Allochiral Cantilevered Clamping Fingers Patents (Class 439/857)
  • Patent number: 11936146
    Abstract: A grounding system for a rackable circuit breaker includes a finger cluster connector connected to a grounding bus in the circuit breaker and a rail conductor mounted in a circuit breaker cradle and connected to ground potential. The finger cluster connector includes a conductor formed from a single plate of conductive material folded into a generally U-shaped body with first and second sides divided into a plurality of fingers. Distal ends of the fingers form mutually facing parallel surfaces of a constricted passage configured to make a sliding electrical contact with the rail conductor that is advanced into the constricted passage as the circuit breaker is racked into the cradle. First and second leaf springs fastened to the conductor portion are divided into a plurality of spring finger sections with spring distal ends configured to respectively press against the distal ends of respective fingers of the conductor portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Alan Williford, Sergio Flores, David Price
  • Patent number: 11817660
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus for measuring a health condition and connectable to existing medical devices. In one embodiment, apparatus may include a cable apparatus. The cable apparatus may include a plurality of conductors enclosed within an exterior covering and may include a plurality of mating devices; the plurality of mating devices located along a length of the cable. Each mating device may be coupled to a conductor of the cable. Cable apparatus may further include a connector device, the connector device coupled to an end of the cable and configured to couple the cable apparatus with a recording/monitoring device by coupling with an existing set of leads associated with the recording/monitoring device. Connector device may allow quick attachment and detachment of the cable apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Inventor: Dariush Ghaffari
  • Patent number: 11791575
    Abstract: A circuit board assembly includes a circuit board substrate defining an aperture extending therethrough and configured to accept a planar male terminal from a first side of the circuit board substrate. The assembly further includes a female terminal extending from a second side of the circuit board substrate opposite the first side that defines a slot in a U-shaped portion on the second side of the circuit board substrate. The slot has an open end and a closed end. The slot is sized and arranged to receive the male terminal extending through the aperture be in an interference fit with the male terminal. The female terminal has a pair of tines, each tine having a fixed end attached to a base portion and a free end. The free end of one of the tines is disposed within a mounting hole in the circuit board substrate located adjacent the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies (2) S.à r.l.
    Inventors: Erick Adrian Rodriguez Acosta, Naiki Alejandra Reynoso Galvan
  • Patent number: 11721918
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a plurality of sheet terminals each having a main body and at least a pair of cantilevers. Each pair of the cantilevers extends from at least one of a first side and an opposite second side of the main body and has a pair of contact portions protruding toward each other inside a pair of free ends of the pair of cantilevers. The plurality of sheet terminals are assembled together in a stacked manner and a receiving chamber with an insertion opening is formed between the pair of cantilevers of the plurality of sheet terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hua Li, Guangming Zhao
  • Patent number: 11699883
    Abstract: An electrical connector module with openings in an insulative support selectively positioned to limit dielectric loss in a signal. The connector may include a first and second conductor including first and second sides between first and second edges. An insulative support holds the first conductor adjacent the second conductor and may have at least five pedestal portions, wherein the first pedestal portion contacts the first side of the first conductor, the second pedestal portion contacts the second side of the first conductor, the third pedestal portion contacts the first side of the second conductor, the fourth pedestal portion contacts the second side of the second conductor, and at least a portion of the fifth pedestal portion is disposed between two edges of the first and second conductors. The pedestal portions may have widths less than the widths of the first and second sides of the first and second conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Marc B. Cartier, Jr., John Robert Dunham, Vysakh Sivarajan, Mark W. Gailus, David Levine, Michael Joseph Snyder
  • Patent number: 11575225
    Abstract: A connector comprises a pair of terminals for clamping and electrically connecting to a first conductive member. A first terminal includes a plurality of first elastic arms arranged in a row, with each first elastic arm having a first contact and a third contact formed thereon. The second terminal is laminated on an outer side of the first terminal and includes a plurality of second elastic arms arranged in a row. Each second elastic arm includes a second contact formed thereon. Each second contact protrudes to an inner side of the first elastic arms from a gap between two adjacent first elastic arms. The plurality of second elastic arms respectively abut against the outer sides of the plurality of first elastic arms. The first contact, the second contact and the third contact are adapted to be in electrical contact with the inserted first conductive member simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiaoyong (Mac) Liu, Jie (Roger) Luo, Guangming (Suny) Zhao
