Within Distinct Housing Spaced From Panel Circuit Arrangement Patents (Class 439/76.1)
  • Patent number: 12242118
    Abstract: The present invention provides a delatch mechanism for releasing a latching status between a positioning structure of an optical connector and a positioning hole of a receptacle. The delatch mechanism comprises a supporting base, and a delatching unit. The supporting base is arranged on the optical connector. The delatching unit comprises a rotating base, a pressing structure and a release lever, wherein the rotating base is rotatably coupled to the supporting base, the pressing structure is arranged on the rotating base and lean against the optical connector, and the release level is coupled to the supporting base. Alternatively, the present invention further provides an optical connector having the delatch mechanism arranged thereon so that the latching status between the optical connector and receptacle may be released to pull out the optical connector from the receptacle by operating the delatch mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: ACSUPER TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventor: Sung-Chi Lin
  • Patent number: 12237616
    Abstract: An electrical interconnection system with an adapter mounted in an opening within a connector interface of a panel of an electronic enclosure is described. A sealing member may be used to prevent passage of foreign matter, such as liquid, gas or dust particles into the enclosure and into the mating region between the adapter and a mating plug connector. The sealing member may comprise a base and a sidewall configured to wrap around an outer border of the adapter. The sealing member may be configured to form a first sealing interface with the panel, and a second sealing interface with the plug connector. The first and second sealing interfaces may be orthogonal to each other. The sealing member may be made of an elastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: FCI USA LLC
    Inventors: Koen Maddens, Thierry Goossens, Mithun Hormese Paul
  • Patent number: 12230902
    Abstract: A data communication system can include a low-profile electrical connector that is sized to be mounted onto a PCB in a gap between the PCB and a heat sink that overhangs from an IC that is mounted to the PCB. The data communication system further includes an electrical cable that extends from the electrical connector to an optical transceiver. A cable management laminate can route the electrical cables along a predetermined path. The data communication system can be disposed in a system tray that is configured to force air over the heat sink. The airflow over the heat sink can be adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Zbinden, Jignesh H. Shah
  • Patent number: 12166911
    Abstract: A mobile phone may include a housing, a battery at least partially within the housing, and a circuit board assembly at least partially within the housing and positioned along a side of the battery. The circuit board assembly may include a first circuit board defining a first hole, a second circuit board defining a second hole, a wall structure between the first circuit board and the second circuit board and attached to an inner surface of the first circuit board and an inner surface of the second circuit board, and a fastener assembly configured to retain the first circuit board to the second circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Owen D. Hale, Dale T. Morgan, Andrew U. Leopold, Yifan Zhao, Nicholas Merz, Daniel Jarvis, James B. Smith, Macey E. Dade, Samuel J. Pliska, Ethan R. Stobbe, Cameron Bauer, Ian A. Spraggs, Marwan Rammah, Bryan D. Keen, David A. Pakula
  • Patent number: 12142379
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for computing a pathological condition of a subject, comprising obtaining (10) initial cranial image data of a subject from an input interface, and incorporating the initial cranial image data into a knowledge model comprised within a semantic network stored in a memory performing (12), via a processor, at least one processing sequence on the initial cranial image data using the semantic network to thus provide, in the semantic network, at least one element comprising topographical data of the subject's brain, or a portion of the subject's brain, referenced to a reference coordinate system wherein the at least one processing sequence performs at least one state iteration of at least a portion of the semantic network from a first state into a second state comparing (14) the topographical data of the subject's brain to one, or more pathological condition prediction elements of the semantic network to form an indication of a pathological condition of the subject, and generating (16)
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Labvantage—Biomax GmbH
    Inventor: Markus Butz-Ostendorf
  • Patent number: 12097816
    Abstract: An electrical connection box includes an insulating connection box housing and an insulating branch box housing. The insulating connection box housing stores a conductive connection box bus bar therein, and the insulating branch box housing stores a conductive branch box bus bar therein. The branch box housing and the connection box housing are stacked in a vertical direction. The connection box bus bar and the branch box bus bar are electrically connected by bringing connection box bus bar tip portions of the connection box bus bar into direct contact with branch box bus bar tip portions of the branch box bus bar and by jointly fastening the tip portions using bus bar fastening members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuki Kobayashi, Kohei Toyoshima, Kenji Segawa, Masahiro Fujiwara
