Patents Examined by Muhammed Azam
  • Patent number: 11017914
    Abstract: A covered electric wire comprises an insulating coating layer on the outer side of a conductor. The conductor comprises a copper alloy consisting of: not less than 0.05% by mass and not more than 2.0% by mass of Fe; not less than 0.02% by mass and not more than 1.0% by mass of Ti; not less than 0% by mass and not more than 0.6% by mass of Mg; and the balance being Cu and impurities. The covered electric wire is a stranded wire comprising a plurality of copper alloy wires stranded together. The plurality of copper alloy wires each have a work hardening coefficient of not less than 0.1 and a wire diameter of not more than 0.5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akiko Inoue, Kei Sakamoto, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Taichiro Nishikawa, Kiyotaka Utsunomiya, Yusuke Oshima, Yasuyuki Ootsuka, Kinji Taguchi, Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Ryoma Uegaki
  • Patent number: 11011312
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes: a multilayer chip in which each of dielectric layers and each of internal electrode layers are alternately stacked and the internal electrode layers are alternately exposed to two end faces; and external electrodes formed on the two end faces; wherein: the external electrodes have a structure in which a plated layer is formed on a ground layer including Mo; and “M?0.003185×(Ew×Et)?0.5921 is satisfied when “Et” is a height from a bottom one of the internal electrode layers to a top one of the internal electrode layers, “Ew” is a width of the internal electrode layers in a direction in which side faces of the multilayer chip face with each other, and “M” is a Mo concentration (atm %) with respect to a main component ceramic of a total of the multilayer chip and the pair of external electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Iwai, Atsuhiro Yanagisawa, Yoshinori Shibata, Masumi Ishii, Takeshi Nosaki, Hiroyuki Moteki
  • Patent number: 11006555
    Abstract: A shield member that includes a drain wire with a free end portion by cutting a long drain wire-attached shield member to a desired length. The shield member includes a shield portion and a drain wire. The shield portion can shield an electric wire. The drain wire includes a holding portion provided between a first end and a second end of the shield portion and held in the shield portion; and an extension portion that is continuous with the holding portion and extends outward from the shield portion. At least a portion of the holding portion extends between the first end and the second end of the shield portion while having excess length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Housei Mizuno, Hidetoshi Ishida, Yasuyuki Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11006537
    Abstract: A device includes an interior which is enclosed by a housing. The housing includes an opening. A movable component closes the opening in the housing between the interior and an exterior of the housing. The passage points for movable components have hydrophobic surfaces. A device of this type is protected in a non-contacting manner against penetration and discharge of fluids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Inventor: Martin Koepsell
  • Patent number: 11004604
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic device includes: a multilayer chip in which dielectric layers are stacked, the multilayer chip having two end faces, an upper face, a lower face and two side faces; a plurality of first internal electrode layers that are provided inside of the multilayer chip, each of the plurality of first internal electrode layers having projection portions extracted to the two side faces; and external electrodes that are provided on the two side faces between the two end faces and are connected to the projection portions, wherein each of the external electrodes has a smaller thickness in a region not connected to the projection portions, has an inflection point toward the projection portions, and has a larger thickness in a region connected to the projection portions, in a direction connecting the two end faces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohiko Zaima, Takashi Sasaki, Kunihiro Matsushita
  • Patent number: 10998135
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes external electrodes having conductive resin layers thereinside on respective two ends opposed to each other in a rectangular parallelepiped ceramic component body. Each of the external electrodes includes an underlying metal layer, an intermediate metal layer, a conductive resin layer, an external metal layer. A tip angle ? between an outer face of a tip portion of the wraparound portion of the underlying metal layer and a surface of the ceramic component body is 20° or smaller, and a tip angle ? between an outer face of a tip portion of the wraparound portion of the intermediate metal layer and a surface of the ceramic component body is 20° or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Satoshi Kobayashi, Takahisa Fukuda, Tomoaki Nakamura, Mikio Tahara, Naoki Saito, Kiyoshiro Yatagawa
  • Patent number: 10993312
    Abstract: A printed circuit board (PCB) for an information handling system includes first and second signal vias, and a quantity of ground vias. The first signal via is separated from the second signal via by a first distance. The ground vias are grouped into pairs and each ground via of each pair is separated from one of the first or second signal vias by a second distance. The location of the ground vias in terms of an angle between the ground vias is given as an expression relating the first distance, the second distance, and the quantity of ground vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Sanjay Kumar, Bhyrav M. Mutnury
