Patents Examined by Angel R. Estrada
  • Patent number: 11881695
    Abstract: A one-piece injection molded plastic electrical box. The box has an integrated lid which is connected to the body of the box via a living hinge, also formed during the molding process. Four slots on either of four walls allow wires to enter the box from all sides. These openings have doors are designed to bend down, allowing space for the wires to be inserted. Once all wires are placed within the box, the top lid is closed and latched. The bent opening doors act as clamps to secure the wires by applying pressure to the wires as those doors attempt to bend back to their original orientation. This box may be installed without requiring power to be cut off to the splice connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventors: Dale J. Crook, Richard G. Brull
  • Patent number: 11881600
    Abstract: The current disclosure relates to a method for mounting a fuse box associated with a vehicle battery. In one example, the method can comprise providing a battery comprising a housing and a cover closing off an opening of the battery housing. The method can further comprise providing at least one fastening member can be provided for mounting the fuse box to the cover. The method can further comprise cutting thread in the cover for providing a threaded hole. The method can further comprise screwing the fastening member into the threaded hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Adrian Timis
  • Patent number: 11881330
    Abstract: An electrical bushing is specified, the bushing including a flange with a lower part and an upper part affixed to one another and further including a core surrounded by the flange, wherein the flange is affixed to the core by a locking compound disposed in a volume of a joint between the flange and the core, and wherein the volume of the joint further includes a compressible material, the compressible material being configured to compress or expand in response to a change in the volume of the joint. Furthermore, a method of producing an electrical bushing is specified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Hitachi Energy Ltd
    Inventors: Samuel Broderick, Peter Sjoberg, Jan Czyzewski
  • Patent number: 11870230
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to reduce the size of a connection structure for a housing member for housing a portion of a wire-shaped transmission member and a protective tube for covering the wire-shaped transmission member. A connection structure for a housing member and a protective tube 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: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Mori, Takahiro Murata
  • Patent number: 11870231
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to electrical box assemblies and universal stabilizing brackets that can be used to stabilize electrical boxes attached to different size wall studs. The electrical box assemblies include an electrical box and a stabilizing bracket. Each stabilizing brackets includes a base, a front stop, a rear stop and one or more rear stop segments. The front and rear stops and the rear stop segments include a face member that extends substantially perpendicularly relative to the base. One or more notches are positioned at a junction between each rear stop to facilitate the breaking away of rear stop segments to modify the length of the stabilizing bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Sigfrido Salubro
  • Patent number: 11862954
    Abstract: Junction box devices, systems, and methods including a base and a wall extending upward from the base to define a housing having a top opening, and a lid configured to slide in a first direction along the wall to secure the lid into a closed position upon the wall and defining a gap between the wall and lid configured to receive a spacer to prevent the lid from sliding in an opposite direction, and in other aspects the junction box having pins which slide within grooves of a lid to be slid upon the pins to secure the lid to the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: RSTC Enterprises Incorporated
    Inventor: Stephen Capozzi
  • Patent number: 11852151
    Abstract: The present invention is an HVAC fan array wiring system that provides a quick connect box that is provided within the air stream of an HVAC air handler. Because the wiring for each fan within the fan array is to be connected to the quick connect box, the wiring materials and placement of the wiring can be predetermined at the time the fan array is designed. Accordingly, the novel wiring system and quick connect box reduces redundancies in manufacturing and installation of the fan array. Furthermore, the quick connect box and wiring system allows for easy installation of the HVAC fan array at a job site and improves a customer's experience with the control panel. This is primarily because, with the use of the claimed invention, an electrician need only link a main control and power line to the quick connect box and therefore, can install the control panel in a location that provides ease of access to the customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Q-PAC SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Clarke Story, Matthew Wayne Kent, David Kurt Thomas
  • Patent number: 11855428
