Electromagnetic Or Electrostatic Shield Patents (Class 439/607.01)
  • Publication number: 20130296729
    Abstract: A catheter and method for the treatment of a patient having atrial flutter or other arrhythmia comprises an elongated catheter body having an outer wall, proximal and distal ends, and at least one lumen extending therethrough. Further it has a distal tip section comprising a flexible tubing having a proximal end and a distal end and a plurality of lumens extending therethrough. The proximal end of the tip section is fixedly attached to the distal end of the catheter body. The tip section further comprises a nitinol tube having slots formed therein which causes the distal tip section to deflect using the same puller-wire action used to cause the deflectable catheter to deflect at a point proximal to the distal tip section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: BIOSENSE WEBSTER (ISRAEL), LTD.
    Inventor: Keshava Datta
  • Patent number: 8573995
    Abstract: A dual orientation connector having a connector tab with first and second major opposing sides and a plurality of electrical contacts carried by the connector tab. The plurality of contacts includes a first set of external contacts formed at the first major side and a second set of external contacts formed at the second major side. Each individual contact in the first plurality of contacts is electrically connected within the tab or body to a corresponding contact in the second plurality of contacts. In some embodiments contacts in the first and second pluralities of contacts that are directly opposite each other are coupled together. In some other embodiments, contacts in the first and second pluralities of contacts that are in a cater cornered relationship with each other are coupled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Albert J. Golko, Eric S. Jol, Mathias W. Schmidt, Jeffrey J. Terlizzi
  • Publication number: 20130288520
    Abstract: Connector receptacles that are simple to assemble, provide a good ground contact path, avoid marring of both inserts and receptacles, and can be arranged to fit in a device enclosure. These receptacles may include a subassembly that is inserted into a hollow tongue. The subassembly may include a first number of contacts that are insert molded in a housing, as well as a second number of contacts. The tongue may further include ground contacts on its sides and top. The tongue may cover edges of at least some contacts to prevent marring of both the connector receptacle and connector insert. The shell of the connector receptacle may be formed around a portion of the connector receptacle to assist in fitting the receptacle in a device enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: George Marc Simmel, Zheng Gao
  • Publication number: 20130288524
    Abstract: An assembly includes a receptacle and a plug. The plug comprises a plug insulative housing with a front mating region, a plurality of plug contacts disposed in the housing with plug contacting sections exposed upon the mating region and a plug metallic shell enclosing the front mating region to commonly define a plug mating port. The plug metallic shell defines essentially a rectangular cross-section including two opposite long sides and two opposite short sides perpendicular to each other. A pair of chamfered structures is formed on two opposite corners along one of the two long sides, and a centered recessed area is formed on the other of said two long sides. The front mating region intimately abuts against the other of the two long sides. The receptacle has a receptacle metallic shell with a similar contour of the plug metallic shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: TERRANCE F. LITTLE
  • Publication number: 20130288521
    Abstract: A contact module includes a conductive holder and a frame assembly received in the conductive holder with receptacle signal contacts arranged in differential pairs. A ground shield is received in the conductive holder between the frame assembly and the conductive holder. The ground shield has a mounting end with ground pins extending from a mounting edge at the mounting end of the ground shield. Forces are imparted on the ground pins during coupling with a circuit board. The mounting end has a plurality of bearing surfaces proximate to the ground pins. The bearing surfaces engage at least one of the conductive holder and the frame assembly to transfer the forces between the ground shield and at least one of the conductive holder and the frame assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Justin Shane McClellan, Jeffrey Byron McClinton, James Lee Fedder, Michael Vino
  • Publication number: 20130288522
    Abstract: A shielded connector includes: an inner housing including terminal accommodation chambers into which terminals crimped to shielded-wire ends of a shielded electric wire are inserted; and a shield shell including a shield part covering the inner housing and a barrel part crimping and fixing a sheath part of the shielded electric wire. Each of the terminal accommodation chambers has a space opened in a first direction at one side thereof and opened in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction at front and rear sides thereof. A partition wall partitioning the space includes: an engaging part restraining one of the terminals, which is inserted into the space from the one side, from moving in the second direction; and a temporary engaging part preventing the one of the terminals, which is inserted into the space from the one side, from separating from the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryosuke II
