With Sealing Element Or Material For Cooperation With Coupled Connector, E.g., Gasket Patents (Class 439/271)
  • Patent number: 12155145
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a base body, a sealing mat arranged on a first surface of the base body, and a contact element. The contact element has a first contact region, a holding region, and a second contact region adjoining the holding region. The second contact region is inserted through the sealing mat into a receiving opening of the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Heller, Martin Bleicher, Martin Huber, Steffen Spegel
  • Patent number: 12078167
    Abstract: A compressor for compressing a refrigerant is described. The compressor comprises a case having at least one curved portion and at least one opening, wherein the opening is located in the at least one curved portion, an electrical terminal arranged within the at least one opening and fixed to the case, wherein the at least one opening is an elliptical opening. Also, an electrical terminal for use with a compressor is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Copeland Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Xiaogeng Su, Linus Dellweg, Bhupendra Kumar, Francis Leon Simon Beckers, Colin Edward Bates, Mark William Lyttle
  • Patent number: 12080982
    Abstract: A connector 10 is provided with a supporting member 11 including an opening open in a first direction D1, a terminal 12 supported by the supporting member 11, and a wire 13 connected to the terminal 12. The terminal 12 extends inwardly of the opening from an inner surface of the opening and extends to outside of the supporting member 11 through the opening. The supporting member 11 includes a pull-out portion 24 from which the wire 13 is pulled out. The wire 13 is pulled out from the pull-out portion 24 away from the opening along a second direction D2 intersecting the first direction D1. The supporting member 12 includes a first protection wall 31 extending along the first direction D1 between a tip part 12a of the terminal 12 and the pull-out portion 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kyoko Fukuyama
  • Patent number: 12033921
    Abstract: A cable connection structure is provided with an electronic component including electrodes on an electrode-forming surface, a cable including electric wires connected to the electrodes respectively, and a buried member which is composed of a cured resin and embedded with the electric wires. At least three electric wires are separating wires including separating regions being separated from each other in the normal direction as being distant from the electrode-forming surface. At least three electrodes are arranged side by side on a virtual circle. At least three separating wires are connected to the at least three electrodes. The separating regions of the at least three separating wires are provided to be located eccentric radially outwardly in the virtual circle as being distant from the electrode surface in the normal direction of the electrode-forming surface. An angle between the separating region and the normal direction of the electrode-forming surface is 10 degrees or more and 45 degrees or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta Takahashi, Hideki Nonen, Yuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12034250
    Abstract: A connector assembly with housing panel positioning and plug connector thereof is disclosed. The connector assembly includes a fixing block and a socket connector positioned on two opposite sides of a housing panel, and a plug connector installed in the fixing block and electrically connected to the socket connector. Through the action of rotation and pushing, the plug connector is combined with the positioning column of the fixing block on the housing panel, and the plug head of the plug connector is electrically connected to the socket connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: ACES ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rong-Hsun Kuo, Chien-Hsiang Teng
  • Patent number: 12027793
    Abstract: The connector assembly includes a terminal position assurance (TPA) device, and a seal retainer. A downwardly extending protrusion member of the seal retainer engages with a recess on an upper surface of an upper portion of the TPA device to form a cam linkage mechanism or a cam mechanical linkage for the TPA device and the seal retainer. The seal retainer, when pushed or inserted towards an outer housing, by way of the cam linkage mechanism with the TPA device, pushes the TPA device to one side such that the terminals within the outer housing remain unlocked. The seal retainer, when further pushed or inserted toward the outer housing, by way of the cam linkage mechanism, moves the TPA device laterally to an opposite side such that the TPA device blocks the terminals within the outer housing. A lower portion of the seal retainer is, at a pre-lock or full-lock position, engaged with mating locking members at a bottom portion of a terminal guidance member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: J.S.T. CORPORATION
    Inventor: Minh Thuong Huynh
  • Patent number: 12015218
