Patents Examined by Anatoly Vortman
  • Patent number: 10709038
    Abstract: The present invention includes a rack stand for computer servers that ingests cooled air and accepts heated exhaust. Oriented cooled spaces adjacent to heated spaces allows thermoelectric power generation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: DHK Storage, LLC
    Inventor: David Klein
  • Patent number: 10693281
    Abstract: A device for electrically connecting power distribution plates, comprises a connector fastened to one end of a first plate and comprising power contacts for a second plate. The connector comprises a pair of separate electrical connection parts which together electrically connect two power busbars of the first plate to two power busbars of the second plate and each includes a base for electrically connecting and mechanically fastening the part to a power busbar of the first plate and a power contact branch extending from the base and intended to interact with a power busbar of the second plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Zodiac Aero Electric
    Inventor: Olivier Deshayes
  • Patent number: 10693283
    Abstract: An underground modular transformation centre that is resistant to disasters and adverse conditions, having a transformer without fins. The tank has electrical connection outlets in the lower lateral zones. This tank is also provided with piping in which holes are drilled, positioned in diametrically opposing points inside the tank, and threading on the external part thereof protruding from the tank. Also provided are threaded casings on the lateral panel of the tank in order to accommodate temperature detectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Inventor: Inés Aragüez Del Corral
  • Patent number: 10686300
    Abstract: A device for electrically connecting power distribution plates, comprises a connector fastened to one end of a first plate and comprising power contacts for a second plate. The connector comprises a pair of separate electrical connection parts which together electrically connect two power busbars of the first plate to two power busbars of the second plate and each includes a base for electrically connecting and mechanically fastening the part to a power busbar of the first plate and a power contact branch extending from the base and intended to interact with a power busbar of the second plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: Zodiac Aero Electric
    Inventor: Olivier Deshayes
  • Patent number: 10679802
    Abstract: A push switch, having a conductive member which includes three integrally formed components: a conductive element, a U-shaped clip, and a conductive cantilever element. An overheating destructive element is provided on the conductive cantilever element, and the overheating destructive element can be destroyed at a destructive temperature, in which the destructive temperature is between 100° C. to 250° C. The push switch has a contact element in contact with the overheating destructive element so as to control the conductive cantilever element to be electrically connected or disconnected. When the conductive cantilever element is electrically connected, and if the overheating destructive element is overheated and destroyed, the conductive cantilever element is driven to become electrically disconnected, thereby achieving protection against overheating. The integral formation and manufacturing of the conductive member has the advantages of being structurally simple and easy to assemble.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: GREEN IDEA TECH INC.
    Inventor: Hsiang-Yun I
  • Patent number: 10673211
    Abstract: A contactor assembly post is provided. The contactor assembly post includes a first portion electrically connected to an external bus bar at an exterior of an electrical contactor housing, a second portion electrically connected to an internal bus bar at the exterior of the electrical contactor housing, a third portion and fins. The internal bus bar is configured to extend into an interior of the electrical contactor housing to be electrically coupled to another internal bus bar. The third portion extends transversely between the first and second portions. The fins extend transversely from multiple points defined along a longitudinal axis of the third portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Debabrata Pal, Mark Hamilton Severson
  • Patent number: 10667433
    Abstract: A contained thermal interface material for pluggable applications, structures, and a method for implementing thermal coupling between components with a contained thermal interface material for pluggable applications are provided. A thermal interface material is combined with a metal member providing effective thermal coupling between components for plugging and unplugging thermal management applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Eric J. Campbell, Jennifer Bennett, Sarah K. Czaplewski-Campbell, Elin F. LaBreck
  • Patent number: 10665413