  • Patent number: 11482843
    Abstract: A process of manufacturing an electrical wiring assembly includes the steps of cutting an elongate strip from a sheet of metal and cutting a mesial slit in an end of the uninsulated segment, thereby forming a pair of distal projections flanking the mesial slit. The mesial slit and the pair of distal projections form a forked split blade terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: David R. Peterson, Sean P. Krompegel, Jonathan D. Weidner
  • Patent number: 11342694
    Abstract: A terminal (11) to be mounted into a housing (20) mounted on a circuit board (40) includes a terminal contact portion (12) to be disposed in a forwardly open receptacle (21) of the housing (20), an inserting portion (14) to be inserted into a terminal insertion hole (24) penetrating through a rear wall (22) of the receptacle (21) in a front-rear direction, and a board connecting portion (16) to be drawn out rearward from the terminal insertion hole (24) and connected to the circuit board (40). The inserting portion (14) includes a first press-fit portion (31) projecting in a first direction intersecting the circuit board (40) and to be press-fit to an inner wall of the terminal insertion hole (24) and a second press-fit portion (33) projecting in a second direction intersecting the first direction and to be press-fit to the inner wall of the terminal insertion hole (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroto Sakai, Hidekazu Matsuda, Yuichi Nakanishi
  • Patent number: 11296457
    Abstract: The invention discloses a magnetic connector, which includes a male connector and a female connector. The female connector includes a tongue assembly. The tongue assembly includes a first tongue and a pluralities of contact terminals disposed on the first tongue. A second tongue is defined on the male connector. A plurality of conductive terminals are disposed on the second tongue, the male connector and the female connector are magnetically attracted, and the contact terminals contact with the conductive terminals to achieve electrical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: DONGGUAN AIKEDE ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Dehui Zhang
  • Patent number: 11239589
    Abstract: A host connector includes a connector insulator having a slot allowing detachable insertion of a plug connector of a module, a first contact terminal group including contact terminals arranged inside the connector insulator and each brought into contact with a contact pad on one side at a connection end of the plug connector, and a second contact terminal group including contact terminals each brought into contact with a contact pad on another side opposed to the aforementioned contact pad. The first contact terminal group includes grounding sub-contact terminals arranged inside slits of the connector insulator, grounding main contact terminals supporting the grounding sub-contact terminals, and signal contact terminals. Contact portions of each grounding main contact terminal and of each signal contact terminal having the same shape are arranged on a common straight line, and the signal contact terminals are disposed between the grounding main contact terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yosuke Takai, Toshiyasu Ito
  • Patent number: 11114784
    Abstract: A connector structure configured to electrically connect an electrical component to a circuit board is disclosed. The connector structure may include a female connector secured to the circuit board; and a male terminal extending from the electrical component and inserted into the female connector. The female connector may include a connector housing secured to the circuit board; a connector-side terminal located within the connector housing and including a female contact configured to receive the male terminal; and a contact sleeve located within the connector housing and secured to the female contact. The female contact may be displaceable within the connector housing. The male terminal may be deformed so as to press the contact sleeve against a frictional inner surface of the connector housing by a restoring force of the male terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Saki Naito
  • Patent number: 10978820
    Abstract: An integrated circuit socket includes a housing having a flat plate portion and a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing. The contacts each have a contact beam projecting outwardly from a first surface of the housing and a retained portion disposed in a passageway in the flat plate portion. The contact beam extends from the retained portion. The retained portion has a base portion with a flat-plate shape and a pair of side portions extending at an angle with respect to the base portion on a pair of opposite sides of the base portion. A cross-section of the retained portion parallel to the first surface has a U-shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventors: Shinichi Hashimoto, Masayuki Aizawa, Hiroshi Shirai, Naoki Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 10967842
    Abstract: The invention has a purpose of obtaining a brake hydraulic pressure controller having improved vibration resistance and a motorcycle brake system including such a brake hydraulic pressure controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Takashi Ogawa, Kosaku Sagayama
  • Patent number: 10897095
