Patents Examined by Angel R. Estrada
  • Patent number: 12206229
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to splice enclosures adapted for providing cable repairs. The splice enclosures can include a bracket arrangement that allows for variable placement of splice modules on platforms of the bracket arrangement. The bracket arrangement can also provide cable anchoring locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Commscope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Jiri Zavrel
  • Patent number: 12199561
    Abstract: An apparatus of a junction box component housed in a junction box and designed to be coupled to a power generator. The junction box component may include one or more bypass mechanisms configured to bypass one or more substrings of the power generator in a case of malfunction or mismatch between the substring and the remainder of the power generators. The one or more bypass mechanisms may generate heat which may be transferred out of the junction box. The junction box component may be designed to conduct the heat towards the base of the junction box and/or the cover of the junction box. A heat dissipation mechanism may be mounted on the base and/or the cover. A bypass mechanism may bypass the entire power generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Adi Naor Pomerantz, Dan Ilani, Meir Gazit, Guy Sella, Yoav Galin
  • Patent number: 12196390
    Abstract: A mounting-frame is configured for use in a recessed lighting assembly and may have a main-planar-member, an aperture-for-housing-can, two mounting-ears, and a skirt. The main-planar-member may be at least mostly flat and planar, aside from some extensions. The aperture-for-housing-can may be a hole within the main-planar-member that may be configured to receive at least a portion of a housing-can. The housing-can is configured to house a light source. The two mounting-ears may extend orthogonally above the main-planar-member and may extend from opposing sides of the aperture-for-housing-can. The two mounting-ears may be configured for attaching to the housing-can. The skirt may extend from the main-planar-member, at the aperture-for-housing-can, in an opposite direction from the mounting-ears. The two mounting-ears may be formed from material of the main-planar-member such that the two mounting-ears and the main-planar-member are integral with each other being of the same article of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Inventor: Brandon Cohen
  • Patent number: 12191618
    Abstract: An electrical assembly includes a metallic component having a bottom portion that is buried in the earth, a top portion that is above the earth, and an outer surface. A water-impermeable electrically-conductive covering is applied to the outer surface at the bottom portion and is in electrical contact with the earth. The covering includes a water-impermeable polymeric matrix that protects the metallic component from corrosion, and a particulate carbonaceous material that is dispersed in the polymeric matrix and that allows for the metallic component to be electrically grounded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SHORE ACRES ENTERPRISES INC.
    Inventors: Brien Todd Sirola, Christopher Paul Berni, Donald Brien Sirola, Caitlin Emma Morrissey Hughes
  • Patent number: 12191648
    Abstract: A first electrical connection box includes a housing, a holder (40) that is provided inside the housing, and holds an electrical component (51) to which a first wire (21) is to be electrically connected; and a terminal block (60) attached to the holder (40). The terminal block (60) includes a terminal support base (61) attached to the holder (40), and a busbar (62) supported on the terminal support base (61). The busbar (62) includes a planar first connection surface (84), and a planar second connection surface (86) to which a second wire (22) is to be electrically connected. Also, the first electrical connection box further includes a relay busbar (90) that is provided inside the housing, and includes a third connection surface (97) that is electrically connected to the first connection surface (84), and a fourth connection surface (99) that is electrically connected to the electrical component (51).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Shiraki
  • Patent number: 12176127
    Abstract: The present disclosure can provide an implantable feedthrough device including a feedthrough member formed of insulating material having opposing first and second surfaces. A series of conductors can extend through the feedthrough member between the first and second surfaces. The series of conductors can be arranged in a pattern that has an inner portion vacant of conductors for facilitating access for bonding wires to the conductors on at least one of the first and second surfaces of the feedthrough member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: WYSS CENTER FOR BIO AND NEURO ENGINEERING
    Inventor: Tiago Bertolote
  • Patent number: 12176666
    Abstract: A control module adapted to be attached to a power adapter is described. The control module comprises a plurality of contact elements including a first contact element adapted to receive a line voltage and a second contact element adapted to receive a reference voltage; a first actuator extending from a housing of the control module and adapted to engage with a connector of a power adapter; a second actuator extending from the housing of the control module and adapted to engage with a tamper resistance element of a power adapter; a control circuit adapted to generate a signal; and a third contact element coupled to the control circuit; wherein the control circuit generates to the signal adapted to be routed to the power adapter by way of the third contact element to detect a change in a state of a switch of a power adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Smart Power Partners LLC