    Abstract: A fusible disconnect switch devices includes dual sets of switch contacts to connect or disconnect a current path through an overcurrent protection fuse with reduced arcing severity. Faster acting and longer contact path switch mechanisms are described providing satisfactory switching of DC circuits without excessive electrical arcing in a reduced physical package size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: John Joseph Shea, Hongbin Wang, Paul J. Rollmann, Matthew Rain Darr
  • Patent number: 10645841
    Abstract: A cooling device includes a cooling tank, a support frame, and a rotary shaft. The cooling tank accommodates coolant and an electronic device. The electronic device is immersed in the coolant. The support frame defines an opening in a first side plate and a receiving space communicating with the opening. The cooling tank is received in the receiving space. The cooling tank includes a base plate and a sidewall. The rotary shaft is rotationally mounted to a bottom corner of the cooling tank formed by the base plate and the sidewall. The rotary shaft serves as a rotating axis of the cooling tank to rotate the cooling tank out of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tze-Chern Mao, Yao-Ting Chang, Chih-Hung Chang, Yen-Chun Fu, Li-Wen Chang, Chao-Ke Wei
  • Patent number: 10643810
    Abstract: A zero-power plasmonic microelectromechanical system (MEMS) device is capable of specifically sensing electromagnetic radiation and performing signal processing operations. Such devices are highly sensitive relays that consume no more than 10 nW of power, utilizing the energy in detected electromagnetic radiation to detect and discriminate a target without the need of any additional power source. The devices can continuously monitor an environment and wake up an electronic circuit upon detection of a specific trigger signature of electromagnetic radiation, such as vehicular exhaust, gunfire, an explosion, a fire, a human or animal, and a variety of sources of radiation from the ultraviolet to visible light, to infrared, to terahertz radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: Northeastern University
    Inventors: Matteo Rinaldi, Zhenyun Qian, Sungho Kang, Vageeswar Rajaram
  • Patent number: 10645848
    Abstract: A sensor unit utilized in an autonomous driving vehicle (ADV) includes a unit tray containing a sensor interface, a host interface, and one or more sensor processing modules. The sensor interface can be coupled to a variety of sensors used in the ADV, such as, for example, LIDAR, RADAR, cameras, etc., which may be mounted on different locations of the ADV. The host interface can be coupled a host system that is responsible for autonomously driving the vehicle. The host system is configured to perceive a driving environment surrounding the ADV base on sensor data obtained from the sensors and plan a path to autonomously drive the vehicle through the driving environment. The sensor processing modules are configured to process the sensor data obtained from the sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: BAIDU USA LLC
    Inventors: Weiyu Lu, Fu-Kang Liao
  • Patent number: 10638642
    Abstract: A heat sink includes a carbon nanotube structure and multiple calcium chloride particles. The carbon nanotube structure includes multiple carbon nanotubes, and the carbon nanotube structure is a free-standing structure. The multiple calcium chloride particles are located on the multiple carbon nanotubes. The present application is also related to an electronic device including the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Yu, Chang-Hong Liu, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Patent number: 10631432
    Abstract: An air intake control system can consist of an aero-acoustic assembly positioned within an enclosure. The aero-acoustic assembly may have an intake occupied by a plurality of louvers with each of the plurality of louvers configured to move between open and closed positions in response to airflow passing through the intake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Shankar Gopalakrishna, Anil Koyad Choyikkunnil, Yogeesha Manjunathaiah, Saju Cheeran Verghese Francis, Y. Suresh Reddy
  • Patent number: 10629399
    Abstract: The invention relates to an overvoltage protection arrangement having: a plurality of planar varistors 2, 21, 22, which are arranged on a first side of a supporting plate 7; at least one gas arrester 10; and at least one thermal disconnection device, which is in close thermal contact with at least one of the varistors. The aforementioned components are surrounded by an outer housing 1, and electrical connection means 6, 61 for soldering to a printed circuit board are also provided on the second side of the supporting plate. The varistors 2, 21, 22 have a parallel stack arrangement, which is delimited on each of two opposing sides by an insulating partition wall 3, 31 which can be attached to the supporting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: DEHN SE + CO KG
    Inventors: Hongjun Li, Niansheng Xu, Weie Chen
  • Patent number: 10622176
