Resilient Finger Patents (Class 439/357)
  • Patent number: 9093793
    Abstract: An electrical connector has a conductive shell provided with a locking hole adapted to be engaged with a mating object in a disconnection direction. An insulator is received inside the shell. Between the shell and the insulator, a conductive shielding plate covering the locking hole is provided so that the insulator is not visible through the locking hole. The insulator holds a conductive contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Takeharu Naito
  • Patent number: 9065208
    Abstract: A method for removing an electronic module from a base where the module includes a latch extractor assembly and a stiff shift member with latch arms outside the module body and follower arms inside the module body. An extractor engages the follower arms to move the shift member laterally and move the latch arms out of engagement with the base to free the module for removal from the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Anthony Correll, Terry Lee Barber
  • Patent number: 9052473
    Abstract: A plug housing preferably includes an upper housing and a lower housing defining a cavity and a latch portion arranged to be pivotable about the plug housing and including a pair of actuator beams. Respective ones of the pair of actuator beams are preferably arranged to be directly opposed to respective side surfaces of the plug housing. The latch portion is preferably arranged to be connected to the upper housing and the lower housing through a pair of projection portions or a pair of pivot holes arranged on opposite ones of the pair of actuator beams of the latch portion. The latch portion is preferably pivotable about the plug housing at a position corresponding to the pair of projection portions or the pair of pivot holes. The latch preferably includes a catch mechanism and a spring mechanism connected to a forward plate without contacting the pair of actuator beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Samtec, Inc.
    Inventors: Dale Francis Schmelz, Chadrick Paul Faith, William Chieng Ouyang
  • Patent number: 9054452
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembled component includes a first connector and a second connector, which can fit and separate to/from each other along an axis. The first connector includes a first housing, and the second connector has a second housing. The first housing has a flexible section formed with a slit groove that penetrates in the radial direction in the fitting tube, and the flexible section has a locking section that protrudes inward in the radial direction from the cylindrical fitting surface. The second housing includes a locked section, in which there is formed an engaging step-like section that contacts with the locking section in the fitting process so as to elastically flex and displace the locking section to allow movement in the fitting direction to the locking position and locks with the locking section in the connector-removal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Yamada
  • Publication number: 20150147901
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprising: a first connector having a housing on which an elastic locking piece is suspended; a second connector having a housing on which a locking member mating with the elastic locking piece is formed so as to lock the first and second connectors together when the first and second connectors are mated together; and a connector position assurance device having a first stopper and a second stopper behind the first stopper. A first mating stopper is formed on the elastic locking piece, and a second mating stopper is formed on the housing of the first connector. The connector position assurance device only can be inserted into a first position under the elastic locking piece of the first connector when the first and second connectors are separate from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Jianfeng Wu, Christopher Scott Hertzler, Jiucai Fan, Wei-guo Li
  • Publication number: 20150147902
    Abstract: An electrical connector is configured to be electrically coupled to a mating connector. The connector includes a housing having a contact chamber and a connector face. The connector further includes a contact connector element accommodated in the contact chamber. The contact connector element includes a primary locking member configured to latch with the contact chamber. The connector also includes a secondary locking member assembled to the housing via the connector face. The secondary locking member is configured to interlock the contact connector element in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Stefan WIMMER, Christian WIMMER, Christian KRAXENBERGER, Robert BURGERT
  • Patent number: 9039457
    Abstract: A receptacle connector and a plug connector are disclosed. The receptacle comprises a housing, a plurality of first terminals and a cage; a front end of the housing is formed with a mating cavity and a receiving cavity positioned above and communicated to the mating cavity, the first housing is further penetratingly opened with a receiving groove above the receiving cavity; the cage is provided with a locking portion protruding downwardly into the receiving groove. The plug connector comprises a housing, a plurality of terminals, a cage and a hook, the cage comprises a main body portion and a protruding portion positioned above the main body portion and having a smaller width; the hook protrudes upwardly out from the protruding portion of the second cage. The locking portion of the receptacle can correspondingly engage the hook of the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Xue-Hai Zhang
  • Patent number: 9028269
