04th week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 60 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20200028210 | High Performance Air Stable Solid Polymer Electrolyte - The present invention is directed to aqueous solid polymer electrolytes that comprise a lithium salt and battery cells comprising the same. The present invention is also directed to methods of making the electrolytes and methods of using the electrolytes in batteries and other electrochemical technologies. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028211 | COMPOUNDS BASED ON AN ELEMENT FROM THE BORON GROUP, AND USE THEREOF IN ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS - Compounds based on an element from Groupe IIIA (column 13) of the periodic table of the elements, such as boron, aluminum, gallium or indium, are here described, as well as their processes of preparation and their use as salts and/or additives, for instance, in combination with other salts in electrolyte compositions for electrochemical cells, inter alia, in electrolyte compositions in the presence of a liquid solvent and/or a solvating polymer, the electrolyte being in liquid, gel or solid form. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028212 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is a lithium ion secondary battery including a positive electrode which is capable of storing and releasing lithium, a negative electrode which is capable of storing and releasing lithium, and a nonaqueous electrolyte which contains lithium salts and cyclic disulfonic acid ester, in which as the nonaqueous electrolyte, a nonaqueous electrolyte containing a polymer is used, and as at least a part of the lithium salts, imide lithium salts are used. Here, the content of the cyclic sulfonic acid ester is preferably in a range of 2.0% to 5.0% by mass with respect to a total content of the nonaqueous electrolyte. Also, the proportion of the imide lithium salts is preferably in a range of 10 to 50 mol % with respect to a total amount of lithium salts in the nonaqueous electrolyte. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028213 | ELECTROLYTE STABILIZING MATERIALS, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE, RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES USING THE SAME, SECONDARY BATTERY-USE ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION, SECONDARY BATTERY, BATTERY PACK, ELECTRIC VEHICLE, ELECTRIC POWER STORAGE SYSTEM, ELECTRIC POWER TOOL, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - a secondary battery is provided. The secondary battery includes a cathode; an anode; and an electrolytic solution including a carbonyl compound. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028214 | ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION, ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE, LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND MODULE - An electrolyte solution containing a solvent. The solvent contains a compound (1) represented by the following formula (1), wherein R | 2020-01-23 |
20200028215 | ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - An all-solid-state lithium ion secondary battery includes a plurality of electrode layers that are laminated with a solid electrolyte layer therebetween, a current collector layer and an active material layer being laminated in each of the electrode layers, the current collector layers contain Cu, and Cu-containing regions are formed at grain boundaries that are present near the current collector layer among grain boundaries of particles that form the active material layer. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028216 | Battery Module and Battery Module Manufacturing Method - A battery module includes: a battery cell stack including a plurality of battery cells respectively having electrode leads, the plurality of battery cells being stacked on one another; and an interconnect board (ICB) cover to which an electrode lead connection that is bent is coupled, the electrode lead connection comprising an electrode lead of any one of the plurality of battery cells and an electrode lead of another battery cell adjacent to the any one battery cell connected to each other, wherein a plurality of the ICB covers is provided, and the plurality of ICB covers are arranged in different layers. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028217 | TRACTION BATTERY WITH CELL ZONE MONITORING - A vehicle includes a traction battery having cells and at least one controller. The controller is programmed to charge and discharge the traction battery according to a net current for the traction battery derived from sets of temperature-based current values, each of the sets corresponding to a different one of the cells, and each of the values for a given one of the sets corresponding to a different zone of the cell. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028218 | Wireless Battery System - A wireless battery system is provided in which wireless communication errors are reduced and CC's power consumption is less. A wireless battery system including a plurality of cell controllers connected to battery cells and a battery controller which is connected by radio with the plurality of cell controllers, wherein the battery controller and the plurality of cell controllers are connected by radio in a daisy chain manner and the plurality of cell controllers are controlled by passive reception. This makes it possible to provide a wireless battery system in which wireless communication errors are reduced and CC's power consumption is less. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028219 | FAULT-TOLERANT ELECTRONIC BATTERY SENSING - A battery sensing system acquires battery information of a battery string comprised of multiple battery cells connected in series. The system includes a plurality of battery sensing channels and a digital core including a control unit. Each of the battery sensing channels is configured to acquire inter-terminal voltages of a set of battery cells which are connected in series, so as to comprise at least a portion of a battery string. In some scenarios, the battery sensing system is a system-on-a-chip, disposed in a single integrated circuit package. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028220 | LITHIUM-BASED BATTERY PACK - An electrical combination including a power tool and a battery pack. The power tool includes power tool terminals. The battery pack is configured to be interfaced with the power tool. The battery pack includes a battery pack housing, at least three terminals, and a plurality of battery cells. The battery pack terminals include a positive terminal, a negative terminal, and a sense terminal. The at least three terminals are configured to be interfaced with the power tool terminals. The plurality of battery cells are arranged within and supported by the battery pack housing. Each of the battery cells has a lithium-based chemistry and a respective state of charge, and power is transferable between the battery cells and the power tool. A circuit is configured to monitor the battery cells, detect a charge imbalance among the battery cells, and prevent the battery pack from operating when the charge imbalance is detected. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028221 | COOLING SYSTEM AND METHOD - Additional cooling is provided to an energy storage module of a cooling system with a plurality of cooling channels in contact with a surface of an energy storage device, by pipe connections of a common cooling fluid outlet pipe that have a lower melting point than pipe connections of the common cooling fluid inlet pipe. In use, if the pipe connections are subjected to elevated temperatures, or fire, the pipe connections of the common fluid outlet pipe fail before the pipe connections of the common fluid inlet pipe, causing a pressure drop, whereby the rate of fluid flow through the cooler of the energy storage module in which the pipe connection has failed is substantially increased. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028222 | BATTERY COOLING ASSEMBLY - Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to technical field of the battery cooling technical and provide a battery cooling assembly, including: a cooling tube; a collecting tube, provided with at least one collecting opening; a connecting aid, including a base plate provided with a through hole, and a hole wall of the through hole extends outwardly to form an extension. An end of the cooling tube is connected to the extension through the through hole, the base plate is connected with the collecting tube, and the through hole being in communication with the collecting opening. The battery cooling assembly of the present disclosure can increase the connection strength between the cooling tube and the collecting tube, thereby reducing a risk of leakage of a cooling medium. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028223 | COOLING SYSTEM - An energy storage module cooling system having a source of cooling fluid; and a fluid conduit for supplying the cooling fluid to one or more energy storage modules. Each energy storage module has carriers for a plurality of energy storage devices; the carriers further have cooling channels forming a cooler for each energy storage device. One surface of each energy storage device is in thermal contact with the cooler; and another surface of the energy storage device is provided with a thermally insulating layer, whereby heat transfer between adjacent energy storage devices is reduced. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028224 | BATTERY INCLUDING TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM - A battery is provided that includes a battery module, which includes cylindrical battery cells connected to each other in an electrically conductive manner. A temperature control system includes a container including a fluid space, into which container the battery cells partially protrude, and which includes an inflow and an outflow for a liquid of a liquid circuit. The liquid is an electrically non-conductive liquid, and the container includes a cell holder including openings, through which respective end sides of the battery cells of the battery module protrude into the fluid space of the container and which enclose respective outer surfaces of the battery cells in a liquid-tight manner. The cell holder includes a further opening, through which a contact element protrudes into the fluid space of the container and which surrounds an outer surface of the contact element in a liquid-tight manner. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028225 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PROTON BATTERY AND PROTON BATTERY MODULE - A manufacturing method of a proton battery and a proton battery module are provided. The manufacturing method of the proton battery includes the steps of providing a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a polymer exchange membrane, and assembling the positive electrode, the negative electrode, and the polymer exchange membrane, in which the polymer exchange membrane is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The step of providing the negative electrode at least includes forming a carbon layer on a substrate, and performing a polarization process on the carbon layer. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028226 | BATTERY AND CAPACITOR HYBRID ASSEMBLY STRUCTURE - Provided is a battery and capacitor hybrid assembly structure includes a cylindrical metal casing, a circular metal cover plate connected to a top end periphery of the cylindrical metal casing by means of an insulation ring to seal an interior of the cylindrical metal casing, a capacitor disposed inside the cylindrical metal casing, a battery disposed inside the cylindrical metal casing in such a manner as to be placed above the capacitor, and an insulating and sealing member for enclosing the capacitor so that the capacitor is sealed inside the cylindrical metal casing. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028227 | HYBRID BATTERY AND ELECTROLYSER - The invention provides a method of storing varying or intermittent electrical energy and one or more of hydrogen (H | 2020-01-23 |
20200028228 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF DIELECTRIC WAVEGUIDE - Provided is a structure configured to electrically connect multi-layer dielectric waveguides, each including a dielectric waveguide formed of conductor patterns and vias in a laminating direction of the multi-layer dielectric substrate, in which the vias for forming part of a waveguide wall of each of the dielectric waveguides are arranged in a staggered pattern in the multi-layer dielectric substrate side having choke structures formed so as to electrically connect the waveguides to each other. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028229 | Microwave Connector Assembly - A microwave connector assembly comprises a waveguide ferrule having a receiving end receiving a dielectric waveguide, a connecting end distal to the receiving end, and a locking member, and a ferrule socket at least partially receiving the waveguide ferrule in a ferrule receptacle. The ferrule socket engages in a locking connection with the locking member. The ferrule socket has a coding member engaging a complementary coding member of the waveguide ferrule only when the waveguide ferrule is positioned relative to the ferrule socket in a single predetermined angular position or in one of two predetermined angular positions that are rotated by 180° with respect to each other. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028230 | Tunable Probe for High-Performance Cross-Coupled RF Filters - A tunable probe includes a first resonator, a second resonator spaced from the first resonator, and a cross-couple extending from the first resonator to the second resonator. The cross-couple includes a first substrate and a second substrate disposed between the first and second resonator to create a capacitance between the first and second resonators. The cross-couple further includes a wire connecting the first and second substrates and a dielectric surrounding the wire. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028231 | FILTERING DIELECTRIC RESONATOR ANTENNAS IMPLEMENTING RADIATION CANCELLATION - Systems and methods which provide filtering dielectric resonator antenna (FDRA) configurations implementing radiation cancellation are disclosed. Embodiments of a FDRA provide implementations of dielectric resonator antennas (DRAs) which are configured with a loop feed structure facilitates radiation cancellation to provide radiation nulls at frequencies outside of a desired passband to thereby implement radiation cancellation for filtering functionality of the FDRA. FDRAs of embodiments may be variously polarized, such as to provide linear polarization or circular polarization. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028232 | NONRECIPROCAL DEVICES HAVING RECONFIGURABLE NONRECIPROCAL TRANSFER FUNCTIONS THROUGH NONRECIPROCAL COUPLING - A nonreciprocal device includes a waveguide through which waves at a first frequency propagate with a first wavevector and with a second wavevector in a direction opposite to the first wavevector; a frequency-dependent device that operates within a frequency range and modifies the waves through the waveguide in a way that is dependent on the first frequency; and a set of couplers to couple the waveguide and the frequency-dependent device. Coupling rates of the set of couplers are modulated to enable nonreciprocal coupling, with respect to the frequency-dependent device, of the first wavevector compared to the second wavevector. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028233 | COUPLERS FOR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS - The present disclosure relates to couplers suitable for use in communications systems. The coupler comprises: a main conductive line comprising a first main section and a second main section; a first auxiliary conductive line comprising a first auxiliary section and a first end portion, wherein the first auxiliary section is configured to couple with the main conductive line to generate a first coupled signal; a second auxiliary conductive line comprising a second auxiliary section and a second end portion, wherein the second auxiliary section is configured to couple with the main conductive line to generate a second coupled signal; a transmission module that is configured to combine the first coupled signal and the second coupled signal into an output signal of the microstrip coupler and to pass the output signal to an outlet; and a coupled port coupled to the outlet and used for outputting the output signal. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028234 | DIPLEXER - An embodiment of the present invention provides greater isolation between a port serving as a Tx port and a port serving as an Rx port in a diplexer. A diplexer ( | 2020-01-23 |
20200028235 | BRACKET AND ANTENNA UNIT - A bracket comprises: a bracket body, at least one PCB mounting mechanism and at least one isolation needle mounting mechanism. The PCB mounting mechanism is disposed on the bracket body, for mounting a PCB parasitic unit, and the isolation needle mounting mechanism is disposed on the bracket body, for mounting the isolation needle parasitic unit. The bracket is capable of mounting different types of parasitic units. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028236 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE CASING AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device casing adapted to cover an antenna is provided. The electronic device casing includes a supporting layer and a carbon fiber layer. The carbon fiber layer is disposed on a surface of the supporting layer and includes a signal passing region having a plurality of slits and a plurality of microstructures separated by the slits. The signal passing region is adapted to cover the antenna, and a signal excited by the antenna is adapted to pass through the supporting layer and the slits so as to pass through the electronic device casing. An electronic device having the electronic device casing is further provided. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028237 | ANTENNA ASSEMBLY AND DEVICE INCLUDING ANTENNA ASSEMBLY - An antenna assembly and an antenna device including the same are provided. The antenna assembly includes antenna elements, a first printed circuit board (PCB), cavity filters, and a second PCB. The first PCB has one surface provided with the antenna elements. The cavity filters are installed on the other surface of the first PCB and electrically connected to the plurality of antenna elements. The second PCB has one surface electrically connected to the cavity filters and includes at least a power amplifier, digital processing circuit, and calibration network. The second PCB includes one or more first processing areas and one or more second processing areas extending in parallel with each other. The digital processing circuit is disposed in the second processing area and not in the first processing area. The power amplifier is disposed in the first processing area and not in the second processing area. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028238 | CHIP ANTENNA MODULE - A chip antenna module includes a substrate having layers; a chip antenna mounted on one surface of the substrate to radiate a radio signal, the chip antenna having a body portion formed of a dielectric substance, and a ground portion and a radiating portion disposed on opposite surfaces of the body portion; and an auxiliary patch disposed below the radiating portion on at least one layer of the substrate. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028239 | ANTENNA MODULE - An antenna module includes: an antenna substrate including an antenna pattern; a semiconductor package disposed on a lower surface of the antenna substrate, electrically connected to the antenna substrate, and having at least one semiconductor chip embedded therein; and an electronic component disposed on the lower surface or a side surface of the antenna substrate, electrically connected to the antenna substrate, and spaced apart from the semiconductor package by a predetermined distance. The electronic component has a thickness greater than that of the semiconductor chip. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028240 | 3D Antenna for Integrated Circuits - An antenna comprises a first layer having a first redistribution layer, a feeding line, a ground connection element, and one or more antenna inputs. The antenna also comprises one or more intermediate layers over the first layer. The antenna further comprises a second layer having a second redistribution layer over the one or more intermediate layers. The antenna additionally comprises one or more through vias arranged to communicatively couple the second redistribution layer and the first redistribution layer. The antenna also comprises a short element. The antenna further comprises one or more radiator antennas within the one or more through vias, the one or more radiator antennas being in communication with the one or more antenna inputs by way of the feeding line. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028241 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING ANTENNA - An electronic device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a first antenna element that includes at least a portion of a housing, a metal component that is disposed adjacent to the first antenna element within the housing, a second antenna element that is disposed adjacent to the metal component, and a communication circuit that supplies a power to the first antenna element and the second antenna element. The communication circuit may indirectly supply a power to the metal component through at least one of the first antenna element and the second antenna element, and the communication circuit may transmit/receive a signal in a specified frequency band through an electrical path that is formed by the first antenna element, the second antenna element, and the metal component. Moreover, various embodiment found through the disclosure are possible. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028242 | Integrated Coaxial Notch Antenna Feed - A novel system for supporting a plurality of notch antenna elements is disclosed. This system allows the creation of higher power ultra-wideband step notch arrays. The system also provides electrical connection to each of the notch antenna elements via respective coaxial cables or other direct connections. These coaxial cables connect to coaxial connectors disposed on a substrate that supports the notch antenna elements. Each coaxial connector is in electrical communication with one of the notch antenna elements. By replacing the printed circuit board traditionally used, higher power can be supplied to the notch antenna elements. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028243 | ANTENNA MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An antenna module includes a base frame and a conductive pattern disposed on the base frame, wherein the conductive pattern includes a first conductor layer disposed on the base frame, a second conductor layer disposed on the first conductor layer, and a third conductor layer disposed on the second conductor layer. A surface of the conductive pattern has an areal roughness expressed by an arithmetical mean height (Sa) ranging from 4.7 μm to 5.7 μm and a maximum height (Sz) ranging from 40 μm to 55 μm. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028244 | DIPOLE ARM ASSEMBLY - A dipole arm assembly for a low frequency band radiator of a cellular base station antenna comprising: a central shaft; and at least one barrel having a first end, a second end, and a peripheral wall located between the first end and the second end, where the first end includes an end wall provided with an engagement portion, and the barrel is engaged with the central shaft through the engagement portion and disposed about the central shaft. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028245 | ANTENNA DOWNTILT ADJUSTMENT APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE - This application provides an antenna downtilt adjustment apparatus, including: a first transmission assembly, a flexible transmission assembly, and a second transmission assembly that are disposed on a mounting plate. The flexible transmission assembly includes a transmission element and a guiding element. The transmission element is in an integrated long strip shape and bendable. One end of the transmission element mates with the first transmission assembly, and the other end of the transmission element mates with the second transmission assembly. The guiding element is secured to the mounting plate, and the guiding element is configured to constrain an extension path of the transmission element on the mounting plate. The first transmission assembly is driven by an antenna information management module, and transmits a force to the second transmission assembly by using the transmission element. The second transmission assembly is configured to drive a phase shifter, to adjust an antenna downtilt. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028246 | RING-SHAPED ANTENNA AND EARPHONE MODULE HAVING SAME - Disclosed are: a ring-shaped antenna, which is formed in a ring shape and mounted between an earphone module housing and the outer circumference of a coin-type battery so as to communicate, through an NFMI, with an antenna mounted in another earphone module; and a wireless earphone module having the same. The disclosed ring-shaped antenna comprises: a flexible base sheet; a terminal sheet formed to extend from one side of the base sheet; a first terminal formed on one surface of the terminal sheet; a second terminal, formed on one surface of the terminal sheet, to be spaced apart from the first terminal; and a radiation pattern formed on one surface of the base sheet, and having one end connected to the first terminal and having the other end connected to the second terminal. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028247 | ANTENNA AND RADIATOR CONFIGURATIONS PRODUCING MAGNETIC WALLS - Methods and systems for producing magnetic walls for use in a switchable or activated non-reciprocal antenna array are presently disclosed. The non-reciprocal antenna array includes a plurality of omni-directional antennas linearly aligned with a phase center of each omni-directional antenna antennas on a line. Each antenna of the plurality of omni-directional antennas has an antenna rotation respective to the line. The array also includes an antenna spacing between the antennas equaling 360 degrees divided by a quantity of antennas in a full operational wavelength. Additionally, the array includes a set of antenna feeds corresponding to one feed for each antenna. The set of antenna feeds is configured to selectively enable or disable the plurality of antennas. When the plurality of omni-directional antennas are enabled, the array has a composite radiation pattern in having a maximum in one direction perpendicular to the line and a minimum in an opposite direction. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028248 | MULTI-BAND, SHARK FIN ANTENNA FOR V2X COMMUNICATIONS - A multi-band antenna suitable for use by vehicles has ports for Wi-Fi and DSRC signals, cellular signals, and GPS signals. A base substrate forms a ground plane, and a shark-fin shaped radiating substrate is transversely aligned with the base substrate. On a first side of the radiating substrate there is a first conductive feed strip with a vertical extending portion that is galvanically connected to the first port, and a second conductive feed strip that is galvanically connected to the second port. On a second side of the radiating substrate there is a first wide-slot that is capacitively coupled to the first and second feed strips, is galvanically connected to the base conductor, and overlaps with at least the extending-portion of the first feed strip. There also is a second wide-slot on the second side that extends from a back edge to a location between the first and second ports. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028249 | ANTENNA DEVICE - An antenna device includes a first antenna and a second antenna provided in a case. The first antenna includes a first capacitance loading element and is configured to at least one of receive and transmit a signal in a first frequency band. The second antenna includes a second capacitance loading element and is configured to at least one of receive and transmit a signal in a second frequency band. The second frequency band is higher than the first frequency band. The second capacitance loading element is disposed at a front side of the first capacitance loading element. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028250 | ANTENNA DEVICE - A line conductor is configured so as to be arranged between a lower surface conductor and an upper surface conductor in parallel with the lower surface conductor in such a way as to extend around the periphery of a hollow cylindrical conductor in a state in which an end is connected to a side surface of the hollow cylindrical conductor and another end is open. As a result, efficient supply of power to a conductive liquid can be performed without disposing a conducting tube having a length of approximately λ/4 at an operating frequency. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028251 | PLANAR ANTENNA AND WIRELESS MODULE - A planar antenna includes: a radiating element; a flexible dielectric film portion; a power feeder line provided for the dielectric film portion, and configured to feed power to the radiating element; a first ground conductor facing against the radiating element; and an antenna base having a dielectric layer disposed between the radiating element and the first ground conductor. The dielectric film portion extends from a side surface of the antenna base. The dielectric layer is thicker than the dielectric film portion. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028252 | IMPEDANCE LOADED GROUND PLANES FOR IMPROVED ANTENNA PERFORMANCE AND METHODS - Disclosed are impedance loaded ground plane configurations suitable for use with a wide variety of antennas. The impedance loaded ground plane allows the antenna-ground plane combination to achieve a small form factor without sacrificing the performance or efficiency of the antenna. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028253 | MULTI-RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGY ANTENNA ASSEMBLY AND RELATED FRONT-END PACKAGE - A multi-radio access technology (RAT) antenna assembly and related front-end package is provided. In one aspect, the multi-RAT antenna assembly includes a radiating structure that radiates/absorbs a first electromagnetic wave corresponding to a first RAT in a first RF spectrum (e.g., below 6 GHz). A number of slot openings are created in the radiating structure to function as a number of slot antennas for radiating/absorbing a second electromagnetic wave corresponding to a second RAT in a second RF spectrum (e.g., above 18 GHz). As such, the multi-RAT antenna assembly can support both the first RAT and the second RAT based on the radiating structure, thus helping to reduce real estate requirements of the multi-RAT antenna assembly. In another aspect, a front-end circuit supporting the second RAT is coupled to the slot openings via shortest possible paths in a front-end package, thus helping to reduce propagation attenuation in the front-end package. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028254 | ELECTRONICALLY BEAM-STEERABLE, LOW-SIDELOBE COMPOSITE RIGHT-LEFT-HANDED (CRLH) METAMATERIAL ARRAY ANTENNA - A high-gain, low-sidelobe, beam-steerable antenna includes a liquid-crystal loaded composite right- and left-handed (CRLH) metamaterial array. The metamaterial array includes a pair of first and second rows of unit cells, to propagate a radiation pattern along a first axis. One row can operate in left-hand mode, and the other row can operate in right-hand mode. Each unit cell in the metamaterial array includes a volume of liquid crystal and at least one isolated ground patch. The isolated ground patch being is as a virtual ground connection capable of generating a potential difference for tuning the dielectric value of the liquid crystal. The first and second rows are oriented end-to-end along the first axis and separated from each other by a first distance. The antenna includes a phase variable liquid-crystal loaded lens that is controllable to be phase variable along a second axis orthogonal to the first axis. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028255 | DEVICE FOR REVERBERATION OF MODES - A device includes an antenna array with at least four antennas, wherein each antenna has its own feeder line terminal, wherein the feeder line terminals of antennas arranged directly adjacent to one another are geometrically offset from one another by 90° in each case. The device further includes a control device configured to feed the individual antennas via their respective feeder line terminals such that the antenna array exhibits different radiation patterns at different points in time. A first radiation pattern shows a polarized field distribution. According to the invention, a second radiation pattern exhibits an unpolarized field distribution. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028256 | PHASED ANTENNA ARRAY AND METHOD OF THINNING THEREOF - A method of thinning a phased antenna array including defining a performance characteristic for the phased antenna array, partitioning the phased antenna array to define a plurality of sectors that each include an equal number of radiating element locations, wherein each radiating element location is either an active radiating element location or an inactive radiating element location. The method also includes determining a number of active radiating element locations to be included in a first sector of the plurality of sectors, and determining, based on the number of active radiating element locations, at least one arrangement of active and inactive radiating element locations in the first sector configured to achieve the performance characteristic. The method further includes applying the at least one arrangement to each remaining sector of the plurality of sectors such that the phased antenna array has rotational symmetry. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028257 | MILLIMETER WAVE PHASED ARRAY - A wave phased array is manufactured using additive manufacturing technology (AMT). The wave phased array includes a radiator, a radiator dilation layer supporting the radiator, a beamformer supporting the radiator dilation layer, a beamformer dilation layer supporting the beamformer, and a substrate support layer supporting the beamformer dilation layer. At least one of the radiator, the radiator dilation layer, the beamformer, the beamformer dilation layer and the substrate support layer is fabricated at least in part by an AMT process. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028258 | INTELLIGENT ANTENNA METAMATERIAL METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present disclosure is a metamaterial-based object detection system. An intelligent antenna metamaterial interface (IAM) associates specific metamaterial unit cells into sub-arrays to adjust the beam width of a transmitted signal. The IAM is part of a sensor fusion system that coordinates a plurality of sensors, such as in a vehicle, to optimize performance. In one implementation, an MTM antenna structure is probe-fed to create a standing wave across the unit cells. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028259 | PHASE COMPENSATED MULTI-LAYER, MULTI-STEERING ANTENNA ARRAY FOR MILLIMETER WAVE APPLICATIONS - Examples disclosed herein relate to a multi-layer, multi-steering (“MLMS”) antenna array for millimeter wavelength applications. The MLMS antenna array includes a superelement antenna array layer comprising a plurality of superelement subarrays. In some aspects, each superelement subarray of the plurality of superelement subarrays includes a plurality of phase compensated slots for radiating a transmission signal. The MLMS antenna array also includes a power division layer configured to serve as a feed to the superelement antenna array layer. The MLMS antenna array also includes a top layer disposed on the superelement antenna array layer. The top layer may include a superstrate or a metamaterial antenna array. Other examples disclosed herein include a radar system for use in an autonomous driving vehicle. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028260 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WIRELESS SYSTEMS - Examples disclosed herein relate to a receive antenna array using main and side lobe portions to enhance object detection in a radar system. The receive antenna array includes an array of radiating elements and an antenna controller. The antenna controller determines portions of a radiation pattern of the array of radiating elements in response to detection of an object. The antenna controller also determines a directivity of a transmission from the array of radiating elements to increase gain of the transmission in a direction of the object based on the one or more portions of the radiation pattern. In some aspects, the portions includes a first portion of the radiation pattern that corresponds to a main lobe, a second portion that corresponds to at least one side lobe portion and a third portion that corresponds to an overlapping area of the main lobe and the at least one side lobe. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028261 | ELECTRONICALLY BEAM-STEERABLE FULL-DUPLEX PHASED ARRAY ANTENNA - An electronically beam-steerable full-duplex phased array antenna is described. The phased array antenna includes an array of a plurality of radiating elements. The array includes at least one column having a plurality of radiating elements, and the array is configured to generate a radiation field. The phased array antenna includes a metasurface over the array of radiating elements. The metasurface introduces a phase shift to the radiation field of the array, to cause a beam of the phased array antenna to be angularly offset from the radiation field of the array. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028262 | HIGH GAIN RELAY ANTENNA SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE PASSIVE REFLECT ARRAYS - Examples disclosed herein relate to a high gain relay antenna system that includes a first passive reflect array configured to receive electromagnetic radiation from a transmitting source and generate a transmit beamforming signal with a first gain from the electromagnetic radiation. The high gain relay antenna system also includes a second passive reflect array positioned at a predetermined distance from the first passive reflect array and configured to collimate phases of the transmit beamforming signal from the first passive reflect array and transmit an outbound beamforming signal with a second gain greater than the first gain, to a coverage area. Other examples disclosed herein relate to a dual-reflect array system and a method of high gain relay with multiple passive reflect array antennas. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028263 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRIMMING AN ANTENNA APPLIED ON A CARRIER, METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CARRIER STRUCTURE, CARRIER STRUCTURE AND CHIP CARD - A method for trimming an antenna applied on a carrier, the method including pressing a region of the carrier out from a carrier plane of the carrier, the region having a portion of the antenna and the region being selected according to a target property of the antenna, and removing at least a part of the portion of the antenna from the pressed-out region of the carrier. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028264 | Integrated Circuit Package Including Miniature Antenna - The present invention relates to an integrated circuit package comprising at least one substrate, each substrate including at least one layer, at least one semiconductor die, at least one terminal, and an antenna located in the integrated circuit package, but not on said at least one semiconductor die. The conducting pattern comprises a curve having at least five sections or segments, at least three of the sections or segments being shorter than one-tenth of the longest free-space operating wavelength of the antenna, each of the five sections or segments forming a pair of angles with each adjacent segment or section, wherein the smaller angle of each of the four pairs of angles between sections or segments is less than 180° (i.e., no pair of sections or segments define a longer straight segment), wherein at least two of the angles are less than 115°, wherein at least two of the angles are not equal, and wherein the curve fits inside a rectangular area the longest edge of which is shorter than one-fifth of the longest free-space operating wavelength of the antenna. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028265 | ANTENNA DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An antenna device and its control method is provided. The antenna device includes: a ground layer; a feeding element, connecting to the ground layer; a first radiating element, extending along a first direction and connected to the ground layer; a second radiating element, extending along a second direction which is orthogonal to the first direction, and connected the ground layer; a first switching element, coupled between the feeding element and the first radiating element, and configured to electrically connect or disconnect the feeding element and the first radiating element; and a second switching element disposed between the feeding element and the second radiating element, and configured to electrically connect or disconnect the feeding element and the second radiating element. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028266 | MULTI-LAYER ANTENNA ASSEMBLY AND RELATED ANTENNA ARRAY - A multi-layer antenna assembly and related antenna array are provided. In one aspect, a multi-layer antenna assembly includes a first radiating layer(s) and a second radiating layer(s). The second radiating layer(s) is provided below and in parallel to the first radiating layer(s). The second radiating layer(s) overlaps at least partially with the first radiating layer(s). In this regard, an electromagnetic wave radiated vertically from the second radiating layer(s) is horizontally guided by an overlapping portion of the first radiating layer(s). In another aspect, an antenna array can be configured to include a number of multi-layer antenna assemblies to enable radio frequency (RF) beamforming. By employing the multi-layer antenna assemblies in the antenna array, it may be possible to flexibly and naturally steer an RF beam in a desired direction(s) without causing oversized side lobes, thus helping to improve power efficiency and performance of the antenna array. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028267 | DIFFERENTIAL-MODE APERTURE-COUPLED PATCH ANTENNA - An aperture-coupled patch antenna is described. The antenna includes at least one radiating patch. A first aperture couples a reception signal from the patch to first and second receive ports. A second orthogonal aperture couples a transmission signal from a transmit port to the patch. The transmit feed circuit is a single-ended feed circuit. The receive feed circuit is a differential-mode feed circuit. The receive feed circuit defines a difference port, where the electrical path lengths from the first receive port to the difference port and from the second receive port to the difference port differ by an odd integer multiple of half a signal wavelength. The receive feed circuit also defines a sum port, where the electrical path lengths from the first receive port to the sum port and from the second receive port to the sum port are equal in path length. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028268 | COMBINED TEM-HORN ANTENNA - Various implementations of combined antenna are provided. In one implementation, for example, a combined antenna comprises a transverse electromagnetic (TEM) horn antenna element and a loop antenna element coupled to the TEM horn antenna element, wherein the loop antenna element comprises at least one slot disposed in the loop antenna element. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028269 | ANTENNA APPARATUS - An antenna apparatus includes a ground layer, patch antenna patterns, feed vias, ring-type meta patterns, and coupling-type meta patterns. The ground layer has one or more through-holes. Patch antenna patterns are each disposed above the ground layer. Feed vias are disposed to penetrate through the one or more through-holes, and electrically connect to the patch antenna patterns, respectively. Ring-type meta patterns are arranged between the patch antenna patterns. Coupling-type meta patterns are alternately arranged between the patch antenna patterns in fewer numbers than the ring-type meta patterns in positions more distant from the patch antenna patterns than positions in which the ring-type meta patterns are arranged. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028270 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SENSING A LIFEFORM USING DYNAMIC METASURFACE ANTENNAS - The present disclosure provides systems and methods relating to sensing the presence of a lifeform. In particular, the present disclosure provides systems and methods for detecting the presence of a lifeform in a building or room using dynamic metasurface aperture (DMA), which overcome many limitations of currently available radio frequency (RF) or infrared (IR)-based systems. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028271 | Reconfigurable Metamaterial Apparatus and Methods for Microwave Focusing - A reconfigurable metamaterial apparatus, having a metamaterial structure capable of focusing incoming radiation, the incoming radiation having at least one of a normal incoming radiation and an off-axis incoming radiation. The metamaterial structure has a matrix frame structure and an array of elements disposed in relation to the matrix frame structure. The array has a refractive index gradient profile. Each element has a material with a specific refractive index corresponding to its location in the array; and each element has an alterability feature for facilitating selectively altering its refractive index. The alterability feature has at least one of an interchangeability feature and a tunability feature. The refractive index gradient profile is at least one of tunable and optimizable for at least one parameter of focal stength and frequency, whereby undesirable signals from the incoming radiation are wave-guidable for areal dissipation, and whereby delicate equipment is protectable. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028272 | NEAR-GRAZING RETROREFLECTORS FOR POLARIZATION - A metasurface includes a dielectric material, a ground plane on a back side of the dielectric material; and at least one conductive element on a top surface of the dielectric material, wherein the at least one conductive element includes at least one of a ground-backed dipole or a slot array. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028273 | POLARIZING REFLECTOR FOR MULTIPLE BEAM ANTENNAS - A polarizing reflector for broadband antennas includes a flat dielectric substrate, a patch array layer formed by a bi-dimensionally periodic lattice of thin metallic patches along first and second perpendicular directions x, y, and a ground layer. All the patches have a same shape elongated along the second direction y and form electric dipoles when electrically excited along the second direction y. For each row the patches of the said row are interconnected by an elongated metallic strip oriented along the first direction x and having a width c. The geometry of the patch array, the thickness h and the dielectric permittivity ε | 2020-01-23 |
20200028274 | REFLECTING SYSTEMS, SUCH AS REFLECTOR ANTENNA SYSTEMS, WITH TENSION-STABILIZED REFLECTOR POSITIONING APPARATUS - Reflecting systems, such as reflector antenna systems, can include a first and a second reflector, and a sub-reflector positioning apparatus. The sub-reflector positioning apparatus has a tensioner attached to the second reflector and configured to exert a force on the second reflector. The force urges the second reflector away from the first reflector. The sub-reflector positioning apparatus also includes a plurality of restraints attached to the first and second reflectors. The restraints are configured to be tensioned in response to the force on the second reflector, and to restrain the second reflector at a pre-determined position in relation to the first reflector. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028275 | PLANAR ANTENNA STRUCTURE WITH REDUCED COUPLING BETWEEN ANTENNA ARRAYS - An antenna includes a substrate, a first array of transmit antenna patches on the substrate, and a second array of receive antenna patches on the substrate. A spatial orientation of the first array with respect to the second array is selected based on a predetermined desired radiation coupling between the first array and the second array. The antenna can be part of an automotive radar sensor. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028276 | ANTENNA WITH SELECTIVELY ENABLED INVERTED-F ANTENNA ELEMENTS - A radio frequency (RF) antenna unit is described. The RF antenna unit includes a feed portion, at least first and second selective grounding portions each configured to selectively enable or disable an electrical coupling to a substrate, and at least first and second conductive arms. The first conductive arm provides electrical conduction between the feed portion and the first grounding portion, extending from the first grounding portion towards and beyond the feed portion. The second conductive arm provides electrical conduction between the feed portion and the second grounding portion, extending from the second grounding portion towards and beyond the feed portion. First and second inverted F antenna (IFA) elements are defined by the feed portion, the respective first or second grounding portion and the respective first or second conductive arm. The feed portion is common to both the first and second IFA elements. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028277 | CONFIGURABLE WIDE SCAN ANGLE ARRAY - An antenna array structure is described that includes at least two antenna arrays co-located on a common planar array reflector. One of the antenna arrays has a first, central scan range. The other antenna array includes antenna elements that can be controlled to scan regions outside of the first, central scan range. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028278 | MILLIMETER WAVE, WIDEBAND, WIDE SCAN PHASED ARRAY ARCHITECTURE FOR RADIATING CIRCULAR POLARIZATION AT HIGH POWER LEVELS - An active electronically scanned array (AESA) is disclosed. The AESA includes a linear-to-circular polarizer coupled to a radiating aperture and one or more transmit-receive modules coupled to radiating elements and a liquid cooling manifold having a plurality of distributed liquid cooling ducts disposed adjacent the one or more transmit-receive modules to provide cooling of the AESA during high-power operation. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028279 | Method For Joining Two Or More Electrical Conductors, Device For Joining Two Or More Electrical Conductors, And Electrical Connection Between Two Or More Conductors - A connection assembly is provided and includes a first conductor, a second conductor and a friction stir welded connection connecting the first conductor and the second conductor, with the second conductor having a bundle of conductor wires. The friction stir welded connection is provided by a friction stir welding tool having a pin connecting a front side of the second conductor pressed onto the first conductor along a connecting direction between the first conductor and the second conductor. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028280 | CYLINDRICAL MEMBER AND STRUCTURE USING CYLINDRICAL MEMBER - There is provided with a cylindrical member that can be easily increased in size. The cylindrical member comprises a first cylindrical member that is constituted by a cylindrical fiber reinforced plastic member that has a first metal film on a surface thereof and a second cylindrical member that is constituted by a cylindrical fiber reinforced plastic member that has a second metal film on a surface thereof. The first metal film and the second metal film are joined to each other. The first metal film and the second metal film may be welded to each other. A joining member may pass through a first metal film and a second metal film. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028281 | TERMINAL METAL FITTING AND TERMINAL-ATTACHED ELECTRIC WIRE - A terminal metal fitting ( | 2020-01-23 |
20200028282 | Insulation Displacement Connector - A method and apparatus for forming a blind connection between a first wire and a second wire where each of the wires are inserted into a sleeve with the first wire laterally inserted into the sleeve for positioning along the first wire and the second wire axially inserted through the sleeve and into engagement with a stop located outside the sleeve to ensure that the second wire is properly positioned in the sleeve before an unseen electrical connection is formed between the first wire and the second wire. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028283 | EARTHING CONTACT - An earthing contact for creating an electrical contact between an earthing cable and a component comprising an electroconductive component surface, comprises an electroconductive contact plate and a fixing element, the contact plate having a first contact surface for placing the contact plate on the component surface, a second contact surface for placing an earthing cable on the contact plate, and a passage for the fixing element, the fixing element comprising a fixing section for fixing the fixing element in the component, a pressure element for pressing the contact plate onto the component surface and a holding section for arranging in the passage of the contact plate, when the pressure element presses the contact plate onto the component surface, the first contact surface being tiltable in relation to the fixing section by a tilting angle of at least 6° when the holding section is arranged in the passage. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028284 | COAXIAL CABLE CONNECTOR - A connector is configured to terminate an end of a coaxial cable. The connector includes a body, a nut, an outer conductor engager, and a grounding member. The body has a cable receiving end configured to receive the end of the coaxial cable, and the nut is configured to be coupled with and to rotate relative to the body. The outer conductor engager is configured to receive a conductive layer of end of the coaxial cable, and the grounding member is configured to couple the body, the nut, and the outer conductor engager in an assembled configuration. A first end of the grounding member is configured to extend grounding of the coaxial cable from the outer conductor engager to the nut, and a second end of the grounding member is configured to grip an outer protective jacket of the coaxial cable to prevent removal of the coaxial cable from the connector. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028285 | Detachable Carbon-Fiber Conductive Rail - This invention refers to a detachable carbon-fiber conductive rail in the technical field of conductive rail. The conductive rail above has a main body that consists of a long connecting pipe module linked with an elastic sheet module at one end, and at the other end of the elastic sheet module far away from the long connecting pipe module, there is a short connecting pipe module. In this invention, the long connecting pipe module, the elastic sheet module and the short connecting pipe module are connected in sequence. In this way, operators can dismount and install the modules easily to improve efficiency of installation and bring down the costs. As for this detachable carbon-fiber conductive rail, multiple long connecting pipe modules, elastic sheet modules and short connecting pipe modules can be connected together in sequence to shape several conductive rails. The installation circuits can be curved, straight or annular. Both the long and short connecting pipes are made of carbon-fiber composites which are characterized by strong resistance to thermal shock, corrosion and radiance. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028286 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes: a conductive casing accommodating a circuit board; a connector including a connection surface having formed therein a plurality of connection holes into which a plurality of conducting wires are inserted, the connector being provided for a surface of the casing to connect the plurality of conducting wires and the circuit board; and a conductive, conducting member provided so as to cover at least part of the connection surface except the connection holes and connected to the casing. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028287 | PRESS-FIT CONTACT PIN - An electrically conductive contact and a method of forming the same from a length of wire are disclosed. The contact has a pin section connected to a fastening section. The fastening section is adapted for press-fitting into the hole of a substrate and includes a solid tip, a neck connected to the pin section, first and second arcuate side surfaces, and first and second major surfaces through which an enlarged slot extends. Each of the first and second major surfaces is at least partially flattened. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028288 | FIXING ASSEMBLY OF CABLE CONNECTOR AND FLEX FLAT CABLE - A fixing assembly of a cable connector and a flexible cable is provided. The flexible cable includes a plurality of conductors. The cable connector includes a shell, a plurality of terminals arranged in the shell, and a push-pull device configured to activate the flexible cable to move toward the plurality of terminals so as to conduct the plurality of terminals through the plurality of conductors of the flexible cable. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028289 | PCIE/SAS CONNECTOR STRUCTURE - A PCIe/SAS connector structure related to the connector field is provided, including a body member, a terminal assembly, a cover member, and a fixing plate. The body member includes a terminal groove and is formed of a plastic material. The terminal assembly includes a signal terminal and a power terminal, and is inserted in the terminal groove in the body member. The cover member includes an electrically conductive plastic member and a metal cover plate, and structurally formed in a plate shape. When the terminal assembly is inserted in the body member, the cover member is embedded in the body member and disposed at an inner lateral of the terminal assembly. The electrically conductive plastic member is divided into at least two sections. The metal cover plate is embedded in the electrically conductive plastic member. With such configuration, a plurality of advantageous effects are achieved. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028290 | Connector - A connector includes a housing and a contact elongated in a frontward and rearward direction. The contact has a fixed portion fixed to the housing in a middle in the frontward and rearward direction, a first contact portion formed in a front end portion for coming into contact with a first circuit board, a second contact portion formed in a rear end portion for coming into contact with a second circuit board, and a deflective portion formed between the fixed portion and the second contact portion. The deflective portion is adapted to deflect when the second contact portion receives a force from the second circuit board. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028291 | DETACHABLE CONNECTION PORT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a detachable connection port and an electronic device having the same. The detachable connection port is detachably assembled at an electronic device, which includes a board-to-board connector. The detachable connector includes a sub circuit board and a socket connector. The sub circuit board includes a golden finger. The socket connector is fixed at and electrically connected to the sub circuit board, and includes an installation portion. The socket connector is installed at the electronic device through the installation portion, and is electrically connected to the board-to-board connector through the golden finger. Thus, the detachable connection port achieves an advantage of easy replacement, further reducing repair costs and standby time for a user. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028292 | FLOAT-TYPE CONNECTING MODULE AND FLOAT-TYPE DOCKING DEVICE HAVING THE MODULE - A float-type connecting module and a float-type docking device having the module. The float-type docking device includes a float-type connecting module and a pluggable device including at least one dock connector. The float-type connecting module includes a position limiting structure, at least one flexible circuit board and at least one connector. The position limiting structure is provided at the hard circuit board. The connector is for electrically connecting to the dock connector, is electrically connected to the hard circuit board through the flexible circuit board, and floats in the position limiting structure. Thus, the issues of precise alignment required between a slot of a housing and a port of the connector and precise alignment respectively required between connectors and dock connectors are resolved. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028293 | ELECTRIC PLUG OF AN ELECTRIC PLUG CONNECTION COMPRISING THE PLUG AND A MATING PLUG - An electrical plug (EP) of an electrical plug-in (EPI) connection, including the plug and mating plug (MP), an electrical connection between EPI contacts of the plug contacts (PC) and mating contacts (MC) of the MP occurring when the plug and MP are inserted into each other, including: at least one connector strip (CS) in which EPI contacts, for electrical connection to MCs of the MP, are held by a first end; a free second end (FSE) of the EPI contacts projects away from the CS; a plug-in contact receiving chamber (PCRC) having subchamber bodies (SBs), the FSE of at least one of the EPI contacts projects into each of the SBs; the PCRC being open in the direction of the FSEs of the EPI contacts, the CS and the PCRC being separate components connected to one another, and at least two SBs of the PCRC being connected to one another by an elastic element permitting relative movement of the SBs in a plane perpendicular as to the EPI contacts. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028294 | TERMINAL - A terminal is provided with a box portion having four wall portions formed by bending a single plate, and a bending spring portion arranged in the box portion. A mating terminal is inserted into the box portion in a state in which the bending spring portion is bent and deformed, and the terminal comes into contact with the mating terminal with a bending restoration force of the bending spring portion applied as a contact load. One of one wall portion located at one end of the bending and the other wall portion adjacent to the one wall portion is provided with a locking hole, and the other is provided with a locking piece which is bent and enters the locking hole by the bending. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028295 | HIGH SPEED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A high speed electrical connector assembly includes a mating female connector with sockets and male connector with pins. The female connector includes a connector body formed to define a mount face surface and contact face surface and one or more apertures extending therebetween. One or more sockets are positioned in the connector body apertures. The socket includes a mount portion and a pin receiving portion and the mount portion is configured for engaging an internal surface of the aperture proximate the mount face surface for securing the socket in the aperture. The pin receiving portion is maintained in a free-floating position away from the internal surface of the aperture with a tip end of the pin receiving portion being positioned below the contact face surface. An air gap is formed in the aperture around the free-floating portion and tip end. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028296 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH FIELD SERVICEABLE SHELL ASSEMBLY - A connector comprises an external mounting flange that provides a housing in which a gimbal shell assembly sits and pivots. An internal recessing shell is capable of having an electrical connection with the gimbal shell assembly, wherein when the gimble shell assembly is disengaged, no electrical connection exists between internal recessing shell and gimbal shell assembly. A center screw is capable of being torqued to disengage and reengage the gimble shell assembly. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028297 | CONNECTOR, INGRESS PROTECTION ASSEMBLY FOR A CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A CONNECTOR - A connector comprises an enclosure configured to receive at least one electrical conductor within the enclosure, a sealing ring surrounding the enclosure in tight mechanical contact, a compression ring surrounding the sealing ring in tight mechanical contact and being adapted to press the sealing ring against the enclosure, and an over-mold element arranged to surround at least a part of the compression ring and at least a part of the enclosure and configured to form a fusion bond with the compression ring. The sealing ring is configured to form a mechanical seal between the enclosure and the compression ring, and the compression ring and the over-mold element are configured to form a fusion bond seal between themselves. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028298 | CONNECTOR - A connector | 2020-01-23 |
