Single Duct Conduits Patents (Class 174/68.3)
  • Patent number: 11942769
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a protector for a wire harness that can suppress attachment of water to a surrounding electrical component. In a longitudinal direction X along the horizontal direction of the protector main body portion 11 in a state in which a protector is mounted in a vehicle, there is a first region A1 where an electrical component E is located below a protector main body portion 11, and a second region A2 where there is no electrical component E below the protector main body portion 11. A groove 21 that is open vertically upward is provided in an outer surface of the protector main body portion 11. The groove 21 extends over the first region A1 and the second region A2, and is inclined vertically downward while extending toward the second region A2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tsuguo Ohashi
  • Patent number: 11879590
    Abstract: A lubricating system has a pump to force a viscous lubricant from a supply of lubricant to a lubricator at which the lubricant is to be dispensed onto a cable, wire, or the like that is being pulled through a conduit. A sensor, associated with a spool from which the cable is being dispensed, is be used to automatically control the amount of lubricant that is to be dispensed onto the cable. A second described system comprises a custom bucket or bucket insert which allow a cable to pass through the bucket whereupon lubricant will be automatically applied to the cable and the container includes a profiled base to ensure proper passage of the cable through the lubricant and ensure the maximum usage of any lubricant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: IDEAL Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Juday, Doug Sanford, Nathan Buckert, Alan Zantout
  • Patent number: 11872741
    Abstract: A wiring trough, comprising a trough body, and a trough cover arranged on the trough body, wherein the two ends of the trough body are respectively provided with a first clamping portion, and the two ends of the trough cover are respectively provided with a second clamping portion, wherein the trough body and the trough cover are connected in a mutual clamping manner through the first clamping portion and the second clamping portion, wherein a channel for receiving a wire is formed by the trough body and the trough cover, wherein a first decoration lug is arranged on each of the first clamping portion, and a second decoration lug is arranged on each of the second clamping portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventor: Mingkun Yang
  • Patent number: 11819185
    Abstract: A flexible endoscope for insertion into the human body includes a flexible section arranged in a distal end region of the endoscope. The endoscope further includes a tip segment distally adjoining the flexible section, the tip segment being controllable by at least one tension cord. A skeleton is formed in a flexible controllable section with guide elements that are movable relative to one another, each of which guides at least one tension cord laterally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Scholly Fiberoptic GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Kühn, Stefan Schröer, Michael Schwärzle, Johannes Bourbon, Lutz Labusch, Erwin Streck, Holger Reinecke
  • Patent number: 11670924
    Abstract: A push-lock coupler includes an annular metal insert with a coaxial profile complementary to a conduit; a cylindrical polymeric housing molded over the annular metal insert and having a first and second end and an inner surface; and wherein the first and second end are capable of deforming to the coaxial profile of the conduit inserted into either the first or second end, and the inner surface of the cylindrical polymeric housing has at least one groove disposed between the annular metal insert and the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Darren Tremelling, Sheng Zhong, Elio Perigo, Daniel Pierce Armstrong, Marius Rutkeviĉius
  • Patent number: 11621549
    Abstract: A ground level primary electrical distribution system deploys terrain mounted or essentially terrain flush pipes that protect suppress ignition from fires that may occur if components fail within the pipes. The pipes can be deployed in remote and rugged terrain where overhead power lines poses fire risks from wind damage and it is impractical and disruptive to bury the electricity conducting cable or deployed along roadways or field at ground level or essentially flush with the ground to avoid excavation yet avoid the use of overhead power lines that can be subject to damage from high wind. The pipes can follow the terrain between junctions over rigid segments formed by a plurality of end-to-end coupled enclosures, while the conductors are protected within jacketing or flow through flexible insulating and isolating conduits within the more rigid pipes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventor: Roozbeh Movafagh
  • Patent number: 11600980
    Abstract: Disclosed is a combined cable trough and walkway (1) comprising a trough (200a) and a lid, the trough (200a) comprising two trough units (200) arranged to be coupled together end to end to form the trough (200a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: TROJAN IP LIMITED
    Inventor: Stewart Wellens
  • Patent number: 11581716
