Patents Examined by Muhammed Azam
  • Multi-core cable
    Patent number: 10886720
    Abstract: Cable, which can be connected at one end to a connector, having at least two cores, a shield, an insulator, which is formed between the cores and the shield, and having a sleeve, which is formed at the end of the cable, wherein the sleeve comprises a first region with an oblong cross-section and a second region with a round cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Richard Pichlmaier, Johannes Schmid, Thomas Lödding
  • Grommet and wire harness
    Patent number: 10882473
    Abstract: A grommet includes a tube; and a flange that has a greater diameter than the tube, the flange having an inner end that is located on an inner side in a radial direction and that is coupled to one end of the tube, wherein: the inner end of the flange is formed so as to bulge outward in a radial direction relative to an outer circumferential surface of the tube, and has an outer surface that faces toward the tube and an inner circumferential surface that is located on the opposite side of the outer surface, and faces toward an internal space of the flange, and a connection between the one end of the tube and the inner end of the flange is provided with a recess that is recessed in a direction from the outer surface of the inner end to the inner circumferential surface of the inner end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hirokazu Nakai
  • Connection adapter for electrical plug
    Patent number: 10862227
    Abstract: In an aspect, a connection adapter is provided for connecting an earthing line to a metal protective hose, where the adapter includes an electrically conductive cylindrical body having an end face with an opening therein for passage of electrical conductors and the earthing line therethrough, and a receiving shoe connected to the end face, which is configured to seat the earthing line. The cylindrical body includes a plurality of inwardly facing tabs and is sized to fit over the metal protective hose. The tabs are configured to contact and slide over the metal protective hose so as to ensure an electrical connection is present between the metal protective hose and the earthing line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: WIELAND ELECTRIC GMBH
    Inventors: Edwin Haas, Dharmesh Patel, Noaman Makki, Steven Hughes
  • Hard coat-attached film type touch sensor and flexible device using same
    Patent number: 10833132
    Abstract: Provided is a hard coat-attached film type touch sensor excellent in workability in a manufacturing process while maintaining scratch resistance. A hard coat-attached film type touch sensor 1 used laminated on a display surface of a flexible display includes: a film type touch sensor 2; a first hard coat layer 4 provided in a large area on a region except for at least an edge portion 31 of one main surface of the film type touch sensor 2; and a second hard coat layer 5 provided adjacent to the first hard coat layer 4 in a region where the first hard coat layer 4 is not formed and having a lower hardness than the first hard coat layer 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: NISSHA CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kiyohito Shigemura
  • Tool for connecting busbars driven by a pneumatic motor driving unit
    Patent number: 10770880
    Abstract: A tool has a pneumatic motor driving unit, an electric control unit, a stationary portion, a movable portion, a loading portion for clamping a connecting rod, a first heating portion, and a second heating portion. The movable portion is movably connected to a first and second stationary shaft of the stationary portion, the movable portion is connected to a movable shaft by a screw pair, the movable shaft is fixedly connected to the pneumatic motor driving unit of the stationary portion, the movable shaft is driven to rotate around its axis by the pneumatic motor driving unit, the loading portion movably connects to the second stationary shaft of the stationary portion and slides between a stationary portion body and a movable portion body, the loading portion rotates around the second stationary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventor: Gong Zhu
  • Cable and wire harness
    Patent number: 10741301
    Abstract: A cable includes a plurality of electric wires, a tape member spirally wound around an assembled article that is formed by bundling the plurality of electric wires, and a sheath covering the tape member. The tape member includes a plurality of entangled fibers. A plurality of linear slits are formed on the tape member so as to penetrate the tape member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Tomoyuki Murayama, Hirotaka Eshima
  • Bus bar assembly with integrated surge arrestor
    Patent number: 10741313
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a laminated bus bar assembly with first and second bus bars and an intervening insulator layer. A surge arrestor (e.g., a metal oxide varistor) has a body mounted on the bus bar assembly and first and second terminals on first and second opposite sides of the body. In some embodiments, the body may be at least partially disposed in an opening in the first bus bar and the second terminal may be conductively bonded to a surface of the second bus bar that faces the insulator layer. In some embodiments, the second terminal may include a conductive stud passing through an opening in the second bus bar. The apparatus may include a spring clamp attached to the first bus bar and contacting the first side of the body to retain the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Yakov L. Familiant, Paul J. Rollmann, Andrew A. Rockhill
