Patents Examined by Alexander Talpalatski
  • Patent number: 11387026
    Abstract: An assembly having a cylindrical structure supported by a support structure having at least one support element, the support structure being cradle shaped, such that vertical and horizontal loads are taken largely as shear forces by respective interface surfaces which are substantially parallel to the direction of the respective load, and vertical loads are taken in a direction substantially tangential to the cylindrical surface of the cylindrical structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: William James Bickell, Ashley Fulham, Martin Gambling, Martin Howard Hempstead, Graeme Hyson, Paul Lewis, Nicholas Mann, Michael Simpkins
  • Patent number: 11387063
    Abstract: A contact point device includes a fixed contact, a movable contactor that has a movable contact capable of being in contact with the fixed contact by moving in parallel with a first direction, a containing chamber that contains the fixed contact and the movable contact, and a shielding wall disposed inside the containing chamber. The shielding wall is located in the first direction from the fixed contact and the movable contact when viewed in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, the shielding wall extends along the first direction, and the shielding wall is provided with one or a plurality of through holes that penetrate the shielding wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: PANSONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Satoshi Sakai
  • Patent number: 11380468
    Abstract: An electro-permanent magnet (EPM) for an electromagnetic mooring system (EMS) includes a low coercivity magnet surrounded by a reversible coil, and one or more high coercivity magnets surrounding the low coercivity magnet and the reversible coil. The reversible coil switches polarity of the low coercivity magnet to null the stronger, one or more high coercivity magnets. The nulling of the stronger, one or more high coercivity magnets allows for the EMS to connect and disconnect to an adjacent apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: THE AEROSPACE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Donald Wayne Denham
  • Patent number: 11374476
    Abstract: A linear vibration motor includes a housing with a receiving space, a vibrator received in the receiving space, a coil for driving the vibrator to vibrate, a guide member for guiding movement of the vibrator, and a recover assembly fixed to a side of the vibrator. The vibrator includes a magnetic circuit system with first and second magnets. The recover assembly is closed to the first magnet. A magnetic polarity of an end of the magnetic recovery assembly facing the vibrator is reverse to that of an end of the first magnet away from the second magnet. When the vibrator is in an equilibrium position, a centroid of the vibrator is located between the magnetic recovery assembly and the coil. Magnetic force between the magnetic recovery assembly and the magnetic circuit system provides recovery force for the vibrator, thereby realizing large-stroke vibration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: AAC Technologies Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhiyong Cui, Yun Tang, Jie Ma, Yao Wang, Lubin Mao
  • Patent number: 11367549
    Abstract: A magnetic coupler having a housing defining a coupler plane, a magnet assembly positioned at least partially within the housing, the magnet assembly being movable relative to the coupler plane, and a release assembly coupled to the magnet assembly to selectively reposition the magnet assembly relative to the coupler plane based on the angular orientation of the release assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: DJ Squared, Inc.
    Inventor: John P. H. Zachman
  • Patent number: 11361925
    Abstract: A relay for assembling in terminal blocks includes an electromagnetic drive arrangement including an armature, an armature bearing spring, and a yoke. The armature is at least partially spaced from the yoke, is movably mounted, and is reduces the distance between the yoke and the armature under an effect of an electromagnetic force. The armature bearing spring applies a spring force counteracting the electromagnetic force. The yoke interacts electromagnetically with the armature to apply the electromagnetic force. A contact spring has a first contact surface and a contact arm, and the contact arm is spaced from the first contact surface and comes into contact with the first contact surface via a pressure force acting to establish an electrical connection between the first contact surface and the contact arm. An insulating element electrically isolates the armature from the contact arm and actuates the contact arm to produce the pressure force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Ralf Hoffmann
  • Patent number: 11355272
    Abstract: An electronic component comprising: a body; a conductive wire in the body; and a first lead comprising a first part disposed on a first surface of the body and a second part disposed on a second surface of the body, wherein the second part of the first lead comprises a first protrusion portion and a second protrusion portion spaced apart from each other, wherein a first portion of a first terminal part of the conductive wire is disposed between the first protrusion portion and the second part of the first lead disposed on the second surface of the body, and a second portion of the first terminal part of the conductive wire is disposed between the second protrusion portion and the second part of the first lead disposed on the second surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: CYNTEC CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yung-Cheng Chang, Chih-Siang Chuang, Yi-Min Huang
