Patents Examined by Pete T Lee
  • Patent number: 11735334
    Abstract: Provided are a stretchable wire tape for a textile that can maintain high levels in all of stretchability, electrical conductivity, durability, an insulating property, and design and can also have a reduced production cost, wearable devices, and a method for producing textiles having wires. The stretchable wire tape for the textile includes a stretchable electrically conductive wire, and stretchable insulating films each including a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, the stretchable insulating films being bonded to opposite sides of the stretchable electrically conductive wire on their first faces. Since the stretchable insulating films are bonded to the opposite sides of the stretchable electrically conductive wire via bonding layers, durability and an insulating property can be secured while stretchability and electrical conductivity of the electrically conductive wire can be maintained, and design can also be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: XENOMA INC.
    Inventors: Masao Nakajima, Naomi Ohto
  • Patent number: 11717975
    Abstract: A cable management system for managing one or more cables extending from a robot singulator includes: an upper bracket assembly for mounting the cable management system to a robotic framework of the robot singulator; a cable carrier that is configured to receive and hold the one or more cables in a grouped configuration; and one or more leashes. Each leash of the cable management system is of a predetermined length and includes a distal end that is mounted to the cable carrier and a proximal end that is configured to be mounted to the robotic framework. When mounted to the robotic framework, each leash restricts the lateral movement of the cable carrier and the one or more cables received therein, thus reducing the extent to which the one or more cables can whip about the robotic framework while the robot singulator is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Material Handling Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Receveur, Jeremiah Jason Futter, Joshua Alan Wiley, Kurt Michael Wittmer
  • Patent number: 11721960
    Abstract: A floor box for housing electrical components includes a bottom and a plurality of walls extending from the bottom to at least partially define an interior and to at least partially define a central opening accessible to a user. A top plate having an inner portion at least partially defining a first wiring compartment facing the central opening and a second wiring compartment facing the central opening is connected to at least one of the plurality of walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Michael J. Marchetti, Christopher A. Carbone, Ryan G. Papageorge
  • Patent number: 11723168
    Abstract: A busbar assembly includes a base having a width and a length. The base has a first surface and a second surface and has a first side and a second side. A distance between the first side and the second side comprises the width, and the base defines a slot centered between approximately 75% and approximately 79% of the width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Muhammad H. Alvi, Rashmi Prasad, Chandra S. Namuduri
  • Patent number: 11716815
    Abstract: In an embodiment a LED chip insert for a printed circuit board includes a lead frame in which a number of electrically conductive strings with respective ends are formed by punching, the strings having support surfaces which are configured for mounting on the printed circuit board and which form a common plane, wherein the lead frame has a region formed as a recess with respect to the ends, an injection molded frame including an electrically insulating material and annularly surrounding a surface of the lead frame exposed within the region formed as the recess facing the ends of the strings, and thereby effecting an overall trough-like structure; and at least one LED chip which is placed in the region formed as the recess and has a first electrical contact terminal and a second electrical contact terminal, the first electrical contact terminal being electrically conductively connected to a first one of the strings and the second electrical contact terminal being electrically conductively connected to a second
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: OSRAM GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Beck, Sebastian Jooss, Gerhard Behr
  • Patent number: 11714457
    Abstract: A display device includes a lower substrate that includes a first substrate, and a plurality of second substrates on the first substrate. The plurality of second substrates have higher rigidity than a rigidity of the first substrate. The plurality of second substrates may be spaced apart from each other. The lower substrate also includes one or more light emitting elements disposed on each of the plurality of second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: JiYoung Ahn, Seulki Kim
  • Patent number: 11710584
    Abstract: A Type II superconductor includes a perforated carbonaceous material with an activating material on at least one surface. The activating material a non-polar liquid that does not incorporate Pi-bonding in its structure. The superconductor is manufactured by perforating a carbonaceous material to produce voids and coating at least one surface of the carbonaceous material with the activating material. A superconductive cable includes wires with a perforated carbonaceous material wetted with the activating material on a non-conductive substrate interspersed with non-conducting spacers and surrounded by an insulation layer. The superconductor conducts current at room temperature and above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Taj Quantum
    Inventors: John A. Wood, Paul J. Lilly
  • Patent number: 11705711
    Abstract: A support core for an elastic sleeve comprises a first cylindrical section disengagably connected to a second cylindrical section. Each cylindrical section has an annular sidewall made up of a plurality of interlocking concave plates extending longitudinally along a portion of the support core between a abutment end and a distal end. The abutment end of each cylinder section includes a generally helical edge. The plurality of concave plates comprises a top and bottom surfaces, having two opposing longitudinal edges extending between said surfaces on opposite sides of the concave plate. Each of the longitudinal edges comprises an interlocking feature that configure to connect to a mating feature of at least one other concave plate to form one of cylindrical sections of the support core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Anton F. Jachim, Sally M. Grambusch, Robert M. Anderton, Mark A. Hoisington, Jeffrey M. Maki, Christopher J. Evoniuk
  • Patent number: 11698165
    Abstract: A mounting bracket for a junction box includes a face plate having left and right edge margins and a central opening. The face plate includes a first set of indicia adjacent a top edge of the central opening and a second set of indicia adjacent a bottom edge of the central opening. Each set of indicia includes ruler graduations indicating a distance from the left edge margin of the face plate to the respective ruler graduation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventor: Martin Lee Witherbee
  • Patent number: 11696394
    Abstract: A display unit includes: a display section (11) having flexibility; and a bending control section (12a, 12b) configured to limit a movable shaft in bending the display section (11) to one direction in a display surface and allowed to maintain the display section (11) in an arbitrary bending state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: INTERDIGITAL CE PATENT HOLDINGS, SAS
    Inventor: Gen Yukawa
  • Patent number: 11694824
