Patents Examined by Steven T Sawyer
  • Patent number: 11979007
    Abstract: An anti-rotation device is provided for stringing a cable or wire while reducing a twisting moment of the cable or wire as it is strung. The device includes a tow component, having multiple tow sections pivotally connectable end-to-end. A plurality of insulated weighted tail components are suspended so as to hang from the tow component. Each of the insulated tail components include weighted tail sections releasably connectable end-to-end to one another. At least one electrically insulated tail section is provided in each insulated tail component between the tow component and the weighted tail sections. The tail components are constrained to only articulate relative to the tow component in the single plane of bending of the tow component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Quanta Associates, L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel Neil O'Connell, David Karl Wabnegger, Raymond Henry Jodoin, Robert Wayne Palmer, John Christopher Green
  • Patent number: 11974388
    Abstract: A circuit board, according to an embodiment, comprises: a first insulating layer; a second insulating layer disposed on one surface of the first insulating layer; and a third insulating layer disposed on the other surface of the first insulating layer. A circuit pattern is disposed on at least one insulating layer from among the first to third insulating layers, at least one insulating layer from among the first to third insulating layers comprises glass fiber, at least one insulating layer from among the first to third insulating layers does not comprise glass fiber, and the thicknesses of the first to third insulating layers are different from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeong Kyun Choi, Min Young Hwang, Hyun Gu Im
  • Patent number: 11968788
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fixing belt for a wearable device, includes providing a flexible circuit board including a first area, a second area, and a pad in the first area; disposing an insulating layer on the flexible circuit board, the insulating layer being disposed in the second area; forming an electric conductive portion in the insulating layer; disposing a first protective layer and a second protective layer on opposite surfaces of the flexible circuit board, the electric conductive portion being between the flexible circuit board and the first protective layer; mounting an electronic component on the pad. A portion of the fixing belt containing the second area is a plug-in area, and the plug-in area is configured to be engaged with a device body of the wearable device, the electric conductive portion is disposed in the plug-in area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited., QING DING PRECISION ELECTRONICS (HUAIAN) CO., LTD, GARUDA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Quan Yang, Han-Pei Huang
  • Patent number: 11967810
    Abstract: A wire harness including: an electric wire; a metal pipe that accommodates the electric wire; and a clamp attached to an outer peripheral surface of the pipe, wherein: the pipe has a first lock formed on the outer peripheral surface of the pipe, and the clamp has a second lock configured to lock to the first lock in an axial direction of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Seiya Tanji
  • Patent number: 11956904
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multilayer circuit board and a method for manufacturing the same for improving a bowing problem that occurs when manufacturing the multilayer circuit board. A multilayer circuit board according to the present invention is a board having a patterned layer that functions as a circuit a base layer, and includes: a second pattern layer formed on one side of the base layer; a first pattern layer formed on the second pattern layer; and an interlayer insulating layer formed between the first pattern layer and the second pattern layer, the interlayer insulating layer being partially formed on the second pattern layer so as to correspond to a region where the first pattern layer is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: STEMCO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Soo Lee, Hyo Jin Park, Sung Jin Lee, Dong Gon Kim
  • Patent number: 11949218
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical connection box that is able to ensure water stopping capability in a harness insertion channel. The electrical connection box is provided with a box-like main body part 15 having a harness insertion channel 14, a wire harness W drawn outside the main body part 15 through the harness insertion channel 14, and a water stopping sheet 30 wrapped around the outer circumferential surface of the wire harness W in the harness insertion channel 14. The water stopping sheet 30 is characterized by having higher water stopping capability due to being compressed than when not compressed, and the water stopping sheet 30 is rendered into a water stopping state by being compressed by the harness insertion channel 14 and the outer circumferential surface of the wire harness W.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Go Shibata, Toshihisa Sanuki
  • Patent number: 11950360
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a ceramic substrate that includes forming a mother multilayer body by laminating a ceramic green sheet on a shrinkage suppressing green sheet, the shrinkage suppressing green sheet having a planar shrinkage rate in firing smaller than a planar shrinkage rate in firing of the ceramic green sheet; and forming a recessed portion in the mother multilayer body before firing by pressing a recessed portion formation planned region where the recessed portion is to be formed after firing of the mother multilayer body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Koki Sai
  • Patent number: 11942238
    Abstract: What is disclosed is an insulator for providing insulation between a stringing block for an electrical conductor and a pole or cross arm on which the stringing block is mounted. The insulator is made of a non-conductive material such as plastic. The insulator has an upper opening in the body that is configured for receiving a flange of a stringing roller. The insulator can be configured to be mounted directly to a pole or cross arm, such as by using a ratcheting strap. Alternatively the insulator can be configured to be positioned between the roller and a base, such as those known in the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Robert Seekell
  • Patent number: 11937366
    Abstract: A method of a circuit signal enhancement of a circuit board comprises the following steps: forming a first substrate body with a first signal transmission circuit layer and a second substrate body with a second signal transmission circuit layer; forming a first signal enhancement circuit layer and a second signal enhancement circuit layer on the first substrate body and the second substrate body; forming a third substrate body with a third signal transmission circuit layer and a fourth substrate body with a fourth signal transmission circuit layer on the carrier; separating the third substrate body and the fourth substrate body from the carrier; combining the first signal transmission circuit layer and the third signal transmission circuit layer through the first signal enhancement circuit layer; and combining the second signal transmission circuit layer and the fourth signal transmission circuit layer through the second signal enhancement circuit layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP.
