Electromagnetic Or Electrostatic Shield Patents (Class 439/607.01)
  • Patent number: 9270059
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for terminating a cable having a cable shield. The electrical connector includes an electrical contact configured to be terminated to an end of a wire of the cable, and a housing having a body that extends from a mating end to a cable end. The housing includes a connector shield. The electrical contact is held by the housing. The cable end includes a cable channel that is configured to hold an end segment of the cable therein such that the cable shield is electrically engaged with the connector shield. An electromagnetic interference (EMI) absorber is held within the cable channel such that the EMI absorber is configured to extend around the cable shield along at least a portion of a length of the cable channel. The EMI absorber is configured to absorb EMI emitted from the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Steven David Dunwoody, Richard James Long
  • Patent number: 9263833
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a base seat, a plurality of contacts fixed in the base seat and a shielding shell surrounding the base seat. The shielding shell defines a body portion retained in the base seat, a rear wall attached the rear face of the base seat, a pair of first soldering portions extending outside of the body portion and a pair of second soldering portions bending from the rear wall. The first soldering portion and the corresponding second soldering portion are adjacent to each other to form a same soldering position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Pi Cheng, Kuo-Chun Hsu
  • Patent number: 9263301
    Abstract: A semiconductor die has first and second discrete semiconductor components mounted over a plurality of wettable contact pads formed on a carrier. Conductive pillars are formed over the wettable contact pads. A semiconductor die is mounted to the conductive pillars over the first discrete components. The conductive pillars provide vertical stand-off of the semiconductor die as headroom for the first discrete components. The second discrete components are disposed outside a footprint of the semiconductor die. Conductive TSV can be formed through the semiconductor die. An encapsulant is deposited over the semiconductor die and first and second discrete components. The wettable contact pads reduce die and discrete component shifting during encapsulation. A portion of a back surface of the semiconductor die is removed to reduce package thickness. An interconnect structure is formed over the encapsulant and semiconductor die. Third discrete semiconductor components can be mounted over the semiconductor die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: STARS ChipPAC, Ltd.
    Inventors: Reza A. Pagaila, Yaojian Lin, Jun Mo Koo
  • Patent number: 9252547
    Abstract: A universal serial bus connector includes an insulating housing, a tongue board assembly disposed to a front of the insulating housing, a plurality of first and second conductive terminals, and a shielding shell. Each of the first conductive terminals has a base strip, a fastening strip, a contact portion and a soldering strip. The fastening strips are integrally molded to the tongue board assembly with contact portions thereof projecting under a bottom of the tongue board assembly. Each of the second conductive terminals has a touching portion and a soldering slice. Each of the soldering slices is soldered to a top surface of a portion of one of the first conductive terminals facing to a bottom surface of the soldering slice. The second conductive terminals are integrally molded to the tongue board assembly with the touching portions thereof projecting beyond a top of the tongue board assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dao Rui Sun, Gao Hua Du
  • Patent number: 9240647
    Abstract: The invention provides a connector including a body, first, second, third, and fourth terminals, and first and second connection objects. The body includes a first recess including a first bottom and a first side wall, and a second recess including a second bottom and a second side wall. The first terminal includes a first connecting portion provided in or on the first bottom, or with clearance from the first bottom. The second terminal includes a second connecting portion provided in or on the first side wall. The third terminal includes a third connecting portion provided in or on the second bottom, or with clearance from the second bottom. The fourth terminal includes a fourth connecting portion provided in or on the second side wall. The first connection object is connected to the first and second connecting portions. The second connection object is connected to the third and fourth connecting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: HOSIDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaya Isoda
  • Patent number: 9231356
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a body having a tongue, a row of first terminals insert-molded in the body, a depressed slot, and a positioning slot. The tongue includes a first surface having multiple receiving slots. Each first terminal has a contact portion accommodated in the receiving slot and exposed from the first surface. The first terminals include a pair of differential signal terminals and multiple non-high-speed terminals. The depressed slot is depressed from the first surface, located between contact portions of two differential signal terminals, and in communication with two adjacent receiving slots. The positioning slot is depressed from the first surface, located between contact portions of two adjacent non-high-speed terminals, or of adjacent non-high-speed terminal and differential signal terminal, and in communication with two adjacent receiving slots. The length of the positioning slot is less than the length of the depressed slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ted Ju, Wen Wei Lin, Li Ming Zhang, Chin Chi Lin
