Overlying Second Preformed Panel Circuit, Both Adapted To Be Electrically Connected Patents (Class 439/74)
  • Patent number: 12293978
    Abstract: Various circuit board systems and methods of use and manufacture thereof are disclosed. A circuit board system can have a first circuit board including a substrate and a first component susceptible to electromagnetic interference carried by the substrate. The system can also include a second circuit board including a second substrate, and a shield engaged to the substrate of the first component, the shield at least partially covering the first component and being configured to protect the first component from electromagnetic interference, wherein the shield couples the substrate of the first circuit board to the substrate of the second circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Snap Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Andrew Steger, Emily Lauren Clopp
  • Patent number: 12288942
    Abstract: Provided is an electric connector which includes: a housing; and a pair of reinforcement brackets reinforces both end sides of the housing in a longitudinal direction, wherein the housing has a bottom wall, a pair of short walls, a pair of long walls, an island-shaped protruding wall surrounded by the short walls and the long walls, and pairs of corner portions between a corresponding pair of short and long walls, each reinforcement bracket has an outer plate portion, a short wall protection portion, a pair of side plate portions, a pair of long wall protection portions, a pair of connection portions connecting the outer plate portion to the side plate portions, and a pair of corner protection portions, and each corner protection portion extends from either one of the outer plate portion or the side plate portions, and is formed to cover an upper surface of the corner portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuta Takagi, Shota Hironaka
  • Patent number: 12288941
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a board-to-board connector terminal and a connector. The board-to-board connector terminal comprises: a male connector terminal including a first part; and a female connector terminal including a second part, wherein in the case of the male connector terminal and the female connector terminal adaptively installed, the male connector terminal is in contact with the female connector terminal; when the male connector terminal is detached from the female connector terminal, the second part abuts against the first part to prevent the male connector terminal being detached from the female connector terminal; in the case of the male connector terminal forcibly detached from the female connector terminal, the first part pushes the second part to cause the second part to be peeled off, such that the female connector terminal is damaged and does not work properly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: FCI NANTONG LTD.
    Inventors: Liqing Lei, Zelin Yao
  • Patent number: 12266876
    Abstract: First terminals and second terminals are alternately arranged in the pitch direction. The first terminal has a first mount portion, and the second terminal has a second mount portion. Each of the supporting portions is resiliently deformable at least in part and extends from the first contact portion to support the second contact portion. The second contact portion of each of the first terminals and the second terminals faces the first contact portion in a width direction and is movable in the width direction due to resilient deformation of the supporting portion. In the second terminal, the extension portion extends from the second contact portion, and the second mount portion is formed in a part of the extension portion. The second mount portion is located apart from the first mount portion in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Keisuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12255415
    Abstract: Provided is a board-to-board socket, including a socket body, socket terminal, and socket strengthener. The socket body includes a bottom wall, socket side walls, socket guide parts formed at lateral ends of the socket body, and an island part protruding upwards from the bottom wall. Socket guide parts each include a plug guide part receiving cavity, longitudinal outer peripheral wall, and lateral outer peripheral walls. The socket strengthener includes a main body part, lateral outer peripheral wall, and elastic arm parts. Tops of the elastic arm parts bend and extend towards longitudinal outer sides to form hitching part cavities hitched on top faces of the lateral outer peripheral walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN EVERWIN PRECISION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yingyue Li, Gang Tian, Yiping Shi, Yayong Li, Xinyun Peng
  • Patent number: 12255414
    Abstract: A package board according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first core layer, a feeding wiring disposed on the first core layer, and a first connector mounted on the first core layer and electrically connected to the feeding wiring through a row directional side thereof. The feeding wiring includes a first portion extending in a column direction of the first core layer and a second portion bent from the first portion to extend in a row direction of the first core layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Na Yeon Kim, Young Ju Kim, Hee Jun Park, Won Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 12249781