    Abstract: A terminal cover (10) protects a terminal fitting (12) that has a barrel (18) crimped to a wire (W). The terminal cover (10) includes an accommodating portion (20) having a front opening (22), and the barrel (18) is accommodated in the accommodating portion (20). A lid (16) covers the front opening (22) of the accommodating portion (20), and two pressing portions (34) project obliquely toward the barrel (18) from opposed left and right inner wall (32A, 32B). The pressing portions (34) resiliently contact sides (18A, 18B) of the barrel (18). Each pressing portion (34) has a tapered end (38) inclined toward the front opening (22), and the tapered ends (38) resiliently contact the sides (18A, 18B) of the barrel (18). The barrel (18) is pushed toward the front opening (22) and sandwiched between the lid (16) and the pressing portions (34) by reaction forces of the pressing portions (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Inventor: Naoki Hikota
  • Patent number: 10879639
    Abstract: A pin receiving terminal contact and a connector comprising one or more of such terminal contacts. The terminal contacts (1) comprise a base (13) comprising a folded strip and at least a first contact beam (3, 5) having a root end extending from said base (13) and a contact face (11, 12) bent sideward under an angle with said root end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Amphenol FCI Asia Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Gert Julien Droesbeke, Aymeric Soudy
  • Patent number: 10770955
    Abstract: In an electrical connection terminal assembly and an electromotive drive device, a connector-side terminal is divided into two portions along an insertion direction of the connector-side terminal, thereby constituting divided terminal pieces. These divided terminal pieces are inserted between elastic terminal pieces of a base-board-side terminal, thereby electrically connecting the two parties. In this manner, the connector-side terminal is divided into the two portions to constitute the divided terminal pieces, and thus the rigidity of each of the divided terminal pieces can be decreased. Even if the connector-side terminal has been connected to the base-board-side terminal by prying, the divided terminal pieces of the connector-side terminal deform readily to follow the shape of the base-board-side terminal and thus it is possible to suppress an increased change in an electrical resistance and/or a thermal resistance between the base-board-side terminal and the connector-side terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Keiji Hamada
  • Patent number: 10707598
    Abstract: A conductive terminal is adapted to electrically connect a wire to a circuit board. The circuit board has a through hole and solder pads on a surface of the circuit board. The conductive terminal comprises a base, a pair of mounting portions, and a pair of clamping portions. The base has a pair of opposing first edges, a pair of opposing second edges, and an insertion hole aligned with the through hole of the circuit board. The mounting portions include a pair of solder portions extending outwardly from the first edges and parallel to the base. The solder portions are each adapted to be soldered to one of the solder pads of the circuit board. The clamping portions extend obliquely toward each other from the two second edges of the base and are adapted to clamp a conductor of the wire inserted through the insertion hole and the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaozhi Fu, Ming Shi, Hongtao Jiang, Wei Zhang, Dingbing Fan
  • Patent number: 10651584
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive contacts retained in the insulative housing, each contact has a first body, a resilient arm extending upwardly and obliquely from an upper side of the first body, a soldering section extending downwardly from a lower side of the first body, and a second body extending from a lateral side of the first body in an oblique direction and having a retention section formed on an outer lateral side thereof opposite to the first body. The housing forms a receiving cavity for receiving both the first body and the second body, and a retention slot for receiving the retention section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Shuo-Hsiu Hsu
  • Patent number: 10617022
    Abstract: The utility model discloses a the connecting structure for the circuit board and the output terminal of the power supply, comprises a casing, a tail cover, and the circuit board with a control circuit, wherein one end of the casing has an opening, at least part of the circuit board is installed in a cavity of the casing, the output terminal is arranged on the tail cover, and the output terminal at least comprises a conductive pin. The connecting structure further comprises a conductive insertion component, wherein the insertion component is fixed to an output end of the circuit board, and when the tail cover and the open end of the casing are closed, the end of the conductive pin is inserted into the insertion component to allow the circuit board and the output terminal to be electrically connected, which has the advantage of rapid assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Inventors: Wei Huang, Chengqian Pan, Bin Chen
  • Patent number: 10587220
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for attaching electronic auxiliary components to a support structure for solar panels. The invention also relates to an assembly, including a support structure for solar panels, and at least one device according to the invention which is attached to the support structure. The invention furthermore relates to a method for attaching an electronic auxiliary component to a support structure for solar panels by using a device according to the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Esdec B.V.
