Patents Examined by Paul D Baillargeon
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Patent number: 11502469Abstract: A shunt extends from a brush received by a brush box of a brush holder. The first end of the shunt can be connected to the brush, and the second end of the shunt can connect to the brush holder. A lever connects to a back plate of the brush holder, and the lever may reversibly and selectively rotate between a first position and a second position; the lever can have a distal portion, and the second position of the lever secures a portion of the shunt between the distal portion of the lever and another component of the brush holder. The secured portion of the shunt can restrict downward movement of the brush in the brush box, while a spring pushes downward on the brush in the brush in the brush box, to thereby fixedly position the brush in the brush box.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: TRANSPORTATION IP HOLDINGS, LLCInventor: William E. Stewart
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Patent number: 11498498Abstract: A steering roll connector assembly includes a roll stator. The assembly also includes a roll rotor telescoped in and rotatably coupled to the roll stator to allow relative rotation between the roll rotor and roll stator. The assembly further includes a lock-pin operatively engaging the roll rotor, and the lock-pin is releasable from the operative engagement with the roll rotor. The assembly yet further includes an arm extending from the lock-pin and operatively engaging the roll stator when the lock-pin couples to the roll rotor to prevent relative rotation between the roll rotor and the roll stator.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: AMERICAN FURUKAWA, INC.Inventors: Jere Wade, Alberto Castro Padilla
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Patent number: 11495943Abstract: A bus bar protector is configured to cover a bus bar having a flat plate portion and a standing portion standing from an end of the flat plate portion, and includes a first cover that covers one face of the bus bar and a second cover that covers another face of the bus bar. The first cover includes a first flat plate cover that covers the flat plate portion of the bus bar, and a first standing cover that covers the standing portion of the bus bar. The second cover includes a second flat plate cover that covers the flat plate portion of the bus bar, and a second standing cover that covers the standing portion of the bus bar. The first standing cover includes a pair of engagement pieces arranged to project toward the second standing cover and bent toward each other to engage with the second standing cover.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Takahiro Mizuno
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Patent number: 11495922Abstract: A multifunctional high-voltage connector and a battery product are disclosed. The multifunctional high-voltage connector includes: a fuse, a socket, and a plug. The socket includes a base and a socket terminal. The plug includes a seat and a plug terminal. The base includes: a first main body portion; a first accommodating portion, protruding from the first main body portion; and a second accommodating portion, protruding from the first main body portion and provided to be spaced apart from the first accommodating portion. The fuse is accommodated in the first accommodating portion. At least a part of the socket terminal is accommodated in the second accommodating portion. The seat of the plug is inserted into the second accommodating portion of the base.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Jianwei Li, Zhiqin Weng, Shengshen Ruan, Mingping Yang, Linggang Zhou, Libing Chan, Derong Wang
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Patent number: 11489303Abstract: An electrical connector includes an electrically conductive contact element (122) and a support (70). The contact element (122) is supported by an intermediate element (120) made of an elastically deformable material and connected to the support (70). An electrical connection assembly including a connector of the type is also described.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: IXBLUEInventors: Carole Chaize, Gildas Touin, Frédéric Mosca, Eric Delort, Jonathan Laporte, Hervé Arditty, Sébastien Grall, Christian Giroussens
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Patent number: 11479278Abstract: The invention relates to a ground terminal and to a method for discharging electric currents from a rotor part of a vehicle (such as a rail vehicle or the like, that has an axle) to a stationary stator part of the vehicle. The ground terminal includes a retaining device and a terminal element. The retaining device is connected to the stationary stator part of the vehicle in electrically-conductive manner, the terminal element is disposed on and connected to the retaining in electrically-conductive manner. The terminal element is made mostly of graphite and subjected to a contact force by means of a spring device of the retaining device to realize an electrically-conductive sliding contact between a sliding contact surface of the terminal element provided for realizing the sliding contact and a terminal surface of the rotor part. The terminal element has an arc-shaped cross-section at least in portions thereof, an outer surface of the cross-section forming the sliding contact surface at least in sections.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: SCHUNK TRANSIT SYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Lothar Schneider, Annette Schneider
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Patent number: 11476596Abstract: A grounding attachment for use with a CRS Roller. The grounding attachment has a body having two arms. Each arm is pivotally attached to the body. The arms are configured to be biased downward onto a conductor positioned on the CRS Roller. Preferably a torsion spring biases the arms downward such that a roller attached to each arm rests on a conductor positioned within the radius block. Energy is conducted from the conductor, through the roller and arm to a grounding lug that is configured for a lineworker to attach a ground to the grounding device to allow the energy to reach the earth.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Inventor: Robert Seekell
