Patents Examined by Muhammed Azam
  • Header terminal alignment assembly
    Patent number: 11370369
    Abstract: A terminal holder includes a holder body. Two terminal mounts extend through the holder body. Each terminal mount includes a terminal shroud that defines a terminal space around a terminal axis. A lock flange extends from the terminal shroud toward the terminal axis. A lock finger also extends from the terminal shroud toward the terminal axis. The lock flange and the lock finger are spaced apart to define a terminal lock space therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Bhupinder Rangi, David Menzies
  • Multilayer ceramic electronic component with glass component, plating layer, and semiconductor layer
    Patent number: 11361901
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a rectangular parallelepiped stacked body having first and second main surfaces and first and second end surfaces, and first and second external electrodes. The first external electrode is provided on a portion of the second main surface and on the first end surface, and the second external electrode is provided on a portion of the second main surface and on the second end surface. A semiconductor layer is provided at the interface between the stacked body and a portion of the first external electrode that is located on the portion of the second main surface, and a semiconductor layer is provided at the interface between the stacked body and a portion of the second external electrode that is located on the portion of the second main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Togawa
  • Locking structure, electrical connection box, and wire harness
    Patent number: 11362493
    Abstract: A locking structure includes: a locking protrusion and a locking arm. The locking arm includes a flexible arm main body and an engaging projection portion protruding from an outer surface of the arm main body. The locking protrusion includes a protrusion main body on which an arm guide surface, a protruding tip surface, and an engaging surface are disposed along the engagement direction, and a jig groove that is formed in the protrusion main body. The engaging projection portion is formed on the outer surface at a position away from an arm tip of the arm main body in the engagement direction. The protruding tip surface is longer than the arm tip in the engagement direction. The jig groove cuts out the protrusion main body in the engagement direction from the arm guide surface to the protruding tip surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Ikeda, Takaaki Kakimi, Tetsuya Kato
  • Automobile architecture
    Patent number: 11338746
    Abstract: An automobile architecture includes a composite cable, a main electronic control unit, a subsidiary electronic control unit, a motor sensor, and a wheel velocity sensor. In the architecture, the composite cable connects the main electronic control unit and the subsidiary electronic control unit, and the motor sensor and the wheel velocity sensor are connected to the subsidiary electronic control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta Kobayashi, Akira Kitabata, Takaya Kohori, Masayuki Ishikawa, Taiko Sato, Hiroyuki Ishikawa
  • Wiring member with resin molded portions and bracket
    Patent number: 11342096
    Abstract: A wiring member includes wires, a resin molded portion that covers the wires, and a bracket attachment that is attached to the resin molded portion. The resin molded portion includes a bracket attachment portion that is formed with at least one flat surface portion. The bracket includes a first attachment portion that is configured to be attached to an attachment location, and a second attachment portion that is connected to the first attachment portion and is crimped to the bracket attachment portion while being in surface contact with at least one of the at least one flat surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto, Moriyuki Shimizu
  • Fixing structure of splice part
    Patent number: 11342690
    Abstract: A fixing structure of a splice part includes a plurality of electrical wires each having a splice part and mutually connected and a sheet material to which the splice part is fixed. The fixing structure of the splice part is considered to have a portion of the plurality of electrical wires fixed to the sheet material in addition to the splice part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Daichi Fukushima, Housei Mizuno, Miyu Aramaki, Tetsuya Nishimura
  • Water-proof lock structure, electric connection box, and apparatus
    Patent number: 11329465
    Abstract: A lock structure includes: an engaged body; and an engaging body capable of inserting and removing the engaged body along insertion and removal directions opposite to each other. An engaged body includes first and second engaged walls disposed opposite to each other at an interval, a connection wall which connects end portions on the insertion direction side thereof, and an engaged protrusion protruding from an outer wall surface of the second engaged wall. An engaging body has first and second engaging walls in which a space between the respective inner wall surfaces is defined as an accommodation space of the engaged body, an engaging protrusion protruding from the inner wall surface of the second engaging wall and capable of locking the engaged protrusion on the removal direction side, and a third engaging wall disposed between the first and second engaging walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yukihiro Kawamura