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a metal shell defining several walls and a mating cavity formed by the walls commonly, an insulative housing shielded by the metal shell, and a plurality of contacts set in the housing. The housing has a base portion and mating tongue disposed in the mating cavity, the plurality of contacts provide contacting portions exposed upon a mating face of the mating tongue. A first wall of the metal shell parallel to the mating face defines a latching arm extending into the mating cavity, and the latching arm defines a latching portion and a rigid grounding section for improving EMI shielding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuo-Chun Hsu, Terrance F. Little
  • Publication number: 20150111408
    Abstract: A connector mateable with a mating connector having a locked portion. The connector comprises a lock member, a position detection mechanism, a lock maintenance member and a state detection mechanism. The lock member has a lock portion. The lock member is selectively positionable at a lock position or an unlock position. When the lock member is positioned at the lock position, the lock portion locks the locked portion to lock the mating of the connector with the mating connector. When the lock member is positioned at the unlock position, the connector is removable from the mating connector. The position detection mechanism detects whether the lock member is positioned at the lock position or the unlock position. The lock maintenance member is selectively takable a maintenance state or a permission state. The state detection mechanism detects whether the lock maintenance member is under the maintenance state or the permission state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Takuo SASAKI, Takeshi TAKAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20150111409
    Abstract: A connector structure includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a first connector housing and an engagement arm that can be elastically bent. The second connector includes a second connector housing, a slider provided on the second connector housing, a biasing portion that biases the second connector housing in a connector decoupling direction, and an arm engagement portion engaged with the engagement arm. During a coupling process of the first and second connectors, the slider is slid by a pressing force applied from the first connector against a biasing force generated by the biasing portion. The biasing portion includes an elastically-bendable arm provided on the slider, and a tapered surface provided on the second connector housing. The biasing force is generated as a reaction force of an elastically-restorative force of the elastically-bendable arm bent by the tapered surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoyuki MIYAKAWA, Kazuto OHTAKA, Hideki HONMA
  • Publication number: 20150104968
    Abstract: The present disclosure is an apparatus for retaining a plug within a receptacle. The apparatus for retaining a plug within a receptacle may include a receptacle body and a retention device. The retention device may include a face portion and at least one prong, each prong of the at least one prong including a barb. The retention device is configured to retain a plug inserted within the receptacle body by contact with a shroud of the plug from the barb of each prong of the at least one prong of the retention device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Gordon Hutchison, Jesse Preuss, Duncan Shea-Simonds
  • Publication number: 20150093930
    Abstract: A lead wire connection structure includes: a terminal including a terminal main body having a through hole, and a connection part extending from one end of the terminal main body; and a lead wire having one end connected to the connection part. Herein, a pair of elastic holding parts extending from both opposite side edges of the terminal main body holds both side surfaces of a nut. Moreover, an internal thread hole of the nut and the through hole are coaxially arranged. The lead wire connection structure is obtained at low manufacturing cost, that is, the lead wire connection structure is obtained in a short processing time at low material cost and manufacturing facility cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Ishikawa, Takeshi Miyasaka, Yohei Tsukanaka
  • Publication number: 20150093931
    Abstract: A connector unit for connecting at least two cables includes at least a male part, a female part, and a shuttle piston. The shuttle piston includes an opening configured for receiving at least a section of the male part, at least one latching device, and at least one latching structure. The male part includes the section configured for insertion into the opening of the shuttle pin, at least one latching aid, and an interaction area configured for a force-fitting interaction with at least one backing latch of the female part. The female part includes the at least one backing latch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Christopher Burrow, Richard Lewin, Christopher Plant
  • Publication number: 20150087179
    Abstract: A cable connector for connecting a cable having an inner conductor includes an insulating housing having an assembling portion and a mating portion protruding from one side of the assembling portion, the mating portion including a mating cavity, the assembling portion including a receiving room communicating with the mating cavity; a contact having a connecting portion received in the receiving room for connecting the inner conductor of the cable and a contacting portion extending into the mating cavity; and a shell having a back portion assembled upon the assembling portion of the insulating housing. The insulating housing includes an elastic arm extending into the receiving room and located beside the connecting portion of the contact. The back portion of the shell includes a pushing portion pushing the elastic arm to press the connecting portion of the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: CHENG-CHI YEH