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Patent number: 11462873Abstract: A contact-type power supply apparatus includes: a first cylindrical body; a second cylindrical body configured to surround the first cylindrical body, be disposed concentrically to the first cylindrical body, and be rotatable around a central axis of the first cylindrical body; an annular body configured to surround the first cylindrical body, be disposed concentrically to the first cylindrical body, be in non-contact with the second cylindrical body, and have an end surface being an inclined surface having a tapered shape; and a contact body configured to face the annular body in an axial direction of the first cylindrical body, be electrically connected to the second cylindrical body, rotate around the central axis around the first cylindrical body together with the second cylindrical body, have a contact surface that is in contactable with the inclined surface, and receive an electric potential of the annular body by sliding with the annular body.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2021Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Ulvac, Inc.Inventor: Shuuji Saitou
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Patent number: 11450928Abstract: A cell-contacting device for a battery module includes a cell-connector support fitted onto a plurality of storage-cell modules of the battery module and a cell-connector sheet. The cell-connector support has a snap-fit arrangement. The cell-connector sheet is mounted on or in the cell-connector support by the snap-fit arrangement in a form-fitting manner.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2019Date of Patent: September 20, 2022Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbHInventors: Jonas Happ, Jens Huber, Stefan Wallner, Gunther Chritz
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Patent number: 11437688Abstract: Described is a power connection device of an electric battery including a cage, a busbar and a contact pad. The cage is made from a first material chosen for its mechanical properties and rigidity. The busbar and the pad are made from a second material chosen for its electrical conduction properties. The cage also comprises spring means designed to clamp at least a portion of a tab, inserted into the cage, against the pad. A connection assembly comprising the power connection device and a tab electrically connected to a battery cell is also described.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Aptiv Technologies LimitedInventors: Jean Fabre, Laurent Tristani, Stephane Lacote
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Patent number: 11424578Abstract: An electrical connector for high frequency data signal transmission includes a housing, at least one tunnel extending through the housing and at least one electrical lead extending through the at least one tunnel. At least a portion of the electrical lead in the tunnel is embedded in a surrounding material having a relative permittivity which is less than 2.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: Gert Droesbeke, Jannik Renfordt
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Patent number: 11411360Abstract: The present invention relates to a connection having a joint with a limited range of motion, the connector including: a connection connector including a connection signal pin, a connection dielectric surrounding the connection signal pin, and a connection ground electrically insulated from the connection signal pin by the connection dielectric; and a first fixed connector into which one side of the connection connector is inserted and which allows a joint of the connection connector to move on the basis of the inserted one side of the connection connector, wherein the connection ground includes a connection protruding portion formed so that one end of the connection ground protrudes outward, a connection limiting portion which is adjacent to the connection protruding portion, has a thickness smaller than a thickness of the connection protruding portion, and comes in contact with an inner side of the first fixed connector to limit a range of motion of the joint of the connection connector, a connection elasticType: GrantFiled: September 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: GIGALANE CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyung Hun Jung, Sun Hwa Cha, Hwa Yoon Song, Chang Hyun Yang, Jae Jun Lee, Sang Min Seo, Hee seok Jung
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Patent number: 11404833Abstract: An RF Connector and grounding device therefor comprises a driver, a contact ring and a spring clamp having a split ring washer disposed therebetween. The split ring washer interposes the driver on one side of the washer and the contact ring on the other side thereof and defines an aperture for receiving a prepared end of a coaxial cable. The washer is connected to one side of an annular ring while a shouldered flange is disposed on the opposing side of the ring. Upon delivering a compressive clamping force to a compression cap, the split ring washer is captured between adjacent peaks or corrugations of the outer conductor.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, LLCInventors: Thomas Sawyer Urtz, Jr., Colter P. Mahlum, Brandon M. Stevens
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Patent number: 11404802Abstract: A grounding clamp includes a safety lock-out which locks the operation of the clamp in the absence of a cooperating hot-stick. The lock-out employs a clutch which prevents the translation of the clamping members relative to one another until the clutch is disengaged. The cooperating hot-stick is required for the disengagement of the clutch.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Quanta Associates, L.P.Inventors: Daniel Neil O'Connell, Phillip Howard Quaedvlieg, David Karl Wabnegger, Janos Csaba Toth, Ian Edward Trip, Ronald F. Howarth, Jolly Vincent Pangan Nepomuceno, Robert Dale Wicks
