Patents Examined by Chau N. Nguyen
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Patent number: 11955259Abstract: A heat detection line includes a twisted pair wire composed of a pair of heat detecting wires being twisted together. Each heat detecting wire includes a conductor and an insulator covering a periphery of the conductor. The conductor is non-magnetic and composed of a copper alloy with a tensile strength of 900 MPa or more. A multi-core cable includes the heat detection line, a plurality of electric wires, and a sheath covering the heat detection line and the plurality of electric wires together. A melting point of the insulator of the heat detection line is lower than a melting point of an insulator of each of the plurality of electric wires.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.Inventors: Masashi Moriyama, Yoshinori Tsukamoto, Detian Huang
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Patent number: 11955256Abstract: A signal transmission cable is provided with a conductor, an insulator covering around the conductor, a shield layer covering around the insulator, a sheath covering around the shield layer, and a plating base layer is provided between the insulator and the shield layer to cover around the insulator. The shield layer has a plating layer provided to cover the plating base layer to be in contact with an outer peripheral surface of the plating base layer. A surface roughness of an outer peripheral surface of the plating layer is less than a surface roughness of an inner peripheral surface of the plating layer.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.Inventors: Hideyuki Sagawa, Detian Huang, Takahiro Sugiyama, Hideki Nonen, Masashi Arai, Hiroshi Ishikawa, Xinweilong Li
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Patent number: 11955258Abstract: There is provided a laminate having excellent partial discharge resistance. A laminate of a conductor and an insulating coating comprising a conductor and an insulating coating formed on the conductor, wherein the insulating coating is formed of a resin composition containing a metal oxide hydrate, and an inorganic insulating layer is formed on the insulating coating when the laminate is exposed to partial discharge caused by inverter surges.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2019Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: SUMITOMO SEIKA CHEMICALS CO., LTD., HIDE TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventors: Noriyuki Hayashizaka, Seiji Bando, Hideyuki Kikuchi
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Patent number: 11949196Abstract: A braided part connection structure includes a braided part having a tubular shape covering an insulated wire along a longitudinal direction of the braided part connection structure and a shield member having a tubular shape and electrically connected and fixed to the braided part. The shield member includes a braided part joining portion having a plurality of openings arranged at intervals along a circumferential direction of the shield member in a portion of the shield member in the longitudinal direction, and a welding portion defined by two openings adjacent to each other of the plurality of openings. The braided part covers the braided part joining portion and is welded to the welding portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Yazaki CorporationInventors: Kazuma Watanabe, Hideki Mizuno, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi
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Patent number: 11942234Abstract: A coaxial cable is composed of a conductor, an insulator covering a periphery of the conductor, a shield layer covering a periphery of the insulator, and a sheath covering a periphery of the shield layer. The shield layer is configured to include a lateral winding shielding portion with a plurality of metal wires being helically wrapped around the periphery of the insulator, and a batch plating portion made of a hot-dip plating covering respective peripheries of the lateral winding shielding portion. The shield layer includes a joining portion where the metal wires adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction are joined with each other with the batch plating portion at a spaced portion where the adjacent metal wires are spaced apart from each other, and the non-joining portion where the metal wires adjacent to each other in the circumferential direction are not joined with each other with the batch plating portion at the spaced portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.Inventors: Detian Huang, Takanobu Watanabe, Hiromitsu Kuroda, Hideki Nonen
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Patent number: 11942233Abstract: A fire resistant corrugated coaxial cable is described that employs a high-temperature, insulating alkaline earth silicate (AES) wool dielectric. The AES wool dielectric is devoid of water as a constituent. The AES wool may be survivable under conditions of high heat, such as temperatures specified by common fire test standards (e.g., 1850° F./1010° C. for two hours). The cable is configured to maintain a relatively coaxial relation between a center conductor and an outer conductor even under aforementioned fire tests. A layer of ceramifiable silicone rubber or refractory fiber wrap can surround the outer conductor and continues to insulate it from the outside if a low-smoke zero-halogen (LSZH) jacket burns away.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: American Fire Wire, Inc.Inventor: William E. Rogers