    Abstract: An axially resilient press-in contact pin includes a metal body and an electrically conductive, elastic element. The metal body includes a pin-shaped section and a press-in spring. The press-in spring is on a first end of the pin-shaped section. The elastic element surrounds at least portions of the pin-shaped section and extends beyond a second end (i.e., free end region) of the pin-shaped section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: KOSTAL Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Andresen, Ralf Ostermann, Heike Skutta, Frank Kunert, Matthias Seifert, Edward Ziebko
  • Patent number: 12244083
    Abstract: An electrical connecting apparatus according to the present disclosure is characterized in including a first electrode region in which a liquid metal is filled in a first recessed part that is capable of conducting with a substrate electrode of a first wiring substrate, a second electrode region in which a liquid metal is filled in a second recessed part that is capable of conducting with a substrate electrode of a second wiring substrate opposing the first wiring substrate in a vertical direction, and a connector that causes conduction between the first electrode region and the second electrode region by bringing one end part into contact with the liquid metal of the first electrode region and bringing the other end part into contact with the liquid metal of the second electrode region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA NIHON MICRONICS
    Inventors: Shou Harako, Noboru Otabe, Hiroshi Kamiya, Yoshiyuki Fukami, Shogo Mizutani
  • Patent number: 12225658
    Abstract: A multilayer printed circuit board having a stackup including an upper half of the stackup and a lower half of the stackup, the multilayer printed circuit board having a top exposed surface and a bottom exposed surface, a first trace and via structure, having one portion disposed on the top exposed surface and another portion disposed within the upper half of the stackup, a second trace and via structure, having one portion disposed on the top exposed surface and another portion disposed within the upper half of the stackup, and first electrical components and second electrical components disposed on the top exposed surface of the multilayer printed circuit board and associated, respectively, with the first trace and via structure and the second trace and via structure, wherein the first electrical components are mounted orthogonally with respect to the second electrical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Shadi Ebrahimi Asl, Stephen Aubrey Scearce, Quinn Gaumer, Linda W. Scott
  • Patent number: 12224531
    Abstract: The present disclosure pertains to a board connector comprising a plurality of radio frequency (RF) contacts for transmitting RF signals; an insulating part supporting the RF contacts; a plurality of transmission contacts coupled to the insulating part and between a first RF contact and a second RF contact, such that the first RF contact and the second RF contact are spaced in a first axial direction; and a grounding housing to which the insulating part is coupled, the grounding housing comprising an inner grounding wall, an outer grounding wall spaced apart from the inner grounding wall, and a grounding connection wall coupled to each of the inner and outer grounding walls, wherein the inner and outer grounding walls are double-shielding walls that surround the side of an inner space, and the first RF contact and the second RF contact are placed in the inner space surrounded by the double-shielding walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: LS MTRON LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Wan Kim, Hyun Joo Hwang, In Duk Song, Sang Jun Oh, Seok Lee
  • Patent number: 12218451
    Abstract: An electrical connector set includes a first substrate having a first conductor, and a first internal terminal having a first mounting portion and a second mounting portion that are mounted on the first conductor of the first substrate and a projecting portion extending in a curved shape between the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion. The electrical connector set further includes a second substrate having a second conductor, and a second internal terminal having a third mounting portion that is mounted on the second conductor of the second substrate and a recessed portion forming the third mounting portion at a bottom portion, in which the projecting portion of the first internal terminal and the recessed portion of the second internal terminal are configured to be fitted to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Minoru Mamuro
  • Patent number: 12218473
    Abstract: A method for configuring an electrical contact zone of a terminal includes providing the terminal having a contact portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the terminal, forming a contact dome having a radius in the contact portion of the terminal, and forming a contact zone in the terminal at the contact dome. The contact zone is formed subsequent to a start of the step of forming the contact dome.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Jochen Brandt, Isabell Buresch, Thomas Steinacker, Ruediger Meier, Christian Bergmann
  • Patent number: 12212084
    Abstract: A high voltage side hold-down includes a flat-plate shaped reinforcing plate part, a solder leg projecting downward from the reinforcing plate part, and a hold-down elastic piece supported like a cantilever beam by the reinforcing plate part. The hold-down elastic piece includes an elastic piece body, a contact part projecting upward beyond a CPU board opposed surface, and a displacement restriction part for restricting upward displacement of the contact part, sequentially from the base to the end of the hold-down elastic piece. A housing is formed in such a way that the contact part does not come into contact with the housing when the contact part is displaced downward and no longer projects upward beyond the CPU board opposed surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.