  • Patent number: 10985538
    Abstract: A method for reducing a volume of air within an electrical distribution system. The method includes providing at least one cable, surrounding the at least one cable with an isolating unit, placing a first shielding body on a top surface of the isolating unit, placing a second shielding body on a bottom surface of the isolating unit, wherein placing the first shielding body and the second shielding body creates a gap X1 between the first shielding body or the second shielding body and the isolating unit, and crimping the first shielding body to the second shielding body to create a shield housing, so that a gap X2 is created between the first shielding body or the second shielding body and the isolating unit, wherein X2 is less than X1. The at least a portion of the first shielding body may overlap with the second shielding body, and the first shielding body or the second shielding body may include at least one flared portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: LEONI Bordnetz-Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Fernando Perez-Lazcano, Alexander Kett, Tuncer Gür, Michaela Gau
  • Patent number: 10985544
    Abstract: A subsea connector (20) is provided for joining a first cable (2) having a first minimum bending radius (MBR) and a second cable (3) having a second minimum bending radius (MBR). The subsea connector is arranged with a first joint device (21, 53) for connection with the first cable and a second joint device (22, 54) for connection with the second cable (3). The subsea connector comprises a conductive member (25, 57) for transfer of electric power between the first and the second cable (2,3), the conductive member having, in an installed position, a U-shape configuration and the radius of curvature of the subsea connector is less than or equal to the first and second minimum bending radii such that at least a portion of the first cable (2) extending from connection with the first joining device (21,53) is arranged essentially parallel with at least a portion of the second cable (3) extending from connection with the second joint device (22,54).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Oyvind Iversen, Bjorn Willy Kalheim
  • Patent number: 10984924
    Abstract: A guarded coaxial cable assembly including at least a pair of conductors, one or more rails, and a jacket covering these parts such as a first rail extending alongside two nearby conductors, the rail and the conductors embedded in an outer electrically insulating jacket, the outer jacket having a pair of generally opposed bearing surfaces for bearing transverse loads, the rail operative to reduce outer jacket deformations resulting from transverse loads applied to the bearing surfaces; and, the orientation of the rail and the conductors within the outer jacket operative to limit conductor or conductor jacket deformations resulting from transverse loads applied to the bearing surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Holland Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: George Goebel, Reed Gibson, Scott Hatton
  • Patent number: 10985474
    Abstract: A grounding connector has a body including a first side, a second side, and a mid-section extending therebetween, with an opening extending through the body from the first side to the second side. The body of the grounding connector includes a lock joint configured to join the grounding connector with a second grounding connector, with the lock joint including a recess inset into the mid-section of the body and a protrusion adjacent the recess extending from the mid-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: David K. Osenga, Robert G. Bucciferro
  • Patent number: 10971284
    Abstract: A power and communications cable may include an electromagnetic waveguide, an inner metallic tubular surrounding the electromagnetic waveguide, an electrically conductive material surrounding the inner metallic tubular, an electrically insulating material surrounding the electrically conductive material, and an outer metallic tubular resistant to corrosion and abrasion surrounding the electrically insulating layer. The example system may include an electrical device locatable in the wellbore and coupleable to the cable and a control unit coupleable to the cable and operable to supply power to and communicate with the electrical device via the power and communications cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Ramon Hernandez Marti, Luis San Martin
  • Patent number: 10971904
    Abstract: The present invention is an electrical junction box comprising a walled enclosure having an articulating cover member. The articulating cover member has an opening and is configured to allow an electrical device such as switch to be coupled to the cover member and further reside within the electrical junction box when the cover member is articulated into a closed position. When the cover member is in an open position, an installer has access to the backside of the electrical device and to the inside of the junction box. The coupling to of the electrical device to the cover member allows for support and stability of the electrical device while installing the required electrical lines that run through the junction box to the electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Southwire Company, LLC
    Inventor: Barton L. Garvin
  • Patent number: 10965112
