Secured By Superposition Of Insulating Body Parts Patents (Class 439/752)
  • Patent number: 9570855
    Abstract: Patch cords are provided that include a communications cable that has at least first through fourth conductors and a plug that is attached to the cable. The plug includes a housing that receives the cable, a printed circuit board, first through fourth plug contacts, and first through fourth conductive paths that connect the first through fourth conductors to the respective first through fourth plug contacts. The first and second conductors, conductive paths, and plug contacts form a first differential transmission line, and the third and fourth conductors, conductive paths, and plug contacts form a second differential transmission line. Each of the first through fourth plug contacts has a first segment that extends longitudinally along a first surface of the printed circuit board, and the signal current injection point into the first segment of at least some of the first through fourth plug contacts is into middle portions of their respective first segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Richard A. Schumacher, Amid I. Hashim, Brian J. Fitzpatrick, Bryan S. Moffitt, Wayne D. Larsen
  • Patent number: 9509069
    Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed having a housing and a female terminal. The housing has an assembly receiving space. The female terminal is positioned in the assembly receiving space and has a first female terminal, a second female terminal, and an elastic connecting spring. The first female terminal has a first contact receiving space. The second female terminal has a second contact receiving space and is independently displaceable relative to the first female terminal along a longitudinal axis. The elastic connecting spring connects the first female terminal to the second female terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryuichi Komiyama, Tetsuro Akiguchi, Yoshifumi Suemitsu, Kazuhiko Ueda, Natsuki Nozawa, Hitoshi Ozaki, Masao Noguchi, Arata Harada
  • Patent number: 9478898
    Abstract: A seal ring (80) is fit on an outer surface of a housing main body (11) and rests on a resting portion. When a receptacle (62) is fit externally on the housing main body (11), outer peripheral lips (84) of the seal ring (80) closely contact an inner surface of the receptacle (62). The seal ring (80) includes front and rear rings (86, 87) extending in a front-back direction at opposite front and rear sides of the outer peripheral lips (84). The rear ring (87) is longer in the front-back direction than the front ring (86). A first housing (10) includes a protrusion (23) for radially sandwiching the rear ring (87) between the protrusion (23) and the housing main body (11). When the receptacle (62) is fit externally on the housing main body (11), the protrusion (23) is covered with an opening portion (66) of the receptacle (62).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinji Iihoshi
  • Patent number: 9472883
    Abstract: A plug connector that includes a contact support with at least one or more contact chambers for receiving a contact, at least one electrical contact, a lateral opening on each side in the contact support, connected in each case with one of the contact chambers, and a plurality of locking elements. Each of the locking elements can be introduced into one of the openings in a locking manner in such a way that a locking portion of each of the locking elements blocks the contact in the contact chamber, respectively, at a corresponding locking portion. Each of the locking elements has a coding member for engaging the contact support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Amphenol-Tuchel Electronics GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Honnige, Michael Grimm
  • Patent number: 9431745
    Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of terminals, a housing, and a retainer. The housing includes terminal housing chambers and partition portions. Each of the terminal housing chambers accommodates therein each of the plurality of terminals. Each of the partition portions is provided between adjacent terminal housing chambers and partition the adjacent terminal housing chambers from each other. The retainer is attached to the housing. The retainer is configured to prevent each of the terminals from falling out and to move between a temporary locking position and a proper locking position. The retainer includes communication cut portions. While the retainer is moving between the proper locking position and the temporary locking position, each of the communication cut portions is kept in contact with its corresponding partition portion and cut off communication between the adjacent terminal housing chambers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yosuke Kurono, Toshiki Muramatsu, Naomichi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 9431744
    Abstract: A retainer (10) is formed from a body (18) and extended portions (11). The body (18) includes two deflectable legs (20) and the legs (20) include locking claws (21) to be held onto a male connector housing (1) at a partial locking position and locking protrusions (22) to be locked to the male terminal fittings (5). A pushing surface (19) of the retainer (10) is extended in a front-back direction by the extended portions (11). A posture correcting portion (23) is formed between the legs (20) and fits into a cut recess (15) of a partition wall (14) to be locked therein when the retainer (10) is at a full locking position, thereby restricting an oblique posture of the retainer (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeto Kataoka, Mitsunori Kitajima
