Patents Examined by Rhadames J Alonzo Miller
  • Patent number: 9999120
    Abstract: The invention relates to a circuit carrier (11), comprising a digital circuit, which contains at least two components (12, 14) that are electrically connected to each other (19, 21, 20). Additionally, an electric shield (24) is provided. According to the invention, the electric shield (24) and a conducting path (21) for electrically connecting the components (12, 14) are realized by means of a single layered composite (18). In particular, the electric shield (24) and the conducting path (21) are formed by the same electrically conductive layer, wherein a hole (25) ensures complete electrical insulation of the conducting path (21) from the shield (24). The invention further relates to a method for producing such a circuit carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Florian Poprawa, Markus Schieber, Christina Schindler, Jörg Zapf
  • Patent number: 9991024
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire rod comprising 0.1-1.0 mass % Mg; 0.1-1.0 mass % Si; 0.01-1.40 mass % Fe; 0.01-0.50 mass % Zr; 0.000-0.100 mass % Ti; 0.000-0.030 mass % B; 0.00-1.00 mass % Cu; 0.00-0.50 mass % Ag; 0.00-0.50 mass % Au; 0.00-1.00 mass % Mn; 0.00-1.00 mass % Cr; 0.00-0.50 mass % Hf; 0.00-0.50 mass % V; 0.00-0.50 mass % Sc; 0.00-0.50 mass % Co; and 0.00-0.50 mass % Ni, a Mg/Si ratio being greater than 1, wherein a dispersion density of an Mg2Si compound having a particle size of 0.5 ?m to 5.0 ?m is less than or equal to 3.0×10?3 particles/?m2, and in the sectional structure, a concentration of each of Mg and Si other than a compound is less than or equal to 2.00 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Shigeki Sekiya, Sho Yoshida, Kyota Susai, Kengo Mitose
  • Patent number: 9991684
    Abstract: A switchgear cabinet system, which is assembled from switchgear cabinet units strung together in a row, each switchgear cabinet unit comprising a rack which is made up of frame profiles, in which at least the vertical frame profiles have the following features: the frame profile is mirror symmetrical with respect to a cross-sectional diagonal; the frame profile has profile sides that form the outer sides of the rack; projecting outward from the profile sides are profile projections, each extending outward from one of the profile sides; when two racks are strung together, corresponding profile projections of two frame profiles are situated mirror symmetrically opposite one another in each case, leaving a gap between the end faces of the profile projections, which is closed by a seal, characterized in that the seal is a push-on seal that is seated on at least one of the opposing profile projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: RITTAL GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Daniel Brueck, Wolfgang Reuter
  • Patent number: 9985425
    Abstract: A multilayered heat-recoverable article according to the present invention includes a cylindrical base material layer and an adhesive layer disposed on an inner peripheral surface of the base material layer, in which the base material layer contains a polyethylene and an oxidation inhibitor, the adhesive layer contains an ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer and an oxidation inhibitor, the oxidation induction temperature of the base material layer is 255° C. to 270° C., and the oxidation induction temperature of the adhesive layer is 255° C. or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamasaki, Yasutaka Emoto, Shouhei Okabe
  • Patent number: 9967994
    Abstract: An insulating component having a first core accommodating section that receives a first magnetic body core, a second core accommodating section that receives a second magnetic body core, and a locking section. The first core accommodating section has two parallel core leg section accommodating sections that individually surround one of at least two leg sections of the first magnetic body core. The second core accommodating section is configured to surround the second magnetic body core. An aperture section is formed in the insulating component between the two parallel core leg section accommodating sections. The locking section is configured to be locked to a bus bar inserted into that aperture section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventor: Akira Ikezawa
  • Patent number: 9936583
    Abstract: A wiring board is provided which includes an insulating layer; and a frame body disposed on the insulating layer. The frame body is provided with a through-hole. The insulating layer has a concave portion in one main surface on a frame body side. In a plan view of the wiring board, the concave portion has a first portion positioned at the through-hole, and a second portion which is positioned at the frame body and is continuous with the first portion. An air gap is formed between the frame body and the insulating layer in the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Katsura Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9934887
    Abstract: An umbilical for use in the offshore production of hydrocarbons comprising an assembly of functional elements at least one of which is an electrical power cable, characterised in that at least one conductor of at least one electrical power cable comprises one or more 6000 series aluminium strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: TECHNIP FRANCE
    Inventors: Alan William Deighton, Siu Kit Joe Wong
  • Patent number: 9922906