  • Patent number: 8986037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plug element (1, 1?, 1?, 1??, 1??) with a plugging section (2) which is configured to be able to be brought together in a direction of plugging (Z) of the plug element (1, 1?, 1?, 1??, 1??) with a mating plug element (100) and has at least one receptacle (5) for an electrical plug-in contact, and with a contact lock member (8) which, at least in its securing position (S), projects, at least in sections, into the receptacle (5). In order, with the smallest possible external dimensions of the plug element (1, 1?, 1?, 1??, 1??), to be able simply to feel that the securing position (S) has been reached, provision is made according to the invention for the contact lock member (8) in the securing position (S) to release a test path (P) along which a test member (3, 200) can be moved past a test stop (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Otto Boemmel, Rolf Jetter
  • Publication number: 20150079834
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly for being mounted on an external device for docking a mating connector, the cable connector assembly including a shield shell having a plurality of metal shrapnel, an insulative housing received in the shield shell, a plurality of connectors received in the insulative housing, and a cable connecting with the connector. The connector has a metal shell. The metal shrapnel is movable by the external device to be elastically pressed between the connector metal shell and the external device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: JERRY WU, JUN CHEN, FAN-BO MENG
  • Publication number: 20150079835
    Abstract: An easy-pull male network connector includes a male connector body providing a resilient clip lockable to a mating female network connector, a protective jacket surrounding the male connector body, a bracket located at one end of the male connector body remote from the resilient clip, a pivotable hook pivotally mounted at the bracket and hooked on the resilient clip and biasable to release or press the resilient clip when the protective jacket is moved forwards or backwards relative to the male connector body, and a tool attachable to the protective jacket and operable to move the protective jacket backwards relative to the male connector body. Thus, when the user pulls the protective jacket backwards, either with the hand or by means of the tool, to press the resilient clip, the easy-pull male network connector is disengaged from the mating female network connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Chien-Hsun CHIEN
  • Publication number: 20150044886
    Abstract: A plug connector includes a mating tongue defining top and bottom surfaces thereon. Each surface is provided with a plurality of conductors in one row wherein the characters/categories of the conductors on the top surface are sequentially arranged to be same with those on the bottom surface with a pair of power conductors in two notches at two lateral side edges. The corresponding receptacle connector mounted upon a printed circuit board, defines a receiving cavity to receive the mating tongue therein. Opposite top and bottom rows of contacts are respectively located by upper and bottom sides of the receiving cavity and categorized essentially in a same sequence with the conductors of the plug connector for respectively connecting to the corresponding conductive pads, respectively. A pair of power contacts are located by two lateral sides of the receiving cavity to couple to the corresponding power conductor portions in the notches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: TERRANCE F. LITTLE, CHIH-PI CHENG, STEPHEN SEDIO, CHUN-YI CHANG, PEI TSAO, WEI-HAO SU
  • Patent number: 8952253
    Abstract: An enclosure includes a sidewall defining an opening through which a connector is to extend and a through hole, a resilient piece, and a sliding member slidably received in the through hole. The resilient piece includes a connecting piece slantingly extending from the sidewall between the opening and the through hole and a contacting piece connected to a distal end of the connecting piece. When the connector extends through the opening, The sliding member is slid toward the resilient piece to force the contacting piece to contact the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei Huang, Lei Li
  • Publication number: 20150037998
    Abstract: A lock arm (33) is arranged on the upper surface of a female connector housing (27), and lock-arm protection walls (37) stand at opposite widthwise sides of the lock arm (33). Detector protection walls (38) are provided behind the lock-arm protection walls (37), and first and second lock receiving portions (43, 44) are formed on the inner surfaces thereof. Two inwardly deflectable locking arms (56) are formed on a detector (39) and locked to the first or second lock receiving portions (43, 44) to restrict a backward movement when the detector (39) is at an initial position and a detecting position. The locking arms (56) are arranged utilizing dead spaces behind the lock-arm protection walls (37).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Shigeto Kataoka, Mitsunori Kitajima
  • Publication number: 20150031230