    Abstract: A routing structure of a shielded electric wire, the shielded electric wire including an electric wire and a resin tube is routed in a state of being bent, the resin tube including a shield layer, an inner-side resin and an outer-side resin, the shield layer being interposed between the inner-side resin and the outer-side resin, is provided. A tensile strength of the inner-side resin and the outer-side resin is greater than a bending stress to be generated when the shielded electric wire is bent with a minimum bend radius in the routing structure. The shield layer has a shield resistance equal to or smaller than 103.8 m?/m and a shield density equal to or greater than 50%, the shield density being a ratio of an area of a surface of the electric wire covered by the shield layer to an area of the surface of the electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoko Hongo, Hiroki Kondo
  • Patent number: 11557886
    Abstract: A cable conduit comprises at least one cable, a tube, which accommodates the cable in an interior space and a sensor for sensing an environmental condition in the interior space of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Pierre Elser, Peter Schuster, Yannick Maret, Rudi Velthuis
  • Patent number: 11529912
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire; a cover that covers the wire; and a cushion provided between the wire and the cover, wherein: the cover is provided with a hole in an intermediate portion of the cover in an extension direction of the wire, and the cushion is provided between the hole and the wire in a first direction intersecting the extension direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Nishi, Yuki Morimoto
  • Patent number: 11532926
    Abstract: A routing structure of a shielded electric wire, the shielded electric wire including an electric wire and a resin tube is routed in a state of being bent, the resin tube including a shield layer, an inner-side resin and an outer-side resin, the shield layer being interposed between the inner-side resin and the outer-side resin, is provided. A tensile strength of the inner-side resin and the outer-side resin is greater than a bending stress to be generated when the shielded electric wire is bent with a minimum bend radius in the routing structure. The shield layer has a shield resistance equal to or smaller than 103.8 m?/m and a shield density equal to or greater than 50%, the shield density being a ratio of an area of a surface of the electric wire covered by the shield layer to an area of the surface of the electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoko Hongo, Hiroki Kondo
  • Patent number: 11450453
    Abstract: A wire harness including: an electrical wire; and an exterior pipe through which the electrical wire is inserted, wherein the exterior pipe is provided with a plurality of discharge holes configured to outwardly discharge foreign matter that has entered between the exterior pipe and the electrical wire. An exterior pipe through which an electrical wire is to be inserted, the exterior pipe including: a body with a plurality of discharge holes configured to outwardly discharge foreign matter that has entered between the body and the electrical wire, wherein the plurality of discharge holes are provided in an aligned arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichi Kimoto, Takeshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11404859
    Abstract: An apparatus (10 which is to be inserted into a longitudinally extending conduit includes at least one longitudinally extending compartment (11) formed by attached the ends of a sheet of material (12) together. Another sheet of material (15) has one end attached to the compartment (11) and has compatible fastening elements (16, 17) on its opposed ends. A cable (19) may be positioned adjacent to the sheet of material (15) and it is folded around the cable (19) to form an additional compartment (18). The apparatus (10) may then be inserted into a conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: WESCO Distribution, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry L. Allen
  • Patent number: 11362494
    Abstract: There is provided a raceway cover assembly for installing conductive element(s) in an aircraft. The raceway cover assembly includes a raceway cover for removable coupling to a raceway. The raceway is configured for attachment to a sidewall assembly for use in a cabin of the aircraft. The raceway cover includes a first cover side, a second cover side, and retaining element(s) disposed on the first cover side. The raceway cover assembly further includes the conductive element(s) coupled and retained to the first cover side, with the retaining element(s), to form the raceway cover assembly. The conductive element(s) and the raceway cover are assembled together at a location off of the aircraft, prior to installing the raceway cover assembly with the one or more conductive elements in the aircraft, which allows for routing of the one or more conductive elements in the raceway cover at the location off of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Colin R. Kreiger, Alexander J. Matsuoka, Derrick B. Pruitt, Michael E. Frick, Gregory A. Tubbs
  • Patent number: 11294753
    Abstract: The communication cable comprising a first failure information region that stores first failure information and a second failure information region that stores second failure information, and in a case where a communication failure occurs, the manager apparatus reads the first failure information from the first failure information region, and the communication controller apparatus reads the second failure information from the second failure information region. With this configuration, in a case where a communication failure occurs, correlated failure information can be easily and surely obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventor: Atsushi Miki
  • Patent number: 11285891
