Patents Examined by Anton B. Harris
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Patent number: 7161087Abstract: A module is mounted to a object with a fastener and a special washer. The fastener engages the object through a mounting opening in mounting portion of a module case. The washer has a first portion extending obliquely outward and downward to be deformed between the fastener head and an electrically non-conducting surface of the mounting portion and thus increase a mounting force on the module with mounting advancement of the fastener. The washer has a second portion extending axially into the internal opening to contact an electrically conducting insert therein and thus create a series electrical circuit from the typically grounded object through the fastener, washer and insert to a detecting circuit, which verifies that the module is securely mounted with a predetermined mounting force.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2005Date of Patent: January 9, 2007Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Hugh R. Hunkeler, James F. Patterson
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Patent number: 7154042Abstract: An electric connector assembly disclosing various embodiments, each of which includes a connector body having a frustro-conically shaped outlet end portion that converges toward the outlet opening and having a complementary frustro conically shaped retainer ring circumscribing the outlet end portion wherein the retainer ring is integrally formed with a locking tang and ground tangs arranged to be snap fitted to a knock-out hole of an electric box. The latest embodiment includes a frustro-conical retainer ring having an auxiliary tang arranged to permit the connector assembly to be obliquely inserted and locked to a knock-out hole of an electric box using a minimum of applied force for effecting a snap fit connection to both lock and electrically ground the connector assembly to the electric box and a method of installing the associated connector body to an electric box.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2006Date of Patent: December 26, 2006Assignee: Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.Inventors: Delbert Auray, Kenneth M. Kiely
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Patent number: 7116542Abstract: A downhole tool includes a device to be activated by electrical energy and a micro-switch that includes conductors and an element between the first and second conductors selected from the group consisting of: a dielectric element capable of being modulated to provide a conductive path in response to receipt of electrical energy; and an element moveable in response to application of an electrical energy. The micro-switch may be formed of microelectromechanical system (MEMS) technology or microelectronics technology.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2001Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Assignee: Schlumberger Technology CorporationInventors: Nolan C. Lerche, James E. Brooks, Charles Cameron Abnet, Clarence H. Chui, Stuart B. Brown
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Patent number: 7105743Abstract: An outlet box is disclosed. The outlet box has a base including a rear surface of the outlet box, and a cover including a front surface of the outlet box. The cover is configured to engagingly fit over the base. An intermediate portion extends from one or both of the base and cover and extends generally between the rear surface and the front surface. The cover, the base, and the intermediate portion cooperatively define an interior of the outlet box when the cover and the base are engagingly fitted together. The intermediate portion includes a pair of opposed inwardly inclined portions and a pair of set-off portions extending from the inner more ends of the inwardly inclined portions, and at least one of the inclined portions includes an aperture therein. A connector is disposed within the base, and the connector has an opening for receiving a plug.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2005Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Panduit Corp.Inventor: Jack E. Caveney
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Patent number: 7067735Abstract: An electronic apparatus including an outer wall section of the electronic apparatus and an inner wall section that is provided inside the outer wall section and includes a battery accommodating section that can accommodate at least one battery, wherein the outer wall section and the inner wall section are thin plate members integrally formed so as to be flexibly deformed under an external force, and a specified gap is formed between the outer wall section and the inner wall section.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2004Date of Patent: June 27, 2006Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Susumu Murata
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Patent number: 7015394Abstract: A cable bushing intended to close off, in a sealed way, a space around a plurality of cables, comprises a first compression part (4) intended to be positioned towards the outside of a sleeve (47), a second compression part (6), offset in a longitudinal direction from the first compression part (4) and intended to be positioned toward the inside of the sleeve (47), a plurality of openings (8, 9, 11, 12) formed in the first compression part (4) and a plurality of corresponding openings (13, 14, 16, 17) formed in the second compression part (6), each of the said openings (8, 9, 11, 12) in the first compression part (4) being intended, together with the corresponding openings (13, 14, 16, 17) in the second compression part (6) for a respective cable to pass through, sealing means (7) located between the said first compression part (4) and the said second compression part (6), and compression means for moving the first compression part (4) and second compression part (6) towards one another in the longitudinal dirType: GrantFiled: August 5, 2003Date of Patent: March 21, 2006Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Christophe Desard, Herve Brunet