  • Patent number: 11994723
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a body with an opening through the body, the opening corresponding to dimensions of a cable to be connected to a circuit board and a flat surface to abut the circuit board. The apparatus further includes one or more attachment mechanisms to attach the body to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: PURE STORAGE, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Lotter, Aditya Prabhakar, Paula Zubiri Rivero
  • Patent number: 11997819
    Abstract: A system includes a housing and a first circuit board positioned inside the housing. The housing has a top panel, a bottom panel, a left side panel, a right side panel, a front panel, and a rear panel. The front panel is at an angle relative to the bottom panel in which the angle is in a range from 30 to 150°. The first circuit board has a length, a width, and a thickness, in which the length is at least twice the thickness, the width is at least twice the thickness, and the first circuit board has a first surface defined by the length and the width. The first surface of the first circuit board is at a first angle relative to the bottom panel in which the first angle is in a range from 30 to 150°. The first surface of the first circuit board is substantially parallel to the front panel or at a second angle relative to the front panel in which the second angle is less than 60°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Nubis Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Johannes Winzer, Brett Michael Dunn Sawyer, Peter James Pupalaikis, Clinton Randy Giles, Guilhem de Valicourt
  • Patent number: 11915868
    Abstract: An actuator comprises a support body including a coil having a winding part and a lead part, a coil holder and a board supported by the coil holder, a movable body having a magnet, and a magnetic drive mechanism structured to relatively move the support body and the movable body. The coil holder has a coil holding part holding the winding part and a board support part supporting the board. A board surface of the board is provided with a land with which the lead part is connected. The board support part has a recessed part at a position overlapping with the board when viewed in a direction along the board surface, and the lead part is extended from the winding part to the land via the recessed part and is provided with a resiliently bent portion which is resiliently bent in an inside of the recessed part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIDEC SANKYO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinji Hatano, Yuichi Takei
  • Patent number: 11917349
    Abstract: A self-powered mountable speaker bar may include a rechargeable battery and a set of mounting features for use during recreational activities such as powersports, boating, and off-roading. The self-powered mountable speaker bar may include a housing and a set of mounting features that allow the housing to be securely coupled to a vehicle component or other appropriate support. The rechargeable battery may be removeable and may include a set of coupling features such as spring-loaded tabs associated with complementary features of the housing, such as slots. The self-powered mountable speaker bar may include a wireless communication module that interacts with user devices such as smartphones. The housing may be waterproof, dustproof, and/or shock-proof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Sound Extreme Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan Lorenzen
  • Patent number: 11831719
    Abstract: A signal interface for a vehicle has a sensor unit and a main control unit connected via a wiring harness. The sensor unit includes a sensor chip configured to carry out a SENT protocol and has outlets for a supply voltage line, a data transmission line, and a ground connection. A voltage regulator and a filter with ESD/EMC protection are connected to the supply voltage line, where overvoltage protection is upstream of a data line filter and ESD/EMC protection is downstream of the data line filter. The main control unit includes a voltage regulator, ESD/EMC protection, and a module configured to switch off the ground supply in the event of a current derived from the overvoltage protection. A pull-up device and a transceiver are connected to the data transmission line. The control unit has separate sender and receiver paths for controlling the transceiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventor: Jochen Menz
  • Patent number: 11698503
    Abstract: An optical fiber holding device may comprise a first track and a second track. The first track may be configured to hold and guide a first optical fiber from a first track input location to a first track output location, wherein the first track is configured to allow the first optical fiber to connect to a first optical component and a first optical communication point. The second track may be configured to hold and guide a second optical fiber from a second track input location to a second track output location, wherein the second track is configured to allow the second optical fiber to connect to a second optical component and a second optical communication point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Lumentum Operations LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Wallace
  • Patent number: 11689247
