Having Only Push-pull-engaging Contacts Spaced Along Longitudinal Axis Of Engagement (e.g., Jack-type Receptacle Or Plug) Patents (Class 439/668)
  • Patent number: 11934285
    Abstract: An accessory interface for an electronic host device includes a digital communication bus including a plurality of communication lines configured to pass data between the electronic host device and an electronic accessory device. The accessory interface further includes detection circuitry selectively coupled to the plurality of communication lines via a multiplexer and configured to detect analog voltage levels across the plurality of communication lines, determine a device type of the electronic accessory device based on the detected analog voltage levels, and control the multiplexer to couple the plurality of communication lines to a host processor of the electronic host device upon determining the device type of the electronic accessory device. The host processor is configured to receive the device type of the electronic accessory device and transmit data via the plurality of communication lines to the electronic accessory device in accordance with the device type of the electronic accessory device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Haoxing Zhang, Dietrich Shing-Quan Ho, Hung-Yang Lee, William Saperstein
  • Patent number: 11901587
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery cell, an input/output terminal to/from which a charging/discharging current of the battery cell is to be inputted/outputted, and a connector detachably connected to the input/output terminal, and the input/output terminal includes a first hollow conductive member protruding in a first direction and a second hollow conductive member protruding to surround an outer periphery of the first hollow conductive member, the connector includes a central guide protruding in a second direction opposite to the first direction and a third hollow conductive member protruding to surround the outer periphery of the central guide, the central guide is fitted into a hollow portion of the first hollow conductive member, and the third hollow conductive member is fitted into a space between the first and second hollow conductive members and is electrically connected to the first and second hollow conductive members by an elastic connection member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaepil Ahn, Shidong Park, Chuljung Yun, Jisoon Lim
  • Patent number: 11811174
    Abstract: Power connectors that are easy to connect, have a low profile, and can convey one or more data signals. One example can provide a power connector that is easy to connect by providing an axisymmetric connector receptacle and connector insert. Magnets can be used to help guide a connection between a connector insert and a connector receptacle. Canted springs can be used to provide a tactile response to the insertion of the connector insert into the connector receptacle and to help to secure the connector insert in place when mated with the connector insert. Keying or self-aligning features can be included on either or both the connector insert and the connector receptacle to help guide mating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mahmoud R. Amini, Rui Zhou, James E. Harper, James M. Jeon
  • Patent number: 11728610
    Abstract: Implantable medical devices include elongated conductor bodies and related features including an attachment to the medical device at one end and a connector that receives a medical lead at the other end. The connector may have various features such as a modular design whereby the connector is constructed from a series of stacked contact modules. Other features of the connector include electrical contacts that are relatively thin conductors or the order of 0.040 inches or less and that may include radial protrusions to establish contact with the electrical connectors of the lead. Furthermore, electrical contacts may be mounted within the connector in a floating manner so that radial movement of the electrical contact may occur during lead insertion. Additional features include a feedthrough where conductors exposed beyond a housing of the implantable medical device make direct electrical connection to conductors present within the elongated body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Dale F. Seeley, Michael T. Hegland
  • Patent number: 11695225
    Abstract: An electrical connection system includes a mounting stud having a base configured for mounting to a conductive surface. One or more one ring-shaped lugs, formed of an electrically conductive material, are configured for being positioned on the mounting stud for surrounding the mounting stud. The ring-shaped lug includes one or a plurality of interior channels extending around the inside diameter thereof. A contact spring is seated within a respective interior channel and is electrically conductive and dimensioned to extend radially inwardly from the channel and contact the mounting stud when the ring-shaped lug is positioned thereon. The contact spring is configured to at least partially collapse in the radial direction and to provide a spring bias against the mounting stud for providing an electrical connection between the ring-shaped lug and mounting stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Carlisle Interconnect Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Roberta A. Kolarich, Michael I. Kramer, Andrea M. Myles
  • Patent number: 11681540
    Abstract: Method, system and computer program product for accessibility content editing, control and management. Digital content container for receiving plurality of elements modifiable via an application programming interface exposed by content structure thereof, and being associated with accessibility output for presentation responsive to processing by an assistive tool, is obtained. Responsive to receiving input indicating user selection of an element, an accessibility content editing interface is provided for obtaining modified accessibility output. The application programming interface is employed to modify the element by injection thereto the modified accessibility output to cause, responsive to the element being processed by an assistive tool applied to the digital content container, presentation of the modified accessibility output in substitution of the accessibility output associated with the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: UserWay Ltd.