    Inventor: Junji Oosaka
  • Patent number: 12212083
    Abstract: Various configurations of compressible electrical assemblies are disclosed herein. Each variation of the compressible electrical assemblies includes at least one dielectric, an inner conductor and an outer conductor. Each inner and outer conductor may be configured as a compressible contact. One embodiment of a compressible electrical assembly includes an inner compressible contact, and outer compressible contact and a dielectric disposed at least partially between the inner compressible contact and the outer compressible contact. Each compressible contact also has a divaricated-cut section with a plurality of cuts defined by at least one cut angle measured between a pair of opposing inner surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS RF LLC
    Inventors: Donald Andrew Burris, Thomas Edmond Flaherty, IV, Daniel Michael Grabowski
  • Patent number: 12207391
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes first and second pads of a first differential pair, a hatched ground, and first and second traces of a second differential pair. The first and second pads of the first differential pair are routed a surface of the printed circuit board. The hatched ground routed within a first layer of the printed circuit board. The first and second traces of the second differential pair are routed below the first and second pads and the hatched ground within a second layer of the printed circuit board. The hatched ground dampens crosstalk between signals on the traces and signals on the differential pair pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Zhenli Liu, Lingyu Kong, Bhyrav Mutnury
  • Patent number: 12207407
    Abstract: An interconnection for flex circuit boards used, for instance, in a quantum computing system are provided. In one example, the interconnection can include a first flex circuit board having a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The interconnection can include a second flex circuit board having a third side and a fourth side opposite the third side. The first flex circuit board and the second flex circuit board are physically coupled together in an overlap joint in which a portion of the second side for the first flex circuit board overlaps a portion of the third side of the flex circuit board. The interconnection can include a signal pad structure positioned in the overlap joint that electrically couples a first via in the first flex circuit board and a second via in the second flex circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: John Martinis, Bob Benjamin Buckley, Xiaojun Trent Huang
  • Patent number: 12191590
    Abstract: A plug connector for a board-to-board connector according to an embodiment includes: a connector main body which includes one pair of first sidewalls extended in a first direction and facing each other, and one pair of second sidewalls extended in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and facing each other; one pair of fitting nails which are over-molded in the plug connector; and a plurality of plug terminals which are over-molded on the one pair of second sidewalls, wherein each of the one pair of fitting nails includes: an upper surface contacting an upper end of the first sidewall; a central reinforcement portion which is curved downward from the upper surface to come into contact with at least a portion of an outer surface of the first sidewall; one pair of lateral reinforcement portions which are extended from the upper surface and are curved downward to come into contact with at least portions of respective outer surfaces of the one pair of second sidewalls; and one pair of arm porti
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Suk Min Kim, Jin Hyup Chang
  • Patent number: 12176641
    Abstract: A connector is provided with a half body part, each of which including a connector main body and a plurality of terminals arranged at a predetermined pitch and integrated with the connector main body by insert molding, a main body end part formed at both ends of the connector main body by coupling the connector main bodies of the half body parts arranged in parallel, and a reinforcing metal fitting integrated with the main body end part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Daishi Gondo
  • Patent number: 12170349
    Abstract: A printed structure comprises a device comprising device electrical contacts disposed on a common side of the device and a substrate non-native to the device comprising substrate electrical contacts disposed on a surface of the substrate. At least one of the substrate electrical contacts has a rounded shape. The device electrical contacts are in physical and electrical contact with corresponding substrate electrical contacts. The substrate electrical contacts can comprise a polymer core coated with a patterned contact electrical conductor on a surface of the polymer core. A method of making polymer cores comprising patterning a polymer on the substrate and reflowing the patterned polymer to form one or more rounded shapes of the polymer and coating and then patterning the one or more rounded shapes with a conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Bower, Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 12160071