    Abstract: Disclosed are network cable connectors with components such as wireless transceivers, wireless power receivers, displays, and printed circuit with controllers. The disclosed network cable connector may be wirelessly coupled to an external power source. The printed circuit of the cable connector may receive power for the wireless transceiver and/or the display from the external power source. The printed circuit of the cable connector may communicate information about the network cable and/or devices connected thereto via the wireless transceiver to an external device, output the information via the display, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MERTEK INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher B. Scherer, Jon Sholtis
  • Patent number: 11626673
    Abstract: An edge connector includes a first row of golden fingers and a second row of golden fingers. The first row of golden fingers is adjacent to a plugging end of the edge connector, and the second row of golden fingers is adjacent to the first row of golden fingers. In a plugging direction of the edge connector, each golden finger in the first row of golden fingers has a first end proximate to the plugging end and a second end opposite to the first end. A first end of a grounded golden finger in the first row of golden fingers is protruded from other golden fingers, and second ends of two or more than two golden fingers in the first row of golden fingers are not aligned with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fei Yu, Shiping Cheng
  • Patent number: 11611171
    Abstract: An electrical connection box is provided with a connector-attached board and a shield case that internally houses the connector-attached board. The connector-attached board is provided with a circuit board, a connector that is fixed to the circuit board and that engages with a mating connector, and an attachment that is attached to the connector. The shield case surrounds the circuit board and is provided with an upper short wall portion and a lower short wall portion that include a connector opening for facing the connector outside. The attachment is provided with a waterproof portion that covers the periphery of an engagement surface of the connector that faces the mating connector, and the waterproof portion is provided with a waterproof wall that covers the periphery of the connector and the mating connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tatsuya Sumida
  • Patent number: 11594848
    Abstract: A connector assembly for connecting a first electrical component to a second electrical component includes a circuit board which is electrically conductively connectable to the first electrical component. A plug unit is electrically conductively couplable, at a plug end, to a mating plug unit and is disposed on a first side of the circuit board. A light source is disposed on a second side of the circuit board opposite the first side. A light guide has an in-coupling region and an out-coupling region, and a through-hole in which the plug end of the plug unit is at least partially disposed. The light guide also has a light injection opening in which the light source is at least partially disposed. The in-coupling region is disposed on a side wall of the light injection opening, and the out-coupling region surrounds the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: MD ELEKTRONIK GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Hofmann, Thomas Halbig, Daniel Bock, Hermann Kefer
  • Patent number: 11588260
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a housing, a circuit board and a conductive spring contact. The housing has a receiving structure. The circuit board is disposed in the housing. The conductive spring contact is disposed in the receiving structure and includes a base portion, a contact portion and a curved portion. The contact portion is connected to the base portion and is bent relative to the base portion. The contact portion extends between the circuit board and a wall portion of the receiving structure, and the contacts the circuit board. The curved portion is connected to the contact portion and abuts against the wall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventor: Tsun-Sung Chen
  • Patent number: 11563357
    Abstract: A connection device for connecting a cable assembly with a plurality of cables to a printed circuit board of motor electronics arranged in a motor mounting of an electric motor, having a contact adapter with a number of current rails corresponding to the cables and with an injection molded housing, in which the current rails are embedded together in an injection molded manner, wherein the current rails protruding from the injection molded housing have first connection contacts for contacting the printed circuit board and second connection contacts for contacting the cable ends of the cables, and a connection housing having a first housing part and a second housing part that surrounds the second connecting contacts contacting the cable ends and that is joined to the injection molded housing of the contact adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Würzburg
    Inventors: Marko Wisner, Janik Schulz, Keshar Shendare
  • Patent number: 11532903
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a universal plug body, a plurality of electrical contacts disposed in the universal plug body, and a printed circuit board (PCB), coupled with the universal plug, comprising a plurality of electrically-conductive features configured to electrically connect the plurality of electrical contacts to a plurality of terminals. Different PCB types may be used with the universal plug body to accommodate different power and data applications with a universal connector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Christine Mary Svelnis, Richard Scott Horner, David Scott Beach, Daniel Keith Gruenemeier
  • Patent number: 11515666
