Patents Examined by Hiram E Gonzalez
  • Electrical connection box
    Patent number: 9941678
    Abstract: An electrical connection box includes a frame, and a plurality of blocks each provided with a relay and the like and installed in the frame. The block is placed in an upper side in the frame. At least a portion of the block is placed under the block in a manner overlapping with the block. The relay provided to the block is connected to an electrical wire. The electrical wire is drawn horizontally from the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yukihiro Kawamura
  • Wall mountable connector with wall covering plate
    Patent number: 9941183
    Abstract: A wall mountable connector assembly with an optional wall covering plate is disclosed. The wall mountable connector provides electrical connections to each of a plurality of field wires and is configured to provide electrical connections to a thermostat secured to the wall mountable connector. The optional wall covering plate is configured to fit over the wall mountable connector and provide a pleasing appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Read, David J. Emmons, Steven L. Wolff, Eric Barton
  • Nanostructured electrolytic energy storage devices
    Patent number: 9928966
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a structure for an energy storage device may include a first nanostructured substrate having a conductive layer and a dielectric layer formed on the conductive layer. A second nanostructured substrate includes another conductive layer. A separator separates the first and second nanostructured substrates and allows ions of an electrolyte to pass through the separator. The structure may be a nanostructured electrolytic capacitor with the first nanostructured substrate forming a positive electrode and the second nanostructured substrate forming a negative electrode of the capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: INTEL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Zhaohui Chen, Donald S. Gardner, Bum Ki Moon, Charles W. Holzwarth, Cary L. Pint, Scott B. Clendenning
  • Conductive film and display apparatus provided with same
    Patent number: 9924618
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a conductive film and a display apparatus provided with the conductive film. A conductive film is disposed on a display panel of a display apparatus, and has a base body, and a conductive section formed on one of the main surfaces of the base body. The conductive section has a mesh pattern composed of fine metal lines, and the fine metal lines have a tilt of 30-44° with respect to the alignment direction of pixels of the display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Tadashi Kuriki, Kazuchika Iwami
  • Anisotropic conductive film, anisotropic conductive film production method, connecting method, and bonded structure
    Patent number: 9924599
    Abstract: To provide an anisotropic conductive film, which contains conductive particles, wherein the anisotropic conductive film is an anisotropic conductive film configured to anisotropic conductively connect a terminal of a substrate with a terminal of an electronic component, wherein the conductive particles are conductive particles, in each of which a metal plated layer and an insulating layer are sequentially provided on a surface of a resin particle, or conductive particles, in each of which an insulating layer is provided on a metal particle, or both thereof, and wherein 3.0 to 10.0 conductive particles are linked together on average.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: DEXERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Ishimatsu
  • Housing for electronic control unit
    Patent number: 9901004
    Abstract: A housing for an electronic control unit is disclosed. The housing contains a main body having a base and a wall rising from the base, a cover supported on the wall opposite to the base and fixed to the housing for defining an inner volume, and a seat on the wall for a sealant interposed between the main body and the cover contributing to isolate the inner volume from an outer volume. The seat contains a portion adjoining the inner volume or the outer volume, the portion having an edge on the wall inclined with respect to the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Alan Kang, Thomas Riepl, Marius Tarnovetchi
  • Touch panel and method for manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 9900995
    Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing a touch panel. In the method, a substrate is prepared, a transparent electrode is formed on the substrate, an interconnection electrode material is applied to the substrate by printing, an interconnection electrode is formed by drying the interconnection electrode material, and a circuit board is disposed on the interconnection electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Youl Lee, Young Sun You, Kyoung Hoon Chai, Young Jin Noh, Yong Jin Lee, Sun Young Lee
  • Systems and methods for coupling sections of an electronic device
    Patent number: 9894787