    Inventors: Allon Mason, Robert Karnovski, Lionel Arie Wolberger, Leonid Muzyka
  • Patent number: 11624244
    Abstract: A connecting structure for a drill collar of a logging while drilling instrument and drill collar sub male and female joints are provided. The connecting structure for a drill collar of a logging while drilling instrument includes a male connecting joint and a female connecting joint matched with each other. The male connecting joint and the female connecting joint are rotatable relative to each other. Electrical passages are respectively arranged in the male and female connecting joints. One of the male and female connecting joints is provided with a multi-core coaxial electrical male connector connected with the electrical passage, and the other is correspondingly provided with a multi-core coaxial electrical female connector connected with the electrical passage. The male connecting joint is coaxially nested in the female connecting joint. The multi-core coaxial electrical male connector is inserted into and fitted to the multi-core coaxial electrical female connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: CHINA OILFIELD SERVICES, LIMITED
    Inventors: Yongren Feng, Zhongli Bao, Qiang Yu, Xiaofei Qin, Lin Huang, Xingfang Wu, Yuqing Yang, Jibin Zou
  • Patent number: 11595771
    Abstract: Embodiments herein enable fast and easy interconnectivity among multimedia accessories including mobile devices and other devices. There is only limited space on mobile devices yet there are numerous input connectors. The standard TRRS audio jack is one such input that has and remains common, primarily because it is the accepted standard for audio input; namely, headphones and earpieces for listening purposes. Embodiments herein describe an intelligent switch to that audio jack that permits for additional backward and forward compatibility. It transparently allows a user to insert analog or digital audio devices, such as earphones, without the need to manually reconfigure device settings. The device herein automatically converts between input connector types using the same input convention present on their existing mobile devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Staton Techiya, LLC
    Inventors: Koen Weijand, Steven W. Goldstein
  • Patent number: 11594842
    Abstract: Retention assemblies for retaining a first end of an electrical cord in engagement with an electrical outlet are described that include an adapter with a housing having a cylindrical plug portion and retention members that extend radially outwardly from the cylindrical plug portion of the housing to engage a sidewall of the electrical outlet and cause the adapter to resist removal from the electrical outlet. The retention assemblies further include a retention housing that is configured to couple to the adapter, where the retention housing includes one or more walls that define a back opening, a front opening, and an interior sized to receive the first end of the electrical cord. The front opening includes a portion having a dimension smaller than a dimension of the first end to thereby retain the first end within the retention housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Inventor: Keith Cyzen
  • Patent number: 11477561
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a neckband earphone structure. The earphone structure includes at least one compartment, at least one earphone body and at least one earphone cable. The compartment is connected to a hanging ring, an electronic component is provided, in the compartment, one end of the compartment is provided with a female socket, one end of the earphone cable is provided with a male plug, the other end of the earphone cable is connected to the earphone body, the male plug is used for forming a pluggable connection with the female socket, and the earphone cable is docked with the female socket through the male plug to form a fixed connection with the compartment and establish an electrical connection with the electronic component in the compartment. In the present disclosure, the pluggable connection between the male plug and the female socket realizes a detachable connection between the earphone cable and the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventor: Ting Ye
  • Patent number: 11464128
    Abstract: An electronic device having slots into each of which a circuit board is inserted includes faceplates attached respectively to the circuit boards on the side of an extraction direction. The faceplates each include two handle portions that are disposed respectively at both ends of a main body in the width direction and that extend in the extraction direction. The handle portion of one of two faceplates adjacent in the width direction that is located closer to the other of the faceplates, and the handle portion of the other faceplate that is located closer to the one faceplate, have respective distal ends shifted from each other in a thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hitoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11437766
