With Radially Compressible Cable Grip Patents (Class 439/584)
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Patent number: 11962114Abstract: A heat dissipating hardline connector includes a first body portion configured to support a terminal pin assembly and a second body portion configured to be coupled with the first body portion. The second body portion is configured to receive a hardline cable. The second body portion includes a plurality of spaced apart annular grooves formed in an outer surface of the second body portion to define a plurality of fin portions that are spaced apart from one another along a length of the second body portion. The annular grooves and fin portions are configured to increase the surface area of the outer surface of the second body portion to provide increased heat dissipation by the second body portion.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Joshua C. Ivancic, Noah P. Montena, Daniel Daoust
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Patent number: 11936134Abstract: Disclosed herein is a connector assembly for attachment to a corrugated coaxial cable. The assembly includes: a rearward outer body, to be received over a portion of the corrugated coaxial cable, comprising a recessed area; and a locking ferrule, to be inserted into the rearward outer body, comprising a plurality of ridges. At least one of the plurality of ridges is configured for engagement with the corrugated outer conductor. The connector assembly further comprises a foot portion positionable within the recessed area such that upon coupling of the rearward outer body with the locking ferrule, the corrugated outer conductor is locked in position.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS RF LLCInventors: Søren Baldus-Kunze, Nikolaj Slobodziuk
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Patent number: 11881663Abstract: An electrical plug connector for a cable has a compression sleeve and a stop element that is axially adjacent to and connected to the compression sleeve. The compression sleeve has an inner lateral surface thread that is screwable to an outer lateral surface thread of an outer conductor of the cable. The outer conductor is clampable between the compression sleeve and an axial end region of the stop element, and in an assembled state, a longitudinal axis of the compression sleeve, is tilted relative to a longitudinal axis of the stop element; or b) a normal vector of a plane spanned by an edge between an end face and an inner lateral surface of the stop element is rotated by orientation angle (?A) relative to the longitudinal axis of the compression sleeve; or c) the edge has a helical course in a longitudinal axis direction of the plug connector.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Martin Wimmer, Rong Fang, Jonathan Vinke, Josef Krautenbacher, Andreas Wallner
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Patent number: 11545796Abstract: A coaxial cable connector includes a body configured to engage a coaxial cable having a conductive electrical grounding property, a post configured to engage the body and the coaxial cable when the connector is installed on the coaxial cable, a nut configured to engage an interface port at a retention force, and a conductive insert received inside the nut. The conductive insert is configured to increase the retention force between the nut and the interface port so as to provide an electrical ground connection between the interface port and the nut when the nut is in a loosely tightened position on the interface port, and/or the conductive insert is configured to make the electrical ground connection with the interface port before a center conductor of the coaxial cable makes an electrical connection with an internal contact of the interface port when the nut is coupled with the interface port.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Harold Watkins, Richard Maroney, Amos McKinnon, Noah P. Montena
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Patent number: 11517180Abstract: An endoscope includes an insertion portion, a raising base, an operation portion, a long member configured to cause the raising base to operate, a moving mechanism configured to allow the long member to be inserted through an inside, and move in an axial direction along the long member, a fixing tool that is attachable and detachable to and from the moving mechanism, and is configured to fix the moving mechanism and the long member by being attached to the moving mechanism, and an urging member that is disposed to contact the moving mechanism and the fixing tool, is set in a direction to separate the moving mechanism and the fixing tool from each other, is configured to push the moving mechanism by bringing the fixing tool close to the moving mechanism, and has an urging force with a strength that moves the moving mechanism to a predetermined position.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATIONInventor: Hidetada Sueyasu