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Patent number: 7005575Abstract: Device for arranging cables in a junction box extractable from a chassis. Between the junction box (1) and the chassis (2) there is a conduit (5) into which the cables (7) are run from the front viewed from the direction in which the box is extracted from the chassis (2), whereby the length of the cable (7) in the chassis (2) is chosen so that the junction box (1) can be drawn out of the chassis (2) for a distance determined in advance.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2002Date of Patent: February 28, 2006Assignee: MT Memoteknik ABInventor: Lars Hedström
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Patent number: 6965075Abstract: A frame joining structure for electrical and electronic equipment housing cabinets, in which ends of frames are simplified in shape to dispense with complex cutting and which possesses excellent strength and waterproof property. Ends of outer side surfaces (4) of three mutually orthogonal frames (1a, 1b, 1c), which constitute a framework of a cabinet, are cut at two planes of ±45° relative to a plane defined by other two frames to be point-shaped. These ends are joined together directly or through a corner member (20) having the same configuration as that of the ends to constitute a firm corner portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2002Date of Patent: November 15, 2005Assignee: Nitto Electric Works, Ltd.Inventor: Kazumasa Suzuki
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Patent number: 6946603Abstract: An enclosure for electrical and electronic components comprising a lower part and a cover that can be fastened thereto by a screw connection. Fastening channels are provided in the lower part parallel to screwing locations, via which the enclosure can be fastened to a support. The fastening channels continue inside the cover and open to the exterior so that the enclosure can be fastened to the support when the cover is already fastened to the enclosure lower part.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2002Date of Patent: September 20, 2005Assignee: Rolec Gehause-Systeme GmbHInventors: Friedhelm Rose, Matthias Rose
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Patent number: 6927336Abstract: An interworking interface module for telecommunication switching systems has multiple interworking terminal I/O ports, tracking terminal I/O ports, and system terminal I/O ports, and an indicator lamp are mounted on the external panels of a mounting frame. Multiple connection modules are attached onto the inner surface of a mounting frame used for setting up interconnection between the above terminal I/O ports. Each connection module comprises a switching means, such that a terminal separated from the system connection is automatically switched to connect to a terminal resistor to damp any line oscillation due to open connection. Using the connection modules to interconnect the above terminals of the invention, the present invention is able to reduce the necessary interconnecting components and simplify the procedures for assembling a transit exchange platform, while the original service quality with respect to a line connection is maintained.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2002Date of Patent: August 9, 2005Inventor: Hsun-Chien Huang
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Patent number: 6803522Abstract: Each of the embodiments of the invention has a rim, a deck and a raised portion on the deck to accommodate switch levers and television cable connectors. The rim fits closely around the perimeter of a cover plate and switch or outlet being shielded. The deck is generally parallel to the surface of the cover. Adhesive is applied to areas of the under surface of the deck which overlie the relatively smooth end areas of the cover plate. The shield has flexibility allowing for deflection under finger pressure to bring the adhesives into contact with the cover plate to securely attach the shield to the cover plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2002Date of Patent: October 12, 2004Inventor: Mark Skakun
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Patent number: 6776662Abstract: An adapter for attaching a connector having a plurality of pads for interfacing with a device under test. The adapter comprises a carrier having a plurality of voids formed therein in a pattern matching connections on the connector, said voids traversing from a first surface to a second surface of the carrier. At least one electrical component is embedded in at least one void, the at least one electrical component forms a first adapter pad on the first surface of the carrier and a second adapter pad on the second surface of the carrier. When the adapter is interposed between the connector and the device under test the electrical component becomes part of the circuit of the device under test and the connector.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: August 17, 2004Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Bob J. Self, Robert H. Wardwell