    Abstract: A coaxial connector in combination with a coaxial cable is provided with an inner conductor supported coaxial within an outer conductor, a polymer jacket surrounding the outer conductor. A unitary connector body with a bore is provided with an overbody surrounding an outer diameter of the connector body. The outer conductor is inserted within the bore. A molecular bond is formed between the outer conductor and the connector body and between the jacket and the overbody. An inner conductor end cap may also be provided coupled to the end of the inner conductor via a molecular bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kendrick Van Swearingen, James P. Fleming
  • Patent number: 11437767
    Abstract: A coaxial connector in combination with a coaxial cable is provided with an inner conductor supported coaxial within an outer conductor, a polymer jacket surrounding the outer conductor. A unitary connector body with a bore is provided with an overbody surrounding an outer diameter of the connector body. The outer conductor is inserted within the bore. A molecular bond is formed between the outer conductor and the connector body and between the jacket and the overbody. An inner conductor end cap may also be provided coupled to the end of the inner conductor via a molecular bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Kendrick Van Swearingen, James P. Fleming
  • Patent number: 11398695
    Abstract: A plug connector system is described. The plug connector system includes: a plug connector; a housing on which the plug connector is installed; the housing having an opening having a first inner wall; the plug connector having a sheet-metal shield that projects at least in portions into the opening; a ring being disposed in the opening and, with an outer wall, electrically contacting the first inner wall of the opening; the sheet-metal shield electrically contacting, with a further outer wall of the sheet-metal shield, a second inner wall of the ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Vu Lam Nguyen, Thorsten Kremer, Wolfgang Pade
  • Patent number: 11394228
    Abstract: Battery packs and methods for controlling charging of battery packs are disclosed. In one aspect, a battery pack includes a battery including at least one battery cell, a first pack terminal and a second pack terminal configured to be connected to a charger, and a discharging switch including a first switch and a diode. The first switch is connected between the second pack terminal and the battery. The diode is connected in parallel to the first switch and has a forward direction in which charging current of the battery flows. The battery pack further includes a battery management unit configured to select a charging mode from one of a first charging mode in which the battery is charged with charging current flowing through the first switch and a second charging mode in which the battery is charged with charging current flowing through the diode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jihwan Seol, Jooyul Lee
  • Patent number: 11357991
    Abstract: An electronic medical device includes a first portion, with the first portion including a first insertion hole and an external surface. The first insertion hole is to removably receive an elongate element. The external surface of the first portion comprises a first position indicator, which is located to be visibly juxtaposed relative to a first operative element of the elongate element when the elongate element is fully inserted in the first insertion hole. In some instances, the position indicator may serve a dual function as a vent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Verzal, John Rondoni
  • Patent number: 11075492
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an adapter and an electronic system. The adapter includes a power cable, a converter arranged on one end of the power cable, and a connector arranged on another end of the power cable and configured to be connected to an electronic device, and the connector includes a connector body formed in a cylindrical shape and an inside of which includes a hollow portion, a first adapter terminal arranged on a circumferential surface of the hollow portion of the connector body, and a second adapter terminal arranged on a circumferential surface of the connector body, and configured to have a power capacity different from a power capacity of the first adapter terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Jun You, Sung Yong Joo, Seong Ho Park, Sang Goo Lee
  • Patent number: 11064619
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical junction box that enables easily checking the connection state of a connector terminal and a substrate. The electrical junction box includes: a box body; a substrate that is fitted to an inner portion of the box body; a connector terminal that passes through a side wall of the box body and is held thereby, and includes an inward end portion that is connected to the substrate; and a window hole that is formed in the side wall and enables visually checking a portion where the connector terminal is connected to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Maiko Oda, Kensaku Nishii
  • Patent number: 11063392