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Patent number: 11394155Abstract: An F-male port includes a nut with internal threads that are configured to provide a mechanical fit and lock of the F-male port with an F-female port. The F-male port further includes a mating interface having an insert with an angled surface, wherein the mating interface is adaptable to differentials in surfaces of mated F-female ports. The F-male port also includes a nut retainer configured to hold the nut in place, wherein when the nut is torqued down, force is applied to the nut retainer and the nut retainer pulls the front of the insert with it to create a mechanical contact between the F-female port and the insert.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventor: Søren Baldus-Kunze
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Patent number: 11381028Abstract: A coaxial cable connector includes a nut housing having a rearward cable receiving end and a forward end opposite said rearward end, a front nut assembly coupled to the forward end of the nut housing, and a conductive metal tubular insert shaft supported within the nut housing or the front nut assembly. The front nut assembly includes an entry body housing and a conductive terminal pin extending from a forward end of the front nut assembly, and the conductive metal tubular insert shaft has a rearward end portion. A nonconductive plastic tubular support sleeve has a forward end portion coupled with the rearward end portion of the conductive metal tubular insert shaft, a tubular gripping ferrule radially surrounds the metal insert shaft and the plastic support sleeve, and a tubular outer sleeve radially surrounds at least a portion of said gripping ferrule.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Eric J. Purdy, Noah P. Montena
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Patent number: 11192019Abstract: A modular motorized wheel system is provided for replacing a conventional wheel of a conventional skateboard. The wheel is retained on the axle of the skateboard by an end nut removably attachable to the outside end of the axle. The system includes a motor shaft having an axial bore therethrough. The bore is sized to make the motor shaft concentrically and removably mountable on the axle. The motor shaft has an exterior end formed in an open cylindrical shape, the exterior end including an axially displaced shoulder sized to receive and abut the end nut, by which the motor shaft is secured on the axle. Other embodiments are provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2017Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: Unlimited Engineering, SLInventors: Juan P. Viera, Alejandro Veloz, Carlos Kubler
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Patent number: 11075471Abstract: A coaxial cable-connector assembly includes a coaxial cable and a coaxial connector. The coaxial cable includes a central conductor, an outer conductor, a dielectric layer interposed between the central conductor and the outer conductor, and a jacket overlying the outer conductor. The coaxial connector includes: a central conductor extension configured to mate with a mating connector at one end and mated with the central conductor of the coaxial cable at a second opposite end; an outer conductor extension configured to mate with the mating connector at one end attached via a solder joint to the outer conductor of the coaxial cable at a second opposite end; and a dielectric spacer positioned between and separating the central conductor extension and the outer conductor extension, the dielectric spacer further positioned adjacent the solder joint to inhibit solder flow away from the solder joint.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2014Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Ronald A. Vaccaro, Yujun Dai, Jin Liu
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Patent number: 10965070Abstract: A quick demountable high-reliability radio-frequency coaxial connector including a front shell and a rear protective jacket, a cavity of the front shell is internally provided with a front insulator and a central conductor, a first locating hole of a central axial position of the front insulator, the center of the front end of the central conductor is provided with a front protrusion, the front protrusion is arranged towards the first locating hole, a penetration hole is formed in a central part of the axial tail of the central conductor, the axial tail is a necking conical structure, the inner diameter of the outer end of the necking conical structure is smaller than that of an inner conductor of a cable, and meanwhile, the inner diameter of the inner end of the necking conical structure is larger than that of the inner conductor of the cable.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignee: Jiangsu Hengxin Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ke Shi, GuoQiang Xu, YongKun Liu, WenBiao Dong, Kai Zhu, ChongHui Huang
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Patent number: 10892571Abstract: An arrangement for connecting a coaxial cable (500) to a connector, wherein the coaxial cable (500) comprises at least one metal braid layer (506) surrounding inner parts of the cable (500) and an outer insulating layer (508) surrounding said at least one metal braid layer (506); the connector comprises a ferrule (512) to be arranged in electrical contact with said at least one metal braid layer (506) and means (514, 516) for applying a pressure force (522) to the outer insulating layer (508) of the coaxial cable (500) in a position of said electrical contact; and a silicone sleeve (520) is arranged between said means (514, 516) for applying a pressure force (522) and the outer insulating layer (508) of the coaxial cable (500) in a position that, when said inner parts (502, 504) of the cable (500) are inserted within the ferrule (512), said pressure force (522) is applied to the silicone sleeve (508).Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2016Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: TELESTE OYJInventors: Keith Mothersdale, Steve Gribby, Arno Albricht, Nicolas Winandy, Robert Wilkins
