Extensible Patents (Class 174/69)
  • Patent number: 11886627
    Abstract: A real-time motion capture system and garment includes a wearable activity monitor that may be a pair of denim jeans. The wearable activity monitor includes multiple sensors such as accelerometers, gyrometers, magnetometers disposed within the seams of the garment. A microprocessor and wireless transmitter) communicate the motion data to an external device. The microprocessor and wireless transmitter may be included within one of the seams. An elastically stretchable ribbon or a flexible ribbon such as a kapton ribbon or a ribbon formed of textile, electrically couples the sensors and microprocessor and is also disposed inside the seams and the components within the seam are coated with a waterproof coating. The external device can store the data or display and analyze the data real-time, and may communicate the data to a further electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: SANKO TEKSTIL ISLETMELERI SAN. VETIC. A.S.
    Inventors: Ozgur Cobanoglu, Jitka Eryilmaz, Serkan Mert, Fehim Caglar
  • Patent number: 11791613
    Abstract: The cable support module according to an illustrative embodiment of the present invention comprises: a metal plate which is flexible and the bending position varies along the length direction; fixing blocks which are fastened to the metal plate and wrapped around the top surface and bottom surface of the metal plate, and a plurality of fixing blocks are arranged at fixed intervals along the length direction of the metal plate; and connection blocks which have openings on one side surface that expose the accommodation groove therein so as to be fit-coupled to each fixing block together with the metal plate, and a plurality of the connection blocks are arranged in series next to each other so as to be continuously connected such that mutual rotation is possible, wherein the connection blocks can be coupled to each fixing block in a zig-zag from left to right on both sides along the length direction of the metal plate, and can be alternately connected together in a zig-zag along the length direction of the metal
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Jong Chul Yoon
  • Patent number: 11735334
    Abstract: Provided are a stretchable wire tape for a textile that can maintain high levels in all of stretchability, electrical conductivity, durability, an insulating property, and design and can also have a reduced production cost, wearable devices, and a method for producing textiles having wires. The stretchable wire tape for the textile includes a stretchable electrically conductive wire, and stretchable insulating films each including a first face and a second face opposite to the first face, the stretchable insulating films being bonded to opposite sides of the stretchable electrically conductive wire on their first faces. Since the stretchable insulating films are bonded to the opposite sides of the stretchable electrically conductive wire via bonding layers, durability and an insulating property can be secured while stretchability and electrical conductivity of the electrically conductive wire can be maintained, and design can also be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: XENOMA INC.
    Inventors: Masao Nakajima, Naomi Ohto
  • Patent number: 11557884
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to an apparatus for aligning a connector during engagement or disengagement from a port. In some embodiments the apparatus includes a sleeve, a channel in the sleeve, and a handle extending away from the sleeve. In some embodiments, the sleeve is designed to receive a cable connector with a first opening at a first end of the sleeve and a second opening at the second end of the sleeve, the sleeve designed to receive a cable connector through the first end and allow the cable connector to exit through the second end after the cable connector has been engaged to a port. In some embodiments, the channel extends a length of the sleeve from the first end to the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sergio Alberto Cordero Lozano, Jesus Ernesto Ibarra Hernandez, Oscar Eduardo Flores Pantoja
  • Patent number: 11473329
    Abstract: A barrier support for a queue management system that includes a post having an upright portion adapted to support at least one barrier device and having at its bottom end a foot and a floor plate. A lower portion of the foot and an upper portion of the floor plate are cooperatively shaped such that the lower portion of the foot can securely fit into and/or over the upper portion of the floor plate and thereby locate the post and one or more magnets are located in the foot and/or the floor plate such that the post can be magnetically secured to the floor plate. The barrier support allows a post to be properly positioned on a floor plate without danger of misalignment and then be held in that position magnetically. The floor plate is circular and has a single centrally located circular aperture faulted therein and the foot is circular and has a single centrally located cylindrical portion that is sized to securely locate in the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Crawley, Tommy Coe, Kevin Hickson, Colin Sherwood
  • Patent number: 11423948