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing (10), terminal fittings (30) to be inserted into the housing (10), a retainer (20) configured to retain the terminal fittings (30) by being mounted into the housing (10) in a direction intersecting an inserting direction of the terminal fittings (30), resilient locks (25) formed on a base end of the retainer (20) in a mounting direction into the housing (10) and configured to hold the retainer (20) in a state mounted in the housing (10) by being locked to the housing (10). Slide-contact portions (28) formed on a tip side of the retainer (20) in the mounting direction into the housing (10) and extending parallel to the mounting direction of the retainer (20), and guides (16) formed in the housing, extending parallel to the mounting direction of the retainer (20) and to be brought into sliding contact with the slide-contact portions (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Mitsunori Kitajima, Shigeto Kataoka
  • Publication number: 20150011111
    Abstract: The link member (10a) is connected to the lock lever (7) by a pin (23d). Thus, the link member (10a) is pulled to an upward direction by the upward movement of the lock lever (7). At this point, with the movement of the lock lever 7, the link members (10a) and (10b) operate toward a direction that increases the angle between the two, and the plunger (22a) connected to the linkage (15c) moves backward. Thus, when the plunger (22a) is unable to move with respect to the body of the electromagnetic solenoid (22) due to freezing etc., the linkage (15c) is unable to move. Therefore, in such a case, the lock lever (7) becomes inoperable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoaki TORATANI, Naomi TAKAHASHI, Tsuyoshi OSHIMA
  • Publication number: 20150004828
    Abstract: In an electrical connector, in a state in which an abutting portion of a support is abutted against a receiving face of a retainer or an inflator housing, if the connector housing is pressed toward the mating side and then released before being inserted into the retainer to a predetermined depth, the connector housing is pressed back in the counter mating direction due to restoring force generated in the support, and if the connector housing is pressed toward the mating side and inserted into the retainer to the predetermined depth, the abutting portion becomes displaced in the abutment cancelation direction so as to separate from the receiving face, and thus the connector housing is inserted into the retainer to the predetermined depth or more so as to be mated to the retainer, and electrical terminals become connected to squib terminals. Also, a squib connection device includes this electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi OSADA, Hiroyuki MATSUMOTO, Munetaka YASUDA
  • Publication number: 20140370738
    Abstract: A plug-in wire connection terminal structure includes a main body having a receiving space. The receiving space is formed with an arched guide slot. A holding plate has a receiving section. Lateral sides of the receiving section are respectively formed with a wire entrance and a conductive contact section formed with a socket. An annular wall of the socket is formed a slit. A small-diameter fitting section is disposed at the conductive contact section. A collar member is fitted on the fitting section. A connection section is disposed on the receiving section. A leaf spring has a bight section received in the arched guide slot. One end of the leaf spring is formed with a connected section latched with the connection section. The other end of the leaf spring is formed with an abutment end obliquely extending the receiving section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: CHIH-YUAN WU, MING-HUNG LIEN
  • Publication number: 20140370737
    Abstract: A connector (10) includes terminals (40) each of which has a plate-like connecting portion (42) formed with a nut mounting hole (43). A housing (20) is formed with terminal accommodating portions (21) capable of accommodating the terminals (40). Nuts (44) with bolt holes (45) are mounted integrally on the connecting portion (42) so that each bolt hole (45) coaxially communicates with the nut mounting hole (43). Locking lances (29) are formed in the housing (20) and retain the connecting portions (42) by locking outer parts of the nuts (44) from behind. Front stops (23) are formed in the terminal accommodating portion (21) and stop the connecting portion (42) at a front end position by locking projections (47) formed on the terminal (40) to project from the terminal (40) from front.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Yasushi Okayasu, Yukari Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20140349507
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector mating with the first connector in a mating direction. The first connector includes a mating portion defining two long walls opposite to each other and two short walls disposed oppositely, the long and short walls are connected to each other together to form a mating cavity. The second connector includes a mating tongue extending forwardly and a second shielding shell defining a mating frame surrounding the mating tongue. Wherein one of the long walls defines a pair of fool-proof portions extending outwardly from both sides thereof, the mating frame defines a pair of fool-proof slots and engaging with the fool-proof portions so as to prevent the first connector from mismating the second connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: WEI ZHONG, QIU QIAN
  • Publication number: 20140349510
    Abstract: A joint connector includes a housing that includes terminal chambers. At least two neighboring joint terminals are housed in terminal chambers neighboring among the terminal chambers, respectively. Each of the neighboring joint terminals includes a wire-crimping portion, a terminal body housed in a terminal chamber among the plurality of terminal chambers, and a pair of first and second contact portions, respectively. The first contact portion of one of the neighboring joint terminals is electrically contacted with the second contact portion of another of the neighboring joint terminals. A pair of spring tabs is formed on both sidewalls of the terminal body and contacts with opposed inner surfaces of the terminal chamber, respectively, by an elastic restoration behavior. According to the joint connector, an increase of a contact resistance to be generated by vibrations and temperature variations can be sufficiently restricted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Nobuyuki SAKAMOTO