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Patent number: 10505294Abstract: A coaxial cable-connector assembly comprising: (a) a coaxial cable; (b) a coaxial connector; (c) a rear body; and (d) a coupling nut. The coaxial cable comprises: an inner conductor; a dielectric layer circumferentially surrounding the inner conductor; an outer conductor circumferentially surrounding the dielectric layer; and a jacket circumferentially surrounding the outer conductor. The coaxial connector comprises: an inner contact electrically connected with the inner conductor; an outer body spaced apart from and circumferentially surrounding the inner contact; and a dielectric spacer interposed between the inner contact and the outer body. The rear body has a main section, a rear collet extending rearwardly from the main section, and a front engagement structure that coordinates with the outer body to engage the outer conductor. The nut has a threaded section and a tapered inner surface.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2018Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventors: Jeffrey D. Paynter, Ronald A. Vaccaro
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Patent number: 10446983Abstract: A grounding member for maintaining a ground path in a cable connector includes, in one embodiment, an inner core configured to flex when a force is applied to the grounding member during operation of the connector. The grounding member further includes an outer conductive coating applied to the inner core. The outer conductive coating is configured to flex from a first state to a second state when a force is applied to the grounding member, so as to maintain a conductive path through the connector when the outer conductive coating flexes between the first and second states during operation of the connector.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Mary Krenceski, Roger Mathews, Noah P. Montena
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Patent number: 10439323Abstract: A high voltage RF connector for coaxial-to-stripline transition is capable of withstanding high voltages and providing impedance matching at RF frequencies. The high voltage RF connector comprises a bulkhead connector adapted to couple a coaxial cable connector. As the bulkhead connector matingly engages the coaxial cable connector, a first air gap forms therebetween, having an impedance determined, at least in part, by a first air gap distance between a first bulkhead connector dielectric insert and a coaxial cable connector dielectric insert. A second air gap also forms between first and second bulkhead connector dielectric inserts, both located within the bulkhead connector. The second air gap has approximately the same air gap distance and shape as the first air gap.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2018Date of Patent: October 8, 2019Assignee: The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventor: Shawn Orion Higgins
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Patent number: 10355395Abstract: A wire with terminal (1) includes a single-core wire (3), a connector terminal (2) and a seal (5). The wire (3) includes one conductor (31) and an insulation coating layer (32) covering the conductor (31). The wire (3) is formed with a conductor portion (310) that is part of the conductor (31) projecting from an end of the insulation coating layer (32). The connector terminal (2) is connected to the conductor portion (310) and arranged in an insertion hole (71) in a case (7). The seal (5) is mounted on an outer periphery of the conductor portion (310) and in the insertion hole (71) and closes a clearance (S1) between the inner periphery of the seal (5) and the outer periphery of the conductor portion (310) and a clearance (S2) between the outer periphery of the sealing member (5) and the inner periphery of the insertion hole (71).Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2018Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Hashimoto, Hiroki Hirai, Kosuke Sone, Toshikazu Saba, Yasuto Takeda
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Patent number: 10305234Abstract: A cable connector comprising a connector body, a compression member operably connected to a second end of the connector body, the compression member including a compression portion having a forward facing surface, wherein the compression portion protrudes from an inner surface of the compression member, wherein, when the compression member is slidably axially compressed within the connector body, the compression portion of the compression member compresses an inner sleeve into crimping engagement with a coaxial cable is provided. An associated method is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2017Date of Patent: May 28, 2019Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventors: Randall A. Holliday, Jimmy Yao