    Abstract: An electronic device includes first to third terminals and a clip. The clip includes first to third joint portions and a connection portion. The first to third joint portions correspond to and are bonded to the first to third terminals, respectively. The connection portion connects the first to third joint portions. One terminal in the first to third terminals has a depressed portion depressed to one side in a predetermined direction to store a conductive bonding material. A variation in positions of the first to third terminals in the predetermined direction is absorbed by deformation of the conductive bonding material when one joint portion in the first to third joint portions corresponding to the one terminal is bonded to the one terminal through the conductive bonding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshihiro Nagaya, Nobuhiko Okada, Hiromasa Hayashi
  • Patent number: 9923352
    Abstract: A device is disclosed for connecting a first bus bar to a second bus bar. The device includes a pivoting device and an adapter bus bar. The pivoting device is connected to the adapter bus bar and is mounted to pivot about the adapter bus bar. The pivoting device can be fastened to a first busbar or to a housing of a first busbar, and the adapter busbar can be pivoted into a second position in which it can be electrically connected to a second busbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Frank Alefelder, Rainer Haar, Dirk Rottlaender
  • Patent number: 9907164
    Abstract: Disclosed are a printed circuit board and a method for manufacturing the same. The printed circuit board includes a core insulating layer, at least one via formed through the core insulating layer, an inner circuit layer buried in the core insulating layer, and an outer circuit layer on a top surface or a bottom surface of the core insulating layer. The via includes a first part, a second part below the first part, and a third part between the first and second parts, and the third part includes a metal different from a metal of the first and second parts. The inner circuit layer and the via are simultaneously formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Myung Lee, Sung Woon Yoon, Hyuk Soo Lee, Sung Won Lee, Ki Do Chun
  • Patent number: 9899118
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy wire rod has a composition including Mg: 0.10-1.0 mass %, Si: 0.10-1.20 mass %, Fe: 0.01-1.40 mass %, Ti: 0.000-0.100 mass %, B: 0.000-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0.00-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0.00-0.50 mass %, Au: 0.00-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0.00-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0.00-1.00 mass %, Zr: 0.00-0.50 mass %, Hf: 0.00-0.50 mass %, V: 0.00-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0.00-0.50 mass %, Co: 0.00-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0.00-0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and incidental impurities, Mg/Si mass ratio being 0.4 to 0.8. The aluminum alloy wire rod has a tensile strength of greater than or equal to 200 MPa, an elongation of greater than or equal to 13%, a conductivity of 47% IACS, and a ratio (YS/TS) of 0.2% yield strength (YS) to the tensile strength (TS) of less than or equal to 0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Sho Yoshida, Shigeki Sekiya, Kengo Mitose
  • Patent number: 9893461
    Abstract: A continuable waterproof cable includes a cable body, first, second and third transmitting members, and first and second waterproof elastic members. The cable body has a connecting end and a continuing end opposite to the connecting end. The first transmitting member and the first waterproof elastic member are disposed at the connecting end. The second transmitting member is disposed at the continuing end, coupled to the first transmitting member, and adapted to a first end of the first transmitting member. The second waterproof elastic member is disposed at the continuing end. The third transmitting member is in the cable body and has a fixed end and a free end. The fixed end is at the continuing end, the free end is detachably coupled to the first transmitting member and capable to be apart from the transmitting member by a force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Inventor: Chun-Hung Wu
  • Patent number: 9892823
    Abstract: A shielded electrical ribbon cable includes a plurality of conductor sets. Each conductor set is surrounded by a shield and includes two insulated conductors. First and second non-conductive polymeric layers are disposed on opposite sides of the cable. The polymeric layers include cover portions and pinched portions. The cover portions surround the plurality of conductor sets, and the pinched portions form pinched portions on each side of the cable. The cable includes a transition portion on each side of the cable. At least one of the polymeric layers has a radius of curvature of at least 50 microns across an entire width of the cable. For at least one of the polymeric layers, the ratio of the minimum radius of curvature in the cover portions to the minimum radius of curvature in the transition portions is from 2 to 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Douglas B. Gundel, Rocky D. Edwards, Mark M. Lettang, Charles F. Staley
  • Patent number: 9882369