    Abstract: A routing method for routing a corrugated tube between a vehicle body of a vehicle and a slide door of the vehicle, the method includes providing the corrugated tube including a main body portion and a rigid portion, the rigid portion having a first end and a second end, attaching a vehicle-body-side unit to the rigid portion, the vehicle-body-side unit including a first attachment member and a first fixing member, attaching a door-side unit to the main body portion, the door-side unit including a second attachment member and a second fixing member, and adjusting a distance between the first end and a position at which the first attachment member is attached to the rigid portion in accordance with the vehicle in which the corrugated tube is routed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoto Kogure
  • Patent number: 11270818
    Abstract: The subject-matter of the invention is an electrical device comprising: a casing comprising a cavity receiving an electrical component, and at least two conductors connected to the electrical component so as to supply it with electric energy, both conductors being superimposed with each other and extending in parallel, said device being characterised in that it comprises an electric insulating film folded on itself around a fold, and a first part of which located on a side of the fold comes against a surface of the first conductor so as to electrically insulate it, and a second part of which located on the other side of the fold is inserted between both conductors so as to electrically insulate them from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE FRANCE SAS
    Inventors: Eloi Mortain, Alwin Moceri, Baptiste Parigot
  • Patent number: 11233381
    Abstract: An attachment clip for an overland distribution line cover includes an eye receiving an electrical line, an opening for insertion of the electrical line, an intermediate section connecting the opening with the eye, and a snap-fit member fixing the attachment clip to the overland distribution line cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Brian McGowan, Jason Mulligan, Brendan Normoyle
  • Patent number: 11153987
    Abstract: A cable management device of a connecting assembly includes a connecting member, a component and a cable management arm. The component is connected to the connecting member. The cable management arm is connected to the component in a stretchable and retractable manner. At least one cable management feature is arranged on the cable management arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Kai-Wen Yu, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 11108217
    Abstract: A cable holding element configured for attachment to either an angled frame having internal corners, or external corners or both. The cable holding element includes a base body and rows of latching projections that project from the base body to define at least one channel area for holding cable. The latching projections each have a first section and a second section. The first section and the second section form an acute angle towards the base body. A first row of latching projections opposes a second row of latching projections. The opposing latching projections cooperate to interlock without contact, in a comb-like manner to hold cable within the cable holding element and to form guiding structure that guides cable into and out from the channel area. In an alternate embodiment, the cable holding element has a flat base body capable of attachment to a planar surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Novomatic AG
    Inventor: Heinz Winkler
  • Patent number: 11056870
    Abstract: A decorative interior trim piece is provided for use in a low voltage power transmission system, and includes an outer, decorative surface, an opposite inner surface facing a substrate, a first end surface and an opposite second end surface. At least one conductive element extends from the first end surface to said second end surface on the inner surface. Each conductive element has a connector surface at each of the first end and second ends. At least one magnetic fastener is secured to the inner surface for releasably attaching the trim piece to the substrate. A complementary low voltage power transmission system is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY
    Inventors: Salvatore C. Immordino, Jr., Terry Rosenstiel, Mark Joseph, Suman Sinha Ray, William White, Alexander Dadakis
  • Patent number: 11051418
    Abstract: Fixing holes are formed around an opening of a housing. Holding members are each inserted into a corresponding fixing hole and are fixed to the housing by swaging. Two or more holding members are each provided with a corresponding protrusion member. Fitting holes and first insertion holes are formed around a central opening of a packing and the protrusion members are each fitted into a corresponding fitting holes. The packing is attached to the housing by fitting each of the protrusion members into the corresponding fitting hole. Fastening members are each inserted through a corresponding first insertion hole and a corresponding second insertion hole formed in a cover and are inserted into and fixed to holding members other than the above-described two or more holding members, so that the cover is attached to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kentaro Yano, Morito Oh
  • Patent number: 10878978
    Abstract: A wire includes a metal wire which has a flat shape, and which is formed of a rigid body. The metal wire has a bending portion that is bendable at any position in a longitudinal direction of the metal wire. A vehicle includes the wire, the wire is disposed along a rocker panel inside the vehicle in a state of being extended in a straight line without being bent at the bending portion, and the bending portion is disposed at a connecting portion at which the rocker panel and a center pillar are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kazunori Takata, Hiroki Kawakami, Shinji Oshita, Taku Furuta
