Patents Examined by Krystal Robinson
  • Automobile wiring harness system and kit for same
    Patent number: 11699537
    Abstract: An automobile wiring harness system including a wiring harness that includes a housing having a proximal opening and a distal opening, electrical conductors extending from the proximal opening to the distal opening, a universal connector coupled to the electrical conductors at the proximal opening, and individual connectors coupled to the electrical connectors at the distal opening and an electrical component of an automobile. The system further includes a first adapting member configured to electrically couple the first adapting portion and the second adapting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventor: John Trischler
  • Electromagnetic shield member and wire harness
    Patent number: 11696425
    Abstract: An electromagnetic shield member including: a case including a groove in which an electric wire is to be housed; a cover configured to be attached to the case and cover the groove; and a pressing mechanism that is housed in the groove and configured to press the electric wire, wherein the pressing mechanism has a wall that covers an outer circumferential surface of the electric wire in conjunction with the groove, and a presser provided on the wall and configured to press the electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuta Kitahara
  • Electronic device
    Patent number: 11688935
    Abstract: An electronic device which includes a radome, a bottom cover connected to the radome, and a printed circuit board disposed between the radome and the bottom cover. The radome includes a top shell, an insulating member and at least one fastening members. The insulating member is made of expanded polystyrene and has at least one recess. The fastening member is embedded in the insulating member. The top shell covers the insulating member and includes polycarbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Wen-Huang Chang, Cheng-Chia Chou, Yu-Hui Huang, Tung-Hua Yang
  • Thermally softenable adhesive tape and method for jacketing elongated items, especially leads
    Patent number: 11680189
    Abstract: An adhesive tape for jacketing an elongated item, more particularly cable sets, comprises a tapelike carrier which is characterized in that the tapelike carrier is provided on at least one side with a binder which is thermally softenable at a temperature of 50° C. to 100° C. and comprises a polycaprolactone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TESA SE
    Inventors: Kerstin Klingeberg, Lars Gulbrandsen, Thomas Schubert, Heike Simonis
  • Enclosure arrangements; components; and methods
    Patent number: 11682887
    Abstract: Aspects and techniques of the present disclosure relate to enclosures, such as, electrical enclosures, for example, explosion-proof enclosures, and including advantageous features and methods usable with such enclosures. Disclosed features and techniques relate to: an enclosure fastening device; a visual indicator; an enclosure handling assist arrangement; a control handle; and a reset controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Adam Douglas Ledgerwood, Terry Lee Tuper, Graig Edmund DeCarr
  • Marine power box system
    Patent number: 11677224
    Abstract: Disclose is a housing formed in a rectilinear configuration. The housing has rear and front cover panels, left and right side panels, and lower and upper panels. Next provided is a divider panel having a rectangular configuration disposed between the front cover panel and back panel, and between the left and right side panels, and between the lower and upper panels. Next provided is plurality of electrical receptacles located in the divider panel facing forwardly with wiring extending from a source of potential into the rearward chamber then coupling to the electrical receptacles. Lastly, a vent in the divider panel is provided with a fan for exhausting heated air from the rearward chamber to the forward chamber and to exterior of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: The Infinity Affect LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey C. Pettengill, Jr.
  • Access ports for electrical enclosures
    Patent number: 11677226
    Abstract: Examples disclosed herein illustrate various implementations of access ports that are to be mounted to various types of electrical enclosures. In some implementations, the access ports are circular to provide ease of installation and to reduce the overall footprint of the access ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventor: David J. Sylvester
  • Ribbed extruded electrical conduit
    Patent number: 11670923
    Abstract: An extruded aluminum conduit comprising a substantially cylindrical body including defining a conduit interior. The body may include an exterior surface defined by an outer diameter and an interior surface defined by an inner diameter. The conduit may include one or more protrusions protruding from the interior surface of the body toward the conduit interior and away from the exterior surface. The one or more protrusions may run substantially continuously from a first end of the body to a second end of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: HYDRO EXTRUSION USA, LLC
    Inventors: Carmen Morello, Ralph Westphal
  • Power and/or data connectivity track system
    Patent number: 11670922
    Abstract: A track section for a track system is provided that includes an enclosed channel and first and second lateral members. The enclosed channel is defined by a base wall, a cover wall, and first and second lateral side walls, and has an interior cavity. The first and second lateral side walls are disposed on opposite sides of the enclosed channel. The base wall and the cover wall are spaced apart from one another and extend between the first and second lateral side walls. The first lateral member extends outward from the first lateral side wall and the second lateral member extends outward from the second lateral side wall. Each has a ramp flange channel. The track section is a unitary structure with the first and second lateral members being integral with the enclosed channel and has a length between first and second lengthwise ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: MVVP LLC
    Inventors: Paul Murphy, Anna Juskow
  • Power semiconductor device and a method for producing a power semiconductor device
    Patent number: 11664160
    Abstract: A power semiconductor device has a substrate on which power semiconductor switches are arranged and has a circuit board which includes conductive first plug-in connection contacts, a capacitor, a capacitor holding element that includes a reception device for receiving the capacitor, a temperature sensor for the capacitor, a temperature sensor holding element that has a plug-in region for conductive second plug-in connection contacts. There are temperature sensor connecting lines which electrically connect the temperature sensor and the second plug-in connection contacts to one another, at least one section of a temperature sensor connecting line being configured as a conductor track on the temperature sensor holding element, the second plug-in connection contacts forming an electrically conductive plug-in connection with the first plug-in connection contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Markus Dienstbier
  • Protection device, assembly and method
