Patents Examined by Chau N. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11688527
    Abstract: Magnet wire including extruded insulation formed from multiple layers of different materials is described. A magnet wire may include a conductor and insulation formed around the conductor. The insulation may include a first layer of extruded thermoplastic insulation formed around the conductor and a second layer of extruded thermoplastic insulation formed around the first layer of extruded thermoplastic insulation. The first layer may be formed from a first polymeric material having a first thermal index, and the second layer may be formed from a second polymeric material having a second thermal index higher than the first thermal index.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Essex Furukawa Magnet Wire USA LLC
    Inventors: Matthew E. Leach, Mohammad Mazhar Said, Guadalupe Arambula, Zhiyang Zhao
  • Patent number: 11682499
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy contains at least 0.03 mass % and at most 1.5 mass % of Mg, at least 0.02 mass % and at most 2.0 mass % of Si, and a remainder composed of Al and an inevitable impurity, a mass ratio Mg/Si being not lower than 0.5 and not higher than 3.5. In a transverse section of the aluminum alloy wire, a rectangular surface-layer void measurement region having a short side of 30 ?m long and a long side of 50 ?m long is taken from a surface-layer region extending by up to 30 ?m in a direction of depth from a surface of the aluminum alloy wire. A total cross-sectional area of voids present in the surface-layer void measurement region is not greater than 2 ?m2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electrical Industries, Ltd., AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd, Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Misato Kusakari, Tetsuya Kuwabara, Yoshihiro Nakai, Taichiro Nishikawa, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Hayato Ooi
  • Patent number: 11677171
    Abstract: A sealing device and method for sealing an electrical terminal. The sealing device includes a heat shrinkable tubing having an inner wall. A first sealant/adhesive is configured to cooperate with the heat shrinkable tubing. The first sealant/adhesive has a first sealant/adhesive first surface and an oppositely facing first sealant/adhesive second surface. The second surface of the first sealant/adhesive is bonded to the inner wall of the heat shrinkable tubing. A second sealant/adhesive is configured to cooperate with free ends of electrical conductors which are in electrical engagement with the electrical terminal. The second sealant/adhesive has a second sealant/adhesive first surface and an oppositely facing second sealant/adhesive second surface. The second sealant/adhesive first surface is provided in engagement with the electrical conductors. The second sealant/adhesive second surface is provided in engagement and bonded with the first sealant/adhesive first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Sunny Sethi, Vijay Daga
  • Patent number: 11670436
    Abstract: Provided are an insulated wire material including: a conductor including a single core conductor or a plurality of divided conductors placed in parallel to each other or helically placed; a peripheral insulating layer with which a periphery of the conductor is coated; and a welding member provided at least one end portion of the conductor and joined, via a welded portion welded to the single core conductor or divided conductors, to at least a peripheral surface of the welded portion, a manufacturing method thereof, a coil including the insulated wire material, and electrical/electronic equipment including the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Akira Tachibana, Daisuke Muto, Hirofumi Oshima
  • Patent number: 11670435
    Abstract: Flexible cables may include multiple power, ground, and signal traces, and include EM interference suppression devices within the cable itself. Signal traces may be shielded by ground traces. The body of a cable may be divided into lateral portions through which different types of traces extend. One lateral side of a cable body may include a stack of power traces, while another lateral side of the cable body may include ground and signal traces. EBG patterns may be incorporated into ground traces. Capacitors may be positioned within the cable along its length, mounted between power and ground traces, for decoupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Sidharth S. Dalmia, Kiranjit Dhaliwal
  • Patent number: 11664133
    Abstract: A power cord assembly having a total recycled and renewable content of at least 25 wt. % is described. The power cord assembly can contain a plug at a first end of the power cord configured to be connected to a power source, a connector part at a second end of the power cord opposite to the plug and configured to be connected to an electrical or electronic device, one or more electrically conductive wires extending from the plug to the connector part, one or more insulators surrounding the one or more electrically conductive wires, and an outer jacket extending from the plug to the connector and surrounding the one or more insulators, where at least one of the plug, the connector part, the insulator, or the outer jacket contains a chemically recycled and/or renewably sourced thermoplastic block co-polymer elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Nicholas D. Abbatiello, Xinhua Tian
  • Patent number: 11657929
