Patents Examined by Krystal Robinson
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Patent number: 11984241Abstract: A flexible cable may include a base member including a terminal portion, a conductor layer including a plurality of conductive lines disposed on the base member, and a protection layer disposed on the base member to cover at least prat of the conductor layer and to expose a portion of each of the plurality of conductive lines at the terminal portion. A length of each of the plurality of conductive lines may be longer than a length of the base member. A vibration device may include a vibration structure including a vibration layer, a first electrode layer disposed on a first surface of the vibration layer, and a second electrode layer disposed on a second surface of the vibration layer and a flexible cable electrically connected to the first electrode layer and to the second electrode layer of the vibration structure.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sungwook Ko, Chiwan Kim, YongWoo Lee, Uihyeon Jeong
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Patent number: 11984247Abstract: A cover unit for a converter head of a high-voltage converter device includes a flat, preferably planar, cover element and an RIV shielding device peripherally surrounding the cover element for shielding radio interference voltage. The RIV shielding device is formed by a plurality of RIV shielding elements distributed peripherally on the edge of the cover element. The RIV shielding elements each have a substantially cylindrical shape, in particular a capsule shape. A corresponding converter head and a corresponding high-voltage converter device are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: HSP Hochspannungsgeräte GmbHInventor: Sebastian Baehr
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Patent number: 11979012Abstract: There are provided an electric connection box and a wire harness including: a body including an accommodating portion inside the body, the accommodating portion being configured to accommodate an electronic component. The body includes an electric wire holding portion inside the body, the electric wire holding portion having a slit-shaped groove configured to radially sandwich and hold an electric wire extending from a connector to be connected to the electronic component. The groove of the electric wire holding portion includes: a groove inlet portion; a groove deepest portion; and a narrow portion between the groove inlet portion and the groove deepest portion. A groove width in the narrow portion is narrower than a groove width in the groove inlet portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, SUBARU CORPORATIONInventors: Akinori Nakashima, Keita Miyahara, Kazuya Kushibiki
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Patent number: 11973330Abstract: The invention includes a trunking section for accommodating a cable or other service, the trunking section comprising a base unit and a lid, whereby: in a first configuration, the lid is arranged to reside atop the base unit such that an interior of the base unit is substantially covered; and in a second configuration, the lid is arranged to be coupled and in close proximity to the base unit, such that access to the interior of the base unit is substantially unimpeded.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: TROJAN IP LIMITEDInventors: Stewart Wellens, Philip Forrest-Smith
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Patent number: 11962134Abstract: An in-deck conduit for installation on a form for a concrete deck can provide a passage for wiring or other components within the concrete deck. The in-deck conduit can have a body with a base end, a deck end, and an internal passage extending from the base end to the deck end. One or more support legs can extend from the deck end of the body laterally relative to the passage to support the body on the form.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: ERICO International CorporationInventor: Scott Ernest Anderson
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Patent number: 11955788Abstract: Provided is an electrical connection box capable of being installed in a vehicle, including a terminal block; a bus bar provided on the terminal block; and a housing that covers at least a portion of the terminal block and into which a plurality of electrical wires configured to be connected to the bus bar are inserted, wherein the terminal block is provided with a plurality of guide walls that guide the plurality of electrical wires toward the bus bar; the plurality of guide walls are disposed side by side extending from the housing side toward the bus bar side; and a distance from any one guide wall to an other guide wall on the bus bar side is greater than a distance from the any one guide wall to the other guide wall on the housing side.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Tomohiro Yokota
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Patent number: 11955255Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composite cable for a vehicle and a composite cable assembly, which are capable of simultaneously providing a communication function and power to an electronic parking brake (EPB) and an anti-lock brake system (ABS) for use in a vehicle, and maximizing electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) shielding performance between internal components or external cables.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: LS CABLE & SYSTEM LTD.Inventors: Jung Pyo Hong, Sung Hoon Kim