    Inventors: Vincent De Vogel, Jeroen De Vogel, Frank Van Regteren, Laurens Te Boekhorst
  • Patent number: 10581190
    Abstract: A contact includes a main body having a top, a bottom, a first side and a second side. The contact includes a terminating end extending from the main body and a mating beam extending from the main body opposite the terminating end. The mating beam has a root at the main body and a tip opposite the root. The mating beam has an elongated coupling base between the root and the tip. The elongated coupling base has a bottom surface configured to face a mating contact being generally parallel to the mating contact between the root and the tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignees: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Michael John Phillips, Randall Robert Henry, Timothy Robert Minnick, Justin Dennis Pickel, Liang Huang
  • Patent number: 10535963
    Abstract: An electrical contact element for a bus element of a mounting rail bus system includes: a contact body that extends in an areal manner along an extension plane; and at least one contact leg that is arranged on the contact body and extends along the extension plane. When measured perpendicularly to the extension plane, the contact body has a first thickness and the at least one contact leg has a second thickness that is smaller than the first thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Christian Funke
  • Patent number: 10530085
    Abstract: A tuning fork terminal includes: a pair of press fit pieces having end surfaces facing each other with a gap into which a mating terminal is inserted; a connecting portion that connects one-end sides of the pair of press fit pieces; and a connection end surface that smoothly connects the one-end sides of each of the end surfaces of the pair of press fit pieces and the end surface of the gap side of the connecting portion. The connection end surface is formed by hollowing the one-end side of the end surface of the press fit piece more than the other part of the end surface, and the one-end side of each of the end surfaces of the pair of press fit pieces and the end surface of the connecting portion are smoothly connected in an arc shape to form a curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiko Mitsui
  • Patent number: 10522929
    Abstract: In a connector, a terminal has a pair of contact portions that are fixed to a housing and disposed so as to provide a stable and reliable electrical connection. In the connector, a movable housing has a first contact portion fixation groove that supports a first contact portion of the terminal and a second contact portion fixation groove that supports a second contact portion. The terminal has a link portion that can join the first contact portion and the second contact portion to each other so as to be able to adjust the clearance therebetween. The link portion can absorb a variation in the clearance between the first contact portion fixation groove and the second contact portion fixation groove and a variation in the clearance between the first contact portion and the second contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daichi Shimba, Yoshiyuki Ogura, Hitoshi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 10326223
    Abstract: An electrical press-in contact element with at least one press-in section, which extends in a direction of extension from a root area, in which the press-in section is connected with a contact body, up to a free end, and which has a middle zone flanked on either side by a respective edge zone from the root area up to the free end, wherein the edge zones form contact surfaces facing away from each other that, once the press-in section has been inserted into a press-in opening, for example of a circuit board, abut against the wall of the press-in opening. In order to improve the stability and contact reliability, it is provided that the edge zones are bent away from the middle zone around a bending line, so that the press-in section has a U- or C-shaped cross section. The edge zones form webs that project from the middle zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: LUDGER SORIG
    Inventor: Ludger Sorig
  • Patent number: 9909635
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention relates to a parking brake actuator which includes a motor; a worm gear connected to the motor to transmit a power; a worm wheel engaged with the worm gear; a drive shaft coupled to the worm wheel, wherein a parking cable is connected to the drive shaft; a power transmission gear including a first gear coupled to a rotational shaft of the motor and a second gear which is coupled to a rotational shaft of the worm gear and connected to the first gear to transmit the power; and a housing including a first accommodation portion disposed at one side of a reference line which is formed perpendicular to the rotational shaft of the motor and passes through the first gear to accommodate the motor, a second accommodation portion disposed at another side of the reference line to accommodate the worm gear so that the rotational shaft of the worm gear is parallel to the rotational shaft of the motor, and a third accommodation portion disposed at the other side of the reference line t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Hwan Jung, Heok Jin Park, Woo Seob Shim
  • Patent number: 9837744
    Abstract: A female terminal (10) disclosed by this specification is a female terminal (10) with a resilient piece (23, 26) to be resiliently brought into contact with a male terminal (11). The resilient piece (23, 26) is displaceable between an initial position where the resilient piece is located before the male terminal (11) contacts and a deformation position where the resilient piece (23, 26) is resiliently deformed by the contact of the male terminal (11) therewith. A contact mark (35) formed on a point where a contact pressure generated between the resilient piece (23, 26) located at the initial position and the male terminal (11) is maximized and a slide contact mark (36) formed by the slide contact of the male terminal (11) with the resilient piece (23, 26) displaced to the deformation position are arranged not to overlap each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeru Ogihara
  • Patent number: 9705229
    Abstract: A plug contact includes a plate-shaped contact portion. The plate-shaped contact portion includes an upper contact surface where a receptacle contact is contactable. A plug housing includes: a base; a pair of side end cover portions that projects in a mating direction from the base and covers both side ends of the plate-shaped contact portion; a leading end cover portion which couples leading ends of the pair of side end cover portions in the mating direction and covers a leading end of the plate-shaped contact portion; a pair of beams that couples the base with a middle portion of the leading end cover portion in a longitudinal direction; and an outside cover. The receptacle contact includes a pair of upper elastic spring pieces disposed so as to sandwich one of the beams. The receptacle contact is formed by bending a single metallic plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LTD.