    Abstract: A cable locking device includes a first part and a second part. The first part includes a first cavity for receiving a first electrical wire and a second cavity. The second part includes a first cavity for receiving a second electrical wire and a projection. The projection is configured to be inserted into the second cavity of the first part. A first channel is formed within the second cavity of the first part and extends from an opening of the second cavity. A second channel is formed within the second cavity of the first part and is connected to the first channel and extends in a transverse direction of the first channel. A pin is formed on the projection of the second part and is configured to fit within the first channel and the second channel of the first part. The pin is configured to engage sidewalls of the second channel so as to frictionally hold into place the pin with respect to the second channel to connect the first part to the second part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: ELCo Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward L Cooper, Steven J. Hayes
  • Patent number: 11978982
    Abstract: In order to receive eight electrical crimp contacts, namely four electrical signal contacts and four electrical power contacts, and a Y-shaped shielding element in a hybrid electrical plug connector, according to the invention a contact carrier is designed in multiple parts, in particular three parts, wherein the signal contact receivers are located in the first contact carrier part. The central contact can be positioned on the first or second contact carrier part. When fastening these two contact carrier parts to one another, the central contact can thus be fixed between the two contact carrier parts. Furthermore, the Y-shaped shielding element is held on a holder of the first contact carrier part. This assembly is jointly inserted into the sleeve-shaped third contact carrier part so that the central contact is positioned with its plug-in region substantially centrally in the plug-in face of the plug connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventor: Sergej Hämmerling
  • Patent number: 11942717
    Abstract: A connection port module includes a fixed frame and a connection port. The fixed frame includes a main body portion, a first holding portion, and a second holding portion. The first holding portion is connected to one side of the main body portion and includes a first holding surface. The second holding portion is connected to the other side of the main body portion and includes a second holding surface. The first holding surface faces the second holding surface. The connection port is disposed in the fixed frame, and is located between the first holding surface and the second holding surface. A connector is adapted to be inserted into the connection port. The first holding surface and the second holding surface are adapted to abut against the connector to fix the connector on the fixed frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Han-Tsai Liu, Jyh-Chyang Tzou, Ting-Hsuan Yu
  • Patent number: 11936131
    Abstract: A sealed electrical connector that includes an interface component that has housing with a front end and an opposite rear end, the front end has an open end face for receiving a mating connector, and the rear end for receiving cable. The housing has contacts. A terminal-position-assurance feature is coupled to the contacts and to the housing. The terminal-position-assurance feature may be located at a first axial position along the longitudinal axis of the housing which is a first distance from the open end face of the housing. An interface seal surrounds an outer portion of the housing. The interface seal is located on the housing at a second axial position along the longitudinal axis of the housing which is a second distance from the open end face of the housing. The second distance is greater than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Joachim Grek, Kyle Christopher Elmes
  • Patent number: 11929579
    Abstract: An electrical connector contains a first contact group arranged on a first contact plane, a second contact group arranged on a second contact plane and a ground plate located on a ground plane. The ground plate is located between horizontally extending portions of the contacts of the first contact group and horizontally extending portions, downwardly extending portions and terminal portions of the contacts of the second contact group in addition to between contacting portions and the horizontally extending portions of the contacts of the first contact group and contacting portions and the horizontally extending portions of the contacts of the second contact group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Sadohara, Taro Mizue
  • Patent number: 11918696
    Abstract: A safety cabinet can include an enclosure defining an interior compartment accessible through an opening. The safety cabinet includes an interior lighting system. The interior lighting system can include at least one of an illuminating light to enable viewing to cabinet contents and an ultraviolet light configured to disinfect the interior compartment of the safety cabinet. To provide electrical power to the interior lighting system, the safety cabinet includes an electrical connection disposed through the enclosure. The electrical connection can include at least one of a bulkhead connector and an intumescent socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Justrite Manufacturing Company, LLC
    Inventors: Keshar Nath, Mark Goddard
  • Patent number: 11828126
