Patents Examined by Jacob R Crum
  • Patent number: 11581156
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: Backer EHP Inc., Wako (USA) Inc.
    Inventors: Stacy Springer, Dan Maxwell, Zachary Newcomb, Shahid Ikram, Mitch Taylor
  • Patent number: 11582883
    Abstract: A cooling apparatus includes a cold plate with a first refrigerant channel through which refrigerant flows, and a pump to circulate the refrigerant. The cold plate includes a bottom wall and an upper wall. A lower surface of the bottom wall is in contact with a heating element. The upper wall is located in contact with the bottom wall. A lower surface of the upper wall and an upper surface of the pump directly oppose each other. A lower surface of the pump is exposed to an outside of the cooling apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Nobuya Nakae
  • Patent number: 11574787
    Abstract: A thermal cutoff at least includes a current-carrying fusible element having two ends connected to a first electrode and a second electrode. The current-carrying fusible element is provided in a closed cavity bounded by a housing having an opening at one end, a cover plate, and a sealant. The thermal cutoff further includes a first lead wire and a second lead wire each wrapped by an insulating sheath. One end of the first lead wire and one end of the second lead wire are electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode. The sealant is filled in the opening of the housing, covers an electrical joint between the first lead wire and a first electrode plate and an end of the first lead wire, and also covers an electrical joint between a second electrode plate and the second lead wire and an end of the second lead wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN SET ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yaoxiang Hong
  • Patent number: 11574786
    Abstract: A fuse adapter kit for a fuse of a switch-fuse module and a switch-fuse module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Terje Thingstad Pettersen, Ståle Talmo, Stanley Lohne, Elham Attar
  • Patent number: 11574785
    Abstract: A thermal cutoff includes a first fusible element, a second fusible element, and a closed cavity bounded by a housing having an open end, a cover plate, and a sealant. The two ends of the first fusible element and the two ends of the second fusible element are connected in parallel to a first electrode and a second electrode, respectively. The first fusible element and the second fusible element are provided in the closed cavity. A direction extending from a closed end to the open end of the housing is defined as a vertical direction. The first fusible element and the second fusible element are vertically arranged. The thermal cutoff has a vertical configuration and thus in its entirety has an elongated shape to meet corresponding application requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN SET ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yaoxiang Hong
  • Patent number: 11567548
    Abstract: The discussion relates to disaggregated computing. One example can monitor multiple two-phase liquid immersion tanks. Individual two-phase liquid immersion tanks can contain multiple components of a single type of component type. The example can receive requests for virtual machines and allocate sets of components from individual two-phase liquid immersion tanks to work together to support the virtual machines requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Husam A. Alissa, Ioannis Manousakis, Christian L. Belady, Marcus Felipe Fontoura, Ricardo G. Bianchini, Winston Allen Saunders, Mark Edward Shaw
  • Patent number: 11555657
    Abstract: An electronic device having an improved heating state is disclosed. The disclosed electronic device can comprise: a housing including a first surface facing a first direction, and a second surface facing a second direction opposite to the first direction; a printed circuit board inserted between the first surface and the second surface; an electronic component disposed on the printed circuit board; a shielding structure mounted on the printed circuit board, and including a conductive structure for at least partially surrounding the electronic device; and a heat pipe including a first end portion and a second end portion, wherein the first end portion is thermally coupled to a portion of the shielding structure, and the first end portion is disposed closer to the shielding structure than the second end portion. Additionally, other examples are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haejin Lee, Kyungha Koo, Chunghyo Jung, Se-Young Jang, Jungje Bang, Jaeheung Ye, Chi-Hyun Cho
  • Patent number: 11557451
    Abstract: A fuse includes a housing. A bus bar extends through the housing. An arc interrupter positioned inside the housing. A biasing element is compressed between the housing and the arc interrupter to bias the arc interrupter toward the bus bar to separate two portions of the bus bar during circuit interruption to mitigate arcing from one portion of the bus bar to the other portion of the bus bar. The bus bar includes a pocket defined therein wherein the bus bar is of a first material, and wherein a second material is seated within the pocket. In another aspect, a fuse includes a fuse housing and a bus bar extending through the housing. The bus bar includes a pocket defined therein. The bus bar is of a first material, wherein a second material is seated within the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Robert C. Cooney, Nhia Yang
  • Patent number: 11553604
    Abstract: Discussed is a display apparatus including a display panel, and a back cover coupled to a rear surface of the display panel. The back cover includes a hemming part formed to face a rear surface of the back cover by bending at least a portion of the back cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Sik Ahn, Jin-Young Bang, Ji-Yeon Oh, Dong-Kwan Yoo
  • Patent number: 11532452
    Abstract: Provided are trimmed parallel element protection devices. Some protection devices may include a substrate and first and second terminals at opposite ends of the substrate. The protection devices may further include a first fusible and a second fusible element extending between the first and second terminals, wherein at least one of the first and second fusible elements includes a trimmed portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.