    Inventor: Yasukazu Itou
  • Patent number: 9595781
    Abstract: The terminal has a base portion held by a terminal holding member, and a contact arm portion extending from the base portion and contacting the contact portion of another terminal. In this terminal, the contact arm portion includes a cantilevered first frame portion and second frame portion extending from the base portion, a connecting frame portion connecting a free end of the first frame portion and a free end of the second frame portion, a contact protruding portion formed in the first frame portion, and a contact face formed in the contact protruding portion; and the contact face moves in a parallel direction and maintains contact with a contact face of a contact portion of another terminal when the contact arm portion is elastically deformed by contact with the contact portion of the other terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Hiroshi Ueno, Toshihiro Niitsu, Hirokazu Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9590346
    Abstract: A connecting mechanism having a male contact and a female contact, each of the male and female contacts having a first surface including at least in part a flat surface portion defined therein, a second surface opposing the first surface, and a contact surface extending between the first surface and the second surface. The contact surface is designed so that, when the first contact and the second contact are electrically connected with each other, the contact surfaces of the first contact and the second contact make a surface contact therebetween that inclines with respect to the flat surface portions of the first and second contacts in a cross section that crosses the first surface, the second surface, and the contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: OMRON Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Hemmi, Hirotada Teranishi, Takahiro Sakai, Yuki Kotake
  • Patent number: 9190753
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a terminal that includes a front terminal portion, and a rear terminal portion the contact position of which is located further from the insertion opening of the connector than the contact position of the front terminal portion, and that is electrically connected with a mating terminal as an object to be connected. The front terminal portion has a front elastic arm, and a front contact portion formed at the distal end of the front elastic arm, and the front contact portion has a front contact that comes into contact with the mating terminal, and a dummy contact that is located closer to the insertion opening of the connector than the front contact, and that wipes a foreign substance adhering to the mating terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: IRISO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masato Takaki
  • Patent number: 9142895
    Abstract: A coaxial connector assembly includes an outer housing holding an outer contact, a dielectric holder received in the outer contact, and a center contact received in the dielectric holder. The dielectric holder has a front and a cavity extending axially along the dielectric holder bounded by a cavity wall. The dielectric holder has an expansion slot formed in the cavity wall offset from, and proximate to, the front. The center contact has a socket at a mating end configured to receive a pin contact of a mating connector assembly. The center contact has deflectable beams at the mating end configured to deflect outward when mated with the pin contact. The center contact has flared tip ends at the distal ends of the beams. The flared tip ends are received in the expansion slot when the deflectable beams are deflected outward during mating with the pin contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Douglas John Hardy, John Wesley Hall
  • Patent number: 9142902
    Abstract: An electrical terminal assembly includes a base having a body including a first end and a second end. First and second opposed base beams extend from the first end of the body in a first direction. A spring clamp has a clamp base and first and second opposed spring beams extending from the clamp base in the first direction and disposed over the first and second base beams biasing the first and second base beams toward one another. The body of the base is configured to permit the spring clamp to be inserted onto the base in a second direction normal the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Glick, Slobodan Pavlovic, Tulasi Sadras-Ravindra
  • Patent number: 9022817
    Abstract: A connector terminal includes first and second spring terminals between which a male connector terminal of a male electric connector is sandwiched. The connector terminal is formed by bending a strip-shaped plate about lines intersecting with a longitudinal line of the plate such that a width of the plate is maintained as it is. The first and second spring terminals are formed with a limiter for preventing the first and second spring terminals from being outwardly deflected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Sakai Yagi, Masaya Muta, Shunya Oohashi
  • Patent number: 9022816
    Abstract: A connector terminal includes a pair of terminal contacts sandwiching a male connector therebetween to make electric contact with the male connector, and a terminal body supporting the pair of terminal contacts. The terminal contacts are formed by bending a metal plate having been punched into a designed shape. The terminal contacts each include a contact surface formed by bending a contact part not facing the other contact part and extending towards a central axis of the terminal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Dai-Ichi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayoshi Endo, Daisuke Matsushita