    Abstract: An electrical feedthrough assembly has a lower assembly having a first end and a second end. The lower assembly includes an outer body with a lower housing and an upper housing disposed within a bore of the outer body and a first conductor extending from the lower housing to the upper housing. Additionally, the lower housing extends axial outward from the outer body to form the first end and the upper housing extends axial outward from the outer body to form the second end. Further, the electrical feedthrough assembly has an upper assembly having body extending from a first end to a second end. The second body includes a pin end at the first end and the pin end is inserted into an opening of the second end of the lower assembly. A second conductor is disposed within the body. A chamber within the body holds the first conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: FMC Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Erik Van Mook, Matthew Keller, Christopher Kennedy
  • Patent number: 11811164
    Abstract: An electrical connector and a manufacturing method for the same. The electrical connector comprises a housing member and a plugging module. One end of the housing member is provided with a mating interface. An accommodating space communicating with the mating interface is provided in the housing member. The plugging module comprises a first circuit board, a plurality of electrical conductors and a plurality of first soldering pads. The first circuit board is disposed in the accommodating space. The first circuit board comprises a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The plurality of electrical conductors are disposed on the first surface and/or the second surface and is close to the mating interface. The plurality of first soldering pads are disposed on the second surface and are electrically connected with the plurality of electrical conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: CHANT SINCERE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ming-Hui Yen
  • Patent number: 11791576
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an electrical connector and an electrical connector assembly. The electrical connector includes a circuit board, a connection port, and an insulating member. The circuit board has a conductive region, located on a surface of the circuit board. The connection port is arranged on the surface of the circuit board, and the connection port is electrically connected to the circuit board. The insulating member is arranged on the circuit board, and surrounds an outer periphery of the connection port. The insulating member includes a metal layer, arranged on an outer surface of the insulating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ho-Ching Huang, Chien-Hao Hsu, Chyi-Nan Chen, Chuan-Yuan Lin, Po-Chun Chen
  • Patent number: 11769960
    Abstract: Included are terminal metal parts mounted on ends of electric wires, a housing housing the terminal metal parts at a housing completion position thereinside and to be inserted and fit into a counterpart fitting portion headed by a tip, a terminal locking member mounted on the housing from outside along a direction crossing an insertion direction of the housing to the counterpart fitting portion and locking the terminal metal parts as they are at the housing completion position at a mounting completion position with respect to the housing, and a front holder causing the housing to be inserted headed by the tip and locking the terminal locking member at the mounting completion position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Satoki Masuda
  • Patent number: 11710935
    Abstract: A power connector system includes a busbar having a conductive plate. The conductive plate has first side and a second side. The conductive plate has a thickness profile between the first side and the second side. The conductive plate has a busbar opening therethrough between the first side and the second side. The power connector system includes a busbar connector received in the busbar opening of the conductive plate. The busbar connector includes a busbar housing and a busbar contact received in a socket of the busbar housing. The busbar housing is electrically conductive and electrically connected to the conductive plate in the busbar opening. The busbar contact is electrically conductive and electrically connected to the busbar housing in the socket. The busbar contact has a mating interface configured to mechanically and electrically connect to an electrical component plugged into the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Jeffery Walter Mason, William Charles McGee, III
  • Patent number: 11703651
    Abstract: An optical fiber termination system includes a housing, a cable, and a catch. The housing defines a portion of a passageway and a surface surrounding the passageway. The passageway defines a central axis and the surface defines an interior of the housing. The cable is receivable through the portion of the passageway. The cable includes an optical fiber and defines a longitudinal axis. The catch is receivable in the housing and attachable to and extendable from the cable in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis such that the catch limits movement of the cable in a direction away from the interior of the housing when the catch is received in the housing and the cable is received through the portion of the first passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Go!Foton Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Takeuchi, David Zhi Chen, Haiguang Lu, Patrick Anderson
  • Patent number: 11670895
