Patents Examined by Jayprakash N. Gandhi
  • Patent number: 10593504
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a fuse electrically connecting two connection regions comprising: a heat sink; a set of layers arranged on a surface of the heat sink, the set of layers including an electrically insulating layer arranged on the heat sink and an electrically conductive conductor layer arranged on a side of the insulation layer facing away from the heat sink; and an electrical connecting path between the connection regions. The surface of the heat sink defines two material cutouts. A portion of the heat sink arranged between the material cutouts forms a bridge element. The set of layers is disposed on the bridge element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: CONTINENTAL AUTOMOTIVE GMBH
    Inventor: Magnus Jaster
  • Patent number: 10588238
    Abstract: A multi-purpose storage-system partition may include (1) a bottom having a keyhole fastener configured to (a) interlock with a keyhole opening of a removable drive-plane board having front storage-drive connectors and rear storage-drive connectors and (b) retain the removable drive-plane board within a storage-system chassis, (2) a front having front storage-drive contact points configured to (a) retain front carrierless storage drives within the storage-system chassis and (b) align the front carrierless storage drives with the front storage-drive connectors, (3) a rear having rear storage-drive contact points configured to (a) retain rear carrierless storage drives within the storage-system chassis and (b) align the rear carrierless storage drives with the rear storage-drive connectors, (4) and a side having a fastener-retaining member configured to engage a fastener that couples the multi-purpose storage-system partition to a side of the storage-system chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Facebook, Inc.
    Inventors: Chuankeat Kho, Jason David Adrian
  • Patent number: 10588240
    Abstract: A system for providing cooling to electronic modules received within a chassis. The chassis includes a cooling apparatus having ducting and a plurality of fans coupled to the ducting. The ducting includes air passageways that extend through the ducting and are configured to direct air blown into the passageways by the fans toward the modules installed in the chassis. The modules include heat sinks and the air passageways direct the air toward the fins to provide cooling to the heat sinks. The chassis includes switches coupled to the fans and configured to selectively activate the individual fans when the electronic modules are installed in the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Pacific Star Communications, Inc.
    Inventor: Dalton Dawkins
  • Patent number: 10574034
    Abstract: A locking mechanism (20, 22) for an electrical assembly (10). The locking mechanism (20, 22) has a detent hook (20) that is hinged to the electrical assembly (10) by a flexible detent hook web (30), and a detent hook bracket (32) that is used for deflecting the detent hook (20). Limiting structures (34, 35, 36, 37, 38) restrict mobility of the buckle bracket (32) when the detent hook (20) is deflected. The locking mechanism (20, 22) may be applied in an electrical assembly, such as terminals, distribution terminals or other electrical connection devices, fuse holders, etc., as well as switching devices such as protectors, motor protection switches and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: HORA ETEC GMBH
    Inventors: Dirk Niestrat, Ralf Holtmann
  • Patent number: 10568197
    Abstract: A heat transfer system includes a first component formed of a thermally conductive material and a second component including a surface adapted to capture stray photons to provide heat to the electronic device. The first component is secured and thermally coupled with an electronic device. In particular, the first component includes first and second layers. The first component is in superposed relation with the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: LOON LLC
    Inventor: Kevin Anderson
  • Patent number: 10568228
    Abstract: A field controller adapter includes a bracket that includes a plate having a first side and a second side with a plurality of feet extending therefrom, and a connector assembly coupled to the second side. The connector assembly includes a circuit board, a terminal block coupled to the circuit board, and a connector coupled to the circuit board with a plurality of wires. The first side is configured to facilitate coupling a field controller thereto. The connector is configured to electrically couple the field controller to the circuit board. The plurality of feet are configured to engage with mounts on a housing of a base unit to facilitate mechanically coupling the bracket thereto. The terminal block is configured to engage with a corresponding terminal block on a base circuit board disposed within the housing of the base unit to electrically couple the circuit board to the base circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Michael Glander, George Elliott Washington, Steven Anthony Gallo, Minoru Suzuki, Matthew Forrest Malcolm
  • Patent number: 10553384
    Abstract: An anti-surge winding fusible resistor fuse includes: a first column, in combination with a first cap, a first fuse wire wound around the first column at intervals and in combination with the first cap; a second fuse wire, coated on a second column in combination with the first column; a first ring, configured on a contact of the first column with the second fuse wire, and the first fuse wire in combination with the first ring; an insulation body, in combination with the second fuse wire; a third column, in combination with the insulation body and a second cap, a third fuse wire wound around the third column at intervals and in combination with the second cap; and a second ring, covered on the second fuse wire, insulation body and third column, and the third fuse wire in combination with the second ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: CONQUER ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hung-Chih Chiu