    Inventors: John J. King, Stephen DeLano, Bryan R Hotaling, James R Varney
  • Patent number: 12176695
    Abstract: An apparatus, such as an electrical device or a wall box, may have a mounting mechanism that may be configured to mount the apparatus to a wall in a manner that may facilitate secure fastening to the wall. The apparatus may comprise at least one mounting clamp that may have a fin and a drum that receives a mounting screw. The fin of the mounting clamp may be configured to be located within a pocket formed in the body. When a mounting screw is driven, the mounting clamp may rotate from the pocket into a position in which the drum of the mounting clamp may be received in a channel formed in the body. The drum may be configured to move through the channel as the mounting screw is further driven. The gap may be sized to retain the mounting clamp within the channel as the drum moves therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Jared A. Leese, Joseph M. Nichols
  • Patent number: 12165786
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an air-to-air through-wall bushing including a conductor, insulation surrounding the conductor, a ventilation inlet at a first end of the bushing, and a ventilation outlet at a second end of the bushing. The bushing is arranged through a wall and a pressure difference between a first pressure on a first side of the wall and a second pressure on a second side of the wall is provided The inlet and outlet allow cooling air to pass through a ventilation channel within the bushing driven by the provided pressure difference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
    Inventors: Dan Gustavsson, Simon Lindgren, Jan Kogner, Richard Natz, Zoltan Repasi, Thomas Eriksson
  • Patent number: 12164166
    Abstract: Disclosed is a non-steel headline sonar cable having a strength member [5] and a core [1], the headline sonar cable comprising a length of a core-cable [10], the length of core-cable (10] comprising core [1] as well as comprising at least one fiber-optic conductor [2] that is: [i] disposed in a helical shape; and [ii] completely encased in a solid, flexible material. Also disclosed is a process for making a headline sonar cable. The headline sonar cable is capable of being wound on a winch under tensions and surging shocks experienced by a fishing trawler and provides high quality data signal transmission and resolution so as to permit use for transmitting data from high resolution sonars used to monitor fish caught in a fish trawl during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: HAMPIDJAN HF.
    Inventor: Hjortur Erlendsson
  • Patent number: 12166337
    Abstract: A connection structure for a housing member and a protective tube, the connection structure includes: a wire-shaped transmission member; a housing member for housing a first portion which is a portion of the wire-shaped transmission member; and a protective tube for covering a second portion which is another portion of the wire-shaped transmission member. The housing member includes: a housing body portion for housing the first portion, and an extended portion that protrudes toward the second portion from the housing body portion, and an end portion of the protective tube covers the extended portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Mori, Takahiro Murata
  • Patent number: 12156359
    Abstract: A cable retention arrangement for an electronic device, such as a surveillance camera, comprises a base member and an attachment member releasably attachable to the base member. The base member is provided with a channel configured to receive a cable and arranged in a surface of the base member configured to face the attachment member in an assembled state of the cable retention arrangement in which the attachment member is attached to the base member. The channel extends between a cable entry and a cable exit and the attachment member is provided with a slit which, in the assembled state of the cable retention arrangement, is configured to extend in a direction traversing the channel such that the cable exit of the channel is defined at the intersection of the channel and the slit. The disclosure further relates to an electronic device comprising such a cable retention arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Axis AB
    Inventors: Åke Södergård, Henrik Persson, Joel Nilsson, Malte Bokvist
  • Patent number: 12149056
    Abstract: A joint-use bracket (JUB) for use for installing multiple cables associated with communication lines onto a joint-use section of a utility pole is disclosed. The JUB comprises: a curved plate having a generally rectangular shape elongated in a longitudinal direction and curved along a lateral direction, the curved plate formed to have multiple attachment holes therethrough and have multiple slots laterally formed on the front surface; multiple platforms, each platform contiguously formed on the front surface of the curved plate and having multiple receiving holes; multiple blocks configured to engage with the platforms, respectively, each block having multiple joining holes; and multiple joining fasteners configured to be inserted through the joining holes and the receiving holes, to fasten the block to the platform to clamp the cable that is placed laterally between the block and the platform, thereby to hold the cable securely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: VAF Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Glenn Sailer, Raymond Tai