  • Patent number: 9153920
    Abstract: A dual orientation plug connector having a tab portion with first and second opposing exterior surfaces that are substantially identical, parallel and opposite each other. Each exterior surface may have a plurality of electrical contacts. A substantially u-shaped metallic band surrounds a portion of the periphery of the plug connector. A contact assembly having an upper contact carrier, intermediate conductive plate and lower contact carrier may be disposed within the tab portion of the plug connector. A circuit assembly may be disposed within a body portion of the plug connector and electrically coupled to the plurality of electrical contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ibuki Kamei, Albert J. Golko, Eric S. Jol, Eric T. SooHoo
  • Patent number: 9136646
    Abstract: A connector is selectably mateable with a first mating connector and a second mating connector. The first mating connector has a first interface and two lock portions. The second mating connector has a second interface. The connector comprises a shell. The shell has a standard portion, a modified portion and two coupling portions. The standard portion corresponds to both the first interface and the second interface. The modified portion and the coupling portions correspond not to the first interface but to the second interface. The modified portion is apart from the standard portion in an up-down direction. The coupling portion couples the standard portion and the modified portion. The shell is formed with two lock holes. The lock hole extends from the standard portion to the coupling portion. The lock holes receive the lock portions when the connector is mated with the first mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Takeharu Naito, Yoshifumi Kubota, Toshio Masumoto
  • Patent number: 9124008
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a shell having a mating end and a termination end. The shell has a securing feature configured to secure the shell to a mating connector. The shell has a cavity that extends between the mating end and the termination end. A terminal subassembly includes a dielectric insert that is configured to be held within the cavity of the shell. The dielectric insert is configured to hold terminals such that mating interfaces of the terminals are configured to mate with corresponding terminals of the mating connector and such that termination interfaces of the terminals are configured to be terminated to a cable. The dielectric insert is a modular insert that is configured to hold the terminals when the termination interfaces are flat interfaces and is also configured to hold the terminals when the termination interfaces are crimp interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mohamed Hussein Higgy, Kevin Matthew Hogan, Robert John Mills, III, Michael John Spicer, David Lehman Miller
  • Patent number: 9124045
    Abstract: Preparation is made of first and second contact assemblies in each of which ends of a plurality of contacts are respectively coupled to a plurality of coupling portions of a carrier. The coupling portions of at least one of the first and second contact assemblies are bent so as to offset the contacts in a thickness direction of the carrier. Then, the first and second contact assemblies are combined together in a state where the carriers overlap each other and the contacts are aligned with and spaced apart from each other in the same plane. After integrating the contacts, the coupling portions are cut off. Then, the integrated contacts are collectively inserted into a shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Masayuki Shiratori, Shuichi Aihara, Masayuki Katayanagi, Osamu Hashiguchi
  • Patent number: 9124059
    Abstract: A Mini DisplayPort connector receptacle including an insulator, a plurality of contacts and a metal shell surrounding the insulator. The insulator includes a first insulator and a second insulator with a base portion, a positioning portion, and a tongue plate. The tongue plate defines first contact locations on a top side of the tongue plate and second contact locations on a bottom side of the tongue plate. The contacts include upper contacts at the corresponding first contact location and lower contacts at the corresponding second contact location. The connection portions of the lower contacts are held by the base portion and insert-molded in the base portion, and the partial soldering portions of the lower contacts are held by the positioning portion and insert-molded in the positioning portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Fei-Wu Dong, Wei Wan, Shu-Lin Duan, Ching-Tien Chen
  • Patent number: 9112296
    Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (2), a number of contacts (3) retained in the insulative housing, a metal shield (4) covering the insulative housing for defining a receiving space, an insulative cover (5) insert-molded outside of the metal shield, and a metal frame (6) retained in the insulative cover. The metal frame includes a transverse arm (61) and a pair of vertical arms (62) extending downwardly from two distal ends of the transverse arm for reinforcing the metal shield from three sides of the metal shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei-De Zhang
