Patents Examined by Dhiru R Patel
  • Patent number: 10271452
    Abstract: A cable manager includes a backbone assembly and at least one side wall extending from the backbone assembly. The at least one side wall optionally includes one or more cable finger units. The backbone assembly includes a spine member having an extruded construction. The spine member includes one or more channels extending substantially an entire length thereof to facilitate easy attachment, removal and/or repositioning of a structure relative to the spine member. The cable manager optionally includes an accessory rod, a half-spool assembly, a cable finger accessory, a strap/buckle accessory, and/or a door assembly having an interference-free hinge set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Preston Ellis Hennrich, James I. Lawrence, John W. Robertson, Johnny C. Fraga, Jared Keith Davis, William Drew Krietzman
  • Patent number: 10263404
    Abstract: Electrical box assemblies, cable clamps and cable clamp assemblies are provided. The cable clamps include a base, cable guides, and clamping members that grip an electrical cable passing through the base. The electrical box assembly includes an electrical box, and a cable clamp or a cable clamp assembly. The cable clamp assemblies include dual cable clamps that can fit within pry-outs in an electrical box or that can be releasably secured to an electrical box adjacent pry-outs in an electrical box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Krzysztof W. Korcz, Steven J. Johnson, Joseph Edward Richard
  • Patent number: 10263403
    Abstract: A mud ring assembly includes a base member, a movable member, and at least one actuator. The base member is configured to be coupled to a junction box and includes a flange, an opening extending through the flange, and at least one threaded hole extending through the flange. Each threaded hole is spaced apart from the opening. The movable member is positioned in the opening and is configured to support an electrical device. The movable member includes a first edge and a second edge. The first edge is positioned adjacent the first side of the flange and the second edge is positioned adjacent the second side of the flange. The movable member further includes at least one slot positioned proximate the first edge. Each slot is aligned with one threaded hole. The actuator includes a threaded portion, a head, and a bearing flange. Each actuator is secured in one slot by the head and the bearing flange. Each actuator is rotatable relative to the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Krzysztof Korcz, Steven Johnson
  • Patent number: 10264697
    Abstract: A protective cabinet for storage and protection of equipment, wherein the cabinet (1) includes lateral (1a), upper (1b) and lower (1c) walls, and is provided with swivel rollers (2) and leveling support feet (3), as well as with front (4) and posterior (5) doors. The upper wall (1b) of the cabinet (1) is inclined and provided with external integrated hooks (7), and the cabinet (1) is further internally provided with sets of vertical profiles (8) provided with orifices (8a), as well as with vertical supports (9) provided with shafts (9a), the orifices (8a) and shafts (9a) adapted to receive the installation and the fixing of several types of components/devices. The protective cabinet (1) is provided with a mobile rear compartment (11), which may provide accommodation for a ventilation/refrigeration/acclimatization system of the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Inventor: Daniel Fazenda Freire
  • Patent number: 10256614
    Abstract: An adjustable mud ring assembly is provided that includes a base plate, a movable ring, and an indexing screw configured to move the movable ring with respect to the base plate between a first position and a second position. The base plate has a junction box connecting portion, a support connecting portion, and a stationary ring. The base plate can have an offset distance (D2) between the junction box connecting portion and the support connecting portion where the offset distance is sufficient to allow the movable ring to move into stationary ring to the first position without protruding, at a lowermost point, into a junction box connected to the junction box connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Krzysztof Wojceich Korcz, Steven James Johnson
  • Patent number: 10249935
    Abstract: An enclosure for an access point for attachment to a handrail includes a first half-shell including a first peripheral flange portion and a second half-shell including a second peripheral flange portion, the first half-shell and the second half-shell being attached together along the first peripheral flange portion and the second peripheral flange portion to form the enclosure; a mounting plate disposed within the enclosure, the mounting plate including a peripheral edge portion coextensive with the first and second peripheral flange portions, the peripheral edge portion including first and second sides opposed to the respective first and second peripheral flange portions; and a seal disposed along the first and second sides of the peripheral edge portion, the seal on the first side being sandwiched between the first peripheral flange portion and the first side, the seal on the second side being sandwiched between the second peripheral flange portion and the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: TESSCO Communications Incorporated
    Inventors: Timothy Ortel, Christopher Jufer, Dennis Burrell
  • Patent number: 10249406