  • Multilayer ceramic electronic parts with conductive resin
    Patent number: 11315733
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body having a dielectric layer and an internal electrode, an electrode layer connected to the internal electrode, and a conductive resin layer disposed on the electrode layer and including a conductive metal, a metal having a lower melting point than the conductive metal, a conductive carbon, and a base resin. The conductive carbon is included in the conductive resin layer in an amount of 0.5 to 5.0 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the conductive metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hye Hun Park, Won Kuen Oh, Tae Gyeom Lee, Ji Hong Jo
  • Insulating box and method for electrical outlets, switches and light fixtures
    Patent number: 11303105
    Abstract: A method of insulating an electrical switch/outlet/fixture box installed in an exterior wall comprising a plurality of vertically extending studs, a first insulating material disposed between the plurality of vertically extending studs, a water vapor barrier extending over the first insulating material, furring extending horizontally over the first insulating material and a finishing panel attached to the furring, using an insulated box, the method comprising the steps of making an opening in the water vapor barrier adjacent to one of the plurality of vertically extending studs; introducing the insulated box into the vapor barrier opening; introducing the electrical switch/outlet/fixture box into the insulated box; and attaching the electrical switch/outlet/fixture box and the insulated box to the one of the plurality of vertically extending studs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: IZO BOX, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Labonte, Simon Prud'Homme
  • Ceramic electronic device with varying roughness terminal electrode
    Patent number: 11302480
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic device including a ceramic body having ceramic layers and internal electrode layers stacked in alternating manner and a terminal electrode formed at an end face of the ceramic body. The terminal electrode includes a base electrode including a metal component and a glass component, an intermediate electrode layer including Ni and formed at an outer face of the base electrode layer, and an upper electrode layer including Pd or Au and formed at an outer face of the intermediate electrode layer. Also, a surface roughness Ra1 of the base electrode layer in the terminal electrode is 5.0 ?m or less; or the surface roughness Ra1 of the base electrode layer, a surface roughness Ra2 of the intermediate electrode layer, and a surface roughness Ra3 of the upper electrode layer satisfy a relationship of Ra1>Ra3?Ra2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuhiro Takahashi, Tomohisa Fukuoka
  • Information handling system high density motherboard
    Patent number: 11294435
    Abstract: An information handling system motherboard integrates components through integrated wirelines, including at least some components coupled to the motherboard on opposite sides of a narrow region, such as formed by an opening that accepts a cooling fan. A bridge circuit board couples to contacts of the motherboard on opposing sides of the narrow region so that wirelines integrated in the bridge circuit board interface motherboard wirelines, thus offering greater communication density across the narrow region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Yong-Teng Lin, Jeffrey D. Kane
  • Power conversion device
    Patent number: 11297744
    Abstract: A capacitor and a discharge resistor can be connected using a simplified configuration without using a bus bar. A connection of a capacitor and a discharge resistor of a power conversion device are carried out using wire harnesses that form positive and negative lines. The capacitor and the discharge resistor are integrated by being directly connected using a first wire harness. A second wire harness is drawn out from a terminal portion electrically separated from a first terminal portion of the capacitor; and a third wire harness is drawn out from the discharge resistor, where the second wire harness and the third wire harness are fastened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Kota Hozumi, Masahiro Noguchi
  • Multilayer ceramic electronic component having effective coverage of external electrode
    Patent number: 11282646
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body; and first and second external electrodes disposed on the ceramic body, wherein the first and second external electrodes include first and second conductive layers disposed on corners of the ceramic body, and first and second base electrodes covering the first and second conductive layers, respectively, and wherein a ratio, A1/A2, of an area, A1, of the first conductive layer disposed on the fifth surface or the second conductive layer disposed on the sixth surface of the ceramic body to an area, A2, of a cross-sectional surface of the ceramic body taken in the second direction and the first direction is in a range of 0.1 to 0.3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In Kyung Jung, Dong Hwi Shin
  • Wire harness
    Patent number: 11282617