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Patent number: 11944830Abstract: One aspect is a feedthrough system including a) a feedthrough including i) an insulating body, ii) an electrically conductive pathway, wherein an end of the electrically conductive pathway is level with a surface of the insulating body, iii) an electrically conductive pad, wherein the electrically conductive pad is attached to the level end of the electrically conductive pathway, b) an electrical contact element including a metal, wherein the electrical contact element is attached to the level end of the electrically conductive pathway by a joint microstructure, or wherein, when the feedthrough includes an electrically conductive pad, the electrical contact element is attached to the electrically conductive pad by a joint microstructure. Furthermore, the present embodiment refers to a process for preparing the inventive feedthrough system, and to a device including the inventive feedthrough system.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Heraeus Additive Manufacturing GmbHInventors: Beytullah Yasin Kilic, Leoni Wilhelm, Jakob Fischer, Jens Trötzschel
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Patent number: 11949219Abstract: An object is to provide a technique that can make it easy to achieve favorable heat dissipation performance. An electrical junction box includes: a circuit substrate in which a via hole is formed; a blocking member that blocks the via hole; a heat-transfer member provided in a region of a main surface of the circuit substrate in which the via hole is formed; and a heat dissipation member that comes into contact with the heat-transfer member from the opposite side to the circuit substrate, wherein the blocking member is a solid member, and fills at least the main surface side of the via hole.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.Inventor: Yusuke Okuhira
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Patent number: 11949182Abstract: A wiring connector assembly includes a plurality of first connectors to which first wires are connected, a plurality of second connectors to which second wires are connected, the plurality of second connectors configured to be correspondingly connected to the plurality of first connectors, a first protective cover configured to fix the plurality of first connectors by a predetermined spacing and to cover and protect an outside of the plurality of first connectors and the first wires, and a second protective cover configured to fix the plurality of second connectors by a predetermined spacing and to cover and protect an outside of the plurality of second connectors and the second wires, wherein the first protective cover and the second protective cover are configured to be fastened to each other to allow the plurality of first and second connectors to be correspondingly connected to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, YURA CORPORATION CO., LTDInventors: Jehyun Kim, Hong Jong Baik
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Patent number: 11949220Abstract: In a block (10) for a cable of the present disclosure, the block has a shape of a rectangular cuboid in which an upper surface (11) and a bottom surface have square shapes, the block has plural bending through holes (21) between one side surface of the rectangular cuboid and a side surface (12) neighboring the one side surface, arrangement of open ends (22) of the plural through holes in the one side surface of the rectangular cuboid is in a lattice manner, the arrangement of the open ends is in line symmetry with respect to a middle line (31) between an upper side and a bottom side of the one side surface and with respect to a middle line (32) between a lateral side and a lateral side of the one side surface, and arrangement of open ends (22) of the plural through holes in the side surface neighboring the one side surface of the rectangular cuboid is the same as the arrangement of the open ends (22) of the plural through holes in the one side surface of the rectangular cuboid.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2019Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Kuniaki Terakawa, Tomohiro Kawano, Tatsuya Fujimoto, Kazunori Katayama, Tomomi Nagao
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Patent number: 11942768Abstract: A wire cover includes an inner cover member covering a bent section of an electric wire from an inner peripheral side and an outer cover member covering the bent section from an outer peripheral side. One end portion of the wire cover sandwiches the electric wire along a first direction. The other end portion of the wire cover sandwiches the electric wire along a second direction. The inner cover member and the outer cover member move relative to each other along the first direction. When observed from a third direction intersecting a plane that includes the first direction and the second direction, a first attachment portion and a second attachment portion are positioned outward of the surface of the inner cover body on the innermost side of the bent section or inward of the surface of the outer cover body on the outermost side of the bent section.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto, Kyungwoo Kim, Toshinari Kobayashi, Moriyuki Shimizu, Yukitoshi Terasaka, Hiroyuki Koyano
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Patent number: 11935670Abstract: A cable with a conductor assembly separator may be provided. The cable may comprise an assembly, a jacket, and a conductor assembly separator comprising an interweave assembly separator. The assembly may comprise a first conductor, a second conductor, and a ground. The interweave assembly separator may be disposed between the first conductor and the ground, the second conductor and the ground, a first side of the assembly and the jacket, and a second side of the assembly and the jacket.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Inventor: Scotty Joe Ledbetter