  • Patent number: 9419379
    Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of terminals, a connector housing, a pair of partition walls and a concave section. The connector housing includes a base section on which the terminals are erected. The partition walls are erected on a bottom surface of the base section so as to intersect with a straight line connecting base end sections of a pair of the terminals adjacent to each other. The concave section is recessed into the bottom surface of the base section so as to intersect with a straight line connecting base end sections of the partition walls at adjacent side end edges of the partition walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryosuke Takeshita, Kenichi Okamoto, Toshiharu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9318847
    Abstract: The electric connector includes a housing having cavities partitioned by partition walls, a terminal being inserted into each of the cavities, the housing being formed with at least one retainer insertion hole formed through a sidewall of the housing and the partition walls in a second direction perpendicular to a first direction in which the terminal is inserted into each of the cavities, and a retainer inserted into the retainer insertion hole to be engaged with the terminal in the housing, the retainer including a surface with which the retainer makes contact with the retainer insertion hole, and at least one projection formed on the surface, the projection passing over at least one partition wall and being engaged with a particular partition wall, the projection being elastically deformable in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Sakai Yagi, Koji Hanaki
  • Patent number: 9306311
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing (10), terminal fittings (30) to be inserted into the housing (10), a retainer (20) configured to retain the terminal fittings (30) by being mounted into the housing (10) in a direction intersecting an inserting direction of the terminal fittings (30), resilient locks (25) formed on a base end of the retainer (20) in a mounting direction into the housing (10) and configured to hold the retainer (20) in a state mounted in the housing (10) by being locked to the housing (10). Slide-contact portions (28) formed on a tip side of the retainer (20) in the mounting direction into the housing (10) and extending parallel to the mounting direction of the retainer (20), and guides (16) formed in the housing, extending parallel to the mounting direction of the retainer (20) and to be brought into sliding contact with the slide-contact portions (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Kitajima, Shigeto Kataoka
  • Patent number: 9281600
    Abstract: A connector (10) includes a housing (30) with a terminal accommodating portion (31) into which a plurality of differently dimensioned terminals (20) are to be accommodated, and a retainer (60) retains the terminals (20) by being inserted through a side surface of the housing (30). The retainer (60) is moved laterally by operating an operating portion (63) and is held at a partial locking position and a full locking position by locking pieces (65) of the retainer (60) that engage locked portions (44) of the housing (30). The terminals (20) include medium terminals (20M) locked by medium locking lances (56) fit into an escaping portion (68) between the operating portion (63) and the locking pieces (65) in the retainer (60). The escaping portion (68) includes a reinforcement (69) for preventing deformation of the escaping portion (68).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shinji Hirano, Yoshihiro Mizutani
  • Patent number: 9257773
    Abstract: A female connector (F) includes a retainer (30) to be housed into a mounting hole (14) and selectively mounted, in a housing (10), at a partial locking position for allowing insertion of terminal fittings (50) and a full locking position for locking already inserted terminal fittings (50). A base (33) is at a rear end of the retainer (30) in a mounting direction into the housing (10) and is located outside a mounting hole (14) when the retainer (30) is at the partial locking position. Backlash eliminating portions (21, 22, 41, 42) are formed on the base (33) and in the housing (10) and are configured to restrict a relative displacement of the retainer (30) with respect to the housing (10) when the retainer (30) is at the partial locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Kitajima, Shigeto Kataoka
  • Patent number: 9257783
    Abstract: A hermetic adapter includes an adapter body, a hermetic seal disposed between the adapter body and a pin, a contact connected to the pin which is disposed within a dielectric, the dielectric being disposed within the adapter body. A sealing ring is press-fit into the adapter body and includes a sharp edge configured to deform a surface of an external adapter to which the hermetic adapter is attachable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: MegaPhase, LLC
    Inventor: Robert L. Fisher, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9252522
