Patents Examined by Hung V. Ngo
  • Patent number: 12171071
    Abstract: An electronic control device comprising: a housing having conductivity; a circuit board that is arranged in the housing and has a first electronic component mounted on a mounting surface; an external connection portion that is electrically connected to the circuit board and is connectable to a device outside the housing; and a duplexing member that has conductivity and is arranged between an inner surface of the housing and the mounting surface of the circuit board, in which the duplexing member forms a cutout portion to avoid contact between the duplexing member and the first electronic component, and further forms a partition portion that partitions the external connection portion between the housing and the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: HITACHI ASTEMO, LTD.
    Inventors: Masahiro Toyama, Hideyuki Sakamoto, Toshiaki Takai
  • Patent number: 12160976
    Abstract: This disclosure describes systems and methods for metal foam cooling of vehicle electronic. An example apparatus may include an electronic control unit (ECU) comprising an electronic component included within a housing. The example apparatus may also include a metal foam configured to dissipate heat produced by the electronic component and also configured to facilitate electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding for the electronic component. The example apparatus may also include an interface between the ECU and the metal foam, wherein the interface provides a connection between the ECU and metal foam to facilitate heat dissipation from the electronic component to a location outside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Mahmoud Ghannam, Ming Liang, Michael Dupuis, Deepa Ramaswamy
  • Patent number: 12155190
    Abstract: A repair clip for a gang box with a damaged threaded opening is provided. The repair clip includes a top wall, a front wall, and a rear wall. The top wall has a replacement opening that is positionable over the damaged threaded opening. The front wall has a leg depends from the top wall at a front shoulder region. The front wall and/or the front shoulder region are elastically deformable so as to apply a clamping force on an inner wall of the gang box. The rear wall depends from the top wall at a rear shoulder region, the rear wall and/or the rear shoulder region being elastically deformable so as to apply a clamping force on an outer wall of the gang box. The replacement opening is elongated in a direction between the front and rear walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Victor Beristany, Krzysztof Wojciech Korcz
  • Patent number: 12156389
    Abstract: A wearable EL product electromagnetic wave shield structure includes a light emitting unit, an electric wire member extending from the light emitting unit, and an inverter for controlling power on/off and operation of the light emitting unit, and is washable and flexible to be applicable to all items that can be worn by humans. The light emitting unit includes an EL member applied with a fluorescent material according to a certain shape or pattern, an insulator respectively disposed on the EL member front and rear surfaces, a front electrode member disposed on the opposite side of the front side insulator from the EL member to shield electromagnetic waves emitted from the EL member, a rear electrode member disposed on the opposite side of the rear side insulator from the EL member to shield electromagnetic waves emitted from the EL member, and a base member for supporting the front electrode member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: LUMMIGLOBAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Doo Won Lee
  • Patent number: 12154705
    Abstract: A wire harness unit including: a plurality of conductive paths for conducting electricity between in-vehicle devices; and a cooling tube through which a coolant is able to flow for cooling the plurality of conductive paths, wherein: the plurality of conductive paths include a first conductive path and a second conductive path parallel to the first conductive path, the first conductive path includes a first inner insulating layer that is hollow and tubular, and a first tubular conductor that covers an outer circumferential surface of the first inner insulating layer, and the second conductive path includes a second inner insulating layer that is hollow and tubular, and a second tubular conductor that covers an outer circumferential surface of the second inner insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takeo Maruchi
  • Patent number: 12156392
    Abstract: A wrappable, abrasion and EMI resistant sleeve for routing and protecting an elongate member from exposure to EMI, while further providing mechanical protection against abrasion, impact, and other environmental conditions, such as contamination. The sleeve includes a woven outer layer having opposite outer edges extending lengthwise between opposite ends of the woven outer layer. The woven outer layer includes warp filaments extending generally parallel to the opposite edges and weft filaments extending generally transversely to the warp filaments. The sleeve includes a textile inner layer having opposite inner edges extending lengthwise between opposite ends. The textile inner layer includes conductive filaments interlaced with one another in electrical communication with one another. The weft filaments of the woven outer layer are heat-formed to bias the opposite outer edges and the opposite inner edges into overlapping relation with one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