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a storage chassis and an electronic device including the storage chassis. The storage chassis has a first receiving space at an upper portion of a rear end, the first receiving space is configured to be shared by a plurality of functional modules, and each functional module includes cable management supports, CPU computation control modules or storage hard disks. In the present disclosure, more modules can be arranged in a limited chassis space flexibly and reasonably, thereby improving the utilization of the chassis space and implementing configuration of various functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Wenjin Li, Yu Wang, Shanping Huang, Ting Li
  • Patent number: 11370551
    Abstract: A propulsion unit for an aircraft, including an engine and a propeller shaft and further a propeller with airfoils which is coupled to the propeller shaft and having electrical members consuming electrical power, sealing between a case and the propeller shaft being ensured by a dynamic seal housed between a rotating dynamic seal support secured to the propeller shaft and a dynamic seal support flange secured to an end portion of the case, the rotating dynamic seal support being secured to the propeller shaft and abutted against a bearing for supporting this propeller shaft, it is provided that the propulsion unit, in order to deliver electrical power to the electrical members, having a rotating transformer rotated by the propeller shaft and including a stator, a casing of which is secured to the dynamic seal support flange and a rotor, a casing of which is secured to this propeller shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN ELECTRICAL & POWER, SAFRAN TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Mathieu Jean Jacques Santin, Guillaume Julien Beck, Aldric Renaud Gabriel Marie Moreau De Lizoreux, Boris Pierre Marcel Morelli, Jean-Michel Bernard Paul Chastagnier, Thomas Turchi
  • Patent number: 11322272
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a coiled cord capable of increasing the length of a cable while preventing a winding diameter of the coiled cord in a plane orthogonal to the direction in which the coiled cord is extended and contracted in a natural state from increasing. A first exemplary aspect is a coiled cord around which a cable is wound, the cable being capable of being freely extended and contracted, the coiled cord including: a first layer in which the cable is wound from an inner side of the coiled cord to an outer side thereof in a radial direction, and a second layer in which the cable is wound from the outer side of the coiled cord to the inner side thereof in the radial direction, in which the first and the second layers are continuously connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuta Itozawa, Hirotaka Komura
  • Patent number: 11289868
    Abstract: A protector includes a protector body to hold a wire member and a temporary holding unit to temporarily hold a connector provided to an end of the wire member. The temporary holding unit includes a first holding part engageable with the first portion of the flange of the connector, and a second holding part located remote from the first holding part and engageable with the second portion of the flange of the connector. With the temporary holding unit temporarily holding the connector, the first holding part and the second holding part are located in an area where the temporary holding unit and the flange overlap one over the other, when viewed from an insertion direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akinori Yamauchi, Mikiya Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 11220613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an elastic conductor with high conductivity and stable electrical performance under stretching. The elastic conductor comprises a matrix material; a plurality of electrically conductive structures embedded in the matrix; and one or more particles embedded in the matrix, wherein the particles are configured to release an electrically conductive material upon stretching of the elastic conductor. In a preferred embodiment, each of the particles comprises a core of the electrically conducting material, such as liquid eutectic gallium indium alloy, and an outer shell surrounding the core, such as gallium oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jiangxin Wang, Pooi See Lee
  • Patent number: 11107601
    Abstract: The invention provides an elastic conductor which is excellent in stretchability and hardly causes a decrease in conductivity even when stretched. The elastic conductor includes an elastomer and two types of conductive particles, wherein the two types of conductive particles are flake-like particles and nanoparticles, and the conductive particles are dispersed throughout the elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Science and Technology Agency
    Inventors: Naoji Matsuhisa, Takao Someya, Daishi Inoue
  • Patent number: 11092007
    Abstract: This application relates to method and apparatus for determining properties of a wellbore (201). The method involves attaching part of a sensing optical fibre (101) of a fibre optic cable (203) to a well casing (202) and inserting the well casing into the wellbore (201). The sensing fibre optic is connected to an interrogator unit (102) and distributed fibre optic sensing is performed on the sensing optical fibre as the well casing is being inserted into the wellbore to provide a measurement signal from each of a plurality of sensing portions of said sensing optical fibre. The measurement signal is indicative of disturbances affecting the sensing portions. A processor (107) analyses the measurement signals from sensing portions of the sensing optical fibre that has been inserted into the wellbore to determine wellbore properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: OPTASENSE HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventor: Kevin Boone