    Abstract: A second wall (34) has an opening (48). When an engagement projection (64) has climbed the inclined surface (43a) of a lock projection (43) and is going to reach the top of the lock projection, the opening allows a pressing projection (65) to be slide contacted with its edge (48a) while pressing the edge, thereby giving a lock arm a pressing force opposite to the deflecting direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Akagi
  • Patent number: 9252540
    Abstract: In an electrical plug connector having multiple metal contacts situated in parallel to each other for electrically contacting metal contact pins of a mating plug, a separate contact terminal is situated upstream from at least one of the contacts according to the invention, which electrically conductively contacts the at least one contact and is designed for being penetrated by a contact pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Schoenfeld, Achim Puettner
  • Patent number: 9231347
    Abstract: A connector includes: a housing; a plurality of terminal chambers formed in the housing along a longitudinal direction thereof to accommodate terminals therein; a spacer insertion hole formed in the housing along a height direction thereof perpendicular to the longitudinal direction to communicate with the terminal chambers through communication holes and allow an insertion of a spacer for engaging with the terminals, each of the communication holes formed so as to communicate each of the terminal chambers with an outside of the housing, and forming a depression on an underside of each terminal chamber; and a guide protrusion formed about an upstream-side edge of each of the communication holes in an inserting direction of the terminal to lead a front end of the terminal inserted into the terminal chamber toward an upside of a downstream-side edge of each communication hole in the inserting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ryosuke Uno
  • Patent number: 9196993
    Abstract: A first connector housing of a first connector includes a fitting concave having an inner wall portion extended in a fitting direction X and formed in substantially a circular shape, and the inner wall portion has a first step portion extended perpendicular to the fitting direction X and projected inward. A second connector housing of a second connector includes a fitting convex having an outer wall portion extended in the fitting direction X and formed in substantially a columnar shape, and the outer wall portion has a second step portion indented inward corresponding to the first step portion. A spacer is projected from at least two positions of a part of the outer wall portion and the second step portion in a temporary locking position, and is sunken in the outer wall portion or arranged in the same plane as the outer wall portion in a regular locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Akira Sato, Kazuhide Takahashi, Kenji Takahashi
  • Patent number: 9153896
    Abstract: A spacer (20) which is inserted and installed into a spacer accommodating space (12) of a housing body (10) includes a temporary locking protrusion (25) which is equipped on an outer wall surface (21a) of an outside wall (21) and which engages with first component locking means (15) of the housing body (10) when the spacer (20) is moved to a temporary locking position to regulate the movement of the spacer (20) in the insertion direction, and a principal locking protrusion (26) which is equipped on an inner wall surface (21b) of the outside wall (21) and which engages with second component locking means (16) when the spacer (20) is moved to a principal locking position to regulate the movement of the spacer (20) in the insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yosuke Akagi
  • Patent number: 9118138
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a shell with a chamber and an insert assembly received in the chamber. The insert assembly has cavities therethrough that are configured to receive contacts. The contacts are configured for electrical connection to mating contacts of a mating connector. The insert assembly has resilient latches extending from an outer periphery of the insert assembly that engage the shell to hold the insert assembly in the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS SERVICES GmbH
    Inventor: Giuseppe Bianca
  • Patent number: 9106017
    Abstract: A connector housing includes a terminal receiving chamber and a pair of lances for locking the terminal on both sides of the terminal receiving chamber. A terminal pullout jig inserted into the connector housing displaces the lances to respective unlocking positions, thus pulling out the terminal from the terminal receiving chamber. The connector housing includes a pair of unlocking wall portions configured to be elastically deformed integrally with the pair of lances respectively. The terminal pullout jig includes an unlocking arm portion configured to displace the pair of the lances to the respective unlocking positions, and a terminal pressing portion for pressing the terminal in a terminal pullout direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoji Kutsuna, Shin Nemoto
  • Patent number: 9083114