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes cable cuffs. A cable cuff may include a first half including a main body with a first cable recess and a first securing feature, and a second half including a main body with a second cable recess and a second securing feature. The first cable recess may include a first flex retention section and the second cable recess may include a second flex retention section. The first half and the second half may be connected via a hinge. The first half is mated with the second half such that the first and second cable recesses form a pocket for receiving and grasping a cable. The first and second securing features engage to maintain the first half and the second half in a mated condition. The first and second flex retention sections reside within and extend into the pocket to engage a cable grasped therein. Cable management systems are also provided herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ronald A. Vaccaro, Aviral Joshi, Christopher Stockman
  • Patent number: 11652303
    Abstract: A terminal assembly is disclosed. The terminal assembly comprises a main body having a welding platform and a first electrical conductive member having a connection terminal. According to the present invention, a welded structure is formed between the main body and the first electrical conductive member by making the connection terminal be welded on the welding platform. Briefly speaking, when utilizing this terminal assembly to make two electrical nodes be electrically connected to each other, one electrical conductive end of the main body and the first electrical conductive member are firstly connected to the two electrical nodes, respectively. Next, a welding process is applied to the welding platform and the connection terminal, such that an electrical connection is therefore established between the two electrical nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: SOLTEAM ELECTRONICS (DONG GUAN) CO., LTD., SOLTEAM ELECTRONICS (SU ZHOU) CO., LTD., SOLTEAM INCORPORATION
    Inventors: Chun-Yun Chang, Ying-Sung Ho, Ta-Feng Yeh, Cheng-Wei Lu, Chia-Yu Chiu
  • Patent number: 11646134
    Abstract: A method can include extruding polyethylene about a lead (Pb) barrier layer disposed about a conductor to form an assembly; and armoring at least one of the assemblies with metallic armor to form a cable. A power cable can include a conductor; a lead (Pb) barrier layer disposed about the conductor; a cushion layer disposed about the lead (Pb) barrier layer where the cushion layer includes crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE); and metallic armor wrapped about the cushion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason Holzmueller, Jinglei Xiang, Samy A. Madbouly, William Goertzen, Varun Vinaykumar Nyayadhish, Gregory Howard Manke
  • Patent number: 11646132
    Abstract: A cable has a tensile armor having a number of elongated polymeric tensile elements. At least one of the elongated polymeric tensile elements includes a bundle of high tensile fibers and a jacket tightly retaining the bundle of fibers. The elongated polymeric tensile elements are arranged with a lay loss of 1.5% at most. A method of manufacturing such a cable is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Prysmian S.p.A.
    Inventors: Enrico Maria Consonni, Gianni Miramonti, Luca Giorgio Maria De Rai, Paolo Veggetti
  • Patent number: 11636959
    Abstract: A cable is provided having at least one elongated conductor surrounded by at least one cross-linked layer, said layer being obtained from a polymer composition comprising a polymer, a crosslinking agent, and an amine as co-crosslinking agent, wherein said amine has a nucleophilic value (N) of 14 or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Dae-Up Ahn, Jun-Huei Bae, Jong-Chan Lim
  • Patent number: 11631507
    Abstract: A coaxial cable includes a conductor, an electrically insulating member provided over a periphery of the conductor, a shielding layer composed of served shields formed by helically wrapping a plurality of metal wires around the electrically insulating member, and a sheath provided around the shielding layer. The electrically insulating member includes indentations on portions of its surface to be brought into contact with and mated to the metal wires respectively. The shielding layer includes portions in respective circumferential directions of the plurality of metal wires being brought into contact with the electrically insulating member are mated to the indentations, respectively, on the electrically insulating member, and adjacent ones of the metal wires in a circumferential direction of the shielding layer are in surface contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Detian Huang, Takanobu Watanabe, Hideki Nonen, Masashi Arai, Hiromitsu Kuroda, Ryohei Okada, Tamotsu Sakurai
  • Patent number: 11621502
    Abstract: A communication system is included in a work string. The communication system includes a communication cable and a crimp sleeve. The communication cable has a housing with a communication line and a metal tube therein, a free line end of the communication line and a free tube end of the metal tube extending from an open end of the housing. The crimp sleeve includes a first sleeve section having a first inner diameter configured to receive the open end of the housing, a second sleeve section having a second inner diameter configured to receive the free tube end of the metal tube, and an opening configured to allow the free line end of the communication line to pass out of the crimp sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Juan Franco
  • Patent number: 11605994