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Patent number: 11398688Abstract: A plug-in connector cooperating with a terminal block includes a body having a cooperation assembly mechanically securing the plug-in connector on the terminal block, the body having a compartment accommodating a fuse element, a pair of plug contacts received within the compartment, and a handle part having an actuating portion and a linking portion. The plug contacts are each connected to a terminal of the fuse element. Each of the plug contacts has a contact tongue extending outside of the compartment, the contact tongue electrically secured to a bus bar of the terminal block. The linking portion is attached to the body and extends along a linking axis parallel to an insertion axis of a pin of the cooperation assembly. The actuating portion has an actuating surface extending transversely to the insertion axis and cooperating with a marking element disposed along the actuating surface.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SASInventors: Andre Imperato, Yannick Villardier, Damien Lacoste
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Patent number: 11398633Abstract: A coolant storage tank (1) for storing coolant in a fuel cell system (2), the coolant storage tank comprising a plurality of individually controllable heater elements (7, 8a, 8b). A coolant storage tank comprising a first heater element (7) located at a base of the coolant storage tank and a second heater element (8a) is also disclosed. A coolant storage tank comprising a first coolant storage compartment (50) in fluid communication with a second coolant storage compartment (51), the first coolant storage compartment including at least a first heater element (54) and wherein the second coolant storage compartment is unheated is also disclosed. A method of melting frozen coolant in a coolant storage tank is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2020Date of Patent: July 26, 2022Assignee: Intelligent Energy LimitedInventors: Daniel Ninan, Nathaniel Palmer, Sophie Charlotte Harris, Phillip Wardle, Jonathan Cole, Iain Fraser, Peter David Hood, Paul Leonard Adcock
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Patent number: 11394135Abstract: A connection element for connecting an insulated electrical conductor includes: a clamping sleeve body in which a receiving space for the electrical conductor is formed; and a connection screw which has a screw head and a screw shaft and is introducible into the receiving space along an insertion direction of the connection screw via an opening formed on the clamping sleeve body. The receiving space has a first region and a second region which adjoins the first region. The first region forms a support region for the conductor and the second region forms a press-in region into which a subregion of the conductor arranged in the first region is pressed by the connection screw in a connected state. The second region has two opposite side walls against which strands of the conductor exposed by pressing in the conductor bear in an electrically contacting manner in the connected state.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KGInventor: Sergej Eremin
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Patent number: 11387582Abstract: A contact insert for a connecting terminal, wherein the contact insert has a busbar piece and a clamping spring for clamping an electrical conductor in a conductor insertion direction, wherein the busbar piece and the clamping spring form a clamping point for the electrical conductor to be clamped, and wherein the contact insert has a bushing contact for receiving a contact pin. The longitudinal extension direction of the bushing contact runs essentially perpendicular to the conductor insertion direction from the busbar piece. The bushing contact is designed to receive the contact pin perpendicular to the longitudinal extension direction of the bushing contact and to receive the contact pin in the longitudinal extension direction of the bushing contact.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2021Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbHInventor: Henry Stolze
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Patent number: 11381030Abstract: A method for reducing the effect of electromagnetic interference (EMI), providing EMI protection to a connector assembly, using at least one vertical disk ferrule. The method includes steps of providing a flared portion, first portion, of a wire shield to at least a vertical disk ferrule, or affixing between two of said vertical disk ferrules. Further, one of a step of providing a ferrule having a face which contacts a metallic connector housing directly; or providing the flared portion of the wire shield which contacts said metallic connector housing directly; wherein said EMI is conducted from said metallic connector housing to said ferrule or flared portion, further conducting said EMI to said flared portion of the wire shield, further conducting said EMI through a second portion of said wire shield, further conducting said EMI to ground; said EMI being generated by at least the metallic connector housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: J.S.T. CORPORATIONInventors: David Demaratos, Joshua Taylor
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Patent number: 11381015Abstract: A receptacle connector with a metal housing encircling an insulative housing with a slot to receive a paddle card of a plug connector. The metal housing may have a tab engaging a wall of the insulative housing bounding the slot. The tab may be positioned such that, if a plug is improperly inserted into the receptacle, it presses against the tab. The tab may be configured to distribute force generated during an attempt to mate a misaligned plug away from thin wall portions of the insulative housing at an end of the slot. The tab may extend over a surface of the insulative housing beyond that thin wall portion and may be recessed into the housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Amphenol East Asia Ltd.Inventor: Lo-Wen Lu