Patents Examined by Abdullah A Riyami
  • Patent number: 11917736
    Abstract: A double ended retrofit LED lighting device having two connecting terminals (L1, L2) at a first end for connection to a power source and two further connecting terminals (R1, R2) at a second end for further connection to said power source, the LED lighting device comprising: —at least one LED (D1) for emitting light, —an LED driver arranged for receiving an AC current from said power source and for driving said at least one LED based on said received AC current, —a filament circuit (RfilL) connected between said two connecting terminals (L1, L2) for supporting a filament current circulating back to said power source for indicating a presence of said LED lighting device to said power source, and—a pin-safety circuit comprising two pin-safety switches (SwLa, SwLb), wherein each pin-safety switch is connected to a respective separate terminal of said two connecting terminals (L1, L2) and comprises a changeover contact, wherein said changeover contact comprises: —a central node (CC) arranged to be connected to sa
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Robert Veldman, Raimundo De Heer Galisteo
  • Patent number: 11916328
    Abstract: A socket includes a flat-plate-shaped housing, a plurality of contacts supported by the flat-plate-shaped housing, a frame attached to the flat-plate-shaped housing and extending along the flat-plate-shaped housing, a plurality of first solder balls disposed on a lower surface of the flat-plate-shaped housing and facing a circuit board, and a plurality of second solder balls disposed on the lower surface of the flat-plate-shaped housing. The frame defines, in an in-plane direction of the flat-plate-shaped housing, a position of an electronic component having a lower surface including a plurality of pads configured to contact the contacts upon the electronic component being mounted. The first solder balls electrically connect to each of the contacts and electrically connect to the circuit board. The second solder balls are not electrically connected to the contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G. K.
    Inventors: Naoki Hashimoto, Shinichi Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11915900
    Abstract: Vacuum electron devices (VEDs) are produced having a plurality of two-dimensional layers of various materials that are bonded together to form one or more VEDs simultaneously. The two-dimensional material layers are machined to include features needed for device operation so that when assembled and bonded into a three-dimensional structure, three-dimensional features are formed. The two-dimensional layers are bonded together using brazing, diffusion bonding, assisted diffusion bonding, solid state bonding, cold welding, ultrasonic welding, and the like. The manufacturing process enables incorporation of metallic, magnetic, and ceramic materials required for VED fabrication while maintaining required positional accuracy and multiple devices per batch capability. The VEDs so produced include a combination of magnetic and electrostatic lenses for electron beam control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: ELVE INC.
    Inventor: Diana Gamzina Daugherty
  • Patent number: 11910826
    Abstract: A capsule may include a housing, an aerosol-forming substrate, and a heater. The housing defines inlet openings, outlet openings, and a chamber between the inlet openings and the outlet openings. The chamber may have a longest dimension extending from at least one of the inlet openings to a corresponding one of the outlet openings. The aerosol-forming substrate is within the chamber of the housing. The heater is embedded in the housing. The heater includes a first end section, an intermediate section, and a second end section. The intermediate section is disposed within the aerosol-forming substrate in the chamber. An aerosol-generating device may include a device body with a lid configured to open to permit an insertion of the capsule and configured to close to engage the capsule within the device body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Zack W. Blackmon, Eric Hawes, Dean Twite, Rangaraj S. Sundar, Nicolas D. Castro, Raymond W. Lau
  • Patent number: 11916323
    Abstract: A multipolar connector set includes a first connector, a second connector including structure capable of being fitted to the first connector, a first substrate on which the first connector is mounted, a second substrate on which the second connector is mounted, a first ground conductor pattern formed on the first substrate, and a second ground conductor pattern formed on the second substrate. The first connector includes a first insulating member, first internal terminals held by the first insulating member and arranged in a first direction, and a first external terminal held by the first insulating member and connected to ground potential. The second substrate has a second conductor pattern non-formation region in which the second ground conductor pattern is not present at a position facing the first external terminal, when the first connector and the second connector are fitted to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshiro Maeda, Aoi Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11904761
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an exterior lighting system for a motor vehicle. An example system includes a plurality of lights configured to illuminate an area adjacent the motor vehicle, a plurality of sensors, and a controller configured to selectively activate and deactivate the lights based on signals from the sensors. The example system includes various aspects configured to preserve energy, including reducing the polling rate of sensors corresponding to deactivated lights, increasing light intensity in proportion to the speed of detected motion, and only illuminating those lights that correspond to locations of a recognized user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Stuart C. Salter, Hussein Berry, Clayton Benjamin Ford, Paul Kenneth Dellock, David Brian Glickman, Dave Diamond
