. The heat sink further has two first convex portions positioned on the lower surface and adjacent to the first side edge and a first concave portion positioned on the lower surface and adjacent to the second side edge. The thermal interface material layer is provided to the lower surface of the base portion. The elastic sheathing member sheathes the heat sink and the cage. The plug includes a second convex portion positioned on an upper surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Chun-Hsiang Chiang, Yen-Lin Chen, Hung-Chang Liu
  • Patent number: 11416505
    Abstract: In embodiments, a computer-implemented method may entail receiving a search request. A first data store and a second data store, that contains data archived from the first data store, may be identified. Data from the first data store may remain available in the first data store for a limited period of time once archived to the second data store. The first data store storing data in a first format and the second data store storing data in a second format, the first format and the second format being different from one another. Determining that a subset of data that has been archived into the second data store and is to be searched as part of the search request is still available from the first data store, and executing the search request on the subset of data utilizing the first data store. Additional embodiments are described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Splunk Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Lin, Nils Petter Eriksson, Ledion Bitincka
  • Patent number: 11342700
    Abstract: A plug receiving device includes a main body having an inner space therein and having an open front face and an open top, wherein conductor pins to be inserted into pin holes of an outlet protrude from an outer rear face of the main body, wherein first electrical connectors are disposed on an inner rear face of the main body; a shield coupled to an inner rear face of the main body and having a vertically slidable slider; and a removable insert to be removably inserted into the inner space, wherein the removable insert has second electrical connectors disposed on an outer face thereof, wherein when the removable insert is inserted into the inner space such that the removable insert presses down the slider of the shield, the second electrical connectors are electrically connected to the first electrical connectors and then to the conductor pins, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventor: Hoyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 11095073
    Abstract: A locking clip for plug housings has a rear wall and side parts formed on the rear wall. The locking clip has a U-shaped cross-section. The side parts each have a mounting receptacle, by which the locking device can be pivotably mounted on the plug housing. The locking device has an embossment directed toward the plug housing in the region of each mounting receptacle. Thus, the locking device is not supported on the plug body over the full surface, and therefore a lower-wear locking operation is ensured. A system includes a first plug housing and a second plug housing and a locking clip. The locking clip is pivotably mounted on the first plug housing by mounting pins. The locking clip can be locked on the second plug housing on locking pins. The locking clip touches the plug housings only at the mounting pins and at the locking pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: HARTING Electric GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Nicole Spilker, Heiko Herbrechtsmeier, Sebastian Griepenstroh
  • Patent number: 10945348
    Abstract: A quick release connecting device includes an actuating retainer having an internal receiving space, at least one first push section and a retaining section for detachably engaging with a first object; a fixing member including a body portion movably associated with the receiving space and a pivot portion formed on the body portion for detachably connecting with a second object; pin connection means connecting the body portion to the receiving space for the actuating retainer and the fixing member to move relative to each other within a limited range; an elastic element having two ends pressed against an inner wall surface of the receiving space and the body portion to control the limited movement of the actuating retainer and the fixing member and return them to their original positions. With the quick release connecting device, two mating objects can be conveniently repeatedly connected to and separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Inventor: Ting-Jui Wang
  • Patent number: 10860596
    Abstract: In embodiments, a computer-implemented method may entail receiving a search request. A first data store and a second data store, that contains data archived from the first data store, may be identified. Data from the first data store may remain available in the first data store for a limited period of time once archived to the second data store. The first data store storing data in a first format and the second data store storing data in a second format, the first format and the second format being different from one another. Determining that a subset of data that has been archived into the second data store and is to be searched as part of the search request is still available from the first data store, and executing the search request on the subset of data utilizing the first data store. Additional embodiments are described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: SPLUNK Inc.