  • Articles with resistance gradients for uniform switching
    Patent number: 10739660
    Abstract: An article includes a transparent non-conducting layer, wherein a thickness of the transparent non-conducting layer continuously decreases in a first direction; and a transparent conducting layer on the transparent non-conducting layer, wherein a thickness of the transparent conducting layer continuously decreases in a direction opposite to the first direction. A thickness of the article is substantially uniform. A sheet resistance, Rs, to a flow of electrical current through the transparent conducting layer, varies as a function of position in the transparent conducting layer. A ratio of a value of maximum sheet resistance, Rmax, to a value of minimum sheet resistance, Rmin, in the transparent conducting layer is at least 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Robert R. Owings
  • Electrical junction box with divided portions
    Patent number: 10701827
    Abstract: An electrical junction box 1, which is intended to be miniaturized, has a plurality of electric components and an installing portion on which the plurality of electric parts are installed. The installing portion is composed of a plurality of divided portions, and has fastening portions for connecting adjacent divided portions to each other, while adjusting the positions of the adjacent divided portions relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ichikawa, Takao Shoji, Satoshi Hishikura, Hiroki Kayamori
  • Printed circuit board including sub-circuit board
    Patent number: 10701806
    Abstract: A printed circuit board includes: a core member including a through-hole; a sub-circuit board disposed in the through-hole; a first insulating layer disposed on opposing surfaces of the core member and opposing surfaces of the sub-circuit board; and an insulating material disposed between an inner wall of the through-hole and the sub-circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Ho Baek, Jung-Hyun Cho, Seung-Yeop Kook
  • Cable conduit for distribution panel and distribution panel comprising a cable conduit
    Patent number: 10694265
    Abstract: A cable conduit for distribution panels in network technology is provided comprising a first section for fastening and a second section for guiding cables, in which the first section is embodied such that the cable conduit, seen in the plug-in direction(s) of the distribution panel, can be arranged in front of a distribution panel such that the first section is arranged at a first part of the cable conduit and the second section is arranged at least partially at a second part of the cable conduit, which can be separated from the first part of the cable conduit and after the separation can be reconnected to the first part of the cable conduit, as well as a distribution panel comprising such a cable conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: MCQ TECH GmbH
    Inventors: Rolf Sticker, Felix Lindner
  • Braided cable and method of identifying braided bundle in braided cable
    Patent number: 10672536
    Abstract: A cable, which can serve as a mounting device for sensors, includes strands to be connected to the sensors. The strands are formed as a braided wire bundle. An insulating layer is provided on a surface of each of the strands in order to prevent mutual electric conduction of the strands. A particular braided bundle can be specified from among many braided bundles by using, as two indicators, a combination of colors of the insulating layers and a twist direction of the braided bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: SANYO DENKO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Kobayashi, Hiroshi Sadanari, Osamu Makino
  • Wiring substrate for electronic component inspection apparatus
    Patent number: 10674614
    Abstract: A wiring substrate for electronic component inspection apparatus includes a first laminate which is formed by stacking a plurality of ceramic layers and which has a front surface and a back surface, and a plurality of studs joined to the back surface of the first laminate Each of the studs is composed of a flange portion which is circular in bottom view, and a bolt portion which perpendicularly extends from a center portion of an outside surface of the flange portion. The flange portion has a truncated conical shape and the outside surface from which the bolt portion protrudes, such that the outside surface slopes from the proximal end side of the bolt portion toward the peripheral edge of the flange portion and gradually approaches the inside surface of the flange portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takakuni Nasu, Masaomi Hattori
  • Hybrid cable assembly with internal nylon jacket
    Patent number: 10672534
    Abstract: A wire cable comprising a ground conductor and an insulated conductor wherein the insulated conductor comprises a metal conductor, an insulated material surrounding the metal conductor, and a nylon jacket surrounding the insulated material. A binder surrounds the ground conductor and the insulated conductor and a jacket surrounds the binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Encore Wire Corporation