  • Patent number: 11909144
    Abstract: A socket for electrically connecting an upper first part and a lower second part, the socket includes: a pin that contacts the first part and the second part; a main body made of a non-conductive material; a holder that penetrates the main body vertically and holds the pin; and a conductive layer provided on an inner circumferential surface of the holder to surround the pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Enplas Corporation
    Inventors: Keiichi Narumi, Kazutaka Koshiishi
  • Patent number: 11903565
    Abstract: The present invention provides an in-vivo detection apparatus and system based on a flexible tube. The apparatus includes: a detection component, a main circuit board, a detection circuit board, an auxiliary circuit board, a cable, and an outer tube. The in-vivo detection apparatus has improved welding strength and reliability particularly when a packaging size is limited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: INNOVEX MEDICAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hang Yan, Wei Tang, Ruifeng Gao, Zimei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11909143
    Abstract: An electrical receptacle unit with locking feature includes a receptacle adapted to be electrically connected to a source of electricity. The receptacle includes an electrical fitting having electrical contacts contained therein and/or extending therefrom, a socket surrounding the electrical fitting, and a plate disposed at a front of the socket. The electrical receptacle unit further includes a locking bracket that includes a central portion having first and second ends, a lock tab extending from a side of the central portion, and a pair of support arms, each extending forwardly from a respective one of the first and second ends. The locking bracket is pivotably secured to the plate, with at least a portion of each support arm positioned within a respective notched area of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan Bowen, Samuel Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11909155
    Abstract: A conductor terminal that has an insulating housing, which has a conductor insertion opening for inserting an electrical conductor and a contact element insertion opening for inserting a contact element. A busbar has a clamping section arranged between the inserted electrical conductor and the inserted contact element. A first clamping spring is provided for clamping the electrical conductor, which includes a first clamping leg having a clamping edge oriented in the direction of the clamping section, a first spring bend and a first contact leg, the clamping edge and the clamping section forming a first clamping point for clamping the electrical conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Hans-Josef Koellmann, Michael Meyer
  • Patent number: 11903419
    Abstract: An electronic cigarette and a heating assembly and a heating member thereof. The heating assembly comprises a capillary structure for absorbing an e-liquid and at least one heating member for heating and atomizing the e-liquid absorbed by the capillary structure. The heating member comprises an elongated heating portion. The elongated heating portion comprises at least one straight portion and at least one curved portion which are connected sequentially. A resistance at the at least one curved portion is less than a resistance at the at least one straight portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SMOORE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiaoping Li, Changyong Yi, Zhenlong Jiang
  • Patent number: 11909193
    Abstract: A busway joint for coupling two segments of an electrical distribution busway to each other comprising, a busway joint including a plurality of fins, a central body connecting each of the plurality of fins, and a bolt within the central body, wherein the bolt includes a cavity housing a sensor lead and an epoxy potting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy O'leary
  • Patent number: 11903411
    Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating article including a plurality of flavoring capsules arranged inside at least one of a tobacco medium section and a filter section, wherein the plurality of flavoring capsules respectively include different flavor sources and respectively include susceptor materials configured to be heated at different rates as an alternating magnetic field passes through the susceptor materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Won Lee, Sang Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 11903425
    Abstract: Described is provided a vapor provision system for generating a vapor for user inhalation, the system including a housing, a first user input mechanism configured to provide a first input to control a first aspect of vapor generation and located on a first side of the housing, and a second user input mechanism configured to provide a second input to control a second aspect of vapor generation and located on a second side of the housing, the second side of the housing opposite to the first side of the housing, wherein the first user input mechanism and the second user input mechanism are different types of user input mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventor: David Leadley
  • Patent number: 11903104
    Abstract: A method (400) of controlling a plurality of lighting units (112, 114) of a lighting system (100) is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V.
