Patents Examined by James Harvey
  • Patent number: 12272899
    Abstract: A feedthrough terminal pin connector assembly for an active implantable medical device (AIMD) includes first and second terminal pin connectors, each comprising a sidewall having an exterior surface spaced from an interior surface defining a connector opening extending along a longitudinal axis. At least a first portion of the sidewall is electrically conductive. An electrically conductive compliant structure is supported by the electrically conductive portion of the sidewall in each of the first and second connector openings. A common housing contains the first and second terminal pin connectors with an insulative material electrically isolating the first and second electrically conductive sidewall portions from each other. The common housing is configured to be supported on a circuit board having at least a first and a second electrical circuits with the first and second electrically conductive portions being electrically connected to the respective first and second electrical circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Marzano, Keith W. Seitz, Robert A. Stevenson, Christine A. Frysz, Marc Gregory Martino
  • Patent number: 12266876
    Abstract: First terminals and second terminals are alternately arranged in the pitch direction. The first terminal has a first mount portion, and the second terminal has a second mount portion. Each of the supporting portions is resiliently deformable at least in part and extends from the first contact portion to support the second contact portion. The second contact portion of each of the first terminals and the second terminals faces the first contact portion in a width direction and is movable in the width direction due to resilient deformation of the supporting portion. In the second terminal, the extension portion extends from the second contact portion, and the second mount portion is formed in a part of the extension portion. The second mount portion is located apart from the first mount portion in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited
    Inventor: Keisuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 12266873
    Abstract: A quick-locking piston-type floating power supply connector includes a housing assembly, a contact assembly, and a base assembly, wherein the housing assembly is sleeved on an outer wall of one end of the base assembly, one end of the contact assembly is fixed in the base assembly, the other end of the contact assembly extends from the base assembly, the other end of the contact assembly extends outwards to be partially embedded into a cover plate assembly, a floating contact member of a piston-type structure is vertically arranged at the terminal of the other end of the contact assembly, the floating contact member is mounted in the cover plate assembly, a mounting opening of the floating contact member extends outwards to the cover plate assembly, and the floating contact member is used for meeting the electrical assembly requirements of PCBs with different heights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignees: GUIZHOU SPACE APPLIANCE CO., LTD, SHANGHAI⋅AEROSPACE⋅SCIENCE & INDUSTRY⋅APPLIANCE⋅CO. LTD, SUZHOU HUAZHAN SPACE APPLIANCE CO.
    Inventors: Hongji Wang, Xu Wang, Zuotao Zou, Qifeng Xu, Liangtao Zhu
  • Patent number: 12255414
    Abstract: A package board according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first core layer, a feeding wiring disposed on the first core layer, and a first connector mounted on the first core layer and electrically connected to the feeding wiring through a row directional side thereof. The feeding wiring includes a first portion extending in a column direction of the first core layer and a second portion bent from the first portion to extend in a row direction of the first core layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: DONGWOO FINE-CHEM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Na Yeon Kim, Young Ju Kim, Hee Jun Park, Won Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 12232530
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a vaporization device are described that include one or more features, such as for generating a combined inhalable aerosol. In some embodiments, the vaporization device can include one or more heaters that are configured to heat one or more vaporizable materials. Various embodiments of heating elements and heating systems for use in vaporization devices are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: William W. Alston, Adam Bowen, Jacob R. Davis, Ian Garcia-Doty, Bradley J. Ingebrethsen, Joshua A. Kurzman, James Monsees, Andrew J. Pappas, Paul R. Vieira, Timothy J. Watson, Joseph S. Wilinski, Jr.
  • Patent number: 12232529
    Abstract: A vaporizer device includes a housing including an air inlet, a heating element within the housing and a heat exchanger. The heating element includes a nonlinear positive temperature coefficient of resistance material. The heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the heating element and arranged to receive airflow from the air inlet. The heat exchanger is configured to transfer heat between the heating element and the airflow to produce a heated airflow. The heated airflow exiting the heat exchanger is configured to vaporize a vaporizable material. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: William W. Alston, Adam Bowen, Ian Garcia-Doty, Joshua A. Kurzman, James Monsees, Paul R. Vieira
  • Patent number: 12237632
    Abstract: A textile interconnection system for a textile substrate. The textile substrate may include at least one conductive fibre configured to transmit at least one of a power or data signal. The textile interconnection system includes a textile receptacle projecting from the textile substrate to define a cavity for receiving a controller device. The textile interconnection system includes a textile docking device received within the textile receptacle and coupled to the at least one conductive fibre of the textile substrate to electrically interconnect the received controller device and the textile substrate. The textile interconnection system includes a housing coupled to the textile docking device and received within the textile receptacle to mechanically interconnect the received controller device and the textile substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Myant Inc.