    Inventors: P-A-Homer II Dela Torre, Roel Santos Retardo, Kent Harvey Mercado Berenguel
  • Patent number: 11521819
    Abstract: A fuse holder provides a safe device for connecting fuses to a three-phase busbar device. Each phase includes a corresponding load conductor and line conductor mounted within a housing. A mechanical lock is provided for each phase that locks a knife of the fuse to one of the conductors for the phase. In a further aspect, the fuse knives are frictionally locked within the housing. In both the mechanical lock and frictional lock, a release mechanism is provided that can be activated by a screwdriver to release the fuse knives from the fuse holder. In another aspect, certain conductors are provided with heat dissipation wings that contact the housing to dissipate heat generated by current flowing through the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Wöhner Besitz GmbH
    Inventors: Philipp Steinberger, Joram Masel, Jonas Schwarz, Pushkar Bhalerao
  • Patent number: 11508542
    Abstract: A high breaking capacity chip fuse including a bottom insulative layer, a first intermediate insulative layer, a second intermediate insulative layer, and a top insulative layer disposed in a stacked arrangement in the aforementioned order, a fusible element disposed between the first and second intermediate insulative layers and extending between electrically conductive first and second terminals at opposing longitudinal ends of the bottom insulative layer, the first intermediate insulative layer, the second intermediate insulative layer, and the top insulative layer, wherein the first and second intermediate insulative layers are formed of porous ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.
    Inventors: Irma Valeriano Santos, G. Todd Dietsch
  • Patent number: 11504218
    Abstract: A dental display system comprising: an articulatable dental arm (78) and a portable-electronic-device-support assembly (75) the articulatable dental arm (78) extending through an articulatable-dental-arm receiving aperture (86) of the portable-electronic-device-support assembly (76). An arm attached to a support attachment means (106) of the portable-electronic-device-support assembly (76) and a portable-electronic-device holder (10) and the portable-electronic-device holder (10) is attached to the arm. A portable electronic device (20) is engaged between the first and second device engagement elements (14, 16) of the portable-electronic-device holder (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sydehealth Limited
    Inventors: Loven Ganeswaran, Kirishan Sivanandan
  • Patent number: 11508538
    Abstract: An insulation device is disclosed. The insulation device is allowed to be assembled with a fuse tube device so as to form a load break fuse cutout fully closed. The insulation device comprises: a full-closed cylindrical insulator oriented vertically, a first cylindrical insulator oriented horizontally, a second cylindrical insulator oriented horizontally, a third cylindrical insulator oriented horizontally, a first electrical connection unit accommodated in the first cylindrical insulator, a second electrical connection unit accommodated in the second cylindrical insulator, a first arc extinguishing unit accommodated in the first cylindrical insulator, a second arc extinguishing unit accommodated in the second cylindrical insulator, and a mounting bracket connected to the full-closed cylindrical insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: GOODWELL ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sui-Chan Kao
  • Patent number: 11508541
    Abstract: A fuse includes an integrated measuring function. In an embodiment, the fuse includes a fuse housing which in turn has a first receiving space delimited by a pressure body and a second receiving space which is spatially separated from the first receiving space and is delimited by a protective body, the first and second receiving spaces being arranged one behind the other in a direction of longitudinal extent. A fusible conductor is accommodated and mounted in the first receiving space and a measuring device is accommodated and mounted in the second receiving space. The measuring device has a current transformer and an electronic assembly which is electrically conductively connected to the current transformer. The current transformer and the electronic assembly are arranged one behind the other in the direction of longitudinal extent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Robert Huettinger, Jean-Mary Martel
  • Patent number: 11508543