    Abstract: A cable harness (10) includes a plurality of electrical conductors (12) for the contacting of battery cells of a battery module as well as a film-shaped carrier element (14). The electrical conductors (12) are arranged for at least a portion in parallel with each other on the carrier element (14) and are joined to the carrier element (14). A flexible elongated hollow body (16) is arranged in parallel for at least a portion with at least one of the electrical conductors (12) and is joined to the carrier element (14). A battery module has a plurality of battery cells and at least one cable harness (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Schubert, Heiko Klaumuenzer, Jochen Zipfel, Laura Bauer, Timo Kegel
  • Patent number: 10236669
    Abstract: A motion control device for an overhead utility transmission line includes a phase spacer and first and second spacer dampers connected to the phase spacer. The first spacer damper separates conductors of a first phase and the second spacer damper separates conductors of a second phase. The phase spacer separates the conductors of the first and second phases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Gary Edward Schrader, Jeffery Lee Thomas, Peter Chan
  • Patent number: 10236668
    Abstract: An electrical box cover for an electrical outlet box includes a back and four sides extending from the back. The back and the four sides define an interior of the box cover that is large enough to cover the exterior of the electrical outlet box. The box cover is made of a soft, flexible material that can be molded to a shape of the electrical outlet box and that has certain elastomeric qualities so that the box cover can be slipped on to the electrical outlet box and installed, thereby providing additional sound and fire protection to the electrical outlet box. The cover box may also include a flange surrounding the opening in the box cover to cover any gaps around the cutout of the wall. The box cover may include one or more knock-outs that correspond to one or more knock-outs in the electrical outlet box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: Specified Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James P. Stahl, II, Gabe DiMarino, Paul Gandolfo
  • Patent number: 10231539
    Abstract: A table cabinet having a power-driven lifting socket and a power-driven lifting socket are provided. The power-driven lifting socket includes a housing, a control board, a socket main body, and a lifting device. The socket main body can be driven by the lifting device to move up and down so as to extend out of a passage or retract into the passage. The socket main body may ascend or descend according to the need of use. When not in use, the socket main body can be hidden, such that the surface of the table cabinet is tidy and beautiful, and the socket main body won't be contaminated by the dust, thereby ensuring the performance for the socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: DONG GUAN SONG WEI ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min-Hsun Lu
  • Patent number: 10236667
    Abstract: A wire follow-up protection structure of an electric reducer includes a deformation mechanism with a variable length and sliding plates, the sliding plates being symmetrically disposed on both sides of the deformation mechanism, the deformation mechanism being supported on the sliding plates, the sliding plates limiting the deformation mechanism such that the deformation mechanism deforms between the sliding plates, a continuous run-through channel being preset within the deformation mechanism, the deformation mechanism being disposed to be rotationally connected to the electric reducer and slidably connected to a main body of a coring device, the channel being disposed as a passage for wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: China National Offshore Oil Corporation, China Oilfield Services Limited
    Inventors: Yongren Feng, Tiemin Liu, Zhibin Tian, Liping Liu, Xiaodong Chu, Zanqing Wei, Xingfang Wu, Guiqing Hao
  • Patent number: 10236673
    Abstract: An integral, unitary pre-expanded cover assembly unit for covering an electrical connection between first and second electrical cables each having a primary conductor and a sleeve defines a cable passage to receive the electrical connection and the primary conductors of the first and second cables. The outer sleeve surrounds the inner sleeve. The duct is neutral conductor includes a cover assembly and a removable holdout. The cover assembly includes an elastomeric inner sleeve, an elastomeric outer sleeve, and a duct. The inner interposed radially between the inner and outer sleeves. The duct defines a duct passage configured to receive at least one of the neutral conductors therethrough. The holdout is mounted within the inner sleeve. The holdout is operative to temporarily maintain the inner sleeve in an expanded state and the outer sleeve in an expanded state. The duct is flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Corporation
    Inventors: Senthil A. Kumar, Edward O'Sullivan, Mahmoud K. Seraj, Ganpathy Iyer
  • Patent number: 10236093
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides for an electrically insulative cover that can be used to cover a variety of electrical components, namely hot lugs. The cover has a top surface and at least one side surface. The cover provides a shield between the lug and the individual performing work on the lug containing device. This reduces the need to disconnect and reconnect the flow of electricity which can be costly for customers. Additionally, it allows electrical work to be done more autonomously efficiently and safely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Inventor: Anthony S. Ferraiuolo, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10230224
