Patents Examined by Chau N. Nguyen
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Patent number: 11282619Abstract: Disclosed is an armored cable assembly may include a plurality of conductors and a metal sheath disposed over the plurality of conductors. The metal sheath may have a plurality of revolutions extending helically along a lengthwise axis, each of the plurality of revolutions including a first section having a curved profile, a second section extending from the first section, the second section having a planar profile, and a third section extending from the second section. The third section may include a free end angled towards an interior cavity of the metal sheath, the free end extending past a plane defined by a bottom most point of the first section of an adjacent revolution, the plane extending perpendicular to the second section.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: AFC Cable Systems, Inc.Inventors: Peter Lafreniere, Stephen Lundgren, Paulo Damoura, Ronald Pegg, Antonio Araujo, David Campbell
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Patent number: 11276513Abstract: The present disclosure describes various devices and methods for the reconstruction or restoration of a metallic shield of a cable, which provide a holding feature for simplifying the installation of an electrically-conductive member on the metallic shield and improving the reliability of the connection. Both factory-supplied and field-installable holding features are described.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2018Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Richards Mfg. Co., A New Jersey Limited PartnershipInventors: Glenn J. Luzzi, Jeff Madden, Christopher A. Juillet
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Patent number: 11276945Abstract: A wire connector includes an outer shell with a wire cavity therein, a plurality of raised ribs on the surface of the outer shell, each of the raised ribs having a rib cap overmolded on to a top surface with a gap between the rib cap corresponding to each of the raised ribs and the rib cap corresponding to each adjacent raised rib. Two leverage wings may extend outward from the outer shell on opposing sides. A wire skirt may be overmolded around the open end of the outer shell, the wire skirt and plurality of rib caps formed of a material more flexible than a material used to form the outer shell. A wing rib may be overmolded onto a portion of the first side of each leverage wing. A base of the wire connector may include texture in the form of raised grip bumps of various shapes.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Inventors: John E. Klein, Jeffrey P. Baldwin
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Patent number: 11270815Abstract: A hybrid cable for collecting data inside a well includes an electrical cable extending along a longitudinal axis of the hybrid cable, an optical fiber extending along the longitudinal axis, an armor that extends along the longitudinal axis, and encircles the electrical cable and the optical fiber, and a connecting device extending along the longitudinal axis, to enclose the electrical cable and the optical fiber, and to be enclosed by the armor. The connecting device has an unsmooth external surface.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: SERCELInventors: Frédéric Nicolas, Oleg Valishin, Florent Guichard
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Patent number: 11264146Abstract: Disclosed is a flat cable with an improved function of preventing a short phenomenon that may occur when the flat cable is incorrectly inserted into a connector. The flat cable according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a flat cable extending straight in a direction and having a front end that is inserted and connected to an external connector, and includes a plurality of conductors extending straight along a lengthwise direction of the flat cable, spaced apart a predetermined distance in a widthwise direction of the flat cable, and a cable body made of an insulating material, and extending straight along the lengthwise direction of the flat cable, wherein the conductors are mounted on at least one surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Inventors: Kyu-Hwan Oh, Bo-Sung Kim, Chang-Bok Lee, Yang-Lim Choi
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Patent number: 11257607Abstract: An electric cable has at least one semi-conductive layer obtained from a polymer composition having at least one polypropylene-based thermoplastic polymer material, at least one first antioxidant and at least one metal deactivator.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: NEXANSInventors: Christian Koelblin, Melek Maugin, Gabriele Perego, Valéry Alcaraz
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Patent number: 11250974Abstract: The present invention is a cable made from a braided polyethylene terephthalate cable sleeve. Inside the cable sleeve is a sequence of four shielding layers; a braided copper wire layer, a braided silver-plated copper wire layer, and two braided carbon fiber layers. Within the fourth shielding layer is a polytetrafluoroethylene inner sleeve containing a particulate aerogel dielectric, with an approximate particle diameter from 2 micrometers to 1.2 millimeters, and a conductive metal core with a mirror polish.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: Fractal, Inc.Inventor: Jason Wong