    Abstract: A wall plate system for an electrical device, including but not limited to indoor wall switches, includes a wall plate and a shield. The wall plate defines an aperture, and the wall plate is configured to receive a portion of an electrical device in the aperture. The shield extends at least partially through the aperture, and the shield is configured to form a seal between the wall plate and the electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: ABL IP Holding LLC
    Inventors: John R. Johnson, Steven E. Downs, Dennis M. Hoskins, Richard L. Westrick, Jr., Kaitlyn K. Mulcahy, Wesley D. McIntire
  • Patent number: 11855429
    Abstract: An electric junction box assembly includes a case, a housing and a cover. A housing is disposed on an outer surface of the case. The housing includes a back wall and a pair of supports disposed on the back wall. The supports are spaced apart from each other and each support includes an upper support member and a lower support member spaced apart from each other so as to define an opening. The upper support member has an arcuate inner surface and the lower support member has an arcuate inner surface each having a radius greater than the opening. The cover includes an axial rod having a thickness smaller than a height of the opening and a width greater than the height of the opening, wherein a rotation of the axial rod prevents the cover from being dislodged from the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Martin Magda, Brian Carnick
  • Patent number: 11837858
    Abstract: An electrical box which utilizes fastening devices to provide improved box fastening to wall assembly materials with common fasteners. The electrical box possesses one or a plurality of externally situated fastener housings each with characteristics that support fastener placement, guide fastener insertion, limit fastener travel and house the fastener, once fully driven, outside of the box body interior. The externally situated fastener housing's placement outside of the box body allows for fastener insertion from the box body interior while not diminishing volumetric capacity of the box body. Alternative embodiments include round enclosure and bottom mount versions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: George Emmanuel Mon
  • Patent number: 11837382
    Abstract: Electrical bushing for medium and high voltage comprising a dielectric bushing main body a conductor extending through the bushing main body and being electrically insulated by the bushing main body, at least a conductive foil concentrically arranged around the conductor along at least a part of its length, and a barrier layer at least partially covering an edge region of said conductive foil, wherein the barrier layer has a dielectric strength greater than the dielectric strength of the dielectric bushing main body and greater than 150 kV/mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
    Inventors: Sergey Pancheshnyi, Sandra Haeberli, Marcel Eugster
  • Patent number: 11837832
    Abstract: A composite material structure that prevents occurrence of galvanic corrosion while exposing a part of a conductor embedded in a conductive resin portion as a connecting portion, is provided. The composite material structure includes a conductive resin portion formed of an electrically conductive reinforced resin in which conductive fibers are contained in a base material, a conductor formed of a conductive material and embedded in the conductive resin portion with a part of the conductor exposed as a connecting portion for electrical connection with another component, and an insulator that is formed of an insulating material and that is at least partially embedded in the conductive resin portion so as to be interposed between the conductive reinforced resin and the conductor so as to prevent the connecting portion of the conductor from contacting the conductive reinforced resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Terukazu Kosako
  • Patent number: 11839048
    Abstract: A pole mount system has an enclosure, an enclosure mounting assembly, and a clamp system. The enclosure mounting assembly is affixed to the exterior of the enclosure. The clamp system grips the pole. The enclosure mounting assembly and the clamp system have complementary fastening structures to secure the enclosure to the pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: SUPER MICRO COMPUTER, INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Wei Chen, Tienen Chao
  • Patent number: 11837856
    Abstract: A bushing housing (1) for leading one or more lines and/or cables out of or into a closed area comprises a housing member (2) and a matching removable housing cover (3). The housing member (2) has a breakthrough hole (5) and at least one exit hole (6, 6?), the planes of which extend substantially perpendicularly to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Denny Hellige, Ensign Wen, Walter Gerstl
  • Patent number: 11831136
    Abstract: Disclosed is a poke-through floor box assembly with increased accessibility and fluid drainage. An assembly may include a main housing including a central cavity, wherein the central cavity is operable to house an electrical wiring device, and a cover assembly coupled to the main housing. The cover assembly may include a frame having a sidewall and a fluid channel extending through the sidewall, and a set of main doors rotatably coupled to the frame, wherein a first main door of the set of main doors includes a cable access door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: AFC CABLE SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Wayne Hamilton, Eugene Ellis, Paulo da Moura, Stephen Lundgren, Jessica Poratti
