Patents Examined by Lisa N Homza
  • Patent number: 11476067
    Abstract: A relay includes an armature, a yoke configured to be electromagnetically coupled to the armature, and a bracket-shaped clamping spring. The armature lies at least partially flat on the yoke, and a receiving depression is partly formed in the armature. The bracket-shaped clamping spring surrounds the armature and the yoke on an end face such that the armature is fixed on the yoke. The bracket-shaped clamping spring has a first clamping limb arranged in the receiving depression of the armature, and a second clamping limb lying on the yoke. The first clamping limb has an angled tab which engages elastically into a recess formed in the receiving depression of the armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ralf Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 11476069
    Abstract: A low noise relay includes a main body part provided with a terminal on a first surface thereof. A cover part is coupled to the terminal and the first surface of the main body part. The cover part is electrically connected to the terminal of the main body part. A vibration reduction part is connected and electrically coupled to the cover part. The vibration reduction part is configured to support the main body part to be suspended in air. A pin part is configured such that a first side of the pin part is connected with and electrically connected to the vibration reduction part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jong Joo Kim, Su Mi Son, In Sic Kim, Jong Hyuk Jung
  • Patent number: 11473692
    Abstract: A solenoid valve includes: a movable iron core; a molded solenoid body disposed outside the movable iron core in a radial direction; a solenoid case that accommodates the movable iron core and the molded solenoid body; and a stationary iron core disposed radially inside the molded solenoid body, and generates a magnetic force between the movable iron core and the stationary iron core when a coil is energized, the stationary iron core including a thin portion circumferentially formed and thinned in a circumferential direction, and a flange portion formed at a first axial end of the stationary iron core to extend outward in the radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Naoki Nishimura, Tadanobu Kawato
  • Patent number: 11467476
    Abstract: An optical device includes a movable section including an optical section that deflects video light in accordance with the angle of incidence of the video light incident on a light incident surface and outputs the deflected video light and a holder that supports the optical section, an actuator that rotates the movable section around a first axis, an actuator that rotates the movable section around a second axis, a drive circuit that supplies the actuator with a first drive signal and the actuator with a second drive signal, and a sensor disposed in a position different from the positions on the first and second axes detects the position of the optical section, and the drive circuit adjusts the first and second drive signals in accordance with the position of the optical section detected with the sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Takao Hirakura
  • Patent number: 11469022
    Abstract: A device comprising a high temperature superconductor, HTS, circuit; wherein the HTS circuit comprises: a quenchable section comprising HTS material and connected in series to other elements of the HTS circuit, the HTS material comprising a stack of HTS takes comprising at least one HTS tape; the device further comprising: a quenching system configured to quench the HTS material in the quenchable section; a quench protection system configured to detect temperature rises in the HTS circuit and, in response to detection of a temperature rise, cause the quenching system to quench the superconducting material in the quenchable section in order to dump stored magnetic energy from the HTS circuit into the quenchable section; wherein the HTS circuit is configured such that, when in use, the magnetic field on the or each HTS tape is substantially parallel to a a-b plane of the HTS tape, and the quenching system is configured to quench the HTS material by producing an additional magnetic field along the length of the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Tokamak Energy Ltd.
