Patents Examined by Dhiru R Patel
  • Explosion containment vessel
    Patent number: 7642473
    Abstract: An enclosure (10) that contains a switch (40, 42) and that is surrounded by an explosive or flammable environment that could be ignited by a spark from the switch, includes a body (52) that guides a flat cable (16) through a body bore (56) to the inside of the vessel. A tight and strong seal is formed around the flat cable by a tubular seal (60) that lies in the body bore, that is formed of Teflon, and that has a tapered seal section (84) that lies in a tapered section (74) of the bore. A nut (62) at the rear of the body can be turned to push the tubular seal forward within the body bore and thereby compress it against the outside of the flat cable to form an explosion-proof seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Barksdale, Inc.
    Inventor: Yong C. Kim
  • Transformer conservator isolation valve (TCIV)
    Patent number: 7642455
    Abstract: A Transformer Conservator Isolation Valve (TCIV) comprising an inlet conduit or pipe (2), an outlet conduit or pipe (5) connected to a rectangular housing (7) with an operating device (10) fixed on a shaft (19) placed inside the rectangular housing (7) and lever (9) for locking of the operating device (10); the said operating device (10) is provided with a sealing gasket (20) fitted such that during flow of oil due to rupture of electrical transformer tank or bursting of electrical transformer bushing or draining of oil swings towards the outlet conduit or pipe (5) so as to restrict flow of oil from the electrical transformer conservator (1) to the electrical transformer tank (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Inventor: V. K. Wakchaure
  • Protector
    Patent number: 7638712
    Abstract: In a protector, a lock mechanism for a stay is provided at a protector body. The lock mechanism includes a stay abutment plate which is perpendicular to a direction of a normal line of the protector body, a boss for passing through a boss passage hole in the stay, and a lock piece portion for locking the stay. With this construction, the amount of retaining engagement of the lock piece portion can be increased without adversely affecting the moldability of a mold. As a result, the force of retaining of the protector can be enhanced, thereby avoiding a situation in which the protector is disengaged from the stay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Suzuki, Shinji Sonda, Yuuji Ishimura, Takashi Ihara
  • Outlet attachment system
    Patent number: 7638710
    Abstract: An outlet attachment system for efficiently securing an electrical plug to an outlet. The outlet attachment system generally includes an inner support structure including at least one channel and at least one stopper member, wherein the channel(s) extends through the inner support structure. The channel(s) includes a front portion and a rear portion, wherein the front portion extends from the rear portion. The stopper member(s) extends partially within the channel(s) between the front portion and the rear portion. The inner support structure is secured adjacent an outlet(s), wherein the rear portion of the channel(s) aligns with the outlet(s). An outer support structure may also be utilized to secure the present invention adjacent the outlet, wherein the inner support structure is secured within the outer support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Inventor: Alan D. Vance
  • Bus bar system with assembly unit consisting of a base plate and fixing items
    Patent number: 7638711
    Abstract: A bus bar system with an assembly unit having a base plate with side limbs and fixing items which are connected to the assembly unit. The assembly unit forms a receiving element for a bus bar holder and bus bars which are covered with cover elements and/or adapters for peripheral devices. The covers and/or adapters are mechanically connected to the bus bars by plug-in receiving elements and/or locking receiving elements and the adapters are also electrically connected to the bus bars. An assembly unit, which can be produced and mounted at low cost without impeding functional requirements, is provided and the assembly unit forms locking receiving elements together with retaining flanges, which protrude at a distance on the outer sides of the side limbs, and fixing flanges, wherein bar-shaped fixing items can be inserted into and/or locked inside the receiving elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Rittal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Hans Wagener
  • Conductor raceway separator
    Patent number: 7635812
    Abstract: A divider for keeping current-carrying conductors separated transversely in raceways, such as walker ducts and cable trays, in which multiple conductors extend, in order that air can flow around the conductors and cool the conductors. The divider is mounted in the raceway to form passages through which some of the conductors can extend spaced from other conductors. Two separators are mounted together and preferably mounted to the raceway sidewall, forming at least a base passage between the separator and the sidewall of the raceway, and an elevated passage between the walls of the separators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignee: CVC Limited 1 LLC
    Inventor: Carl V. Cardi
  • Electrical connection box
    Patent number: 7633008
    Abstract: The present invention includes an electrical connection box having a circuit casing for accommodating a circuit structure therein, a housing portion disposed on a lower surface side of the circuit casing and connectable to an external connector, and a plurality of connector terminals for electrically connecting between the circuit structure and the housing portion, further each of the plurality of connector terminals is disposed along a cabling path horizontally traversing an inside of the circuit casing and leads into the housing portion through a ceiling portion of the housing portion, the electrical connection box also includes a waterproof portion provided in the circuit casing for covering the ceiling portion from above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoki Kanou