    Abstract: An electrical connector contains a first contact group arranged on a first contact plane, a second contact group arranged on a second contact plane and a ground plate located on a ground plane. The ground plate is located between horizontally extending portions of the contacts of the first contact group and horizontally extending portions, downwardly extending portions and terminal portions of the contacts of the second contact group in addition to between contacting portions and the horizontally extending portions of the contacts of the first contact group and contacting portions and the horizontally extending portions of the contacts of the second contact group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Sadohara, Taro Mizue
  • Patent number: 11670925
    Abstract: An example threaded cable connector for a cable with a conductor and a surrounding shielding braid, comprising a base element, a first tightening nut and a first clamping element is presented herein. The base element includes a base for fastening the base element to a housing and a passage opening for the passage of the cable about which an encircling first thread is oriented. On a side facing away from the housing, the base element has a contact surface encircling the passage opening. The first tightening nut comprises a second thread for operatively connecting the first tightening nut to the first thread of the base element. The first clamping element has a first clamping surface and, in the mounted state, is arranged between the contact surface and the first tightening nut. The first clamping element, in the mounted state, presses the shielding braid against the contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: AGRO AG
    Inventor: Markus Aumiller
  • Patent number: 11670896
    Abstract: An electrical connector contains a first contact group arranged on a first contact plane, a second contact group arranged on a second contact plane and a ground plate located on a ground plane. The ground plate is located between horizontally extending portions of the contacts of the first contact group and horizontally extending portions, downwardly extending portions and terminal portions of the contacts of the second contact group in addition to between contacting portions and the horizontally extending portions of the contacts of the first contact group and contacting portions and the horizontally extending portions of the contacts of the second contact group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Sadohara, Taro Mizue
  • Patent number: 11652314
    Abstract: A sealed electrical connector assembly includes a first and second connector member. The first connector member is arrangeable in open and sealed positions. In the sealed position, the first connector member is mated and sealed to the second connector member. The first and second connector member sealing walls face each other in a sealing region. The first and second connector members includes first and second connector member sealing walls extending essentially the same direction. In the sealed position, a flexible sealing element is configured to be arranged between and contacting the first and second connector member sealing walls in the sealing region. The flexible sealing element is fixed with respect to one of the sealing walls and is releasably engageable with another one of the sealing walls for providing a watertight seal. The sealing wall is slanted with respect to the first direction along an entire sealing region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Gunreben, Bruno Barth
  • Patent number: 11641077
    Abstract: A housing part includes a base section having a pair of oppositely disposed flat sides, a pair of housing sections each extending away from one of the pair of oppositely disposed flat sides, and a plurality of fibers disposed in the base section and the housing sections. A main fiber orientation of the fibers in each of the housing sections is oriented away from the base section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventor: Gregor Panitz
  • Patent number: 11624890
    Abstract: A method for joining a camera module, which includes a base plate on which an image sensor is situated, and an objective holder in which an objective of the camera module is accommodated. The base plate and the objective holder are aligned relative to each other in a connection region and a connecting pin is guided through a recess of the base plate and/or the objective holder so that the connecting pin protrudes on the outside, and the at least one free end of the connecting pin is widened by a forming die using a radially acting deformation force such that the base plate and the objective holder are pressed against each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Nikolai Bauer, Andreas Moehrle, Moritz Winkler, Michael Gockel
  • Patent number: 11616324
    Abstract: A connector comprising a cylindrically shaped socket and a plug that may be connected to the socket in a removable manner, in which a plurality of contacts are disposed being mounted in a contact block. It comprises a ring with ogive shaped parts (21) assembled in a membrane (22), the ogive shaped parts and the membrane being covered by a locking spring (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Conextivity Group SA
    Inventors: Savino Storione, Nicolas Convert, Jean-Marie Buchilly
  • Patent number: 11608917