    Abstract: An electrical connector that includes a plurality of inner terminals that are arrayed in a first direction and extend in a second direction, an insulating member that has a terminal holding part that holds the inner terminals, and an outer terminal that surrounds the inner terminals when viewed in a third direction. The terminal holding part includes an insulating extending part that extends in the first direction. The outer terminal includes an outer extending part that extends in the first direction while being spaced apart from the insulating extending part along at least part thereof. An opening that extends in the first direction is formed between the insulating extending part and the outer extending part. The states of inner mounting parts of the inner terminals can be checked through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daisuke Okubo
  • Patent number: 12149029
    Abstract: An orthogonal electrical connector system includes vertical electrical connectors that are configured to e mated to each other so as to place respective pluralities of first and second substrates that are oriented orthogonal to each other in data communication with each other through the mated electrical connectors. Other connector systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan E. Buck, John Mongold
  • Patent number: 12142860
    Abstract: A connector (1) according to the present disclosure includes: a first connector (10) including a pair of first contacts (30a) each of which includes a first contacting portion (34a) and that are attached to a first insulator (20); a second connector (50) including a pair of second contacts (70a) each of which includes a second contacting portion (74a) and that are attached to a second insulator (60), the second contacting portion (74a) being in contact with the first contacting portion (34a) in a fitted state; and a shield member that is attached to the first insulator (20) and the second insulator (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Horino, Masayoshi Kakino
  • Patent number: 12142859
    Abstract: Provided is a connector capable of suppressing deformation and breakage due to an external force, and the connector can be fitted with a counter connector by entering an accommodation space of the counter connector, and includes a housing that holds a contact and includes a side wall at an end portion in a first direction intersecting a fitting direction in which the connector and the counter connector are fitted with each other, a frame that surrounds the housing, and a reinforcing member having a higher rigidity than that of the housing, in which connector, part of the reinforcing member is attached to the side wall while being interposed between an outer surface and an inner surface of the side wall, the outer surface being situated on a side facing the frame, and the inner surface being situated on an opposite side from the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Junji Oosaka, Yohei Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 12113307
    Abstract: A connector is provided with a half body part, each of which including a connector main body and a plurality of terminals arranged at a predetermined pitch and integrated with the connector main body by insert molding, a main body end part formed at both ends of the connector main body by coupling the connector main bodies of the half body parts arranged in parallel, and a reinforcing metal fitting integrated with the main body end part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventor: Daishi Gondo
  • Patent number: 12101881
    Abstract: A circuit board assembly is provided and includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board and a first connecting module. The first connecting module includes a first connecting wire, a first connector and a second connector. The first circuit board includes a first processor, and the second circuit board includes a second processor. One end of the first connector is connected to one end of the first connecting wire, and the other end of the first connector is connected to the first circuit board. One end of the second connector is connected to the other end of the first connecting wire, and the other end of the second connector is connected to the second circuit board. The first connector is adjacent to the first processor, and the second connector is adjacent to the second processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Unimicron Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Ching-Ho Hsieh, Ming-Hsing Wu, Kuei-Sheng Wu
  • Patent number: 12080963
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly and its manufacturing method are described, wherein the electrical connector assembly includes a bridging conductive component. The multiple conductive terminals achieve electrical connection through the bridging conductive component without the use of jumper wires, meeting the requirements for signal transmission in the electrical connector assembly. The manufacturing method of the electrical connector assembly involves the step of combining multiple electrical connector components with the bridging conductive component. Thus, during the assembly of the electrical connector assembly, customization of the electrical connection relationship of conductive terminals can be achieved by adjusting multiple electrical connector components and the bridging conductive component. This customization ensures compliance with the requirements for signal transmission in the electrical connector assembly, meeting the specific needs and developments of electronic devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignees: DONGGUAN TARNG YU ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., TARNG YU ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ying-Chung Chen, Mu-Jung Huang