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Patent number: 10197753Abstract: A connector joins the core of at least one optical fiber to the core of another fiber in a manner that is functional and leaktight against the external media, including: a cylindrical body, whose inner portion includes an insert provided with longitudinal through-holes or through-conduits; at least one optical linkage device including a cylindrical ferrule, generally made of ceramic, pierced for the passage of the core of the fiber, and a ferrule holder joined to the end of the associated fiber and providing the mechanical linkage between the ferrule and the insert; and an O-ring seal provided between the ferrule holder and the receiving conduit of the insert. The body of the connector and the insert form a monobloc assembly, either realized as a single piece or realized with the aid of two complementary pieces, fixed to each other in a totally leaktight or hermetic fashion.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: ZODIAC AEROSAFETY SYSTEMSInventor: Yannick Pelletier
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Patent number: 10177466Abstract: The present invention provides a piercing-through structure for a connector, comprising a hollow-core body, a lead, and a receptacle. Wherein a front connection portion is disposed at a front end of the hollow-core body; a plurality of wires extending forward is disposed at a front end of the lead disposed at a rear segment in the hollow-core body; and a plurality of metallic spikes is disposed at a front end of the connector of the receptacle and a connection sleeve movably fits around a front end of the body. So that connecting the hollow-core body and the receptacle together enables the connection sleeve of the receptacle to fit around the front connection portion of the hollow-core body, allowing the metallic spikes to pierce across surfaces of the wires such that, after piercing insulating sheaths of the wires, the metallic spikes come into contact with metallic cores of the wires, so as to achieve electrical connection of the connector of the receptacle and the wires of the hollow-core body.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2017Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: OUTDOOR SOLUTIONS ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Jui Chih Hung, Feng Ching Hsueh
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Patent number: 10164352Abstract: The present invention relates to a bushing for contacting a braid of a line within a connector, the bushing is essentially tapering in an insertion direction in which the bushing is adapted to be inserted into the braid in order to be encompassed thereby. Further, the invention relates to a connector comprising a bushing. In order to provide a bushing which allows for being inserted into the braid in a gentle manner and at the same time allows the braid to be evenly contacted with the bushing for establishing a reliable mechanical and/or electrical connection therewith, the present invention provides that the bushing has a radial elasticity allowing a spring tensioned widening and/or compression of the bushing.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2012Date of Patent: December 25, 2018Assignee: TE Connectivity Nederland BVInventors: Freddy Jean Philip Dendas, Sebastiaan Roger Neerincx, Tekke Drijfhout
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Patent number: 10096955Abstract: A high voltage radio frequency (RF) coaxial cable connector. The high voltage RF coaxial cable connector may withstand high voltages (e.g., above 200 kV) and may provide impedance matching at RF frequencies. The high voltage RF coaxial cable connector may comprise a bulkhead connector and coaxial cable connector, both of which may be adapted to electrically couple a coaxial cable to a bulkhead. As the bulkhead connector matingly engages the coaxial cable connector, a first air gap may form therebetween, having an impedance determined, at least in part, by an air gap distance between the dielectrics inserts of the bulkhead connector and the coaxial cable connector. A second air gap may also be formed between the center conductor plug portion and shield portion of a coaxial cable coupled by the coaxial cable connector. The second air gap may have approximately the same air gap distance as the first air gap.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2017Date of Patent: October 9, 2018Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Secretary of the NavyInventors: Shawn Orion Higgins, Andrew K. Yuenger, Stephen G. Hall
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Patent number: 10027053Abstract: An electrical coaxial connector system includes a plug connector and a receptacle connector. The plug connector has an elastomeric boot disposed on the plug connector having a peripheral sealing lip formed on the peripheral opening of the boot. Upon mating of the plug and receptacle connectors the boot is advanced along a mating direction and installed to a sealing position with a one handed operation and further having additional tactile feedback to indicate complete installation of the sealing boot.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: July 17, 2018Assignee: Molex, LLCInventors: Gino Antonini, John Connolly