  • Patent number: 11349379
    Abstract: A motor comprises: a shaft; a rotor coupled to the shaft and including a magnet; a stator disposed outside the rotor and including a coil and a stator core; a cover disposed on an upper side of the rotor; and a magnetic sensor disposed between the cover and the rotor, wherein the magnetic sensor is disposed on an upper side of the magnet, a surface of the magnetic sensor facing the rotor is disposed below the uppermost end of the coil, and the length of the rotor in the shaft direction is longer than the length of the stator core in the shaft direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Shik Cho, Hye Yeong Byeon
  • Patent number: 11342150
    Abstract: A high-insulation small-sized hinged electromagnetic relay, includes a bobbin, coil terminals, an iron core and a fixed contact block. The bobbin has a cylindrical portion for winding a coil, and the iron core includes a mandrel and a magnetic pole portion arranged on the upper end of the mandrel; the mandrel of the iron core is fitted into the central hole of the cylindrical portion of the bobbin, the coil terminals is assembled on the lower flange of the bobbin and positioned on one side in the width direction of the bobbin, and the fixed contact block is interposed in the upper flange and the lower flange of the bobbin and positioned on the other side in the width direction of the bobbin; the cylindrical portion is offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Xiamen Hongfa Signal Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiabin Lin, Weifeng Wang, Xinshang Dong
  • Patent number: 11328849
    Abstract: The present invention comprises: a rod used as a rod-shaped member; an electroconductive polymer actuator having an electroconductive polymer that expands and contracts in a prescribed direction due to electric current; and an electromagnetic actuator having a fixed magnetic pole part in which the magnetic pole arrangement is fixed, and a variable magnetic pole part in which the magnetic pole arrangement is changed by switching of electric current, the fixed magnetic pole part and the variable magnetic pole part moving relative to each other due to the magnetic pole arrangement of the variable magnetic pole part being changed. The fixed magnetic pole part or the variable magnetic pole part is connected to the electroconductive polymer so that the relative movement direction of the fixed magnetic pole part and the variable magnetic pole part matches the expansion-contraction direction of the electroconductive polymer, and the rod is connected to the electroconductive polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masato Miyoshi, Daiki Hatakeyama
  • Patent number: 11322328
    Abstract: Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter (AFCI), Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter (GFCI) or AF/GF circuit breakers which may optionally have relatively small or compact bodies that have shaped neutral busbars and/or load terminals with an arm that extends through a window of a current transformer in a circuit breaker housing. The neutral busbar and/or load terminal can have a rigid or semi-rigid shaped body with a first segment that extends through the window of the current transformer and a second segment that extends behind the first segment about a printed circuit board. A plug-on, pigtail or bolt-on neutral can engage an electrical pad of the neutral busbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Somashekharayya Hiremath, Sandy Omar Jimenez
  • Patent number: 11322326
    Abstract: An elastic contact plate structure of an electromagnetic relay includes at least one elastic plate assembly and at least one contact structure. The elastic plate assembly includes first, second, third and fourth plates sequentially stacked on one another, and first plate has a first convex arc bent portion with first mounting hole formed at an end; second plate has second convex arc bent portion with second mounting hole formed at an end. Third plate has third mounting hole formed at an end; fourth plate has fixed section, which has fourth mounting hole, and elastic section. Contact structure is passed and fixed into first, second, third, and fourth mounting hole. Therefore, the force receiving strength of elastic contact plate structure shows a positive linear change with the deformation, and the stability of connecting or disconnecting elastic contact plate structure is improved significantly, so as to achieve a better electrical performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: SONG CHUAN PRECISION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung-Jen Wu
  • Patent number: 11322288
    Abstract: A fluid-cooled electromagnet includes an upper housing, a lower housing vertically aligned with the upper housing, a plurality of pancake coils disposed between the upper housing and the lower housing to be spaced apart from each other and sequentially stacked to have a washer shape, and at least one spacer, disposed between the upper housing and the lower housing, accommodating the pancake coils at regular intervals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science
    Inventors: Seong Min Hwang, Jeong Hyun Shim, Ingo Hilschenz, Seong-Joo Lee, Kiwoong Kim
  • Patent number: 11309116
    Abstract: An electronic component with a plurality of coil conductor layers laminated such that a coil conductor having a coil pattern on a surface of an insulation layer is formed on each of the plurality of coil conductor layers. The electronic component includes a laminated body in which a bottom face side extended electrode layer, a primary coil conductor layer including a primary coil conductor, a secondary coil conductor layer including a secondary coil conductor, a tertiary coil conductor layer including a tertiary coil conductor, a parallel primary coil conductor layer including a parallel primary coil conductor, and a top face side extended electrode layer are laminated in this order. The electronic component further includes first through sixth external electrodes on a surface of the laminated body, which are connected to the primary, secondary, tertiary and parallel primary coil conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouhei Matsuura, Morihiro Hamano, Keiichi Tsuduki