    Inventors: Elizabeth Lin, Nils Petter Eriksson, Ledion Bitincka
  • Patent number: 10797952
    Abstract: Systems and methods to identify a plurality of different snapshot versions for a rollback to a previous configuration for subsets of network infrastructure devices is disclosed. A plurality of different network device configuration snapshots is identified and a set of snapshot checkpoints that each include a set of related parameter settings for each different network device are selected as a rollback configuration snapshot for that device. Each device may be associated with automated validation capabilities to validate a proposed rollback version. The computer system may iterate through a set of versions of snapshots and automatically initiate validation capabilities to validate a proposed rollback for the first logical grouping. Determination of a set of configurations may be based on a version control tag to restore a network to an operational state, never before seen in operation, that has a high degree of confidence, in part, because validation tests were successful.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Craig Mills, Charles F. Clark, Ryan Curcio, Ramachandra Yalakanti
  • Patent number: 10734862
    Abstract: A connecting system for a stator assembly (2) and a plug housing (3) can be inserted into an opening in a stator housing (4). A plug housing receptacle (6) is provided in the stator assembly (2). The plug housing (3) engages the housing receptacle such that it is movable relative to the stator assembly (2) in at least two perpendicular directions when mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Berberich, Christoph Holderbach, Stefanie Wolfarth, Alexander Lust, Tobias Ehmann, Andreas Kaller
  • Patent number: 10665989
    Abstract: A connector that is difficult to be released from a state fitted to a mating connector when an unexpected external force acts on the connector, and is removed from the mating connector with a small operating force when intentionally releasing the fitted state. An unlocking member of the connector for releasing this connector from the fitted state includes a releasing portion for releasing an elastic locking portion of the mating connector from a state caught by a catching portion of a connector body fitted to the mating connector, and a sliding portion for sliding on the connector body. The connector body includes a supporting portion for slidably supporting the sliding portion. A guide surface is formed on the supporting portion for guiding the sliding portion such that the releasing portion is displaced toward the elastic locking portion, to thereby release the caught state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuki Suda, Yukitaka Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10559924
    Abstract: The connector includes an inner housing, an outer housing, a locking mechanism for locking, a spring member that pushes back the inner housing during half fitting, and a pushback regulating position that regulates a pushback position. The pushback regulating portion includes a claw portion, a stepped portion against which the claw portion abuts, and a sliding load portion that makes a sliding friction force between the inner housing and the outer housing at a predetermined timing before abutting to be larger than the sliding friction force before the predetermined timing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Ochiai, Daisuke Fujihira, Shintaro Matsuda, Kozo Oishi, Tomoyuki Miyakawa
  • Patent number: 10535951
    Abstract: A plug connector comprises a first plug, a second plug, and a securing device configured to mechanically secure the first plug to the second plug. The second plug has a receptacle with a ramp surface and a locking surface. The securing device has a lever pivotably mounted on the first plug. The lever pivotably bears a connecting element which has a securing cam on a free end of the connecting element. The receptacle of the second plug receives the securing cam and the ramp surface of the receptacle cooperates with the free end of the connecting element to forcibly guide the securing cam behind the locking surface of the receptacle when the first plug and the second plug are plugged together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Listing, Walter Saenger, Wolfgang Balles, Kai Kioschis
  • Patent number: 10523722
    Abstract: A system for creating a shared media streaming session includes a memory and a processor. The processor is operable to, for each user in a shared media streaming session, retrieve a user track list and user playback history associated with the user from the memory; filter the user track lists according to predetermined rules; combine the filtered user track lists to create a session segment; generate a pool of recommended tracks; and determine whether there are multiple users in the shared media streaming session. The processor may further be operable to determine whether the session segment complies with licensing rules, and add the session segment to a session track list to be streamed to users of the shared media streaming session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Playlist Media, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen Marie Katz, Robert Craig Davidorf, Steve Petersen, Stefan Gomez
  • Patent number: 10476203
    Abstract: A connector includes: a first connector which includes a tubular outer housing and an inner housing in which a plurality of first terminals are provided; a second connector which includes a bottomed tubular counterpart housing in which a plurality of second terminals are provided; and an elastic member which is provided in the outer housing and urges the inner housing toward a front side of the first connector in a fitting direction. The inner housing is moved by the elastic member to the front side in the fitting direction at the time of fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo Oishi, Tomoyuki Miyakawa, Kazuyuki Ochiai, Daisuke Fujihira, Shintaro Matsuda
  • Patent number: 10468818
    Abstract: The system includes a magnetically actuated electrical power socket and a magnetic plug. The plug includes an insulating cylindrical plug body, a plurality of conductive ring contacts provided on the face of the cylindrical plug body, a permanent magnet disposed in the center of the plug body. The magnetically actuated electrical power socket includes an insulating fixed face, a corresponding plurality of fixed conductive contacts in the face, a movable cam lever disposed behind the face, a corresponding plurality of insulatively isolated transfer contacts disposed on a corresponding plurality of spring arms, which spring arms normally maintain the cam lever from the face, and a corresponding plurality of fixed conductive terminals extending from the rear of the socket module electrically coupled to the transfer contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Inventor: Philip Giampi
  • Patent number: 10423985
    Abstract: A method for conversion attribution. The method includes obtaining a first identifier associated with a first device, obtaining a second identifier associated with a second device, bridging the first identifier and the second identifier based on a determination, made by a probabilistic classifier, that the first identifier and the second identifier are associated with a common user, and attributing, using the bridge, a conversion on a website accessed using the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Twitter, Inc.