  • Patent number: 11011599
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a stretchable display panel and a stretchable device. The stretchable display panel comprises: a lower substrate having an active area and a non-active area surrounding the active area; a plurality of individual substrates disposed on the lower substrate, spaced apart from each other and located in the active area; a connection line electrically connecting a pad disposed on the individual substrate; a plurality of pixels disposed on the plurality of individual substrates; and an upper substrate disposed above the plurality of pixels, wherein the modulus of elasticity of the individual substrates is higher than that of at least one part of the lower substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eunah Kim, Hyunju Jung
  • Patent number: 10998703
    Abstract: A cable configuration tool includes an attachment base, a first cable retainer, a second cable retainer, and a cable guide. The attachment base includes an attachment point for mounting to an edge of an enclosure and an arm for mounting the first cable retainer, the second cable retainer, and the cable guide. A first aperture of the first cable retainer, a second aperture of the second cable retainer, and a third aperture of the cable guide are each configured to accept the arm of the attachment base, where the first cable retainer, the second cable retainer, and the cable guide are slidable along the arm. One or more cables for creation of a cable harness are placeable along an outer edge of the cable guide, where the cable guide defines a bend radius for the one or more cables of the cable harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan Paske, Steven Charles Erickson, Donald Hrtanek, Clinton William Erie, Michael John MacPherson
  • Patent number: 10862284
    Abstract: A wire clearance apparatus is provided. The wire clearance apparatus includes a body. The body includes a clamp operable to releasably attach the body to a flange or rim of a panel housing. A pivoting member extends laterally from the body. The pivoting member includes a pivoting arm including a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end of the pivoting arm is connected to the body. The pivoting arm is operable to pivot about a longitudinal axis of the body. The distal end of the pivoting arm includes a hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventor: Warren Stanley King
  • Patent number: 10787269
    Abstract: An evacuation system includes an inflatable device, and a charged cylinder configured to store a compressed gas. The evacuation system further includes an aspirator configured to receive the compressed gas and to inflate the inflatable device in response to receiving the compressed gas. The evacuation system further includes a firing cable having a maximum length and an elastic component configured to cause the firing cable to have an at-rest length that is less than the maximum length in response to a lack of force applied to the firing cable, the firing cable being coupled to the charged cylinder and configured to cause the charged cylinder to release the compressed gas in response to sufficient force being applied to the charged cylinder via the firing cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: GOODRICH CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy C. Haynes, Michael A. Luzader
  • Patent number: 10638641
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system including a cooling rack for servers, a first enclosure, and a second enclosure. The first enclosure can be coupled to the cooling rack for servers and houses electronics. The second enclosure can be coupled to the cooling rack for servers beneath the first enclosure with a minimal sliding clearance in between the two enclosures. The second enclosure also holds an electronics cartridge and connects to the cooling rack for servers via a slide that enables the second enclosure to slide out from under the first enclosure so that the electronics cartridge can be removed from a top of the enclosure. Further, the second enclosure may contain a fluid to immerse components and absorb heat from the electronics cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: John Franz, Wade D Vinson, Tahir Cader
  • Patent number: 10518000
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a packaged urinary catheter assembly and method of making and using the packaged urinary catheter assembly. The urinary catheter assembly includes a urinary catheter having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end includes at least one aperture for receiving fluid from a patient. The urinary catheter is contained within a sleeve having a length, a width, and a size configured to receive the catheter. According to one embodiment, the urinary catheter and the sleeve may be arranged in a helical coil. The outer surface of the urinary catheter may have a lubricious and/or an antimicrobial coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: C. R. Bard, Inc.
