Patents Examined by Hiram E Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 9699887
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a substrate, a first ground electrode group, and a first pair of signal electrodes. The first ground electrode group includes a plurality of first ground electrodes, where each of the plurality of the first ground electrodes is disposed at a corresponding one of vertexes of a first rectangular area in a surface of the substrate. the first pair of signal electrodes is disposed in the first rectangular area and is arranged in a first direction parallel to a side of the first rectangular area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Daisuke Mizutani, Kenichi Kawai, Takahito Takemoto, Masateru Koide
  • Patent number: 9681555
    Abstract: A package of an environmentally sensitive electronic device and a fabricating method thereof are provided, wherein the package may include a first substrate, a second substrate, the environmentally sensitive electronic device, a packaging body, and a filler. In one or more embodiments, the environmentally sensitive electronic device may be disposed on the first substrate and located between the first substrate and the second substrate. The filler is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and covers the environmentally sensitive electronic device. The packaging body is sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate and encloses the environmentally sensitive electronic device and the filler. A material for the packaging body may include a bonding of transition metal and metalloid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventor: Kuang-Jung Chen
  • Patent number: 9673606
    Abstract: An inventive pressurized cable is provided that simultaneously provides electrical connections and a supply of air, gas, or vacuum to an electromechanical device utilizing an existing connection on the device. The use of an existing cable connection for the supply of air or gas to provide positive pressure or a vacuum condition to an electromechanical enclosure allows for the use of standard electromechanical components without alteration and potential voiding of existing warranties. The present invention finds particular utility in the field of industrial automation where motors are subjected to coolant liquids and other types of contaminants that tend to infiltrate the motor seals, especially when the motor is shut down which causes a negative pressure inside the motor case that draws moisture in. Reactive gasses may be introduced with the inventive positive pressure cable that act to neutralize or condition harmful pollutants generated by the motor such as ozone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: FLEX-CABLE
    Inventor: Jan Christianson
  • Patent number: 9666926
    Abstract: A power supply line for high-frequency current has a two-layered tubular conductor including an inner tube portion and an outer tube portion which is concentric to the inner tube portion and integrally linked thereto by four connecting portions along the entire length in the longitudinal direction. The four connecting portions are circumferentially disposed at predetermined intervals. By providing the four connection portions between the inner tube portion and the outer tube portion, it is possible to more accurately position the inner tube portion and to reduce high frequency resistance when compared with the likes of conventional power supply lines for high-frequency current having only one connecting portion between an inner tube portion and an outer tube portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yasushi Futabatake, Hiroshi Maeda, Kouichi Teraura, Yukihiro Matsunobu, Masato Toki, Shinji Hara
  • Patent number: 9660374
    Abstract: An electrical connector providing a sealed electrical link between an inside environment subjected to corrosive gases or liquids under pressure and an outside environment of different pressure. The connector includes a connector body, conductor cables, a thermoplastic insulator, and a sealing element. The connector body is secured to a structure and includes insulating feed-throughs for receiving electrical contacts connecting an outside environment to an inside environment. The conductor cables, comprising an outer insulating layer made of a fusible thermoplastic material, are connected to said electrical contacts inside said inside environment. The thermoplastic insulator is secured to said connector body and surrounds the conductor cables. The thermoplastic insulator and cable outer insulating layers are made of a same type of fusible thermoplastic material making it possible, by localized fusion, to form a thermoplastic weld therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Luc Baudelocque, David Moulin, Mohamed Bendaoud, Bruno Tellier
  • Patent number: 9647436
    Abstract: A high voltage electric cable having a longitudinal axis may include: a conductive core having a first cross sectional area; wherein the conductive core includes a solid, central conductor, and at least three solid, sector conductors stranded around the central conductor. The central conductor may have a second cross sectional area. A ratio of the second cross sectional area to the first cross sectional area may be of from 1/130 to 1/20.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: PRYSMIAN S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gianni Miramonti, Sergio Montagner
  • Patent number: 9648739
    Abstract: An electronic component mounting structure includes a first land, a second land making a pair with the first land, an electronic component having a chip shape and including a first electrode connected to the first land and a second electrode connected to the second land, a first wiring pattern connected to the first land, and a second wiring pattern connected to the second land and including a first partial pattern overlapping a portion of a body of the electronic component in planar view, the portion being not covered with the pair of electrodes, a second partial pattern formed integral with the first partial pattern and overlapping the first electrode of the electronic component in planar view, and a third partial pattern formed integral with the second partial pattern and parallel to the first wiring pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takashi Aoki, Yasuhiro Sawada