    Abstract: A communication system includes a plug connector mated with a receptacle connector. The receptacle connector includes a housing holding a contact assembly. The housing includes a front housing that receives an inner housing, which receives contact holders and receptacle contacts of the contact assembly. The receptacle connector housing includes a height profile defined between top and bottom walls with a housing latch and guide pockets contained within the height profile. The plug connector includes a housing holding a cable assembly with a circuit card received in a card slot of the receptacle housing. The plug connector housing includes alignment embossments received in the guide pockets and latches coupled to the alignment embossments are latchably coupled to the receptacle connector. The latches are contained within a height profile of the plug connector housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Randall Robert Henry, Brandon Michael Matthews
  • Patent number: 11502446
    Abstract: A data transmission connector (103) has a housing (30) and a plurality of data transfer plug contacts (32) that are rigid and are arranged fixedly inside the connector (103).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Luc De Bolle, Stefan Eisendrath, Martin Rossbach
  • Patent number: 11489993
    Abstract: A camera assembly includes a time-of-flight module and a circuit board. The circuit board is provided with an avoidance space. The time-of-flight module includes a transmit module and a receive module. The transmit module is configured to emit a detection optical signal. The receive module is configured to receive an induction optical signal formed after the detection optical signal is reflected by a to-be-measured object. The receive module is located in the avoidance space. A connection end of the receive module is fixed to the circuit board. The transmit module is located around the receive module and fixed to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Tang, Na Wang, Guangfeng Li
  • Patent number: 11486197
    Abstract: A motor assembly includes an output shaft disposed along a central axis extending in one direction, a motor that rotates the output shaft, a circuit board electrically connected to the motor, a power supply that supplies power to the motor and the circuit board, and a case having a tubular shape that extends in an axial direction and accommodates the motor, the circuit board, and the power supply. A substrate surface of the circuit board and the power supply are disposed to face each other in a predetermined direction that is orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC SERVO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinya Kasai
  • Patent number: 11456567
    Abstract: A pluggable module is provided and includes a pluggable body including a cavity. The pluggable body extends between a mating end and a cable end opposite the mating end. The mating end is configured to be plugged into a receptacle connector assembly. The pluggable body has a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall at a first side, and a second side wall at a second side. The pluggable module includes a cable assembly coupled to the pluggable body. The cable assembly includes an upper module circuit card, a lower module circuit card, upper cables terminated to the upper module circuit card and lower cables terminated to the lower module circuit card. The upper module circuit card includes upper contact pads proximate to an upper mating edge. The lower module circuit card includes lower contact pads proximate to a lower mating edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Christopher William Blackburn, Michael David Herring, Zachary Galbraith, Kaitlin M. Vaughn, Mohini C. Goel, John Eugene Westman, Christopher David Ritter, Nathan Lincoln Tracy
  • Patent number: 11445629
    Abstract: A fastener for use in an electronic device includes a positioning unit and a clamping member. The positioning unit has a first supporting concave part allowing a first electronic device to be disposed, a fastening pin inserted in the positioning unit is disposed at a bottom end of clamping member, so that the bottom end of the clamping member enables the first electronic device to be in a locked status; the clamping member has a second supporting concave part allowing a second electronic device to be disposed, a chamber is at a location adjacent to one side of the second supporting concave part, and is connected to a sliding cover capable of radially and elastically sliding; with a front end of the sliding cover being released or be located above the second supporting concave part, the second electronic device can be in an unlocked status or a locked status.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: KANG YANG HARDWARE ENTERPRISES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shu-Li Hsieh
  • Patent number: 11437753
    Abstract: High density pluggable electrical connector having a number of electrical contacts exceeding sixty and a contact density on a plugging interface of the connector of at least forty contacts per square centimeter, comprising a casing and a terminal unit mounted within the casing, the terminal unit comprising a housing with a module receiving cavity formed within the housing, and a plurality of terminal modules insertably received in the module receiving cavity in a stacked arrangement. Each terminal module comprises a plurality of contacts mounted in a dielectric terminal module housing, the terminal modules having a width W to height H ratio W/H greater than three.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: LEMO S.A.
