Patents Examined by Jean F. Duverne
  • Patent number: 11776715
    Abstract: Disclosed are cable types, including a type THHN cable, the cable types having a reduced surface coefficient of friction, and the method of manufacture thereof, in which the central conductor core and insulating layer are surrounded by a material containing nylon or thermosetting resin. A silicone based pulling lubricant for said cable, or alternatively, erucamide or stearyl erucamide for small cable gauge wire, is incorporated, by alternate methods, with the resin material from which the outer sheath is extruded, and is effective to reduce the required pulling force between the formed cable and a conduit during installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Southwire Company, LLC
    Inventors: Philip Sasse, Terry Chambers, Randy D. Kummer, John Armstrong, David Reece, Hai Lam
  • Patent number: 11770879
    Abstract: A reservoir refill system for an electronic vaping device includes a refill container and a reservoir. The refill container contains a pre-vapor formulation. The refill container includes a body, an opening in the body, and a first interlocking ring including at least one groove or at least one protrusion therein. The reservoir is configured to contain a pre-vapor formulation and includes a reservoir body, an opening in the reservoir body, and a second interlocking ring including at least one groove or at least one protrusion therein at an opening of the reservoir. The first interlocking ring is configured to mate with the second interlocking ring so as to release the pre-vapor formulation from the refill container to the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: Robert Levitz, Arie Holtz
  • Patent number: 11764500
    Abstract: An assembly for electrical equipment includes: a plurality of connection devices to be modularly arranged side-by-side in a row along a row direction, each having a housing and at least one termination point for connecting at least one electrical conductor; and a connecting element having a main body and a connecting portion formed on the main body, the connecting element connecting together two of the plurality of connection devices which two connection devices are adjacent to each other along the row direction. The connecting element is connectable via the connecting portion to the housing of at least one of the two adjacent connection devices by material-to-material bonding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Schrader, Ingo Werner
  • Patent number: 11764506
    Abstract: A connector pair includes a first connector, and a second connector electrically connected to the first connector. The first connector includes a first electrical contact part provided with a graphene film on a metal base material. The second connector includes a second electrical contact part electrically connected to the first connector via the graphene film. A contact area between the first electrical contact part and the second electrical contact part is smaller than an area of the graphene film coating the metal base material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshitaka Kubo, Kazuhiko Seki, Mitsuhiro Okada, Kazuto Hatakeyama, Kenji Koga, Tetsuo Shimizu, Nan Ye, Hiroki Kawai
  • Patent number: 11761471
    Abstract: A snap-in socket panel with a night lamp includes a first panel, a second panel, a resilient sheet bracket arranged vertically to the flat portion, and a resilient sheet connected to the resilient sheet bracket by a plug-in structure. The plug-in structure includes a slot provided on the resilient sheet bracket and an insertion block provided on the resilient sheet. The opening direction of the slot is set towards the first panel. During assembly, the insertion block on the resilient sheet is inserted into the slot on the resilient sheet bracket from bottom to top, to connect the resilient sheet and the resilient sheet bracket, and then connect the second panel to the first panel. The second panel can block the opening of the slot, thereby preventing the resilient sheet from falling out. The socket panel has fewer components, a simple structure, and faster, more convenient assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Enerlites Inc.
