Housing Comprising Resilient Latching Means Patents (Class 439/282)
  • Patent number: 11962136
    Abstract: A cord connector may be used for holding one or more cords. The cord connector includes a first body, a second body, and a bushing. The second body is removably coupled to the first body. The bushing is disposed between the first body and the second body. The bushing includes at least two bushing passages extending from a first end of the bushing toward a second end of the bushing. Each bushing passage is sealed with a membrane. The membrane is disposed within the bushing passage between the first end and the second end. The membrane is configured to be pierced to open the bushing passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel James Plavcan, James Peter Quinn, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11901687
    Abstract: A method can be applied for manufacturing an electrical connector on an end portion of a multi-wire electrical cable whose wires are surrounded annularly in cross section in the end portion by an outer conductor. The outer conductor is partially radially compressed toward the wires by at least one die, and is also partially provided with an overmold in an injection mold. In the method, after the outer conductor is deformed, the die is positioned on the outer conductor in such a way that the die partially bounds a mold cavity to be filled with a plasticized molding compound to form the overmold. At least one mold part of the injection mold is moved toward the outer conductor and the mold part is positioned in a vicinity of the outer conductor so to further bound the mold cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MD ELEKTRONIK GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Halbig, Peter Krause
  • Patent number: 11705656
    Abstract: A connecter terminal structure includes: a male housing of a male connecter; a male terminal accommodated in the male housing and including a first electrical contact portion; a stepped shaft portion formed at a tip end of the first electrical contact portion; a hood portion surrounding the first electrical contact portion; an annular terminal spring externally fitted to the stepped shaft portion; and an insulating cap fixed to a tip end of the stepped shaft portion and configured to hold the annular terminal spring. The connecter terminal structure further includes: a female housing of a female connecter; a female terminal accommodating portion configured to be fitted into the hood portion; and a female terminal accommodated in the female terminal accommodating portion and including a second electrical contact portion having a tubular shape to allow the first electrical contact portion to be inserted therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Nakagawa, Syoichi Nomura, Hideki Mizuno, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 11682503
    Abstract: A connector for device is configured to be attached to a device housing including a hole and configured to hold an electric wire inserted into the hole, and the connector for device includes a tube-shaped housing into which the electric wire is inserted and which is configured to be inserted into one end of the hole of the device housing, and a front holder configured to be engaged with one end of the tube-shaped housing, wherein the front holder includes an electric wire holding portion to which the electric wire is held, and a locking portion that is continuous with the electric wire holding portion and configured to be engaged with the tube-shaped housing, and wherein the electric wire holding portion is positioned inside the tube-shaped housing in a state where the locking portion is engaged with the tube-shaped housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Aoshima, Takeo Ida
  • Patent number: 11642474
    Abstract: The presently disclosed embodiments relate to insufflation and irrigation conduits for vessel harvesting systems and methods of their use. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a system having a combined cabling for providing gases, liquids, and/or electrical power to an attached medical device and method of use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Saphena Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark J. Orphanos
  • Patent number: 11515760
    Abstract: A rotating electric machine for a vehicle includes a rectifier fixed to an outer side of the frame member and constituting a rectification circuit which rectifies the alternating current generated by the stator; a battery terminal protruding from the rectifier and configured to be connected with a battery cable; an insulating member having a through hole in which the battery terminal is inserted; and a waterproof cap attached to the insulating member so as to cover a connection part of the battery terminal with the battery cable in a waterproof state. The insulating member includes an annular protruding part protruding inward from an inner peripheral surface of the through hole. The protruding part is in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the battery terminal in such a state that the protruding part is elastically deformed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kazuki Morishita
  • Patent number: 11165195