  • Patent number: 8882525
    Abstract: In a power feeding connector 7, a housing front side tubular part 81 of a power feeding side connector 8 to be engaged with an inner periphery of an outer tubular wall part 51 of a power receiving side connector 5 is provided, on an outer periphery at a lower end side thereof, with a raised part 86 which overrides an inner peripheral face of the outer tubular wall part 51, before an engaging length of the housing front side tubular part 81 with respect to the outer tubular wall part 51 reaches a prescribed length, and the raised part 86 corrects a backwardly inclined state of the power feeding side connector 8 due to its dead weight into a state where axes of the outer tubular wall part 51 and the housing front side tubular part 81 are aligned with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeo Mori, Takenori Ohmura
  • Patent number: 8876404
    Abstract: A receptacle connector including a receptacle housing having a housing cavity that is configured to receive a plug connector. The housing cavity is defined by an interior sidewall that extends along the mating axis and has a guide track thereon. The receptacle connector also includes a communication component that is disposed within the housing cavity and configured to communicatively engage the plug connector. The receptacle connector also includes a coupling member that is disposed within the housing cavity and is configured to engage the plug connector. The coupling member is movable bi-directionally along a mating axis and has a latch element that is slidably engaged to the guide track of the sidewall. The guide track forces the latch element toward the plug connector as the coupling member moves along the mating axis. The latch element capturing the plug connector in a locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Jared Evan Rossman
  • Publication number: 20140315417
    Abstract: A terminal structure to be locked to a terminal locking lance which is provided in a cavity of a connector housing, includes: a box part formed in a shape of a rectangular tube, including an outer bottom plate, outer side walls, an upper plate, an inner bottom plate formed inside the outer bottom plate, and an inner side wall formed inside one of the outer side walls, the box part including a contact to be in contact with a male terminal tab adapted to be inserted into the box part; and a locking protrusion including: a locking plate extended from an end of the outer side wall so as to be in parallel with the upper plate above the upper plate and adapted to be in contact with the terminal locking lance; and a stamped-out part in contact with the upper plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshimi Wada, Kaoru Sawa, Tomoyuki Kasajima
  • Patent number: 8866336
    Abstract: A line voltage device with an auxiliary power connection for a bathing installation. An exemplary embodiment of the device includes a housing structure, and a primary electrical power connection connected to the housing structure and including a primary wiring cable for connection to a line voltage source. A load system is disposed within or adjacent the housing and configured for powered operation by electrical power from the primary electrical power connection. An auxiliary power connection is provided for electrical connection to a separate bathing installation device to provide power to the separate device. A wiring circuit is disposed within or adjacent the housing structure and electrically couples the primary electrical power connection and the auxiliary power connection so that line voltage power is shared between the load system and the separate bathing installation device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Balboa Water Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Graham J. Campbell
  • Publication number: 20140308841
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a first connector and a second connector. The first connector defines a plurality of inserting holes. A receiving slit defined between adjacent two of the plurality of inserting holes. The second connector includes a plurality of pins. A positioning piece is formed between adjacent two of the plurality of pins. The second connector is inserted in the first connector when the positioning piece is aligned to the receiving slit. The positioning piece abuts an outer portion of the first connector to prevent the second connector from being wrongly inserted in the first connector when the positioning piece is not aligned to the receiving slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (WUHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: ZHI-MING ZHU, MING-HUI LUO, TING WANG, SAN-YONG YANG
  • Publication number: 20140308840
    Abstract: A USB flash drive positioning structure includes a circuit board carrying an electrical connector that defines therein an insertion slot for receiving a USB flash drive, and a USB flash drive positioning guide including a rectangular cage disposed above the electrical connector, an insertion passage defined in the rectangular cage in communication and alignment with the insertion slot of the electrical connector for the insertion of a USB flash drive into the insertion slot of the electrical connector and curved springy retaining arms suspending inside the rectangular cage around the insertion passage for retaining the inserted USB flash drive in the insertion passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: ADLINK TECHNOLOGY INC.