    Abstract: Damper clamps that can be mounted and secured to utility conductors from remote locations are provided. The damper clamps are configured to be installed from remote locations, such as the ground, by an individual lineman using an extendable reach tool. Initially, the damper clamp is set in an open position where a conductor can be positioned within a seat of the damper clamp and then the damper clamp can be activated so that a keeper is biased toward the seat to temporarily hold the conductor within the seat. The keeper is then tightened to releasably secured to the conductor to the damper clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Trisha Danielle Crawford, Adrian Beau Candelaria, Nicole Slawinski
  • Patent number: 10953824
    Abstract: A wire routing structure includes a main body held by a vehicle body fixing member, and which includes a plurality of spaces having a plurality of wires inserted therein, and a partitioning structure that partitions the respective spaces. The main body has a split structure that allows the main body to be opened. The vehicle body fixing member includes a fixing section configured to be fixed to a vehicle body, and a holding section connected to the fixing section and holding the main body. The holding section includes a band fixing structure including a band that holds the main body in a closed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takuya Nakaizumi
  • Patent number: 10959343
    Abstract: An integrated stand-off for a printed circuit board (PCB), and methods of making the integrated stand-off, and mounting such integrated stand-off to the PCB are disclosed. The integrated stand-off includes a metal grounding contact and a plastic element. The metal grounding contact is stamped on a first surface of a sheet metal chassis and the plastic element is overmolded on the metal grounded contact. The metal grounding contact is completely encased within the plastic element to distance the sheet metal chassis from contacting the PCB for preventing electrical shorts there between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventor: Robert Eugene Cayou
  • Patent number: 10950368
    Abstract: A telecommunications cable includes a plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors. The plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors extends substantially along a longitudinal axis of the telecommunications cable. In addition, the telecommunications cable includes a separator. The separator separates each twisted pair of insulated conductor of the plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors. Moreover, the telecommunications cable includes a first layer. The first layer surrounds the separator and the plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors along a length of the telecommunications cable. The separator is I-shaped filler. The separator is made of low smoke zero halogen material or MDPE. The first layer is made of low smoke zero halogen material, polyethylene or poly vinyl chloride. The first layer has a thickness in a range of about 0.4 millimeter-2.5 millimeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: STERLITE TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew Kaczmarski, Darshana Bhatt
  • Patent number: 10933822
    Abstract: A wire harness includes some control boxes dispersedly arranged on the wire harness; a trunk harness connecting one of the control boxes to another of the control boxes; and a branch harness connecting the control boxes to the electric components. The control boxes are configured to be able to multiplex and demultiplex the communication signals. The trunk harness has a common internal wire structure separate from where the trunk harness is connected to the control box. At least one of the control boxes is integrated with a functional component to be a component module. The functional component is configured to be able to input and output information relating to at least one of the electric components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Satoshi Enomoto, Masashi Nakamura, Tomokazu Kato, Shinichi Tadokoro
  • Patent number: 10938197
    Abstract: Provided is a grommet having: a main body, which is arranged in close contact with an opening of an attachment member, through which a shield electric wire having an electric wire covered with a braid is inserted, and which includes an elastically deformable electrically conductive material; a pair of shield terminals that are arranged respectively on one side and the other side of the attachment member, are connected with end portions of the braid, are assembled with the main body, and include an electrically conductive material; and an insertion portion, which is formed of a member continuous with the main body, through which the electric wire exposed from the braid is inserted, and which comes into close contact with the outer circumference of the electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenta Yanazawa, Hideomi Adachi, Masahide Tsuru, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Toshihiro Nagashima, Takeshi Ogue, Tetsuo Yamada
  • Patent number: 10903639
    Abstract: A joint for high voltage direct current cables extending along a longitudinal axis between two opposite end portions, the joint including: —a central semiconducting electrode; —two semiconducting deflectors; —a field grading layer longitudinally extending between each one of the deflectors and the central electrode and in electric contact therewith; —a joint insulating layer surrounding the central electrode, the two deflectors and the field grading layer; and —a joint outer semiconductive layer surrounding and in direct contact with the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: PRYSMIAN S.P.A.
    Inventor: Paolo Boffi