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Patent number: 10003140Abstract: A cable connector includes an outer conductor engager, a body, a coupler, a compression sleeve, a radially compressible grounding member, and an end cap. The outer conductor engager is configured to receive an end of a coaxial cable and has an outer circumferential surface defining an annular groove. The body includes an annular ring portion coaxially aligned with the outer conductor engager along an axis, and the annular ring is configured to circumscribe the coaxial cable. The coupler is rotatably mounted relative to the outer conductor engager and the body, and the compression sleeve is disposed at an opposite axial side of the body relative to the coupler. The radially compressible grounding member is configured to establish an electrical grounding path between the outer conductor engager and the coupler, and the end cap has a radial projection slidably retained in the groove.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2016Date of Patent: June 19, 2018Assignee: PPC BROADBAND, INC.Inventor: Harold J. Watkins
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Patent number: 9960507Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) connector pin assembly is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the RF connector pin assembly includes a first dielectric, a second dielectric, and a contact pin positioned in a housing. The contact pin has a first pin section, a second pin section, and an annular collar. Axial movement of the contact pin is limited by the annular collar moving in a gap between the first and second dielectrics. The first pin section is adapted to provide electrical continuity with an external component, for example, a connector, and the second pin section terminates distally in a connection feature, which may be connected to an external structure, for example, a printed circuit board (PCB). The contact pin axially moves, or floats, in response to movement of the connection feature by engagement with the external structure. Multiple housings may be independently removably mounted in a block with independently movable contact pins.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Corning Optical Communications RF LLCInventors: Thomas Edmond Flaherty, IV, Casey Roy Stein
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Patent number: 9960528Abstract: An electrical device includes a housing, a retaining cap, and a sleeve. The housing has a cable port through which a cable is led into the housing. The retaining cap has a passage opening through which the cable is led through the retaining cap. The sleeve has a fixing section resting against a sheath of the cable and an annular face extending radially with respect to the cable. In an assembled state of the electrical device, the retaining cap is joined to the sleeve and fixes the sleeve to the cable port with the passage opening of the retaining cap engaging over the fixing section of the sleeve and an edge surface of the passage opening pressing the fixing section against the sheath of the cable. Further in the assembled state, the retaining cap and the cable port may be connected to one another by a bayonet connector.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: Kostal Kontakt Systeme GmbHInventors: Thomas Drescher, Jiri Keclik, Petr Spunar, Teodor Knobloch
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Patent number: 9735513Abstract: A shielded shell and a shielded connector that prevents a fixing member for fixing a shielding member from interfering with another member such as a grommet. A shielding member such as a braided wire is placed on the outer circumferential surface of a shielded shell and fixed by the fixing member. The outer circumferential surface of the shielded shell is provided with a step portion that increases in diameter from the rear portion, at which a fixing region of the shielding member is positioned, toward a front portion, and is provided with position restriction portions that protrude outward from portions of the outer circumferential surface in the circumferential direction and restrict the position of the front end of the fixing member that is to be attached to the fixing region.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2016Date of Patent: August 15, 2017Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Hirokazu Nakai, Motohiro Ando
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Patent number: 9716345Abstract: A connector including a resilient Radio Frequency (RF) shield circumscribing a central forward body portion of the connector. The resilient shield conforms to the shape of the recessed port upon axial engagement of the coupling device with the recessed port.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2014Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: PPC Broadband, Inc.Inventor: Harold J. Watkins
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Patent number: 9705211Abstract: A male F-type coaxial cable connector including a nut, a body, a post, and a spacer, the spacer for bearing on the nut.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2015Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: PerfectVision Manufacturing, Inc.Inventors: Robert J. Chastain, Charles D. Davidson, Jr.