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Patent number: 11936152Abstract: A method is provided for electrically conductively connecting a contact part to a conductor having a multiplicity of individual wires includes inserting the conductor into a cavity in the contact part and lowering a tool for friction stir welding onto the contact part. The tool for friction stir welding is moved on the contact part in a plane, thus giving rise to a planar cohesive connection between the contact part and the conductor. In this way, a direct cohesive connection of a stranded conductor and a contact part is produced without the need for an additional part such as a sleeve, for example, to prevent the stranded conductor from “sticking out”.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: NEXANSInventor: Helmut Steinberg
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Patent number: 11923104Abstract: A cable includes a cable core including one or more electric wires, a shield layer covering around the cable core, and a sheath covering around the shield layer. The shield layer is composed of a braided shield including a plurality of first metal wires composed of aluminum or aluminum alloy and a plurality of second metal wires composed of copper or copper alloy. The plurality of first metal wires and the plurality of second metal wires are cross-braided.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.Inventors: Detian Huang, Yoshinori Tsukamoto, Masanori Kobayashi, Masashi Moriyama, Koji Fukuzato
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Patent number: 11909153Abstract: A safety cap device includes a flexible cylindrical cap formed of material of low conductivity such as rubber. Additionally, the device includes a spring biased clip is integrated on the open end of the cap such that the clip is used to clip about a wire and hold the cap over the end of said wire. In one embodiment, the clip retains the cap in a closed position by the tension of the spring in its relaxed stated. The clip is then compressed which then in turn compresses the spring to engage the cap in an open position. The cap is then mounted onto exposed electrical wiring which will provide protection to a user working with the exposed wiring. A user utilizes the cap as a handle which prevents direct contact with the exposed wiring.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Inventor: Joshua Koehn
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Patent number: 11909152Abstract: An electrical device having a terminal region for connection with a printed circuit board. The terminal region has a stranded wire and an enclosure piece surrounding the stranded wire. The enclosure piece is connected with the stranded wire, for example, by thermal diffusion bonding.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TDK Electronics AGInventors: Yun Jiang, Karsten Frey
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Patent number: 11894165Abstract: A braided part connection structure includes a conductive braid and a conductive member electrically connected and fixed to the braid and made of a conductive plate material. The conductive member includes a braid joining portion. The braid joining portion includes, at a part of the conductive member in a longitudinal direction of the conductive member, a plurality of openings formed at intervals with each other along a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction and a welded portion defined by two adjacent openings of the plurality of openings. The braid joining portion is provided on the braid in an overlapping manner and the welded portion is laser-welded onto the braid.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATIONInventor: Kazutaka Uki
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Patent number: 11881668Abstract: A wire connector includes an outer shell with a wire cavity therein, a plurality of raised ribs on the surface of the outer shell, each of the raised ribs having a rib cap overmolded on to a top surface with a gap between the rib cap corresponding to each of the raised ribs and the rib cap corresponding to each adjacent raised rib. Two leverage wings may extend outward from the outer shell on opposing sides. A wire skirt may be overmolded around the open end of the outer shell, the wire skirt and plurality of rib caps formed of a material more flexible than a material used to form the outer shell. A wing rib may be overmolded onto a portion of the first side of each leverage wing. A base of the wire connector may include texture in the form of raised grip bumps of various shapes.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: Titan3 Technology LLCInventors: John E. Klein, Jeffrey P. Baldwin
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Patent number: 11862918Abstract: The present invention provides an electric wire joining structure (80), an electric wire joining method, and a terminal (1), each of which allows a reduction in burden on an operator. The present invention includes: one or more electric wires (10); a terminal (1) including one or more insertion holes (7) for the respective one or more electric wires (10), the one or more electric wires (10) being inserted into the respective insertion holes (7); and a joining part (20) formed by thermal spraying, the joining part (20) joining the one or more electric wires (10) to the terminal (1) on a side on which the one or more electric wires (10) have passed through the respective one or more insertion holes (7).Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: TATSUTA ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO., LTD.Inventor: Masaki Hirano
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Patent number: 11848119Abstract: A high frequency signal transmission cable includes a conductor, an insulator provided over a periphery of the conductor, a plating layer provided over a periphery of the insulator, and a sheath provided over a periphery of the plating layer. A crack suppressing layer includes a non-cross-linked polyethylene is provided between the insulator and the plating layer, in such a manner as to remain in contact with the insulator while being provided with the plating layer over an entire periphery of a roughened outer surface of the crack suppressing layer. The crack suppressing layer is unadhered to the insulator. The plating layer is adhered to the crack suppressing layer. The crack suppressing layer suppresses an occurrence of a cracking in the plating layer by bending together with the plating layer while being integral and moving with the plating layer in a longitudinal direction of the cable.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.Inventors: Detian Huang, Yoshinori Tsukamoto, Masashi Moriyama, Hideyuki Sagawa, Takahiro Sugiyama