  • Patent number: 10862282
    Abstract: A protector includes a body portion defining a plurality of paths through which electric wires of a wire harness can pass, an electric holding portion and a cover portion. The electric wire holding portion includes a holding piece which can be disposed so as to pass through an upper side of a first path and extend toward a partition wall from a first side wall, an engaging piece which can be disposed so as to pass through a lower side of a second path and extend toward a second side wall from the partition wall, and an intermediate piece which connects the holding piece and the engaging piece, and is fixable to the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshimichi Yamao, Kazuya Takahashi, Katsuya Yoshimura, Masayoshi Ogawa
  • Patent number: 10790653
    Abstract: Provided is a wire harness that can realize a simplified mold structure and reduce costs. A wire harness includes: a tubular member that is flexible and into which an electrical wire is inserted; and a path regulation member that regulates a routing path of the electrical wire. The path regulation member includes bent portions. The bent portions are formed by bending the path regulation members, and thus the routing path of the electrical wire can be regulated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Hidetoshi Sugino
  • Patent number: 10742006
    Abstract: Fixation structure for a cable, and the fixation structure includes a fixation member configured to be fixed to a structural body and a fixing member configured to fix the cable covered by a tube to the fixation member, where a cut-out for exposing an outer periphery surface of the cable at a portion middle of the cable in a longitudinal direction is provided at an end of the tube, and the cable and the tube are fastened and fixed to the fixation member by fastening the fixing member disposed within the cut-out in a state in which a part of the tube at a position corresponding to the cut-out is sandwiched between the cable and the fixation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: FANUC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hideo Matsui
  • Patent number: 10696245
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a power supply device that suppresses deformation of an exterior member. A power supply device is an apparatus for supplying power from a vehicle body to a sliding door. The power device includes: an exterior member, a vehicle-body-side holding portion for holding one end of the exterior member, and a door-side holding portion for holding the other end of the exterior member. The power supply device further includes: a connecting portion that can connect and disconnect the vehicle-body-side holding portion and the door-side holding portion while bending the exterior member in a state in which the vehicle-body-side holding portion holds the one end of the exterior member and the door-side holding portion holds the other end of the exterior member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Katoh, Masaki Yokoyama
  • Patent number: 10499550
    Abstract: A braid includes a plurality of metal-plated bundles braided to each other, each of the metal-plated bundle having a flattened shape. Each of the metal-plated bundle includes a plurality of tensile strength fibers, a plurality of first metal plating portions that are formed on the tensile strength fibers respectively, and a second metal plating portion including the first metal plating portions therein, the first metal plating portions having the tensile strength fibers respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoko Hongo, Hiroki Kondo, Yutaka Handa
  • Patent number: 10485092
    Abstract: A multilayer bus board comprising a multilayer stacked assembly including a plurality of electrically conductive first layers, and at least one second dielectric layer disposed between adjacent first layers; and a frame formed of a dielectric material, the frame encapsulating at least a portion of the multilayer stacked assembly and mechanically maintaining the first and second layers in secure aligned abutting relation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: INTERPLEX INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Richard Schneider, Joseph J. Lynch
  • Patent number: 10389100
    Abstract: A cable management device includes a first cable management arm, a second cable management arm and an auxiliary member. The second cable management arm is movable relative to the first cable management arm. The auxiliary member can be moved with respect to one of the first cable management arm and the second cable management arm from a first position to a second position, so as to increase a length of the cable management device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignees: KING SLIDE WORKS CO., LTD., KING SLIDE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Zong-Sian Wong, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 10367339
    Abstract: An example apparatus includes a cable track that includes a first side and a second side that is opposite the first side. The apparatus further includes two or more spacers. The two or more spacers include respective first ends that are attached to the first side of the cable track and respective second ends that are opposite the respective first ends. The two or more spacers further include respective first surfaces between the respective first ends and the respective second ends and respective second surfaces that are opposite the respective first surfaces. The apparatus further includes two or more pins attached proximately to the respective second ends of the two or more spacers. The two or more pins protrude from the respective first surfaces of the two or more spacers and/or protrude from the respective second surfaces of the two or more spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Ralph R. Galetti, Anthony A. Lazzaro