    Inventors: Tracey E. Knapp, Vasu Nishtala
  • Patent number: 10505291
    Abstract: A conductor connection structure includes a first plate-like routing member, a second plate-like routing member and a connection mechanism. The first plate-like routing member includes a first flat conductor and a first insulative coating which covers the first flat conductor. A first conductor piece is continuously extended from the first flat conductor at one longer edge of the first plate-like routing member and is exposed from the first insulative coating. The second plate-like routing member includes a second flat conductor and a second insulative coating which covers the second flat conductor. A second conductor piece is continuously extended from the second flat conductor at one longer edge of the second plate-like routing member and is exposed from the second insulative coating. The connection mechanism connects the first conductor piece and the second conductor piece to each other electrically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahito Ozaki
  • Patent number: 10462928
    Abstract: A composite cable assembly includes flat cables, a cable unit and fastening units. Each flat cable includes conductor assemblies and a shielding layer covering the conductor assemblies. The cable unit includes transmission lines. The transmission lines are arranged horizontally and in contact with the shielding layer of the flat cable closest to the transmission lines. The cable unit contacts the flat cable closest to the cable unit, the cable unit and each flat cable are together bent to form bent portions and extension sections connected to the bent portions. Each two fastening units are arranged spaced apart at two sides of a corresponding bent portion. Each extension section has the same length when the cable unit and each flat cable are moved in a movement direction to extend or collapse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Hsiao-Chung Chen, Tan-Hsin Chang, Chia-Cheng Lu, Chih-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 10454189
    Abstract: A conductor connection structure includes a first plate-like routing member, a second plate-like routing member and a connection mechanism. The first plate-like routing member includes a first flat conductor and a first insulative coating which covers the first flat conductor. A first conductor piece is continuously extended from the first flat conductor at one longer edge of the first plate-like routing member and is exposed from the first insulative coating. The second plate-like routing member includes a second flat conductor and a second insulative coating which covers the second flat conductor. A second conductor piece is continuously extended from the second flat conductor at one longer edge of the second plate-like routing member and is exposed from the second insulative coating. The connection mechanism connects the first conductor piece and the second conductor piece to each other electrically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masahito Ozaki
  • Patent number: 10391643
    Abstract: A robot includes an nth arm, an (n+1)th arm rotatably provided on the nth arm, and a core member provided at a center of rotation of the (n+1)th arm and having a first member and a second member. In the robot, a flat cable is sandwiched by the first member and the second member and wound around the core member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshinobu Goto, Kazuto Yoshimura
  • Patent number: 10390454
    Abstract: An equipment rack with a compact adjustable cable management arm is disclosed. The equipment rack includes a plurality of chassis slots arranged vertically. Each chassis slot is operable to hold at least one removable electronic device. A pair of side rails supports the plurality of chassis slots. An adjustable cable management arm is located on one end of the side rails. The adjustable cable management arm has at least a first vertical position allowing access to one of the chassis slots. The adjustable cable management arm has a second vertical position allowing access to another of the chassis slots blocked by the cable management arm when the cable management arm is in the first vertical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chao-Jung Chen, Chih-Hsiang Lee, Chih-Wei Lin, Wei-Chih Yang
  • Patent number: 10378744
    Abstract: A portable light may comprise: a light housing including a first housing and a light head that is pivotable relative to the first housing; one or more light sources including an illumination light source in the light head; an electrical switch for selectively energizing the one or more light sources; and a detector of the pivoted position of the light head relative to the first housing for energizing and/or de-energizing one or more of the light sources. Other features of the light may include: a rear facing light source that may have one or more light sources, or an elongated clip, or a pivotable elongated clip, or one or more accessories mountable to a clip, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Streamlight, Inc.