  • Patent number: 9106016
    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: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Lam, Adam Rodriguez, Jeffrey Hayashida, Kenneth Ryan Loo, Aaron Leiba, Daniel Fourie
  • Patent number: 9099819
    Abstract: An electrical connector for electrically connecting a CPU with a PCB includes a frame, a plurality of base units assembled onto the frame and a plurality of contacts retained in the base units. The base units extend in a longitudinal direction and are assembled side by side in a transverse direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. Each of the base units includes an insulating housing and a shielding member embedded within the insulating housing. The shielding member includes a first portion extending in the longitudinal direction and multiple second portions extending in a direction intersecting with the longitudinal direction, the second portions together with the first portion define multiple chambers. The contacts are located in the chambers defined by the shielding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tzu-Yao Hwang, Yen-Chih Chang, Ke-Hao Chen, Wei-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 9095996
    Abstract: A plurality of contacts are arranged in a first direction along a side wall of a housing. The housing has a plurality of ribs projecting in a second direction from the side wall and interposed between the contacts, respectively. Each rib has a tapered portion adjacent to the side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Masafumi Okada, Hiroshi Akimoto
  • Patent number: 9059543
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly (100) comprises an insulative housing, a number of contacts (2) received in the insulative housing, a printed circuit board (3) electrically connected with the contacts, a metallic shell (4) enclosing the insulative housing, and a cable. The contacts have signal contacts and grounding contacts. The printed circuit board defines a number of first conductive pads soldering with the contacts and a number of second conductive pads. The cable is soldering with the second conductive pads of the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board also has at least one third conductive pad (33) electrically connected with the grounding contact, and the metallic shell has at least one extension portion (423) connected with the third conductive pad. The extension portion is curved and extends into a U-shaped receiving portion (422) of the metallic shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiang-Hong Wu, Qing-Man Zhu, Chien-Chiung Wang
  • Patent number: 9054439
    Abstract: Devices having embedded structural features that permit assembly of such devices in a manner that design efficiencies and packaging efficiencies can be accomplished satisfactorily and substantially without mutual exclusivity. In one aspect, structure(s) associated with a functionality of user equipment can be leveraged in order to couple a front housing of the user equipment with a rear housing thereof. In another aspect, leveraging such structure can permit assembly of the user equipment in a manner that provides a seamless appearance of the user equipment and mechanical reliability and/or versatility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Marc Rene Walliser
  • Patent number: 9048561
    Abstract: A waterproof structure for a connector includes a housing, a shield wire, a shield terminal, a first packing, and a second packing. The housing has a tubular housing part. The shield wire passes through the inside of the tubular housing part and extends from the housing. The shield terminal has a first section, a second section and a third section. The first section and the second section get into the tubular housing part such that the shield wire passes through the inside of the shield terminal, the first section joints with a braided shield wire of the shield wire, and the third section protrudes from the tubular housing part. The first packing seals a gap between the second section of the shield terminal and the tubular housing part. The second packing seals a gap between the shield wire and the third section of the shield terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Koichi Nakamura, Yuji Arita, Toru Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9039426
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes at least one body, a frame having at least one accommodating area for accommodating the body, a supporting cover, multiple signal terminals, and at least one grounding terminal. The body has an upper surface and a lower surface which are both smooth planes, multiple signal receiving slots and at least one grounding receiving slot. A conducting layer is disposed at the upper surface and extends to the grounding receiving slot. The upper surface has an isolation area at a position adjacent to the periphery of each signal receiving slot. The isolation area does not have the conducting layer. The supporting cover is assembled to the frame, covers the body, and used for supporting the chip module disposed on the supporting cover. The terminals are respectively received in the receiving slots, and passing through the supporting cover to be electrically connected to the chip module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: LOTES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Quan Wu, Martinson Robert Ronald