  • Patent number: 10340062
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to make it easy to bind a plurality of electric wires together. An electric wire bundle includes an electric wire group and a binding portion. The electric wire group includes a bundle portion in which at least a portion of a plurality of electric wires in an extension direction is bundled together. The binding portion formed by supplying a fluid binding portion forming material to an outer circumferential portion of the bundle portion in strip-shape in a form in which the bundle portion can be maintained in a bundled state and curing the binding portion forming material. Such a bundle can be formed by discharging the fluid binding portion forming material from a nozzle to the circumference of a bundle portion of a plurality of electric wires supported by an electric wire supporting portion, and curing the fluid binding portion forming material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Endo, Shigeto Kato
  • Patent number: 10333285
    Abstract: A protector-equipped wire harness includes: an electrical wire; a protector that includes a pair of side walls that protrude from a bottom, a slide supporting portion that is formed so as to extend in a first direction X, and a receiver that is provided on a bottom side of the slide supporting portion, and in which the electrical wire can be disposed in a groove that is defined by the bottom and the pair of side walls; and an attachment member that includes a band that can be wound around the electrical wire, and a band lock portion that includes a slidable portion that is supported by the slide supporting portion so as to be slidable in the first direction, the band lock portion keeping the band in a state of being wound around the electrical wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Nomura, Hiroaki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 10283237
    Abstract: In a water cut-off structure including: a shield electric wire having a braid covering signal lines; an exterior member through which the shield electric wire is inserted; and a grommet that is arranged at an opening of an attachment member, partitions one side and the other side of the attachment member, and has an insertion portion through which the shield electric wire is inserted, an exposed portion where the braid is exposed to the outside is arranged between the insertion portion and the exterior member and is provided with resin that is formed integrally with the exterior member and the insertion portion and is poured into a space between the signal lines in the braid, a space between the braid and the signal lines, a space in the braid, a space between the braid and the exterior member, and a space between the braid and the insertion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tetsuo Yamada, Hideomi Adachi, Takeshi Ogue, Masahide Tsuru, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Kenta Yanazawa, Toshihiro Nagashima
  • Patent number: 10236667
    Abstract: A wire follow-up protection structure of an electric reducer includes a deformation mechanism with a variable length and sliding plates, the sliding plates being symmetrically disposed on both sides of the deformation mechanism, the deformation mechanism being supported on the sliding plates, the sliding plates limiting the deformation mechanism such that the deformation mechanism deforms between the sliding plates, a continuous run-through channel being preset within the deformation mechanism, the deformation mechanism being disposed to be rotationally connected to the electric reducer and slidably connected to a main body of a coring device, the channel being disposed as a passage for wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: China National Offshore Oil Corporation, China Oilfield Services Limited
    Inventors: Yongren Feng, Tiemin Liu, Zhibin Tian, Liping Liu, Xiaodong Chu, Zanqing Wei, Xingfang Wu, Guiqing Hao
  • Patent number: 10193315
    Abstract: A corrugated tube assembly comprises an inner and an outer corrugated tube made of plastic with circumferential corrugations and with a respective longitudinal slot. A longitudinal strip on the inner corrugated tube with corrugations with the same shape and distribution as the corrugations on the outer corrugated tube protrudes into the longitudinal slot of the outer corrugated tube, the outer diameter of the respective corrugations corresponding to one another. The terminal cross-sections of all the corrugations on both corrugated tubes are closed. The two longitudinal sides of the longitudinal strip are connected to the rest of the inner corrugated tube via a respective V-shaped depression. When the two corrugated tubes are plugged together such that the corrugations of the two corrugated tubes are in engagement, each lateral edge of the longitudinal slot of the outer corrugated tube protrudes into a V-shaped depression of the inner corrugated tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventor: Van-Ngoc Chu
  • Patent number: 10150431
