Patents Examined by Alexander Talpalatski
  • Patent number: 11574753
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a support device and a display apparatus. The support device includes: a support platform; a base disposed opposite to the support platform; and a plurality of superconducting magnetic levitation structures, each of the superconducting magnetic levitation structures including a superconductor and a magnet disposed oppositely; in each of the superconducting magnetic levitation structures, one of the superconductor and the magnet is disposed on the support platform, and the other is disposed on the base. The plurality of superconducting magnetic levitation structures are arranged to operate independently of each other without interference, and a repulsive force between the superconductor and the magnet of each of the superconducting magnetic levitation structures is set to be adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sijun Lei, Liang Gao, Yuxu Geng, Dengqian Li
  • Patent number: 11569052
    Abstract: A pole actuation booster mechanism for a four-poles low voltage circuit breaker, which includes: a first operating member adapted to be operatively connected to the operating shaft of the circuit breaker and moving together with said shaft during its rotation from an open position to a closed position, and vice-versa, of said circuit breaker over a range of movement having a first, a second and a third portion of movement, the first operating member having a first operating end; an operating assembly including at least an elastic element operatively connected to a lever, the first operating member being disengaged from said operating assembly during the first portion of its movement and engaged with the lever during the second and third portions of its movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: ABB S.p.A.
    Inventors: Nicola Bresciani, Marco Bonfanti
  • Patent number: 11551896
    Abstract: A magnetically actuated MEMS switch 100 includes a first magnetic core portion 120, a first signal line 15, a first contact point 16, a second magnetic core portion 220, a second signal line 25, a second contact point 26, and a first coil portion 111 and a second coil portion 211 serving as a magnetic field applying portion that causes a current to flow in conductor coil to apply a magnetic field to the first magnetic core portion 120 and the second magnetic core portion 220. The first contact point 16 is displaced depending on the presence or absence of a magnetic field applied by the magnetic field applying portion. Connection and disconnection between the first contact point 16 and the second contact point 26 are switched in response to displacement of the first contact point 16.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akifumi Kamijima, Atsushi Iijima, Kyung-Ku Choi, Katsunori Osanai, Daisuke Iwanaga
  • Patent number: 11551842
    Abstract: To provide a superconducting magnet apparatus with a structure which can prevent an increase in apparatus size even when a number of connection portions serving to connect superconducting wires is great. The superconducting magnet apparatus includes a first wiring-holding portion (tubular body (12)) extending from a bobbin (6) in an axial direction of a superconducting coil (1) and a second wiring-holding portion (joint plate (13)) which is provided on a same side in the axial direction as the tubular body (12), extends in a direction intersecting with the axial direction, and has a greater diameter than that of the bobbin (6) and the tubular body (12). Superconducting wires (7a to 11a) which extend from the superconducting coil (1) and connect to one another are spirally wound on the tubular body (12) and fastened to a groove (13a) formed on the joint plate (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: JAPAN SUPERCONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGY INC., RIKEN
    Inventors: Mamoru Hamada, Yoshinori Yanagisawa, Yu Suetomi
  • Patent number: 11545325
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed contact holder, a moving contact holder, an electromagnetic device, and a magnet. The fixed contact holder extends in a predetermined direction and is provided with a fixed contact. The moving contact holder also extends in the predetermined direction, and is provided with a moving contact. The magnet is arranged perpendicularly to an opening/closing direction of the fixed contact and the moving contact. A stretch space in which an arc generated between the fixed contact and the moving contact is stretched is provided, in the predetermined direction, beyond respective tips of the fixed contact holder and the moving contact holder. The stretch space also faces a surface of the fixed contact holder and a surface of the moving contact holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kimiya Ikushima, Takeshi Okada
  • Patent number: 11539260
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a stator, comprising a coil group is provided with a first end part, a second end part, multiple coils respectively wound on a multiple teeth, and a transition line part configured to connect multiple coils, the first end part is provided with a first overlapping part having the same position as at least a part of the second end part in the circumferential direction, the second end part is provided with a second overlapping part having the same position as the first overlapping part in the circumferential direction, and a coil connecting part is connected with the first overlapping part and the second overlapping part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: NIDEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yusaku Yoshida, Shunsuke Murakami, Yu Wang, Ting Huang
  • Patent number: 11532416
    Abstract: A magnetic levitation device as a toy or a bearing is provided. The magnetic levitation device has an inner component and an outer component. Multiple magnet rings are mounted on the inner component and multiple magnet rings are mounted on the outer component. The magnet rings on the inner component attract the magnet rings on the outer component. Multiple pulley assemblies are mounted on the outer component. An elastic component is connected with a center pulley. The two ropes are wrapped on the center pulley. One end of each one of the ropes is mounted on one of the fixing points that is connected to one of the magnet rings mounted on the outer component and another one end of the rope is mounted on a reactive pulley. With such structure, the outer component may levitate from the inner component and the pulley assemblies can balance the entire device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventor: Te-Wei Liu