    Inventors: Paul Ulco Broekman, Simone Maria Stavenuiter, Simon Rycroft
  • Patent number: 11901512
    Abstract: An electrolyte includes at least one lithium salt, at least one first organic solvent having a dielectric constant of >90 at 40° C., at least one second organic solvent having a boiling point of <110° C., and at least one phosphite having the formula (I) R1 is selected from an n-propoxy group, an iso-propoxy group, a tert-butoxy group, an n-pentafluoropropoxy group, an n-trifluoropropoxy group, an iso-hexafluoropropoxy group, or a tert-nonafluorobutoxy group. R2, R3, R4, and R5 are each selected, independently of one another, from H, a trifluoromethyl group, or a C2-C6-alkyl group which is substituted with a trifluoromethyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH, CONSTRUCTOR UNIVERSITY BREMEN GGMBH
    Inventors: Volodymyr Kozel, Natascha Von Aspern, Gerd-Volker Roeschenthaler, Martin Winter, Olesya Stubbmann-Kazakova, Isidora Cekic-Laskovic, Christian Woelke
  • Patent number: 11901665
    Abstract: A connector includes an external housing having cavities, internal housings, and terminals to be accommodated in the internal housings, wherein retainers extending in an insertion direction of internal housings into the cavities are formed on inner wall surfaces of the cavities, groove parts for receiving the retainers are formed on outer wall surfaces of the internal housings, the retainers are configured to achieve secondary locking of the plurality of terminals accommodated in the internal housings, the retainers of the cavities have different shapes from one another, and the groove parts of the internal housings have shapes complementary to the shapes of the retainers of the corresponding cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.
    Inventor: Satoru Takizawa
  • Patent number: 11901706
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to an electrical system enclosure. The electrical system enclosure can include an electrical housing unit that includes one or more electrical components. The electrical system enclosure can further include a receptacle coupled to an outside surface associated with the electrical housing unit. The receptacle may be configured to engage a connector component of a cable. The electrical system enclosure can further include a contactor within the electrical housing unit. The contactor may be configured to energize based at least in part on the receptacle engaging the connector component. The electrical system enclosure may include an energy supply component configured to cause energy to be transmitted through the receptacle and the cable to a device outside of the electrical housing unit based on the contactor energizing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Infinite Energy Construction, Inc.
    Inventors: Nilson Mendes Goes, Timothy Allen Albertson
  • Patent number: 11901678
    Abstract: A contact member includes, an outer conductor including a mating interface section that includes a front end of the outer conductor, a termination section including a rear end of the outer conductor, and a middle section therebetween joining the mating interface and termination sections; an inner conductor received in the mating interface section; and a protective insulator including a main portion received in the mating interface section of the outer conductor and supporting the inner conductor and including an end portion configured for closed entry mating. The end portion has an end face extending outside of the front end of the outer conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Michael A Hoyack, Owen R. Barthelmes, Kenneth Capozzi
  • Patent number: 11899920
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle lighting device intended to improve convenience and safety. A vehicle lighting device includes a light disposed in a vehicle interior, a controller controlling the light, and a detecting unit detecting position or motion of a detecting object by detecting a detection object at a plurality of positions, and the controller controls the light when the position or motion of the detection object is detected by the detecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: Pioneer Corporation, Tohoku Pioneer Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Abe, Satoshi Suzuki, Kenji Kawamura, Shingo Tsuji