    Inventors: Chinmoy Dutta, Santosh Kancha, Junjun Li, Wanchen Lu, Milind Mahajan, Sandeep Pandey, Xiaochuan Qin, Ameet Ranadive, Vibhor Rastogi, Shariq Rizvi, Abhishek Shrivastava, Yimin Wu, Lei Zhang, Ke Zhou
  • Patent number: 10411406
    Abstract: A self-aligning mechanism is described and may include a first coarse guide component connected to a first device and a second coarse guide component connected to a second device, the first coarse guide component configured to interact with the second coarse guide component to positionally align a connector pair, the coarse guide components configured to prevent a connector from being inserted into a connector receptacle until the connector and the connector receptacle are positionally aligned. The mechanism may also include a first fine guide component connected to the first device and a second fine guide component connected to the second device, the first fine guide component configured to interact with the second fine guide component to rotationally align the connector with the connector receptacle, the fine guide components configured to prevent the connector from being inserted into the connector receptacle until the connector and the connector receptacle are rotationally aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Daplie, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryson Craig Hill, Alvin Alexander O'Neal, Jr., Damian Moroni Pacheco Solano
  • Patent number: 10348024
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical plug and socket assembly comprising: a base including at least two first electrical contacts and a first magnetic portion arranged so as to move by magnetic attraction to move the first two electrical contacts toward the outside of the base; a plug comprising two second electrical contacts intended to electrically connect to the first two electrical contacts when same are outside the base and a second magnetic portion to move, by magnetic attraction, the first magnetic portion to drive the first electrical contacts toward the outside of the base; the first magnetic portion or the second magnetic portion comprises at least one permanent magnet such as to form a magnetic circuit when the plug is brought near the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: GULPLUG
    Inventor: Jean-Paul Yonnet
  • Patent number: 10312640
    Abstract: The system includes a magnetically actuated electrical power socket and a magnetic plug. The plug includes an insulating cylindrical plug body, a plurality of conductive ring contacts provided on the face of the cylindrical plug body, a permanent magnet disposed in the center of the plug body. The magnetically actuated electrical power socket includes an insulating fixed face, a corresponding plurality of fixed conductive contacts in the face, a movable ferromagnetic transfer bar disposed behind the face, a corresponding plurality of insulatively isolated transfer contacts disposed in the transfer bar and aligned with the face contacts, a plurality of extension springs coupled to the transfer bar, which springs normally maintain the transfer bar spaced apart from the face, and a corresponding plurality of fixed conductive terminals extending from the rear of the socket module electrically coupled to the transfer contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Inventor: Philip Giampi
  • Patent number: 10302674
    Abstract: A test device for testing electric properties of an object. The test device includes an object support unit configured to support an object; a cover unit configured to include a cover body coupled to the object support unit and a pusher supported by the cover body so as to move toward and away from the object; and a pressure adjuster configured to include a multi-stage adjusting cam which is rotatably provided in the cover body while contacting the pusher and has a multi-stage contact pressing portion with contact radii varied depending on rotated angles so that the pusher can be in a moving-back position and be positioned at a plurality of pressing distances from the cover body, and an operation unit which operates the multi-stage adjusting cam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: LEENO INDUSTRIAL INC.