  • Publication number: 20130288523
    Abstract: A shielded connector includes: an inner housing including a plurality of terminal accommodation chambers into which male terminals crimped to a plurality of shielded-wire ends of a shielded electric wire are inserted; and a shield shell including a cylindrical shield part which covers the inner housing and a barrel part which crimps and fixes a sheath part of the shielded electric wire. A bottom part of the shield shell is formed with an opening that prevents leading end portions of the male terminals from interfering with the bottom part when the inner housing is inserted into the shield part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Ryosuke II
  • Publication number: 20130267118
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body, a plurality of signal terminals, a shielding member, and at least one grounding terminal. The insulating body is provided with at least one first receiving slot and a plurality of second receiving slots. The plurality of signal terminals is respectively received in the second receiving slots. The shielding member has at least one shielding plate disposed inside the insulating body. The at least one grounding terminal is respectively received in the first receiving slot. The grounding terminal has an elastic arm extending upwards and exposed out of the first receiving slot, and the elastic arm has a contact portion correspondingly electrically conducted to the upper shielding layer. The grounding terminal, the annularly disposed shielding plates, the upper shielding layer and the lower shielding layer jointly define a three-dimensional shielding space for the signal terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: LOTES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: You Hua Cai
  • Publication number: 20130267117
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprising: a shell, zinc alloy shell body, front rubber core, rubber plug and wire; said zinc alloy shell body is provided with a holding groove penetrating from the front to rear ends; the front rubber core and the rubber plug are installed inside the zinc alloy shell body, and the shell set externally onto the zinc alloy shell body; the electric connector is provided with a hook unit, which penetrates the front rubber core, and is also coupled with the zinc alloy shell body; at the rear end of said hook unit, a locating part is molded, and also locked at the threading section of the wire. Compared with prior arts, the utility model features excellent air-tightness, anti-EMI capacity and compactness, thus improving the signal transmission capacity of the electric connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Ching-Jen HSU
  • Publication number: 20130252464
    Abstract: An RF module includes a contact insert having a separable shielding body retaining an RF contact. The RF contact includes an RF mating tip connected to a signal tail. The mating tip and the signal tail extend out of shielding body. The shielding body includes first and second body members. The RF contact is positioned within the first body member and the second body member is removably secured to the second body member so that at least a portion of the RF contact is contained between the first and second body members. The RF module may also include a grounding block. The contact insert may be removably secured within the grounding block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: MATTHEW RICHARD MCALONIS, CHONG HUN YI, STEPHEN THOMAS MORLEY, THOMAS GREGORY GARTLAN
  • Publication number: 20130252466
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an electrically insulative holder member, a signal module formed of a circuit board with longitudinal terminal holes, circuit lines, electrical contacts and via-holes, metal contact terminals and metal mounting terminals, and a metal shield. The metal contact terminals have rear soldering end portions thereof soldered to respective circuit lines, an extension arm forwardly extended from the rear soldering end portion along one longitudinal terminal hole, a turn portion extended from the extension arm and curved into the associating longitudinal terminal hole to enhance vertical deformation stroke of the respective metal contact terminal, a front contact portion suspending below the associating longitudinal terminal hole, and an oblique spring arm connected between the turn portion and the front contact portion to flexibly support the front contact portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Inventor: Po-Jung CHEN
  • Patent number: 8540532