    Inventors: Francis D. Arena, Thomas J. Kelley, William D. Worman
  • Patent number: 10356932
    Abstract: A cable management device includes a first cable management arm, a second cable management arm, a connecting member and a blocking member. The second cable management arm is movable relative to the first cable management arm. The connecting member is movably connected to the first cable management arm. The blocking member is arranged adjacent to a junction area between the first connecting member and the first cable management arm, and configured to abut against at least one of the first connecting member and the first cable management arm to limit a relative movement between the first connecting member and the first cable management arm to a limited range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 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: 10322522
    Abstract: An object detection system in a saw includes an electrically conductive plate positioned at a predetermined distance from the implement, a detection circuit comprising a transformer, and a single cable connecting first terminal and second terminals of the transformer. The single cable includes a first conductor electrically connected to the first terminal of the winding and to the electrically conductive plate, a second conductor electrically connected to the implement, and an electrical insulator positioned between the first conductor and the second conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: John DeCicco, Eric Laliberte, Timothy Szweda, Brian Taylor, Dieter Volpert, Gary L. Voong
  • Patent number: 10292299
    Abstract: A cable management system including a component rack including a top wall, a bottom wall, and first and second spaced apart sidewalls extending therebetween to define a rack interior. A pair of drawer slides are attached to the first and second sidewalls in the rack interior and a chassis is attached to the pair of drawer slides whereby the chassis is movable between a stowed position inside the rack interior and a service position outside the rack interior. At least one cable retainer is attached to the chassis between the chassis and the first sidewall. A cable is positioned between the chassis and the rack and the cable includes a first portion extending from the chassis, a second portion fastened to the at least one cable retainer between the drawer chassis and the first sidewall in a looped configuration, and a third portion attached to the first sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason David Adrian
  • Patent number: 10292261
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are stretchable, foldable and optionally printable, processes for making devices and devices such as semiconductors, electronic circuits and components thereof that are capable of providing good performance when stretched, compressed, flexed or otherwise deformed. Strain isolation layers provide good strain isolation to functional device layers. Multilayer devices are constructed to position a neutral mechanical surface coincident or proximate to a functional layer having a material that is susceptible to strain-induced failure. Neutral mechanical surfaces are positioned by one or more layers having a property that is spatially inhomogeneous, such as by patterning any of the layers of the multilayer device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Northwestern University
    Inventors: John A Rogers, Yonggang Huang, Heung Cho Ko, Mark Stoykovich, Won Mook Choi, Jizhou Song, Jong Hyun Ahn, Dae Hyeong Kim
  • Patent number: 10259910
    Abstract: Disclosed is a moisture curable composition comprising a reactive or curable silicone; a crosslinker; an unreactive silicone; and at least of an initial strength-imparting agent and a plasticizer. The composition can have superior waterproofing property and weatherproofing property and allows easy installation on a substrate and easy peeling from the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Yaming Wang, Wenyan Li, Quancai Miao, Zhou Jin, Hong Lu
  • Patent number: 10259543
    Abstract: The invention relates to a system for the storage and production of electrical energy in a marine environment, wherein at least one ballast is lowered from a high position to a low position and then raised, by means of at least one cable (115) connected to a barge or platform (110). The barge comprises a generator/motor (113) actuated by the cable or actuating same. The ballasts (107, 108) are secured to a partially floating element (106) which is itself connected, by a retaining cable (105), to an element (101) floating on the surface and provided with means for varying the length of said retaining cable (105), the partially floating element (106) comprising a volume of gas compressible according to the surrounding pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Inventor: Louis Stevens
  • Patent number: 10245177
    Abstract: A temperature controlled blanket for providing dual warming and cooling zones. The temperature controlled blanket comprises a first layer of material, a second layer of material, and a seam, wherein the seam is disposed along a longitudinal axis of each layer of material, such that the seam defines a first portion and a second portion of the blanket. The first portion and the second portion each contain a panel comprising heating and cooling elements disposed between the first layer of material and second layer of material. The blanket further comprises at least one thermostat operably connected to each panel of the first portion and the second portion and a power source, wherein the at least one thermostat individually controls the heating and cooling elements of each panel. In an alternative embodiment, the first portion and the second portion of the second layer of material are made of two differing fabrics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Inventor: Eva Harvis