    Inventors: Charles Wolfe, Richard Glazier, Paul Matteri, William H. Lee
  • Patent number: 11423715
    Abstract: A vehicle diagnostic device for use in diagnosing, scanning and programming an electrical system of a vehicle having a housing, a computer with a screen disposed within the housing with the screen being disposed at an opening of the housing. The vehicle diagnostic device further includes a circuit board configured to operate as a SAE J2534 pass-thru device and disposed within the housing, with the circuit board including a multi-pin connector disposed at an aperture of the housing. A cable connects the computer and circuit board for communications there between. The circuit board is configured to receive vehicle data signals from a vehicle via the connector and convert the vehicle data signals for transmission to the computer via the cable. The computer is further configured to transmit signals to the circuit board via the cable for conversion by the circuit board to vehicle data signals for transmission via the connector to the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Opus IVS, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Herron, Andrew D. Betteley, Mark W. Wine
  • Patent number: 11420315
    Abstract: A handheld machine tool, which has a housing including a handle, a drive motor situated inside the housing, and an interface for establishing a mechanical and/or an electrical connection between the handheld machine tool and a battery pack, the interface having a base element for the electrical and/or mechanical connection of the interface to the handheld machine tool, and a separate contact carrier including at least one contact element for the electrical and/or mechanical contacting with at least one corresponding mating contact element on the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Kneer, Wolf Zahn
  • Patent number: 11380508
    Abstract: An electric connection box includes a housing, a first lid portion, a groove, and a protrusion. The housing includes an opening. The first lid portion includes a first body wall that closes the opening of the housing and a first peripheral wall extending from a periphery of the first body wall toward the housing. The groove is provided between the first peripheral wall and a wall portion arranged to be spaced apart from the first peripheral wall. The groove includes an opening in a side of the first body wall in an extending direction of the first peripheral wall. The protrusion is provided on the first lid portion and protruding toward the wall portion. The protrusion covers the opening of the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Kurata, Hideki Kawamura, Minoru Umezaki, Keiichi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 11362493
    Abstract: A locking structure includes: a locking protrusion and a locking arm. The locking arm includes a flexible arm main body and an engaging projection portion protruding from an outer surface of the arm main body. The locking protrusion includes a protrusion main body on which an arm guide surface, a protruding tip surface, and an engaging surface are disposed along the engagement direction, and a jig groove that is formed in the protrusion main body. The engaging projection portion is formed on the outer surface at a position away from an arm tip of the arm main body in the engagement direction. The protruding tip surface is longer than the arm tip in the engagement direction. The jig groove cuts out the protrusion main body in the engagement direction from the arm guide surface to the protruding tip surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Ikeda, Takaaki Kakimi, Tetsuya Kato
  • Patent number: 11303051
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a pluggable module is provided. The pluggable module includes a pluggable body having a top wall, a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. The pluggable body has a cavity. The pluggable body extends between a mating end and a cable end. An upper module circuit card is received in the cavity. The upper module circuit card has a mating edge at a mating end configured to be loaded into an upper card slot of a card edge connector and a cable end opposite the mating end. The upper module circuit card includes first upper contact pads on an upper surface of the upper module circuit card at the mating end. The upper module circuit card includes second upper contact pads on a lower surface of the upper module circuit card at the mating end. The upper module circuit card includes first upper cable termination areas on the upper surface of the upper module circuit card at the cable end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbH
    Inventors: Jacob Rita, Christopher William Blackburn, Mohini C. Goel
  • Patent number: 11289848