  • Integrated junction box operable with gas valve
    Patent number: 7633017
    Abstract: A junction box is operable with a gas valve and includes an enclosure having one or more mechanical coupling features arranged to interface with one or more mating features of the gas valve. An electrical terminal strip is disposed within the enclosure and a quick-disconnect electrical connector is disposed on a surface of the enclosure. The quick-disconnect electrical connector is coupled to a mating connector of the gas valve when the mechanical coupling features are interfaced with the mating features of the gas valve. The junction box includes a current carrying element that electrically couples the electrical terminal strip with the quick-disconnect electrical connector. The enclosure includes an opening that facilitates access to at least the electrical terminal strip, and includes one or more access voids disposed to allow electrical wires to enter the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory W. Young, Peter E. Stolt, James I. Bartels
  • Temperature-controlled enclosures and temperature control system using the same
    Patent number: 7629533
    Abstract: A self-closing cable feed-through module is connected to an outer surface of the chamber. The feed-through module includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein cables are fed through the first and second portions into the chamber in a first position and the first and second portions form a leak tight seal around the cables in a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2009
    Assignee: Temptronic Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Cole, Sr., Michael F. Conroy, Edward Lowerre, James Pelrin
  • Pop-up power and communication outlet apparatus for use with a table, desk or similar article
    Patent number: 7626120
    Abstract: A pop-up power and communication outlet apparatus having a hollow leg structure having an interior, a top end having an opening in communication with the interior of the hollow leg structure, and a bottom end. The apparatus also has a power and communication outlet structure that has a sleeve structure disposed within and attached to the hollow leg structure, and an outlet center movably disposed within the sleeve structure such that the outlet center can move vertically with respect to the sleeve structure. The outlet center has at least one power outlet or at least one communication outlet. In a preferred embodiment, the outlet center has a plurality of power outlets and a plurality of communication outlets. A lift mechanism is located within the sleeve structure and is connected between the sleeve structure and the outlet center. The lift mechanism urges the outlet center upward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Premier Manufacturing Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Kimberly Golden, Dave Black, Glenn Golden, Russell Hayden, Jillian Pai, Sean Scott
  • Weather-proof junction box for exterior use
    Patent number: 7626118
    Abstract: A curb and cap junction box assembly for protecting joined electrical conductors includes a curb member with a planar flashing portion with a central housing portion extending upwardly from the flashing portion and forming an enclosed space. The central housing portion has top and bottom openings. A plate member is secured over the central housing portion's bottom opening. The plate member includes at least one knockout section therein. A cap member has a planar top portion and a peripheral edge portion extending downwardly therefrom. The cap member is sized to fit over the top opening of the central housing portion and reversibly fastened thereto. The curb and cap mounting assembly is secured to a structure by the planar flashing portion and receives an electrical conductor from interior the structure through a knockout aperture in the plate member and into the enclosed space therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Inventor: Stephen J. Capozzi
  • Mountable power strips
    Patent number: 7626119
    Abstract: Various new designs for a power strip. Each design includes some structure that enables the mounting or attachment of the power strip to an object or portion of the object. The object may include, for example, a Christmas tree, such as the trunk or a branch thereof. Another object may includes, for example: a portion of a stud in the frame of a building that is under construction, in which case the power strip may be plugged into a generator at the construction site; and a portion of a work bench or work table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Axland Comec, LLC
    Inventors: Mark Axland, Cheryl Axland, Kevin J. Dahlquist, Daniel Lee Bizzell, Ian D. Kovacevich
  • Cable management system
    Patent number: 7622673
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention are directed to a cable management system. In one embodiment, the cable management system includes a housing, a plurality of baffles extending from the housing, wherein the plurality of baffles are configured to resist movement of a connector relative to a port in a connection direction and receive the connector in an access direction generally traverse to the connection direction, and an access panel configured to enable access to the port and the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: David Quijano
  • Marine and submarine pipelines
    Patent number: 7622683