    Abstract: A connector assembly applied to a high-voltage interface includes a first connector and a second connector to be connected to each other. The first connector has an accommodating groove. A socket is provided in the accommodating groove. The socket has an electrical connection hole, an elastic holding portion, and a first engaging portion. The second connector has a plug-in portion corresponding to the accommodating groove. The plug-in portion is provided with a conductive probe corresponding to the electrical connection hole and a second engaging portion corresponding to the first engaging portion. The accommodating groove, the electrical connection hole, the plug-in portion and the conductive probe are all parallel to the same axis, so that the first connector and the second connector are connected to each other in a sliding manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: CHARDON TAIWAN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tsung-Mien Liang
  • Patent number: 10998658
    Abstract: It is aimed to improve abrasion resistance. A tab (13) of a male terminal fitting (10) is resiliently sandwiched between a resilient pressing piece (34) and a pressure receiving portion (28) in a rectangular tube portion (23) of a female terminal fitting (21), whereby the male terminal fitting (10) and the female terminal fitting (21) are connected. A male conductive member (20) capable of resiliently contacting the pressure receiving portion (28) while rolling is mounted in the tab (13). The female terminal fitting (21) is provided with a female conductive member (36) capable of resiliently coming into contact with the tab (13) by biasing of the resilient pressing piece (34) and capable of contacting the tab (13) while rolling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventors: Shinji Nozaki, Yasuo Omori
  • Patent number: 10870163
    Abstract: A male welding lead connector apparatus including a slidable member to block the male welding lead connector from rotating relative to a female welding lead connector when the two connectors are engaged with one another. A method of locking a male welding lead connector to a female welding lead connector using a special male welding lead connector including a slidable member to block the male welding lead connector from rotating relative to a female welding lead connector when the two connectors are engaged with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Alpha/Omega Energy Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Bradley Lance Pearman, Kenny Lavelle Miller
  • Patent number: 10566732
    Abstract: There is provided a waterproof connector structure which includes a pair of connector housings. An opening end portion of a cylindrical body of one connector housing is inserted into an opening end portion of a cylindrical body of another connector housing at the time of fitting. One cylindrical body has a projection part which is provided to protrude outward in a radial direction from the opening end portion thereof entirely in a circumferential direction. The projection part is provided on a front side in a fitting direction from an opening part of a terminal receiving chamber surrounded by the one cylindrical body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kozo Oishi, Tomoyuki Miyakawa, Kazuyuki Ochiai, Daisuke Fujihira
  • Patent number: 10018344
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plug-in bulb coupling structure, comprising a lamp cap provided on a bulb and a plug-in lamp holder provided on a power line, wherein a plug-in end of the plug-in lamp holder is provided with plug-in holes and raised barbs, and conductive tubes connected to a lead are provided in the plug-in holes; the plug-in end of the plug-in lamp cap is provided with conductive bars and barb holes, and the conductive bars are connected to a drive circuit board in the plug-in lamp cap. With the coupling structure of the present invention, the drive circuit board and the SR of the power line can be assembled and connected to each other quickly. The operation is easy, convenient and quick and does not require any tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: FAVORU ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiansheng Chen, Ping Wang, Jun Fang
  • Patent number: 9653933
    Abstract: A Portable automotive battery jumper pack with detachable backup battery. The invention is configured to be user friendly with a flexible compact design. The invention will be used in the portable, automotive electronics area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Inventor: Mathew Inskeep
  • Patent number: 9653840
    Abstract: An electrical connector that includes a connector housing and a contact housing. The connector housing has a contact receiving space with a front opening and a rear opening and a sealing rib extending into the contact receiving space. The contact housing is disposed in the contact receiving space and abuts the sealing rib. An intermediate space, between the contact housing and the connector housing has a front portion and a rear portion being delimited by the sealing rib. An intermediate component is disposed in the rear portion of the intermediate space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Marc Reinhardt, Frank Flittner
  • Patent number: 9526818
    Abstract: A protective cap for fluidly sealing a connector of a cable is provided. The protective cap includes a flexible body having an interior cavity with a distal opening through which the connector is inserted. The distal opening is defined by an annular ridge that engages a cable portion proximal the connector to fluidly seal the entire connector within the cavity. The body portion may have an oval-shaped cross-section while the interior cavity is cylindrical so that the portions wider portions of the body provide longitudinal rigidity to facilitate installation and removal of the cap by a manual pushing and pulling. A tether may be included to attach the cap to a distal portion of the cable. The protective cap and tether may be integrally formed of a soft, highly flexible material to improve ease of use, biocompatibility and patient comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: THORATEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keith Hamilton Kearsley, Gabe Wegel, Kathryn B. Frederick, Julien Duhamel, Brian Barber