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Patent number: 11244772Abstract: A flat cable includes: a plurality of conductors arranged in parallel; an insulating layer formed, on first surfaces of the plurality of conductors and on second surfaces that are opposite surfaces of the first surfaces, along the plurality of conductors; an exposed portion where the first surfaces at end portions of the conductors are exposed to outside; and a reinforcement plate formed on the second surfaces opposite to the exposed portion. On the second surfaces opposite to the exposed portion, the reinforcement plate is directly formed on the conductors, and on the second surfaces opposite to the first surfaces that are in continuous with the exposed portion, the reinforcement plate is formed between the conductors and the insulating layer on the second surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Chiaki Kojima, Tatsuo Matsuda
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Patent number: 11232885Abstract: An insulated wire having at least one layer of coating of the wire, comprising a thermosetting resin layer, at the outer periphery of a conductor, wherein the thermosetting resin layer is comprised of thermosetting resin layers having a laminated structure formed by coating and baking a thermosetting resin varnish; and wherein, in said laminated structure, an innermost layer having contact with the conductor comprises a thermosetting resin having an imide bond and is a layer having an average thickness of more than 5 ?m and 10 ?m or less; a method of producing the insulated wire; a coil; a rotating electrical machine; and an electrical or electronic equipment.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2018Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: ESSEX FURUKAWA MAGNET WIRE JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Kenji Fujimori, Makoto Oya
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Patent number: 11217362Abstract: A wire harness, including: a plurality of wire groups that each include a plurality of wires; a plurality of tubular first flexible shields that each encase a different one wire group of the plurality of wire groups; a tube that is made of a metal and into which drawn-out portions of the wires, which are drawn out from the first flexible shields, are inserted; and a tubular second flexible shield that bunches together and encases the drawn-out portions of the wires at positions thereof that are outside of the tube, and is electrically connected to the first flexible shields and the tube.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Yuya Hiromori, Hirokazu Nakai
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Patent number: 11190000Abstract: A waterproof structure includes a first seal portion covering around an electric wire to be inserted into a mounting hole of an object to which the electric wire is mounted, the electric wire having a conductor and an insulation covering the conductor, and the first seal portion being elastic and electrically insulative, a housing provided at an end portion of the electric wire, the housing covering the first seal portion, the housing being made of an insulating resin having higher rigidity than the first seal portion and a second seal portion covering around the electric wire, being provided contiguously with an end portion of the housing, and being elastic and electrically insulative.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Hayato Iizuka, Yusuke Tsutagawa, Kazuma Kayo, Hajime Kato, Akihiro Saito, Kai Kiuchi
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Patent number: 11189396Abstract: A cable has a tensile armor having a number of elongated polymeric tensile elements. At least one of the elongated polymeric tensile elements includes a bundle of high tensile fibers and a jacket tightly retaining the bundle of fibers. The elongated polymeric tensile elements are arranged with a lay loss of 1.5% at most. A method of manufacturing such a cable is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: PRYSMIAN S.P.A.Inventors: Enrico Maria Consonni, Gianni Miramonti, Luca Giorgio Maria De Rai, Paolo Veggetti
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Patent number: 11183317Abstract: A stacked wiring member includes a plurality of stacked flat wiring members. Each of the plurality of flat wiring members includes a plurality of wire-like transmission members and a base member keeping the plurality of wire-like transmission members in a parallel state in at least a part of the plurality of wire-like transmission members in an extension direction thereof. Wire-like transmission members having different thicknesses in the plurality of wire-like transmission members are disposed to be located together in a stacked direction of the plurality of flat wiring members.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Daisuke Ebata, Yuya Fukami, Hitoshi Hasegawa, Suguru Yasuda, Ryuta Takakura, Yuki Matsuo, Tetsuya Nishimura, Haruka Nakano, Masaki Mizushita, Kenta Arai, Motohiro Yokoi, Kenta Ito, Shigeki Ikeda, Housei Mizuno
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Patent number: 11152137Abstract: A communications cable has a plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors, metal foil tape between the twisted pairs, and a cable jacket are disclosed. The metal foil tape can include a substrate, a metal layer on the substrate, and a triboelectric coating on at least the metal layer of the metal foil tape. The triboelectric coating has a charge affinity closer to a charge affinity of the insulated conductors than a charge affinity of the metal layer to prevent charge build up between the conductors and the metal foil tape.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 19, 2021Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventors: Ronald A. Nordin, Royal O. Jenner