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Patent number: 11935672Abstract: A high voltage power cable assembly for a power distribution system of a vehicle incorporating an integrated cooling system is presented. The power cable assembly comprises first and second electrical conductors spaced apart from one another and extending longitudinally. The power cable assembly further comprises a longitudinally extending cooling tube arranged between the first and second electrical conductors such that opposing portions of an external surface of the cooling tube are provided in direct contact with corresponding portions of the insulating material of the electrical conductors over a heat exchange region so as to transfer heat from the electrically conductive core of the electrical conductors to a coolant medium circulating in an internal channel of the cooling tube.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Aptiv Technologies AGInventors: Dominik Kawalec, Monika Pieszka-Lyson, Pawel Kozak, Grzegorz Porebski, Grzegorz Paletko
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Patent number: 11936170Abstract: A wire guide device is to be arranged at an end portion of a cable guide, and is internally provided with an insertion hole through which a wire is passed. The wire guide device includes a first divided part and a second divided part that can be combined in a width direction that intersects a direction in which the insertion hole is formed. The first divide part and the second divided part include locking portions that are locked to each other in the combined state, division faces that are opposed to each other in the width direction, and restriction portions (vertical movement restriction portions, and slide restriction portions) that are provided separately from the locking portions and abut against each other to restrict positional shift of the division faces.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Kazuma Isoda, Katsuhiko Sato
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Patent number: 11936070Abstract: A system for a wearable circuit is described. The system includes a soft substrate. The system include a first battery assembly attached to the soft substrate. The system includes a second battery assembly attached to the soft substrate. The system includes a flexible connecting device. A flexible connecting device is configured to connect a first battery assembly to a second battery assembly and stretch along a path of a soft substrate. A flexible connecting device provides an electrical connection between a first and second battery assembly while being stretched.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Bloomer Health Tech Inc.Inventors: Carlos Nunez Lopez, Bethany VanWagenen, Alicia Chong Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11929188Abstract: An electrical cable assembly, comprising a first electrical circuit further comprising a first plurality of insulated conductors longitudinally disposed to one another, wherein the first plurality of insulated conductors are cabled together in a bundle. The electrical cable assembly further comprises a second electrical circuit longitudinally disposed to the first electrical circuit, the second electrical circuit comprising a second plurality of insulated conductors longitudinally disposed to one another and cabled together in a bundle and a nonmetallic jacket surrounding the second plurality of insulated conductors and wherein the nonmetallic jacket isolating the first electrical circuit from the second electrical circuit. The electrical cable assembly further comprises a flexible interlocking metallic armor encasing the first and second electrical circuits.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Encore Wire CorporationInventors: Troy D. Skidmore, Paul Abernathy, David W. Maxey, William T. Bigbee, Jr.
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Patent number: 11923110Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a cable used to at least moor a moving body to be moored and supply power thereto, such that weight of the whole cable can be reduced. A cable according to the present invention connects a moving body to be moored to a unit assembly including a power supply unit. The cable is used to at least moor the moving body to be moored to the unit assembly and supply power from the power supply unit to the moving body to be moored. The cable includes a conductor constituted with element wires, and at least part of the element wires is a high-strength aluminum-based conductor.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroshi Kaneko
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Patent number: 11918273Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a hollow cable for transmitting radiofrequency and/or microwave frequency energy to an electrosurgical instrument, wherein the hollow cable is provided with electrical connectors for forming a bipolar electrical connection with an electrosurgical instrument that fits within, e.g. slides relative to, the hollow cable. The connectors can be conductive protrusions extending in an axial direction on opposite sides of the cable. The protrusions can be tabs, fins, rods, pins, or wires. The protrusions can be strips which engage corresponding terminals on the instrument. The transmission line structure of the invention can have a greater diameter then convention coaxial cables, which can minimise loss whilst still providing access for control wires and/or fluid to reach an surgical instrument. The cable can be used with multiple instruments.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: CREO MEDICAL LIMITEDInventors: Christopher Paul Hancock, Malcolm White, George Christian Ullrich, David Edward Webb, Louis Turner
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Patent number: 11916364Abstract: A junction box mountable on a roof surface, comprising a housing unit and an enclosing unit, the housing unit and enclosing unit combining to form a waterproof assembly. The housing unit is mountable to a roof surface via a flashing having a continuous, raised waterproofing track that mates with a waterproofing recess in a bottom surface of the housing unit to create a waterproofing zone inside the housing unit. At least one bottom pass through is located within the waterproofing zone and provides a channel from the internal housing area through the roof surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Enstall US, Inc.Inventors: Duane Menton, Bryan R. Falk, Susan E. Stark, Yann Schwarz, Jon Ash