    Abstract: An electrical wire guiding apparatus that can define the inclination angle of a rotating end. The electrical wire guiding apparatus includes: a bracket that is to be fixed to a mounting portion, a rotating end that is arranged at an end portion of an electrical wire guide and is held in the bracket in a manner of being able to rotate in any direction, the electrical wire guide surrounding electrical wires and being able to bend in a predetermined shape; and angle restriction edges that are provided on the bracket and the rotating end and restrict the angle of the rotating end by abutting against opposing members when the rotating end becomes inclined at a predetermined angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Inoue, Tetsushi Enomoto
  • Patent number: 10222569
    Abstract: Technology is provided for a cable management enclosure. The cable management enclosure includes an elongate bottom panel having a first end portion and a second end portion. A front panel is coupled to the first end portion and has at least one elongate aperture positioned to receive a cable. An end panel is coupled to the second end portion and a cover is coupled to at least one of the bottom panel, the front panel and the end panel. The cover includes a top panel and a pair of side panels. An elongate grommet is mounted in each of the elongate apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventor: Jon Brian Ehlen
  • Patent number: 10224703
    Abstract: A hanging arrangement for items of electrical operating equipment includes an upper fastener for suspending the hanging arrangement, a plurality of items of operating equipment being arranged so as to hang in a parallel manner from the upper fastener, and a lower fastener which is arranged so as to hang from the items of operating equipment. The items of operating equipment are connected to the fasteners in each case by flexible contact device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Alexander Bockarev, Reinhard Goehler, Henrik Roggow
  • Patent number: 10211614
    Abstract: Implementations of an electrical outlet locking mechanism to attach to an electrical outlet are provided. In some implementations, the electrical outlet locking mechanism includes a cover plate adapter and a socket cover attachment to attach to the cover plate adapter to locking cover an electrical socket of an electrical outlet. In some implementations, the electrical outlet lockingly mechanism includes a cover plate adapter and a plug retainer attachment to attach to the cover plate adapter to lockingly retain an electrical plug in engagement with an electrical socket of an electrical outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventor: Robert Draper
  • Patent number: 10211567
    Abstract: A removable bracket securable to an electrical outlet or switch cover is provided, comprising a base section comprising a straight edge and having a slot formed therethrough, the slot configured to receive a tab of an attachable module. The base section further comprises a rear surface having a channel formed therein adjacent to a first edge of the slot, into which the tab of the module mates when the module is attached to the bracket. An elongated tab section extends from the straight edge and is securable behind an edge of the electrical outlet or switch cover. The tab section has a thickness less than a thickness of the base section and a rear surface contiguous with a rear surface of the base section. And an elongated first ridge on a front surface of the tab section is parallel to the straight edge of the base section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Inventor: Charles D. Glahe
  • Patent number: 10199813
    Abstract: A fixing structure includes an attaching portion, a nut, and a spacer. The attaching portion has an attaching hole through which an attaching bolt provided to a vehicle body is inserted. The nut fixes the attaching portion to the vehicle body by being tightened to the attaching bolt with a washer interposed between the nut and the attaching portion. The spacer is disposed between an inner circumferential surface of the attaching hole and an outer circumferential surface of the attaching bolt, and is in contact with the vehicle body and the washer in an axial direction of the attaching bolt in a state where the attaching bolt and the nut are tightened. The spacer has an opening on a cylindrical side surface thereof and is capable of rotating around the axial direction of the attaching bolt in a state where the attaching bolt is inserted into the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroki Tashiro, Nobutaka Kaneko, Fumiyoshi Ohashi, Kouji Yonezu, Yuya Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 10193319
    Abstract: An asymmetric Stockbridge damper having at least six and as many as ten resonant frequencies. The damper includes two assemblies, each having a primary weight at the end of a messenger cable and two secondary weights at the ends of thin beams. The thin beams are mounted at one end to the primary weight and each support a secondary weight at an opposite end. The thin beams extend parallel to the messenger cable. The messenger cable is affixed to a clamp assembly which clamps to an overhead transmission line. The clamp assembly includes a toggle crank generating a theoretically infinite clamping force on the transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Central Michigan University
    Inventors: Oumar Rafiou Barry, Emadeddin Y. Tanbour, Nitish Kumar Vaja, Hesham Tanbour