  • Patent number: 12052813
    Abstract: A circuit mounting assembly can include a circuit board, a chassis, a sheet of thermally conductive dielectric material, and one or more fasteners configured to compress the sheet between the circuit board and the chassis to provide vibration isolation and electrical isolation between the chassis and the circuit board, and to provide thermal conduction between the chassis and the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Francis C. Belisle, Robert C. Cooney, Catherine Canciamille, Nhia Yang
  • Patent number: 12051866
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes an electrical plug connector and an electrical receptacle connector corresponding to the electrical plug connector. The electrical plug connector includes a plug insulated housing as well as plug terminals and buckling portions on the plug insulated housing. The electrical receptacle connector includes a receptacle insulated housing as well as receptacle terminals and locking components on the receptacle insulated housing. The locking components at the two sides of the electrical receptacle connector are firmly buckled with the buckling portions at the two sides of the electrical plug connector. Therefore, during the use of the electrical connector assembly, the electrical plug connector can be prevented from detaching off the electrical receptacle connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: ADVANCED-CONNECTEK INC.
    Inventors: Ta-Teh Meng, Mei Shi, Ya-Ping Liang, Xu-Kun Li, Meng Liu, Bo-Wen Xu, Jia-Ying Wu, Man Ge
  • Patent number: 12033904
    Abstract: Implementations of a semiconductor package may include: a substrate, a case coupled to the substrate, and a plurality of press-fit pins. The plurality of press-fit pins may be fixedly coupled with the case. The plurality of press-fit pins may have at least one locking portion that extends from a side of the plurality of press-fit pins into the case and the plurality of press-fit pins may be electrically and mechanically coupled to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Inventors: Yushuang Yao, Chee Hiong Chew, Atapol Prajuckamol
  • Patent number: 12034239
    Abstract: A connector is mounted on a circuit board when used. The connector has a housing and a terminal which has a held portion, a supporting portion, a coupling portion, a contact portion and a guiding portion. The coupling portion has a fulcrum. The guiding portion receives a vertical force from a mating terminal at a specific contact location. The guiding portion receives, at the specific contact location, a frictional force caused by friction between the mating terminal and the guiding portion upon movement of the mating terminal on the guiding portion. An action line of a combined force of the vertical force and the frictional force intersects with one of the circuit board and the housing at a reference point. The fulcrum is positioned beyond the reference point in a first orientation of a first horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Tetsuya Komoto, Akira Kimura, Keisuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12021331
    Abstract: A plug system includes a plug connector part, which has a plug connector housing and a multiplicity of connection terminals, which are arranged on the plug connector housing and which each have a spring element forming a clamping leg, and a plug device, which has a multiplicity of electrically conductive plug elements. The plug elements of the plug device for electrically contacting the connection terminals of the plug connector part can each be connected in a plugging manner along a plugging direction to one of the connection terminals of the plug connector part and, in a connected position, are mechanically operatively connected to the clamping leg of the spring element of the respective connection terminal. At least some of the plug elements have a different height measured along the plugging direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Peter Wille
  • Patent number: 11996585
    Abstract: A battery module of the present disclosure may include, a cell assembly including at least one battery cell, a busbar assembly including a terminal busbar electrically connected to an electrode lead of the cell assembly, and a busbar frame covering the cell assembly on at least one side, and an insulating frame covering the busbar assembly from the outside, and further including a nut which is set to a floatable size in a nut insertion chamber adjacent to a terminal busbar and provided with a space inside the insulating frame, and is mounted in the nut insertion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dai Ki Min, Youngho Lee, Jongha Jeong, Jungmin Kwak, Jaehyun You