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a jack including a first opening portion through which a plug can be inserted along a first axis, and coming into contact with the plug at an electrode; and a housing formed separately from the jack. The jack includes a second opening portion facing the first opening portion along the first axis, and a through-hole connecting the first opening portion and the second opening portion along the first axis. The housing includes a third opening portion opening on a same side as the first opening portion and opening at a position where a plug can be inserted from outside the housing into the first opening portion, and a fourth opening portion facing the third opening portion along the first axis and opening at a position where the plug can be discharged to an outside of the housing through the second opening portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haruka Adachi, Goichi Matsuda, Kiyoshi Yokota, Takayasu Ono
  • Patent number: 11011866
    Abstract: In an electrical connector, a connecting portion has a first resin holding a lower contact with respect to an intermediate ground plate and a second resin holding an upper contact with respect to the intermediate ground plate and separate from the first resin. Also provided is a third resin covering the first resin and the second resin and separate from the first resin and the second resin. When the electrical connector is manufactured, deflection can be suppressed based on division into a step of forming the first resin and a step of forming the second resin and by means of a mold suppressing deflection of the upper contact and the lower contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Inventor: Sho Suzuki
  • Patent number: 10826225
    Abstract: An audio jack includes an insulative housing, and a plurality of contacts retained to the housing. The housing forms a main body, a mating port with a mating cavity therein. The main body forms a plurality of contacts receiving passageways extending from a bottom side of the housing and transversely communicating with the mating cavity. The contact has a contacting section extending into the mating cavity, and a soldering leg extending outside of the housing. A bottom cover is attached upon the bottom side of the housing. A waterproof plate is applied upon a bottom face of the bottom cover to seal the gaps among the housing the bottom cover and the soldering legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: FU DING PRECISION INDUSTRIAL (ZHENGZHOU) CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Qin-Xin Cao, De-Jin Chen
  • Patent number: 10700470
    Abstract: A connection device and method of manufacturing the same is provided. The connection device includes a housing including a first face, into which a plug is introduced, and a second face, that is formed to be in contact with the first face; a connection hole extending to the inside of the housing from the first face; an opening extending from the first face to the second face to partially expose the connection hole on at least the second face; and a sealing member arranged on an outer peripheral surface of the housing to surround a region where the opening is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Young-Sik Choi, Jong-Min Choi, Woong-Chan Kim, Dae-Hyeong Park, Sung-Gun Cho, Min-Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 10670239
    Abstract: Fixing clip for light strip is disclosed, which comprises a body and an elastic member, the body is provided with a slot capable of accommodating the light strip, the elastic member is disposed in the slot; a side wall of the slot is provided with a block laterally extending, the elastic member comprises a pressing portion, and an upper end of the pressing portion abuts against the block; the pressing portion can be pressed against a side wall of the light strip to prevent the light strip from sliding out of the slot. By implementing the present disclosure, the light strip can be effectively prevented from slipping out of the slot, and the reliability thereof is high, and no glue or mounting screws are required, which simplifies the assembly process of the light strip and is convenient for the mounting of the light strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OML TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Xiaobing Li
  • Patent number: 10622742
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an earphone socket, a mounting structure and a mobile terminal. The earphone socket includes: a support base; a functional assembly including a microphone resilient component, a right channel resilient component and a left channel resilient component which are fixed on the support base; and an earthing resilient component fixed on the support base. The microphone resilient component includes a first arc-shaped sleeve. The right channel resilient component includes a second arc-shaped sleeve. The left channel resilient component includes a circular sleeve and a first resilient contact piece coupled to the circular sleeve. The first arc-shaped sleeve, the second arc-shaped sleeve, and the circular sleeve are arranged to define a plughole configured to mate with the earphone plug. The first resilient contact piece is configured to press the earphone plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Jia Chen
  • Patent number: 10603488
    Abstract: An implantable medical device includes an elongated tubular body having opposed proximal and distal end portions and defining a longitudinal axis. The elongated tubular body includes an interior lumen extending therethrough. A plurality of axially spaced apart electrode rings are operatively associated with the distal end portion of the tubular body. The electrode rings are formed from at least one of bismuth or pyrolytic graphite. A plurality of electrical conductors extend through the interior lumen of the tubular body. Each of the electrical conductors is operatively associated with a respective one of the plurality of electrode rings. The electrical conductors are formed from at least one of bismuth or carbon fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Oscor Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Searfoss, Thomas P. Osypka