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Patent number: 11843191Abstract: A soldering aid for electrically conductively connecting a cable core of a cable to a conductor area includes a body made of an electrically insulating material and an electrically conductive contact part received in the body. The contact part has a contact surface configured to electrically conductively contact the conductor area. The body is formed with a receptacle having a slot open toward one side configured to receive the cable core of the cable, and is formed with a through-bore configured to surround a sheathed portion of the cable. The contact part closes an opening at a bottom of the slot and conductively contacts the cable core.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: MD ELEKTRONIK GMBHInventors: Daniel Bock, Christian Stoemmer, Nikolaus Lechleitner
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Patent number: 11837385Abstract: Disclosed is an armored cable assembly which may include a plurality of conductors and a metal sheath disposed over the plurality of conductors. The metal sheath may have a plurality of revolutions extending helically along a lengthwise axis, each of the plurality of revolutions including a first section having a curved profile, a second section extending from the first section, the second section having a planar profile, and a third section extending from the second section. The third section may include a free end angled towards an interior cavity of the metal sheath, the free end extending past a plane defined by a bottom most point of the first section of an adjacent revolution, the plane extending perpendicular to the second section.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: AFC CABLE SYSTEMS, INC.Inventors: Peter Lafreniere, Stephen Lundgren, Paulo Damoura, Ronald Pegg, Antonio Araujo, David Campbell
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Patent number: 11824317Abstract: This present invention relates to an electric testing assistance tool in the form a wire nut or electrical connector. The tool is a funnel shaped flame resistant and insulating device and has a top end and a bottom end with curved walls. The top end includes a central hole to receive a testing probe of a tester device. The device has an internal metal spiral thread connected to a metal ball connector. The metal spiral thread twistable about a plurality of wire end leads. The leads extending from the bottom end opening are connected to a target wiring whose electrical parameters and continuity is to be measured using the electric testing assistance tool. The testing probe can be inserted through the central hole to contact the metal ball to measure the electric parameters and continuity of the target wiring.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Inventors: Lyndon Graham, Tammy Graham
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Patent number: 11810689Abstract: A signal cable for an AC-coupled link, may include: a signal conductor; a dielectric surrounding the signal conductor; and a ground sheath having a conductive layer disposed at least partially around the conductor such that the dielectric is positioned between the ground sheath and the signal conductor, wherein the conductive layer comprises a first portion extending in a first direction along the cable and a second portion extending in a second direction, opposite the first direction, along the cable and further wherein the first and second portions of the conductive layer are separated from each other by a gap, the gap being dimensioned to provide a determined amount of capacitance in series in the ground sheath. The gap may form a complete separation between the first and second portions of the conductive layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LPInventors: Karl J. Bois, James David Stewart, David P. Kopp, Elene Chobanyan
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Patent number: 11798709Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable comprising a crosslinked layer obtained from a polymer composition, the polymer composition comprising: a polymer blend comprising an ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer, nitrile rubber (NBR), and an ethylene-methyl acrylate (EMA) copolymer; a crosslinking agent; and a flame-retardant filler.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: NEXANSInventors: Dae-Up Ahn, Jong-Chan Lim
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Patent number: 11791062Abstract: A cable with a non-circular ground wire is provided, including two wires, two ground wires, and an insulating tape; wherein the inner sides of the wires are in contact with each other; the ground wires are respectively arranged on two opposite sides of the wires; each ground wire at least includes a first side surface, a second side surface, and a third side surface; the first and second side surfaces respectively contact the outer surfaces of the two wires, and the shapes of the first side surface and the second side surface respectively correspond to the shapes of the outer surfaces of the two wires; the insulating tape covers the outer surfaces of the wires and the third sides of the ground wires. Thereby, the mechanical properties of the cable of the present invention, such as small impedance variation of high-frequency signal transmission, transmission stability, structural flexibility and bending, can be significantly improved.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Inventor: James Cheng Lee