    Inventor: Robert Slade
  • Patent number: 11467237
    Abstract: A resin-impregnated superconducting coil has axially-extending coil mounting arrangements that include features embedded within the structure of the resin-impregnated superconducting coil, between layers of turns of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Simon James Calvert, Jonathan Noys
  • Patent number: 11462968
    Abstract: An electromagnetic brake for an electric motor includes a brake core having a coil bobbin holder in which a coil bobbin is housed and a connector insertion hole into which a connector is inserted. The coil bobbin includes plural terminal casings in each of which a terminal is set. The terminal has a first contact, which creates a connection with a winding engaged in catches of the terminal casing with the terminal inserted in the terminal casing, and a second contact which contacts an electrode of the connector inserted in the connector insertion hole with the terminal set in place in the terminal casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takashi Ito
  • Patent number: 11456099
    Abstract: An electromagnetic actuating device includes a pole tube that is substantially cylindrical overall, an armature situated radially inside the pole tube, and an electromagnetic coil situated radially outside the pole tube, the pole tube having a first axial end and a second axial end. The pole tube is configured as a sleeve that is stamped and is brought into its shape by reshaping, the sleeve having, close to its first axial end, openings that extend in the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Klaus Schudt, Tilo Hofmann
  • Patent number: 11450496
    Abstract: A relay includes a fixed terminal, a movable contact piece, a holder, a drive shaft, a contact case, a magnetic field generation member, and an inner member. The drive shaft is connected to the holder on a side close to the first end of the drive shaft. The magnetic field generation member is arranged around the contact case and is configured to generate a magnetic field in which an arc generated between the fixed contact and the movable contact extends in a lateral direction of the movable contact piece. The inner member includes a rotation preventing portion for restricting rotation of the holder around the drive shaft. The rotation preventing portion is arranged so as to contact the holder at a position closer to a second end of the drive shaft than the movable contact piece and closer to the drive shaft than the movable contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Harimochi, Ryota Minowa, Naoki Kawaguchi, Shinichi Ogawa, Kohei Otsuka, Hiroyuki Iwasaka, Kazuhiro Tsutsui
  • Patent number: 11450498
    Abstract: A relay, including a first fixed contact, a second fixed contact, a movable contact piece having first and second movable contacts, a contact piece holding unit configured to hold the movable contact piece, a magnet for arc extinguishing, and a debris suction unit configured to exert a magnetic force to suck debris, is disclosed. A first contact position between the first fixed contact and the first movable contact is located between the magnet for arc extinguishing and the contact piece holding unit in a longitudinal direction of the movable contact piece. The debris suction unit is disposed so that the first contact position does not overlap a region between the debris suction unit and the contact piece holding unit. A magnet force exerted by the debris suction unit in the contact piece holding unit is larger than a magnetic force exerted by the magnet in the contact piece holding unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kohei Otsuka, Ryota Minowa, Hiroyuki Iwasaka, Yasuo Hayashida, Shingo Mori, Naoki Kawaguchi
  • Patent number: 11448103
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an electromagnetic soft actuator includes a first soft outer member comprising a soft internal electrically conductive coil, a second soft outer member comprising a soft internal electrically conductive coil, and a soft inner shaft on which the first and second soft outer members are mounted, the first and second soft outer members being linearly displaceable along a length of the soft inner shaft, the soft inner shaft comprising a permanent magnet, wherein the first and second outer members linearly move under an electromagnetic force relative to the soft inner shaft and each other when an electric current is applied to the soft internal electrically conductive coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
    Inventors: Amir Jafari, Nafiseh Ebrahimi
  • Patent number: 11434858
    Abstract: A stator coil assembly is provided comprising: a stator having a stator core; a cover positioned within the stator core; a top section coupled to the cover to define an interior region, the top section including a pair of protrusions, each protrusion having a bore extending therethrough; a bobbin disposed within the interior region; a plurality of coil windings wrapped around the bobbin; a pair of lead wires, each lead wire extending through a corresponding protrusion bore and connecting to the coil windings within the interior region; and a pair of hermetic seals, each hermetic seal surrounding a corresponding lead wire within a protrusion bore to hermetically seal the interior region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: CUMMINS INC.