    Abstract: A non-metallic fluid coupling is disclosed with electrical current transferring elements incorporated therein. The coupling is formed of two C-shaped halves of non-metal, non-conducting material, where each halve includes integral hinges and latches, or hinges and latches made of a common material with the C-shaped halves. A non-metallic, substantially rigid sealing sleeve can be incorporated into the coupling to seal the coupling while maintaining the strength of the coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: AdelWiggins Group, a division of TransDigm Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Yun Jo Chung
  • Patent number: 11569605
    Abstract: A contact device includes an outer housing delimiting an inner space and an inner housing arranged in the inner space, the inner housing having a first recess. The contact device includes a contact element arranged in the inner space and a sealing element arranged between the contact element and the outer housing. The sealing element seals the inner space from the environment. The contact element has a second recess on an outside of the contact element aligned with the first recess. The contact device includes a contact securing device movable along the first recess to engage the second recess of the contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Lam Nguyen Nhu, Olivier De Cloet, Christian Schrettlinger, Wolfgang Mueller
  • Patent number: 11552426
    Abstract: A sealed connector assembly includes a female connector having an inner wall, an outer wall substantially parallel to the inner wall, and a resilient seal circumferentially extending from the inner wall and a male connector having a shroud extending parallel to the mating axis and a male blade stabilizer (MBS) moveable from a pre-staged position to a fully staged position and back to the pre-staged position. The MBS is configured to move from the pre-staged position to the fully staged position as the shroud is received between the outer wall and the resilient seal, thereby disposing the MBS between the inner and outer walls and retaining the resilient seal in an intended location. The MBS remains engaged to female connector until the shroud is withdrawn from between the outer wall and the resilient seal, thereby retaining the resilient seal in the intended location as the male connector is unmated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Rangarajan Sundarakrishnamachari, Sivakumar Jogula
  • Patent number: 11545781
    Abstract: The length of a waterproof and dustproof connector can be reduced to decrease its occupation area so as to secure the occupied area of the circuit board for electronic equipment and so as to design the layout of the electronic equipment more freely and so as to downsize the electronic equipment. The connector for electronic equipment includes an approximately cylindrical housing 2, a support 21 provided in the form of a wall in the housing 2, a contact terminal 3 and a power terminal 4 supported by the support 21, a shell 5 mounted inside the housing 2, and a seal 6 provided along the outer circumference adjacent to the end on the connection terminal inserting side of the housing 2. Preferably, the seal 6 is welded to the housing 2 and made of a resin softer than the resin of the housing 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: EX COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shinya Yudate, Masanobu Ozaki
  • Patent number: 11525445
    Abstract: A compressor assembly becomes a compressor as a result of a terminal guard being attached. The compressor assembly includes a body, and a terminal guard mounting seat attached to an outer surface of the body. The terminal guard is attachable to the terminal guard mounting seat. A compressor includes the compressor assembly and the terminal guard. The compressor can be manufactured by attaching the terminal guard mounting seat to the outer surface, administering metal spraying to at least part of the outer surface after attaching the terminal guard mounting seat, and attaching the terminal guard to the terminal guard mounting seat after the administering metal spraying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Shimozono, Mikio Kajiwara, Tomomi Yokoyama, Kouji Kojima, Tsuyoshi Fukunaga, Mahoba Ogawa, Yasuhiro Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11522313
    Abstract: A waterproof connector disposed on a circuit board of an electronic device and inserted with a housing of the electronic device is provided. The waterproof connector includes a connector and a waterproof covering member. The connector is disposed on the circuit board, and the waterproof covering member covers the connector and a part of the circuit board. An outer surface of the waterproof covering member has multiple ribs, and the ribs contact the housing to provide waterproof protection for an inside of the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chien Yu Tsai, Shin Min Lee
  • Patent number: 11491339
    Abstract: Seals used within lead bores of implantable medical devices for creating a seal to implantable medical leads inserted into the lead bores include an inner cylinder that engages the lead body. The inner cylinder is surrounded by a gap to either an outer cylinder of the seal or to surrounding structures of the implantable medical device. The inner cylinder has freedom of movement within the gap such that movement of the lead body that is off-axis relative to a centerline of the lead bore causes movement of the inner cylinder that is providing the seal. In this manner, the seal engagement to the lead body is maintained during this off-axis movement of the lead body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Steven T. Deininger, Jeffrey Clayton, Thomas M. Hillebrand, Jenna George, Bin Wang, Michael T. Hegland, Darren A. Janzig, Sean P. Skubitz, Richard T. Stone, Dale F. Seeley, Salil M. Vaidya