  • Patent number: 11527377
    Abstract: A particularly reliable quick release latch and a release mechanism, as well as a quick grounding device or short circuiter, is particularly suited for low, medium, and/or high-voltage applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Juergen Einschenk, Peter Stracke
  • Patent number: 11522402
    Abstract: In a stator, coils of multiple phases are wound around a stator core via an insulator. A guide member is provided on one side of the stator core in the axial direction and guides the terminal line of the coil in the circumferential direction at a position overlapping the coil in the axial direction. Parts of the plurality of terminal lines drawn in the circumferential direction on the bottom part, which is the same end surface in the axial direction of the guide member, are shifted in the axial direction and the radial direction respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Koji Hotta
  • Patent number: 11515115
    Abstract: A shunt trip assembly is structured to be operatively coupled to a number of circuit breakers. The shunt trip assembly includes a housing assembly and an actuating assembly. The actuating assembly includes a limited number of components. In another embodiment, the shunt trip assembly housing assembly is a substantially sealed housing assembly. In another embodiment, the shunt trip assembly housing assembly includes a single mounting panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Akshay B. Jamdade, Karthik Satyanarayanan, Srushti Kawale, Nilesh Sawai
  • Patent number: 11515112
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes an electromagnet unit, an armature supported so as to be pivotable relative to a yoke by a hinge spring, a contact including a first contact and a second contact, which can switch, in accordance with pivoting of the armature, between a closed contact state and an open contact state, an elastic member which elastically deforms in accordance with pivoting of the armature, and applies a contact force between the first contact and the second contact in the closed contact state, and a magnet which generates an attractive force for retaining the armature in an open contact position corresponding to the open contact state, wherein the armature is retained in the open contact position by a resultant force of a restoring force applied to the armature by the hinge springe, and the attractive force of the magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Daiei Iwamoto
  • Patent number: 11508505
    Abstract: Provided is a superconducting coil having a spiral structure for a current limiter. The coil includes: a first superconducting tape, a second superconducting tape, and an insulating isolation layer, where the first superconducting tape and the second superconducting tape have spiral structures, an end of the first superconducting tape at a spiral center is connected to an end of the second superconducting tape at the spiral center, the instating isolation laser is filled between the first superconducting tape and the second superconducting tape, and a spacing between the first superconducting tape and the second superconducting tape gradually increases from the spiral center to an outer spiral periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: GUANGDONG POWER GRID CO., LTD., ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF GUANGDONG POWER GRID CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li Li, Lianhong Zhong, Meng Song, Xinhui Duan, Xiaoqing Xiao, Nannan Hu, Yunsong Luo, Wenfeng Cheng, Zhengjun Shi, Bing Zhao, Yajun Xia, Youxin Lin
  • Patent number: 11501938
    Abstract: A magnetic latching relay includes a base, a magnetic circuit portion, a pushing card and a contact portion; the base is provided with a first blocking wall to divide the base into an upper cavity and a lower cavity, the magnetic circuit portion and the contact portion are installed in the upper cavity and the lower cavity respectively; an iron core, two yokes and a magnetic steel of the magnetic circuit portion are formed an E-shaped magnetic conductive structure with a 90 degrees side turn; the middle position of an armature is rotatably supported above the magnetic steel, two ends of the armature respectively correspond to the tops of the two yokes; an upper end of the pushing card is connected to one end of the armature, and a lower end of the pushing card is connected to a free end of a movable spring of the contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Xiamen Hongfa Electroacoustic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinghuang Lin, Yiqing Zhu, Zhonghua Tan, Jinqiang Liu, Zhengji Lin
  • Patent number: 11476068
    Abstract: An electromagnetic relay includes a fixed terminal, a movable contact piece, a housing, and a heat dissipation structure. The fixed terminal includes a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a fixed contact disposed on the first surface. The movable contact piece includes a movable contact that is configured to contact the fixed contact. The housing includes an accommodation space accommodating a portion of the fixed terminal, the fixed contact, and the movable contact piece. The heat dissipation structure includes a heat dissipation space that is provided on the second surface of the fixed terminal for dissipating the heat of the fixed terminal to an outside of the accommodation space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: OMRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shingo Mori, Ryota Minowa, Yasuo Hayashida, Naoki Kawaguchi, Kohei Otsuka, Hiroyuki Iwasaka
  • Patent number: 11462969
    Abstract: A rotary apparatus includes a motor including a rotary shaft, a plurality of gears including an output gear, and a housing accommodating the motor and the plurality of gears. The housing is separable into a first housing and a second housing. The motor includes a first end portion and a second end portion located on an opposite side of the first end portion. The rotary shaft is derived from the first end portion. The second housing includes a first regulating portion regulating a position of a part of the motor on the first end portion. The first housing includes a projecting portion projecting toward the second housing side. The projecting portion urges the second end portion of the motor toward the first regulating portion side directly or via another member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: MINEBEA MITSUMI INC.