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Patent number: 9653831Abstract: A float adapter for an electrical connector that includes a conductive shell and an insulator received in the conductive shell. The insulator includes an engagement end, an interface end that is opposite the engagement end, and a reduced diameter middle portion therebetween. The insulator includes an inner bore that extends through the engagement end, the interface end, and the reduced diameter middle portion. The interface end has a lead-in tip portion that extends outside of the first end of the conductive shell. The lead-in tip portion has a tapered outer surface that terminates in an end face surface and a shoulder remote from the end face surface that defines an outer diameter that is larger than the inner diameter of the conductive shell. An inner contact is received in the inner bore of the insulator. The inner contact has socket openings at either end.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2016Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: AMPHENOL CORPORATIONInventors: Michael Andrew Hoyack, Owen Robert Barthelmes
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Patent number: 9570819Abstract: An assembly of mated coaxial connectors includes: a first connector with a first central conductor extension and a first outer conductor extension having a free end portion; and a second connector with a second central conductor extension and a second outer conductor extension having an outer body and an inner body with a gap therebetween. The first central conductor extension engages the second central conductor extension. The free end portion of the first outer conductor extension fits within the gap of the second outer conductor extension, such that the inner body applies radially outward pressure to the first outer conductor extension. At least one of the first outer conductor extension and the second outer conductor extension includes a flex member that deflects during axial engagement of the first and second connectors to apply axial pressure to the other of the first outer conductor extension and the second outer conductor extension.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2015Date of Patent: February 14, 2017Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLCInventor: Ronald A. Vaccaro
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Patent number: 9484645Abstract: A post-less coaxial cable connector includes a body, a shell, a compression ring, and a coupling portion. The shell has a collapsible groove that, when the post-less coaxial cable connector is axially compressed, collapses and engages the coaxial cable. This provides pull strength and electrical communication in the post-less coaxial cable connector. The compression ring has projections, that when the post-less coaxial cable connector is axially compressed, engage the coaxial cable jacket, providing sealing at the back end and rotation torque.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: Corning Optical Communications RF LLCInventor: Michael Ole Matzen
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Patent number: 9484646Abstract: A connector includes, in one embodiment, a body assembly configured to be secured to a prepared end of a coaxial cable. The connector has a coupler assembly connected to the body assembly for connecting the body assembly to an interface port. The connector also has a flexible interlock to facilitate repeated assembly and disassembly of the connector.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: November 1, 2016Assignee: PPC Broadband, Inc.Inventor: Charles E. Thomas
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Patent number: 9413154Abstract: A patch cord including a connector attached to an end of an electrical cable. The connector includes a single-piece attachment member having a management section, a boot, and collar including a retention arrangement. Certain types of retention arrangements include one or more teeth that protrude inwardly from the collar to bite into at least an outer jacket of the electrical cable.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: COMMSCOPE CONNECTIVITY UK LIMITEDInventors: Christopher Taylor, Gordon John White
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Patent number: 9401572Abstract: An electronic device may include an audio jack allowing a peripheral audio output device to be connected to the electronic device by inserting the plug into the jack. The jack may include a receptacle that extends into the housing. A plurality of contacts may be included in the receptacle, arranged along a longitudinal direction of the receptacle. A latch may be installed in the receptacle, at an intermediate location between the proximal end and the distal end of the receptacle, to secure a position of the plug in the receptacle. A detect contact may be positioned at the distal end of the receptacle, separate from the latch. The detect contact may be actuated by the distal end of the tip of the plug to indicate that the plug is fully inserted in the receptacle. Upon actuation of the detect contact, the device may transfer audio output functionality to the peripheral device connected to the device by the plug inserted in the jack.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: Google Inc.Inventors: Warren Jones, Leng Ooi
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Patent number: 9318249Abstract: A mechanical hub is provided. The mechanical hub is attachable to a cable and includes an outer shell and tiles. The outer shell surrounds the cable. The tiles are spaced to surround the circumference of the cable. The tiles may be positioned between the outer shell and the cable such that a translation of the outer shell alters the distance between the tiles and the cable. The mechanical hub may improve signals that are transmitted over segments of a cable that have degraded signal quality.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Sprint Communications Company L.P.Inventors: Sharath Somashekar, Nitesh Manchanda, Sreekar Marupaduga