  • Patent number: 11456558
    Abstract: A pass-through connector for a battery pack having a hermetic casing is disclosed. The pass-through connector has a body including: a hermetic electrical, a first body portion defining a first connector portion, a second body portion opposite the first body portion, and a flange connected to and projecting radially from the second body portion. The pass-through connector also has a second connector portion selectively connected to the first connector portion, and a gasket abutting an engagement surface of the flange and adapted for providing a hermetic seal between the pass-through connector and the casing. At least one of the first body portion and the second connector portion defines at least one recess for permitting gas exchange in and out of the casing. A battery pack having the pass-through connector, and a method for introducing at least one gas in a hermetically sealable casing for a battery pack are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: BLUE SOLUTIONS CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Sebastien Geoffroy, Ronan Lacour
  • Patent number: 11444410
    Abstract: Provided is a waterproof structure for a multicore wire capable of enhancing waterproofness. The waterproof structure includes a multicore wire in which a plurality of core wires are housed in a sheath, a housing in which is housed a terminal fitting connected to a terminal portion of the core wires, and in which is formed an opening through which the core wires are externally extracted, a molded part covering the opening and covering an end face of the sheath, and a resin stopper part disposed on an inner side of the molded part inside the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Moriyuki Shimizu, Yukitoshi Terasaka, Toshinari Kobayashi, Hironobu Yamamoto, Kyungwoo Kim
  • Patent number: 11431126
    Abstract: An electrical connector system includes a connector with a plug. A shroud extends over a portion of the plug and is coupled with the plug. A conductive socket is configured for receiving the plug of the connector. The socket includes a groove formed on an outer surface thereof. The shroud includes spring fingers having a lock portion thereon configured for engaging the groove for securing the connector in the socket. A collar is slidably mounted on the conductive socket and is configured for sliding between a locked position proximate to the socket groove and an unlocked position. The collar is further configured for engaging the spring fingers of the connector shroud in the locked position to hold the finger lock portions engaged with the groove to lock the connector in the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Carlisle Interconnect Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph W. Chvala
  • Patent number: 11424567
    Abstract: A connector structure is provided, including an insulating body, a plurality of terminals disposed in the insulating body, at least one stopper, and a housing receiving the insulating body and the terminals. A portion of the insulating body is abutted between the housing and the at least one stopper, and contacting portions of the housing and the at least one stopper are structurally combined together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Advanced Connectek Inc.
    Inventors: Min-Lung Chien, Fan-Cheng Huang, Ying-Te Lin
  • Patent number: 11417973
    Abstract: A connector assembly for providing electrical connection from an electrical device ground wire to a vehicle chassis ground comprises a wire connector, a cable, and a surface connector. The wire connector is configured to receive the electrical device ground wire. The cable is electrically connected to the ground wire. The surface connector is coupled to the cable and configured to attach to a vehicle chassis. The surface connector includes a conductive disc, an outer insulating ring, and an inner insulating ring. The conductive disc is electrically connected to the cable and includes a central opening configured to receive a fastener which attaches the surface connector to the chassis. The inner insulating ring, a portion of the lower surface of the conductive disc, and the outer insulating ring form a hermetically sealed chamber with the chassis when the surface connector is attached to the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventor: Scott Reed
  • Patent number: 11410798
    Abstract: A wire harness including an electric wire that has a core wire and a coating that coats the core wire, a connector that is attached to an end of the electric wire, and a seal that is interposed between the coating of the electric wire and the connector, wherein a tube with a modulus of elasticity higher than that of the coating is provided between the coating and the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoya Kawaguchi, Masaharu Suetani
  • Patent number: 11381010
    Abstract: A connection device electrically connects a textile to an electrical contact of a connector. The connection device is received in an insertion direction in the connector. The connection device includes a body and an attachment device. The body has a first end and a second end opposite the first end in the insertion direction. The body has a first surface extending between the first end and the second end and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The body has a portion at the first end extending essentially transversely from the first surface, the portion having an aperture into which the textile is inserted. The attachment device for the textile is connected to the second surface at the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Veronique Brenca, Xavier Rouillard, Joseph Daher