  • Patent number: 12142901
    Abstract: A cable routing box for fitting to an electrical switch is disclosed, wherein, with the cable routing box fitted, a cable is connected to the electrical switch in a first plane and is routed through the cable routing box. The cable routing box includes a guide for the cable in the cable routing box. The cable exits the cable routing box in a second plane, which differs from the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Ekkehard Plechinger
  • Patent number: 12136801
    Abstract: A backfilling protection structure for underground installation of a power cable joint, including: a lower casing part forming a base of the backfilling protection structure and configured to be laid on soil, an upper casing part configured to be arranged on top of the lower casing part, wherein the lower casing part and the upper casing part are configured to be attached to each other to form an elongated body, wherein the body defines a channel for receiving a power cable joint, wherein the channel extends through the backfilling protection structure from a first end opening at a first axial end of the backfilling protection structure to a second end opening at a second end of the backfilling protection structure opposite to the first end, wherein the upper casing part is provided with a plurality of top openings distributed along the length of the body and extending into the channel, and a plurality of grids covering a respective top opening, each grid being configured to filter out solid objects larger th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: NKT HV Cables AB
    Inventors: Andrei Subbotskii, Torbjörn Sörqvist, Asil Erguner, Anders Lundblad
  • Patent number: 12136501
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are liquid conductive wires and methods for making and using the same. Liquid conductive wires can be used in flexible, reconfigurable, dynamic and transparent electronic devices. Liquid conductive wires can be used in a variety of systems including, but not limited to, soft robotics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Verily Life Sciences LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Homyk, Saurabh Vyawahare
  • Patent number: 12133987
    Abstract: There is provided a feedthrough including a ceramic body; and a plurality of electrical conductors embedded in the ceramic body. Wherein the density of the electrical conductors exceeds 1 conductor per 23 thou2 (14,839 ?m2) through a planar cross-section of the ceramic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Morgan Advanced Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: Abhishek S. Patnaik, John Antalek, Mark Schmeckpeper, Abhaya Bakshi, Robert MacKinnon
  • Patent number: 12119597
    Abstract: An electrical junction box assembly includes a junction box that has a power input, a hot terminal block, a ground terminal block and neutral terminal block. A plurality of electrical couplers is each in electrical communication with the hot terminal block and the ground terminal block and the neutral terminal block. A plurality of extension cables is each attachable to a respective one of the electrical couplers such that each of the extension cables is in electrical communication with the power input. Each of the extension cables is electrically coupled to a respective electronic device thereby facilitating the respective electronic device to be in electrical communication with the power input. In this way the extension cables supply the respective electronic device with electrical power without requiring permanent electrical wiring to be installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Inventor: James Brown
  • Patent number: 12119630
    Abstract: A control system may include a control device, an electrical wall box having a hole for passing a wire or cable into the wall box, and a gland configured to be inserted into the hole of the wall box. The control device may include a temperature sensor. The wall box may be configured to be mounted to a wall. The control device may be configured to be mounted to the wall box such that the temperature sensor is located within the wall box. A wire or cable may be passed from a wall cavity of the wall, through the gland, into an interior of the wall box, and attached to the temperature control device. The gland and the wall box may be configured to prevent air within the wall cavity from entering the wall box when the wire or cable is passed into the wall box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Lutron Technology Company LLC
    Inventors: Nikhil V. Bhate, Joseph M. Nichols, Sean Tucker
  • Patent number: 12119140
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an insulating bushing adapted to protect a busbar and having improved waterproof performance. The insulating bushing includes: a first bushing provided with a first bushing passage through which the busbar passes; a second bushing provided with a first bushing-receiving portion receiving an upper portion of the first bushing inserted through a lower portion of the first bushing-receiving portion and a second bushing passage through which the busbar passes; and a cover coupled to an outer surface of the second bushing and provided with a cover passage through which the busbar passes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: HWASEUNG CORPORATION CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Il Kyung Sung, Jong Ho Kim, Sang Su Bae, Seung Hwan Lee, Yu Jin Jo