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Patent number: 9306333Abstract: An electrical connector system includes mating pin and socket connectors each designed for increased contact density to improve performance of high-speed data transfer. The connectors include features for retaining a plurality of pin or socket contacts in a ganged, co-aligned configuration and for shielding groups of contacts from one another to reduce interference and crosstalk. The connectors further include features for providing strain relief to the internal wires and/or cables. The electrical connectors further include an electrically conductive grounding contact to latch various internal components of the electrical connector together for improved mechanical connection and shielding properties.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2014Date of Patent: April 5, 2016Assignee: Carlisle Interconnect Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Phong Dang
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Patent number: 9246275Abstract: A coaxial connector with an F female end shield is configured to restrict RF ingress.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2015Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Holland Electronics, LLCInventors: Michael Holland, George Goebel, Reed Gibson
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Patent number: 9225083Abstract: A coaxial cable connector includes, in one embodiment, a conductive body member, a post member, a conductive nut member and a conductive metal ring grounding member. The conductive metal ring grounding member is configured to maintain electrical grounding.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2014Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: PPC Broadband, Inc.Inventors: Mary Krenceski, Roger Mathews, Noah P. Montena
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Patent number: 9188569Abstract: A fitting assembly is provided having a nut and a self-releasing ferrule, which in certain embodiments may be assembled by an operator. The nut and ferrule of the fitting assembly have passageways therethrough for receiving and removably holding tubing.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2011Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: IDEX Health & Science LLCInventor: Craig W. Graham
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Patent number: 9178317Abstract: A coaxial connector with an F female waveguide is configured to limit exchange of certain RF signals.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: Holland Electronics, LLCInventor: Michael Holland
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Patent number: 9172157Abstract: A post-less coaxial cable connector comprising coupler, a formable outer conductor, body, and actuating insert. The coupler is adapted to attach the coaxial cable connector to a terminal. The outer conductor positions in and rotatably retains the coupler. Body attaches to the outer conductor and positions about the coupler. Actuating insert is movably positionable within the body and is configured to advance toward the coupler and urge the outer conductor of the coaxial cable connector radially inwardly to form the outer conductor about outer conductor of coaxial cable. In this manner, the coaxial cable connector is configured to attach to a coaxial cable other than by using a post.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: Corning Optical Communications RF LLCInventor: Donald Andrew Burris
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Patent number: 9160096Abstract: A connector assembly includes a shell, an insulator held by the shell and a center contact held by the insulator. The center contact has a terminating segment. The connector assembly also includes a compound dielectric surrounding the terminating segment. The compound dielectric is positioned between the terminating segment and the shell. The compound dielectric includes a first dielectric layer that at least partially surrounds the center contact. The compound dielectric also includes a second dielectric layer at least partially surrounding the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer has a different dielectric constant than the dielectric constant of the first layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventor: Stephen T. Morley
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Patent number: 9124010Abstract: A coaxial cable connector including a connector body having a forward end, a rearward end, and a hollow cavity adjacent the forward end, the hollow cavity having an inward facing lip, a first insulator configured to fit within the hollow cavity in such a way that the inward facing lip resists removal of the first insulator from the hollow cavity, the first insulator having a central hole, a center conductor contact having a socket end and a pin end, the socket end located within the connector body toward the rearward end, the pin end passing through the central hole of the first insulator, a spring contact configured to fit into the socket end of the center conductor contact, and a second insulator having a central passageway, the second insulator having a first end and a second end, the first end adjacent the socket end of the center conductor contact.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2012Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: PPC Broadband, Inc.Inventors: Kim Lundgren Eriksen, Christian Stoltze
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Patent number: 9039446Abstract: A coaxial cable connector for coupling a coaxial cable to an electrical device includes a body, a threaded fitting, and an alignment mechanism carried and compressed between the body and the fitting so as to exert an axial force against the fitting to maintain electrical contact between the fitting and the body. The body of the connector includes an outer barrel formed with an inner compression band, and a compression collar carried on the outer barrel and formed with an inner compression band. In response to compression of the connector by a compression tool, the inner and outer compression bands deform and move from an uncompressed condition to a compressed condition crimped onto the coaxial cable so as to securely apply the connector to the coaxial cable.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2013Date of Patent: May 26, 2015Assignee: PCT International, Inc.Inventor: Timothy L. Youtsey
