Patents Examined by Muhammed Azam
  • Patent number: 11972902
    Abstract: An electronic component with a metal terminal includes a plurality of electronic components each including an element body and a pair of external electrodes provided on each of a pair of end surfaces facing each other in an X direction in the element body, and disposed in a Y direction, and a pair of plate-shaped metal terminals each including a plurality of joint portions to which external electrodes of the plurality of electronic components are joined, and a leg portion provided to protrude further than the electronic component in a Z direction, wherein a portion of the metal terminal that extends in the Y direction to straddle the plurality of joint portions is an easily deformable portion made of a second metal material having a Young's modulus smaller than that of a first metal material constituting the other portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Yazawa, Masatsugu Yamamoto, Yosuke Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11935700
    Abstract: A laminated electronic component includes an element body formed by laminating an insulating layer and having a bottom surface used as a mounting surface, and a bottom surface electrode formed on the bottom surface of the element body and containing glass and a sintered metal. The bottom surface electrode includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer formed on the element body side from the first electrode layer, an edge portion of the second electrode layer is covered with an overcoat layer which is a part of the element body, the first electrode layer is laminated on the second electrode layer with the overcoat layer interposed therebetween, and a content of glass in the first electrode layer is larger than a content of glass in the second electrode layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriyuki Saito, Osamu Hirose, Toru Yoshida, Yoshinori Sato, Akira Suda, Akira Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11929598
    Abstract: A cable gland sealing member comprising: a sleeve (19) arranged to be slidably received within a passage (9) defined in a body (5) of a cable gland, the sleeve (19) arranged to receive a settable sealing material for forming a seal to a cable passing through the sleeve, wherein the sleeve (19) is defined by an annular side wall extending along an axial length; wherein an outer surface (71) of the sleeve (19) includes a tapered portion (95) such that the external diameter of the sleeve (19) widens in the tapered portion (95); and wherein the outer surface (71) of the sleeve (19) is arranged to form a seal with the cable gland body (5). A cable gland is also disclosed using such a sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Hubbell Limited
    Inventors: Andrew John Reid, Jason Clark, Lawrence Murray Lonergan, Matthew James Ogden, Carl Jackson, Gareth Turner
  • Patent number: 11929602
    Abstract: A cable conveyance system includes first and second rails, a plurality of cable-retaining supports, and at least one front panel including one or more electronic visual displays. The plurality of cable-retaining supports are disposed between the first and second rails in parallel, spaced apart relation relative to one another and the first and second rails to define a plurality of spaced apart and parallel longitudinal cable-receiving passages each configured to retain at least one longitudinally-extending cable therein. The at least one front panel is pivotable relative to the first and second rails between an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: CABLE MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventor: Roger Jette
  • Patent number: 11908598
    Abstract: An insulated electric wire with a water-stopping portion has excellent water stopping performance and forms quickly, and a wire harness includes the insulated electric wire. An insulated electric wire includes: a conductor wherein multiple metal material elemental wires are twisted together; and an insulation covering covers an outer circumference of the conductor. The insulated electric wire includes an exposed portion wherein the insulation covering is removed; a covered portion wherein the insulation covering covers the conductor, the exposed and covered portions are adjacent to each other in a longitudinal axis direction; and a water-stopping portion wherein gaps between the wires in the exposed portion are filled with a water-stopping agent. At least a portion of the water-stopping agent contacting the wires is made of a resin material that cures upon contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Araki, Toyoki Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11910546
    Abstract: An explosion-proof structure having a housing that houses an electronic device, a cover member that covers a first ventilation port formed on one surface of the housing at least in a normal direction to the one surface, an opening/closing member that opens and closes a second ventilation port formed between the one surface and the cover member, and a rotation support portion provided at a peripheral portion of the first ventilation port and that supports the opening/closing member, the opening/closing member rotating around the rotation support portion, using the rotation support portion as a center of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuru Hano
  • Patent number: 11910547
    Abstract: A protection device for an electrical cabinet is divided into a plurality of compartments, the protection device including a rain guard and an air manifold formed as an integral unit. The rain guard is designed to cover a section of an electrical cabinet and thus prevent water from falling on it. The air manifold includes at least one first pipe fluidically connected to a second pipe. Each first pipe intended to be connected to a corresponding air-circulation opening of a compartment, and the second pipe being intended to be connected to an air-circulation means in order thus to allow air to be circulated in the plurality of compartments. A cabinet is provided with such a protection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER
