Patents Examined by William H. Mayo
  • Patent number: 11854722
    Abstract: A power cable for transmitting electrical power includes at least two electrical conductors extending mainly along a power transmission axis. A first of the conductors called the external conductor surrounds a second of the conductors called the internal conductor along the axis. At least one insert is arranged between the internal conductor and the external conductor. The insert extends over only part of the cable along the axis. The insert introduces a first impedance between the internal conductor and the external conductor with a value different from a second impedance between the internal conductor and the external conductor outside of the part of the cable over which the insert extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Eric Ravindranath Dubois, Hocine Kherbouchi, Sebastien Chenet
  • Patent number: 11855501
    Abstract: An insulating composition having a polymer resin, a nanoclay, and one or more nanofillers. The insulating composition has a thermal conductivity of greater than about 0.8 W/mK, a dielectric constant of less than about 5, a dissipation factor of less than about 3%, and a breakdown strength of greater than about 1,000 V/mil. The insulating composition has an endurance life of at least 400 hours at 310 volts per mil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventor: Yang Cao
  • Patent number: 11848125
    Abstract: A ribbon cable includes a plurality of cable groups arranged side by side in a width direction of the ribbon cable and a wrapping film continuously wound on an outer side of the cable groups in a multi-turn wrapping manner at an inclined angle with respect to the width direction. There is a gap between every adjacent pair of cable groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Zhiwei (Jack) Guo, Hainan (Harlan) Lu, Jonathan Edward Lee
  • Patent number: 11848121
    Abstract: An electrical feed-through apparatus is prevents or substantially reduces partial corona discharges in penetrators for high voltage supply for underwater facilities. A flange of a first thickness has an opening providing a passage between first and second oppositely located sides of the flange. An elongated tube of a solid, electrically insulating material has a first length greater than the first thickness, and is positioned in the passage, with first and second parts of the tube protruding from the first and second sides of the flange, respectively. First and second attachment sleeves are positioned on the tube and are attached to the first and second parts of the tube, respectively, at a distance from respective first and second ends of the tube. The sleeves are attached to the respective first and second oppositely located sides of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Sentech AS
    Inventors: Morten Halleraker, Helmut Mayer, Gunter Bitz
  • Patent number: 11848124
    Abstract: A conductor for a busbar electric wire can include a conductive plate material having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape and an opening formed on one side in a width direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the plate material. The width direction can correspond to a planar direction of the plate material. A busbar electric wire can include the conductor and an insulating sheath that covers the plate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Kondo, Mizuki Shirai, Takeshi Kamata
  • Patent number: 11840616
    Abstract: The composition includes: (i) an ethylene-based polymer; (ii) an organic peroxide, (iii) a triorganophosphine, and (iv) a protic acid-source compound (“PASC”) selected from a protic acid, a protic acid-generator compound (“PAGC”), and combinations thereof. The triorganophosphine has the Structure (1): wherein R1, R2, and R3 each is independently selected from a C1-C40 hydrocarbyl group, a C1-C40 heterohydrocarbyl group, and combinations thereof; with the proviso that the phosphorus atom is bound to a carbon atom in each of R1, R2, and R3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Bharat I. Chaudhary, Jeffrey M. Cogen, Charles Liotta, Pamela Pollet, Sarath Sarngadharan
  • Patent number: 11842829
    Abstract: An electrical cable including four copper layers, where at least two of the four copper layers are separated by a polymeric base layer, and where at least two of the four copper layers are separated by an adhesive. The electrical cable further includes a polymeric cover layer adhered to an outermost copper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sassan K. Shahidi, Hoodin Hamidi, David Harper, Larry LeeRoy Tretter
  • Patent number: 11843211
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a clamp body having a substantially C-shaped configuration defining an interior cavity. A wedge is configured to be inserted into the clamp body. The wedge has a wedge body defining a conductor channel and a plurality of fins extending from the wedge body into the conductor channel. The plurality of fins is oriented to pierce an insulation layer of a conductor when the wedge is inserted into a clamp body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Christopher Gilpin Chadbourne