    Abstract: The maximum value of the reaction force generated on the circuit substrate can be reduced. An electronic control device includes a cover having a hollow opening; a connector inserted into the opening; and a seal member having compressibility that is arranged in contact with a first position of an inner peripheral portion of the opening and that comes into close contact with the inner peripheral portion of the opening and the connector in a compressed state; where the opening has a thickness in a first direction penetrating through the hollow of the opening; an area of a hollow region which is a hollow region of the opening is reduced or maintained along the first direction; the seal member is arranged on an outer peripheral portion of the connector and inserted in the first direction to the opening together with the connector; and an area of the hollow region at the first position is smaller than an area of the hollow region at an entrance of the opening in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryo Akiba, Yoshio Kawai
  • Patent number: 11287787
    Abstract: An input/output system including: an input/output base unit which has a plurality of slots into which input/output modules are pluggable; an evaluation device; and at least one cover element which is arrangeable on one of the plurality of slots of the input/output base unit. The evaluation device detects a presence of the at least one cover element at a slot of the plurality of slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Thorsten Matthies, Rainer Esch, Frank Mueller
  • Patent number: 11264743
    Abstract: A plug connector includes: an insulative housing including a main body, a reinforcement projecting forward from the main body, and a pair of baffle plates; and a printed circuit board partially received in the insulative housing, the printed circuit board extending forward from the main body and beyond the reinforcement, the reinforcement wrapping on the printed circuit board, wherein a width of a front end of the printed circuit board exposed outside the main body in a horizontal direction is greater than a width of the reinforcement, and a limiting groove is formed between the baffle plate and the printed circuit board for guiding the plug connector to mate with a socket connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignees: FOXCONN (KUNSHAN) COMPUTER CONNECTOR CO., LTD., FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei Meng, Zheng-Rong Zhu, Jun Chen, Yang-Tsun Hsu
  • Patent number: 11223158
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a waterproof electronic component having good waterproofness and a method for assembling the waterproof electronic component. A repeater as a waterproof electronic component includes (i) a substrate having first through holes, (ii) a socket fixed to the substrate, (iii) a housing containing the substrate, (iv) a pin held by the housing and having a first end connected to the substrate, and (v) a sealing section with which an area surrounded by the substrate and the housing is filled, the housing including a support including a supportive wall section capable of supporting a fixation portion of the socket and a seat section having a seating surface on which the substrate is placed, the substrate being placed on the seat section, the socket being oriented in such a manner that at least a portion of an outer surface of the fixation portion is close to and faces the supportive wall section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Hosiden Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamanaka, Masanori Inoue
  • Patent number: 11211742
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cable connector assembly that includes a differential pair cable having a pair of conductors secured to contact pads formed on a printed circuit board. A housing and cover are configured to be secured together and include a cavity for receiving the printed circuit board and the cable. A slug is formed around a portion of the cable and is in intimate contact with a shield layer of the cable. Upon assembly of the cover to the housing, the slug is disposed in the pocket with a projection formed on the plug that engages a shoulder in the pocket to maintain a rigid connection between the lug connector housing and the cable and limit the stress that can be transferred to the connection between the conductors of the cable and the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Rayburn, Gianni Bardella
  • Patent number: 11201584
    Abstract: A junction box for an electrical connection of a photovoltaic module, comprising a plug-in module and a housing module. The plug-in module comprises a plug element and a connection element, wherein the plug element enables a plug-in connection with an external electrical connection line, and the connection element provides a connection option for an internal electrical supply line into the photovoltaic module. The housing module can be connected to, and detached from, the plug-in module and can also be attached to the photovoltaic module in order to offer protection of a connection area of the photovoltaic module against outer influences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: HANWHA Q CELLS GMBH
    Inventors: Robert Olyschlaeger, Henning Busse
  • Patent number: 11200191
    Abstract: The present invention has an advantage in that both power supply to a POS device and USB communication can be simultaneously performed through one USB C type cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: POSBANK CO., LTD