    Abstract: A connector includes a connector housing that receives a terminal fitting, a spacer that is inserted into a spacer installation opening of the connector housing to prevent the terminal fitting received in the connector housing from being fallen out, a temporary locking mechanism that temporarily fixes the spacer to a temporary locking position where the spacer is not engaged with the terminal fitting, a main locking mechanism that locks the spacer pushed toward a more inner side of the housing than the temporary locking position to a main locking position where the spacer is engaged with the terminal fitting. The temporary locking mechanism allows the spacer to move from the temporary locking position to the main locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Muro
  • Patent number: 9070999
    Abstract: An electric connector includes a housing including a groove into which a terminal is inserted, and a first engagement portion engageable to a first engagement section formed at the terminal, a rear holder including a second engagement portion engageable to a second engagement section formed at the terminal, the rear holder being formed integrally with the housing such that the rear holder is rotatable at one end thereof relative to the housing, and a connector system for detachably fixing the housing and the rear holder to each other when the rear holder is rotated onto the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: DAI-ICHI SEIKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Sakai Yagi, Masaru Senmyou
  • Patent number: 9059540
    Abstract: The electrical connector assembly includes a first connector having a first housing, a second connector having a second housing, and a cover movably mounted on the housing. The housing of the second connector is movably mounted on the housing of the first connector. A lock that may be actuated is movably mounted on one of the housings. In the initial position of the cover, the cover covers or shields the lock. In the final position of the cover, the cover does not shield the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Frederic Menez, Claude Casses, Paulo De Matos
  • Patent number: 9054454
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly including a moveable terminal stabilizer is presented. The terminal stabilizer is moveable from a stabilizing position to a stowed position. In the stabilizing position terminal stabilizer is near the tips of the terminals and in the stowed position is near the base of the terminals. The tip of the terminal is received in an aperture defined by the terminal, whereby the terminal stabilizer protects the terminal from being bent away from the terminal axis by a force applied to the terminal in a direction substantially orthogonal to the terminal axis. The terminal stabilizer also includes an integral lock retainer that engages a terminal lock member when the terminal stabilizer is in the stowed position thereby inhibiting movement of the lock member and disengaging the lock member when the terminal stabilizer is in the stabilizing position thereby allowing movement of the lock member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Gomez, Marcelino Hernandez
  • Patent number: 9039462
    Abstract: A connector that may be prevented from detaching from separating plates of a stack even when vibrations or an external impact of a vehicle occurs by maintaining a locking state in which locking bosses of a CPA are inserted into lock grooves of terminals of separating plates. In addition, connecting points of connecting pieces of connecting terminals are spaced apart to not contact each other with respect to a contact line. The connecting terminals are not detached from the separating plates even when the separating plates is a ultra-slim film having a thickness of about 0.1 mm or less, making it possible to increase a reliability of a product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Byung Chan Yoon, Haeng Jin Ko, Jung Do Suh, Young Bum Kum
  • Patent number: 9017111
    Abstract: A locking lance (20) on the inner surface of a cavity (19) of a housing (11) includes a lance main body (21) and an inclined portion (22). The lance main body (21) is cantilevered forward toward the center of the cavity (19) from the inner surface of the cavity (19). The inclined portion (22) is connected to a front part of the lance main body (21) and is narrower than a rear part of the lance main body (21). A first inclined surface (31) of the inclined portion (22) faces the interior of the cavity (19) and inclines away from the center of the cavity (19) to the front. A second inclined surface (32) is opposite the first inclined surface (31), inclines toward the center of the cavity (19) to the front, and is tapered so that the first inclined surface (31) becomes gradually narrower toward the front.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Song Zheng, Tsutomu Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20150099404
    Abstract: A connector comprises a cover 4 having a panel portion 41 which covers a portion of the opening of a retaining hole 3a formed in an outer peripheral surface 31 of a case body 3, a retainer 5 having a recessed portion 5a corresponding to the panel portion 41, and the panel portion 41 having an opposing surface 412 opposing the bottom surface 521 of the recessed portion 5a.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Takashi Iida
  • Patent number: 8993890
