Patents Examined by Jacob R Crum
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Patent number: 11968809Abstract: A system and a method of providing electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) protection. A removable component is inserted into an end product. The removable component includes a retractable EMC protection apparatus. In response to the insertion of the removable component a shape memory alloy on the EMC protection apparatus is heated to a temperature above the activation temperature of the shape memory alloy. The shape memory alloy then changes from a first shape to a second shape in response to the heating. In response to the change in the shape of the shape memory alloy an EMC protection component of the EMC protection apparatus is inserted into an enclosure opening of the removable component.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: John S. Werner, Noah Singer, Samuel R. Connor
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Patent number: 11961691Abstract: A fuse assembly having a displaceable pin assembly secured within a cap bore of an end cap of the fuse assembly. The displaceable pin assembly can include a plunger that is selectively displaceable along an axis that is non-parallel to a central longitudinal axis of the first end cap. The plunger can be selectively displaceable between an extended position at which at least a first end of the plunger is outwardly positioned away from an outer surface of the first end cap, and a recessed position at which the first end of the plunger is recessed within, or generally aligned with the outer surface of, the first end cap. The displaceable pin assembly can also include a biasing element that can bias the plunger to the extended position, and a support body that can house at least a portion of the plunger and be securely coupled to the cap bore.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventor: Matthew D. Cawood
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Patent number: 11950393Abstract: The invention provides a two-phase flow active and passive multi-level data center cabinet cooling device and method, wherein the system includes a cabinet cooling device, a condensate system, a waste heat recovery device, a liquid reservoir, a liquid pump, a gas chamber, a fluid working medium, and a corresponding pipeline. The system comprise a closed loop, the loop is filled with nitrogen to maintain a low pressure state, and the pipeline fluid is driven by the liquid pump to flow; the gas chamber maintains a relatively stable air pressure in the two-phase flow loop; the liquid reservoir is connected with the gas chamber, providing an enough gas space to make a phase change occur more easily; the cabinet cooling device can be switched between an active mode and a passive mode to minimize PUE under good heat dissipation capability.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITYInventors: Xu Liu, Junming Du, Haitao Jiang, Chengbin Zhang, Dongping Yin
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Patent number: 11948767Abstract: Provided are circuit protection devices. In some embodiments, a protection device may include a set of leads extending though a socket body, wherein the socket body includes a first side opposite a second side, and a third side opposite a fourth side, wherein the third and fourth sides extend between the first and second sides, and wherein the third side includes a thermal vent. The protection device may further include a fusible element surrounding a central shaft, wherein the fusible element is connected with the set of leads.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.Inventors: Roel Santos Retardo, Conrado Sagun De Leon, Merjaycel Marquinez
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Patent number: 11943884Abstract: A foldable display apparatus includes: a housing, a display panel and one or more stretching assemblies. The housing includes a first sub-housing, a second sub-housing and a rotating shaft. The first and second sub-housings are rotatably connected through the rotating shaft. The display panel includes a bendable portion, and a first non-bendable portion and a second non-bendable portion respectively located on two sides of the bendable portion. The first non-bendable portion and the second non-bendable portion are accommodated in the first sub-housing and the second sub-housing, respectively. The bendable portion corresponds to the rotating shaft. At least one stretching assembly in the one or more stretching assemblies fixed to the second non-bendable portion and the second sub-housing, which is configured to apply force directed from the first non-bendable portion to the second non-bendable portion when foldable display apparatus is unfolded from a fold state.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTDInventors: Zhihao Xie, Binfeng Feng, Chao Wang
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Patent number: 11942300Abstract: A fuse shield features a cylindrical body, a first cap cover, a second cap cover, and a stop region. The cylindrical body is adapted to be placed over and partially surround a cylindrical fuse. The cylindrical body is sandwiched between the first and second cap covers. The stop region is located on an edge of the first cap cover to limit rotation of the cylindrical fuse to a first degree in one direction on a flat surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2023Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.Inventors: Sheila Marie Vinas Bayer, Randy Capablanca Servancia, Fernando Isip Arce, Jr., Edwin Canido Aberin, Roel Santos Retardo, Francisco Rivera De Guia, Jr.