    Abstract: An electrical connector in the form of a socket assembly defining a plurality of arcuate leaf contacts adapted for insertion of a pin contact therein. The socket assembly comprises an elongate socket core having the leaf contacts formed at a distal end thereof, and a substantially cylindrical hood surrounding the leaf contacts. In one embodiment of the invention, the hood is provided with structure for limiting the radial outward deflection of the leaf contacts when the electrical connector is subjected to shock forces. The limiting structure can be a stepped inner cylindrical sidewall of the hood, defining a reduced inner diameter portion of the hood surrounding at least a distal portion of each leaf contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: AG Geophysical Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Barnard, Michael Williams
  • Publication number: 20130242475
    Abstract: An electronic device including a connector. The connector includes a housing defining a cavity for receiving a mating connector. The housing includes a contact support member. The connector also includes contacts supported by the contact support member, the contacts including protruding portions that protrude outside of the cavity. The connector may also include a shielding element disposed over the protruding portion of at least some of the contacts. A moisture sealant may be disposed within a gap located between the contacts and the shielding element. In one embodiment, a cap may be provided between the housing and the shielding. The cap and the housing may each include an aperture for viewing a moisture indicator, and at least one of the cap and the housing may include cutouts for holding a transparent element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Sloey
  • Publication number: 20130237090
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing has a mating surface and a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface, a plurality of receiving holes penetrated from the mating surface to the mounting surface, a plurality of terminals received in the receiving holes and a grounding route assembled on the mating surface, wherein a shielding device exposed in the receiving holes and electrically connecting with the grounding route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventors: YEN-CHIH CHANG, KE-HAO CHEN, CHUN-YI CHANG
  • Patent number: 8529295
    Abstract: A surface mount multi-connector having movable contact sections with high contact reliability and providing connection portions with high coplanarity. The surface mount multi-connector includes a first body in which a plurality of first contacts having movable contact sections and end sections that extend oppositely to each other are held by insert molding, a second body in which a plurality of second contacts having movable contact sections and end sections that extend oppositely to each other are held by insert molding, and a third body that incorporates the first body with which the second body has been coupled so that the movable contact sections of the second contacts and the movable contacts section of the first contacts face in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
    Inventors: Daisuke Sasaki, Takayuki Nagata
  • Patent number: 8528205
    Abstract: A dual interface separable insulated connector comprising a faraday cage molded over a bus bar for use in an electric power system and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The faraday cage can be disposed within a semi-conductive shell. The configuration of the separable insulated connector can provide for easier bonding between the faraday cage and insulating material. Additionally, the configuration can eliminate or reduce the need to coat the bus bar with an adhesive agent and to smooth the metal bus bar to remove burrs, other irregularities, and sharp corners from the bar. Manufacturing the dual interface separable insulated connector can include molding a semi-conductive rubber faraday cage over a conductive bus bar, inserting the faraday cage into a shell, and injecting insulating material between the faraday cage and shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: David Charles Hughes, Mark Clifford Kadow, Michael John Gebhard, Sr.
  • Publication number: 20130231004
    Abstract: A receptacle connector adapted for soldering with a circuit board and engaging with a plug connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals molded in the insulating housing, at least two first connecting elements, a second connecting element, a first waterproof board, a second waterproof board, and a shielding shell surrounding the insulating housing. The insulating housing has a top wall which defines at least two locating grooves for receiving the first connecting elements therein. The second connecting element has a base plate mounted to a bottom of the bottom wall. The first waterproof board is mounted to a top of the insulating housing. The second waterproof board is mounted under the second connecting element. A top face of the first waterproof board and a bottom face of the second waterproof board are coated with waterproof adhesive material to form a waterproof adhesive layer respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., LTD.