    Inventor: Jen-Chieh KUO
  • Publication number: 20140308842
    Abstract: A low-profile, right angle connector assembly comprises six cable connectors and six board-mount connectors housed within a PCIe bracket and EMI shell. The PCIe bracket and EMI shell are braced to a low profile PCIe card. Each board-mount connector is designed to receive a cable connector and allows for the transmission and processing of high-speed data with lower latency. A removable latch mounted on the cable connectors helps ensure the cable connectors remain physically connected to the board-mount connectors. The removable latch may be replaced as needed for breakage and wear and tear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Emad Soubh, Jason Smith, John Grant
  • Publication number: 20140295691
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle assembly is reconfigurable to provide any number of different styles or configurations of high or low voltage electrical receptacles and/or data outlets. The receptacle assembly includes a main body with an outlet receptacle portion, a flange portion extending outwardly from the main body, an upper frame member positioned generally above the flange portion, and a lower frame member positioned generally below the flange portion. A plurality of electrical contacts are positioned in the main body, and are configured to make electrical contact when the outlet receptacle portion receives an electrical or data plug associated with an electrical device. The upper and lower frame members are configured to interchangeably receive different main bodies with different outlet portions, and enable the different outlet portions to be mounted at a power center along a work surface or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: Norman R. Byrne
  • Patent number: 8845358
    Abstract: A cable connector includes an insulator, signal contacts supported in the insulator, wherein the signal contacts come in contact with the cable when the cable is inserted into the insulator, a pair of lock members which are rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position, and springs supported on the insulator, wherein the springs retain the locked position and allow rotation of the lock members to the unlocked position by elastic deformation of the springs. Each spring includes a base-plate portion supported on the insulator, an elastically deformable portion extending from the base-plate portion, an end-extending portion extending from an end of the elastically deformable portion, and an engaging portion which engages with an associated lock member to integrate the spring with the associated the lock member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Kyocera Connector Products Corporation
    Inventor: Naoki Kitagawa
  • Patent number: 8845357
    Abstract: A securing device includes a first closing unit and a second closing unit. The first closing unit with two upward guide portions and a resilient pressing portion. A protrusion extends from the top of the resilient pressing portion. A fixing portion is connected to the second end of the first closing unit is formed by a wire bending downward from the second end of the first closing unit so as to be mounted to the transmission cable. The second closing unit is a box-like unit. An opening is defined through in the second closing unit so as to accommodate the first closing unit therein. A plurality of engaging holes are defined through the top of the second closing unit and the protrusion of the first closing unit is engaged with one of the engaging holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Silicon Video Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Morris Gong, Hui-Chien Fu, Wen-Hung Tu
  • Patent number: 8845356
    Abstract: A power adapter cord for providing electrical power to an electronic item of merchandise from an external source of electrical power includes a cable containing at least one conductor and having a connector at one end configured to lock into a corresponding connector of a power input port provided on the item of merchandise. The connector and the corresponding connector define a mechanical and electrical connection having a connector extraction force greater than the connector extraction force of a standard connector of the same type. Accordingly, the connector prevents accidental or malicious removal of the connector from the power input port and/or discourages theft of the item of merchandise because the connector cannot be forcibly removed without damaging the corresponding connector and thereby rendering the item of merchandise inoperable. In exemplary embodiments, the connector is a modified micro-USB plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: InVue Security Products Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Reid Cheatham, Barry John Green, Gary Andrew Taylor, Robert O. Hartweg
  • Patent number: 8845355
