Patents Examined by Hung V. Ngo
  • Patent number: 11553630
    Abstract: Described are electromagnetic shields comprising a substrate, a conductive additive, and a binder incorporated with the conductive additive and deposited on the substrate, and methods of making thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: NANOTECH ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Richard B. Kaner, Maher F. El-Kady, Jack Kavanaugh, Scott Laine
  • Patent number: 11547029
    Abstract: A Faraday enclosure apparatus may include one or more sewn seam portions constructed to prevent signal leakage through stitch apertures in the seam. A vestibule section facilitates signal-shielded movement of electronic devices between the ambient environment and the main cavity of the enclosure. A connector filter may be mounted to extend through a wall of the enclosure to manage wired power and signal communications entering and exiting the main cavity of the enclosure. Foldable side walls facilitate the collapsibility of the enclosure for compact transport and storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Merakai, LLC
    Inventor: Ryan Judy
  • Patent number: 11540433
    Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods are disclosed for electromagnetic pulse (“EMP”) shielding. An enclosure may include a plurality of sheets of structural EMP shielding material disposed to enclose a space, and one or more EMP shielding connectors to bridge gaps between the sheets of structural EMP shielding material. The sheets of structural EMP shielding material may individually include a first set of alternating layers of ferrous metal and non-ferrous metal, a second set of alternating layers of ferrous metal and non-ferrous metal, and an electrically non-conductive layer disposed between the first set of alternating layers and the second set of alternating layers. The one or more EMP shielding connectors may individually include at least one layer of ferrous metal, at least one layer of non-ferrous metal, and a bonding material for bonding to the sheets of structural EMP shielding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Inventor: Lawrence R. Sadler
  • Patent number: 11533833
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave shielding sheet according to the disclosure is configured by a protection layer, a metal layer, and a conductive adhesive layer. The metal layer has a plurality of openings, and an aperture ratio of the opening is 0.1%-20%. In addition, a tensile breaking strength of the electromagnetic wave shielding sheet is 10 N/20 mm-80 N/20 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: TOYO INK SC HOLDINGS CO., LTD., TOYOCHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kishi, Shota Mori, Takahiro Matsuzawa, Tsutomu Hayasaka
  • Patent number: 11528833
    Abstract: Electromagnetic wave shielding material including a conductive fiber web with multiple pores and a heat dissipation unit provided in at least some pores that is so excellent in flexibility, elasticity, and creasing/recovery that it can be changed in shape freely and brought in complete contact with a surface where the material is to be disposed even if the surface has a curved shape, uneven portions, or stepped portions, thus exhibiting excellent electromagnetic wave shielding performance and prevent deterioration thereof despite various shape changes. Since heat dissipation performance is excellent, heat generated in an electromagnetic wave source can be rapidly conducted and released. Even if parts are provided in a narrow area at high density, the material can be brought in close contact with mounted parts by overcoming a tight space between the parts and a stepped portion. The invention is employed for light, thin, short, and small or flexible devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: AMOGREENTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: In Yong Seo, Ui Young Jeong, Jun Woo Lee
  • Patent number: 11523549
    Abstract: An EMP-protective composite structure may include at least one enclosure having walls, a ceiling, at least one ingress/egress portal and a base, each including at least one blast-resistant structural panel and at least one layer of an EMP barrier having CCR that provides magnetic conduction, field absorption, and field reflection fully-enclosing the structural panel. A blast- resistant structural panel may include a frame constructed of a spaced-apart frame members of a ferrous material, frame reinforcing members extending between the frame members, a cementitious layer in which the frame is embedded, and an EMP absorbing mesh embedded in the cementitious layer. The composite structure may further include an encapsulation barrier and a HEMP protective door formed in the enclosure to absorb and deflect HEMP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventors: Francis Norbert Hector, Jr., Davidson A. Scott
  • Patent number: 11523525
    Abstract: In an electronic module for a vehicle including a case in which an electronic component such as a relay is mounted, the electronic module includes a discharge hole which discharges liquid contained in the case, and the discharge hole includes a peripheral edge of a predetermined dimension determined based on surface tension of the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiki Yanagita, Takayuki Takeuchi, Yuki Ohira
  • Patent number: 11515834