    Patent number: 11662052
    Abstract: A protection device for preventing damage to an elongate flexible member passing through an aperture including a body portion adapted to be inserted into the aperture in a first direction and having an internal passageway for allowing movement of an elongate flexible member therethrough, and at least one latching element pivotally mounted on the body portion. The protection device can be used for protecting an elongate flexible member passing through an aperture in a support pillar of an offshore turbine generator. A method of removing the protection device from an aperture is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Tekmar Energy Limited
    Inventors: Alex Hughes, Simon Westwood, Terence Sheldrake
  • Coated carbon nanotube wire for coil, coil using coated carbon nanotube wire for coil, and method for manufacturing coated carbon nanotube wire coil
    Patent number: 11664135
    Abstract: A coated carbon nanotube wire for a coil includes: a carbon nanotube wire, the carbon nanotube wire being composed of a plurality of carbon nanotube aggregates each constituted of a plurality of carbon nanotubes, or being composed of a plurality of carbon nanotube element wires each constituted of a plurality of carbon nanotubes; and a coating layer coating the carbon nanotube wire, wherein each of the carbon nanotube aggregates contacts one or more other adjacent carbon nanotube aggregates, or each of the carbon nanotube element wires contacts one or more other adjacent carbon nanotube element wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Aizawa, Satoshi Yamashita, Kazutomi Miyoshi
  • Cable conduit with integrated sensors
    Patent number: 11652338
    Abstract: A cable conduit comprises at least one cable, a tube, which accommodates the cable in an interior space and a sensor for sensing an environmental condition in the interior space of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Pierre Elser, Peter Schuster, Yannick Maret, Rudi Velthuis
  • High power connector and related assembly method
    Patent number: 11653468
    Abstract: A high power connector comprises an electricity conductive element of substantially elongated conformation and provided with a first end portion electrically connectable to a power electronic circuit of a power electronic apparatus and with a second end portion provided with an electrical connection terminal, the conductive element being insertable inside a through opening made on the cover with said terminal facing outwards, wherein the connector comprises a locking element made of an electrically insulating material that can be coupled with the conductive element and fixable to the outer surface of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: META SYSTEM S.p.A.
    Inventor: Cesare Lasagni
  • Raceway system
    Patent number: 11646556
    Abstract: A raceway system that provides a cable routing pathway that is easily configured during installation and reconfigured if modifications are required. The raceway system includes at least one U-shaped channel. The U-shaped channel is defined by a base and sidewalls extending perpendicularly from outer edges of the base. The sidewalls include a plurality of apertures in the sidewalls. At least one insert is secured to the sidewall at one of the apertures in the sidewalls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Gregory L. Kuffel, Jerry A. Wiltjer
  • Covered wire and wire harness
    Patent number: 11646128
    Abstract: Provided are a covered wire and a wire harness having excellent heat resistance and an excellent appearance. Provided is a covered wire including a conductor and an insulating covering, in which the insulating covering is made of a resin composition, the resin composition includes a silane graft polyolefin, an unmodified polyolefin, a modified polyolefin having one or more functional groups selected from the group consisting of a carboxy group, an ester group, an acid anhydride group, an amino group, and an epoxy group, a flame retardant, a cross-linking catalyst, and zinc oxide and an imidazole-based compound, and the surface roughness Ra of the insulating covering is 4.0 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hayato Ooi
  • Air sealing electrical box
    Patent number: 11646558
    Abstract: An electrical box with a peripheral flange and channel element which in shape and placement provides and vapor sealing of wall assemblies and also facilitates wall assembly construction. The flange will consist of a generally flat surface connected to a channel which in turn will be attached to electrical box bodies of various sizes and shapes. In addition, the electrical box may employ rectangular elements with optional integral holes attached to the box body for fastening the box to wall or ceiling assembly materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Inventor: George Emmanuel Mon
  • Motor drive apparatus including bus bar
    Patent number: 11626718
    Abstract: A motor drive apparatus includes a bus bar through which a current associated with motor driving flows, a printed circuit board, and a conductive support pedestal mounted on the printed circuit board and interposed between the bus bar and the printed circuit board, wherein the conductive support pedestal includes at least one hole for screw passing configured to fasten the bus bar and the conductive support pedestal with screw tightening, and a terminal unit for a printed circuit board configured to electrically connect an electric wire provided in the printed circuit board to the conductive support pedestal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Fanuc Corporation
    Inventors: Hironao Tanouchi, Jianzhou Chen
  • Conductive member module, and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 11623376
    Abstract: Performed are an accommodation step of accommodating a pair of conductive members in a die, a sealing step of injecting a resin to seal the conductive members, and an extraction step of extracting a conductive member module. In the sealing step, the conductive members are sealed while a force is applied by the resin injected into the die to the individual conductive members in directions away from each other, and the individual conductive members are supported by support members disposed outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akifumi Kurita, Yohei Yoshimura, Ryota Tanabe, Tsuyoshi Arai
  • Cord protector
    Patent number: 11626715
    Abstract: A cord protector detachably securable to an object includes a main body having at least one channel disposed therein that extends along a portion of a longitudinal length of the main body and the channel is capable of receiving and securing a cord, line, or tube therein. The cord protector further includes a clamping/gripping mechanism formed of a pair of oppositely disposed clamping/gripping arms that extend from opposite sides of the main body, which are biased toward one another such that the clamping/gripping arms maintain a substantially closed position at rest. The cord protector is capable of being detachably secured to the object by opening the clamping/gripping arms against the bias and allowing the clamping/gripping arms to return toward the resting position such that they close and clamp upon the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: On Top Safety Equipment, LLC
    Inventors: John J. Carroccia, Jeffrey L. Murray