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Publication number: 20150118901Abstract: A gripping member for a coaxial cable connector is disclosed. The gripping member has a front end and a rear end opposite the front end, and an outer surface and an inner surface defining a longitudinal hole extending between the front end and the rear end. A first portion of the gripping member terminates at the front end. A second portion of the gripping member terminates at the rear end and includes at least one notch which extends from the inner surface of second portion to a certain depth from inner surface. The gripping member is configured to be forced under a body of a coaxial cable connector when driven axially forward by a shell of a coaxial cable connector to secure a coaxial cable to the connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: Corning Gilbert Inc.Inventor: Donald Andrew Burris
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Publication number: 20150079840Abstract: A connector is provided for attachment to a coaxial cable. The connector includes, in one embodiment, a connector body and a locking sleeve. The locking sleeve is configured to be moved between an attached and a detached state. In each such state, the locking sleeve is configured to receive the end of the cable. In one position, the locking sleeve is configured to lock the end of the cable to the connector body.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Julio F. Rodrigues, Salvåtore J. Abbruzzese, Brian S. Welborn
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Patent number: 8944846Abstract: An electrical signal connector for connecting a coaxial cable to a mating connector is disclosed to include a locknut, a metal central tube inserted through the locknut and defining a stop flange at one end, a barbed retaining portion at an opposite end, a locating groove around the periphery between the stop flange and barbed retaining portion and an annular bearing surface portion extending around the periphery between the stop flange and the locating groove, a chuck unit including a collar, which is press-fitted onto the annular bearing surface portion of the metal central tube and having longitudinal clamping strips suspending around the barbed retaining portion of the metal central tube, and a constraint shell surrounding the collar, and an actuation sleeve mounted within the constraint shell around the collar and manually axially movable relative to the chuck unit between two positions to compress or release the longitudinal clamping strips.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2013Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Inventor: Chung-Yu Lee
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Patent number: 8894440Abstract: A connector is provided for terminating coaxial cable. The connector includes a connector body having a cable receiving end and an opposed connection end. A locking sleeve is provided in detachable, re-attachable snap engagement with the insertion end of the connector body for securing the cable in the connector body. The cable may be terminated to the connector by inserting the cable into the locking sleeve or the locking sleeve may be detachably removed from the connector body and the cable inserted directly into the cable body with the locking sleeve detached subsequently.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2013Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: PPC Broadband, Inc.Inventors: Julio F. Rodrigues, Salvatore J. Abbruzzese, Brian S. Welborn
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Patent number: 8894434Abstract: A solar plug connection for photovoltaic systems, having a contact housing and a terminal housing. The terminal housing can be connected to the contact housing and is used to receive at least one solar cable which can be freely assembled and which includes a conductor. The contact housing is equipped with a contact pin for contacting the conductor of a cable to be connected. The contact housing is equipped with a thread that interacts with a thread provided on the terminal housing in order to introduce the contact pin into the conductor of the cable from the front in a defined manner when screwing together the contact housing and the terminal housing.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Juergen Feye-Hohmann
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Patent number: 8887379Abstract: A coaxial connector for interconnection with a coaxial cable with a solid outer conductor by friction welding is provided with a monolithic connector body with a bore dimensioned for an interference fit with an outer diameter of the outer conductor. A friction groove may be formed around the leading end of the outer conductor by application of a friction weld support against the inner diameter and leading end of the outer conductor. The friction groove may include a material chamber formed between a radial friction protrusion of the bore and a bottom of the friction groove. The friction weld support may be provided with ceramic surfaces contacting the outer conductor, a stop shoulder dimensioned to abut a cable end of the bore and/or an elastic insert seated within an inner conductor bore.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2013Date of Patent: November 18, 2014Assignee: Andrew LLCInventors: Kendrick Van Swearingen, Ronald Alan Vaccaro, James P Fleming
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Patent number: 8876553Abstract: An aluminum tube coaxial cable connector for CATV applications is disclosed to include a tubular screw member having locating notches at the rear end, a T-shaped insulative stopper and an insulative insert mounted in the tubular screw member to hold a conducting core, an inner tube having lugs protruded from a front rim thereof and engaged into the locating notches of the tubular screw member to prohibit relative rotation between the tubular screw member and the inner tube, a packing component set mounted around the inner tube, and a casing threaded onto the tubular screw member to compress the packing component set and to further lock an inserted aluminum tube coaxial cable to the aluminum tube coaxial cable connector.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2012Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Inventor: Yueh-Chiung Lu