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for causing sufficient deformation in precursor particles even when a soft high-purity metal is used for an outer layer material in mechanical milling, and manufacturing an MgB2 superconducting wire. A method for manufacturing an MgB2 superconducting wire in which an MgB2 filament is covered by an outer layer material, the method comprising: subjecting magnesium powder and boron powder to a shock that is insufficient for MgB2 to be clearly produced, and producing precursor particles in which boron particles are dispersed inside a magnesium matrix; filling a metal tub with the precursor particles; processing the metal tube filled with precursor particles to form a wire; and heat-treating the wire to synthesize the MgB2; wherein the method is characterized in that a portion of the wire-drawing step includes swaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Motomune Kodama, Hideki Tanaka, Takaaki Suzuki, Hiroshi Kotaki
  • Patent number: 11693460
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes an insulating base that has a plate surface; a first circuit that is provided on the plate surface; a first terminal that is provided on the plate surface, and to which a mounting member is attached; a second terminal that is provided on the plate surface; a first wiring that connects the first circuit and the first terminal to each other; and a second wiring that connects the first terminal and the second terminal to each other, is electrically connected to the first wiring in the first terminal, and has a parallel section in which the second wiring is disposed close to and parallel to the first wiring without being electrically connected to the first wiring outside the first terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Yohsuke Fujikawa
  • Patent number: 11693458
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a flexible circuit board including a plurality of first substrate pads and a plurality of second substrate pads, a main circuit board connected to the flexible circuit board, and a display panel including a plurality of first display pads and a plurality of second display pads, where the plurality of first display pads is connected to the main circuit board through the flexible circuit board and each of the plurality of first display pads at least partially overlaps corresponding substrate pad of the plurality of first substrate pads, respectively, and each of the plurality of second display pads at least partially overlaps corresponding substrate pad of the plurality of second substrate pads, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myong-Soo Oh, Doosan Park, Hyunchul Jin
  • Patent number: 11690165
    Abstract: Embodiments include a microelectronic device package structure having an inductor within a portion of a substrate, wherein a surface of the inductor is substantially coplanar with a surface of the substrate. One or more thermal interconnect structures are on the surface of the inductor. A conductive feature is embedded within a board, where a surface of the conductive feature is substantially coplanar with a surface of the board. One or more thermal interconnect structures are on the surface of the conductive feature of the board, where the thermal interconnect structures provide a thermal pathway for cooling for the inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Hill, Huong T. Do, Anne Augustine
  • Patent number: 11688528
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a color-coded cable identification assembly and a cable. The cable identification assembly comprises: a support element including a fixing element adapted to fix the support element to a cable; and a plurality of identification elements, which are detachably mounted on the support element with the cable being located between the support element and the plurality of identification elements. Each identification element has a predetermined color so that the plurality of identification elements are capable of forming a predetermined color code to identify the cable. The cable identification assembly according to the present disclosure can be very easily and rapidly mounted to the cable, thereby greatly saving the installation time of workers and thus reducing the labor cost and the chance of making a mistake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jin Liu, Jianping Wu, Gangping Lei, Jien Zheng, Hongjuan An, Yujun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11685549
    Abstract: A device that is capable of creating multiple connections on a grounding point in a single airport hangar, as well as reducing the likelihood of there being a tripping hazard over the connected cables, while also assisting in preventing damage to cable connections which may result from vehicles being driven inside an airport hangar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Inventor: Michael W. Clark
  • Patent number: 11674678
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus has an external conductive housing. A printed circuit board is provided (separate to a main circuit board of the apparatus) within a PCB housing. The printed circuit board is mechanically and electrically connected to the external housing and has an arc gap between a first contact which connects electrically to the external housing and a second contact which connects electrically to a power supply terminal. Thus, a dedicated circuit is used to perform a discharge function so that the housing and main circuit board do not need to be redesigned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Maurice Lucien Eugene Casanova
  • Patent number: 11672094
    Abstract: A quick disconnect system for an accessory electrically coupled to a component of an amusement attraction includes a multi-part electrical enclosure including a first side, a second side opposite the first side, a first opening on the first side, and a relief pass through. The multi-part electrical enclosure is configured to: have a first electrical cable coupled to the accessory pass into the multi-part electrical enclosure via the first opening and have a second electrical cable pass into the second side of the multi-part electrical enclosure to enable the first and second cables to be coupled together within the multi-part electrical enclosure. The relief pass through is configured to provide strain relief to both the first electrical cable and the second electrical cable and to prevent disconnection of the accessory from the multi-part electrical enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Universal City Studios LLC
    Inventors: Martin Evan Graham, Patrick John Goergen, Tomas Manuel Trujillo
  • Patent number: 11670926
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle cover, comprising a cover base, configured to be affixed to an electrical receptacle assembly. The cover base including a base surface having at least one opening configured to be aligned with an electrical receptacle of the electrical receptacle assembly. The cover base includes a base wall disposed about and extending from a perimeter of the base surface and the base surface and the base wall together define a base cavity. There is a cover lid interconnected with the cover base and it is moveable, via a hinge, from an open position, in which the base cavity is exposed, to a closed position in which the base cover is substantially disposed within the base cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventor: Sorin Ioan Mortun
  • Patent number: 11670931
    Abstract: The application relates to a transmission cable joint for a medium voltage underground cable system. The cable joint comprises at least a casing and connection terminals for coupling wires of transmission cables. In addition, the connection terminals are in connection with an inductance component that is sheltered by the casing and limits capacitive earth fault current, when the coupled cables produce such current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Tammerfast Oy
    Inventor: Atte Saarni