    Abstract: A water guiding assembly configured to drain water or discharge other liquid or solid substances for a photovoltaic assembly is provided. The water guiding assembly includes a water guider and a mounting component. The water guider includes a water guiding portion, the water guiding portion has a fitting portion configured to abut against a frame of the photovoltaic assembly, to provide a gap between the water guiding portion and the frame to form a guiding channel. The mounting component includes a fixing portion and a connecting portion, an end of the connecting portion is detachably connected to the water guider, and another end of the connecting portion is connected to the fixing portion to form a clamping opening with the water guider and the fixing portion, which is configured to clamp the frame. The connecting portion is provided with a discharge channel butted with the guiding channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Sungrow Renewables Development Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kepeng Ji, Erbin Li, Juan Chen, Yanna Huang, Meng Liu
  • Patent number: 11516929
    Abstract: A power adapter is disclosed. The power adapter includes housing parts that carries electronic components. To secure the housing parts together, one housing part includes snaps and another housing part includes protrusions and rails. During assembly, the protrusions slide under the snap, causing the snap to deflect in one direction, while the rails slide over the snap, which keeps the snap partially flat but also causes the snap to deflect in another direction. The engagement (during assembly) of the rails and the protrusions to opposing surfaces of the snap cause bi-directional deflection/bending of the snap. When each protrusion is positioned into an opening of the snap, the snap returns to a flat, non-deflected state, and the housing parts are secured together by the snap, protrusions, and rails. The rails support the snaps by limiting or preventing additional deflection of the snap, which subsequently promotes the housing remaining together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Peter A. Dvorak, Jeremy M. Dahl, Michael A. Foote, Brian K. Thorne, Cesar Lozano Villarreal
  • Patent number: 11515643
    Abstract: An electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet is provided that can adequately absorb electromagnetic waves at high frequencies in and above the millimeter wave band, can have excellent flexibility, and can easily be placed in any desired portion. The electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet includes an electromagnetic wave absorbing layer 1 containing a magnetic iron oxide 1a that magnetically resonates at frequencies in and above the millimeter wave band and a resin binder 1b. The electromagnetic wave absorbing sheet absorbs radiated electromagnetic waves by magnetic resonance of the magnetic iron oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Masao Fujita, Toshio Hiroi
  • Patent number: 11510325
    Abstract: An optical transceiver includes a circuit board having a first side and a first edge; a thermal conductive member configured to be attached on the first side of the circuit board; the thermal conductive member having a first thermal conductive face inclined with respect to the first side of the circuit board and parallel to the first direction; a filling material having a thermal conductivity; and a housing having an inner face and an inner space, the housing being configured to house the circuit board, the circuit component, the thermal conductive member, and the filling material, and configured to hold the electrical connector at an end thereof in the first direction, the housing having a second thermal conductive face facing the first thermal conductive face with a spacing. The filling material adheres to the first thermal conductive face and the second thermal conductive face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kuniyuki Ishii, Hiromi Kurashima
  • Patent number: 11510349
    Abstract: The present invention provides a shield package having a highly distinctive pattern formed on a surface of a shield layer. The shield package of the present invention includes a package in which an electronic component is sealed with a resin layer, and a shield layer covering the package, wherein a surface of the resin layer includes a drawing area drawn with lines and/or dots by aggregation of multiple grooves, and a non-drawing area other than the drawing area, multiple depressions originating from the grooves are formed on a surface of the shield layer on the drawing area, and the depressions are aggregated to draw a pattern with lines and/or dots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: TATSUTA ELECTRIC WIRE & CABLE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Umeda, Hidetoshi Noguchi, Hajime Nakazono
  • Patent number: 11510348
    Abstract: A shield case for covering an electronic component includes a top panel portion made of a metal plate, a plurality of terminal leg portions formed to project in a direction intersecting with the top panel portion from a peripheral edge portion thereof, and a side plate portion formed to project in the direction intersecting with the top panel portion from a peripheral edge portion of the top panel portion other than the plurality of terminal leg portions. Each of the plurality of terminal leg portions includes a leg portion that stretches from the top panel portion, a joint portion that extends in a direction intersecting with the leg portion from a distal end of the leg portion, and a terminal portion with a ring-shaped cross-sectional surface that has a projecting support abutting on the leg portion from a distal end of the joint portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: LAPIS SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeki Yamauchi