    Inventors: Benjamin Boisnier, Loîc Lemasson, Philippe Pierre Avignon
  • Patent number: 11904781
    Abstract: A wire harness that includes an electric wire and a first tube in which the electric wire is housed a clamp that holds the first tube. The clamp includes a main body in which the first tube is housed, and a protrusion that protrudes from the main body in a longitudinal direction of the first tube. The first tube is fastened to the protrusion with a fastener, and the protrusion has an inner circumferential surface opposed to the first tube, a first end located on one side of the inner circumferential surface in a circumferential direction, and a second end located on the other side of the inner circumferential surface in the circumferential direction. A height of the inner circumferential surface in a vertical direction continuously decreases from the first end to the second end in a state in which the wire harness is installed in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaya Fujikura, Takao Suga
  • Patent number: 11901834
    Abstract: A power conversion device includes a base, a first stage, a first support portion, and a support member. At least one first power conversion unit is mounted on the first stage. The first support portion extends in a normal direction of the base and is fixed to the base and the first stage. The support member includes a first panel and a second panel. The first panel and the second panel are disposed on the base to support the first stage in the Z-axis direction. The first panel and the second panel are integrally formed to intersect with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TOSHIBA MITSUBISHI-ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Nakabayashi, Hitoshi Sadakuni, Shotaro Murakami, Ikuto Udagawa
  • Patent number: 11887759
    Abstract: An insulated electric wire includes a conductor in which elemental wires made of a metal material are twisted together; and an insulation covering that covers an outer circumference of the conductor. The insulated electric wire includes: an exposed portion in which the insulation covering is removed from the outer circumference of the conductor; a covered portion in which the insulation covering covers the outer circumference of the conductor, the exposed portion and the covered portion being provided adjacent to each other in a longitudinal axis direction; and a water-stopping portion in which gaps between the elemental wires in the exposed portion are filled with a water-stopping agent. In an area enclosed by the surface of the water-stopping agent, the surface of the elemental wires is in contact with only the water-stopping agent or another elemental wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Araki, Toyoki Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11887758
    Abstract: An insulated electric wire contains: an exposed portion insulation covering is removed; a covered portion with the insulation covering; and a water-stopping portion agent is placed over the exposed portion and an area of the covered portion that is adjacent to the exposed portion. The water-stopping portion contains: a filled area between the elemental wires between a conductor in the exposed portion filled with the water-stopping agent; an exposed portion outer circumferential area in which the water-stopping agent covers the outer circumference of the conductor in the exposed portion; and a covered portion outer circumferential area in which the water-stopping agent covers an outer circumference of the insulation covering in the area of the covered portion that is adjacent to the exposed portion. The layer thickness of the water-stopping agent is larger in the exposed portion outer circumferential area than in the covered portion outer circumferential area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Araki, Toyoki Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11878640
    Abstract: A wiring module includes: a sheet which is a member extending planarly and including an easy-fracture part sectioning the sheet into a plurality of areas and capable of dividing the sheet into the areas; and a transmission member including one of or both a power line supplying an electrical power to at least one apparatus provided in one or more of the plurality of areas and a signal line enabling communication with the apparatus, wherein, in a case where the transmission member is disposed over at least two areas, a part of a middle portion of the transmission member in relation to an end portion connected to the apparatus is fixed to a first area in the two areas, and the transmission member is laid without being fixed to a second area in the two areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kosuke Sone, Hiroki Hirai, Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Kazuyoshi Ohara, Norichika Oomi, Daisuke Miyawaki, Shinichi Ishiko, Yuji Takenaka, Ichiro Kuwayama, Suguru Yamagishi, Toyohisa Takano, Yutaro Miki, Takanori Fukunaga
  • Patent number: 11881331
    Abstract: A grommet for an electrical cable, comprising a grommet extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end face to a second end face and having a through passage, the through passage being enclosed by an inner peripheral surface of the grommet, and at least two longitudinally spaced inwardly facing sealing lips disposed on the inner peripheral surface of the grommet, characterized in that the grommet has at least two longitudinally juxtaposed sealing regions spaced apart by a circumferential separation region, that a first sealing region of the sealing regions faces the first end face and a second sealing region of the sealing regions faces the second end face, and that the separation region has a smaller wall thickness than the sealing regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Auto-Kabel Management GmbH
    Inventors: Franz-Heinz Kaszubowski, Andreas Lienert, Abdolrahman Bagheri
  • Patent number: 11855431