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Patent number: 11937411Abstract: A converter includes a housing; a heat-generating component disposed inside the housing; and a heat-dissipating module disposed on the heat-generating component and having a heat-dissipating member, an inlet adjacently disposed on one side of the heat-dissipating member, and an outlet adjacently disposed on the other side of the heat-dissipating member. The heat-dissipating member includes a plurality of heat-dissipating fins and a plurality of flow paths disposed in a direction from the inlet toward the outlet, and the plurality of flow paths are disposed overlapping with the heat-generating component in the vertical direction. A distance between two outermost heat-dissipating fins in a second direction of the heat-dissipating member, among the plurality of heat-dissipating fins, is greater at a central region between the inlet and the outlet of the heat-dissipating member than at a first region near the outlet of the heat-dissipating.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.Inventor: Ki Dong Kim
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Patent number: 11937387Abstract: A vehicle includes a cockpit module skin, a cross-bar and a vehicle tracking unit. The cockpit module skin separates a passenger compartment into a first area and a second area. The cross-bar is supported to a vehicle body component in the first area. The vehicle tracking unit has an electric tracking module and a mounting bracket supporting the electric tracking module to the cross-bar.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.Inventor: Arturo Cruz
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Patent number: 11929221Abstract: An interrupter includes a gas producer, an actuator pin, and an electrical conductor. The electrical conductor includes a first terminal portion, a first separable portion, a second terminal portion, and a second separable portion. The second separable portion is electrically connected to the first separable portion in parallel. A first timing when the first separable portion starts to be cut off from the first terminal portion is earlier than a second timing when the second separable portion starts to be cut off from the second terminal portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihisa Fukuda, Kazuhisa Kinoshita, Shinya Kimoto, Kenji Kanematsu, Masato Nakamura
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Patent number: 11929220Abstract: An embodiment of an electric heating element is disclosed, including an electrically resistive inner heating element, an electrically resistive outer heating element, and a thermostat positioned underneath a centrally-positioned medallion and along a cold leg of the inner heating element. The thermostat is configured to selectively allow electrical current to be delivered to the inner heating element while maximum electrical current, for example, continues to be provided to the outer heating element. The thermostat cycles the electrical current on and off when detecting maximum and minimum desired temperatures radiated from the electric heating element. The inner heating element has a pair of cold legs that extend parallel to a pair of cold legs of the outer heating element, some or all of which may be supported by a terminal bracket.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignees: Backer EHP Inc., Wako (USA) Inc.Inventors: Stacy Springer, Dan Maxwell, Zachary Newcomb, Shahid Ikram, Mitch Taylor
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Patent number: 11929546Abstract: An electronic device comprising an array antenna according to various embodiments of the present invention may comprise: a housing comprising a first plate, a second plate facing away from the first plate, and a side member surrounding the space between the first plate and the second plate; a display visible through a part of the first plate; a first printed circuit board comprising a first surface facing the side member, a second surface facing away from the first surface, a first edge adjacent close to the first plate, and a second edge closer to the second plate than the first edge, the first printed circuit board comprising one or more conductive plates on the first surface; a second printed circuit board extending from the first edge so as to bend at an obtuse angle with regard to the first surface, the second printed circuit board comprising one or more first conductive patterns; a third printed circuit board extending from the second edge so as to bend at an obtuse angle with regard to the first surfacType: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., LtdInventors: Jaehyung Kim, Jinkyu Bang, Jaebong Chun
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Patent number: 11929225Abstract: A miniature circuit breaker, which includes a button mechanism, a circuit breaker housing, and an anti-switching-on mechanism, wherein the button mechanism is arrange at one end of the circuit breaker housing and is in sliding fit with the circuit breaker housing, the anti-switching-on mechanism includes a first locking member, the first locking member is pivotally arranged on the circuit breaker housing, one end of the first locking member is in locking fit with the button mechanism to prevent the button mechanism from moving towards a switching-on direction, and after the miniature circuit breaker is installed to an installed position for the circuit breaker, an external housing of the installed position for the circuit breaker acts on the first locking member, so that after the first locking member is unlocked from the button mechanism, the button mechanism is capable of moving towards the switching-on direction for a switching-on operation.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: ZHEJIANG CHINT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kejun Lu, Xiangyi Gu
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Patent number: 11923163Abstract: A fuse element for a fuse with an integrated measurement function, includes a first receiving area in an embodiment, for receiving a melting conductor of the fuse, delimited in the length direction of the fuse by a closure element and in a direction orthogonal to the length direction by the fuse element. Further, in an embodiment, the fuse element has a second receiving area, physically separated from the first receiving area, for receiving a measuring device of the fuse. The second receiving area is designed to receive the measuring device in a wall section of the fuse element. The second receiving area formed in the fuse element protects the measuring device arranged therein against interfering environmental influences. The measuring device is used to ascertain the electric current flowing through the fuse directly on the fuse.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Siemens AktiengesellschaftInventors: Thomas Hochmuth, Robert Huettinger, Jean-Mary Martel, Christian Rohrwild, Adolf Schmid, Volker Seefeld