    Inventor: Sang-Duck Park
  • Patent number: 10261997
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided such that users, servers, and applications may utilize an extensible data filtering model where data is organized into a tree with filtering available at any node level. Accordingly, the node filtering and propagation method and system allows for the efficient management and automatic replication of common information for multiple applications at all data levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Avaya Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Braudes, Gordon R. Brunson, Kenneth O. Michie
  • Patent number: 10255952
    Abstract: A small-volume push-push apparatus for mounting and demounting a hard disk includes a pressing member, a bracket, and an elastic rod. The bracket defines first to fourth sliding slots, and the elastic rod includes a sliding portion. The pressing member can drive the sliding portion to slide along the first to fourth sliding slots in sequence. When the sliding portion slides to an ending point of the first sliding slot and intersects with the second sliding slot, the bracket can move at a first direction. When the sliding portion slides to a starting point of the first sliding slot away from the fourth sliding slot, the bracket can move in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (WuHan) CO., LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: He-Tao Han, Jun-Hua Tan, Xiao-Zhong Jing, Yi-Sheng Lin, Liang-Chin Wang
  • Patent number: 10225941
    Abstract: An electronic device with a seal member is provided. The electronic device includes a tray configured to slide in and out of the electronic device, an opening, (e.g., a hole) formed at one side of the tray, for communicating outside of the electronic device, a socket disposed in the electronic device, the tray slides into or from the socket, and a seal member, disposed between the opening and the socket, for performing a waterproof and dustproof function. Various types of the seal member may be implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinyoung Park, Daeyoung Noh, Chankeun Song, Minsung Lee, Yongseok Lee, Minsu Jung, Sungjoo Cho, Youngsik Choi, Minwoo Yoo, Byounguk Yoon, Jongchul Choi
  • Patent number: 10218113
    Abstract: A charging module usable with a conductive bus having a center rail disposed intermediate a first conductive rail and a second conductive rail. The charging module has a base on which is disposed a centered electrical contact and a first plurality of electrical contacts. The centered electrical contact is arranged on the base such that the centered electrical contact will engage with the center rail when the housing is placed into a use position on the conductive bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Weiby, James Tyrrell, Justin Cerutti, Andrew Meyer
  • Patent number: 10157122
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are described for automated generation and execution of computer software test cases. A digitized voice segment is captured that corresponds to speech submitted by a user of a remote device. A software automation test case is generated using one or more phrases extracted from the digitized voice segment. The software automation test case is executed against a plurality of browser-based software applications using a plurality of automation testing tools, including converting the software automation test case into a plurality of tool-and-browser specific test cases, each based upon test case requirements of a selected automation testing tool and test case requirements of a selected browser-based application. An automation execution report is generated based upon the execution of each of the plurality of tool-and-browser specific test cases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: FMR LLC
    Inventors: Yuvrajsinh Bhupatsinh Gohil, Manjunatha G N, Vishal Gaur, Jyothilingham Anand, Saranya Alagarsamy, Prashanth Gopi
  • Patent number: 10135179
    Abstract: A system for providing power to a cordless appliance is provided. The system includes a coupler, and a complementary coupler on the appliance is also present. The coupler has symmetrically configured concentric power terminals, which are connected to a main power source in use, and a magnetic coupling region disposed concentrically around an outer periphery of the power terminals. The complementary coupler has complementary power terminals configured to engage with the symmetrically configured concentric power terminals of the coupler, and an engaging region disposed concentrically around an outer periphery of the complementary terminals. A magnetic force provides a mutual attraction between the magnetic coupling region and the engaging region, thereby engaging the power terminals and complementary power terminals and establishing an electrical connection between the coupler and the appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sunbeam Corporation Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Peter Cooper, Andrew Chan, Maxim Guyatt, Andrew Morgan, Christopher Elliott, Mark Whitcombe
  • Patent number: 10020615
    Abstract: A power line disconnect apparatus includes a housing; an electrical connector that projects from a surface of a connector plate coupled to the housing, the electrical connector configured to receive a plug of a power cable; an ejector pin configured to project through a first aperture in the connector plate and eject the plug from the electrical connector; a microswitch configured to activate and deactivate a power circuit associated with the power cable; and a sensor pin configured to project through a second aperture in the connector plate, the sensor pin having a sensor pin extension, the sensor pin extension configured to control the microswitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Kussmaul Electronics, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas H. Nugent, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10008817