  • Patent number: 11837386
    Abstract: A reinforced water barrier over a joint between power cables is suited for subsea cables having different water barrier/sheathing designs. The reinforced water barrier has an intermediate water barrier made of lead or a lead alloy which stretches over the joint and is attached to the underlaying water barriers of the joined cables, and which is reinforced by being coated with a layer of polyethylene based adhesive followed by a layer of polymeric outer sheathing. The adhesive layer and the layer of polymeric outer sheathing are thermally set by a heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Massimiliano Mauri, Simon Jorgensen, Pal Braekke Gronberg
  • Patent number: 11837378
    Abstract: A communication cable includes a coating layer that contains a powdery magnetic material and that can suppress the occurrence of a powdery substance containing the magnetic material when processing the coating layer. The communication cable further includes a conductor, an insulating coating that covers an outer circumstance of the conductor, and a magnetic sheath layer that covers an outer side of the insulating coating, and the magnetic sheath layer contains the magnetic material and the magnetic material has a particle shape with an average particle diameter of not more than 50 ?m and an aspect ratio of not greater than 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Shimizu, Kinji Taguchi, Tatsuya Shimada, Takaki Endo, Ryoma Uegaki, Yuta Yasuyoshi
  • Patent number: 11837384
    Abstract: A corona-resistant enameled round wire and preparation method of making such which is suitable for electric vehicle motors and has a copper conductor and an insulating layer. The insulating layer clads the copper conductor and has in sequence from inside to outside, a corona- resistant polyamideimide coating, a corona-resistant special resin coating, a corona-resistant polyimide coating, a corona-resistant modified silicone resin coating, and a corona-resistant polyamideimide coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: SHANGHAI XPT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED, SUZHOU JUFENG ELECTRICAL INSULATION SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ling Zhang, Xingwu Dai, Yanjun Cai, Ge Qin, Lu Bi, Yu Xia, Cheng Zhou, Guo Li, Qingquan Lei
  • Patent number: 11823816
    Abstract: An insulating tape, for coating a connection portion of a power cable, includes a resin material which includes polyethylene at least partially modified by a molecule imparting hydrophilicity, an antioxidant, and a crosslinking agent. The antioxidant has a molecular weight in a range of 190 or more and less than 1050. The antioxidant has a content in a range of 0.05 parts by mass or more and 0.8 parts by mass or less, with respect to 100 parts by mass of the polyethylene. The insulating tape has a thickness in a range of 50 ?m or more and 250 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Mieda, Takahiro Kanaya
  • Patent number: 11823814
    Abstract: A cable and methods of making cables are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a method for making a cable includes introducing a conductive material onto a sheet including a heat-shrink material. The method includes compressing a first portion of the sheet onto a second portion of the sheet to form a sheath having an interior volume, where the conductive material is disposed in the interior volume. In at least one embodiment, a cable includes a sheath including a heat-shrink material. The cable includes an interior volume including a conductive material including a conductive carbon material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Trimtabs Ltd
    Inventors: Alvin Orbaek White, Ka Chun Yick
  • Patent number: 11810692
    Abstract: A composite cable includes a sheath surrounding an outer surface of a core at least including a plurality of thick electric wires each having a resin layer on an outer circumference of a conductor, and a plurality of thin electric wires each having a resin layer on an outer circumference of a conductor, in which the sheath includes a resin composition including base resin containing at least one type of ethylene rubber and styrene elastomer at 10 to 50 mass %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanori Yamazaki, Arifumi Matsumura, Koichi Mizuno, Masaki Nishiguchi
  • Patent number: 11811180