    Inventors: Koichiro Hirabayashi, Yukimasa Matsumura, Akiko Ikuta
  • Patent number: 11456135
    Abstract: Examples of a relay are described, with which the characteristics of the relay such as the operating voltage can be prevented from changing, even when impact is applied to the relay. The relay has an electromagnet, an armature which pivots about a pivot axis by excitation of the electromagnet, a pressing member attached to a tip of the armature, and a terminal which is pressed by the pressing member, wherein the armature comprises a plate-like insertion part which extends in a direction parallel to the pivot axis, and a guide groove provided in the insertion part and which extends in a direction parallel to the pivot axis, and the pressing member comprises an enclosure which is open on one end, and a part of the enclosure is inserted into the guide groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Kazuo Kubono
  • Patent number: 11450499
    Abstract: A switching assembly is for an electrical switching apparatus of a switching system. The electrical switching apparatus includes a base. The switching system has a communication device. The switching assembly includes a number of contact assemblies coupled to the base, each of the contact assemblies having a stationary contact and a movable contact structured to move between a CLOSED position corresponding to engagement with the stationary contact, and an OPEN position corresponding to disengagement with the stationary contact; and a transfer assembly including an element and only one single actuator coupled to the element, the element being structured to be coupled to the base, the single actuator comprising a controller for receiving a signal from the communication device. The single actuator is structured to move the movable contact of each of the number of contact assemblies between the CLOSED position and the OPEN position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventor: Jeffrey Gibson
  • Patent number: 11450497
    Abstract: Provide an electromagnetic switch device for a starter, by which a winding fluctuation of a plurality of coils, of which wire diameters are different from each other, is prevented, which can be downsized and can be produced with a low cost. A bobbin, at which winding portions are separated by using a first flange portion which includes a first notch portion, second notch portions, and third notch portions, by which coils are led out, and a first separation wall and a second separation wall, which include the second notch portions and the third notch portions, by which coils are led out, is included, and a main aspiration holding coil, a sub-aspiration holding coil, and a resistance coil, of which wire diameters are different from each other, which are respectively wound around a first winding portion, a second winding portion, and a third winding portion, which are separated, are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Takuma Ono, Mitsuyasu Okamoto
  • Patent number: 11442124
    Abstract: A superconducting magnet may include magnet coils including at least one group of outer coils and at least one group of inner coils, a container including an accommodating space, at least one first chamber that is disposed within the accommodating space and houses the at least one group of the inner coils, and at least one second chamber that is disposed within the accommodating space and houses the at least one group of the outer coils. The at least one first chamber and the at least one second chamber may be configured to be filled with a cooling medium and are in fluid communication with each other. The cooling medium may be configured to cool the magnet coils to a superconducting state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianfeng Liu, Yanqing Cai, Lijun Zou, Jin Qian, Jian Gu
  • Patent number: 11437895
    Abstract: The invention relates to a power system that includes an electrical machine, (e.g., a motor or generator). The electrical machine has a stator with a stator winding connected to a power converter. The power system includes an assembly to reduce, and optionally eliminate, common mode currents between the electrical machine and the power converter. The assembly includes a stator frame connected to ground potential and an electrical insulator (e.g., a plurality of stator mounts) located between the stator frame and the stator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: GE ENERGY POWER CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Benjamin Guy Salter, Martin Samuel Butcher