    Abstract: A winding insulation system includes a set of insulated conductors, main wall insulation provided around the conductors, corona shield tape provided around the main wall insulation, stress grading tape provided around the corona shield tape, and sealing tape provided around the stress grading tape. The main wall insulation includes inner, intermediate, and outer sections. The inner section includes polyimide mica paper reinforced with any combination of the group consisting of: glass cloth, polyester film, and polyester mat, the inner section being provided in half-lap layer(s). The intermediate section includes mica paper reinforced with any combination of the group consisting of: glass cloth, polyester film, and polyester mat, the intermediate section being provided in half-lap layer(s). The outer section includes mica tape backed with aramid and reinforced with any combination of the group consisting of: glass cloth, polyester film, and polyester mat, the outer section being provided in half-lap layer(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Timken Company
    Inventor: Jan de Swardt
  • Patent number: 11605906
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides embodiments of insulated compression-type electrical connectors used to connect one or more branch wires or conductors to one or more run wires or conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard E. Robicheau, Glen Harrison Ruggiero
  • Patent number: 11600403
    Abstract: The cable according to one embodiment of the invention comprises: one or a plurality of core members, each having a conductor and an insulation cover material covering the conductor; and a sheath layer covering the one or the plurality of core members. The sheath layer comprises an inner sheath layer, and an outer sheath layer covering the inner sheath layer. The inner sheath layer comprises a crosslinked very low density polyethylene. The main component of the outer sheath layer is polyurethane. Relative to 100 parts by mass of resin component in the inner sheath layer, the very low density polyethylene content is between 20 parts by mass and 100 parts by mass inclusive. The elastic modulus of the inner sheath layer at 25° C. is between 5 MPa and 30 MPa inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Matsumura, Shigeyuki Tanaka, Taro Fujita, Takaya Kohori, Masayuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11587699
    Abstract: Disclosed is a cable assembly including at least one conductor and a metal sheath disposed over the at least one conductor, the metal sheath including a continuous strip of metal having a plurality of revolutions. A first revolution of the plurality of revolutions may include a first section having a curved profile extending into an interior cavity of the metal sheath, and a second section extending from the first section, the second section extending along a lengthwise axis, wherein a length of the second section, along the lengthwise axis, is at least two times as large as a diameter of the first section when the metal sheath is in a linear configuration. The first revolution may further include a third section extending from the second section, the third section including a free end terminating within a recess defined by a curved profile of a first section of an adjacent revolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: AFC Cable Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Lafreniere, Stephen Lundgren, Paulo Damoura, Ronald Pegg, Antonio Araujo, David Campbell
  • Patent number: 11569006
    Abstract: A cover for a cable harness including: (i) a first layer comprising a first color; (ii) a second layer layered adjacent to the first layer, the second layer comprising a second color that is different than the first color; and (iii) an adhesive layer adhered to the first layer, at least a portion of the adhesive is not covered by the second layer. The first color can black, while the second color is white. The second layer comprises fibers that can be substantially free of dye. At least one of the first layer and the second layer can be polyethylene terephthalate. The cover can cover a plurality of cables of a cable harness. If wear forms a hole through the first layer, the second color of the second layer is visible from an environment external to the covered cable harness through the hole through the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Jacob Przyojski, Andreas Meier
  • Patent number: 11557844
    Abstract: A terminal includes a conductor connecting part, a terminal connecting part, and a graphene film. When a first metal material and a third metal material forming a conductor of an electric wire have different ionization tendencies, the graphene film is provided to be arranged between a first surface and the conductor of the electric wire when the conductor of the electric wire is electrically connected to the conductor connecting part. When a second metal material and a fourth metal material forming a surface of an opposite terminal have different ionization tendencies, the graphene film is provided to be arranged between a second surface and the surface of the opposite terminal when the opposite terminal is electrically connected to the terminal connecting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hiroki Kawai
  • Patent number: 11551831
    Abstract: A data transmission cable includes a plurality of juxtaposed wires, a plastic layer enclosing on the wires integrally and a metallic shielding layer arranged on an outer side of the plastic layer. The metallic shielding layer has a length matching the data transmission cable and a width greater than the circumferential extension length of the data transmission cable, two ends of the metallic shielding layer in a width direction are compacted and bonded to each other on one side of the data transmission cable in the width direction, to form a shielding portion covering the plastic layer and a compacting portion connected to one side of the shielding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) LTD.
    Inventor: Mindi Ni