    Inventor: Xiaoxiao Liu
  • Patent number: 12156390
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave shielding film having: a base substrate; and an electromagnetic wave shielding layer disposed on the base substrate, where the thickness of the electromagnetic wave shielding layer is 1 nm to 50 nm. In addition, the shielding layer includes: a first layer on the base substrate; a second layer on the first layer; and a third layer on the second layer, wherein the first layer, the second layer, and the third layer include copper sulfide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Byungsung Kim, Seungnam Cha, Sangyeon Pak, Taehun Kim
  • Patent number: 12141407
    Abstract: Provided is a conductive film in which wire visibility of a metal wire is suppressed and visibility is improved. The conductive film includes a substrate and a conductive layer that is disposed on the substrate and consists of a metal wire, with a width of 2 ?m or less, a height of 1 ?m or less, and the metal wire has a metal layer, a first blackening layer, and a second blackening layer in this order from a side of the substrate. The first and second blackening layers contain a metal atom and at least one selected from the group consisting of an oxygen atom and a nitrogen atom. In the first blackening layer, a content of the metal atom at an intermediate position in a thickness direction is larger than a content of the metal atom at an intermediate position in the second blackening layer in a thickness direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventor: Shigehide Itoh
  • Patent number: 12142903
    Abstract: The present invention provides a waterproof sealing mechanism for motor cable of swimming pool robots, which comprising a housing, wherein a sealing groove is provided on the outer side of the housing, and a sealing protrusion is integrally provided at the bottom of the sealing groove, connecting wire hole located inside the sealing protrusion is provided at the bottom of the sealing groove, and a sealing soft body is provided inside the sealing groove, the top of the sealing groove is provided with a rubber pressing plate mounted on the housing, and the middle part of the sealing soft body is provided with a threading hole running through the sealing soft body, the middle part of the rubber pressing plate is provided with a threading hole running through the rubber pressing plate, the sealing soft body is installed in the sealing groove, the soft rubber is pressed at the bottom of the fixing base main body, so that the soft rubber deforms to shrink the wire threading hole, and the leads is tightly wrapped in
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Seauto Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhuoming Deng
  • Patent number: 12137547
    Abstract: A wiring module includes: a functional sheet disposed between a panel and an interior member in a vehicle; a transmission member disposed on one surface side of the functional sheet; and a conductive sheet covering a part of the transmission member. The functional sheet includes a conductive layer and a layer having a function of at least one of a thermal adjustment function or a sound insulation function, and the conductive sheet is electrically connected to the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuriya Kato, Kosuke Sone, Ai Takehisa, Takuya Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 12133370
    Abstract: A shielding film and a circuit board are provided. The shielding film includes a first film layer (11), a contrast structural layer (12) and an electromagnetic shielding layer (13). The first film layer (11) is disposed on a first side of the electromagnetic shielding layer (13). The contrast structural layer (12) is disposed on the first side of the electromagnetic shielding layer (13). The grayscale value of the color of the contrast structural layer (12) is greater than the grayscale value of the color of the first film layer (11). In the contrast structural layer (12) and the first film layer (11), a hollowed-out pattern of an identification code is formed on a layer away from the electromagnetic shielding layer (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU FANGBANG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
    Inventor: Zhi Su
  • Patent number: 12133371
    Abstract: An EMF shield is disclosed. The EMF shield includes a scattering layer and a reflective layer having an exterior surface and an interior surface opposite the exterior surface. The scattering layer includes a metal coating disposed at the exterior surface. The reflective layer includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side, the first side of the reflective layer being coupled to the interior surface of the scattering layer, wherein the reflective layer comprises a dielectric material. The metal coating includes an adhesive coating for coupling to an electronic device. The EMF shield is configured to scatter and reflect the EMF signal. After the EMF signal is initially scattered by the metal coating, the reflective layer causes the EMF signal to reflect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: SWITCH PROJECT LLC
    Inventor: Ben Salem
  • Patent number: 12125608