  • Patent number: 8998657
    Abstract: An electrical connection device has a first end and a second end configured to be electrically coupled to a first conductor and a second conductor. A pair of conductive elements are arranged between the first end and the second end and configured for engagement with the first and second conductors. The conductive elements include a respective flat segment and a bent segment. The bent segments define an opening in which one of the first and second conductors are configured to be received. The bent segments include a number of corners configured to engage opposing sides of the one of the first and second conductors at a number of discrete points along at least a portion of the length of the at least one first and second conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Reliance Controls Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt Von Eckroth, Neil A. Czarnecki
  • Patent number: 8616925
    Abstract: A multi-contact terminal fitting (T) has a plurality of resilient contact pieces (40) that extend from a rectangular tubular base (25) and can be brought into contact with an outer peripheral surface of a flat plate-shaped tab (11). The resilient contact pieces (40) extending from parts of the base (25) that have relatively high rigidity are narrow and those extending from less rigid parts of the base (25) are wider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Kobayashi, Hikaru Ito
  • Patent number: 8586420
    Abstract: In a method for producing a power semiconductor arrangement, an insulation carrier with a top side, a metallization, and a contact pin with a first end are provided. The metallization is attached to the top side and a target section of the metallization is determined. After the metallization is attached to the top side of the insulation carrier, the first end of the contact pin is pressed into the target section such that the first end is inserted in the target section. Thereby, an interference fit and an electrical connection are established between the first end of the contact pin and the target section of the metallization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Thilo Stolze, Guido Strotmann, Karsten Guth
  • Patent number: 8556666
    Abstract: An electrical contact includes a pair of prongs that extend from a base of the electrical contact spaced apart by a gap disposed therebetween. The gap is configured to receive a mating electrical contact that mechanically and electrically communicates with the pair of prongs. A plane defined along respective exterior surfaces of the pair of prongs is such that a portion of one prong of the pair of prongs is bisected by the plane. A method of making an electrical contact includes a step of stamping out a piece from a sheet of electrically-conducting material and another step of folding one or more portions of the piece to at least produce the pair of prongs of the electrical contact spaced apart by the gap. An electrical assembly includes a printed circuit board and at least one electrical contact that contains the pair of prongs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Alan Brandon, Adrian Flores, Frank Romero, Richard D. Kirkwood
  • Patent number: 8337237
    Abstract: A connector device includes a male connector and a female connector attached to and detached from each other by moving the male connector in a sliding direction relative to the female connector, the male connector including plug electrodes arrayed in an arraying direction perpendicular to the sliding direction, each plug electrode including a curved part formed at one end and bent in the arraying direction, and the female connector including jack electrodes arrayed in the arraying direction, each jack electrode corresponding to one of the plug electrodes and including a connection formed at one end and projecting in a direction parallel to the sliding direction, each connection including two resilient terminal portions, and when the male connector and the female connector are mutually fitted to each other, the curved part of each plug electrode is inserted and fitted between the two resilient terminal portions of a corresponding jack electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
    Inventors: Yasushi Masuda, Manabu Shimizu
  • Patent number: 8317550
    Abstract: A receptacle terminal to be utilized in an electrical receptacle includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a connecting member, and a restricting member. The second sidewall cooperates with the first sidewall to define a receiving space to receive an electrical terminal. The connecting member connects the first sidewall to the second wall. The restricting member includes a first hook and a second hook. The first hook extends from one end of the first sidewall. The second hook extends from one end of the second sidewall. An end of the first hook and an end of the second hook are spaced from each other. When the electrical terminal is received in the receiving space, the first hook engages with the second hook, to prevent the receiving space from being stretch beyond a predetermined size or size range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qing-Shan Cao, Fu-Qiu Shi, Sheng-Peng Tseng
  • Patent number: 8284965