    Abstract: A blockout device for a USB port is disclosed. The USB port has an inner channel and metal clips positioned within the channel. The blockout device has a front that covers the inner channel of the USB port. The blockout device also includes a top, a bottom and sides extending from the front. The bottom extends parallel to the top with an open area therebetween. When the blockout device is installed in the USB port, the sides engage the metal clips positioned in the channel of the USB port to secure the blockout device to the USB port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Daniel T. Litowitz, Jason O. Hackett, Marc R. Obenshain
  • Patent number: 8840414
    Abstract: In a power feeding connector 7, a housing front side tubular part 81 of a power feeding side connector 8 to be engaged with an inner periphery of an outer tubular wall part 51 of a power receiving side connector 5 is provided, on an outer periphery at a lower end side thereof, with a raised part 86 which overrides an inner peripheral face of the outer tubular wall part 51, before an engaging length of the housing front side tubular part 81 with respect to the outer tubular wall part 51 reaches a prescribed length, and the raised part 86 corrects a backwardly inclined state of the power feeding side connector 8 due to its dead weight into a state where axes of the outer tubular wall part 51 and the housing front side tubular part 81 are aligned with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeo Mori, Takenori Ohmura
  • Patent number: 8840421
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a receptacle connector and a plug connector. The receptacle connector includes a housing unit defining a mating cavity communicating with an exterior via an insertion opening at a front end thereof. A plurality of contact grooves are defined within the housing unit and extend along a front-to-rear direction. A plurality of contacts are arranged in the contact grooves in a side-by-side manner. A pair of elastic locking devices are disposed at opposite sides of the mating cavity and each has a pair of locking arms projecting into the mating cavity. The locking arms are formed within a common plane which is perpendicular to the front-to-rear direction. The plug connector is inserted into the mating cavity and clipped by the locking arms so as to realize a better retaining effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Sheng Li, Bin Peng, Jun Wang
  • Publication number: 20140273594
    Abstract: A wire cable assembly capable of transmitting signals at speeds of 5 Gigabits per second over a single pair or conductors. The cable has a characteristic impedance of 95 Ohms and can support transmission data according to either USB 3.0 or HDMI 1.3 performance specifications. The wire cable includes a pair of conductors, a shield surrounding the conductors, and a dielectric structure configured to maintain a first predetermined spacing between the conductors and a second predetermined spacing between said the conductors said shield. The shield includes an inner shield conductor enclosing the dielectric structure, a ground conductor external to the inner shield conductor, extending generally parallel to the pair of conductors, an outer shield conductor enclosing the inner shield conductor and the ground conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: LESLIE L. JONES, NICOLE L. LIPTAK, JOHN L. WICKS
  • Publication number: 20140273595
    Abstract: A metallic contact for insertion into a modular telecommunications plug includes a generally planar body defining a top end, a bottom end, a front end, a rear end, and a length extending from the front end to the rear end. The bottom end is at least partially defined by a blade for piercing an insulation of a wire positioned within the plug. At least a portion of the top end is configured to electrically contact a conductor of a jack that receives the plug. The top end is defined at least in part by a first engagement surface that is separated from a second engagement surface by a notch. An uppermost portion of the first engagement surface defines a first push surface that is generally at the same height as a second push surface defined by an uppermost portion of the second engagement surface. The notch is defined by a front vertical wall spaced from a rear vertical wall, wherein the front vertical wall is positioned at a distance of at least half the length of the contact from the front end of the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: TE Connectivity AMP EspaƱa, S.L.U., Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Edward Geniac, William Peteritas, Mark William Neff, Longinos de Dios
  • Publication number: 20140273596
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly and a connecting member thereof, the connecting member comprises: a base portion having an upper surface and a lower surface which are opposite. A first connecting portion comprising two first protruding ribs spaced apart from each other and protruding upwardly from the upper surface of the base portion and two first latching grooves respectively provided at opposite inner sides of the two first protruding ribs, and the two first latching grooves extends along a front-rear direction. A second connecting portion comprising four upright extending walls spaced apart from each other and extending downwardly out from the lower surface of the base portion and four first latching flanges respectively extending horizontally out from the four upright extending walls. A resilient latching arm extending out from one end of the base portion, having a first positioning portion provided to an upper surface thereof and a second positioning portion provided to a lower surface thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Yue-You LI, Xiao-An Wang