    Inventors: CHENG-WANG YANG, CHAO-YONG YE, KAI-HSIANG CHANG
  • Patent number: 8523610
    Abstract: Described are connectors having a substrate, a first interface connection terminal set electrically coupled to the substrate, a second interface connection terminal set electrically coupled to the substrate, a third interface connection terminal set electrically coupled to the substrate, a housing coupled to the substrate and surrounding at least a portion of the first interface connection terminal set, the second interface connection terminal set, and the third interface connection terminal set, and a shell coupled to the housing and the substrate, wherein the first interface connection terminal set and the second interface connection terminal set are configured to support at least two interface connection standards with interfaces that are mechanically different.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Inventor: Martin Kuster
  • Publication number: 20130224998
    Abstract: An electromagnetic gasket comprises a sheet having a plurality of resilient fingers on an outer peripheral. The fingers are bent outward and at least four resilient prongs are bent inward to form a passageway that is sized and dimensioned to receive an RJ45 connector. When the RJ45 connector is inserted through the passageway, the resilient prongs are adapted to urge against top, bottom, and two side surfaces of the shell of the RJ45 connector in such a manner to prevent the gasket from disengaging from the RJ45 connector. The plurality of resilient fingers extend outward and beyond the top, bottom, and two side surfaces of the shell of the RJ45 connector and are adapted to urge against a surface of a faceplate. The plurality of fingers and prongs of the gasket provide a direct grounding path between surfaces of the shell of the RJ45 connector and surface of the faceplate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: Crestron Electronics
    Inventors: Wendy Feldstein, Gregory Sorrentino, Krunoslav Dragonanovic
  • Patent number: 8514572
    Abstract: A data center (100) includes at least one rack room (in for example module 140) having a floor and a plurality of rack storage areas on the floor, each rack storage area being arranged to accommodate a plurality of racks (143) in which a plurality of rack-mountable electronic components may be housed, one or more controllable air circulation systems (in for example module 122), one or more cold aisles (144) in the rack room, each cold aisle being adjacent to a rack storage area, and one or more hot aisles (145) in the rack room, each hot aisle being adjacent to a rack storage area. There may be a large air duct, in the form of a personnel corridor (123), for transporting, under the control of the one or more air circulation systems, cooling air, above the floor, to the one or more cold aisles. The air supply corridor/duct (123) may have a height greater than 1.5 m above the floor and a cross-sectional area of at least 2 m2 and a maximum dimension in the plane of the cross-section of less than 3 m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Bripco BVBA
    Inventor: Paul Rogers
  • Publication number: 20130203289
    Abstract: There is provided an electric connector that is interposed between an in-vehicle wire cable and a train information transmission/reception apparatus. The in-vehicle wire cable includes a plurality of signal lines that transmit train information and an electrically-conductive shielded layer surrounding the signal lines. One end of a ground line is connected to the shielded layer. A casing ground is provided on a casing of the train information transmission/reception apparatus and a plurality of plug pins electrically connected to the signal lines are provided on the casing of the train information transmission/reception apparatus. The other end of the ground line is connected to an electrically-conductive connector case, which is a casing of the electric connector, and the connector case is grounded via the casing of the train information transmission/reception apparatus when the signal lines and the plug pins are electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chihiro Ota, Yoshihito Takigawa, Yosuke Takaoka
  • Patent number: 8500493
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals retained in insulative housing, and a metal shell covering the insulative housing and including an inner side wall, a rear wall spaced from the inner side wall along a front-to-back direction, and an outer side wall bent forwardly from an outer side of the rear wall. The inner side wall defines an opening, and an inclined extensive plate extending forwardly and outwardly from an edge of the opening. The outer side wall has a retaining hole, and a front plate enclosing a front side of the retaining hole. The extensive plate has a hook bending inwardly and hitching the front plate after the hook passes through the retaining hole for preventing the outer side wall from moving forwardly and overly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hao Liu, Zi-Qiang Zhu, Jia-Wei Gu, Bo Yang
  • Publication number: 20130196541
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of adjusting an impedance of a contact including a first portion and a second portion having a higher impedance than the first portion. In this method, the second portion of the contact is provided with an impedance adjusting portion having electrically conductivity to increase a dimension in a thickness direction of the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: HOSIDEN CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hosiden Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130196542