  • Patent number: 9039447
    Abstract: A lance which protrudes from the outside surface of a terminal body to prevent falling out of a cavity of a connector housing includes a lance body of an inclined plate shape whose protruding length from the outer surface of the terminal body towards the outside gradually increases from the front end side of the terminal body to the back end side, and a shielding plate which extends from the back end edge of the lance body towards the outer surface of the terminal body so that an opening which opens towards a terminal back end is not formed between the back end edge of the lance body and the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Aoki, Osamu Oshita
  • Publication number: 20150140862
    Abstract: Actuation systems and lithographic apparatus which address the issue of uncontrolled return of common mode currents are provided. In an embodiment such systems aim to prevent the occurrence of corona and discharge between high voltage electric cables in low pressure environments. An exemplary actuation system includes an actuator module, a power source and power transmission cables. The actuator module includes an electrical motor and a first plurality of shielded cables configured to connect to the electrical motor at one end. The actuator module is located in a low pressure environment and each shield of the first plurality of cables is grounded. The transmission cables electrically connect the first plurality of cables with power supply, and include an extra cable configured to connect each shield of the first plurality of cables with the first extra cable, via a choke so as to provide a return path for common-mode currents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: ASML Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Wilhelmus DAMEN, Martinus Jacobus COENEN, Hermannus Antonius LANGELER
  • Patent number: 9035189
    Abstract: A circuit board comprising a circuit carrier, a cover layer composed of a nonconductive material, comprising an organic substance, arranged on the circuit carrier, a first metallization layer at least partly arranged on the cover layer, wherein the first metallization layer has a flexible region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: EPCOS AC
    Inventors: Wolfgang Pahl, Hans Krueger, Peter Demmer
  • Publication number: 20150132985
    Abstract: A shield and locking type board to board connector functioning to connect a first board and a second board to each other, the connector including: a first connector unit having both a first base and a first terminal; a second connector unit having a second base and a second terminal; two shield members each having a shell shape, the shield members respectively provided on front and rear bases facing the second base such that the shield members arrest EMI (electromagnetic interference) noise; and a locking member provided in the second connector unit so as to prevent the first connector unit from being removed outward by an outward movement thereof after the first connector unit is combined with the second connector unit in a close contact state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: UJU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Suk-Jin CHOI, Guen-O LEE
  • Publication number: 20150132984
    Abstract: A mobile OTP system providing system is provided, in that it performs security token and OTP management functions, it generates an OTP having high security level in hardware by using a mobile OTP device for performing a security data storage function of encoding and decoding data during data storage, and it generates OTPs necessary for a plurality of services by using one mobile OTP device, thereby safely and easily utilizing it by means of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: SAFERZONE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chul Su KIM, Won Jang SON
  • Publication number: 20150126065
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (600) comprising a shielding housing (20) and a socket (40), and a buckle (60) assembled to the shielding housing. The shielding housing has a horizontal passage (22) and an entrance (220) backwardly communicating the passage and forwardly opening for receiving a plug (80). The socket is used for mating with a front end of a plug inserted therein. The buckle has a front latch (62) movable between an open position where a plug inside the shielding housing is permitted to be pulled out and a closed position where the front latch blocks the entrance of the shielding housing so that a plug inside the shielding housing is blocked from being pulled out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YUAN-CHIEH LIN, JUN-BIN HUANG, GANG PAUL CHEN, WEI NONG CHOU, TERRANCE F. LITTLE, JIE ZHENG, AN-JEN YANG, JIM ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20150118906
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector for electrically connecting with a mating plug connector is disclosed. The electrical receptacle connector comprises an enclosure which has an upper wall and a lower wall at least one of which comprises a spring clip. The spring clip defines at its end an engaging head bending towards inside of the enclosure, and a bending angle of the engaging head is made to be greater than or equal to a certain threshold so that when said electrical receptacle connector connects with said plug connector, the spring clip and a metal area around a receiving member where the engaging head is received on the mating plug connector contact with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventor: Chang-Cheng Hsieh