    Inventor: Dong Uk Eun
  • Patent number: 11152801
    Abstract: Provided is an energy level conversion circuit for a portable energy storage apparatus, and includes a motherboard circuit to connect a plurality of sub-board circuits in series through female connectors, wherein the sub-board circuits receive input of direct current (DC) power, convert it to a preset energy level and output it, and the sub-board circuits connected or inserted into the motherboard circuit through the female connectors, and including a switching unit which is switched by a pair of switching pulses (P1, P2) applied from the motherboard circuit, so that when each switching transistor (Q1, Q2) is on/off, power transformed through a transformer is outputted through secondary side transformer tap connection terminals (T1, T2), wherein the sub-board circuits are connected in series through a female connector unit of the motherboard circuit, so that DC power whose energy level is converted as much as the number of the sub-board circuits is outputted through the motherboard circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: ENERCAMP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Yoong Chai, Sang Deok Choi, Jungsub Choi
  • Patent number: 11128214
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multi-channel power controller. The multi-channel power controller comprises a processing system configured to generate one or more control signals, and one or more extender modules operatively coupled to the processing system. The one or more 5 extender modules are configured to receive an input electrical power. Each extender module of the one or more extender modules is configured to receive a control signal of the one or more control signals, receive a portion of the input electrical power, and generate a plurality of output electrical powers using the received control signal and the portion of the input electrical power. Also disclosed is a power control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: NICSLAB PTY LTD.
    Inventor: Andri Mahendra
  • Patent number: 11099618
    Abstract: A portable data storage device includes at least one component that generates heat, an enclosure wall made of a first material and having a thermal conductivity and an exterior layer. The enclosure wall surrounds the at least one computer component and includes outer and inner boundaries. The exterior layer is made of a second material and has a thermal conductivity that is less than the thermal conductivity of the first material. The exterior layer is covers the outer boundary of the enclosure wall and includes an outer surface and an inner boundary. The outer boundary of the enclosure wall interfaces with the inner boundary of the exterior layer so that the outer surface of the exterior layer is in direct contact with the environment and the outer boundary of the enclosure wall is not. Heat is transferred to the environment at the outer surface of the exterior layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Michael Morgan, Ming-Hsueh Tsai
  • Patent number: 11095067
    Abstract: The present invention provides a connector with waterproof structure and the manufacturing method, comprising: an base, providing the support of components in the connector; housing, enclose the components inside of the connector; the connecting groove, located on the base with slot shape; the connecting unit, mounted on the connecting groove and penetrated out with the base; the first retaining block, disposed between the connecting groove and the outer wall of the housing, separating the upper end of the base into a plurality of waterproof compartments, wherein the waterproof compartment is filled with waterproof glue; and the upper lid, upper lid, sealing the upper end of the base to achieve the purpose of preventing moisture and dust particles from entering the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: PHIHONG TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chun Feng Chang
  • Patent number: 11093010
    Abstract: An expansion module system includes a board having a plurality of expansion modules connectors mounted to the board. A shared expansion module coupling feature is provided on the board and includes a coupling member. A respective expansion module is connected to each of the plurality of expansion module connectors, and the coupling member engages each of the respective expansion modules to secure each of the respective expansion modules in their respective expansion module connectors. The shared expansion module coupling feature may includes a standoff that is mounted to the board immediately adjacent a single hole defined by the board, and the coupling member may be provided by a single screw that engages each of the respective expansion modules and at least one of: the shared expansion module coupling feature and the portion of the board that defines the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Cyril Adair Keilers, Shawn Paul Hoss, Christopher Michael Helberg