    Abstract: A wire harness that includes an electric wire that includes a core wire, an insulating inner cover that covers an outer circumference of the core wire, and a conductive shield that covers an outer circumference of the insulating inner cover; a conductive bracket including a plate that includes an insertion hole through which the electric wire is inserted and a protrusion protruding from an edge of the insertion hole in the plate; a fastener that fastens a folded-back portion of the shield that is folded back to an outer circumferential side of the protrusion to the protrusion; and a body made of resin that sandwiches the plate in a thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Masashi Hayashi
  • High-speed flat cable having better bending/folding memory and manufacturing method thereof
    Patent number: 11282618
    Abstract: A high-speed flat cable includes a plurality of shielded signal units, one or more bendable composite layers, and an adhesive layer. The shielded signal units are substantially coplanar, spaced apart from each other or adjoining each other. The one or more bendable composite layers includes an inner insulating film layer, a bendable aluminum foil layer, and an outer insulating film layer. The one or more bendable composite layers composed of the inner insulating film layer, the bendable aluminum foil layer, and the outer insulating film layer increase its mechanical bending/folding property to improve the bending/folding memory. The one or more bendable composite layers allows the flat cable to be bent with ease without rebounding, thereby enhancing production efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Amphenol AssembleTech (Xiamen) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Wen Chu Yang, Zhi Ming Huang, David Rosenboom, Jesus Jaramillo
  • Wire harness with short-long sides overlapping flat wires
    Patent number: 11273774
    Abstract: A wire harness, including: a first wire including a first core wire and a second wire including a second core wire, the first core wire and the second core wire being joined together, wherein the first core wire includes a first flat surface extending along an entire length of the first core wire in a length direction, the second core wire includes a second flat surface extending along an entire length of the second core wire in a length direction, and the first flat surface and the second flat surface are overlapped and joined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hirokazu Nakai
  • Composite cable and composite harness
    Patent number: 11264148
    Abstract: A composite cable includes a pair of first electric wires, a twisted pair wire formed by twisting a pair of second electric wires having a smaller outer diameter than the first electric wires, a tape member wound into a spiral around an assembly that is formed by twisting the pair of first electric wires and the twisted pair wire together, and a sheath covering an outer periphery of the tape member. The tape member and the sheath includes an inwardly projecting part formed in a spiral along a cable longitudinal direction and formed so as to enter inward at least one of a valley part between the two first electric wires and valley parts between the first electric wires and the twisted pair wire. The inwardly projecting part has a projecting length of not less than 3% of an outer diameter of the first electric wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Tomoyuki Murayama, Hirotaka Eshima, Fumihito Oka, Takahiro Futatsumori
  • Multilayer ceramic capacitor with interposing molybdenum (Mo) ground layer
    Patent number: 11264168
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer chip having a parallelepiped shape in which each of a plurality of dielectric layers and each of a plurality of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked and each of the internal electrode layers is alternately exposed to two end faces of the multilayer chip, a main component of the plurality of dielectric layers being a ceramic; and a pair of external electrodes that are formed on the two end faces; wherein: the pair of external electrodes have a structure in which a plated layer is formed on a ground layer; a main component of the ground layer is a metal or an alloy including at least one of Ni and Cu; and at least a part of a surface of the ground layer on a side of the plated layer includes an interposing substance including Mo.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haruna Ubukata, Satoko Namiki, Atsuhiro Yanagisawa, Tomonori Yamatoh
  • Wiring harness with a reinforcing layer that includes polyurea resin
    Patent number: 11222736
    Abstract: A wiring harness (10) includes wires (20), an exterior material, such as a pipe (30), through which the wires (20) are inserted, and a reinforcing layer (40) formed to cover at least either the wires (20) or the exterior material. The reinforcing layer (40) is constituted by a resin film made of one or more materials selected from polyurea resin, polyurethane resin and mixed resin of the polyurea resin and the polyurethane resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventors: Hikaru Omae, Masashi Hayashi
  • Electrical component-attached wire harness for vehicle dashboard and assembly structure of electrical component-attached wire harness
    Patent number: 11208058
    Abstract: An electrical component-attached wire harness includes a base material disposed in a vehicle, a wire harness disposed along the base material, and at least one electrical component to which an end portion of the wire harness is connected. For example, the at least one electrical component may include an electronic control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Koji Yamaguchi, Housei Mizuno, Shinya Sadohara, Hiroki Hirai, Shinya Itou, Yutaka Matsumura