  • Patent number: 10219402
    Abstract: A computing device is provided. The computing device includes a first and second housing. The first housing includes a first and second set of electrical connection ports. The first set of electrical connection ports is positioned at a first location and in a first orientation. The second set of electrical connection ports is positioned at a second location and in a second orientation, which is different from the first set of electrical connection ports. The second housing is fixed within the computing device. The first housing is slidable, with respect to the second housing, within the computing device to enable access to the second set of electrical connection ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Lung Su, Chih-Chung Chen
  • Patent number: 10175440
    Abstract: A termination field and a guide member are independently pivotally coupled to a base body. The termination field pivots relative to the base body along a path of travel. The guide member is coupled to the base body to provide bend radius protection to cables plugged into the termination field. The guide member defines a channel leading the cables from the termination field towards a first side of the base body at an exterior of the base body. In certain examples, the guide member and termination field pivot relative to the base body about different hinge axes. In other examples, the termination field pivots with the guide member for part of the path of travel and relative to the guide member for another part of the path of travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignees: ADC Czech Republic, S.R.O., CommScope Connectivity Belgium BVBA
    Inventors: Zoltan Alexi, Bernardus Johannes Nicolas Geling, Simon Reyndert Christiani, Rudi Verbruggen, Johan Geens
  • Patent number: 9979146
    Abstract: A connector housing assembly is disclosed. The connector housing assembly has a connector housing and a mating connector housing. The connector housing has a cable receptacle open in a cable direction. The mating connector housing has a contact receptacle open in a contact direction. The mating connector housing is connectable with the connector housing in a first position in which the cable direction and the contact direction are substantially perpendicular to each other and a second position in which the cable direction and contact direction are substantially parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignees: TE Connectivity India Private Limited, TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Attad Vishwanath, Frank Wittrock, Martin Listing
  • Patent number: 9958197
    Abstract: A traveling harness system is provided for an appliance to maintain electrical connections between the appliance and a drawer, while allowing the drawer to move. Wiring harness guides formed in the drawer force the wiring harness to maintain a predictable and desirable loop radius to reduce stress on the wiring harness, which prevents the wiring harness from prematurely wearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald E. Haltmeyer, Dean A. Martin, Guadalupe Antonio Sanchez, Jose Paulo Remor
  • Patent number: 9943012
    Abstract: A rack-based information handling system (RIHS) includes: a rack chassis having a plurality of interconnected panels forming a volumetric space having a front section and a rear section, both with opposing side panels forming a front access space and a rear access space, respectively, between corresponding opposing side panels; one or more IT gear sleds that are inserted into the front section of the rack chassis; and a pair of front expansion panels that are added to the rack chassis and which extend past an end of the opposing side panels at the front section of the rack chassis to provide a deeper IT bay within the front section and enable insertion of longer-than-standard depth IT gear within the rack chassis. The front expansion panels are cable management panels that include at least one strap that is utilized to secure one or more cables extending from one or more IT gear inserted into the rack chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
    Inventor: Edmond Bailey
  • Patent number: 9899773
    Abstract: A coupling device for quick mounting and demounting an integrated light source, comprising two tubular intermediate elements (A, B) having mutually matching cross-sections, each element (A, B) having a first ending and a second ending and being telescopically connectable with each other by inserting their first endings one into the other, each intermediate element (A, B) consisting of at least two tubular members (A-a, A-b; B-a, B-b) having different cross-sections of close dimensions, the members (A-a; B-a) of the intermediate elements (A, B) having bigger cross-sections and the members (A-b; B-b) of the intermediate elements (A, B) having smaller cross-sections, and the element (A) being telescopically connectable by its smaller member (A-b) with a socket (C) comprising electrical connections while the element (B) is telescopically connectable by its bigger member (B-a) with the light source (D).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: OPTARGET SP. Z.O.O.