    Inventor: Richard D. Thomas
  • Patent number: 11417483
    Abstract: A power contactor and a method for producing a housing body for a power contactor are disclosed. In an embodiment a power contactor includes a first electrical contact, a second electrical contact, a switch element configured to provide an opened position and a closed position, wherein the switch element, in the closed position, contacts the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact with one another, and wherein the first electrical contact and the second electric contact are insulated from one another when the switch element is in the opened position and at least one temperature sensor integrated into the power contactor, wherein the sensor is configured to detect a temperature of the power contactor in a pre-defined distance from the first electrical contact and/or the second electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: TDK ELECTRONICS AG
    Inventor: Robert Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 11417485
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a direct current (DC) relay having an auxiliary contact, and more particularly, to a DC relay having an auxiliary contact to have a monitoring function regarding a state of the DC relay. The DC relay having an auxiliary contact includes a housing, main contacts installed at a portion of the housing, and an auxiliary contact installed at another portion of the housing, wherein a partition is installed in a longitudinal direction inside the housing to provide a first accommodating part and a second accommodating part, the main contacts are installed in the first accommodating part, and the auxiliary contact is installed in the second accommodating part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventor: Jungwoo Yoo
  • Patent number: 11410825
    Abstract: A disconnecting device interrupts a direct current of a current path containing a hybrid switch which has a current-carrying mechanical contact system and a semiconductor switching system connected in parallel thereto. The contact system has a fixed contact and a moving contact. The moving contact is mounted on a contact bridge being coupled to a drive system moving the moving contact in a switching movement from an open position into a closed position resting against the fixed contact with a contact force. A first magnet element is mounted on the contact bridge and spaced apart from a stationary second magnet element by an air gap such that, when a current flows through the contact bridge, a magnetic field is produced in the first magnet element and the first and second magnet elements are magnetically attracted. The attraction produces a magnetic force directed in the same direction as the contact force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH
    Inventor: Manuel Engewald
  • Patent number: 11410809
    Abstract: A high-speed solenoid includes a casing, a least two pairs of first permanent magnet and second permanent magnet installed in the casing, and coils corresponding to the pairs of first permanent magnet and second permanent magnet provided in the same number as the number thereof in a bobbin of a mover. In magnetic paths formed by the pairs of first permanent magnet and second permanent magnet and the coils, each magnetic path corresponding to each pair of first permanent magnet and second permanent magnet is separated from each other. Therefore, the multiple magnetic paths are formed to operate the mover. The high-speed solenoid has an advantage in that the mover is operated at a relatively high speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: HYOSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyo Geun Park, Young Jun Jeon, Nak Geun Cho, Hyung Woo Park
  • Patent number: 11373829
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a base, a spool provided on the base, a coil wound on the spool, a yoke inserted into a hole formed in the spool, an armature movably provided on the base, a movable contact fixed on the base, a static contact fixed on the base, and a driving member connected between the armature and the movable contact. The yoke is L-shaped. The yoke and the armature form a rectangular magnetic loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhihong Huang, Kun Tang, Zhenxing Fu
  • Patent number: 11361924
    Abstract: A relay unit includes: bus bars serving as conductive paths; relays including contact portions for turning on and off energization of the bus bars, and a plurality of terminals connected to the contact portions, the bus bars being fixed to the terminals; and heat dissipation members that are fixed to the terminals of the relays, receive heat of the terminals, and dissipate the heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Fujimura, Hitoshi Takeda, Ken Furusawa, Ryoya Okamoto, Hiroshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11361894
    Abstract: A bi-stable solenoid includes a housing, a wire coil, a permanent magnet, an armature, a pin, and a spring. The wire coil is arranged within the housing. The armature is slidably arranged within the housing and is moveable between a first armature position and a second armature position. The pin at least partially extends out of the housing and is slidably engaged by the armature. The spring is biased between the armature and the pin. When the pin encounters an intermediate position between a retracted position and an extended position due to the pin engaging an obstruction, the spring is configured to maintain a biasing force on the pin until the obstruction is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: HUSCO Automotive Holdings LLC
    Inventor: Matt Pellmann
  • Patent number: 11361923
    Abstract: The present utility model provides a contactor, comprising: a housing, including a first side plate and a second side plate disposed opposite to each other; a static iron core and a movable iron core located inside the housing, a coil bobbin fitted on the static iron core, a coil wound on the coil bobbin, an elastic device located between the coil bobbin and the movable iron core, and a moving contact and astatic contact disposed opposite to each other, wherein the coil bobbin includes a contact end surface facing the movable iron core and a first fixing part and a second fixing part fixed to edges of the contact end surface, length directions of the first fixing part and the second fixing part are parallel to the first side plate and the second side plate, the first fixing part is in contact with and connected to the first side plate, and the second fixing part is in contact with and connected to the second side plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: EATON ELECTRICAL LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenbo Chen, Luming Zhang, Guoyong Ping, Zhengning Hu