    Abstract: The present invention provides a differential paired cable with compensation functions, including: a first wire; a second wire; a first insulating layer; a second insulating layer; a ground wire; and a shielding layer. By controlling at least one of a length difference between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer exposed outside of the shielding layer to be greater than 0.1 mm, a diameter difference between the first wire and the second wire to be greater than 0.005 mm, and a length difference between a welding portion of the first wire and a welding portion of the second wire to be greater than 0.05 mm, a signal transmission rate of one of the first wire and the second wire is compensated, so as to reduce an intra pair skew of the differential paired cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Inventor: James Cheng Lee
  • Patent number: 12120860
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to achieve greater space efficiency. A wiring module (A) includes a first transmission line (20), and a noise shielding member (40) that has a sheet shape and is arranged along the first transmission line (20). The noise shielding member (40) has a thickness of 100 ?m to 600 ?m. Since the noise shielding member (40) has a sheet shape, and thus the space for arranging the noise shielding member (40) can be made smaller, it is possible to achieve greater space efficiency. Since the noise shielding member (40) has a thickness of 100 ?m to 600 ?m, it is possible to obtain a high noise shielding effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Kodama, Kiyoshi Kato, Yuya Iwaguchi, Shuhei Ozu
  • Patent number: 12120859
    Abstract: A curtain for shielding an electromagnetic field may include a plurality of strip elements. A first strip element and a second strip element of the plurality of strip elements may have an electrically conductive layer. In a shielding configuration of the curtain, the electrically conductive layer of the first strip element is electrically connected to the electrically conductive layer of the second strip element and/or to an electrical connecting terminal for a reference potential. The plurality of strip elements can be variably positioned against one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Siemens Healthineers AG
    Inventors: Johann Sukkau, Michael Wullenweber
  • Patent number: 12120861
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave shielding film that can be thinned, and has high peel strength, electroconductivity, shielding properties, and flex resistance and conformability to a step is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: TATSUTA ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiharu Yanagi, Hiroshi Tajima
  • Patent number: 12114472
    Abstract: A Radio Frequency, “RF”, component and a method of making the same. The component includes a first electrically conductive signal member for conveying an RF signal and a second electrically conductive signal member for conveying an RF signal. The component also includes a barrier located between the first signal member and the second signal member electromagnetically to shield the first and second signal members from each other. The barrier includes a first row of electrically conductive shielding members spaced apart along a longitudinal axis of the first row, and a second row of electrically conductive shielding members spaced apart along a longitudinal axis of the second row. Each shielding member includes a polyhedron. The shielding members of the first row are offset with respect to the shielding members of the second row to prevent a direct line of sight between the first signal member and the second signal member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Philipp Franz Freidl, Mustafa Acar, Antonius Hendrikus Jozef Kamphuis, Jan Willem Bergman
  • Patent number: 12106873
    Abstract: A two-core flat cable includes a pair of metal wires, an insulating covering that bundles and covers the pair of metal wires along a longitudinal direction thereof, an electrically conductive shield that covers an entire perimeter surface of the covering, and an insulating sheath that covers the shield, wherein the shield is comprised of a metal coating laver, and the sheath is comprised of a lamination sheet of an insulating resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuto Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 12108583
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave shielding material includes a metal layer for ground connection provided as an outermost layer of a laminate; wherein only one surface of the metal layer for ground connection is laminated on the insulating layer via the adhesive layer, and assuming d1 is a thickness and ?1 is a Young's modulus of the adhesive layer on the one surface, d2 is a thickness and ?2 is a Young's modulus of the metal layer for ground connection, and ?3 is a composite Young's modulus of the adhesive layer on the one surface and the metal layer for ground connection, the following relational expression is satisfied: ?3/?2>0.60; in which, ?3=?1 (d1/(d1+d2))+?2 (d2 (d1+d2)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: JX Advanced Metals Corporation
    Inventor: Yukito Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12101872
    Abstract: A shielded printed wiring board with a ground member wherein even though a thermal load is applied, the connection stability between the electroconductive particles of a ground member and the shielding layer of a shielding film is hardly deteriorated is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: TATSUTA ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yuusuke Haruna