    Inventors: Tony Chahine, Michelle Zheng, Adrian Philip Straka, Milad Alizadeh-Meghrazi
  • Patent number: 12225937
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flavor delivery device and a cartridge that includes such flavor delivery device. The flavor delivery device includes a flavor substrate that can be formed of a porous material, and further including flavor material included within the flavor substrate. The flavor substrate is surrounded by an outer sleeve which is impermeable to the flavor material. The flavor delivery device may be positioned within a cartridge of an aerosol delivery device where the flavor delivery device is located downstream from a reservoir containing an aerosol precursor composition relative to the mouthend of the cartridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc.
    Inventor: Vahid Hejazi
  • Patent number: 12213525
    Abstract: An aerosol source for an electronic vapor provision system includes a heating element; an atomizing chamber; a reservoir for holding free-flowing source liquid; and a porous wick extending from the atomizing chamber to the reservoir and comprising a heater portion in cooperation with the heating element within the atomizing chamber and at least one liquid collecting portion within the reservoir, the liquid collecting portion having a maximum cross-sectional parameter that is greater than an equivalent cross-sectional parameter of the heater portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventors: Alexander Simpson, Terry Lee Angell
  • Patent number: 12213532
    Abstract: A control unit for an electronic vapor provision system includes a battery for providing electrical power to a heater which is used to produce vapor. The battery is a lithium iron phosphate battery. The battery provides an output voltage which remains at an approximately constant voltage level as the battery is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: NICOVENTURES TRADING LIMITED
    Inventor: Kenny Otiaba
  • Patent number: 12218458
    Abstract: A circuit board for an active implantable medical device (AIMD) has a circuit board land connected to at least one electrical circuit. A hermetic feedthrough terminal pin connector for the AIMD includes an electrical insulator hermetically sealed to an opening of an electrically conductive ferrule. A terminal pin of the feedthrough extends outwardly beyond the insulator. A terminal pin connector has an electrically conductive connector housing that is connected to the circuit board land by an electrical connection material. At least one electrically conductive prong supported by the connector housing contacts and compresses against the feedthrough terminal pin to thereby make a removable electrical connection between the circuit board and the terminal pin. An insulative material loaded with electrically insulative nanoparticles coats at least a portion of the sidewall of the connector housing and the electrical connection material connecting the connector housing to the circuit board land.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Marzano, Keith W. Seitz, Christine A. Frysz, Robert A. Stevenson
  • Patent number: 12218447
    Abstract: A data processor cartridge comprising a housing to accommodate two data processor assemblies, and further comprising: a first connector (2A) to receive a first data processor assembly (10); and a second connector (2B) to receive a second data processor assembly (11); and wherein the second connector (2B) is arranged to receive the second data processor in an inverted orientation as compared to the orientation in which the first connector receives the first data processor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: AMULET HOTKEY LTD
    Inventors: Sean Andrew Copeland, Mark Lawrence Stevens
  • Patent number: 12212105
    Abstract: A textile interconnection system for a textile substrate. The textile substrate may include at least one conductive fibre configured to transmit at least one of a power or data signal. The textile interconnection system includes a textile receptacle projecting from the textile substrate to define a cavity for receiving a controller device. The textile interconnection system includes a textile docking device received within the textile receptacle and coupled to the at least one conductive fibre of the textile substrate to electrically interconnect the received controller device and the textile substrate. The textile interconnection system includes a housing coupled to the textile docking device and received within the textile receptacle to mechanically interconnect the received controller device and the textile substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: MYANT INC.