  • Publication number: 20150111426
    Abstract: Contact protection system for power busbars having planar contact protection modules which each comprise holding feet for engaging behind the power busbars and latching elements for mutually latching with adjacent contact protection module, wherein the contact protection modules comprise for each power busbar a terminal-receiving region for receiving connecting terminals which are provided for electrically contacting the respective power busbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Alex Buettner, Philipp STEINBERGER, Joram MASEL, Frank LEISTNER
  • Publication number: 20150111427
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a first insulative housing (21), a number of first contacts (22) retained in the first insulative housing, and a metallic shell shielding on the first insulative housing. Each first contact comprises a main portion, a contacting section (2211) in front of the base portion, and a soldering section (2201) behind the base portion. Each first contact has a first sub-contact (220) and a second sub-contact (221) stacked with each other. The first sub-contact (220) comprises a first main section (2202) and the soldering section, the second sub-contact (221) comprises a second main section (2210) and the contacting section, the first main section is superimposed on the second main section to form the main portion, and the main portion of the first contact has a larger thickness than the contacting section and the soldering section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: JERRY WU, JUN CHEN, FAN-BO MENG
  • Publication number: 20150111425
    Abstract: An electrical connector plug having resilient contact terminals electrically connects to an electrical connector socket with a casing and two groups of engaging terminals mounted on or in the casing. The electrical connector plug has an electrically conductive housing. A coupling device extends in a longitudinal direction and has a base portion. Two groups of resilient contact terminals are mounted in the coupling device axially symmetrically arranged with each other in the longitudinal direction, each of which has a flat section and an upwardly protruding contact section. A metallic shield frame is electrically connected to and secured to the electrically conductive housing, having a frame section, a front section, and two lateral protective sections. An electrically conductive section extends from the frame section towards the front section for electrical connection to the casing of the electrical connector socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ya-Fen Kao, Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Wen-Yu Wang, Wen-Hsien Tsai
  • Patent number: 9004941
    Abstract: A receptacle connector, a plug connector and an electrical connector assembly, the receptacle connector comprises a housing, a cage, a separation unit, a plurality of receptacle terminals, and a plurality of receptacle power terminals. The housing comprises a first tongue plate and a second tongue plate which are arranged transversely at an interval. The cage is installed to the housing and surrounds the first tongue plate and the second tongue plate to define a mating space. The separation unit extends into the mating space to separate the mating space into an HDMI receptacle portion and a power receptacle portion which are arranged transversely. The receptacle terminal is provided to the first tongue plate for transmitting a signal conforming to a HDMI transmission specification. The power terminal is provided to the second tongue plate for transmitting power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Xi Jia Wang, Yih Ping Chua
  • Publication number: 20150093935
    Abstract: The invention relates to an insulation body that can be inserted into a housing (11) of a plug-in connector (10), which is formed from a connecting portion (2) and a contacting portion (3), wherein in the contacting portion (3), contacting means (4) are provided and the connecting portion (2) is provided with recesses (5), in which individual conductors of a multi-core cable can be clamped, wherein the connecting portion (2) and the contacting portion (3) can be joined together, so that the individual conductors of the multi-core cable can be electrically contacted by means of the individual contacting means (4). According to the invention, the connecting portion (2) includes means that orientate the individual conductors along the recesses (5) of the connecting portion (2) in such a way that each of the conductors is pushed into the respective recesses and the direction of the conductor changes along the recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: Harting Electronics GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Jaschke, Melanie Genau
  • Publication number: 20150093934