  • Patent number: 11990699
    Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of inner terminals and an outer terminal. The plurality of inner terminals are arrayed with intervals therebetween in a direction. The plurality of inner terminals are terminals that are connected to a ground potential. The outer terminal is disposed around the group of the plurality of arrayed inner terminals and are connected to a ground potential. The outer terminal includes side wall members that are shaped so as to extend in the direction and be parallel to the plurality of inner terminals. The inner terminals include connection parts that are connected to the side wall members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Maeda, Daisuke Okubo, Minoru Mamuro
  • Patent number: 11978972
    Abstract: An electrical connector is capable of performing stable inspection without affecting an extraction force of a connector engagement portion. The electrical connector includes a housing having an electrical insulation property, an internal terminal held by the housing, and an external terminal held by the housing, with the external terminal to be electrically connected to a ground. The external terminal includes a fitting portion having a first engagement wall portion at one side and having a second engagement wall portion at the other side in a plan view from a connector insertion/extraction direction. A first engagement portion is formed at the first engagement wall portion, and a second engagement portion is formed at the second engagement wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshimichi Oiwane
  • Patent number: 11961987
    Abstract: Described herein are battery modules and methods of fabricating thereof. In some examples, a battery module comprises an enclosure, separated into two enclosure portions and a thermal portion, positioned between the two enclosure portions. Two enclosure portions are in part defined by side walls, which can be tapered. The thermal portion comprises two thermal walls, which are operable as the bottoms of the two enclosure portions and form a thermal cavity between these thermal walls. In some examples, the enclosure is a monolithically cast component. Alternatively, the enclosure can be partially cast with one thermal wall welded thereafter to a cast subassembly. The battery module also comprises two sets of batteries, each positioned into a corresponding enclosure portion. Each battery set is interconnected with an interconnecting assembly, positioned between the battery set and the corresponding cover, for this enclosure portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Harbinger Motors Inc.
    Inventors: Phil Gow, Kenneth Kawanishi, Phillip John Weicker, Cody Rhebergen, John Henry Harris, III, Vu Phan, Michael Carl Fricke, Daniel McCarron, Deborah Bourke
  • Patent number: 11942712
    Abstract: A substrate unit includes a first connector including a first terminal and a first housing accommodating the first terminal, and to be connected to an external connector, a first substrate on which the first connector is mounted, a second connector including a second terminal and a second housing accommodating the second terminal, and to be connected to the external connector, a second substrate on which the second connector is mounted and a case accommodating the first substrate and the second substrate. The first housing is provided with a first locking portion. The second housing is provided with a second locking portion. The first locking portion and the second locking portion are locked to each other. The first terminal and the second terminal are disposed to face an opening provided in the case through which the external connector is to be connected to the first connector and the second connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masashi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11942711
    Abstract: Provided is a connector which includes: an insulating housing; and a conductive terminal, in which the terminal is fixed to the housing, and includes a mounting portion connected to a board and a contact portion protruding from the mounting portion in a fitting direction, and a thickness of the contact portion is greater than a thickness of the mounting portion in a direction perpendicular to the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11942724
    Abstract: An electrical connector may include an insulating body, metal terminals exposed in a mating port of the insulating body, and a metal housing that includes walls. The walls may encircle the insulating body such that a first space is located between a first side of the insulating body and a first wall of the metal housing, a second space is located between a second side of the insulating body and a second wall of the metal housing, and a length of the first space is different from a length of the second space. The first and second walls may face in opposite directions. The mating port may receive a portion of a mating connector. The first wall may include first latching portions in communication with the first space, and the second wall may include second latching portions in communication with the second space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Amphenol East Asia Ltd.