    Inventors: Tzu Hsuan Wang, Yu Cheng Lin
  • Patent number: 11930596
    Abstract: Described herein are dielectric polymer films and printed circuit boards, such as multilayer and high-density interconnect printed circuit board comprising at least one dielectric polymer film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Thintronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Tarun Amla, Stefan J. Pastine
  • Patent number: 11923284
    Abstract: A wiring substrate that is provided enables stray capacitance between a first electrode and a second electrode to be prevented from varying when an undulation occurs in the wiring substrate. Insulating layers are stacked. A first electrode and a second electrode are formed between the same layers at an interval. The thickness of the first electrode is more than the thickness of the second electrode. The lower main surface of the first electrode is located at a position lower than the lower main surface of the second electrode, and the upper main surface of the first electrode is located at a position higher than the upper main surface of the second electrode when seen through in a direction perpendicular to a stacking direction of the insulating layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ryota Asai, Issei Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11924968
    Abstract: The laminate of the present disclosure is a laminate including multiple glass ceramic layers each containing quartz and a glass that contains SiO2, B2O3, Al2O3, and M2O, where M is an alkali metal. An Al2O3 content of a surface layer portion of the laminate is higher than an Al2O3 content of an inner layer portion of the laminate, and a M2O content of the surface layer portion is lower than a M2O content of the inner layer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Senshu, Yasutaka Sugimoto, Sadaaki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 11915840
    Abstract: A cable includes a first conductor and a first conductor isolation, wherein the first conductor includes at least a first break point between the first and second end of the cable and the first conductor isolation includes at least a second break point between the first and second end of the cable, the cable is configured so that the first conductor breaks at the at least first break point if the cable is exposed to a force that is above a first predetermined limit and first conductor isolation breaks at the at least second break point if the cable is exposed to a force that is above a second predetermined limit for avoiding hazardous electric shock after a crash of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NINGBO GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH & DEV. CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Linus Hallberg
  • Patent number: 11917747
    Abstract: A circuit board module includes a circuit board, a metal core printed circuit board, and a heating element. The circuit board includes a substrate, and a surface of the substrate has an assembling region. The metal core printed circuit board is on the assembling region and includes a first circuit layer and a second circuit layer. The first circuit layer and the second circuit layer are electrically connected to each other. The second circuit layer is electrically connected to the circuit board. The thermal conductivity of the metal core printed circuit board is greater than the thermal conductivity of the substrate. The heating element is on the metal core printed circuit board and is electrically connected to the first circuit layer. An electronic device having the circuit board module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CHICONY ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chien-Yueh Chen
  • Patent number: 11917751
    Abstract: A multilayer wiring board that improves the reliability of connection at a via hole connection portion, and a method for producing the multilayer wiring board. In a multilayer wiring board comprising a plurality of metal wiring layers alternately laminated with insulating layers interposed therebetween are electrically connected to each other via a via hole plated layer, wherein a dissimilar metallic layer, made from material different from that of the metal wiring layers, is interposed between each of the metal wiring layers on the bottom surface of the via hole and the via hole plated layer, and the dissimilar metallic layer interposed between the each of the metal wiring layers on the bottom surface of the via hole and the via hole plated layer is arranged in a concave shape on the surface of the concave portion formed in the metal wiring layer on the bottom surface of the via hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: TOPPAN INC.
    Inventor: Masao Aratani
  • Patent number: 11910527
    Abstract: A substrate with an electronic component embedded therein includes: a core layer having a through-portion; an electronic component disposed in the through-portion; an encapsulant disposed on a lower surface of the core layer, disposed in at least a portion of the through-portion, and covering at least a portion of a lower surface of the electronic component; and a build-up structure disposed on an upper surface of the core layer, and including a plurality of insulating layers, a plurality of wiring layers, and a plurality of via layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Song I Kim, Mi Sun Hwang
  • Patent number: 11889634
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board includes providing an insulating layer, forming a plating seed layer on the insulating layer, forming a first circuit pattern on the plating seed layer and a second circuit pattern on the first circuit pattern, and forming a top metal layer on the second circuit pattern. The second circuit pattern can be thinner than the first circuit pattern, and the top metal layer can be wider than the second circuit pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Ho Hwang, Han Su Lee, Dae Young Choi, Soon Gyu Kwon, Dong Hun Jeong, In Ho Jeong, Kil Dong Son, Sang Hwa Kim, Sang Young Lee, Jae Hoon Jeon, Jin Hak Lee, Yun Mi Bae
  • Patent number: 11882652
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes: a plurality of insulating layers; a plurality of circuit layers disposed on at least one of an interior and an exterior of the plurality of insulating layers; and a reinforcing layer disposed on one surface of the plurality of insulating layers, and having a first opening having a first width and a second opening having a second width, different from the first width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Je Ji, Seung Eun Lee, Yong Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11882655
    Abstract: A high-speed transmission circuit comprises, as part of a signal path, a connector pin disposed on a pad that comprises an unused pad region. The unused pad region is not considered part of the signal path but is part of a resonant sub-circuit. In various embodiments, by properly adjusting the dimensions of the pad region and other structures in the high-speed transmission circuit, resonant frequencies of the sub-circuit are shifted to a frequency range that is outside of the frequency range of interest in the signal path, thereby, reducing insertion loss and increasing signal integrity without compromising mechanical stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
    Inventors: Umesh Chandra, Douglas Wallace, Bhyrav Mutnury
  • Patent number: 11882658
    Abstract: A printed circuit board system includes a plurality of printed circuit board (PCB) assemblies that includes at least three PCB assemblies and a connecting module. The connecting module is coupled to each of the PCB assemblies. The connecting module is adapted to provide electrical and signal communications between each of the PCB assemblies. The connecting module is on different planes with respect to at least one of the PCB assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Yaw-Tzorng Tsorng, Tung-Hsien Wu, Wei-Jie Chen