    Inventor: Federico Elia
  • Patent number: 9854699
    Abstract: An insert element for frameworks, in particular racks, for use in the information and network technology, comprises a plurality of insertion slots, wherein the insertion slots receive insertable cable storage elements each accommodating a cable, the two cable ends of which are guided to the outside via openings provided in the end face of the cable storage element and can be pulled out of the cable storage element at variable lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: PATCHBOX GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Geng, Josef Hofstätter
  • Patent number: 9846460
    Abstract: The present invention provides a server system and a limiting mechanism used thereby. Through mutual cooperation between the limiting mechanism which sets on a server rack and sliding grooves and limiting holes which are formed in outer side walls of a server case, when internal components of the server case are drawn out, a rear end of the server case can be effectively prevented from turning up or falling down, the problem of case fixation when the server rack uses a tray type sliding rail is solved, the structure is simple and reliable and the practicability is very high.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignees: INVENTEC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, INVENTEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chengwang Zhao, Bingwei Peng, Zhifeng Zhu
  • Patent number: 9845818
    Abstract: A coupling device includes a plurality of frames, each of which includes a base wall, and two spaced-apart side walls that cooperate with the base wall to define an accommodation space. The frames are arranged such that the accommodation spaces of the frames communicate with each other. At least one coupling unit is disposed in the accommodation spaces of two adjacent ones of the frames and applies a force to the side walls of the two adjacent ones of the frames so as to couple together the two adjacent ones of the frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: RADIANT OPTO-ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shang-Chia Liu, Guo-Hao Huang, Kun-Feng Chen
  • Patent number: 9844163
    Abstract: An electronic module includes a base, a carrying structure, an electronic component and a cable. The carrying structure includes a carrying portion and a cable arranging portion. The carrying portion is slidably disposed in the base, the cable arranging portion is connected to the carrying portion, and at least a part of the cable arranging portion is adapted to be bent. The electronic component is carried on the carrying portion. The cable is connected between the electronic component and the base and is position-limited by the cable arranging portion. When the carrying portion at least partially slides out of the base, the cable is deformed with the cable arranging portion. In addition, an electronic apparatus having the electronic module is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Chong-Xing Zhu, Chia-Hsin Liu, Zhi-Tao Yu
  • Patent number: 9822941
    Abstract: An upright lamp having length adjustable lamp-post includes a lamp-post, a plug mounted on the lamp-post, and a fastener configured for connecting the lamp-post and the plug. The lamp-post has a jack opened therein. The plug is inserted into the jack. The plug has a uniform cross section area and cross section shape with that of the jack. A hole is opened in the plug along axial direction thereof and is configured for receiving the fastener. The hole is intersected with a side wall of the plug. When the fastener is threaded into the volume formed by the plug and the lamp-post, the interference fit joint between the fastener and the volume is realized as the volume is less than that of the fastener. And then, the mounting base module and the fastener are assembled onto the lamp-post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wanjiong Lin
  • Patent number: 9789602
    Abstract: A bicycle repair stand includes an upright column. A first repair station includes a repair rack extending from the upright column in a first direction. The repair rack retains a bicycle at an elevated position relative to a column base. A tool storage face is provided along an exterior of the upright column. At least one retractable tool is coupled along the tool storage face. The at least one retractable tool includes a tool, a cable coupled with the tool, and a retraction mechanism coupled with the cable and configured to pull the tool toward the tool storage face when released by an operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Saris Cycling Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Chad DeBaker
  • Patent number: 9787076