  • Patent number: 10581185
    Abstract: A board connector includes a receptacle (11) fittable to a mating housing (100) and a fixing member (40) having a board fixing portion (42) to be fixed to a circuit board (90) and a receptacle fixing portion (41) connected to the board fixing portion (42) and to be fixed to the receptacle (11). The receptacle (11) includes a side wall (17) arranged on a plate surface of the circuit board (90) and extending along a rising direction from the plate surface. An opening (25) penetrates the side wall (17) in a wall thickness direction. The receptacle fixing portion (41) of the fixing member (40) is arranged along an opening surface of the opening (25).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Masami Sakai
  • Patent number: 10554001
    Abstract: A male plug for coupling with a female jack is arranged to prevent short circuiting during the insertion and removal process. The female jack includes first, second, third, and fourth contact terminals. The first and second contact terminals are separated by a first-to-second jack terminal separation distance, and the second and third contact terminals are separated by a second-to-third jack terminal separation distance. The male plug includes a first ring contact segment arranged to contact the third contact terminal of the female jack. The first ring contact segment has a length less than the first-to-second jack terminal separation distance and the second-to-third jack terminal separation distance. The male plug includes a second ring contact segment arranged to contact the second contact terminal of the female jack. The second ring contact segment has a length less than the first-to-second jack terminal separation distance and the second-to-third jack terminal separation distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Plantronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G Criswell, Haidong Wang, ShouBo Feng
  • Patent number: 10522949
    Abstract: Pin layouts for HSIO require a large number of pins due to isolation requirements. Differential signaling can be used in high speed transmission and reception. A single lane for operation at 6 to 8 Gbps speed typically a total of six to eight pins. At higher speeds, conventional technique to meet isolation requirements is to increase the number of ground pins per lane. With many lanes, the number of pins can become cumbersome. To address such issues, it is proposed to provide pin patterns that leverage differential cancellation to enhance signal isolation so that operation speed can increase while also reducing the number of pins so that the number of pins of a package is less cumbersome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: John Loffink, Chong Ding
  • Patent number: 10498070
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical connector and an outer frame receiving the electrical connector. The electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a number of conductive terminals affixed to the insulative housing, and a shielding shell enclosing the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a base portion and a tongue portion. There exists an annular groove between an outer surface of the shielding shell and an inner wall of the outer frame. The outer frame includes a number of dispensing holes penetrating the inner wall and an outer wall thereof and communicating with the annular groove. An o-ring is injected into the annular groove through the dispensing holes by the insulative materials sealing a gap between the shielding shell and the outer frame. Since the o-ring is formed after assembling the electrical connector to the outer frame, the gap is better sealed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shao-Cong Zhou, Jun Zhao, Gang Hu
  • Patent number: 10439340
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an earphone socket. The earphone socket includes: a housing, a support bracket and a plurality of pins. The housing defines a mounting cavity with an open rear end and includes a fixed baffle located at a rear end of the housing and protruding beyond a rear end face of the housing. The support bracket is fixedly arranged in the mounting cavity. The plurality of pins comprises at least one pin snapped onto the support bracket, and respective tail portions of the plurality of pins extends out of the mounting cavity through the rear end of the mounting cavity, the rear end face of the housing is filled with a waterproof glue to fix the pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Feifei Li, Hanjie Huang
  • Patent number: 10416103
    Abstract: A system includes a structure and a material applied to a portion of the structure. The material may be adapted to change color locally in response to localized heating of the portion of the structure to a first threshold temperature due to an electrical current within the structure. The system may further include a detector configured to receive light from the structure to enable detection of a pathway of the electrical current through the structure based on a position of the color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Gary Georgeson, Jeong-Beom Ihn