    Abstract: Provided herein are semiconductor packages with improved electrical contacts (e.g. pins). In some embodiments, an assembly may include a substrate and an electrical contact coupled to the substrate, the electrical contact consisting of a first component defined by a complex 3D designed receiving pin. The electrical contact may further include a second component defined by another complex 3D designed penetrating pin, wherein the first component engages the second component to deform mechanically and to weld when the first component and the second component are coupled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: IXYS Semiconductor GmbH
    Inventors: Yong Ai-Ong, Thomas Spann
  • Patent number: 11799216
    Abstract: A terminal to be connected to a front end part in an extending direction of a wire is provided with a terminal body including a sandwiching portion for sandwiching the wire, and a slide portion slidable along the extending direction of the wire with respect to the terminal body. The slide portion includes a pressurizing portion for pressurizing the sandwiching portion toward the wire. The terminal body is formed by a metal plate material in a bent state. The sandwiching portion includes a holding protrusion projecting toward the wire to contact the wire. The holding protrusion is formed by folding a tip portion of the sandwiching portion and overlapping the tip portion on an overlapping portion of the sandwiching portion. A first facing surface of the overlapping portion and a second facing surface of the tip portion are facing each other and overlapped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunya Takeuchi, Masaaki Tabata
  • Patent number: 11791069
    Abstract: A grommet includes a fitting body causing a circumferential edge portion of a through hole provided in a wall body to be fitted into a fitting groove provided in an outer wall, and a first cylinder and a second cylinder causing a harness body to be extracted through the cylinder. The fitting body includes a cylindrical portion, a plurality of ribs rising from an outer circumferential wall surface of the cylindrical portion and disposed on the outer circumferential wall surface at equal intervals in a circumferential direction, and a first support portion and a second support portion provided for each of the ribs. The first support portion and the second support portion project from the outer circumferential wall surface to be high enough to suppress elastic deformation of the rib in the circumferential direction toward the outer circumferential wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hirotaka Kiyota, Masaru Kiuchi, Takeshi Onoda, Junya Kato
  • Patent number: 11791065
    Abstract: A power cable has a cable core with at least one conductor with an insulating system and a water barrier surrounding the cable core. The water barrier has a helically wound strength bearing layer interconnected by a low melting point material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Audun Johanson, Robin Sangar
  • Patent number: 11783965
    Abstract: The application discloses a flat cable assembly, which includes a plurality of cables arranged in a row and an insulating film. The cables have a center line and include connecting portions, a signal wire and a grounding wire respectively. The connection portions are located on one side of the center line. The insulating film is disposed on the connecting portion of any one of the cables and located on one side of the central line. The cables are exposed from the insulating film. The insulating film is disposed on a single side of the cables, whereby the cables are exposed from the insulating film. The flat cable assembly is easily manufactured and the amount of the cables therein can be varied according to real practice condition. The grounding wire is integrated to each cable, whereby the flat cable assembly has an excellent anti-EMI effect and performance in signal transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: ZhongChao Peng, JinChang Dai, BenTao Hu, HuanZhong Yan, Andrew John Nowak, Charles Lloyd Grant
  • Patent number: 11777291
    Abstract: A sanitary wall installation connection box unit, including a box housing body having a rear-side base portion and a sleeve portion projecting to the front from the base portion, which sleeve portion peripherally surrounds a sanitary component mounting space, which space is accessible via an open front end face of the sleeve portion, and a connector body disposed on the base portion of the box housing body, which connector body includes a sanitary component connection contour facing the sanitary component mounting space, a fluid line connection interface structure accessible on an outer side of the box housing body, a fluid conduit structure for fluid connection of the fluid line connection interface structure to the sanitary component connection contour and at least one electric line feed-through opening leading from an outer side of the connector body through the connector body to the sanitary component mounting space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Hansgrohe SE
    Inventors: Joachim Blattner, Jürgen Schorer, Günther Lehmann, Thomas Doll, Philip Stephan, Christoph Heizmann, Marika Krämer