    Abstract: Embodiments disclose a holding part for fastening electrical wires to a vehicle with at least one first shell element and at least one second shell element, which is formed separately from the first shell element. At least one fastener is attached to or is integral to one of the shell elements and is configured to couple with an opposing element. In addition, there is at least one bridging element connected to one of the shell elements The first shell element and the second shell element form a receiving space between them for the wires when joined together, which is divided by the bridging element that extends through it to form at least two bundles of wires. Additional embodiments disclose a wiring arrangement with such a holding part, and a method for fastening electrical wires to a vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: Lisa Draextmaier GmbH
    Inventors: Severin Aigner, Guenther Jakob
  • Patent number: 10082227
    Abstract: A system for crown molding that enables safely incorporating electrical and communications cabling within crown molding by creating one or more protected paths which inherently prevent overly sharp bends in crown molding corners and by mitigating damage from penetrating punctures through a decorated face designed to fracture when improperly penetrated by a screw or nail, and enables the secure installation of hardware either concealed within the molding or securely and favorably positioned through the decorative face to view or sense a room, and enables additional cable capacity that is concealed within a light reflector to increase lighting efficacy as well as power and data delivery capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Inventors: Jeremy P. Hoffman, James P. Hoffman
  • Patent number: 10041640
    Abstract: Cable management systems that include a light source, such as a low voltage light source, integrally formed into or mounted to a cable management frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Shadi Alex AbuGhazaleh, Michael Robert O'Connor, Nathaniel Lewis Herring, Jason Zachary Walker
  • Patent number: 10033170
    Abstract: Hybrid cable tray comprising a first part (13) constituting one piece having a uniform thickness. The first part (13) forming at least a first support surface (52) of a first accommodation (53) for the plurality of cables (54). The first part (51) having a plurality of first through holes (15) formed by a first plurality of edges (20) in the first part (13). The cable tray (10) having two parallel extending side bars (11, 12) connected to each other by said first part (13). The said side bars comprise an inner side (111, 121) connected to the said first part (13) and provided with at least one closed top side (113, 123) and one outer side (112, 122) where the inner side and the outer side have about the same width (W). The side bars have an open bottom side (55, 56). The invention also covers a method of manufacturing such a hybrid cable tray (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Schneider Electric Industries SAS
    Inventors: Jan Öjerstav, Rolf Wesgardh
  • Patent number: 9858836
    Abstract: A panel 1 comprises a frame 2 having first and second frame portions 2a, 2b each provided with a longitudinal channel 7. The panel also comprises sheet material 4 extending across the frame 2 between the frame portions 2a, 2b. A first edge portion of the sheet material is inserted into the channel of the first frame portion 2a and a second edge portion of the sheet material is inserted into the channel of the second frame portion 2b. The first edge portion of the sheet material has a region of stiffened edging 6 that is located within the channel 7 of the first frame portion 2a. The second edge portion of the sheet material 4 is gripped within a resilient slot formed by a gripper member 5 that provides at least one resilient gripper element 5b in the channel 7 of the second frame portion 2b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SPIRIT DISPLAYS LIMITED
    Inventors: Hadley W. Weight, Alistair N. Weight
  • Patent number: 9797473
    Abstract: The invention relates to a line guide (100; 200; 300) for protecting at least one line, such as a cable, a hose, or the like for example, for supplying a motor vehicle seat for example. A longitudinal portion with multiple segments (110, 112; 210; 310) of the line guide is produced as a single piece, and each of the multiple segments has a closable holder (123; 223; 323) for the at least one line. Thus, the line can be positioned in a receiving area (130; 230; 330) when the holder is open and is held transversely to the longitudinal direction (L) in the closed position of the holder. The segments are connected together in the longitudinal direction so as to form an elbow (106; 206) by means of a flexible connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: IGUS GMBH
    Inventor: Stefan Strack
  • Patent number: 9780478
    Abstract: A connector comprises a housing, a contact and a connection structure. The connection structure is a structure other than the housing and comprises a conductive member, a protection portion and an electric-shock prevention portion. The conductive member has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion is attached to or integrally formed with the contact. The protection portion covers a part of the conductive member, which is positioned between the first end portion and the second end portion. The housing has an accommodation portion formed therewithin. The accommodation portion has an opening. The contact is accommodated in the accommodation portion together with the first end portion of the conductive member. The electric-shock prevention portion, at least in part, blocks the opening of the accommodation portion and obstructs entrance of a finger into the accommodation portion beyond the electric-shock prevention portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Yuji Kamei
  • Patent number: 9755410