    Inventor: Paul W. Abernathy
  • Molded electrical junction box
    Patent number: 10673218
    Abstract: A molded electrical junction box may be formed from a high-heat thermoset polyester. The box includes a back wall, a parametrical side wall bounding the back wall and an open front face. The back wall includes an integrally molded rib pattern extending therefrom. The rib pattern increases the thickness of the back wall thereat. The rib pattern is formed to be in direct flow communication with a molding gate during the molding process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International LLC
    Inventors: Gregory Brian Richards, Charles C. Britton
  • Power cable
    Patent number: 10672539
    Abstract: A power cable includes a conductor; an inner semi-conductive layer covering the conductor; an insulating layer covering the inner semi-conductive layer, the insulating layer being impregnated with an insulating oil; an outer semi-conductive layer covering the insulating layer; a metal sheath layer covering the outer semi-conductive layer; and a cable protection layer covering the metal sheath layer. The insulating layer is formed by cross-winding insulating paper and impregnating the insulating paper with the insulating oil. The inner semi-conductive layer and the outer semi-conductive layer are formed by cross-winding semi-conductive paper and impregnating the semi-conductive paper with the insulating oil. A thickness of the outer semi-conductive layer is 7.5 to 15% of a total thickness of the inner semi-conductive layer, the insulating layer, and the outer semi-conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: LS CABLE & SYSTEM LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Sung Kim, Weon Bae Kim, Kyoung Ro Ko, Su Kil Lee, Joon Keun Lee, Soon Il Sohn, Kum Hwan Cha, Jae Cheol Gwag, Tae Hyun Kim
  • Electronic component and board having the same
    Patent number: 10658118
    Abstract: An electronic component includes a capacitor body, and first and second external electrodes disposed and spaced apart from each other on a mounting surface of the capacitor body. The electronic component further includes first and second connection terminals respectively connected to the first and second external electrodes and having first and second cutouts, respectively. The electronic component also includes a first plating layer covering the first external electrode and the first connection terminal, and a second plating layer covering the second external electrode and the second connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heung Kil Park, Se Hun Park, Gu Won Ji
  • Shielded conduction path
    Patent number: 10629330
    Abstract: A shielded conduction path includes a conduction path main body in which sheathed electrical wires are surrounded by a tubular braided wire. An inner holder through which the sheathed electrical wires pass and is made of a synthetic resin. The shielded conduction path further includes a shield shell to which the braided wire is fixed and configured to house the inner holder. A lock hole is formed in a circumferential surface of the shield shell. A lock arm is formed in the inner holder, and locks the inner holder and the shield shell in an attached state by locking to the lock hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro Hagi, Hiroshi Inoue
  • Cable sequence for a wiring of an electrical circuit, method for production and use
    Patent number: 10622735
    Abstract: A cable sequence for wiring of an electrical circuit with a series arrangement of a plurality of pre-assembled cables, each of which has a first cable end and a second cable end which lies opposite the first cable end. Each of the pre-assembled cables has a conductor and a conductor insulation. The cable ends are processed for the wiring of an electrical circuit in such a manner that a respective conductor end is insulation-free at the first cable end and at the second cable end, and connections between adjacently arranged pre-assembled cables in the series arrangement. By way of the connections, in each case a first cable end of a pre-assembled cable, produced beforehand as free cable end, and a second cable end of a next pre-assembled cable in the series arrangement, produced beforehand as free cable end, are connected to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Kersten Wurm, Jens Von Kiesling
  • Tool used for connecting busbars driven by an hydraulic motor driving unit
    Patent number: 10622797
    Abstract: An electric device has an hydraulic motor driving unit, an electric control unit, a stationary portion removably connecting to a first busbar, a movable portion removably connecting to a second busbar, and a loading portion for clamping connecting rods. The movable portion is movably connected to a first and second stationary shaft of the stationary portion, the movable portion is connected to a movable shaft by a screw pair, the movable portion is fixedly connected to the hydraulic motor driving unit, the movable shaft is driven to rotate around its axis by the hydraulic motor driving unit, the loading portion is movably connected to the second stationary shaft and slides between a body of the stationary portion and a body of the movable portion, the loading portion rotates around the second stationary shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Inventor: Gong Zhu