  • Patent number: 10541096
    Abstract: A temperature-dependent switch has a housing with a cover part having a lower side and an upper side and with an electrically conductive lower part having a circumferential shoulder and a circumferential wall with an upper section that overlaps the cover part. The switch has a first external contact surface on the upper side of the cover part and a second external contact surface externally on the housing, wherein the upper section of the circumferential wall presses the cover part onto the circumferential shoulder. A temperature-dependent switching mechanism is arranged in the housing and, depending on its temperature, establishes or opens an electrically conductive connection between the first and second external contact surfaces. A circumferential cutting burr is arranged on the shoulder in the lower part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Inventor: Marcel P. Hofsaess
  • Patent number: 10535485
    Abstract: The present invention provides a fuse manufacturing method and a fuse that facilitate an assembling work of the fuse. Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a fuse including a fuse element including a pair of terminal portions and a fusing portion between the terminal portions, a casing for accommodating the fuse element, and a cap for closing openings at both ends of the casing. In this fuse manufacturing method, the fuse element is positioned in the casing such that the terminal portion of the fuse element protrudes from the opening of the casing, and a holding plate for holding the fuse element is inserted between a peripheral portion of the opening of the casing and an abutment piece provided at the terminal portion of the fuse element. Further, in this method, the opening of the casing is closed by the cap so as to cover the holding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: PACIFIC ENGINEERING CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mitsuru Ando, Yoshinobu Miyata
  • Patent number: 10535584
    Abstract: A power electronic arrangement having a power semiconductor module and an external load-connecting element is provided with the external load-connecting element has a first connection device, and the power semiconductor module has a housing, a base plate and an internal load-connecting element with a second connection device, wherein the base plate has a first cut out through which the first connection device extends into the interior of the power semiconductor module and is connected there in a frictionally locking and electrically conductive fashion to a second connection device of the internal load-connecting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: SEMIKRON ELEKTRONIK GmbH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Christian Walter
  • Patent number: 10537045
    Abstract: A device has an electronics housing and a tube cooler with a tube formed in one piece from a single material. The tube has a tube coil and a first tube portion, between which the electronics housing is arranged, and a first connecting portion. The first connecting portion fluidically connects the first tube portion to a first side of the tube coil. The first tube portion is connectable to a coolant supply and arranged laterally offset with respect to the tube coil. The tube coil and the first tube portion extend on a common side of the first connecting portion. The first connecting portion is inclined with respect to the tube coil and to the first tube portion and/or is curved from the tube coil to the first tube portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventor: Nikolaus Kerner
  • Patent number: 10531598
    Abstract: Method for and apparatus were fans and cable placed at the ends at the same end of a computer rack drawer. The cable ends are located between the fans and the computing elements. The bulk length of each cable passes through the region where the fans are located. Air, and optionally EMI, sealing are provided by an elastic material near the fans. In this way cables could exit the same tailstock of the drawer where fans are located. The cable ends can receive good cooling, and the distance between the cable ends and computing elements of the drawer is not lengthened by the fan position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul W. Coteus, Todd Edward Takken, Shurong Tian, Yuan Yao, Lisha Zhang
  • Patent number: 10527365
    Abstract: A disconnect assembly includes a solid frame comprising a slit and a first liquid coolant circuit leading to a frame outlet defined in an inner wall of the slit. The assembly further includes an insert element, insertable in the slit so as to reach a sealing position. The latter defines a shut state, in which the insert element seals the frame outlet. The assembly includes a cold plate, comprising a second liquid coolant circuit with a duct open on a side of the cold plate. The cold plate can be inserted in the slit, so as to push the insert element, for the latter to leave the sealing position and the cold plate to reach a fluid communication position. This position defines an open state, in which the duct is vis-à-vis the frame outlet, to enable fluid communication between the first liquid coolant circuit and the second liquid coolant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gerd Schlottig, Stephan Paredes, Ingmar G. Meijer, Thomas Brunschwiler
  • Patent number: 10522442