  • Patent number: 11081828
    Abstract: A housing that can be used for a power module in a power system is disclosed. The housing includes features to improve the insulating properties and to reduce or eliminate a mechanical stress on a housing that could crack or break a substrate contained within the housing. The insulating properties are improved by protrusions that surround apertures for press-fit pins. Each protrusion can increase a creepage for the housing by extending the surface of the housing along a press-fit pin. The mechanical stress is reduced by a mounting flange that includes a wedge surface and a flexible structure that react to a force applied when the mounting flange is fastened to a surface by a fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Jihwan Kim, Yushuang Yao, Bosung Won, Atapol Prajuckamol, Olaf Zschieschang
  • Patent number: 11032098
    Abstract: A controller cluster for controlling a technical device with a redundant first automation device and second automation device, wherein a virtual network interface controller is arranged in the automation devices between a first network interface controller and a protocol stack, and wherein the network interface controller administers a cluster hardware address in addition to a standard hardware address and thus the controller cluster, despite there being two automation devices, presents itself externally as one device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Markus Schlittenbauer, Hendrik Gerlach
  • Patent number: 10994676
    Abstract: An electric connection box includes: the housing, or a plurality of communication connectors provided therein; a communication switch circuit, which is provided inside the housing, has a communication relay function and controls a communication path between the plurality of communication connectors; and a common power supply circuit, which is provided inside the housing and capable of supplying common power generated based on the power from the input side power supply line to a plurality of electric circuits including the communication switch circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ryoma Toyoda, Kunihiko Yamada, Terumitsu Sugimoto, Masashi Suzuki, Kenichi Katsumata, Jun Goto
  • Patent number: 10971830
    Abstract: A rearview device includes a connector assembly that has a body that includes a plurality of electrical leads that extend therefrom and are removably coupled therewith. A plurality of contact-receiving apertures extend through the body and receive a plurality of spring contacts on a circuit board. The plurality of spring contacts abut and are compressed between the circuit board and the body. The plurality of spring contacts directly engage the plurality of electrical leads when inserted into the plurality of contact-receiving apertures. A plurality of peripheral walls are adjacent the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Danny L. Minikey, Jr., Eric S. Lundy, Christopher D. Pollack
  • Patent number: 10939565
    Abstract: A transmission control device, in particular for a motor vehicle, includes a circuit board element, and an electrical-connector housing. The circuit board element has electronic components. The electrical-connector housing is configured to receive an electrical connector, and to electrically connect the electrical connector to the circuit board element. The electrical-connector housing substantially consists of a thermoset material, and partially encloses the circuit board element via direct contact in an integrally bonded fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Hoefer
  • Patent number: 10862248
    Abstract: Connector receptacles that are able to withstand insertion and other forces, are reliable, and are easy to manufacture. In various examples, the connector receptacle tongue or other portions may be reinforced such that they may withstand the insertion forces exerted through a connector insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: George Tziviskos, Jae Hwang Lee, Mahmoud R. Amini, Paul J. Hack, Zheng Gao, Rui Zhou
  • Patent number: 10849247
    Abstract: A box (4) has, on a rear wall surface (4b) facing a plane where an opening (4a) is formed, a first protrusion (4g) which is fitted to a first notch (3a) of a substrate (3) and first ribs (4h) which support a first end of the substrate (3) by sandwiching the first end, and has, on two surfaces facing respective substrate surfaces of the substrate (3), a hole (4n) for each of the two surfaces. A lid (5) has, on a lid surface (5a) facing the opening (4a), a second protrusion (5b) fitted to a second notch (3b) of the substrate (3), a second rib (5c), and a third rib (5d), the second and third ribs supporting a second end of the substrate (3) by sandwiching the second end, and has, at an outer periphery, hooks (5g) for fixing the lid (5) to the box (4) by being fitted to the holes (4n) of the box (4). The hooks (5g) each have an inclined surface (5j) that allows the lid (5) to move by a specified amount in a direction in which the lid (5) comes off from the box (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akiharu Fukuda