  • Patent number: 9591750
    Abstract: A wiring substrate includes first and second wiring structures. The first wiring structure includes a core substrate, first and second insulation layers formed from a thermosetting insulative resin respectively including first and second reinforcement materials, and a via wire formed in the first insulation layer. The second wiring structure includes a third insulation layer formed on an upper surface of the first insulation layer and an upper end surface of the via wire, and a wiring layer extended through the third insulation layer and electrically connected to the via wire. The outermost insulation layer, the main component of which is a photosensitive resin, is stacked on a lower surface of the second insulation layer. The second wiring structure has a higher wiring density than the first wiring structure. The first reinforcement material is partially exposed on the upper surface of the first insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masato Tanaka, Shoji Watanabe, Noriyoshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 9570897
    Abstract: A clamp for a spacer-damper includes a first jaw and a second jaw connected to the first jaw. The first jaw has a first clamping surface and a first aperture. The first aperture retains the fastener in an initial position and in a second position spaced latterly from said initial position. The second jaw has a second clamping surface and an open-ended second aperture. The second aperture receives the fastener in the second position. The first jaw may also include a keeper surface for receiving the fastener in an initial position, a keeper pocket for receiving the fastener in a second position and a keeper protrusion is positioned between the keeper surface and the keeper pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2017
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel David Dobrinski, Peter Chan
  • Patent number: 9560766
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a main portion obtained by stacking a plurality of base sheets made of a flexible material in a predetermined direction and bonding the base sheets under pressure, and at least one planar conductor pattern provided in the main portion and including a concave portion and a convex portion. The concave portion and the convex portion extend in a direction perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the predetermined direction. The concave portion is sunken in a direction parallel or substantially parallel to the predetermined direction. The convex portion protrudes in an opposite direction to the direction in which the concave portion is sunken. The at least one planar conductor pattern includes a first planar conductor pattern with a concave portion and a convex portion extending in a first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kuniaki Yosui
  • Patent number: 9553430
    Abstract: A flexible conduit fitting system includes a housing that defines at least part of a flexible conduit fitting, and a resilient clip supported by the housing. The flexible conduit fitting may include an aperture for receiving an end of a flexible wiring conduit. The resilient clip may have an engagement portion that extends into the aperture of the flexible conduit fitting to engage the generally corrugated outer structure of the flexible wiring conduit. The housing may be configured to support the resilient clip in a manner that allows the resilient clip to flex in a direction of movement of the flexible wiring conduit when the flexible wiring conduit is being inserted into the aperture and past the engagement portion, but to not substantially flex in the direction of movement of the flexible wiring conduit when attempting to withdraw the flexible wiring conduit from the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Tom Bakken, Nathan Carlson, Alan Stordahl, Michael Peterson, Yong Fang
  • Patent number: 9531178
    Abstract: An overhead wire tension balancer can prevent rotation of an inner cylinder connected with an overhead wire, without deteriorating rotation preventing function, even if stroke is increased, and does not complicate production steps. A rotation preventing plate is formed at the inside of an inner cylinder, and an opening which cannot rotate relative to the rotation preventing plate and which can relatively move in a condition which passes a long plate, is formed on the rotation preventing plate. The long plate is formed by two long plate pieces in an L shape in which a tip is bent, a hanging portion is formed by this bent portion and prevents the rotation preventing plate from disengaging from the long plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: NHK SPRING CO., LTD
    Inventors: Toru Kimura, Osamu Sasa
  • Patent number: 9520698
    Abstract: An outdoor enclosure for housing power distribution equipment is disclosed herein. The outdoor enclosure includes improved means for evacuating arc flash gases from inside the enclosure to the atmosphere, comprising an expansion chamber and improved chimney. The chimney includes a chimney base and chimney capping structure arrangement designed to allow for the safe ventilation of arc fault gases to the atmosphere, while maintaining weather-proof characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Denis Pare, Martin Stefanka
  • Patent number: 9520701
    Abstract: A cable holding element includes a base body and rows of latching projections that project from the base body to define at least one channel area for holding cable. The latching projections each have a first section and a second section. The first section and the second section form an acute angle towards the base body. A first row of latching projections opposes a second row of latching projections. The opposing latching projections cooperate to interlock without contact, in a comb-like manner to hold cable within the cable holding element and to form guiding structure that guides cable into and out from the channel area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: Novomatic AG