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Patent number: 11139647Abstract: A waterproof structure includes a first seal portion covering around an electric wire to be inserted into a mounting hole of an object to which the electric wire is mounted, the electric wire having a conductor and an insulation covering the conductor, and the first seal portion being elastic and electrically insulative, a housing provided at an end portion of the electric wire, the housing covering the first seal portion, the housing being made of an insulating resin having higher rigidity than the first seal portion and a second seal portion covering around the electric wire, being provided contiguously with an end portion of the housing, and being elastic and electrically insulative.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Hayato Iizuka, Yusuke Tsutagawa, Kazuma Kayo, Hajime Kato, Akihiro Saito, Kai Kiuchi
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Patent number: 11120926Abstract: In one embodiment, a cable includes a data transmission path disposed about an axial center of the cable and a power transmission path sheathing the data transmission path. The power transmission path includes a power layer and a ground layer, where the power transmission path is characterized by a distributed impedance having at least one frequency dependent impedance characteristic. In some implementations, ground layer shields the data transmission path from electromagnetic interference. In some implementations, the frequency dependent impedance characteristic of the power transmission path is characterized by a capacitance value that satisfies a capacitance criterion at frequencies above a first frequency level. In some implementations, the frequency dependent impedance characteristic of the power transmission path is characterized by an inductance value that satisfies a first inductance criterion at frequencies above a first frequency level.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventor: Seth Brandon Spiel
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Patent number: 11107602Abstract: An electric wire conductor capable of achieving both flexibility and a space-saving property, a covered electric wire and a wiring harness including such an electric wire conductor. The electric wire conductor contains a wire strand containing a plurality of elemental wires twisted together, and has a flat portion where a cross-section intersecting an axial direction of the wire strand has a flat shape. A covered electric wire contains the electric wire conductors and an insulator covering the electric wire conductors. A wiring harness contains such covered electric wires.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2017Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hayato Ooi, Yasuyuki Ootsuka, Kinji Taguchi, Toru Tanji
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Patent number: 11101056Abstract: Disclosed is an armored cable assembly may include a plurality of conductors and a metal sheath disposed over the plurality of conductors. The metal sheath may have a plurality of revolutions extending helically along a lengthwise axis, each of the plurality of revolutions including a first section having a curved profile, a second section extending from the first section, the second section having a planar profile, and a third section extending from the second section. The third section may include a free end angled towards an interior cavity of the metal sheath, the free end extending past a plane defined by a bottom most point of the first section of an adjacent revolution, the plane extending perpendicular to the second section.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: AFC Cable Systems. Inc.Inventors: Peter Lafreniere, Stephen Lundgren, Paulo Damoura, Ronald Pegg, Antonio Araujo, David Campbell
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Patent number: 11094428Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable, suitable for both electrical and data transmission, comprising at least one shield layer, comprising a metal layer directly adhering onto the polymeric layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A.Inventors: Massimo Genoni, Stefano Mauri, Mattia Bassi, Marco Apostolo, Marco Avataneo
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Patent number: 11077807Abstract: Provided is a combination cable for a vehicle that is capable of reducing noise interference and cross-talk between twisted pair wires. The combination cable for a vehicle includes a wire bundle and a sheath covering the wire bundle. The wire bundle includes a two-core first twisted pair wire, a two-core second twisted pair wire, a one-core first wire, and a one-core second wire. When viewed in cable cross-section, the wire bundle has the first twisted pair wire disposed on one side of a center line that runs from a center of the first wire to a center of the second wire, and has the second twisted pair wire disposed on the other side of the center line, and the first twisted pair wire and the second twisted pair wire are separated from each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Kenta Kobayashi