  • Patent number: 9484661
    Abstract: An embodiment of an electrical connector assembly includes a shell, a plurality of fixed conductors, and a potting container. The shell includes a plurality of walls extending in a first direction from a base having at least one opening. The base and the plurality of walls define a shell outer surface and a shell inner surface. The shell inner surface bounds an inner volume of the shell and has an inner shell profile. The plurality of fixed conductors project through the opening into the inner volume of the shell. The potting container includes an outer surface complementing the shell inner profile, and a cavity receives the fixed conductors through a slot in the base. A potting compound fills the cavity such that the potting compound completely surrounds the conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Lalit Savla
  • Patent number: 9425574
    Abstract: A sealed connector assembly connects a first cable to a second cable and includes female and male terminal assembly components each having molded in place a weather resistant sleeve that both covers the respective terminal assembly components, and defines openings or gaps which enable female and male contacts to be electrically connected and the sleeves to mechanically contact, thereby providing weather and element resistance. In a method for insulating the respective female and male terminals in a mold assembly, an O-ring applied to the terminal components to prevent liquid mold material from flowing over the electrical contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: TPC WIRE & CABLE CORP.
    Inventors: Jeffrey John Kramer, Robert Salvatore Terracina
  • Patent number: 9279425
    Abstract: An electrical feedthrough assembly for providing connection to components of a compressor includes a housing having an inner surface defining a channel. A sealed wire assembly is provided in the channel. The sealed wire assembly includes a body having an outer surface and a plurality of wires sealingly passing through the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Bristol Compressors Interntional, Inc.
    Inventors: John W. Tolbert, Jr., Scott G. Hix, David R. Gilliam, Joseph A. Newland, Doug Blankenship
  • Patent number: 9061367
    Abstract: A weld electrical and gas connector with sealed gas flow is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a welding cable connector system includes a male connector having a conductive body for conveying welding power. The male connector includes a sealed passageway disposed coaxially of the conductive body for conveying shielding gas, and a gas sealing valve configured to seat to stop flow of shielding gas when the male connector is not engaged. The system also includes a female connector having a conductive body for conveying welding power. The female connector includes a sealed passageway disposed coaxially of the conductive body for conveying shielding gas, and a gas sealing valve configured to seat to stop flow of shielding gas when the female connector is not engaged. The male and female connectors are mutually engageable to conduct welding power and shielding gas therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Jeffery Ray Ihde, Thomas Don Lahti, James Francis Rappl, Joseph Edward Feldhausen
  • Patent number: 8961205
    Abstract: An electrical connector system including contacts configured to electrically couple to cables at one end and to one another at the other end. Contacts may be housed in rubberized insulations, which in turn may be housed in various types of receptacles, e.g., bulkhead mounts, wall mounts, in line connectors, or caps. Male contact may be disposed within opening of female contact, but insulation surrounding male contact may be configured to envelope insulation surrounding female contact. As a result, an overall diameter of insulations and contacts may be reduced significantly, permitting the use of receptacles sized to accommodate openings previously reserved for metal-on-metal insulating connection systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Electrical Equipment Corporation
    Inventor: Graeme Sandwith
  • Patent number: 8939735
    Abstract: A compressor including a shell, a compression mechanism disposed within the shell, a motor actuating the compression mechanism, and a terminal body secured to the shell, may further include at least one conductor pin extending through the terminal body and a fence disposed around the terminal body and secured to the shell. A plug assembly having an inner core surrounded by an outer body includes at least one electrical receptacle housed by the inner core for selective electrical communication with the at least one conductor pin. A seal may be integrally formed with the outer body and may engage the fence when the at least one electrical receptacle is in electrical communication with the at least one conductor pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Emerson Climate Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew J. Heidecker, David Alan Waesch, Jesse T. Peyton
  • Publication number: 20140315411