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Patent number: 6774307Abstract: A system for accessing an electrical wiring network from opposing sides of a wall. The wall includes at least one structural support and a wall surface. The system includes an electrical box having a perimeter wall and two open sides. The open sides located at opposing ends of the perimeter wall, thereby defining a passageway through the electrical box. Additionally, the system includes a pair of frames coupled to the electrical box at the open sides, and at least two electrical outlets coupled to the frames. Each outlet includes a plurality of integral conductor leads extending therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2002Date of Patent: August 10, 2004Assignee: Applied Technology and SolutionsInventors: Russell E. Kruse, Russell L. Bryant
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Patent number: 6764339Abstract: An electrical connector having a shielding shell. The shielding shell disposed about an insulating housing mounted on a circuit board. The shielding shell including a first shell and a second shell. The first shell having a first side wall. The first side wall having a first locking member. The second shell having a second side wall. The second side wall having a second locking member corresponding to the first locking member. When the second locking member engages the first locking member the first side wall overlaps with the second side wall to prevent movement of the second shell in a vertical and horizontal direction in relation to the first shell.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2002Date of Patent: July 20, 2004Assignee: Tyco Electronics AMP K.K.Inventor: Takafumi Kubo
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Patent number: 6758693Abstract: LAN device and tools can be connected only by optical fiber cables without providing a space for additional LAN devices and tools and changing an electric connector interface of the LAN devices and tools already established.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2002Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignees: NTT Advanced Technology Corporation, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Shuichiro Inagaki, Noboru Iwasaki, Yasuhiro Ando, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Mitsuaki Yanagibashi, Nobuo Ishimine, Katsumi Kaizu
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Patent number: 6740810Abstract: A container is provided, including a housing having a plurality of walls that define an inside and an outside of the housing; and at least one dual-sided outlet arranged on at least one of the walls, the dual sided outlet having a first electrical supply point arranged on the inside of the housing and a second electrical supply point arranged on the outside of the housing; wherein each of the first and second electrical supply points is configured to detachably couple to at least one respective electrical appliance, and each of the first and second electrical supply points is configured to provide electrical power to the at least one respective electrical appliance.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2002Date of Patent: May 25, 2004Assignee: DaimlerChrysler CorporationInventor: Alejandro S Regueiro
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Patent number: 6717053Abstract: A work surface electrical power distribution system including a plurality of first housing portions each having a different visual indicator and an electrical power assembly. The electrical power assembly including at least one electrical power receptacle, a second housing portion removably mountable to a work surface, the at least one electrical power receptacle connected to the second housing portion and a selected one of the plurality of first housing portions removably attached to the second housing portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2003Date of Patent: April 6, 2004Assignee: Dekko Engineering, Inc.Inventor: Brian K. Rupert
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Patent number: 6489560Abstract: A positioning device of a lamp rod used in a ceiling lamp of a wire box comprises a retaining seat fixed to a via hole of the wire box and an inserting rod inserted into the retaining seat. An inserting portion exactly passes through the via hole. A top surface of the retaining seat at the inner side of the wire box is a platform which has a through hole and a locking hole. The platform is locked with a limiting unit having a size exactly locking the inserting rod. A top end of the inserting rod has a buckling hole. After the inserting rod has been inserted from the engaging hole of the retaining seat, the buckling hole is exactly buckled with the embedding portion of the positioning rod. Thereby, the inserting rod and the wire box are detachable and thus the space for storage and transfer is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2002Date of Patent: December 3, 2002Inventor: Wen-Chang Wu
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Patent number: 6476318Abstract: A signal cable connector comprised of a lower housing, an upper housing, four fan-shaped levers, two squeeze buttons, a connector shell, a signal cable, a plastic body, and a fastening component. The structural innovations of the present invention include the profiling of gear teeth on the fan-shaped levers that minimize physical effort during connector removal and, furthermore, are simultaneously articulated into convergence to automatically dislodge the signal cable connector from equipment panels.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2001Date of Patent: November 5, 2002Assignee: Rich Electric Wire & Cable Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chang-Chi Lee