    Abstract: Marine apparatus formed of equipment and at least one insulation assembly assembled therearound, the at least one insulation assembly circumferentially surrounding the equipment and including at least one shroud providing an impermeable enclosure filled with thermal insulation, the thermal insulation being totally enclosed by the shroud, the at least one insulation assembly being a discrete length. Multiple insulation assemblies can be adjoined end to end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Inventor: Terry Jeffrey Corbishley
  • Wire harness leading-out port structure of electric connection box
    Patent number: 7622674
    Abstract: A wire harness leading-out opening is provided at a junction between an electric connection box and a bottom surface cover which constitute an electric connection box. A cylindrical wire harness leading-out guide is provided on the periphery of the wire harness leading-out opening, and is formed in a way that the both circumferential ends of a half-cylindrical body formed on the electric connection box and a half-cylindrical body formed on the bottom surface cover are coupled to each other. In the inner circumference of a circumferential junction between the peripheral walls of the two half-cylindrical bodies, a concave portion is provided to accommodate a loose portion of an armoring member wrapped around the outer circumference of the wire harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Kanamaru, Makoto Nakayama, Tarou Inoue
  • Wildlife protection guard for electrical power distribution equipment
    Patent number: 7622668
    Abstract: A wildlife protection guard for electrical power distribution equipment has an enclosure constructed to surround a power line connection and formed by a pair of half-shells. The enclosure has a base member, a sidewall extending from the base member, a tapered member extending from the sidewall, and a top member on the tapered member. The base member has a central opening with a plurality of flexible fingers. The top member has a central opening which defines a first port. A second opening is provided on the tapered sidewall to define a second port. The pair of half-shells is configured to be held in a closed configuration by a first latch on the sidewall and a second latch provided on a portion of the enclosure different from the sidewall. The pair of half-shells is connected together by a robust hinge configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: Cantex, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve Tollefson, John Morgan
  • Enclosure for housing communications equipment
    Patent number: 7619160
    Abstract: An enclosure for housing communications equipment at a subscriber premises includes at least one cable port for receiving a service provider cable, a subscriber cable, and a ground cable. The enclosure further includes a housing having a base and an outer cover movably attached to the base between an opened position and a closed position so as to define a housing interior volume when the outer cover is in the closed position. A grounding post extends from the base within the housing interior volume and is electrically connectable with the ground cable. Active electronic components located in the housing interior volume connect the service provider cable with the subscriber cable. A service provider security nut attachable to the grounding post both fixes the active electronic components within the housing and grounds the active electronic components to the grounding post and the ground cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Corning Cable Systems LLC
    Inventors: Brad N. Grunwald, John A. Keenum
  • Grounding device and method of constructing the same
    Patent number: 7619161
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a grounding device in which a grounding member E having a grounding conductor 2 and a conductive laminated portion 5 covering the grounding conductor 2 is integrated with a foundation member B of a building so that the grounding member E and the foundation member B overlap partly or entirely. The grounding device is configured so that the grounding member having the grounding conductor and the conductive laminated portion covering the grounding conductor is integrated with the foundation member of the building are so that the grounding member and the foundation member overlap partly or entirely. This makes it possible to easily offer a small grounding resistance. Further, the foundation member of the building contacts the earth over a large area. This enables a small grounding resistance to be stably offered for a long period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: Sankosha Corporation
    Inventors: Chikashi Okabayashi, Makoto Ishizaki, Minoru Yoneda
  • Electrical device cover
    Patent number: 7619163
    Abstract: A cover for electrical devices is disclosed. Particular implementations include an electrical device cover configured to mount over an electrical device includes a lid having a flexible membrane. The lid is coupled by a hinge to a base and the cover includes a cord port in an edge of a surface of the cover. The lid is configured to expand through the flexible membrane to an expanded position to accommodate an electrical connector coupled with the electrical device. The lid may also be configured to reduce in depth as the lid retracts from the expanded position to a retracted position through the flexible membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Assignee: TayMac Corporation
    Inventors: Marcus J. Shotey, Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Richard L. Cleghorn, Andre Baca, Kenneth C. Booth
  • Bus structure
    Patent number: 7619166
    Abstract: A bus structure may include two or more soft buses and one or more soft separation layers. The two or more soft buses may be stacked side by side with respect to each other. The one or more soft separation layers may be sandwiched between two adjacent soft buses of the two or more soft buses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Inventors: Kuo-Ching Huang, Yu-Cheng Chang