    Abstract: A male F-Type coaxial cable connector has an improved RF shield including a bridge located between and electrically interconnecting a connector fastening nut and a connector body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Michael Holland, Kai-Chih Wei
  • Publication number: 20130183859
    Abstract: A connector with thin film shielding structure includes an insulation base and an electromagnetic shielding film. The electromagnetic shielding film covers the insulation base, thereby blocking the electromagnetic waves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventor: Nai-Chien CHANG
  • Patent number: 8485844
    Abstract: An L-shaped connector, which can waterproof simply and connect an L-shape terminal to an electric shield wire in miniaturized size so as to insulate and electromagnetic shield the L-shaped terminal, includes an L-shaped dividable insulation inner housing receiving an L-shaped terminal joined to the electric shield wire; an electric conductive shield shell covering a terminal receiving portion of the inner housing; an outer housing covering the shield shell; an electric conductive housing receiving a wire lead-out portion of the inner housing, and joining a flange of the shield shell and a flange of the outer housing to a flange of the electric conductive housing by screwing, and connecting a shield portion of the electric shield wire through a shield terminal to the shield shell; and a shield packing waterproofing between the flange of the shield shell and the flange of the electric conductive shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Omae, Kazuki Zaitsu
  • Patent number: 8485849
    Abstract: A Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector with a connector housing is provided with at least one soldering part and at least one reinforcement part around its circumference. The USB connector includes: a connector housing; one or more soldering parts formed by cutting and unfolding predetermined areas around the circumference of the connector housing; and one or more reinforcement parts, each of which is formed by bending an end of the connector housing. The reinforcement parts being engaged with the soldering parts to support and reinforce the soldering parts, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hae-Won Ahn, Jae-Wan Kim, Dong Hoon Kwak
  • Publication number: 20130178099
    Abstract: The high-density connector contains an insulating body having at least two socket pieces extended towards a front direction. Each socket piece contains an accommodation space and, along a top side and a bottom side of the accommodation space, there is an array of terminals, respectively. A first terminal hole is configured on the body connecting the accommodation space. A terminal positioning seat with a second terminal hole is configured on the back side of the body. For each terminal, one of its ends penetrates the first terminal hole into the accommodation space and the other end penetrates the second terminal hole into the terminal positioning seat. The high-density connector with two sockets is capable of connecting two cables so as to achieve reduced space footprint and cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: XIANG HUANG, Chunyuan Tang
  • Publication number: 20130178094
    Abstract: A receptacle connector matched with a plug connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of upper and lower terminals, a locating element and a shielding shell surrounding the insulating housing. The insulating housing defines an accommodating space, and a plurality of upper and lower terminal grooves communicating with the accommodating space. Each upper terminal disposed in the upper terminal groove has a first fastening portion, a first contact portion contacting with the plug connector, and a first soldering portion. Each lower terminal disposed in the lower terminal groove has a second fastening portion, a second contact portion contacting with the plug connector, and a second soldering portion. The locating element positioned in the accommodating space defines a plurality of through-holes aligned with the upper and lower terminal grooves respectively. The first and second soldering portions further pass through the through-holes to be soldered with a circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guang-Li Huang, Ming-Han Lin, Li-Jun Xu
  • Publication number: 20130171871
    Abstract: A high-power, shielded, multi-pole electrical connector and method for installing such a connector are disclosed. The connector has separate structure for connecting each line of a multi-pole connector, with this structure housed within an electrically conductive outer shell. The inner connections are electrically insulated and shielded from the outer shell. A shielding trap is used to provide electrical contact between the outer shell of the connector and a shielding layer of a shielded electrical supply cable. The inner structure may be a male-female type or a lug-type connection. In a typical arrangement, a three-pole connector is used to provided a shielded connection to each of three power lines within a shielded cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2012
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventor: Charles David Gilliam
  • Patent number: 8475208