    Abstract: An electric cable includes: a flat electric wire that is hard to bend in a longitudinal direction and easy to bend in a lateral direction; and a terminal that is coupled to a terminal end of the flat electric wire and connected to an inverter. The terminal has a wire connection portion coupled to the terminal end of the flat electric wire and a connecting portion connected to the inverter. The terminal is formed so that, when the terminal is connected to the inverter, a plane that includes a flat surface of the connecting portion is oriented in the direction in which the flat electric wire is easy to bend and intersects with the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Sumitomo Wiring Sytems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Sato, Sho Miyazaki
  • Patent number: 8979599
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a molded body having at least one recess for receiving an electrical contact crimped onto a power supply wire. The body includes a flap that is mobile between a position allowing the insertion of a contact into the recess, and a locked position in which the flap locks the contact in the recess. The flap is translatably mobile relative to the body and forms a single hinged part with the latter. A system also includes a bulb provided with a connection socket and the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: TBI
    Inventor: Yann Hautbois
  • Publication number: 20150072569
    Abstract: A terminal retainer for a modular wiring system includes a first retainer component made of an electrically insulating material, an internal post protruding from an inner surface of the first retainer component, a terminal made of an electrically conductive material and adapted to be electrically joined to an electrical wire, the terminal having a hole for mounting the terminal on the post, and a second retainer component also made of the electrically insulating material, the second retainer component being adapted to attach to the first retainer component to form the terminal retainer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: 8521000 Canada Limited
    Inventors: Stephen DODS, Andrew DODS, Terry DODS, Dana BUDAU, Martin CLOAKE, Jacques SIBILLE, Calvin Todd PEARCE
  • Publication number: 20150072570
    Abstract: An indexable terminal retainer for a modular wiring system includes a retainer body that retains a terminal, the retainer body being dimensioned to fit within a retainer-receiving holder of a plug or receptacle. The indexable terminal retainer further includes a locking member for locking the retainer body to the retainer-receiving holder to prevent rotation of the retainer body within the retainer-receiving holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: 8521000 Canada Limited
    Inventors: Stephen DODS, Andrew DODS, Terry DODS, Dana BUDAU, Martin CLOAKE, Jacques SIBILLE, Calvin Todd PEARCE
  • Publication number: 20150064988
    Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of terminals, a housing, and a retainer. The housing includes terminal housing chambers and partition portions. Each of the terminal housing chambers accommodates therein each of the plurality of terminals. Each of the partition portions is provided between adjacent terminal housing chambers and partition the adjacent terminal housing chambers from each other. The retainer is attached to the housing. The retainer is configured to prevent each of the terminals from falling out and to move between a temporary locking position and a proper locking position. The retainer includes communication cut portions. While the retainer is moving between the proper locking position and the temporary locking position, each of the communication cut portions is kept in contact with its corresponding partition portion and cut off communication between the adjacent terminal housing chambers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Yosuke Kurono, Toshiki Muramatsu, Naomichi Kawashima
  • Patent number: 8969736
    Abstract: A cover insulating layer is formed on a base insulating layer. One of write wiring traces includes first to third lines, and the other write wiring trace includes fourth to sixth lines. The one and other write wiring traces constitute a signal line pair, the second and fifth lines are arranged on an upper surface of the cover insulating layer, and the third and sixth lines are arranged on an upper surface of the base insulating layer. At least parts of the second and fifth lines are respectively opposed to the sixth and third lines with the cover insulating layer sandwiched therebetween. The second and third lines are electrically connected to the first line, and the fifth and sixth lines are electrically connected to the fourth line. The fourth line is electrically connected to at least one of the fifth and sixth lines through a jumper wiring on a lower surface of the base insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Nitto Denko Corporation
    Inventor: Daisuke Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 8968038