20200028299 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A connector and a connector assembly capable of being attached to a freely bendable object such as clothes when used are provided. A connector is attached to a predetermined object such as a clothes and capable of being detachably fitted into a counterpart connector The connector includes: a plate-shaped housing made of an insulating material having bendability; a retention member provided in the housing so as to allow for the bendability, the retention member being configured to retain a fit state with the counterpart connector; a flexible sheet attached to the housing in such a manner as to cover at least a part of the retention member and attached to the object by attaching material; and a conductive contact provided on the sheet. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028300 | Female Connecting Member, Male Connecting Member, and Mobile Terminal - The present disclosure relates to a female connecting member, a male connecting member, an adapter, a mobile terminal, and an electronic equipment. The female connecting member has a first end face. The first end face has a first groove. The first groove is defined by a first side face and a first bottom face encompassed by the first side face. The first side face is provided with N conductive rings along a depth direction of the first groove, and N is an integer greater than or equal to 2. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028301 | CONNECTOR HOLDER AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME - A connector holder detachably holds a connector. The connector holder includes a holder-side elastic locking portion and a bolder-side engagement portion. The holder-side elastic locking portion deforms elastically and thereby engages with a panel opening formed in a panel. The holder-side engagement portion is engaged by a connector-side elastic locking portion of a connector while the connector-side elastic locking portion deforms elastically. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028302 | HIGH FREQUENCY CONNECTOR WITH KICK-OUT - Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a high frequency connector system with reduced stub lengths that provide improved performance at high frequencies. A first connector includes a plurality of mating contacts designed to electrically connect to a second plurality of mating contacts associated with a second connector. The first connector includes one or more elastic members such that when the second connector is mated to the first connector, the one or more elastic members are compressed between the first and second connectors. The first and second plurality of contacts overlap by a first distance when initially mated, but when the connectors are released, the first elastic member biases the second connector away from the first connector such that the first and second plurality of contacts overlap by a second distance smaller than the first distance. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028303 | CONNECTOR - A connector that can accommodate displacement and tilting at the time of fitting into a counterpart connector and that can avoid an increase in the size of the connector is provided. A movable contact of a connector has: upper-side contact points; lower-side contact points; upper-side gripping sections; lower-side gripping sections; an upper-side spring part; a lower-side spring part; and two joining sections. The upper-side contact points and the lower-side contact points can move independently of each other due to elastic deformation of the upper-side spring part and the lower-side spring part. An upper-side second width of the upper-side spring part at a second position is smaller than an upper-side first width of the upper-side spring part at a first position. A lower-side second width of the lower-side spring part at the second position is smaller than a first lower-side width of the lower-side spring part at the first position. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028304 | POWER CONVERSION DEVICE WITH ELECTRIC ARC SUPPRESSION - A power conversion device is provided for supplying power to an electronic device. The power conversion device includes a power supply connector, a voltage conversion circuit, a switch circuit and a detection circuit. The power supply connector is configured to couple with the electronic device. The voltage conversion circuit is configured to provide a suitable voltage level for the electronic device. The switch circuit is coupled between the voltage conversion circuit and the power supply connector. When the power supply connector is coupled with the electronic device and a ground pin of the power supply connector is fully shielded, the detection circuit configures the switch circuit to be conducted for supplying power to the electronic device. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028305 | ELECTRICAL PLUG COMPRISING AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT - Embodiments of an electrical plug may include an electrical circuit having an input-side interface with at least one input-side contact point for connecting at least one signal conductor of at least one electrical lead. In some embodiments the electrical circuit has an output-side interface with at least one output-side contact point. The electrical circuit may have a transmission option from the input-side interface to the output-side interface for controlling impedance, and the design of the input-side interface in some embodiments may differ from the design of the output-side interface. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028306 | CONNECTOR-FITTING STRUCTURE OF FLEXIBLE PRINTED CIRCUIT - A connector-fitting structure of flexible printed circuit includes: a flexible printed circuit on which a wiring pattern is formed; an electronic component connected to the wiring pattern of the flexible printed circuit; and a connector to which one end part of the flexible printed circuit is fitted. The one end part of the flexible printed circuit is fitted to the connector to cause the electronic component to be housed in the connector. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028307 | CONNECTOR SYSTEM AND ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT FOR CONNECTOR POSITION ASSURANCE MEMBER - A connector position assurance (CPA) member for assuring the engagement of a first connector housing with a second connector housing. The CPA member includes terminals which can conduct electricity through a conductor in the second connector housing when the CPA member is at a full-lock position, due to a closed electrical circuit. The terminals of the CPA member cannot conduct electricity through the conductor in the second connector housing when the CPA member is at a pre-lock position due to an open electrical circuit. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028308 | Electrical outlet relocation device - The invention is directed to an extension cord for use with heavy furniture. The extension cord provides an insertion module with prongs which may be inserted into an existing wall outlet, and a rigid, telescoping conduit extending laterally from the wall outlet to provide an extension outlet at a more convenient location. The insertion module also serves as a rotating base, such that the conduit may be rotated a full 180° around the insertion module. The extension cord may also be rotated, and may be secured to the wall with hook and loop fasteners. | 2020-01-23 |
20200028309 | SOLENOID COIL WITH REPLACEABLE STATUS INDICATOR LIGHT - Apparatus and method provide a solenoid coil having a field-replaceable status indicator light, such as an LED. The status indicator light lights up when power is supplied to the solenoid coil to indicate the coil is energized and turns off when the coil is no longer energized. This allows technicians and other personnel working in hazardous environments to easily and reliably monitor the operational status of the solenoid coil. An electrical splitter adapter splits power between the solenoid coil and the status indicator light. The splitter adapter allows the status indicator light to be removed without interrupting power to the solenoid coil. Where the power is AC power, a rectifier may be provided on the splitter adapter to convert the AC power to DC power. | 2020-01-23 |