  • Patent number: 11382224
    Abstract: A hermetically sealed electronic package may include a thermal panel having a panel interior surface and a panel exterior surface with electronic device(s) in thermal communication with the panel interior surface. An enclosure, isolating environmental communication from internal electronic devices and modules, may be coupled to the thermal panel, and the enclosure may have an enclosure interior surface and an enclosure exterior surface. A plurality of electrical feedthroughs may be coupled to the package enclosure for signal and data transmission, and the conducting pin(s) in every electrical feedthrough may be bonded by a hydrophobic sealing material for harsh environmental electrical signal, data and power transmission. The ratio of sealing length over sealing bead diameter in the electrical feedthrough subassembly may have a preferred value from 2 to 3; and the ratio of the sealing bead diameter over pin diameter in the electrical feedthrough subassembly may have a preferred value from 1.5 to 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: PA&E, HERMETIC SOLUTIONS GROUP, LLC
    Inventors: Hua Xia, Nathan Foster, Nelson Settles, Steve Hall, David DeWire
  • Patent number: 11366279
    Abstract: A method for joining a camera module, which includes a base plate on which an image sensor is situated, and an objective holder in which an objective of the camera module is accommodated. The base plate and the objective holder are aligned relative to each other in a connection region and a connecting pin is guided through a recess of the base plate and/or the objective holder so that the connecting pin protrudes on the outside, and the at least one free end of the connecting pin is widened by a forming die using a radially acting deformation force such that the base plate and the objective holder are pressed against each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Nikolai Bauer, Andreas Moehrle, Moritz Winkler, Michael Gockel
  • Patent number: 11367977
    Abstract: A sealed electrical connector system has a first connector assembly and a second connector assembly which are mated together at front ends thereof. In an embodiment, each assembly includes an insulative outer housing, shield seal cap, and terminal housing and an elastomeric shield seal and mat seal, each having terminal receiving passageways through which a terminal is seated. The shield seal caps are attached to rear ends and hold the shield seals in the outer housings. In an embodiment, the second connector assembly includes an insulative outer housing and an elastomeric seal, each having terminal receiving passageways through which a terminal is seated. The shield seal prevents high-pressure spray from directly contacting the mat seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Katy Boruszewski, Dawson James Schiller, Dakota R. Barthlow, Michael Vanslambrouck
  • Patent number: 11349263
    Abstract: An electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield system is disclosed. The system may include an EMI gasket assembly configured to prevent radio frequency (RF) radiation from escaping through a gap between a RF connector and the enclosure. The gasket assembly may include a gasket including a receiving portion. The receiving portion may be configured to receive a portion of a shaft of the RF connector. The gasket may be formed of a compressible material. The gasket assembly may include a spacer configured to couple to a portion of the shaft of the RF connector. The spacer may be configured to compress the gasket against a portion of the enclosure when the spacer is rotated in a first direction. The spacer may be configured to provide electrical continuity between the radio frequency connector and the gasket by causing the gasket to form an electrical connection with the enclosure when the gasket is compressed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Shaw
  • Patent number: 11336051
    Abstract: A header connector includes a header housing having a mating end and a mounting end. The mounting end is configured to be mounted to a supporting structure. The header housing has shroud walls forming a header chamber configured to receive a plug connector. The header connector includes a header seal coupled to the header housing having an upper portion with an upper sealing surface and a lower portion with a lower sealing surface. The upper portion extends into the header chamber and the upper sealing surface is configured to interface with the plug connector to form a seal between the header housing and the plug connector. The lower portion extends to the mounting end and the lower sealing surface is configured to interface with the supporting structure to form a seal between the header housing and the supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Inventor: Adam Price Tyler
  • Patent number: 11329420