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical connector having an electrically insulating contact carrier and at least one electrically conductive contact element which is provided with an impedance equalisation element. In particular, the present invention relates to an electrical connector which has defined impedance properties, both with and without shielding. In order to adjust the impedance of the connector (100) in at least a portion of the region in which the at least one contact element (104) is arranged, at least one impedance equalisation element (112) is provided on the contact carrier (102) and integrated therewith, wherein the impedance equalisation element (112) has an electrically conductive, substantially planar structure, which is arranged with respect to the at least one contact element (104) with a predetermined spacing which is dependent on the impedance value to be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Inventors: Gregor Karrasch, Daniel Volkmann
  • Publication number: 20150087186
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing and a cover shielding the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a top wall, a pair of side walls and a plug-receiving cavity formed thereby. Each contact includes a resilient contacting portion extending into the plug-receiving cavity. The cover includes a top plate covering the top wall and a pair of side plates respectively covering the pair of side walls. Each side plate includes an engaging arm extending inwardly therefrom. The insulative housing defines a pair of cutouts formed at boundaries of the top wall and the pair of side walls. The pair of engaging arms extend into the plug-receiving cavity through the pair of cutouts, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: ALLTOP ELECTRONCS (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wang-I YU, Hung-Chi TAI, Chun-Hsien WU, Siu-Mien YANG
  • Publication number: 20150087185
    Abstract: An accessory connector generally includes a plurality of metal conductive terminals, which is arranged not to contact each other so as to form individual pins; a first insertion port, which is formed at one end of the accessory connector; and a second insertion port, which is formed at an opposite end of the accessory connector and is in electrical connection with the first insertion port. The first and second insertion ports can be respectively in a plug form or a socket form. When it is desired to make a conversion into a different type of insertion port, the conversion can be achieved through electrical connection of the first insertion port to the second insertion port via the metal conductive terminals so as to achieve the purpose of conversion of connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: KUANG YING COMPUTER EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: CHUN-TE CHANG, HSUAN-HO CHUNG, YU-HUNG LIN, YI-HUNG YU
  • Patent number: 8978663
    Abstract: A charger package apparatus for use with electronic cigarette components, which include truncated components and elongated components that have an electrical coupling connected to a rechargeable power source. The apparatus includes a compact box enclosure with an access opening, and with plural compartments formed indies, which receive electronic cigarette components, and where are least one of the compartment is an elongated compartment. The box also includes a battery compartment with a battery contact for engaging a replaceable battery, and a charge circuit coupled to receive power from the battery contact. A charge contact assembly is coupled to the charge circuit and aligned with the elongated compartment to engage the electrical coupling of an elongated component, which can then transfer power to its rechargeable power source. Also, a lid is selectively engaged with the access opening to close the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Inventor: Kyle D. Newton
  • Publication number: 20150072559
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a mating tongue defining opposite upper and lower long mating faces and a side mating face, and a plurality of first contacts retained in the mating tongue. The mating tongue retains a first outer contact and a first inner contact therein, the first inner contact defines a contacting portion exposed upon the side mating face, and the first outer contact defines two bending portions respectively exposed upon the upper and lower long mating faces and a first connecting portion connecting with the two bending portions, the first inner contact is disposed among the two bending portions and the first connecting portion to be surrounded on three sides by the first outer contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: QIU QIAN, JIAN-KUANG ZHU, CHUN-SHENG LI
  • Patent number: 8974248
    Abstract: A universal serial bus connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of first terminals, a plurality of second terminals, an insulating cover, a terminal module and a shielding shell surrounding the insulating housing, the insulating cover and the terminal module. The insulating housing includes a first base body which defines a first holding groove and a second base body which defines a second holding groove. The first terminals and the second terminals are disposed to the first base body. The insulating cover has a main body received in the first holding groove. The terminal module includes an insulating base and a plurality of third terminals integrally molded to the insulating base. The insulating base has a tongue portion received in the second holding groove, and a second supporting portion. A rear surface of the second supporting portion is flush with a rear surface of the first base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rong-Qin Lan, Ping-Chih Chen, Yin-Lung Wu
  • Publication number: 20150056867