    Abstract: An electrical system includes an electrical adapter and a stackable electrical adapter. The electrical adapter includes at least one of an electrical plug or an Edison screw base configured to receive a primary voltage, a voltage converter circuit configured to convert the primary voltage to the secondary voltage, and a first electrical connector part configured to be detachably coupled to a second electrical connector part of an electrical fixture configured to be powered by the secondary voltage. The stackable electrical adapter is configured to be powered by the secondary voltage, the first stackable electrical adapter having a first side and a second side opposite the first side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: Correlated Magnetics Research, LLC
    Inventors: Larry W. Fullerton, Mark D. Roberts
  • Patent number: 9948029
    Abstract: A self-aligning mechanism is described and may include a first coarse guide component connected to a first device and a second coarse guide component connected to a second device, the first coarse guide component configured to interact with the second coarse guide component to positionally align a connector pair, the coarse guide components configured to prevent a connector from being inserted into a connector receptacle until the connector and the connector receptacle are positionally aligned. The mechanism may also include a first fine guide component connected to the first device and a second fine guide component connected to the second device, the first fine guide component configured to interact with the second fine guide component to rotationally align the connector with the connector receptacle, the fine guide components configured to prevent the connector from being inserted into the connector receptacle until the connector and the connector receptacle are rotationally aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Daplie, Inc.
    Inventors: Alvin Alexander O'Neal, Jr., Bryson Craig Hill, Damian Moroni Pacheco Solano
  • Patent number: 9929500
    Abstract: The invention described herein includes a pluggable transceiver module comprising a release mechanism for decoupling the module from a computer connection port. In one embodiment, the module release mechanism comprises a release structure having integrated flexure and linking members. The integrated flexure and linking members may be configured to facilitate locking the module in a computer connection port to prevent a small unintentional force from unseating the module and disturbing the module's electrical and optical connections. The release structure may be configured to unlock the module from a computer connection port by displacing a latch feature disposed in a cage assembly inside a computer connection port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Inventor: Tyler Ista
  • Patent number: 9838085
    Abstract: A stackable connector interface with magnetic retention for electronic devices and accessories can allow power and data to be transferred between one or more stacked connectors. Each interconnected stackable connector includes one or more magnetic elements, which magnetic elements have poles arranged to facilitate mating with other stackable connectors. The magnetic elements provide a magnetic retention force that holds mated connectors in contact with each other. In some embodiments, the connectors include connection detection circuitry for determining whether the connectors are mated with other connectors, thereby allowing the connectors to prevent live contacts from being exposed at an unmated surface of the connectors. In some embodiments, routing circuitry is included to determine how signals should be transferred between the interconnected stackable connectors and/or corresponding devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan P. Bosscher, Eric S. Jol, Albert J. Golko, Jeffrey J. Terlizzi, Jahan C. Minoo
  • Patent number: 9787021
    Abstract: A connector unit for connecting at least two cables includes a male part, a female part, and a shuttle piston. The shuttle piston includes at least one magnetic connecting device for establishing a magnetic connection between the shuttle piston, and at least one magnetic connecting aid of the male part and at least one latching structure for establishing a force-fitting connection between the shuttle piston and the female part. The male part includes the magnetic connecting aid for interaction with the magnetic connecting device of the shuttle piston for establishing the magnetic connection between the shuttle piston and the male part, and an interaction area for interaction in a force-fitting manner with at least one backing latch of the female part. The female part includes the backing latch for establishing the force-fitting connection and for interacting at least with the interaction area of the male part in a force-fitting manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellshaft
    Inventor: Richard Lewin
  • Patent number: 9780480