    Abstract: A connector apparatus includes a board mounting connector mounted on a board housed in a housing case, a mating connector fit to the board mounting connector, and a guide hood that has a connector fitting part to guide insertion of the mating connector and is fit into an opening section of the housing case. The board mounting connector has a recessed fitting part, into which a housing front-end side fitting part of the mating connector is inserted. A connector fitting part of the guide hood has a second opening whose width is wider than a width of a first opening of the recessed fitting part and is substantially equal to a width of a housing rear-end side fitting part of the mating connector. A retainer is held in a housing rear-end side fitting part of the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kousuke Kida, Shinichi Ikemoto
  • Publication number: 20150038022
    Abstract: A retainer (10) is formed from a body (18) and extended portions (11). The body (18) includes two deflectable legs (20) and the legs (20) include locking claws (21) to be held onto a male connector housing (1) at a partial locking position and locking protrusions (22) to be locked to the male terminal fittings (5). A pushing surface (19) of the retainer (10) is extended in a front-back direction by the extended portions (11). A posture correcting portion (23) is formed between the legs (20) and fits into a cut recess (15) of a partition wall (14) to be locked therein when the retainer (10) is at a full locking position, thereby restricting an oblique posture of the retainer (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Shigeto Kataoka, Mitsunori Kitajima
  • Patent number: 8936497
    Abstract: A connector apparatus is provided which includes a connector and a mechanical connect-assist mechanism associated, at least in part, with the connector. The connector is configured to operatively plug into a socket structure, and the mechanical connect-assist mechanism includes a cam shaft rotatably coupled to the connector and a connect-assist element projecting from the rotatable cam shaft. The connect-assist element is configured to engage at least one element-receiving opening associated with the socket structure with insertion of the connector within the socket structure. Rotating of the rotatable cam shaft moves the connect-assist element within the at least one element-receiving opening to facilitate secure seating and retention of the connector within the socket structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William L. Brodsky, Charles C. Gange, Robert R. Genest, Michael T. Peets
  • Patent number: 8926364
    Abstract: A holder locking structure includes: a connector housing and a front holder. The connector housing includes: a fitting hood to which another connector is inserted and fit; a terminal accommodation accommodating a terminal fitting; a rib which is protruded into the fitting hood and is configured to prevent terminal connection fault of the terminal fitting; and a first locking portion configured to lock the front holder. The front holder is inserted in the fitting hood of the connector housing and is locked to the connector housing to prevent removal of the terminal fitting. The front holder is provided with a rib insertion hole to which the rib is inserted and a jig insertion hole into which a jig can be inserted to unlock the front holder from the connector housing. The rib insertion hole and the jig insertion hole are continuously provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Masayuki Saitoh
  • Patent number: 8920199
    Abstract: Patch cords are provided that include a communications cable that has at least first through fourth conductors and a plug that is attached to the cable. The plug includes a housing that receives the cable, a printed circuit board, first through fourth plug contacts, and first through fourth conductive paths that connect the first through fourth conductors to the respective first through fourth plug contacts. The first and second conductors, conductive paths, and plug contacts form a first differential transmission line, and the third and fourth conductors, conductive paths, and plug contacts form a second differential transmission line. Each of the first through fourth plug contacts has a first segment that extends longitudinally along a first surface of the printed circuit board, and the signal current injection point into the first segment of at least some of the first through fourth plug contacts is into middle portions of their respective first segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Richard A. Schumacher, Amid I. Hashim, Brian J. Fitzpatrick, Bryan S. Moffitt, Wayne D. Larsen
  • Publication number: 20140378006
    Abstract: A plug for establishing an electrical connection to a plug module includes: a plug body having a contact carrier upper part which includes multiple first channels to accommodate electrical lines, and a plug base accommodating a collar of the plug module; a contact carrier lower part which includes multiple second channels to accommodate the electrical lines; and a locking element insertable into the plug from the outside and configured to fix the electrical lines in the channels. The first channels terminate in the second channels to form continuous channels accommodating the electrical lines. The contact carrier lower part is enclosed by the collar of the plug module and accommodates multiple electrical contacts of the plug module in order to establish electrical connections between the multiple electrical lines in the plug and the multiple electrical contacts of the plug module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Wolfgang PADE
  • Patent number: 8911268