  • Patent number: 8834193
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) with a mating surround interface (A1) for mating with a mating electrical connector (600) includes an insulative housing (1), a plurality of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing (1), an elastic locking member (4) and a positioning spacer (3) is mounted on the insulative housing (1). The electrical connector (100) also includes a receiving slit (103) defined between the insulative housing (1) and the positioning spacer (3). The elastic locking member (4) includes a body portion (41) mounted on the side wall (12) and a pair of moveable locking arms (42) integrally extending from both ends of the body portion (41) which are bended to a different plane and extend through the mating surround interface (A1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Sheng Li, Jun Wang
  • Patent number: 8827737
    Abstract: An auxiliary housing (20) inserted into a frame (10) is locked in a retained state by the locking action of resiliently deformable lock arms (13) and locks (21). The lock arms (13) and the locks (21) include locking surfaces (17, 23) that are substantially normal to an inserting direction of the auxiliary housing (20) and come into contact with each other with the lock arms (13) and the locks (21) engaged in an insertion process of the auxiliary housing (20). When an inserting force exceeding a locking force of the locking surfaces (17, 23) is applied to the auxiliary housing (20), the lock arms (13) are resiliently deformed to disengage the locking surfaces (17, 23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Makino
  • Patent number: 8821181
    Abstract: According to an example embodiment, an electrical connector may include an electrical cord comprising a plurality of wires, and a plug connected to the electrical cord. The plug may include electrical contacts coupled to the plurality of electrical wires, and at least one latch. The at least one latch may be biased to extend away from the plug, an end surface of the at least one latch being within two tenths of a millimeter of an end surface of the plug opposite from the electrical cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Lam, Adam Rodriguez, Jeffrey Hayashida, Kenneth Ryan Loo, Aaron Leiba, Daniel Fourie
  • Patent number: 8821180
    Abstract: A plug-type connector having an external conductor part, at least one internal conductor part, and a housing, wherein a radially acting latching device for mechanically releaseably locking the plug-type connector in a plugged-in state is provided on an outer circumference of the housing, the latching device being produced from a spring-elastic material in the form of a ring which has a gap in the circumferential direction, wherein a bolt which can be moved between a locking position and a release position is arranged on the housing such that the bolt engages in the gap in the ring preventing radial compression of the ring in the locking position, and, in the release position, releases the gap in the ring so that the ring can be radially compressed when a stop edge runs onto one of the chamfers on the sides of the ring when the plug-connected state is established or released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co., KG
    Inventors: Willem Blakborn, Waldemar Winterholler
  • Publication number: 20140242828
    Abstract: A securing device includes a first closing unit and a second closing unit. The first closing unit with two upward guide portions and a resilient pressing portion. A protrusion extends from the top of the resilient pressing portion. A fixing portion is connected to the second end of the first closing unit is formed by a wire bending downward from the second end of the first closing unit so as to be mounted to the transmission cable. The second closing unit is a box-like unit. An opening is defined through in the second closing unit so as to accommodate the first closing unit therein. A plurality of engaging holes are defined through the top of the second closing unit and the protrusion of the first closing unit is engaged with one of the engaging holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: SILICON VIDEO SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Morris Gong, Hui-Chien Fu, Wen-Hung Tu
  • Publication number: 20140227899
    Abstract: A header-side holding metal fitting is provided with lock piece portions, which are movable in a width direction X of a connector 1 (a header housing 21) relative to a connection piece (a base portion) of the header-side holding metal fitting. A socket-side holding metal fitting is provided with lock holes (lock portions) which are lockable to the lock piece portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonori Tanaka, Yoji Miyazaki