    Abstract: An electrically insulating sheath for retaining electrical contacts in an electrical connector, the insulating sheath including an electrically non-conductive housing with a chamber defined therein. The chamber includes a pair of contact-receiving channels extending in an axial direction, each of the contact-receiving channels including a collar pocket for retaining the electrical contacts when inserted in the sheath. A dividing wall separates the contact-receiving channels from one another to reduce interference and crosstalk among the wires of the electrical contacts. The sheath includes a cover connected to the housing, the cover extending over at least a portion of the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Phong Dang
  • Patent number: 8769782
    Abstract: The first projecting portion (12) which is situated close to the entrance of the lock hole (11) imparts a reaction force to the lock arm (21) from therebehind so as to push the lock arm (21) towards the second projecting portion (13). Therefore, the engagement force of the permanent locking projection (23) on the lock arm (21) with the second projecting portion (13) on the lock hole can be enhanced, thereby making it possible to enhance the lock holding force. In addition, without the pressure imparted from the first projecting portion (12) to a back of the lock arm (21), the lock arm (21) would flex about the proximal end portion thereof, as a fulcrum, which is a support portion where to support the lock arm (21) which is the cantilever-shaped arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Ryo Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 8717748
    Abstract: The present application describes various embodiments regarding an apparatus and method for providing an audio jack for a portable computing device. More specifically a method and apparatus are disclosed for mounting the audio jack to machined audio jack mounts extending from an interior sidewall of the portable computing device housing. The machined mounts allow the audio jack to be suspended above an inner surface of the portable computing device so that the audio jack does not interfere with audio output or aesthetics of a speaker grill drilled into the portable computing device housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Charles A. Schwalbach, Brandon S. Smith
  • Publication number: 20120196465
    Abstract: A bulkhead connector assembly is provided having an outer housing that has an internal chamber. The outer housing has a sealing section configured to seal an exterior of the outer housing within an opening. A terminal housing is configured to hold a plurality of terminals. The terminal housing is received in the internal chamber. The terminal housing has primary locking mechanisms configured to secure the terminals in the terminal housing. An independent secondary lock (ISL) is separately provided from, and coupled to, the terminal housing. The ISL is configured to secure the terminals in the terminal housing and assure they are properly seated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: DAVID CHARLES STAUSSER, DAVID ALLEN KLEIN, JOHN RAYMOND SHUEY, JOEL DANIEL SANDBURG
  • Patent number: 8152547
    Abstract: Stiff and soft materials each provide certain advantages when used in the manufacture of separable insulated connectors, such as elbow and T-body connectors. Utilizing a shell or an insert that includes one section made from a stiff material and one section made from a soft material can provide a separable insulated connector that capitalizes on the advantages associated with both types of materials. The stiff materials and soft materials can be placed strategically on the shell or insert of the separable insulated connector to maximize the advantages of each material. For example, the stiff material can be used to form a section of the separable insulated connector where strength and durability is most desirable, and conversely, the soft material can be used to form a section of the connector where flexibility is desirable. A relatively stiff band can be provided around a relatively soft portion of a connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: David Charles Hughes
  • Patent number: 8149424
    Abstract: A disclosed image processing device includes: a media connecting portion including a first surface and a second surface forming a space for housing a protrusion type storage medium whose body protrudes from the media connecting portion and an insertion type storage medium whose body is inserted into the media connecting portion; a protrusion type slot portion for protrusion type storage media formed on the first surface; and an insertion type slot portion for insertion type storage media formed on the second surface. An insertion direction in the protrusion type slot portion is substantially orthogonal to an insertion direction in the insertion type slot portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Ricoh Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Yomogida, Yoichi Utaka
  • Patent number: 8109776
    Abstract: Stiff and soft materials each provide certain advantages when used in the manufacture of separable insulated connectors, such as elbow and T-body connectors. Utilizing a shell or an insert that includes one section made from a stiff material and one section made from a soft material can provide a separable insulated connector that capitalizes on the advantages associated with both types of materials. The stiff materials and soft materials can be placed strategically on the shell or insert of the separable insulated connector to maximize the advantages of each material. For example, the stiff material can be used to form a section of the separable insulated connector where strength and durability is most desirable, and conversely, the soft material can be used to form a section of the connector where flexibility is desirable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: David Charles Hughes, Thomas Augustia, John Mitchell Makal, Michael John Gebhard, Sr.