  • Patent number: 10411465
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a connector for connecting to an external device; a battery; and a controller operatively coupled to the connector and the battery. The controller includes a power controller configured to: supply the external device with a first signal having a first voltage level in response to detecting that the external device is connected to the connector. The external device is supplied with a second signal having a second voltage level that differs from the first voltage level, in response to detecting that the external device is connected to an external power supply. The first signal is generated at least in part by the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Taehoon Kim, Jeongseob Kim
  • Patent number: 10389071
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal and a method for manufacturing an earphone socket. The mobile terminal includes an earphone socket. The earphone socket includes a housing and a sealing member. The housing has an insertion hole surrounded by a peripheral side wall, the peripheral side wall has a first peripheral side wall located at an inner portion of the insertion hole and a second peripheral side wall located at an outer portion of the insertion hole, the first peripheral side wall has a thickness greater than that of the second peripheral side wall, and the second peripheral side wall has an opening port at an outer end of the insertion hole. The sealing member is embedded on an outer surface of the housing, and surrounds a periphery of the opening port, and at least a part of the sealing member extends to the first peripheral side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Feifei Li, Hanjie Huang
  • Patent number: 10369370
    Abstract: A trial stimulation system includes a disposable trial electrical stimulator that, in some examples, is sterilized for a single use in a stimulation trial of one patient. Additionally, systems for securing a disposable trial stimulator to the body of a patient are described, which may function to improve the durability of the system during the trial period and reduce the risk of damage or malfunction to the system due to lead/electrode dislocation and/or off-label uses like showering or bathing with the trial stimulator still secured to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: John Shishilla, Kathryn A. Pederson, Mukul Jain, Nicholas S. Mairs
  • Patent number: 10355432
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a display screen and an earphone socket, the display screen being spaced apart from the earphone socket. The earphone socket includes: a housing defining a mounting cavity; a support bracket in the mounting cavity; and a plurality of pins are located between the support bracket and inner walls of the mounting cavity, and the plurality of pins passes through a back wall of the mounting cavity to expose outer ends of the plurality of pins. The support bracket is provided with a supporting passage, and at least one pin is snapped into the supporting passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Feifei Li, Hanjie Huang
  • Patent number: 10224681
    Abstract: A multipole plug 1 is configured in such a manner that a first terminal strip (first terminal strip 15) is provided with first flow holes (second flow holes 15D) in a first curved plate portion 15B, a second terminal strip (second terminal strip 17) is provided with a second flow holes (third flow holes 17D) in a second curved plate portion 17B, and the first curved plate portion 15B and the second curved plate portion 17B are positioned by the positioning ring 20 provided with an outer projecting portions 20B to be fitted to notched portions 18F of a first sleeve portion (second sleeve 18) and an inner projecting portions 20C to be fitted into a gap between the first curved plate portion 15B and the second curved plate portion 17B being fitted thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: NIPPON DICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Eiji Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 10218133
    Abstract: Distal connector assemblies that are on the distal end of medical lead extensions provide increased rigidity by including a rigid holder that contains the electrical connectors. The electrical connectors are separated within the rigid holder by insulative spacers that may be individual items or may be formed from a compliant carrier that the electrical connectors may reside within where the carrier is positioned within the rigid holder. The rigid holder may also contain a set screw block defining set screw bore or the rigid holder may include an integral portion that defines a set screw bore. The integral portion may include a slot to allow a molding pin loaded with the electrical connectors and other components to be dropped into a cavity of the rigid holder. An overmold may be present to surround the rigid body containing the electrical connectors and insulative spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Scott M. Hanson, Joseph P. Ricci, Adam J. Rivard, Jonathan C. Sell
  • Patent number: 10158202