  • Patent number: 11309110
    Abstract: A persistent current switch system is presented. One embodiment of the persistent current switch system includes a vacuum chamber having a winding unit and dual cooling paths. The dual cooling paths are configured to circulate a coolant flow. The dual cooling paths are defined by a first cooling path and a second cooling path. The first cooling path includes a solid thermal component disposed in direct contact with the winding unit and the second cooling path includes a cooling tube disposed in direct contact with the winding unit and configured to circulate a coolant therein. The dual cooling paths cool the temperature of the winding unit below the threshold temperature to transition the persistent current switch system from the first mode to the second mode. A method of for cooling a winding unit in a persistent current switch system and a switching system including dual cooling paths are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Susumu Mine, Ye Bai, Anbo Wu, Minfeng Xu, Paul St. Mark Shadforth Thompson
  • Patent number: 11309109
    Abstract: An inductive core including a body including a ferromagnetic material and a magnet, the magnet forming a first path for circulating of magnetic flux lines produced by the magnet, and the ferromagnetic material at least partially forming a second path for circulating the magnetic flux lines, wherein the ferromagnetic material extends continuously between the poles of the magnet along the poles of the magnet and makes contact with at least a part of an exterior lateral wall of the magnet extending between its poles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventor: Gerard Delette
  • Patent number: 11302503
    Abstract: A clapper-type electromagnetic release for a miniature circuit breaker is characterized by including an armature, a magnet yoke, a coil, an iron core, a shaft, and an armature torsion spring. The iron core is mounted on the magnet yoke. The coil is sleeved on the iron core. The armature is mounted on the shaft and can rotate around the shaft. The armature torsion spring is mounted on the shaft. The armature torsion spring presses against the armature, so that the armature can be reset. In the clapper-type electromagnetic release for a miniature circuit breaker, by the rotation of the armature, the armature is not closed in absorption and the circuit breaker mechanism is not tripped within a specified current range; and when the specified current range is exceeded, the armature is closed in absorption and the armature claps a lock, so that the circuit breaker mechanism is tripped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Shanghai Liangxin Electrical Co., LTD
    Inventors: Wanjun Pan, Yanqun Yang
  • Patent number: 11289280
    Abstract: A high voltage relay resistant to instantaneous high-current impact is disclosed. The high voltage relay includes an electromagnet system, a control system, a contact system, and a base support. In various embodiments, an electromagnetic force generated by the contact system is used to resolve a problem of contact separation caused by an electric repulsion force generated by an instantaneous high-current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Xi'an Jiaotong University, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chunping Niu, Yi Wu, Xufeng Kang, Fei Yang, Mingzhe Rong, Guangchao Yan, Qingyin Fang
  • Patent number: 11282629
    Abstract: The multilayer inductor includes a multilayer body including a plurality of insulating layers laminated in a lamination direction, and a plurality of coil groups arranged in the multilayer body along the lamination direction and connected in series. Each of the coil groups includes a plurality of coil patterns respectively provided on the insulating layers and laminated in the lamination direction, and is configured by connecting a plurality of pattern groups in series. Each of the pattern groups is formed by connecting n (n is a positive integer) coil patterns in parallel. The number of parallels n of at least one of the coil groups is different from the number of parallels n of another coil group. The insulating layers include magnetic and non-magnetic insulating layers. At least one of the insulating layers adjacent to one of the coil patterns is the non-magnetic insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouji Yamauchi, Toshihiko Fukushima, Hideo Ajichi
  • Patent number: 11282663
    Abstract: A shunt trip assembly structured to be operatively coupled to a number of circuit breakers uses a lever to actuate an operating mechanism of the circuit breakers and uses a selectively powered solenoid to power the lever. The shunt trip assembly is composed from a standardized shunt assembly designed for use with a plurality of different solenoid coils, such that a given standardized shunt assembly will be operative regardless of which of the solenoid coils are added to the standardized shunt assembly. The shunt trip assembly requires less than 10 amps of current to operate; can be powered by any of a 12 volt AC/DC, 24 volt AC/DC, or 48 volt AC/DC power source; and is functional in temperatures ranging from ?40° C. to +60° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Srushti Kawale, Abhinav Pandey, Karthik Satyanarayanan, Jeffrey Cox, Projesh Basu, Edward V. Stout, Akshay Jamdade, Rajesh Londhe