  • Patent number: 8092240
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric connection device including two conjugated connection devices (1, 2), one of which (2) including an outer casing (12), which are both provided with electric contacts (3; 4a, 4b) co-operating together in a connection position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Societe d'Exploitation des Procedes Marechal (SEPM)
    Inventors: Mounim Houir Alami, Arnaud Calbel
  • Patent number: 8062045
    Abstract: A cover/boot and a system of covers/boots for placement in sealed relation over a connector or pair of connectors that is or are adapted to terminate a cable or splice together a pair of cables, preferably cables that carry signals received by a receiving apparatus on a cell tower. The covers include a cable end that sealingly receives a cable therein, an elongated body that provides secure cover to a cable connector, and an end that abuts a bulkhead or sealingly engages with a second cover when used in a splicing application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.,
    Inventor: Noah Montena
  • Patent number: 7914306
    Abstract: Environmental protection methods standard USB electrical connectors normally suited only for indoor use that allows said connectors to be used in the harsh outdoor environment of powersports vehicles such as motorcycles, all terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and other special purpose vehicles. The resulting environmentally protected USB electrical connectors provide a small, lightweight, easy to mount, low-cost power source for a wide variety of low power accessories as well as data transfer where available.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Inventor: Donald A. Blackwell
  • Patent number: 7857647
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided including a housing supporting an electrical device and for receiving an electrical cord or cable. A cap having internal threads and an axial passage for receiving the electrical cord and clamping the electrical cord to the housing to form a waterproof connection. The cap includes a conical shaped seal member for forming a waterproof seal with the outer surface of the electrical cord. A conical shaped bushing is received in a frustoconical shaped bore of the housing and is axially and radially compressed by the threaded cap onto the housing. The bushing has an axial bore for receiving the electrical cable and an outer surface with at least one annular recess to facilitate the axial and radial compression of the bushing. The bottom end of the cap has a chamfered edge which mates with a frustoconical shaped outer surface of the housing to form a waterproof seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas W. Bracci, Thomas J. Vigorito
  • Patent number: 7771221
    Abstract: Environmental protection methods for power connectors normally suited only for indoor use that allows said connectors to be used in the harsh outdoor environment of powersports vehicles such as motorcycles, all terrain vehicles, snowmobiles and other special purpose vehicles. The resulting environmentally protected low power connectors provide a small, lightweight, easy to mount, low-cost power source for a wide variety of low power accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Inventor: Donald A. Blackwell
  • Patent number: 7701313
    Abstract: In a case for a circuit breaker in which a terminal is simply replaceable or mountable according to a wiring method of the circuit breaker, the case comprises a case which accommodates components for breaking a circuit, a terminal block portion which provides a common platform for plural types of terminals, and a door engaged with the case in monolithic form so that it may be operable to a closed position for closing the case or an opened position for installing a selected terminal of the plural types of terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: LS Industrial Systems Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Ki-Young Kim
  • Patent number: 7679477
    Abstract: A contactor with modular connection of the coil according to the invention comprises an insulating body, an operating coil housed in the insulating body, and means of modular connection of the coil to an external circuit so that the coil can be powered. The coil connection means comprise a connection arrangement, internal to the body, comprising at least two pairs of contact pieces positioned near at least two faces of the insulating body, these two faces being chosen from the front face and two opposed side faces running transversely between the front face and the rear face, each contact piece facing an opening in the body, and at least one removable connection module comprising a pair of connection terminals, which is connected to a second pair of contacts which are intended to collaborate with a first pair of contact pieces of the internal connection arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2010
    Assignee: ABB France
    Inventor: Alain Portier
  • Patent number: 7581976
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bulkhead connector assembly providing a sealing arrangement for sealingly feeding a conduit between two environments. The assembly provides a first and second coupling components having a first and second surface respectively. A gap is formed between the first and second surfaces. The first coupling component has an aperture which extends between the first surface and a first environment and the second coupling component has an aperture which extends between the second surface and a second environment. Each aperture is adapted for receiving a conduit therethrough. A resiliently deformable gasket is provided to be placed into the gap and the gasket also is provided with a bore for a conduit to pass through the gasket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: GL Tool & Manufacturing Company Inc.