    Abstract: A thermoacoustic device includes a base, a plurality of first fasteners, at least one first electrode, at least one second electrode and a sound wave generator. Each of the first fasteners includes a body engaging with the base and a flexible element extending from the body. The at least one first electrode has a first end and a second end. The first end engages with the flexible element of the plurality of first fasteners, and the second end is secured on the base. The at least one second electrode has a third end and a fourth end. The third end engages with the flexible element of the plurality of first fasteners, and the fourth end is secured on the base. The sound wave generator is electrically connected to the at least one first electrode and the at least one second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Beijing FUNATE Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang Liu, Chen Feng, Li Qian, Yu-Quan Wang
  • Patent number: 8277264
    Abstract: A contact is formed of a single metal sheet. The contact includes an upper spring portion configured to press an upper surface of a plate-like connection target in a downward direction and a lower spring portion configured to press a lower surface of the plate-like connection target in an upward direction. The lower spring portion is deformable independently of the upper spring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Tetsu Urano
  • Patent number: 8277240
    Abstract: A connector has a first member connectable to a first object and a second member connectable to a second object. The second member is arranged so as to restrict movement of the first member in a first horizontal direction. The connector also has a connection member configured to connect the first member and the second member to each other so that the first member is movable relative to the second member in a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Tetsu Urano
  • Patent number: 8267729
    Abstract: A socket contact is configured to receive a part of a mating contact. The socket contact comprises a spring portion, a spring support portion and a lance. The spring portion is brought into contact with the mating contact when the socket contact receives the part of the mating contact. The spring support portion supports the spring portion. The lance is provided on the spring support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventors: Masaki Yamashita, Kazuhito Hisamatsu, Yosuke Honda
  • Patent number: 8206180
    Abstract: A connector assembly of a medical electrical device includes a plurality of electrical contacts and an insulative base that supports the plurality of electrical contacts and extends between the plurality of electrical contacts and a housing of the device, and, wherein at least one contact of the plurality includes an elongate electrical coupling receptacle in which a first part of a feedthrough member extends, being fixedly coupled thereto. The feedthrough member further includes a second part and a bend, which is located between the first and second parts. The second part of the feedthrough member extends away from the contact and through a port formed in the insulative base adjacent to the contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Medtronic Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Kast, Charles E. Peters, Michael J. Baade, James A. Alexander, Andrew J. Ries
  • Patent number: 8182299
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical connection device for transmitting high current levels, comprising at least one flat contact having a tulip contact and a contact blade having a prescribed blade thickness, wherein the flat contact is suitable for receiving the contact blade having the prescribed blade thickness. A contact force for contacting is applied by an upper spring in the contact area. The tulip contact comprises a free entry width in an unloaded state that approximately corresponds to the prescribed blade thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Schrader
  • Patent number: 8172591
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly (100) for mounting to a printed circuit board, comprises a plurality of contacts (3) and a processor (1), the contact (3) comprises a base portion (31), a pair of contacting portions (34) and a solder portion (35) extend from the base portion (31), the processor (1) comprises a plurality of pins (11) each includes a cylinder portion (110) and a cone portion (111) extending downwardly from the cylinder portion (110), the bottom end of the cone portion (111) is thinner than the top end thereof to guiding the pins (11) inserted into the contacts (3), the contacting portions (34) contacts with the cone portion (111) respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Darrell Lynn Wertz
  • Patent number: 8162674
    Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a first substrate, a first electrode disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, and a connector. The connector is disposed on the second substrate and includes a second electrode connected to the first electrode, and an elastic member which applies a force to the second electrode. The connector increases a contact force between the first electrode and the second electrode by applying the force to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo-Woan Cho, Seong-Sik Choi, Yong-Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 8123567
    Abstract: A connector assembly of a medical electrical device includes a plurality of electrical contacts, wherein at least one contact of the plurality of electrical contacts includes an electrical coupling receptacle. The electrical coupling receptacle of the at least one contact includes a first portion, which is adapted to receive a connector element of a medical electrical lead, and a second portion, in which a part of a feedthrough member extends, and to which the part of the feedthrough member is fixedly coupled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: John E. Kast, Charles E. Peters, Michael J. Baade, James A. Alexander, Andrew J. Ries