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a micro ethernet connector includes an outer housing that has a recessed front end and a back end. The micro ethernet connector further includes an inner housing that is disposed within the recessed front end of the outer housing. The inner housing has an exposed end. The exposed end includes a recessed channel. The volume of the recessed channel is substantially equal to the volume of a correspondingly shaped protruding printed circuit board of a male micro ethernet connector. A plurality of spring-biased connectors are disposed within the recessed channel of the inner housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Peter Siltex Yuen
  • Publication number: 20150056855
    Abstract: An electrical connector, including an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive contacts received in the insulative housing and a metallic shell covering the insulative housing, the shell has a top wall, a bottom wall, a left and a right sidewalls connecting the top wall and the bottom wall, and a rear wall. The rear wall has a first part bent from a rear edge of the left sidewall and extending toward the right sidewall and a second part bent from a rear edge of the right sidewall and extending toward the left sidewall. Both the first and the second parts have a mounting leg extending downwardly, and the right and the left sidewalls have retaining legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: CHUN-MING YU, JI-CHAO WANG, GUO-HUA ZHANG, QI-SHENG ZHENG, YI BU
  • Patent number: 8961195
    Abstract: A cable assembly comprises an insulative, a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing and a cable extending beyond the insulative housing and electrically connecting with the contacts. The insulative housing has a first mating port, a second mating port and a third mating port located on two opposite sides of the first mating port, respectively. These three ports are insulated with each other. The contacts include a first contact extending into the first mating port, a power contacts extending into the second mating port and a grounding contact extending into the third mating port, by this arrangement, the cable assembly can obtain a well signal transmission quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jerry Wu
  • Publication number: 20150050835
    Abstract: An electrical connector, belonging to one of electrical connector series of different height specifications, is used for being fixed to a circuit board. The electrical connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of terminals, a shielding case disposed on the insulating body and having at least one fixing pin, and an abutting portion. Each terminal has a base fixed in the insulating body, an elastic portion bent and extending from one end of the base, a contact portion protruding from the elastic portion, and a soldering portion bent and extending from a side edge of the other end of the base. The abutting portion is formed on the soldering portion or the fixing pin by blanking. The abutting portion presses against the circuit board, and a height difference between the insulating body and the circuit board is adjustable by adjusting the height of the abutting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Applicant: Lotes Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ted Ju
  • Publication number: 20150050836
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes an insulative housing (1) defining a cavity (1150), a number of contacts (2,3) retained in the insulative housing, a cable (6) electrically connected with the contacts, a spacer (4) assembled to the back end of the insulative housing, and a metallic shell (5) enclosing the insulative housing. The contacts comprise a number of first and second contacts each having a contacting portion and a tail portion, the tail portions extending beyond a back end of the insulative housing. The spacer has a plurality of grooves (42,43) for receiving tail portions of the contacts and a separator disposed between every two neighboring grooves. The separator is T-shaped in order to restrain the contact tail portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: JERRY WU, JUN CHEN, ZHAN-FENG SONG
  • Patent number: 8951065
    Abstract: A first conductive path and a battery are connected via a junction block that is provided to the battery. The junction block is provided with a second conductive path. The second conductive path is arranged at an upper side of a floor which is to be an interior side of a panel member. The first conductive path and the second conductive path are electrically connected in the vicinity of a through-hole of the panel member. A part of the first conductive path is inserted into the through-hole and then the first conductive path is connected to the second conductive path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Syunya Tsuge, Hajime Kato
  • Patent number: 8944848
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing and including a grounding contact and a first pair of differential signal contacts. The first pair of differential signal contacts have a first signal contact and a second signal contact closing to the grounding contact. Each contact has a contacting portion, a soldering portion, a position portion and a connecting portion. A first distance is defined between a center line of the grounding contact and an inner side edge of the connecting portion of the second signal contact, a second distance is defined between the center line and an inner side edge of the soldering portion, and a third distance is defined between the center line and the position portion, the second distance and the third distance are both smaller than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Ming Yu, Ji-Chao Wang, Guo-Hua Zhang, Chien-Ping Kao, Xiao-Qin Zheng