    Inventors: Gerhard Liepold, Dietrich Bizer
  • Publication number: 20090186507
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide a connector terminal, which is crimp connected with an aluminum or aluminum alloy conductor having a large diameter, to be inserted into a terminal receiving chamber of a conventional connector housing designed for a copper conductor with less change of electrical characteristic and less modification. The connector terminal having the conductor of the present invention is widely adapted to a vehicle. The connector terminal crimping the electrical wire has a link portion longer than a link portion of a standard connector terminal so that an electrical wire crimp portion projects outwardly from a rearward face when the connector terminal is received in the connector housing. An insulation crimp portion is positioned spaced apart from the rearward face of the connector housing to prevent physical interference with the connector housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 23, 2009
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Watanabe, Yasuyuki Kugimiya
  • Publication number: 20090170378
    Abstract: There is provided a contact member that is formed by folding a contact beam and nevertheless has a decreased width. A contact member having a base, a first securing leg formed by bending one end of the base in the width direction of the base, a second securing leg formed by bending the other end of the base in the width direction, a contact beam consisting of an extension portion that extends from the base and is arranged between the securing legs and a folded portion. The folded portion is arranged in order to face the base, by being folded from the extension portion. The contact member additionally having a connection portion capable of securing to a printed wiring board. The connection portion is provided on the first securing leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Inventor: Yohei Harada
  • Publication number: 20090111306
    Abstract: An electrical connector, suitable for being mounted on a circuit board, comprising an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals, and a shielding cover is provided. The insulating housing includes a plurality of terminal channels, inside which a plurality of terminals are disposed individually and electrically connected with the circuit board, wherein at least one of the terminals has a ground portion extending to the outside of the insulating housing. The shielding cover covers the insulating housing and has at least one elastic portion contacting tightly with the ground portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Applicant: COMPAL ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chih-Kuo Chou, Po-An Lin
  • Patent number: 7445508
    Abstract: A connector system for photovoltaic roof tiles has a body and a plug assembly with latching means. The body portion has a latching member and a rib defining a recess for mating with the plug assembly. A pair of cavities extends inwardly from the recess. The latching member has a projection, and integral conductors are formed within the body portion. The plug assembly has an indentation for retentively receiving the projection, and an indentation for receiving the rib. A pair of protrusions extends from a peripheral end of the plug assembly and receives a cable terminal of the plug assembly. The protrusions engage with and seal off the cavities to form an electrically conductive path with the cable terminals when the body and the plug mate. The latching projection retentively engages the plug. The plug assembly disengages by manipulation of the latching member projection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher George Daily, Scott Stephen Duesterhoeft
  • Publication number: 20080242132
    Abstract: A plug and socket electrical connection for environments with high humidity and low temperatures has a socket with female connections (holes with an electrical terminals), a circular recess for receiving a mating part and tabs and a plug with a male connection (electrodes), the mating part and hooks. The electrical connections are protected from moisture by a snug fit and o-rings when the socket and the plug are electrically connected and the tabs and hooks hold the socket and plug together in place. The socket and plug are disconnected by movement of a handle holding the hooks that is part of the plug and can act as a lever to help the disconnection. The handle also provides a convenient finger hold for pulling the plug away from the socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2007
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventor: Kajiro Koda
  • Publication number: 20080233785