    Inventor: Heinz Winkler
  • Patent number: 9514076
    Abstract: An information handling system is set forth which includes a fully connected 4S topology that can also be populated with two processors and two link modules (e.g., two passive “slugs”) to implement a fully connected 2S topology. More specifically, the link module is a printed circuit board that implements a loopback connection between certain links of the architecture. In certain embodiment, the link module includes no electrical components. The link module merely includes a set of electrical connections (e.g., copper traces) connecting pads (e.g., gold plated pads) on a thick printed circuit board (PCB) dielectric material that is shaped to fit the processor socket. The link module is used to carry user data when the information handling system is configured in a 2S topology. The link module includes proper lane assignment that allows the module to be passive without performance reduction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Sandor T. Farkas, Fernando Meschino, Thomas Edwin Garvens, Michael Jon Roberts, Scott Michael Ramsey, Charles L. Haley
  • Patent number: 9502791
    Abstract: A cable splice includes a casing, a guide, and a pilot cup. The casing has a first opening and an interior cavity. The guide includes a receiving end and a shaft extending at least partially into the interior cavity. The pilot cup is integrally formed with the guide and frangibly connected to the shaft. The cable splice may also include a clamp positioned in the interior cavity and moveable between a loading position and a terminated position. A biasing member urges the clamp into the terminated position. During movement of the clamp from the loading position to the terminated position, the clamp contacts the guide causing at least a portion of the shaft to exit the interior cavity. The guide may also include a rib and a slot allowing the guide to fit in casings having different sized interior cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Seydou Diop, Paul Zelazny, John Edward Sakmar
  • Patent number: 9497847
    Abstract: Provided is a port member of a superconducting accelerating cavity, the entire size of which is reduced and which has enhanced working efficiency to achieve a lower manufacturing cost. In a pickup port (23) of a superconducting accelerating cavity, one end is joined by welding to a port portion (27) formed on a higher order mode coupler (13) which is provided at an end of a cavity body, while the other end is joined by flange coupling to a pickup antenna (22). A port body (33) and a flange portion (35) are integrally formed of a niobium material having low purity or a niobium alloy containing a component other than niobium at a percentage lower than a prescribed percentage. The flange coupling is achieved with use of a quick coupling (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES MECHATRONICS SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Katsuya Sennyu
  • Patent number: 9491854
    Abstract: A multi-layer microwave corrugated printed circuit board is provided. In one embodiment, an interconnect assembly includes a first flat flexible layer having a signal conductor and a ground conductor forming a first microstripline or microstrip transmission line, a second folded flexible layer having a signal conductor and a ground conductor forming a second microstripline or microstrip transmission line, the bottom surface of the second folded flexible layer having ridge portions, a non-conductive adhesive layer disposed between the top surface of the first flat flexible layer and the ridge portions of the second folded flexible layer, a signal through-hole extending through the non-conductive adhesive layer and the first flat flexible layer, and two ground through-holes extending through the non-conductive adhesive layer and the second folded flexible layer, wherein the two ground through-holes are disposed on opposite sides of the signal through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: RAYTHEON COMPANY
    Inventors: Clifton Quan, Hee Kyung Kim, Fangchou Yang, Kevin C. Rolston, Edward Marsh Jackson
  • Patent number: 9472325
    Abstract: A dielectric cover system for an insulator supporting a high voltage conductor is molded to fit over the insulator to cover at least a top portion of the insulator and the conductor in contact with the insulator. A clip internal to the cover allows the cover to be freely placed over the insulator and then effectively restricts an inner diameter of the cover at a reduced diameter neck portion of the insulator, such that the clip blocks the cover from being lifted off the insulator and rotated about the insulator during high wind conditions. The clip is particularly effective where the conductor is supported in a side groove of the insulator, so the insulator and conductor form an asymmetric structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Eco Electrical Systems
    Inventor: Michael Lynch
  • Patent number: 9455562
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus for a medium- to high-voltage current transport line having a gas insulation including: a sealed housing filled with an electrically insulating gas including at least one fluorinated compound such as a fluoroketone, at least one electrical component arranged inside the inner space of the housing, and a mechanism regulating an amount of the fluorinated compound inside the inner space of the housing. The regulating mechanism includes a heater, heating a liquid resulting from condensation of the fluorinated product present in the insulating gas, to cause at least a portion of the liquid to vaporize.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES SAS
    Inventors: Daniel Piccoz, Romain Maladen