    Inventor: Lidong Ni
  • Patent number: 11764516
    Abstract: A poke-in terminal includes a main body, a tab terminal socket at a mating end, and a wire socket at a terminating end. The tab terminal socket includes walls forming a tab terminal receptacle configured to receive a tab terminal. Upper and lower beam contacts extend into the tab terminal receptacle to interface with the tab terminal. The wire socket includes walls forming a wire receptacle configured to receive a wire. Poke-in retention beams extend into the wire receptacle to interface with the wire when poked into the wire socket. The wire socket includes a wire release element configured to be actuated to release the poke-in retention beams from the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Brian Keith Weaver, Divya Shukla, Walter Bennage, Kelly Gamble, Jeff Ward
  • Patent number: 11757209
    Abstract: A fastening device for fastening an electrical terminal to an electrically conducting post includes a spring and a locking device retaining the electrical terminal on the electrically conducting post in a locked position of the fastening device. The spring is at least partially loaded in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics France SAS
    Inventors: Thomas Vuillardot, Xavier Rouillard, Joseph Daher, Francois Jodon de Villeroche
  • Patent number: 11757208
    Abstract: A wiring harness is provided with a first wire member including a first terminal and a first wire and a protector for accommodating the first wire member. The protector includes a protector body, a bolt and a restricting portion. The protector body has a bottom wall extending in a length direction, two side walls projecting from both side edges of the bottom wall and facing each other, and an opening formed by the two side walls and facing the bottom wall. The bolt projects from the protector body and is inserted into a through hole of the terminal. The restricting portion covers only a part of the first wire member closer to a side opposite to a tip side of the first terminal than the through hole in the length direction, and restricts a movement of the first wire member in a projecting direction of the bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kohei Hashimoto
  • Patent number: 11749923
    Abstract: An electronic assembly is provided and includes a host circuit board having an upper surface and board contacts on the upper surface. The upper surface has a mounting area. The electronic assembly includes a socket connector mounted to the host circuit board at the mounting area. The socket connector includes a socket housing holding a plurality of socket contacts. Each socket contact has an upper contact portion and a lower contact portion. The lower contact portion is electrically connected to the corresponding board contact of the host circuit board. The socket contact is compressible between the upper contact portion and the lower contact portion. The socket housing includes coolant channels configured to receive coolant. The electronic assembly includes an electronic package coupled to the socket connector. The electronic package has a lower surface and package contacts on the lower surface. The package contacts are electrically connected to the upper contact portions of the socket contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Brian Patrick Costello, Alex Michael Sharf
  • Patent number: 11735852
    Abstract: Connector assemblies for making connections to a subassembly, such as a processor card, may include signal contact tips formed of a material different than that of an associated cable conductor. The signal contact tips may be formed of a super elastic material, such as nickel titanium. The connector assembly may include ground contact tips that similarly make a pressure contact to the electrical component may be electrically connected to a shield of the cable shield Housing modules that interlock or interface with a support member may be employed to manufacture connectors with any desired quantity of signal and ground contact tips in any suitable number of columns and rows. Each module may terminate a cable and provide pressure mount connections between signal conductors and the shield of the cable and conductive pads on the subassembly, and conductive or lossy grounded structures around the conductive elements carrying signals through the module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Marc B. Cartier, Jr., Donald A. Girard, Jr., Eric Leo
  • Patent number: 11735836
    Abstract: A core-wire exposed portion in an electric wire and at least one pair of pressure-welding pieces made of an electroconductive material are included. The core-wire exposed portion is a portion is which a core wire composed of a plurality of element wires is exposed. The pair of pressure-welding pieces are provided with a core wire pressure-welding section in which pressure-welding end surfaces are disposed facing each other at a distance and Kate the core-wire exposed portion press-fitted between the pressure-welding end surfaces. The core wire pressure-welding section is formed as a section that brings all of the element wires in the core-wire exposed portion, between the pressure-welding end surfaces, into contact with either of the pressure-welding end surfaces while being in an aligned state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Naoki Ito
  • Patent number: 11730196
    Abstract: A reservoir assembly for a nicotine e-vaping device includes an outer shell, a wick, and a membrane. The outer shell includes a first opening, an inner surface of the outer shell at least partially defining a reservoir configured to hold a nicotine pre-vapor formulation. The wick extends from an interior of the reservoir to an exterior of the reservoir. The wick is configured to draw the nicotine pre-vapor formulation held in the reservoir to the exterior of the reservoir. The first membrane covers the first opening. The first membrane is one or more layers of a fabric that is liquid impermeable and air permeable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Altria Client Services LLC
    Inventors: John H. Miller, Christopher S. Tucker
  • Patent number: 11735835
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly having a housing with terminal receiving passages. The terminal receiving passages have wire receiving portions. Wires are positioned in the wire receiving portions. The wires have cable jackets and center conductors. Electrically conductive components for controlling impedance of sections of the wires are positioned in the wire receiving portions of the terminal receiving passages. The electrically conductive components includes base walls with end walls, The end walls extend in a direction which is essentially perpendicular to planes of the base walls. The base walls have lengths which are approximately equal to lengths of the wire receiving portions of the terminal receiving passages. Insulation displacement slots are provided on the end walls. Lead-in sections extend from the insulation displacement slots in a direction away from the base wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Graham H. Smith, Jr., Keith E. Miller