    Abstract: A connector includes a connector housing having a terminal accommodating chamber, and a terminal fitting, and a lance. The terminal fitting includes: a lance sliding part formed in a shape of a flat face parallel to an inserting direction of the terminal fitting; a lance abutting part formed in a shape of a flat face which is different in level from the lance sliding part by a stepped part; and a lance engaging part. The lance includes a terminal engaging part which engages the lance engaging part; a terminal slide part which slides on the lance sliding part during an inserting process of the terminal fitting into the terminal accommodating chamber; and a chamfered part and a terminal abutting part which are located between the terminal engaging part and the terminal slide part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tohru Kobayashi, Shoji Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8905797
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, a first terminal, and a first lock. The housing includes a first receiving chamber and first recess positioned adjacent to the first receiving chamber. The first terminal is insertable into the first receiving chamber. The lock is securable to the housing and includes a horizontal base plate, a first pressing rod extending downward from the horizontal base plate and insertable into the first receiving chamber to press against the first terminal, and a first rotation prevention member extending downward from the horizontal base plate and insertable into the first recess to mate with the recess in a substantially gapless manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianfeng Wu, Zhenyu Chen, Lihao Liu, Yuanchun Chen, Feirong Zhou
  • Patent number: 8894450
    Abstract: A connector (10) includes a retainer (30) made of synthetic resin for mounting in a housing (11) at a partial locking position for permitting the insertion of a terminal fitting (20) into the housing (11) and at a full locking position for retaining the inserted terminal fitting (20). Locks (16, 35) are formed on the housing (11) and the retainer (30) and are engageable to hold the retainer (30) at the partial locking position. A pressure receiving surface (15) is formed on the housing (11) and is configured to restrict a movement of the retainer (30) toward the full locking position by pressing the retainer (30) in directions intersecting a moving direction of the retainer (30) from the partial locking position to the full locking position when the retainer (30) is at the partial locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsunori Kitajima, Toshikazu Sakurai
  • Patent number: 8876561
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a connector housing having a slot into which a circuit board is to be inserted, and a plurality of connector terminals to be inserted into the connector housing. The connector housing includes terminal spaces into which the connector terminals are inserted, and partition walls partitioning the terminal spaces from each other. The connector terminals each include a sheath to be inserted into one of the terminal spaces, and a resilient contact making electrical contact with the circuit board. The electrical connector includes a convex portion and a concave portion for preventing the terminal spaces and the circuit board from falling apart from each other. The convex portions can be formed on opposite sidewalls of the sheath, and the concave portions can be formed at the partition walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Daisuke Matsushita
  • Publication number: 20140318860
    Abstract: A connector includes a first terminal housing that houses a first connecting terminal, and a second terminal housing that houses at least a portion of a cable including a second connecting terminal at an end portion thereof. The first and second connecting terminals contact with each other and form a contact point when the first and second terminal housings are fitted each other. The two terminal housings are fitted in a direction intersecting with an extending direction of the cable. The first and second terminal housings include a first fitting portion and a second fitting portion, respectively. The connector further includes a fitted-state maintaining member that is configured so as to be fitted to both the first and second fitting portions by being slid along a direction perpendicular to the fitting direction of the two terminal housings after the two terminal housings are fitted to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoya KUJI, Sachio Suzuki, Jun Umetsu, Takanori Komuro, Shinya Hayashi, Takahiro Futatsumori
  • Patent number: 8870607
    Abstract: Disclosed is a plug-in connector (100) comprising at least one contact element (200) arranged in a base element (110) of the plug-in connector, and a crimp connection. At least one secondary locking recess (205, 206) is arranged in the contact element (200), extending transverse to the plug-in direction (R). A locking stud (305, 306) of a secondary locking element (300) engages with the secondary locking recess (205, 206) in the locked position of the secondary locking element (300). The disclosed plug-in connector (100) is characterized by a fixing element (215) which is arranged at the end of a crimp region and which engages with a mating recess (115) in the base element (110) of the plug-in connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: ERNI Production GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Juergen Lappoehn