    Inventor: Lo-Wen Lu
  • Patent number: 11942738
    Abstract: A structural connector system for providing an electrical connection between electronic componentry is disclosed. The structural connector system includes a structural member, including an electrically insulating matrix, an electrically conducting path, a first end surface, a second end surface, and a first component engaging surface. The first component engaging surface includes a first mechanical coupler configured to mechanically couple a first electronic component or a first chassis component to the structural member and a first electrical coupler configured to electrically couple the first electronic component or the first chassis component to a first end of the electrically conducting path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross K. Wilcoxon, Russell C. Tawney, Reginald D. Bean, Peter M. Sahayda
  • Patent number: 11916323
    Abstract: A multipolar connector set includes a first connector, a second connector including structure capable of being fitted to the first connector, a first substrate on which the first connector is mounted, a second substrate on which the second connector is mounted, a first ground conductor pattern formed on the first substrate, and a second ground conductor pattern formed on the second substrate. The first connector includes a first insulating member, first internal terminals held by the first insulating member and arranged in a first direction, and a first external terminal held by the first insulating member and connected to ground potential. The second substrate has a second conductor pattern non-formation region in which the second ground conductor pattern is not present at a position facing the first external terminal, when the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Maeda, Aoi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11916179
    Abstract: A printed structure comprises a device comprising device electrical contacts disposed on a common side of the device and a substrate non-native to the device comprising substrate electrical contacts disposed on a surface of the substrate. At least one of the substrate electrical contacts has a rounded shape. The device electrical contacts are in physical and electrical contact with corresponding substrate electrical contacts. The substrate electrical contacts can comprise a polymer core coated with a patterned contact electrical conductor on a surface of the polymer core. A method of making polymer cores comprising patterning a polymer on the substrate and reflowing the patterned polymer to form one or more rounded shapes of the polymer and coating and then patterning the one or more rounded shapes with a conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: X Display Company Technology Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Bower, Ronald S. Cok
  • Patent number: 11901661
    Abstract: A vehicle door lock device includes: a housing; electrical components including internal pins; and a terminal electrically connected to the internal and including coupling portions coupling conductive portions. Further, electric circuits of the electrical components are formed when the conductive portions are disconnected by cutting off the coupling portions, the housing includes: positioning protruding portions that protrudes at a right angle with respect to installation portions; and fitting grooves that are opened in a direction parallel to a protruding direction of the positioning protruding portions, and the terminal includes: the conductive portions; positioning holes into which the positioning protruding portions are inserted; connector pins bent at a right angle, and are fitted into the fitting grooves; and electrical component pins bent at a right angle, and are configured to be electrically connected to the electrical components when inserted into the internal pins of the electrical components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shuntaro Kimura, Takao Taga
  • Patent number: 11901658
    Abstract: An electric connector set having an impedance adjustment function and a mounting structure, and including a first connector that mounts onto a first circuit board, and a second connector that mounts onto a second circuit to be insertable into and withdrawable from the first connector in an insertion-withdrawal direction. The first connector includes a first connection terminal having first mounting portions to mount onto first land portions on the first circuit board and a first insulating member that holds the first connection terminal. The second connector includes a second connection terminal having second mounting portions to mount onto second land portions on the second circuit board and a second insulating member that holds the second connection terminal. In an engagement state of the electric connector set, the first mounting portions oppose the second mounting portions and overlap the second mounting portions as viewed in the insertion-withdrawal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takahiro Jodo, Minoru Mamuro, Hiroyuki Hoshiba
  • Patent number: 11895775
    Abstract: A hybrid double-sided power switch module comprises a double PCB assembly with switch dies and conductive spacers disposed at both sides of the double PCB assembly in different topologies. The gate connections of the switch dies are enhanced by spring pins soldered in the THVs formed through the PCBs in alignment with the gate terminals. MFCs are positioned at both sides of the double PCBs assembly in contact with the tops of the switch dies and conductive spacers with fuzz buttons serving as contacts between the MFCs and the switch dies and spacers. MFCs serve different functions including AC bus-bars, DC bus-bars, heat-sinks, and their combination. The module can withstand external stress and is fabricated by a simplified and inexpensive process requiring only two solder pastes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: University of Maryland, College Park