  • Patent number: 11728603
    Abstract: A novel electrical box to house one or more ISO micro relays, is adapted to support IP67 and IP69K Ingress Protection ratings. The housing of the electrical box is molded with blade sockets that correspond to blade positions of the ISO micro relay. The housing is also molded with terminal seats and cylindrical openings which vary, depending on the blade socket, enabling terminals of different sizes, orientations, and positions relative to the respective blades, to be easily inserted into the back of the housing. The resulting position of the terminals ensures that electrical connections to the ISO micro relay are made and ingress protection of components inside the electrical box is ensured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Littelfuse, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Skrzypczak, Dave G. Kotowski
  • Patent number: 11723407
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electronic cigarette including a main body and an atomizer. The atomizer is adapted for being detachably mounted to a cartridge. The cartridge includes a containing cavity for storing e-liquid and a sealing film for sealing the containing cavity. The atomizer is provided with a first guide tube, a second guide tube and a heating tube connecting the first guide tube and the second guide tube. The atomizer includes a first end portion and a second end portion at a front end of the atomizer in order to pierce the sealing film. With this configuration, when the cartridge is used up, only a new cartridge needs to be replaced and the atomizer does not need to be scrapped together for saving cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: LANTO ELECTRONIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Bin Li, Lin Wu, Xin Tian
  • Patent number: 11728604
    Abstract: A combination outlet connector is disclosed. The combination outlet connector includes an outlet core having three T-shaped apertures. The outlet core has a core outer surface to mate with a first connector type, such as a C14 connector, and electrical terminals are positioned in corresponding apertures. A removable adapter sleeve is positionable around the outlet core and has a sleeve outer surface to mate with a second connector type, such as a C20 connector. The adapter sleeve includes a sleeve aperture at least partially congruent with the core outer surface. The electrical terminals are configured to connect with mating terminals of the first and second connector types. A removable adapter shroud can be positioned around the outlet core. The shroud includes a shroud inner surface to receive the first connector type and a shroud flange having a shroud aperture at least partially congruent with the core outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: SERVER TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Travis Irons, Mark Ramsey
  • Patent number: 11719426
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus includes a wire connector, a driver and a light source. The wire connector is used for connecting an external wire and an internal wire. The external wire includes a first external sub-wire and a second external sub-wire. The internal wire includes a first internal sub-wire and a second sub-wire. The wire connector has a scraper for cutting contact parts of the internal wire and the external wire for the first external sub-wire to be electrically connected to the first internal sub-wire and the second external sub-wire to be electrically connected to the second internal sub-wire. The driver is used for connecting to an external power via the internal wire and the external wire and for converting the external power to a driving current. The light source receives the driving current to emit a light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongshun Zhuo, Zhenyu Tang, Shuxing Gao
  • Patent number: 11721965
    Abstract: Aspects of the technology relate to rotational electromechanical systems, in which data and or power are supplied to components while one part of the system is rotating relative to another part of the system. Repeated rotation may create strain on or otherwise cause the cables to intermittently or permanently fail. A helical cable management system is provided that enables full rotation to the extent permitted. One or more cables are wound in a helical shape around the axis of rotation, which distributes the deformation of the cable along the helical length. Rotation in one direction causes the helix diameter to increase, while rotation in the other direction causes the helix diameter to decrease. A structure is used to maintain the distance between helical turns, while permitting the increase and decrease of the helix diameter. This reduces the overall strain on the cables, which can significantly extend their useful lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventors: Carey Hijmans, David Solum
  • Patent number: 11713009
    Abstract: An electric junction box includes a housing configured to accommodate an electronic component and a lid configured to be attached to the housing to cover an opening of the housing. The housing includes a housing body configured to accommodate the electronic component, and a partition wall dividing an inner space of the housing body. The partition wall is provided with a jig pin hole extending along a direction in which the lid is attached to the housing, the jig pin hole being configured such that a pin provided on a workbench is to be inserted into the jig pin hole making the housing fixed to the workbench on which another component is to be attached to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Sho Kurata, Hideki Kawamura, Minoru Umezaki, Toshiki Yagi
  • Patent number: 11715966
    Abstract: The present invention includes a battery harvesting adapter configured to connect to a plurality of batteries operable to power a plurality of radios. The plurality of radios includes a PRC-148, a PRC-152, and a PRC-163 radio. The battery harvesting adapter is further configured to capture power from a battery and transfer the power to a radio, a battery, a portable power case, a DC-DC converter, and other equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: LAT ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Laura Thiel, Giancarlo Urzi, Ronen Hananis