    Abstract: A fuse box for a battery of a vehicle includes: a lower housing having a space in which a fuse is housed and a bus bar for electrically connecting the battery and the fuse is seated; a plate-shaped upper housing having a through hole formed at a central portion thereof and a first extending portion extending upward along a circumference of the through hole, where the upper housing is assembled on an upper side of the lower housing; and a fuse cover that is coupled to an upper side of the upper housing to cover the fuse exposed through the through hole of the upper housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, KOREA ELECTRIC TERMINAL CO., LTD., HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Beom Joo Kwon, Mi Ok Kim, Jae Seung Lee, Jin Woong Lee
  • Patent number: 11501942
    Abstract: A circuit protection device including a PTC device having a PTC element, first and second electrodes disposed on opposing first and second surfaces of the PTC element, respectively, first and second chip fuses disposed on the first and second electrodes, respectively, the second chip fuse electrically connected in series with the PTC device, and the first chip fuse electrically in connected parallel with the PTC device and the second chip fuse, the first chip fuse having a lower electrical resistance than the PTC element when the PTC element is in a non-tripped state, wherein a fusible element of the first chip fuse has a first melting temperature and is configured to carry a current higher than the PTC element can carry without tripping, and wherein a fusible element of the second chip fuse has a second melting temperature that is greater than the first melting temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuriy Borisovich Matus, Martin G. Pineda
  • Patent number: 11488794
    Abstract: A fuse tube device is disclosed. The fuse tube device is allowed to be assembled with an insulation device so as to form a load break fuse cutout fully closed. The fuse tube comprises: an insulation housing, an accommodation tube, a first electrical connection unit, a second electrical connection unit, a conductive rod, a fuse element, a first conductive plate, a first cover, a second conductive plate, and a second cover. When assembling the fuse tube device with the insulation device, a first embedding member and a second embedding member of the insulation housing are embedded into a first terminal connecting opening and a second terminal connecting opening of the insulation device, such that the first electrical connection unit and the second electrical connection unit contact a first terminal connecting member and a second terminal connecting member of the insulation device, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: GOODWELL ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sui-Chan Kao
  • Patent number: 11482391
    Abstract: A pyrotechnic cut-off device includes: a pyrotechnic igniter, a conductive portion and a movable piston, the piston being able to be displaced in a cavity along a direction of displacement following the actuation of the pyrotechnic igniter between a first position of passage of the current in the conductive portion and a second position of cut-off of the current, wherein the piston defines a first sealing portion having a narrowing of section along the direction of displacement, and the cavity has a wall defining a second sealing portion which extends on either side of the conductive portion and which has a narrowing of section along the direction of displacement, the first sealing portion being in contact with the second sealing portion along a contact surface extending on either side of the conductive portion when the piston is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: ARIANEGROUP SAS
    Inventors: Frédéric Marlin, Romain Lorenzon, Lun Brevet, Philippe Lopez
  • Patent number: 11482393
    Abstract: A fuse and a production method therefor. The fuse includes upper and lower insulating layers provided with terminal electrodes, and a fuse element between the upper and lower insulating layers. The fuse further includes a functional layer provided between the fuse element and the insulating layers. The functional layer includes a substrate and an arc extinguishing material uniformly or substantially uniformly distributed in the substrate; the arc extinguishing material includes a sealed cavity; the substrate includes low temperature co-fired ceramic powder, aerosol silicon oxide, silicon oxide, inert resin, phosphoric acid, and phosphate ester polyester; the content of the arc extinguishing material is 1-50 wt %. The fuse overcomes the shortcomings of phenomena such as deformation, bending, and defects occurring to a fuse element caused by the shrinkage mismatch of the fuse element with a buffer layer and an arc extinguishing layer in a sintering process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: AEM Components (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiqing Chen, Xiangming Li, Xiaobing Shan, Yonglin Yang