    Abstract: This is directed to systems and methods for coupling sections of an electronic device together. Sections of an electronic device can be coupled together via “knuckles.” The particular shape and structure of the knuckles can be based on various design considerations. For example, in some embodiments each section can function as an individual antenna. In this case, the knuckles can be designed in order to provide electrical isolation between the sections, thus allowing proper operation of the antennas. For example, the knuckles can be formed from a dielectric material, etc. As another design example, the knuckles can be designed in order to provide increased strength in areas of high strain, and/or to counteract torsional twisting in areas of high impact. As yet another design example, the knuckle can be designed in a manner that is aesthetically pleasing or which otherwise meets cosmetic requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Nicholas Merz, Daniel Jarvis
  • Compositions, methods and devices providing shielding in communications cables
    Patent number: 9875825
    Abstract: Compositions, devices, and methods for providing shielding communications cables are provided. In some embodiments, compositions including electrically conductive elements are disclosed. In other embodiments, cable separators, tapes, and nonwoven materials including various electrically conductive elements are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: Cable Components Group, LLC
    Inventors: Charles A. Glew, David Braun
  • Display unit and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 9854667
    Abstract: A display unit includes: a display section (11) having flexibility; and a bending control section (12a, 12b) configured to limit a movable shaft in bending the display section (11) to one direction in a display surface and allowed to maintain the display section (11) in an arbitrary bending state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Gen Yukawa
  • Compact ejectable component assemblies in electronic devices
    Patent number: 9853671
    Abstract: Electronic devices are provided with ejectable component assemblies. The ejectable component assembly may include a tray that can be loaded with one or more removable modules, wafers coupled to circuit boards, cages and retaining plates to assist in retaining the tray within the assembly. The ejectable component assembly may include springs operative to engage detents in the tray to retain the tray in the assembly. The ejectable component assembly may include a tray ejector mechanism for ejecting the tray from the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Scott A. Myers, Erik L. Wang, Jason S. Sloey
  • Method for passing an electrical cable through a hole and device for same
    Patent number: 9837192
    Abstract: A method for passing an electrical cable through a hole in a housing of a unit of electrical equipment is provided. The method may include: fitting onto the cable a tubular, mushroom-shaped male member comprising a stem with a threaded portion and a portion with enlarged head; inserting into the hole the cable having the male member fitted thereon extending through said hole with said portion with enlarged head abutting against the periphery of the hole externally to the housing and said threaded portion protruding inside the housing; and retaining said male member in the hole by coupling with said threaded portion that protrudes inside the housing an annular female member in the form of a nut co-operating with the periphery of the hole inside said housing to counter the movement of the female member with respect to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: OSRAM GMBH
    Inventors: Alberto Alfier, Simon Bobbo, Luca Volpato
  • Circuit board and method for producing same
    Patent number: 9832889
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a main portion and at least one uneven portion. The main portion is obtained by stacking a plurality of base sheets made of a flexible material in a predetermined direction and subjecting the stacked base sheets to compression bonding. The at least one uneven portion is provided on one of the base sheets. The uneven portion includes a concave portion and a convex portion extending in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the predetermined direction. The concave portion is sunken in the predetermined direction. The convex portion protrudes in an opposite direction to the predetermined direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kuniaki Yosui
  • Method of manufacture of porcelain insulator structures and method and assembly for affixing metal flanges to porcelain insulators
    Patent number: 9818509
    Abstract: A manufacturing process for a structure having a porcelain body and a flange includes: inserting an end portion of the body into a flange opening, providing a gap between the body end portion and a metal surface of the flange, filling the gap with adhesive to create a bond between the surfaces, installing an electrically active subassembly in the porcelain body and placing the structure in a heated environment to simultaneously dry the subassembly and fully cure the adhesive to provide the bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Paolo Diamanti, Ross McTaggart, Joseph Arjune
  • Ground bracket for an outlet of a rack power distribution unit and related method
    Patent number: 9806438
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a chassis, a first outlet provided in the chassis, and a power source coupled to the first outlet. The first outlet has a first ground terminal. The device further includes a ground bracket configured to connect first ground terminal of the first outlet to the chassis to ground the first outlet. The electronic device further may include a second outlet provided in the chassis and spaced from the first outlet. The second outlet is coupled to the power source, and has a second ground terminal. The ground bracket is configured to connect the first ground terminal of the first outlet to the second ground terminal of the second outlet and to the chassis. A method of grounding outlets of the electronic device is further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC IT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian Lee Duncan, Daniel J. Rohr