  • Patent number: 11824341
    Abstract: A dielectric cover for an insulator, supporting a high voltage conductor in an electrical distribution system, has holes for receiving retaining pins. The retaining pins are used to secure the cover over the insulator and conductor. Arched fenders, which may be circular or have a bottom opening, extend out from the cover and overlie the holes and ends of the pins. The fenders prevent birds roosting on the pin, increase the dielectric surface length between the top of the cover and the electrical conductor above the pins, and protect the pins from contamination issues which would reduce the dielectric properties of the pins. Contamination issues include birds defecating on the pins, which can create a conductive path between the bird and the inside of the cover, and atmospheric moisture such as rain, snow, and ice on the pins. Thus, wildlife is protected from electrocution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Eco Electrical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Lynch
  • Patent number: 11824342
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods are provided for compact transmission lines structure. A compact transmission lines structure may comprise a first subsystem of a pole and a crossarm, wherein the crossarm is stacked above the pole, wherein the crossarm comprises a cantilever end situated away from the pole. The compact transmission lines structure may comprise a second subsystem connected to the cantilever end. The second subsystem comprising a first diamond-shaped insulator assembly supporting a first single three-phase transmission line. The compact transmission lines structure may comprise a third subsystem connected to the cantilever end, the third subsystem comprising a second diamond-shaped insulator assembly supporting a second single three-phase transmission line, wherein the second diamond-shaped insulator assembly mirrors the first diamond-shaped insulator assembly. The compact transmission lines structure may comprise at least two shield wires configured to provide lightning protection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: National Grid plc
    Inventors: Amit Urs, Mark S. Browne
  • Patent number: 11823815
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides a shield for a terminal of a high-voltage electrical device including a first shield element having at least one axial opening and at least one lateral opening, and at least one second shield element, wherein the at least one second shield element is moveable between a first shield position and a second shield position for selectively opening and closing at least one of the at least one axial opening and the at least one first lateral opening. Further aspects provide a high-voltage electrical bushing comprising a shield according to the aspect above, and a transformer including said high-voltage electrical bushing. Yet a further aspect provides a method for installing a high-voltage bushing having a shield according to the aspect above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY LTD
    Inventors: Teresa Gargano, Daniele Villano, Karl Frei, Francesca Meyer
  • Patent number: 11817691
    Abstract: A bracket device to secure one or more tail wires of one or more drop clamps to a utility pole. The bracket device includes one or more support ribs extending perpendicularly from the bracket base, and attached to one or more side supports. The support ribs and side supports define one or more retention regions along the side of the bracket based. A plurality of securing bolts can be cooperatively coupled to the side supports and define secondary retention regions. The securing bolts may be moved between an open position and a closed position. The bracket device can further comprise a top loop, which extends from the bracket base, and which can be coupled to additional wires. The bracket device can be secured to a utility pole or similar structure by a single fastening component, which is configured to pass through the cavity of the bracket base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Allied Bolt, Inc.
    Inventor: Glen K. Malin
  • Patent number: 11812574
    Abstract: A protective apparatus for telecommunications cables is provided including a mounting frame configured to be affixed to a wall and a protective skirt configured to be selectively engaged with the mounting frame to define an internal volume configured for routing of the telecommunications cables. The mounting frame or the protective skirt including a U-channel dispose at an edge and the other of the protective skirt and the mounting frame including a flange configured to be received in the U-channel. The protective skirt is engaged with the mounting frame when the flange is inserted into the U-channel and the protective skirt is disengaged from the mounting frame by flexion of the protective skirt causing the flange to withdraw from the U-channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation
    Inventors: Nathan Grant Castleberry, Diana Rodriguez, Mitchell Harold Stewart