    Abstract: An electric line cutter device for high voltage busbars has a two-part housing, a piston, an igniter and a busbar. The upper housing includes a cylinder, cuboid or prism chamber. The lower housing also includes a cylinder, cuboid or prism chamber. The piston is contained inside one of either the upper housing chamber or the lower housing chamber. Upon igniting the igniter, the piston breaks a portion of the busbar moving the piston and the portion of the busbar into the opposite chamber thereby stopping the electric current flow. The piston is at least partially formed as an insulator to prevent electric discharge. The piston design together with chamber design includes integrated “squeeze areas” and “blow channels” for the appearing arc. A channel system outside or from inside the piston allow the pyro gases to push the arc plasma into a filter system to cool down the gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Key Safety Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Matthias Volkmann, Martin Pieruch, Heiko Struss, Alois Mauthofer
  • Patent number: 10617034
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an enclosed electronic module with single/multiple active components and an integrated heat dissipation system, including a top housing formed with one or more openings, a heat sink mounted on an outer surface of the top housing over the opening(s) thereof, a bottom housing coupled with the top housing, one or more active components mounted on a PCB between the top and bottom housings, and at least one thermal block or vapor chamber thermally connected between the heat sink and the active component(s), thereby forming one or more thermal dissipation paths extending from the active component(s), through the at least one thermal block or vapor chamber, and to the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: CLOUD LIGHT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Gad Joseph Hubahib Gaviola, Vincent Wai Hung, Margarito P. Banal, Jr., Vivian Wei Ma
  • Patent number: 10607798
    Abstract: A power switch device has a housing, a movable shuttle and at least one shape memory alloy actuator. The housing has a cavity and stationary current carrying contacts which extend through the housing to the cavity. The movable shuttle with a bridge contact provided in the cavity. The at least one shape memory alloy actuator is attached to a first end of the shuttle and to a first end of the housing. The at least one shape memory alloy actuator is configured to respond to a first activation signal. The at least one shape memory alloy actuator contracts from an initial shape in response to the first actuation signal to move the shuttle and the bridge contact toward the stationary current carrying contacts to a closed position in which the bridge contact is positioned in electrical engagement with the stationary current carrying contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marcus Priest, Manik Singh Sethi, Gordon Haag, Giulia Klein, Xiaozheng Xu, Suraj Shroff
  • Patent number: 10605052
    Abstract: A downhole tool system includes a tool housing, a chassis located within the tool housing, and an electronics assembly positioned on the chassis within the tool housing. The electronics assembly includes a heat sink comprising an inner surface and an outer surface. The outer surface includes a tapered portion and in is contact with the tool housing. The electronics assembly further includes one or more electronic components mounted onto the heat sink, in which at least a portion of the electronic components is in contact with the inner surface of the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Lizheng Zhang, Tanest Chinwanawich, Adan Herrera
  • Patent number: 10600602
    Abstract: A fuse element capable of surface-mounting and capable of increased ratings while maintaining high-speed blowout property; and a fuse device using the same. A fuse element blown by self-generated heat caused when a rate-exceeding current flows therethrough constitutes a current path of a fuse device and has a low melting point metal layer and a high melting point metal layer laminated onto the low melting point metal layer; when the current flows therethrough, the low melting point metal layer erodes the high melting point metal layer and blowout occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Yoneda, Chisato Komori, Kazutaka Furuta, Yasushi Utsunomiya
  • Patent number: 10593501
    Abstract: A base of a surge protector, the surge protector comprising a function rotating member (3), and the function rotating member (3) having a remote linkage rod contact wall (3D) and a remote linkage notching (3H), and the base comprising a remote device, and the remote device having at least one remote linkage rod (9), and when the function rotating member (3) is situated at the first position, the remote linkage rod (9) is pressed down by the remote linkage rod contact wall (3D), and when the function rotating member (3) is rotated from the first position to the second position, the function rotating member (3) is rotated from the remote linkage rod contact wall (3D) to the remote linkage notching (3H) with respect to the point of action of the remote linkage rod (9) to release the remote linkage rod (9).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: SHANGHAI CHENZHU INSTRUMENT CO., LTD., DINKLE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD., DINKLE ELECTRIC MACHINERY (CHINA) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunpo Zhai, Keqi Chen, Shang-Tsai Wu