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal, an earphone socket and a method for manufacturing an earphone socket. The earphone socket includes: a housing defining a mounting cavity; a support bracket in the mounting cavity; and a plurality of pins are located between the support bracket and inner walls of the mounting cavity, and the plurality of pins passes through a back wall of the mounting cavity to expose outer ends of the plurality of pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Feifei Li, Hanjie Huang
  • Patent number: 10153601
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal, an earphone socket and a method for manufacturing an earphone socket. The earphone socket includes a housing and a sealing member. The housing has an insertion hole surrounded by a peripheral side wall, the peripheral side wall has a first peripheral side wall located at an inner portion of the insertion hole and a second peripheral side wall located at an outer portion of the insertion hole, the first peripheral side wall has a thickness greater than that of the second peripheral side wall, and the second peripheral side wall has an opening port at an outer end of the insertion hole. The sealing member is embedded on an outer surface of the housing, and surrounds a periphery of the opening port, and at least a part of the sealing member extends to the first peripheral side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventors: Feifei Li, Hanjie Huang
  • Patent number: 10153707
    Abstract: A configurable power converter includes an interchangeable face plate mounted to a chassis and circuit terminals mounted to the face plate. Each of the circuit terminals are configurable as input or output circuit terminals. The power converter also includes a direct current bus within the chassis that includes a positive terminal and a negative terminal. The power converter also includes electrical switches connected between the positive and negative terminals. The power converter further includes a controller that operates the electrical switches to provide electrical power to the direct current bus from power received from the input circuit terminals and operates the electrical switches to provide power to the output circuit terminals from power of the direct current bus. The input and output circuit terminals can each support alternating current power or direct current power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: EPC POWER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Devin Dilley, Ryan S Smith
  • Patent number: 10074946
    Abstract: A receptacle connector adapted to be fixed to a casing of an electronic device and electrically connected to a circuit board for enabling the receptacle connector to be adapted to connect with a plug connector is provided. The receptacle connector includes an insulating body and a plurality of conductive terminals. The insulating body has a tunnel, and the tunnel extends from the outer side of the insulating body to the inner side of the insulating body, wherein a side of the tunnel is exposed at a top portion of the insulating body, and the insulating body is adapted to be fixed to the casing to cover the side of the tunnel, so that the tunnel is adapted to form a plug hole with the casing. The conductive terminals are disposed through the insulating body. A receptacle connector and an electronic device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventors: Ying-Yen Cheng, Wan-Hsieh Liu, I-Cheng Chuang, Hsin-Chih Liu, Chih-Wei Tu, Cheng-Lung Chang, Chien-Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 10033125
    Abstract: An interior body includes a spring portion, a movable portion, and a fixing portion, which are integrated together and formed by bending a first metal plate having a high modulus of elasticity. An exterior body is formed by bending a second metal plate having low electric resistance. A movable portion of the interior body includes a contact portion and elastic arms. Each of the elastic arms includes, at its tip portion, an elastically pressing portion elastically pressed against a tubular internal surface of the exterior body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: ALPS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Kuroda, Takeki Uozumi, Keisuke Yamazaki, Shigetomo Chiba
  • Patent number: 10014604
    Abstract: An interior body is housed in a tubular exterior body. The interior body includes a spring portion, a movable portion, and a fixing portion, which are integrated together. Elastic arms are disposed on the movable portion so as to extend downward. Each elastic arm includes, at a lower end portion, an elastically pressing portion, which is elastically pressed against a tubular internal surface of the exterior body. Since the elastically pressing portion is elastically pressed against the exterior body, electric signals are more likely to flow between the movable portion and the exterior body and more likely to be prevented from leaking to the spring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: APLS ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Kuroda, Yoshio Tanabe, Takeki Uozumi, Shigetomo Chiba, Keisuke Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 9979112