    Abstract: An electrical connector including a dielectric body and electrical contacts held by the dielectric body. The electrical contacts have a pair of signal contacts with respective mating ends configured to engage a communication connector and also with respective wire-terminating ends. The wire-terminating ends are located proximate to each other in a cable-termination region and are configured to mechanically and electrically couple to corresponding signal conductors of a cable. The electrical connector also includes a ground shield having a cover extension that extends over the cable-termination region. The cover extension is configured to shield the cable-termination region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey Stewart Simpson, Michael David Herring, Arash Behziz
  • Publication number: 20130164980
    Abstract: A datacommunication interconnection system includes (a) an extension trunk cable-connector assembly and (b) a trunk cable-connector assembly. The extension trunk cable-connector assembly comprises: a first cable including a plurality of first subunits, each of the first subunits comprising a plurality of twisted pairs of conductors; a jack attached to one end of the cable; and a plug attached to an opposite end of the cable. Each of the jack and the plug includes a contact for each of the conductors of the cable. The trunk cable-connector assembly comprises: a second cable including a plurality of second subunits, each of the second subunits comprising a plurality of twisted pairs of conductors; a plug attached to one end of the second cable and connected with the jack of the extension trunk cable; and a plurality of RJ-45 connectors attached to subunits at an opposite end of the second cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: COMMSCOPE, INC. OF NORTH CAROLINA
    Inventor: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
  • Publication number: 20130164977
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of terminals assembled in the insulating housing, and a shielding shell curved from a metal plate to show a hollow barrel shape and enclose the insulating housing. An inserting space is formed between a front of the insulating housing and periphery inner sides of a front of the shielding shell, and has a free open front end for inserting a mating connector therefrom into the inserting space. The terminals project into the inserting space to connect with the mating connector. A pair of elastic fool-proofing elements is formed at two opposite bottom corners of the open front end of the shielding shell and each shows an arc shape from a front view. Two cambered faces of the elastic fool-proofing elements face each other for guiding the insertion of the mating connector and further elastically resisting against the mating connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Inventors: Guang-Li Huang, Li-Jun Xu, Ming-Han Lin
  • Publication number: 20130164978
    Abstract: A connector includes a connector receptacle and a cable. The connector receptacle includes an insulating body, a metallic box and a magnetic ring. The metallic box is connected to the insulating body and defines a closed receiving cavity. The cable includes a cable head. The cable head is received in the receiving cavity, and extends through the magnetic ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JIAN-WEI LUO, JUN-WEI WANG
  • Publication number: 20130164979
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 27, 2013
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS NEDERLAND BV
    Inventor: TYCO ELECTRONICS NEDERLAND BV
  • Patent number: 8469744
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a shielding cage member having a plurality of walls including a top wall, a lower wall, a rear wall and side walls. The walls define an upper port and a lower port configured to receive pluggable modules therein. The cage member has openings in a front thereof for receiving the pluggable modules. The side walls include airflow openings on opposite sides of the cage member. A receptacle connector is received in the cage member proximate to the rear and is accessible through the upper port and the lower port. A separator member extends between the upper and lower ports that have an upper plate and a lower plate with a channel therebetween. The airflow openings are aligned with the channel and provide airflow through the channel. EMI screens cover the airflow openings to limit EMI passage through the airflow openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Paul Nichols, David A. Dedonato, Matthew Ryan Schmitt, Richard James Long
  • Publication number: 20130149890
    Abstract: A cable header connector includes a cable assembly having a contact sub-assembly and a ground shield coupled to and providing electrical shielding for the contact sub-assembly. The contact sub-assembly has a mounting block with contact channels therein. The contact sub-assembly has signal contacts received in the contact channels and extending between mating and terminating ends. The signal contacts are terminated to corresponding signal wires. The ground shield has walls extending along the signal contacts and has mating and terminating ends. The mating end is positioned either at or beyond the mating ends of the signal contacts. The terminating end is positioned either at or beyond the terminating ends of the signal contacts such that the ground shield provides shielding along the entire length of the signal contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: NEIL FRANKLIN SCHROLL, TIMOTHY ROBERT MINNICK, SAMUEL J. MAGARO, JR.