    Abstract: In an electrical plug-and-socket device for transferring electrical energy from an external source of current to an electrical load arranged in a body, preferably in a chuck body of a chuck, in particular an electrical drive motor for actuating the clamping jaws of the chuck, consisting of: —a socket possessing at least two accommodation openings, a body and an electrical load arranged therein, each of which is connected to the source of current via an electrical cable and of at least two plugs connected to the load by one electrical cable each, with the plugs arranged in the body and coupled to the particular accommodation openings of the socket during the electrical energy transfer, and in which the plugs can be removed from the accommodation openings following the energy transfer, and automatic plug-and-socket connection should be created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: SMW-Autoblok Spannsysteme GmbH
    Inventor: Harald Deininger
  • Patent number: 9748694
    Abstract: A connector for being fitted to an other member so as to be prevented from disengaging by a locking piece on the other member includes a connector housing including a recessed portion engaged with the locking piece, and a sliding member that slidably moves relative to the connector housing. The connector housing is formed by coupling a first housing member and a second housing member, a tip portion of the locking piece coming into sliding contact with a side surface having the recessed portion when removing the connector housing from the other member. At least a portion of a seam between the first and second housing members on the side surface is inclined relative to a direction of attaching/detaching to/from the other member, the portion being firstly crossed by the tip portion of the locking piece when removing the connector housing from the other member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Nonen, Yoshiaki Ishigami
  • Patent number: 9705251
    Abstract: A female connector housing (8) is provided with a lever accommodating portion (8B), and a lever (6) is rotatably mounted on an outer surface (18) of a main body portion (8A) inside. The lever (6) is provided with a lock arm (24). An operating portion (24B) is provided on a tip part of the lock arm (24) and covered by a protecting portion (28). In the case of separating male and female connectors (M, F), the locking of a lock protrusion (25) and a locking projecting edge (26) is released by pinching a first pinching surface (27) formed on the operating portion (24B) of the lock arm (24) and a second pinching surface (29) of the protecting portion (28). Since the first pinching surface (27) and the second pinching surface (29) are arranged along a deflecting direction of the lock arm (24), a pinching operation is facilitated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Noro, Kazuaki Takeda, Akihiro Kon, Muneyuki Kikagawa
  • Patent number: 9703271
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wearable electronic device including a movable connection terminal that is set back from an opening of a body housing when no external device is connected, and moves towards the opening when the external device approaches. The electronic device includes a body; a connection terminal located inside the body and provided to be movable from the inside towards a surface of the body; and a movable part coupled to or integrated with the connection terminal. The movable part may move the connection terminal towards the surface when a magnet of the external device approaches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ju-Yong Kim
  • Patent number: 9697274
    Abstract: Stratified sampling of a plurality of records is performed. A plurality of records are partitioned into a plurality of splits, wherein each split includes at least a portion of the plurality of records. The split of the plurality of splits is provided to a mapper. The mapper assigns at least a portion the records of the at least one split to a group based on a strata of the assigned records, and filters the records of the group based on a comparison of the weights of the records to a local threshold of the mapper. The mapper updates the local threshold of the mapper by communicating with a coordinator. The mapper shuffles the group to a reducer, where the reducer filters the records of the group based on the weights of the records. The reducer provides a stratified sampling of the plurality of records based on the group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Andrey Balmin, Vuk Ercegovac, Peter J. Haas, Liping Peng, John Sismanis
  • Patent number: 9692174
    Abstract: A circular rapid-joint connector, which includes a sliding bush with multiple extension sections and recession areas provided on an end thereof; an elastic element provided on the inner edge of the sliding bush; a holding unit joined with the sliding bush movably, the outer edge thereof having a limiting unit capable of limiting each of the extension sections; and a connector plug penetrating into the sliding bush and joined with the holding unit. In assembling, direct docking with a connection socket by the connector plug is available for the connection socket to push away the sliding bush. After the connection socket and the connector plug are snap-fitting, the sliding bush is pushed back by the elastic element automatically, such that the sliding bush is locked in the outer edge of the connection socket to complete the operation of assemblage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: T-CONN PRECISION CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chien-Yi Yu
  • Patent number: 9680253