    Abstract: A connector includes a first connector and a second connector mounted on an external device. The first connector includes a contact including a contact portion electrically connected to a connection terminal of the second connector by pressing the connection terminal in a predetermined direction; a flexible conductor connected to the contact; a protection member that protects the contact portion by covering a periphery of the contact; a base body that accommodates the contact, the flexible conductor, and the protection member; and an elastic member that is formed separately from the contact and presses the contact and the protection member in a direction opposite to the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: ACES ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nobukazu Kato, Chien-Feng Huang, Hiroaki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 9955272
    Abstract: A device (10) for connection to an audio accessory (20) comprising: a jack socket (14) for connection to a jack plug (25) of the audio accessory (20), a ground connection to a first socket contact (428) which is positioned to mate with a ground return pole of the plug (25). The jack socket (14) comprises a second contact (432) also positioned to mate with the ground return pole of the plug (25). Driver amplifiers (416, 418) comprise an input coupled to the second contact (432) and are configured to superimpose a signal present at the second contact (432) onto received speaker signal. It may achieve reducing the crosstalk which could distort or blur the stereo image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Taylor, ChungFeng Gu
  • Patent number: 9923291
    Abstract: An audio jack connector, assembled to a printed circuit board having a number of conductive pads, includes an insulative housing having a number of receiving grooves and a number of terminals received in the receiving grooves. Each audio terminal includes an elastic portion having a number of compressive contacts laterally. The elastic portion is pressed laterally by the printed circuit board so that the compressive contacts are contacted with the conductive pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Hendrikus P. G. Van der Steen
  • Patent number: 9899778
    Abstract: Distal connector assemblies that are on the distal end of medical lead extensions provide increased rigidity by including a rigid holder that contains the electrical connectors. The electrical connectors are separated within the rigid holder by insulative spacers that may be individual items or may be formed from a compliant carrier that the electrical connectors may reside within where the carrier is positioned within the rigid holder. The rigid holder may also contain a set screw block defining set screw bore or the rigid holder may include an integral portion that defines a set screw bore. The integral portion may include a slot to allow a molding pin loaded with the electrical connectors and other components to be dropped into a cavity of the rigid holder. An overmold may be present to surround the rigid body containing the electrical connectors and insulative spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Scott M. Hanson, Joseph P. Ricci, Adam J. Rivard, Jonathan C. Sell
  • Patent number: 9832564
    Abstract: A general-purpose audio connector is provided. The audio connector includes an earphone plug that includes a plurality of first terminals, and an earphone connector that includes a plurality of second terminals. The earphone plug is configured to be inserted into and to connect to the earphone connector. The number of poles of the plurality of first terminals that connect to the plurality of second terminals is variable depending on a movement of the earphone plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Sung-Hoon Jeong, Juhee Chang, Sangju Lee, Cheol Yong Park, Ho-Chul Hwang
  • Patent number: 9787009
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle connector includes a shell, a first insulator, a second insulator and a blanking contact. The first insulator is disposed in the shell. The first insulator has a first insulator front end and a first insulator rear end. The second insulator is disposed in the shell and installed on the first insulator. The second insulator has a combining area. The blanking contact includes a fixing portion, a soldering portion, a contact portion and a combining portion. The fixing portion is combined with the first insulator. The soldering portion protrudes from the fixing portion toward the first insulator rear end and stretches out of the first insulator rear end. The contact portion protrudes from the fixing portion toward the first insulator front end and stretches out of the first insulator rear end. The combining portion protrudes from the contacting portion and inserts into the combining area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Yu-Lun Tsai, Pin-Yuan Hou, Chung-Fu Liao, Long Fei Chen, Dong Xiang
  • Patent number: 9787037
    Abstract: An adapter for coupling a coaxial interface to a power conductor and method for interconnection may be provided as a body with a conductor junction dimensioned to couple with the power conductor and a mating surface dimensioned to couple with the coaxial interface. The conductor junction, an outer conductor contacting portion of the mating surface and an inner conductor contacting portion of the mating surface are electrically coupled together by the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Lawrence J Buenz