    Abstract: A multi-layer heat-shrinkable tubular sleeve (100) comprises an outer layer (110) and an inner layer (120). The outer layer (110) is arranged around the inner layer (120). The outer layer (110) comprises a partially crystalline thermoplastic material with a major part of partially crystalline thermoplastic material with a crystallinity of more than 60%. The inner layer (120) comprises a partially crystalline thermoplastic material or an elastomeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics UK Ltd., Tyco Electronics Raychem GmbH
    Inventors: David Francis Pearce, Richard Graf, Thomas Rohde, John David Stoker, Timothy S. Smith
  • Patent number: 9875822
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy conductor wire has a composition comprising Mg: 0.1-1.0 mass %, Si: 0.1-1.20 mass %, Fe: 0.01-1.40 mass %, Ti: 0-0.100 mass %, B: 0-0.030 mass %, Cu: 0-1.00 mass %, Ag: 0-0.50 mass %, Au: 0-0.50 mass %, Mn: 0-1.00 mass %, Cr: 0-1.00 mass %, Zr: 0-0.50 mass %, Hf: 0-0.50 mass %, V: 0-0.50 mass %, Sc: 0-0.50 mass %, Co: 0-0.50 mass %, Ni: 0-0.50 mass %, and the balance: Al and inevitable impurities, where Ti, B, Cu, Ag, Au, Mn, Cr, Zr, Hf, V, Sc, Co and Ni are arbitrary additive components of which at least one component may be contained or none of the components may be contained. A density of a compound having a particle size of 0.5-5.0 ?m and containing Fe is 1 to 300 particles/10000 ?m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Sho Yoshida, Ryosuke Matsuo, Shigeki Sekiya, Kengo Mitose
  • Patent number: 9852826
    Abstract: Described herein is a cable that includes a conductor surrounded by at least one semiconductive layer, wherein the layer comprises a polymer composition comprising a polypropylene homopolymer or a polypropylene copolymer with one or more comonomers, a polyolefin functionalized with an anhydride of a mono- or polycarboxylic acid, wherein said anhydride of a mono- or polycarboxylic acid can be linear or cyclic, wherein the functionalized polyolefin is different from the polypropylene homopolymer or polypropylene copolymer or the second polymer, and wherein the amount of the functionalized polyolefin is up to 10 wt % based on the total amount of the polymer composition, a solid conductive filler and a LDPE homopolymer or a LDPE copolymer of ethylene with one or more comonomers having a melting temperature (Tm) less than the Tm of the polypropylene homopolymer or polypropylene copolymer. Also described herein is a process for producing the polymer composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Thomas Steffl, Christer Svanberg
  • Patent number: 9843175
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an insert-molded bus bar includes the steps of: preparing a first bus bar having a through hole and a second bus bar having a protrusion corresponding to the through hole; preparing a mold having therein a swaging member capable of swaging the protrusion; placing the first and second bus bars in the mold with the protrusion being inserted into the through hole; swaging the first and second bus bars using the swaging member of the mold to obtain connected bus bars that are the bus bars connected to each other; and injecting a molding material around the connected bus bars that are the bus bars connected to each other by swaging to perform insert molding using the mold and obtain the insert-molded bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignees: ATECS CORPORATION, NAGASE & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norishige Asano, Toshiaki Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 9837215
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor may include a ceramic body including a plurality of dielectric layers; a first internal electrode disposed in the ceramic body and exposed to a first side surface in a width direction of the ceramic body and a second internal electrode disposed in the ceramic body and exposed to the first side surface in the width direction of the ceramic body; and first to third external electrodes disposed on the first side surface in the width direction of the ceramic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyo Kwang Lee, Jin Kim, Ju Eun Nam, Young Ghyu Ahn
  • Patent number: 9832914
    Abstract: A structure and a device may include an electromagnetic wave generator configured to generate electromagnetic waves; a shielding structure configured to surround at least a portion of the electromagnetic wave generator; and a metal layer provided on inner surfaces of upper and side portions of the shielding structure, wherein the metal layer having a predetermined surface roughness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soon Young Hyun, Seok Bae, Hyung Yoon, Yong Jae Kwon, Hyung Eui Lee
  • Patent number: 9800032
    Abstract: A while-in-use cover assembly includes a hood and a base connected to the hood. The base includes a first side wall and a first back wall forming a first cavity with a first opening opposite the first back wall. The hood covers the first opening, the first side wall includes a first side wall edge and a second side wall edge opposite the first side wall edge. The first side wall edge is proximate to the first opening, and the second side wall edge is proximate to the first back wall. The first back wall includes a second opening to a second cavity. A second side wall defines the second cavity and extends from the first back wall from the first opening. The first cavity and the second cavity provide access through the first opening and the second opening to an electrical device coupled to the second side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International LLC
    Inventors: Robert Kevin Jolly, Peter J. Gallucci