  • Publication number: 20130149899
    Abstract: A cable header connector includes a cable assembly having a contact sub-assembly terminated to a cable, a ground ferrule electrically connected to a drain wire of the cable and a ground shield coupled to the ground ferrule and providing electrical shielding for the contact sub-assembly. The contact sub-assembly has a mounting block supporting a pair of signal contacts. The signal contacts extend between mating ends and terminating ends. The signal contacts are terminated to corresponding signal wires of the cable at the terminating ends. The ground shield has walls extending along the signal contacts, and has a mating end and a terminating end. The ground ferrule has a ferrule body with a drain wire slot receiving and electrically connected to the drain wire of the cable. The ferrule body engages the ground shield to electrically connect the ground shield to the grounded element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: NEIL FRANKLIN SCHROLL, JULIE ANNE LACHMAN
  • Publication number: 20130149900
    Abstract: A mounting apparatus for mounting an I/O connector includes a base having a chamber for accommodating the I/O connector, a cover engaged with the base thereby fixing the I/O connector in the chamber, a shielding case for receiving the base and the cover, and a resilient piece having a first end abutting the shielding case and a second end abutting a housing of the I/O connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (WUHAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: XIANG ZHANG, CHAO GENG, BIAO ZENG
  • Publication number: 20130149898
    Abstract: A cable header connector includes a contact module having a support body and a plurality of cable assemblies held by the support body and arranged in a column. The cable assemblies include a contact sub-assembly configured to be terminated to a cable, and a ground shield coupled to and providing electrical shielding for the contact sub-assembly. The contact sub-assembly has a pair of signal contacts extending between mating ends and terminating ends. The signal contacts are terminated to corresponding signal wires of the cable at the terminating ends. A ground bridge is coupled to the support body and is electrically conductive. The ground bridge includes intercolumn bridges arranged between corresponding cable assemblies. The intercolumn bridges engage and are electrically connected to the ground shields of corresponding cable assemblies on both sides of the intercolumn bridges. The ground bridge electrically connects corresponding cable assemblies engaged by the intercolumn bridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: NEIL FRANKLIN SCHROLL, TIMOTHY ROBERT MINNICK
  • Publication number: 20130143441
    Abstract: A universal serial bus (USB) connector includes a shell, a body and an elastic portion. The body is provided inside the shell and can be moved therein. The body includes a first conductive terminal provided on a first surface and a second conductive terminal provided on a second surface, the first surface disposed opposite to the second surface. The elastic portion is connected to both leading edges of the first surface and the second surface for keeping the body in position inside the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Haw-Kae Huang, Shu I Chen
  • Patent number: 8449323
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a watertight shield connector able to waterproof successfully without an effect of a parting line, and surely preventing an annular packing or a shield shell from falling out with a plain structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Omae, Kazuki Zaitsu
  • Publication number: 20130130548
    Abstract: A cable assembly comprises a housing, a plurality of terminals received in the housing and divided into several terminal groups and a cable electrically connected with the plurality of terminals. Each terminal group comprises a pair of signal terminals and a grounding terminal. Each terminal defines a body portion, a mating portion extending forwardly from a front end of the body portion, and a terminating portion extending rearwardly from a rear end of the body portion. The two mating portions of the pair of signal terminals and a mating portion of the grounding terminal of each terminal group are located on two different rows, and two terminating portions of the pair of signal terminals and a terminating portion of the grounding terminal of each terminal group are located on a same row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: JERRY WU, JUN CHEN
  • Publication number: 20130130549
    Abstract: A cable assembly comprises a housing defining a receiving space; a spacer assembled to a rear end of the housing; a plurality of terminals integrated with the spacer, and arranged into two rows and received into the housing. And each row of terminals comprises at least two grounding terminals and a connecting piece connecting with rear ends of at least two grounding terminals. A metallic plate is received into the spacer and contacted to the connecting piece. And a cable is electrically connected with the plurality of terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: JERRY WU, JUN CHEN