    Abstract: A carrier member includes a first section, a second section, and a third section. The first section has a first length. The second section has a second length. The first section, the third section, and the second section connect sequentially and form a U-shaped structure. The first section and the second section have curved sections. The third section has a flat section. When the second section moves relative to the first section, the first section or the second section having the curved section transform into the third section having the flat section and store a resilient recovering force, and the third section having the flat section transforms into the first section or the second section having the curved section for adjusting lengths of the first section and the second section, which prevents a cable disposed on the carrier member from interfering with other mechanism or getting knotted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Wistron Corporation
    Inventors: Shih-Hao Li, Wen-Chin Wu
  • Patent number: 9706680
    Abstract: A cable management system includes a sliding rail setcable and management racks coupled to the sliding rail set. Each cable management rack includes a first mounting member affixed to one respective inner sliding rail of the sliding rail set, a second mounting member affixed to a link between two intermediate sliding rails of the sliding rail set, a hinge, and a first support member and a second support member respectively made by bending a respective metal wire rod into shape and respectively pivotally connected between the first and second mounting members and two opposite ends of the hinge. Thus, a large open space is defined in each of the first support member and the second support member for air circulation and heat dissipation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Nan Juen International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fu-Tien Chang
  • Patent number: 9701261
    Abstract: A flat cable routing structure is provided for preventing flat cables from suffering damage or disconnection and minimizing winding device malfunction, even when the flat cables are used in a plurally stacked state. The flat cable routing structure is provided with: a winding device for winding one side end portion of plurally stacked flat cables as well as for feeding out the other side end portion of the flat cables, the winding device being disposed in the vicinity of a slide body; and a protector which is caused to slide between a proximal position proximal to the winding device at which the flat cables are wound and a distal position distal to the winding device at which the flat cables are fed out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takahiko Katsuramaki, Hikaru Sano
  • Patent number: 9668372
    Abstract: A cable management device includes a first cable management arm, a second cable management arm, and a rod. The second cable management arm is movably connected to the first cable management arm. The rod is attached between the first cable management arm and the second cable management arm such that an unfolding angle between the first cable management arm and the second cable management arm is kept within a predetermined range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    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: 9480182
    Abstract: A cable management arm (CMA) for arranging cables extending from at least two areas of an electronic equipment chassis includes first and second cable management mechanisms and first and second supporting mechanisms. The first cable management mechanism serves to arrange cables extending from one of the chassis areas and includes a supporting bracket. The first supporting mechanism serves to support the first cable management mechanism and includes a fastener. The second cable management mechanism serves to arrange cables extending from the other chassis area and includes a supporting bracket releasably mounted to the fastener of the first supporting mechanism. The second supporting mechanism serves to support the second cable management mechanism and includes a fastener releasably mounted to the supporting bracket of the first cable management mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Chi-Chih Chou, Chi-Wei Wu, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Patent number: 9365390
    Abstract: In one implementation, a cable assistance apparatus includes a cable including a segment having a helical shape about an axis and an assist mechanism operatively connected to the cable. The assist mechanism may apply a force to adjust the segment from a first configuration to a second configuration. The first configuration may have a first span measured along the axis from a first end of the segment to a second end of the segment, and the second configuration may have a second span measured along the axis from the first end of the segment to the second end of the segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Gary G. Lutnesky, Kevin E. Swier
  • Patent number: 9325130
    Abstract: A distributor is proposed, comprising a power connection having a plug (1) and being connected to at least two socket connectors (3) via an electric conductor (2). In order to provide the highest level of variability concerning the extension length it is proposed that the socket connectors (3) are associated with separate sockets (4) which can be detachably interconnected or detachably connected to a housing (6) and which are each connected one to the other or to the housing (6) by an extension lead (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Inventor: Paolo Lombardo