    Abstract: An electrical joint assembly for connecting a plurality of conductors includes a busbar hub and a plurality of limiter modules. The busbar hub includes an electrically conductive busbar body and a plurality of conductor legs extending from the busbar body. The limiter modules each include a fuse element. Each of the limiter modules is connected to a respective one of the conductor legs and is connectable to a respective conductor to provide a fuse controlled connection between the respective conductor leg and the respective conductor. Each of the limiter modules is independently removable from the respective one of the conductor legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Harry George Yaworski, Kenton Archibald Blue, Sherif I. Kamel, Timothy J. McLaughlin, Kenneth R. Gawason
  • Patent number: 7407412
    Abstract: A protective endcap for use with a triaxial cable connector. The endcap is sized to fit about a mating end of the triaxial connector. A pair of protective boots for use with coaxial cable connectors. Each protective boot includes an interior space for receiving a triaxial cable connector. Each interior space includes ridges for engaging grooves about the connector. Each boot includes a mating circumferential lip about a connector end. Each boot includes a tapered cable end with an opening for a cable from a connector to extend through from the interior space. A triaxial cable connector assembly including a connector, a protective boot and an endcap. The connector is positioned within an interior opening of the boot with ridges of an inner wall of the opening engaging grooves of the connector. A cable extending from the connector extends through a cable end of the boot. A mating end of the connector is adjacent a connector end of the boot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventor: M'hamed Anis Khemakhem
  • Patent number: 7387537
    Abstract: A connector system for photovoltaic roof tiles has a body and a plug assembly with latching means. The body portion has a latching member and a rib defining a recess for mating with the plug assembly. A pair of cavities extends inwardly from the recess. The latching member has a projection, and integral conductors are formed within the body portion. The plug assembly has an indentation for retentively receiving the projection, and an indentation for receiving the rib. A pair of protrusions extends from a peripheral end of the plug assembly and receives a cable terminal of the plug assembly. The protrusions engage with and seal off the cavities to form an electrically conductive path with the cable terminals when the body and the plug mate. The latching projection retentively engages the plug. The plug assembly disengages by manipulation of the latching member projection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher George Daily, Scott Stephen Duesterhoeft
  • Patent number: 7335042
    Abstract: A supply and control device of an electric appliance equipped with a fluid-tight terminal with pin contacts, typically a compressor, including a cup-shaped support formed by electrically non-conductive material, a plurality of electric contacts of the blade type accommodated within the cup-shaped support and presenting same protruding ends facing towards a same open side of the cup-shaped support, arranged in use at an angle with respect to the fluid-tight terminal, at least one wire clamping device integral with the cup-shaped support in a position immediately adjacent to its open side and a housing for a control device arranged within the cup-shaped support, adjacent to the blade contacts and accessible only through an opening obtained through a bottom wall of the cup-shaped support facing in use towards the fluid-tight terminal; the bottom wall being further provided with corresponding holes adapted to throughly receive, in use, the pin contacts and with first mechanical coupling members mating with second
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: ITW Industrial Components S.R.L. Con Unico Socio
    Inventor: Dino Chirumbolo
  • Publication number: 20070249208
    Abstract: A plug-in connector for connecting electronic components, comprising plug-in connector elements (100, 200; 300) adapted one to the other, especially multipoint pin connector elements and/or multipoint socket connector elements, having electric contacts (140, 240; 340) arranged in a substantially cuboid body, is characterized in that at least one shoulder (110; 310) is formed on at least one side wall (101; 301) of the body, in which grooves (120; 320) are defined at predeterminable defined points, which grooves extend in the plugging direction and, when the plug-in connector elements are correctly positioned, accommodate matching ribs (220, 320) of another plug-in connector element (200; 300) and, when incorrectly positioned, form an abutting surface for the ribs (220; 320).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2007
    Publication date: October 25, 2007
    Applicant: ERNI-ELEKTRO-APPARATE GMBH