  • Publication number: 20130130547
    Abstract: An electrical connector including a dielectric body and electrical contacts held by the dielectric body. The electrical contacts have a pair of signal contacts with respective mating ends configured to engage a communication connector and also with respective wire-terminating ends. The wire-terminating ends are located proximate to each other in a cable-termination region and are configured to mechanically and electrically couple to corresponding signal conductors of a cable. The electrical connector also includes a ground shield having a cover extension that extends over the cable-termination region. The cover extension is configured to shield the cable-termination region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: JEFFREY STEWART SIMPSON, Michael David Herring, Arash Behziz
  • Publication number: 20130122743
    Abstract: An insulator for an electrical connector that comprises a back shell, metal shell, EMI band, and the insulator. The insulator features alternating contact cavities and air dielectric cavities. The air dielectric cavities reduce the effective dielectric constant of the connector, which allows high-speed data to be transmitted while maintaining impedance, thereby preserving signal fidelity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Inventors: Emad Soubh, Kevin Traugott
  • Publication number: 20130122744
    Abstract: A receptacle assembly includes a front housing configured for mating with a header assembly and a contact module coupled to the front housing. The contact module includes a conductive holder having a first side wall and an opposite second side wall. The conductive holder has a chamber between the first and second side walls. The conductive holder has a front coupled to the front housing. The contact module includes a frame assembly that is received in the chamber. The frame assembly includes a plurality of contacts and a dielectric frame that supports the contacts. The contacts extend from the conductive holder for electrical termination. A plurality of ground clips are received in the chamber and extend from the front of the conductive holder. The ground clips are mechanically and electrically connected to the conductive holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chad William MORGAN, Timothy Robert MINNICK, Dharmendra SARASWAT, Nathan William SWANGER, Charles S. PICKLES, Justin Shane MCCLELLAN, Lynn Robert SIPE, James Lee FEDDER
  • Publication number: 20130109233
    Abstract: The USB female connector contains an insulating base and a shielding casing enclosing the insulating base. On the insulating base, there is mainly a ground terminal having a flat ground contact section at an end on the insulating base. From the ground contact section, the ground terminal is forked into ground extension sections. Through the forked ground extension sections, the crosstalk on the first, second, third, and fourth differential signal terminals by the first and second signal terminals is effectively resolved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: KUANG YING COMPUTER EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: KUANG YING COMPUTER EQUIPMENT CO., LT
  • Patent number: 8430690
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a USB application device including a body, a circuit board, a plurality of first electrical pins and a plurality of electrical elements. The circuit board is disposed in the body. The plurality of first electrical pins are disposed on the circuit board and expended to the body such that the plurality of first electrical pins are partly exposed to the body. A space is formed between the plurality of first electrical pins and circuit board such that the plurality of electrical elements can be disposed on the space. The length of the circuit board therefore becomes shorter, and the volume of the USB application device is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Primax Electronics, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chun-Nan Su, Chun-Ching Peng
  • Patent number: 8430689
    Abstract: An electrical connector has a housing that includes a carrier and a shield matable to define the housing. The carrier has terminal channels and terminal latches extending into the terminal channels. The shield having lead-in channels through a face of the shield. Terminals are received in corresponding terminal channels. The terminals are held in the terminal channels by the terminal latches. The carrier and the shield are molded as a single piece with a bridge connecting the carrier and the shield. The bridge is broken during assembly to allow coupling of the shield to the carrier. The lead-in channels are aligned with, and positioned forward of, the terminal channels when the shield is mated with the carrier. The lead-in channels guide mating contacts for mating with the terminals held in the terminal channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: John Mark Myer, Hurley Chester Moll, James Oliver Crawford