    Inventors: Tony Chahine, Michelle Zheng, Adrian Philip Straka, Milad Alizadeh-Meghrazi
  • Patent number: 12206205
    Abstract: A cover assembly (100) is disclosed that can be installed onto and removed from a telecommunications connector (200) without requiring the connector (200) from being removed from its mounted position and without requiring an associated cover plate (120) from being removed from its mounted position. The cover assembly (100) can include a base portion (150) that defines an opening that entirely surrounds a cover portion (110). In one example, the cover portion (110) is attached to the base portion (150) via a living hinge (118). In one aspect, the base portion (150) acts as a color cap while the cover portion (110) acts as a dust cover. In one example, the base portion (150) is provided without a cover portion (110) such that the cover assembly (100) simply acts as a color cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: CommScope Connectivity Spain, S.L.
    Inventor: Longinos De Dios Martín
  • Patent number: 12206213
    Abstract: Disclosed is an elastic plug-in jaw structure for a tap-off unit. The elastic plug-in jaw structure for the tap-off unit includes a plug-in jaw and a flexible connector connected to the plug-in jaw. The plug-in jaw can be connected to a lead-out conductor in the tap-off unit through the flexible connector. An elastic member is arranged at a rear side end of the plug-in jaw. A pressing member abuts against a rear side of the elastic member. The pressing member is configured to elastically press against the plug-in jaw through the elastic member, to facilitate a direct electrical connection between the plug-in jaw and a busbar conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: WETOWN ELECTRIC GROUP CO., LTD
    Inventors: Shubin Wang, Wengong Jiang, Kefeng Huang, Cong Wang, Yuxiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 12193513
    Abstract: Vaporizer devices and methods for detecting inhalation through a vaporizer using a heating element are provided. A resistive heater of a vaporizer may function as both a heater and as an anemometer to detect inhalation. Alternatively or additionally, a separate resistive heater may be included in an air path through the vaporizer to detect a user inhaling through the vaporizer. A heating control mechanism utilizes the already existing heating element in an anemometric correlation to when the vaporizer is idle and when it is being used (where being used implies the user is taking a puff/inhalation on the vaporizer). Using this information, a controller of the vaporizer accordingly controls heating to the vaporizer as required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: JUUL Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Ariel Atkins, Adam Bowen, Alexander J. Gould
  • Patent number: 12193489
    Abstract: The method includes defining a cavity within a housing of a vapor-generating article, the vapor-generating article having a first end, a second end and a middle section, first inserting at least one portion of a retention medium within the housing between the first end and the middle section, and second inserting a first frangible capsule to be near or at least partially within the retention medium, the first frangible capsule including a first volatile substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventor: Michel Thorens
  • Patent number: 12185758
    Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system may comprise a liquid storage portion, which includes a housing holding a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The housing has a first and a second opening. The cartridge may further comprise a first and a second permeable planar heater assembly, wherein the first permeable planar heater assembly is fixed to the housing and extends across the first opening of the housing, and the second permeable planar heater assembly is fixed to the housing and extends across the second opening of the housing. The first and second permeable planar heater assemblies are arranged opposite each other such that they face each other and form an airflow channel in between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Patrick Charles Silvestrini, Ihar Nikolaevich Zinovik
  • Patent number: 12185761
    Abstract: The e-vaping method includes providing a reservoir within a housing, the reservoir being configured to contain a pre-vapor formulation, first configuring ejectors to eject droplets of the pre-vapor formulation towards a vaporizing heater, the ejectors being in fluid communication with the reservoir, and second configuring a vaporizing heater to vaporize at least some of the droplets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Raymond Lau, Eric Hawes, Terry Bache, Ryan Newcomb, John Glenn Edelen, James D. Anderson, Jr., Byron Bell
  • Patent number: 12191600
    Abstract: The invention provides a plug-in module (10) for a rail-mounted device (1), comprising a housing (G), which has a first axial end portion (10a) and a second axial end portion (10b); wherein, between the first axial end portion (10a) and the second axial end portion (10b), the housing (G) has a plurality of substantially planar side surfaces (S1, S2, B1, B2); also comprising a first resiliently elastic tongue (12), which is fitted on a first side surface (S1) of the housing (G); wherein the first resiliently elastic tongue (12) has a first axial end portion (12a), which is fitted on the housing (G), and a second axial end portion (12b), which can be moved in a resiliently elastic manner; wherein a first latching nose (12c) is formed between the first and second axial end portions (12a, 12b) and protrudes from the first side surface (S1) of the housing (G); and further comprising a first actuating element (16), which is mounted in a movable manner on the first side surface (S1) and can be moved from a first pos
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: DEHN SE
    Inventors: Julius Schrafl, Florian Gäck