    Inventors: Yongwan Park, Shiladri Chakraborty, Alireza Khaligh
  • Patent number: 11888247
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprises a connector and a mating connector mateable with each other. The mating connector comprises a mating lock member having a mating lock portion. The connector comprises a holding member and a lock member. The holding member has a holding portion and a stop portion. The lock member has a held portion and a lock portion. The held portion is held by the holding portion. The lock portion is located below the mating lock portion and faces the mating lock portion in the upper-lower direction under the mated state. The coupling portion has an abutment portion. When the lock portion is moved toward the held portion in the first horizontal direction in accordance with removal of the connector from the mating connector, the abutment portion is brought into abutment with the stop portion so that a movement of the lock portion is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Keisuke Nakamura, Tetsuya Komoto
  • Patent number: 11882658
    Abstract: A printed circuit board system includes a plurality of printed circuit board (PCB) assemblies that includes at least three PCB assemblies and a connecting module. The connecting module is coupled to each of the PCB assemblies. The connecting module is adapted to provide electrical and signal communications between each of the PCB assemblies. The connecting module is on different planes with respect to at least one of the PCB assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Tung-Hsien Wu, Wei-Jie Chen
  • Patent number: 11876313
    Abstract: Provided a connector including a plurality of terminals insert molded with a housing. At least one of terminals includes a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion spaced apart from the first terminal portion in a direction along a direction of mating to a counterpart connector. The first terminal portion includes a first surface extending along a plane crossing the mating direction on a side opposite to the side that mates to the counterpart connector. The first surface includes a portion that does not overlap the second terminal portion as the first and second terminal portions are viewed in the direction from the side opposite to the side that mates to the counterpart connector. At least a partial region of the portion, which does not overlap the second terminal portion, of the first surface is exposed to an outside of the housing through an opening of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11856717
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display, a cover coupled to the display and providing therein a space for accommodating parts, a plurality of printed circuit boards accommodated in the cover, and a mounting portion coupled to the display, accommodated in the cover, and having a first mounting protrusion formed thereon, wherein the printed circuit boards are mounted on the first mounting protrusion, wherein the first mounting protrusion includes a plurality of mounting grooves, wherein the printed circuit boards are mounted in the plurality of mounting grooves, wherein the plurality of mounting grooves are defined at positions spaced apart from each other in a length direction of the first mounting protrusion such that the plurality of the printed circuit boards are disposed to be spaced apart from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sungsik Son
  • Patent number: 11781565
    Abstract: A fluid compressor device includes an integrated controller of an e-machine. The integrated controller has an arcuate support structure that extends about the axis of rotation of a rotating group. The support structure has a seat that is disposed at a radial area of the arcuate support structure. The integrated controller has an electronics component supported on the seat. The integrated controller includes a retainer clip that is resiliently flexible between a neutral position and a flexed position. The retainer clip is fixed to the support structure and in the flexed position to retain the electronics component on the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I INC.
    Inventors: Valeriy Fedorikhin, Adam Robinson
  • Patent number: 11769970
    Abstract: A connector includes an outer shield, a terminal surrounded by the outer shield, a housing fixed to the outer shield and holding the terminal; and an inner shield surrounded by the outer shield. The outer shield, the inner shield, and two virtual paths that connect the two tip regions of the inner shield to the outer shield by shortest distances, respectively, constitute plural electrically-closed loops surrounding the terminal. The electrically-closed loops include one or more particular electrically-closed loops. Each of the one or more particular electrically-closed loops does not surround any electrically-closed loop among the plurality of electrically-closed loops other than the each of the one or more particular electrically-closed loops. A longest loop length of the one or more loop lengths of the one or more particular electrically-closed loops is shorter than a wavelength of a maximum frequency of a transmission signal flowing through the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryosuke Shimomura, Yoji Miyazaki, Hiroshi Tanaka, Kazumasa Iijima