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a wire harness allowing a relatively large number of electrical wires to be passed under the floor of a vehicle body. [Means for Solving Problem] A wire harness 21 is provided with a plurality of high-voltage electrical wires 22, a protection member 23 which protects the high-voltage electrical wires 22, fixed members 24, 25 which fix the wire harness in a vehicle, and a low-voltage electrical wire 26. The protection member 23 has two protection members for body under floor 29 and a body under floor protection member 30. The protection members thereof are flat-corrugated tubes. In the two protection members for body under floor protection member 29, circuits 22a, 22b which have the plurality of high-voltage electrical wires 22 are respectively received. Also, in the protection member 30 for body under floor, a circuit 26a which has the low-voltage electrical wire 26 is received. The two protection members 29 and the protection member 30 are arranged side by side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hidehiro Ichikawa, Tatsuya Oga, Takeshi Ogue
  • Patent number: 9713991
    Abstract: A wire harness is routed from a luggage compartment of an automobile along a hinge arm and toward a luggage door. An extra wire length accommodation case is positioned between the hinge arm and a vehicle body panel of the luggage compartment in a vertical direction which is an operation direction of the hinge arm. The extra wire length accommodation case has a shape that includes an arced wire entrance having a wire harness outlet linked with an arced portion of the hinge arm, and an extra wire length bypass continuous with the arced wire entrance. The wire harness is passed into the extra wire length bypass of the extra wire length accommodation case, then is drawn out through the outlet of the arced wire entrance and routed along the arced portion of the hinge arm toward the luggage door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Katou, Yoshikazu Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 9702162
    Abstract: An pultruded or extruded cross arm structure for a utility pole, comprising an elongated hollow structure having an outer surface and an inner portion, the inner portion comprising one or more compartments configured to receive a wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: TRIDENT INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventor: Peter Ceko
  • Patent number: 9692216
    Abstract: An electric wire protective tube is configured such that a straight tube section in a shape of a straight tube and a bendable tube section that is bendable are provided along a longitudinal direction, and is configured to have a shape of a tube that allows an electric wire to be arranged therein. The electric wire protective tube has a tubular inner shield portion made of an electrically conductive material and forming an inner surface of the tube, and an exterior portion made of resin and forming an outer surface of the tube. The inner shield portion is provided such that it is firmly attached to an inner surface of the exterior portion in the straight tube section, and such that it is separable from an inner surface of the exterior portion in the bendable tube section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahisa Sugimoto, Makoto Katsumata
  • Patent number: 9528747
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator in which a foam insulation material is filled in a space between an inner case (11) and an outer case (12) and a wire harness (20) with a bundle of a plurality of wires (30) is embedded in the foam insulation material, wherein in the wire harness, the wires are bound and flattened in at least one position thereof by binding tools (40), at least one of the binding tools is curved or bent about an extension direction of the wires, and in a corner portion at which two surfaces of the inner case intersect, the curved or bent binding tool is attached to the inner case so as to wrap the corner portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiaki Suzuki, Yasushi Soda
  • Patent number: 9490614
    Abstract: A wire tray configured to support and route wires of a wire bundle between electrical components includes tray walls defining a channel configured to receive corresponding wires of the wire bundle. The tray walls includes a first side wall, a second side wall opposite the first side wall and a bottom wall extending between the first and second side walls. A cover is hingedly coupled to the first side wall. The cover extends across a top of the channel between the first and second side walls. The cover has a primary latch latchably coupled to the second side wall. The cover has a secondary latch engaging the first side wall to secure the cover to the first side wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Allen Klein, David Charles Strausser, Kevin John Peterson
  • Patent number: 9383038
    Abstract: A cable management arm supporting device is provided to be mounted between first and second slide rail assemblies. The first slide rail assembly includes first and second rails and a third rail movably connected therebetween. The cable management arm supporting device includes: two movably connected arms; first and second mounting members respectively connected with end portions of the arms and respectively mounted to the first and second rails; a supporting base including two supporting portions; two telescopically connected supporting members respectively connected with one supporting portion of the supporting base and the third rail; and a third mounting member movably connected with the other supporting portion of the supporting base and releasably connected with the second slide rail assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chien-Li Huang, Chun-Chiang Wang