  • Publication number: 20150024630
    Abstract: Provided is a connector free from such inadvertent withdrawal or slip-out of the shell from the main body during insertion or drawing-out of the connection object. The connector includes a contact to be electrically connected to a connection object, a main body holding the contact, and a shell covering the main body. The main body includes a first end portion on a side to which the connection object is connected, a second end portion opposite to the first end portion, and a groove formed along a direction orthogonal to a connecting direction of the connection object; and the shell includes a projecting portion which projects to an inner side of the shell for engaging within the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Toshiharu Miyoshi
  • Publication number: 20150024629
    Abstract: A shielded electrical header assembly is provided. The header is configured to be coupled to a first connector connected to a shielded electrical cable and second connector. The header is also configured to be attached to an electrically conductive panel, such as an aluminum battery pack in a hybrid or electric vehicle. The header includes a conductive shield contact that connects the outer conductor of the shielded cable to the panel and a conductive outer connector body that is also connected to the panel and surrounds the terminals and the shield contact of the header, thus providing electromagnetic shielding to the terminals of the header and the connectors. The shield contact is formed of a sheet metal to provide a lower resistance connection between the outer conductor and the panel. A method of manufacturing such a header is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: ROBERT B. SNADER, TERRY A. GEORGE, CHRISTOPHER ADRIAN MARGRAVE, JOHN L. WICKS, JULIE H. STRAMA
  • Publication number: 20150011121
    Abstract: An antenna line protection device includes a pair of coaxial connectors and a streamer discharge module. The pair of coaxial connectors are disposed on both side ends of the antenna line protection device. The streamer discharge module is coupled between the coaxial connectors so that, when a pulse signal is input via the coaxial connectors, the streamer discharge module induces an electric field and thus establishes a discharge current channel, thereby suppressing an excessive input pulse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Seung-Kab RYU, Kyung-Hoon LEE, Kwang-Uk CHU, Uijung KIM, Up NAMKOONG
  • Patent number: 8926365
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprises a pin-side (1) with at least one pin-side housing (2) in which at least one pin-side connector (3) is arranged, wherein said pin-side housing (2) having a front section (20) extending along a front axis (M1) and a rear section (21) extending along a rear axis (M2); a plug-side (4) with at least one plug-side housing (5) in which at least one plug-side connector (6) is arranged, wherein said pin-side housing having a front section (50) extending along a front axis (M3) and a rear section (51) extending along a rear axis (M4), and wherein the front section (20) of the pin-side (1) is adapted to be connected with the front section (50) of the plug-side (4) in direction of said front axis (M1, M3), and several shielding elements (7) to provide an electromagnetic shielding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Multi-Holding AG
    Inventors: Frederic Schull, Yannick Nurdin
  • Publication number: 20150004826
    Abstract: A method for producing a plug-in connector includes stripping a cable on a free end in a first and second region of a sheath of the cable, where a shield is disposed below the sheath on the cable. The method includes disposing a first electrically conductive spring element in the first region, and removing the sheath and the shield from the second region, thereby forming an end portion of the free end of the cable on which exposed wires of the cable are disposed. The method includes disposing contact elements on the exposed wires, and disposing a shield sleeve around the first electrically conductive spring element. The method includes fastening the shield sleeve on the sheath before and after the first electrically conductive spring element, and providing an insulating housing such that the insulating housing at least partially surrounds the shield sleeve and the free end of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Cord Starke
  • Patent number: 8923012
    Abstract: What is disclosed is a modular visualization display panel. The modular visualization display panel includes a first module having at least one surface and a connection to electrical ground. The modular visualization display panel also includes a second module having at least one surface with a plurality of raised contact nodes arranged on the one surface of the second module such that when in contact with the one surface of the first module electrostatic discharge energy is directed over at least one of the raised contact nodes to the one surface of the first module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew P. Kaufman, Keith O. Satula