    Inventor: Juergen Lappoehn
  • Patent number: 7229303
    Abstract: A connector assembly (10) is provided including a first connector (12) and a second connector (14) configured to mateably engage the first connector (12). The first connector (12) includes a housing (16), a conductor assembly (18) positioned within the housing and projecting from housing, and a resilient seal member (30) enclosing an interface between the housing (16) and the portion of the conductor assembly projecting from the housing. The second connector (14) includes an outer contact (60), an inner contact (62) nested within a portion of the outer contact (60), and a housing (64) containing the inner and outer contacts. Conductors of the conductor assembly (18) of the first connector (12) engage the outer (60) and inner (62) contacts of the second connector (14). Another resilient seal member (45) includes a flexible skirt (50) formed at an end portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michel J. Vermoesen, William C. Kruckemeyer, Robert A. Neal, Kathleen Murphy
  • Patent number: 7195505
    Abstract: An apparatus for producing a watertight connection for the purpose of joining electrical or optical circuits including, in a preferred embodiment, a male connector with a cylindrical plug characterized by having a first groove and a first raised seal disposed about the plug's outer side surface and a female connector with a cylindrical receptacle characterized by a second groove and a second raised seal disposed about receptacle's inner side surface, such that the seal of the plug is received in the groove of the receptacle, and groove of the plug receives the seal of the receptacle, thereby operatively coupling the contacts in a redundantly sealed environment. The first and second grooves are disposed distal to the raised seals (with respect the cable end of the connectors) so that when the connector pair is mated, the grooves pass each other without interference and the seals simultaneously engage the grooves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: OYO GeoSpace Corporation
    Inventor: Timothy D. Becker
  • Patent number: 7108533
    Abstract: A connector assembly is disclosed and claimed. The male connector comprises at least one conductive terminal held by a male plug body including a head portion and a gripping portion, the head portion including a plurality of raised elements extending radially outward from the head portion. The female connector comprises at least one mating conductive terminal held by a female plug body including a receiving portion and a gripping portion, the receiving portion adapted to receive the head portion of the male connector and including a plurality of recessed areas adapted to interlock with the raised elements of the head portion. The male plug body is preferably made from a substantially rigid plastic and the female plug body is made from a flexible plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: R.A. Phillips Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Stephen M Howard
  • Patent number: 7021952
    Abstract: An electrical plug connector includes a housing having at least one receiver for an electrical contact, a second latching element which can be moved with respect to the housing from a pre-assembly position, in which the electrical contact can be inserted into the receiver, into an end position, in which the contact is secured in the receiver by the second latching arrangement, and a seal mounted on a spigot-like housing section. Considered in the plug-in direction, guide ribs for the seal are provided between the region of the spigot-like housing section designed to receive the seal and the second latching element adopting its pre-assembly position in order also to support the seal in the intermediate region in the event of a possible shift in the direction of the second latching element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Drescher
  • Patent number: 6832935
    Abstract: A connector for an electric apparatus has a case and a base which are engaged to each other or integrally formed. The base has an elastic hook and a latch formed integrally on its bottom surface for engaging both edge parts of a rail so as to mount the connector removably to the rail. The case has side surfaces extended from the lower edges to provide extended members for covering both side surfaces of the elastic hook for providing protection against damage when the connector is accidentally dropped. Protrusions may be provided on the bottom surface of the base between the extended members and the elastic hook for limiting twisting deformation of the elastic hook. The bottom surface of the elastic hook has a curved portion for relieving any impact force that may be damaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Ryota Minowa, Keisuke Yano, Yojiro Saruwatari