  • Patent number: 11503748
    Abstract: A portable communication device is provided. A portable communication device includes a first nanofiber member having a first density, a second nanofiber member attached to the first nanofiber member and having a second density lower than the first density, a heat transfer member positioned on or above the second nanofiber member, and a conductive material coated on at least a portion of the first nanofiber member and the second nanofiber member. At least some of the conductive material may penetrate into the first nanofiber member or the second nanofiber member. Various other embodiments may be possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haejin Lee, Dongku Kang, Jihong Kim, Min Park, Yunjeong Park, Kyuhwan Lee, Jinhwan Jung, Ahreum Hwang, Kyungha Koo
  • Patent number: 11497151
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement includes: a first machine element and a second machine element, each made of an electrically-conductive material; and a seal. The first and second machine elements are sealed against one another by the seal. At least one of the machine elements is made of an electrically-conductive plastic which is at least partially covered by an electrically-insulating, injection-molded skin as a result of production. The seal has an electrically-conductive support body. The support body has at least one substantially mandrel-shaped projection comprising an electrically-conductive material which is arranged on a side of the support body facing the injection-molded skin and completely penetrates the injection-molded skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: CARL FREUDENBERG KG
    Inventors: Herve Di Meo, Marina Nussko, Matthias Hauer, Volker Schroiff, Marco Sutter
  • Patent number: 11490548
    Abstract: A frame includes a plurality of walls each having a first end and a second end facing away from each other along a first direction, and a plurality of spring fingers on the second end of one or more walls of the plurality of walls and extending along the first direction. First ends of the plurality of walls define an open bottom, and second ends of the plurality of walls define an open top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: TECVOX, LLC
    Inventors: John T. Cody, Steven F. Selby, Scott M. Gelber
  • Patent number: 11489250
    Abstract: An antenna device includes one or more zeroth-order resonant antennas and a metal body. Each of the zeroth-order resonant antennas includes a ground plate configured to provide a ground potential, an opposing conductor arranged at a predetermined distance from the ground plate in a plate thickness direction of the ground plate, a power supply line electrically connected to the opposing conductor, and a short-circuit portion electrically connecting the opposing conductor and the ground plate. The metal body is configured to limit a propagation direction of a radio wave transmitted from or received by the one or more zeroth-order resonant antennas and has an opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jungaun Lee, Sho Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11480910
    Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a printed wiring board, and a first element and a second element mounted on the printed wiring board. The printed wiring board includes a plurality of first signal lines and a plurality of second signal lines. The plurality of first signal lines each include a first main line, a first branch line, and a second branch line. The plurality of second signal lines each include a second main line, a third branch line, and a fourth branch line. The first branch line includes a first conductor pattern disposed in a first conductor layer. The second branch line includes a second conductor pattern disposed in the first conductor layer. The third branch line includes a third conductor pattern disposed in a second conductor layer. The fourth branch line includes a fourth conductor pattern disposed in the second conductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Numagi, Kunihiko Uchida
  • Patent number: 11477925
    Abstract: Provided is an electromagnetic-wave interference type electromagnetic-wave absorbing sheet that can favorably absorb electromagnetic waves in a desired frequency band while having high flexibility and light transmittance and being handled easily. The electromagnetic-wave absorbing sheet having flexibility and light transmittance includes an electric resistance film 1, a dielectric layer 2 and an electromagnetic-wave shielding layer 3 that each have light transmittance and that are stacked. The electric resistance film is formed of a conductive organic polymer, and the electromagnetic-wave shielding layer has an aperture ratio of 35% or more and 85% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: MAXELL, LTD.
    Inventors: Masayuki Toyoda, Masao Fujita
  • Patent number: 11464144
    Abstract: A shield member (10) disclosed herein includes a flexible conductor (12) that is electrically conductive and covers the outer surface of at least one covered wire (W); at least one ground conductor (20) that electrically connects the flexible conductor (12) to a body ground (G); an auxiliary shield conductor (30) that covers the outer surface of the ground conductor (20); and an auxiliary ground conductor (35) that electrically connects the auxiliary shield conductor (30) to the body ground (G).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuya Iwaguchi