    Abstract: A ridge vent may cover a ridge slot in a roof of the structure to provide ventilation. A housing having a length, a width and a height that are sized to fit through a ridge slot of the roof includes a top portion proximal to the ridge vent, a bottom portion proximal to the interior of the structure and opposite to the top portion, and at least one wall extending between the top portion and the bottom portion. A securing mechanism is connected to the top portion of the housing to secure the housing within the ridge slot. An electronics bus is positioned within the housing and has an interface that enables operation of modular electronic devices that are removably positioned within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: BMIC LLC
    Inventor: Xavier Riley
  • Patent number: 11855422
    Abstract: A cable gland includes a cavity having first and second axial ends and configured to receive one or more conductors and a curable liquid therein, and an internal dam. The internal dam is adjacent the second axial end of the cavity. The internal dam includes an annular filament holder and a plurality of filaments secured to and extending radially inward from the annular filament holder to receive the one or more conductors to inhibit curable liquid from flowing through the dam and between the dam and the one or more conductors of a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew F. Scarlata, Joel Furco, Joseph Platt
  • Patent number: 11854713
    Abstract: A cable includes a plurality of electric wires including a conductor and an insulating member coating a periphery of the conductor, a tape member provided over a periphery of an aggregate configured by laying the plurality of electric wires together, and an outer sheath provided over an outer periphery of the tape member. The tape member includes a mixture of a first fiber having a melting point and a second fiber having a melting point lower than the melting point of the first fiber. The first fiber has the melting point higher than an extrusion molding temperature of the outer sheath, and the second fiber has the melting point lower than the extrusion molding temperature of the outer sheath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Tomoyuki Murayama
  • Patent number: 11848546
    Abstract: A flexible wire support structure extends between an axle and an inverter for an electric vehicle. The inverter is fixed relative to the vehicle body and the axle is moveable relative to the inverter during vehicle use. A wire extends between the inverter and the axle through a channel defined by the wire support structure. The wire support structure is attached at opposite ends to a first and second support structure, each of which allow pivoting of the flexible wire support structure in response to movement of the axle relative to the inverter. The wire support structure has a limited bend radius in response to movement of the axle, and blocks the wire extending within the support structure from being bent to a tight radius, thereby protecting the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: MAGNA POWERTRAIN OF AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Ryan Strand, Wade Smith, Bradley Ketchel, Ryan Shaw
  • Patent number: 11837860
    Abstract: A cable-gland system provides a sealing function to openings in an electronic chassis that receive cables. The cable-gland system comprises a plurality of individual cable glands. Each of the plurality of individual cable glands includes an exterior end to be positioned adjacent an exterior of the chassis, and an interior end for positioning within the chassis. Each of the plurality of individual cable glands includes a through-hole extending between the exterior and interior ends for receiving one of the cables, and an outer surface between the exterior and interior ends. Each of the plurality of individual cable glands has a male projection on one side of the outer surface and a female recess on an opposing side of the outer surface. The cable glands are connectable to form the cable-gland system by mating the male projection on one cable gland with the female recess of an adjacent cable gland.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Ming-Lung Wang, Yuan-Chi Chang
  • Patent number: 11837816
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including one or more isolation breaks connected between one or more first portions of a first wire and one or more second portions of a second wire, wherein the one or more isolation breaks prevent moisture intrusion between the one or more first portions of the first wire and the one or more second portions of the second wire; an inner housing; an upper compressing plate; a lower compressing plate; a grommet and an outer housing sized to receive the inner housing; where the one or more isolation breaks are connected between the one or more first portions of the first wire and the one or more second portions of the second wire prior to compressing the grommet between the upper compressing plate and the lower compressing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HYDRA-ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: John Chick Hong Tang, Robert Andrew Guziak
  • Patent number: 11837830
    Abstract: A hinged busbar assembly includes a first mounting busbar configured to be electrically and mechanically connected to the first component at a fixed connection, a second mounting busbar configured to be electrically and mechanically connected to the second component at a fixed connection, and at least two extension busbars extending between the first and second mounting busbars. Adjacent extension busbars are electrically and mechanically connected to each other at a pivotal connection. One of the at least two extension busbars is electrically and mechanically connected to the first mounting busbar at a pivotal connection, and another one of the at least two extension busbars is electrically and mechanically connected to the second mounting busbar at a pivotal connection. Each pivotal connection includes at least one extension extending from each adjacent busbar and at least one electrical contact mounted in each extension, and a pin inserted through the electrical contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Crighton, Robert Dillman