  • Patent number: 8795000
    Abstract: A housing (10) includes locking lances (15A, 15B) for retaining terminal fittings (30) inserted into terminal accommodating chambers (11A, 11B) arranged side by side in upper and lower levels and deformation spaces (16A, 16B) extending in an arrangement direction of the locking lances (15A, 15B) and allowing the locking lances 15A, 15B to be resiliently deformed away from the terminal fittings (30). When deformation preventing portions (41A, 41B) of a retainer (40) are inserted into the deformation spaces (16A, 16B), the locking lances (15A, 15B) are prevented from being deformed away from the terminal fittings (30). The retainer (40) includes a rectangular tube (45) formed by the two deformation preventing portions (41A, 41B) and two couplings (44) coupling the deformation preventing portions (41A, 41B), and the housing (10) includes accommodating portions (18) for accommodating the couplings (44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinpei Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 8784141
    Abstract: A connector (A) includes a partition (40) for partitioning an insertion hole (35) for a tab (15) and a mold removal space (39) for a locking lance (37). A retainer (44) is pivoted between a partial locking position and a full locking position. A lock (43) restricts a displacement of the retainer (44). A retracted portion (50) is formed in an area (41R) of a facing wall (41) behind the retainer (44) to mold the lock (43) and retracted from an insertion path for a male terminal fitting (10) as compared with an area (41F) of the facing wall (41) before the retainer (44). The retainer (44) includes a restriction (48) for restricting the inclination of the male terminal fitting (10) by being so displaced, at the partial locking position, that a rear end of the male terminal fitting (10) moves toward the retracted portion (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryotaro Ishikawa, Yutaka Noro
  • Patent number: 8777660
    Abstract: An electric connector comprises a connector body and a plurality of contact elements mounted within the connector body and adapted to be coupled with mating contact elements at the front end of the connector body. The contact elements are connected to respective wires of an electric cable provided with a sheath. The electric cable is clamped within the connector body by means of a cable clamping tubular portion, having clamping longitudinal tabs. A wedge-like locking bush having a conical inner surface is mounted above the longitudinal tabs of the clamping tubular portion. A locking ring-nut is tightened on a threaded portion of the rear end of the connector body so as to clamp the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP Italia SRL
    Inventors: Davide Chiarelli, Giovanni Turco
  • Patent number: 8764487
    Abstract: A device and assembly related to connecting cables, wires, and electrical devices are described herein. The device and assembly can comprise a panel connector removably coupled to a cable connector. The panel connector can include a panel connector retainer, a panel connector subretainer, and at least one contact pin. The cable connector can include a cable connector retainer, a cable connector subretainer, and at least one contact pin. Also described herein are connectors having a ground clamp and cable clamp useful in connecting cables, wires, and electrical devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Precision Concepts Group LLC
    Inventor: Kenneth Ballard
  • Patent number: 8747169
    Abstract: A connector housing includes an upper housing having a front end wall that defines the front end of a terminal containing chamber, and a lower housing having an opening section due to the lack of a front end wall. The front end wall of the upper housing has an insertion hole. The lower housing has the terminal containing chamber, and is disposed with a lance which is formed by using the opening section on the front end of the lower housing as a through hole. The upper housing and the lower housing have restricting portions which inhibit the relative displacement of both housings in the front and back direction when united, and a locking mechanism for maintaining the united state by restricting the upper housing and lower housing from separating in the upper or lower direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Ito
  • Patent number: 8747168
    Abstract: Each housing (10) includes terminal accommodating chambers (12), a communication opening (14) formed in an outer surface and communicating with the terminal accommodating chambers (12), and projections (16) projecting from a terminal accommodating portion (11). With the housings (10) placed one above the other, the projections (16) inserted in the terminal accommodating chambers (12) through the communication opening (14) are engaged with terminal fittings (20) in the terminal accommodating chambers (12) to retain the terminal fittings (20). Receiving portions (13) are provided in each housing (10) and each projection (16) includes a lock (18) to be engaged with the corresponding receiving portion (13) to hold the housings (10) in an assembled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shinjiro Kida