    Abstract: A connector includes an insulating housing, a conductor unit having a plurality of conductors arranged in a row and an insulating holding body integrally molded with the conductors, and a sealing member that seals between the conductor unit and the housing. Each of the conductors includes a plate-shaped body and terminal parts provided at both ends of the body, respectively. The holding body includes a fitting part fitted to the housing, a plurality of covering parts each extending from the fitting part along the body and individually surrounding the body, and insulating walls each dividing two adjacent terminal parts. Each of the insulating walls has a main wall part and the main wall part extends on an extension line of a gap between two adjacent covering parts and divides two adjacent terminal parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiji Aoki, Kazuhide Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11268677
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a thread transmission structure, and an optical system and a spotlight using the transmission structure. The thread transmission structure includes a sliding element and a rotation adjustment ring sleeved on an outer ring of the sliding element, the rotation adjustment ring being sleeved on an outer side of the sliding element and coupled to the sliding element, the rotation adjustment ring includes an internal thread, the sliding element includes an external thread, the sliding element includes a plurality of thread segments spaced along a circumferential direction, the plurality of thread segments forming at least one round of interrupted external thread, a thread form of the internal thread and the external thread being trapezoidal or rectangular, and the rotation adjustment ring being rotatable relative to the sliding element to push the sliding element to slide in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: Opple Lighting Co., Ltd., Suzhou Opple Lighting Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jie Mei, Yueping Wang, Dun Chen
  • Patent number: 11258196
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a cap housing in which a first terminal is disposed, a plug in which a second terminal is disposed, and a terminal position assurance (TPA) member. The plug has a first end portion and a second end portion opposite the first end portion. The second end portion is inserted into the cap housing. A first end portion of the cap housing and the first end portion of the plug to which a wire is connected are each a coupling target. The TPA member is disposed at the coupling target. The TPA member includes a first block and a second block partitioned from one another in a circumferential direction of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP Korea Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Chul Kim, Byung Hee Cho, Suk Eun Jung, Ki Deok Cheon
  • Patent number: 11217933
    Abstract: A connector includes: a housing having a first through-hole; a plate-shaped conductor inserted into the first through-hole; and a sealing part that has a flat annular shape in a plane view and seals between the conductor and the hosing. The sealing part has a pair of linear first sealing parts and a pair of arc-shaped second sealing parts. The housing has a recess that has a flat shape in a plan view and receives the sealing part. An inner dimension in a longitudinal direction of the recess is substantially equal to an outer dimension in the longitudinal direction of the sealing part, and an inner dimension in a short direction of the recess is smaller than an outer dimension in a short direction of the sealing part. The conductor presses and compresses the first sealing part and the second sealing part in a held state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Eiji Aoki, Kazuhide Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11211739
    Abstract: A waterproof reversible USB receptacle and a method for manufacturing the waterproof reversible USB receptacle, including: an insulation case having a hollow portion; a stopper integrally formed in the hollow portion of the insulation case and including a blocking body, a through hole formed in the blocking body, and extension sheets formed by extending from the blocking body while being bent, the extension sheets being integrally formed in the insulation case; a connector sleeved in the insulation case and including a base portion stopped on the blocking body, and a connection tongue portion extending forward from the base portion and passing through the through hole of the stopper; and a waterproof adhesive coated on a rear portion of the insulation case. The extension sheets further extend to form fixing plates bent to be buckled to a rear end of the base portion after the connector is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN EVERWIN PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuanwen Gu
  • Patent number: 11189966
    Abstract: An integral SMP connector assembly for a base station antenna comprising a base, in which at least two SMP connectors are configured to extend away from a backplate of the base station antenna from an upper surface of the base, the base including: at least one connecting portion which connects the base to the backplate so that the upper surface of the base faces the backplate; and a close looped groove located in the upper surface of the base and surrounding the at least one connecting portion and the at least two SMP connectors. The integral SMP connector assembly further comprises a seal received in the groove and configured to provide an airtight seal between the upper surface of the base and the backplate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Zhigang Wang, Xun Zhang, Ruixin Su