    Abstract: An enclosed digital power amplifier has features for accommodating thermal cycling. The digital power amplifier includes an amplifier board and a controller board, both of which are in a protective housing. The amplifier board includes electronic components mounted on a copper circuit layer that is disposed on a dielectric layer that is disposed on an aluminum substrate layer. The housing includes slotted mounting projections that extend from sidewalls to isolate fasteners from the aluminum substrate layer, and thereby accommodate expansion of the aluminum substrate layer while the digital power amplifier is secured to a surface by the fasteners. Bottom edges of the sidewalls contact a top outer edge of the amplifier board. The mounting projections contact side outer edges of the first circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Performance Motion Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Emanuel Gustav Lewin, Peter Fransiscus Vandermeulen, Peng Li, David Chanan Horovitch Shmelzer, Ahmad Radey Shouman, Guy Richard Raiti
  • Patent number: 10524383
    Abstract: An inverter device includes a heat generator, a cooler, and a cooler-side housing that covers the cooler and includes an opening that exposes a side of the cooler closer to the heat generator, and a circumferential rib that comes into contact with the cooler is provided in a vicinity of a peripheral edge of the opening of the cooler-side housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomokazu Yoshikawa
  • Patent number: 10512151
    Abstract: An electronic device able to regulate its own working temperature and keep the same constant notwithstanding light or heavy processor activity includes a shell, a circuit board mounted on the shell, a control module and a heating element mounted on the circuit board, and a heat dissipation assembly. The connecting assembly includes a first heat dissipation component, a second heat dissipation component, and a connecting assembly. The first heat dissipation component includes a first heat-conducting board. an elastic component, and a second magnetic component. The second heat dissipation component includes a second support with a second heat-conducting board rotatably mounted. The connecting assembly rotatably connects the first support and the second support and brings the heat dissipation components together for high-temperature heat dissipation and separates same when low working heat is generated. The electronic device dissipates heat evenly through the heat dissipation assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: NANNING FUGUI PRECISION INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Meng-Nan Lin
  • Patent number: 10499516
    Abstract: A field serviceable assembly includes a frame with a first and second side assembly hingedly mounted on opposite sides to define a cavity. The first side assembly includes a transparent layer positioned in front of an electronic display to define a first channel. A second channel is located behind the electronic display. A second side assembly includes a cover located in front of a plate to define a third channel. A closed loop pathway for circulating gas is formed by the first channel and the cavity. Open loop pathways for ambient air are formed by the second and third channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: MANUFACTURING RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: William Dunn, Kevin O'Connor, Marcos Diaz
  • Patent number: 10492293
    Abstract: Provided is a display apparatus including a display panel, a covering member, and an intermediate member. The intermediate member includes a base material including an insulating material and a heat transfer particle, and is disposed between the display panel and the covering member The display panel includes: a substrate; an encapsulation member which faces the substrate; and a display device which is arranged between the substrate and the encapsulation member and displays an image, the covering member is arranged to face the display panel, and the intermediate member is disposed in a gap between the covering member and an area of the substrate where the encapsulation member is not disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jaechun Park, Yunho Kim, Jeongseok Oh
  • Patent number: 10483840
    Abstract: A power conversion apparatus is provided, which comprises a housing, a mother board, an electromagnetic filter board, a signal board, and a heat-dissipation module. The housing includes a first heat-dissipation wall and a coolant passage. The mother board is disposed upon the housing, and comprises a first surface facing the housing and a first power device. The heat-dissipation module includes a first insulated heat-conducting sheet adhered to the corresponding first heat-dissipation wall and a first elastic clamp. When the first surface of the mother board approaches the housing to clamp the first power device within the accommodating space, the first power device is pressed against by the first elastic clamp and thus adhered to the first insulated heat-conducting sheet, so that the first power device is thermally coupled to the first heat-dissipation wall and the coolant passage via the first insulated heat-conducting sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peiai You, Hao Sun, Jinfa Zhang
  • Patent number: 10459496
    Abstract: A modular computer system, comprises a casing, wherein the casing is an enclosed structure having an exterior and an interior; at least one slide groove, wherein the slide groove is integrated into the interior of the casing; a motherboard, wherein the motherboard is secured within the at least one slide groove; an opening in the exterior permitting a hard drive to be inserted through the opening so that the hard drive extends into the interior and electrically connects it with the motherboard via a Serial ATA (SATA) connector positioned to permit the connection; and a power supply electrically connected to the motherboard. The at least one slide groove permits the motherboard to slide out from the interior during servicing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Inventors: Magdi Hanna, David Mason