  • Electrical power component containing an insulating fluid and a condenser core
    Patent number: 9799439
    Abstract: An electrical power component, such as a bushing. The power component includes a housing, a condenser core arranged in the housing and including an electrical insulation, a space formed between the condenser core and the housing, an expansion vessel positioned adjacent and in open communication with the space between the condenser core and the housing, and an electrically insulating fluid, such as oil, contained in the space between the condenser core and the. The power component further includes one or more filler elements having a higher density and lower thermal expansion coefficient than the fluid, and the one or more filler elements are movably arranged in the expansion vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Peter Sjöberg, Robert Floresjö, Simon Lindgren, Thomas Eriksson, Anders Östlund
  • Structure for mounting retrofit part to cladding member
    Patent number: 9787069
    Abstract: A structure for mounting a retrofit part to a cladding member may be used to prevent the retrofit part from causing a turn or positional displacement. For example, a clamp structure may include a clamp base and a clamp cover continuous to the clamp base by a hinge. The clamp may further include projections such as spike-shaped portions. The spike-shaped portions are formed and placed on both a mount surface of the clamp base and a mount surface of the clamp cover. The spike-shaped portions may prevent the clamp from causing a turn or positional displacement, and may be each protrusively formed substantially into a pyramid shape with a pointed end. The spike-shaped portions are formed to bite into an exterior surface of a cladding member and that resists external force, such as vibrations, when the clamp is mounted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshida, Eiichi Tohyama, Tatsuya Oga, Shinichi Inao, Masaaki Suguro
  • Two-shot knuckles for coupling electrically isolated sections of an electronic device and methods for making the same
    Patent number: 9755296
    Abstract: Two shot knuckles include a first shot component and a second shot component. Both shot components are composed of different dielectric materials, where the first shot is composed of a relatively high strength structural material and the second is composed of a cosmetic material. The first shot component can physically couple two conductive sections together by interfacing with a coupling structure of that section. The first shot component includes second shot retaining regions and a cosmetic region. The second shot component occupies the cosmetic region and anchors itself to the first shot component using the second shot retaining regions. The second shot may be the only part of the two-shot knuckle visible to a user of an electronic device and can exhibit any desired color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Daniel William Jarvis
  • Patch panel assembly
    Patent number: 9728945
    Abstract: A cable guide for guidance of at least one cable through a patch panel system, including a housing having front, back, left, and right sides, and at least one patch panel device including a tray and one or more adapters, the cable guide comprising an advancing member having a first end for coupling to the back side of the housing, a second end for coupling to the tray of the patch panel device, and a guide member disposed between the first and second ends, wherein the advancing member is transitionable between a first and second state, wherein, when the first and second ends are coupled respectively to the back side and the tray, in the first state, the guide member is positioned at least partially external to the housing at one of the left or right sides; and in the second state, the guide member is positioned within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Go!Foton Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenichiro Takeuchi, Haiguang Lu
  • Origami enabled manufacturing systems and methods
    Patent number: 9706646
    Abstract: An origami enabled manufacturing system. The system uses origami design principles to create functional materials, structures, devices and/or systems having an adjustable size and/or shape. An operational device can be coupled to a planar substrate shaped and sized to correspond to a desired origami shape of an origami pattern. A plurality of planar substrates can be coupled together by a plurality of connection members that corresponds to one or more crease of the origami pattern. An array of planar substrates can be formed that convert into a three dimensional structure with origami shape. The resulting three-dimensional structure provides smaller projection area, higher portability and deformability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignees: Arizona Board of Regenst acting for and on behalf of Arizona State University, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, Wayne State University
    Inventors: Hanqing Jiang, Hongyu Yu, Goran Konjevod, Yong Xu