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Patent number: 11923162Abstract: A fuse includes a stack, a flattened wire, and a terminal. The stack has multiple layers arranged to form steps. The stack has an upper stack with layers of a first size and a lower stack with layers of a second, larger size. The flattened wire is located between the upper stack and the lower stack. The terminal is connected to the flattened wire and includes multiple surfaces to cover the steps at one end of the stack.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: LITTELFUSE, INC.Inventors: Roel Santos Retardo, Kent Harvey Mercado Berenguel, P-A-Homer II Dela Torre
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Signaling device, an electrical fuse apparatus and a device comprising the electrical fuse apparatus
Patent number: 11908652Abstract: A signaling device adapted to be electrically coupled to an electric potential applied to terminals of a fuse element or to clips of a fuse holder. The signaling device is adapted to signal to the outside at least one property of the fuse element. In addition, the signaling device includes at least one transmission layer having an electrically controllable transmission factor.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SCHURTER AGInventors: Christian Beyer, Rolf Nussbaumer, Bruno Zemp, Thomas Burch, Stephan Bitterli, Markus Beer, Cyrill Disler -
Patent number: 11901661Abstract: A vehicle door lock device includes: a housing; electrical components including internal pins; and a terminal electrically connected to the internal and including coupling portions coupling conductive portions. Further, electric circuits of the electrical components are formed when the conductive portions are disconnected by cutting off the coupling portions, the housing includes: positioning protruding portions that protrudes at a right angle with respect to installation portions; and fitting grooves that are opened in a direction parallel to a protruding direction of the positioning protruding portions, and the terminal includes: the conductive portions; positioning holes into which the positioning protruding portions are inserted; connector pins bent at a right angle, and are fitted into the fitting grooves; and electrical component pins bent at a right angle, and are configured to be electrically connected to the electrical components when inserted into the internal pins of the electrical components.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATIONInventors: Shuntaro Kimura, Takao Taga
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Patent number: 11889654Abstract: Disclosed is an integrated data center that provides for efficient cooling as well as efficient wire routing. The data center houses electronic equipment stored in clusters of cabinets. The space inside the data center is shared, such as on a leased basis, between multiple different entities who operate their own electronic equipment. To achieve privacy, security, and cooling air flow, one or more layers of a security paneling surround one or more clusters of cabinets to create a secure interior space. This allows access to only authorized personal, prevents people from viewing into the secure interior space, and allows cooling air flow to pass into the secure interior space to cool the electronic equipment. The security paneling comprises sheets of metal with small apertures. Two or more security panels may be arranged with offset apertures to further prevent viewing of the electronic equipment in the secure interior space.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Switch, Ltd.Inventor: Rob Roy
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Patent number: 11889613Abstract: A heatsink device is for an electronic component. The heatsink device may include a base plate having a body, and legs extending laterally outward from the body, and defining an opening within the body, and a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger may include a lower body under the base plate and abutting the electronic component, an upper body coupled to the lower body to define a fluid chamber therein, and a medial plate between the lower body and the upper body and having first and second slots therein. The upper body may define first and second inlet passageways respectively aligned with the first and second slots, and an outlet passageway for fluid in the fluid chamber. The first and second slots may be configured to cause the fluid to flow laterally within the fluid chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: FLUIX INCORPORATEDInventors: Eduardo A. Castillo Orozco, Abhishek Sastri
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Patent number: 11889658Abstract: Immersion cooling system for electronics. The electronics are immersed in immersion tank filled with immersion liquid. A universal supply utilizes a supply panel to fill cooled liquid into the tank. Localized supply utilizes a manifold to deliver cooled liquid to specific devices within the tank. Cooled liquid is delivered via connection of the manifold and the flexible hoses to cooling plates mounted onto the devices. Each of the cooling plates has a cavity for passing cooled liquid, a supply inlet connected to one of the flexible hoses, and an outlet hole releasing the liquid into the tank. The cooled liquid is supplied to the universal supply from a main cooler. The cooled liquid is supplied to the manifold from the main cooler or from a secondary cooler. The immersion tank has a single recirculation outlet to return liquid mixed from both the universal supply and the localized supply.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: BAIDU USA LLCInventor: Tianyi Gao
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Patent number: 11881371Abstract: Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for thermal fuse circuit breakers. The thermal fuses described herein may be disposed in a connector, so that, should an overheating condition occur, for example, due to an arc discharge across or inside of the connector, the heat of the arc discharge melts a portion of the fuse, thereby preventing a potentially catastrophic event, such as fire, or damage to a component which may be more expensive than the thermal fuse itself.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Solaredge Technologies Ltd.Inventors: Israel Gershman, Yoav Galin, David Lachmann, Bahat Shafat, Matan Zehavi