    Abstract: An example electronic device is provided in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure. The electronic device includes a housing having at least a front section and a rear section that is opposite to the front section, a connector embedded in a center of the rear section, wherein the connector includes a connection portion to electronically connect the electronic device to an external system and an attachment portion to mechanically attach the connector to an external system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Dimitre Mehandjiysky, Aki Laine, Michael Delpier
  • Patent number: 9680258
    Abstract: A plug (1) for electrical equipment, the plug comprising a pin (2) and the pin comprising an electrical terminal contact, the plug further comprising a housing (3), the plug arranged to be received in a socket (10), wherein the pin and the housing configured to enable the pin to be pivoted out of the socket by way of a force applied to a cable entry region of the plug by a cable attached to the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: IFPL GROUP LIMITED
    Inventor: Geoffrey Paul Underwood
  • Patent number: 9620893
    Abstract: Various disclosed embodiments generally relate to connector modules, and more particularly to magnetic connector modules. The connector module includes a board having a concave section formed at a first side, and the concave section has a base surface having formed thereon a plurality of first electrodes. A plurality of second electrodes are formed at a second side of the board opposite the first side and on a rear surface facing away from the base surface. A plurality of holes are formed through the concave section and have conductors formed therethrough to electrically connect the first electrodes and the second electrodes. The connector module additionally includes a magnet inserted into the concave section and an insulating layer interposed between the magnet and the first electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SPS Inc.
    Inventors: Hyun-Jun Kim, Dae-Young Youn, Sang-Min Kim, Jung Gyo Kim, Seung-Ju Jeong
  • Patent number: 9559477
    Abstract: The invention discloses a connector and a method for implementing the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Goertek, Inc.
    Inventors: Song Liu, Chengxin Xu
  • Patent number: 9426908
    Abstract: A box structure for a data storage device is assembled in a chassis having a connector. The box structure includes a frame module, a holder, a stop assembly, and an operation handle. The frame module is provided for accommodating the data storage device. The holder is assembled on one side of the frame module. A damper is disposed between the holder and the frame module, the damper enables the holder to move along the frame module. A stop assembly is disposed at one end of the frame module. The stop assembly includes a stopper and a movable block in contact with the stopper, and the movable block is movable to release the stopper. The operation handle is pivotally connected to the frame module and is rotatable to form an open angle to push the movable block to move.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: SILVERSTONE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chun-Lan Hsiao, Hsin-Hung Chen, Chih-Chiang Chang
  • Patent number: 9414131
    Abstract: A system according to one embodiment includes a printed circuit board; and a connector coupled to the printed circuit board. The connector has a plurality of pins extending therefrom along a first direction. The connector has guides configured to guide a mating connector along a second direction oriented perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Lenovo Enterprise Solutions (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventor: Jian Meng
  • Patent number: 9407034
    Abstract: A communication connector system for connecting with a peripheral communication connector having a peripheral housing with at least one of a peripheral contact, a peripheral magnet and a peripheral detent and methods for manufacturing and using same. The communication connector system includes a housing assembly with a mating surface. A system contact is disposed on the mating surface and can cooperate with the peripheral contact; whereas, a system magnet is provided in the housing assembly and can cooperate with the peripheral magnet. A magnetically coupling between the system magnet and the peripheral magnet can retain the housing assembly in connection with the peripheral housing during use. The housing assembly likewise can include a housing assembly detent for cooperating with the peripheral detent. An electrical connection between the communication connector and the peripheral communication connector thereby can advantageously be formed via the system contact or the housing assembly detent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Panasonic Avionics Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Lee Sizelove, Cedric Rhoads, Brian Kirby
  • Patent number: 9384101
    Abstract: A web application architecture can use a wrapper application to provide a virtual machine environment within a web browser and web applications can run on the wrapper application. The wrapper application can provide life cycle management for the web applications and provide other functions such as log in and log out for all of the web applications in the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ramiro Calvo, Onar Vikingstad, William Kakes, Charles Everett Edwall, III, Juan Camilo Pinzon, Megan Frost, Jae Woo Chang, Mischa McLachlan, Everaldo Coelho