Patents Examined by Krystal Robinson
  • Patent number: 11316328
    Abstract: A wireway connector for a wireway section having an open longitudinal end and a plurality of sidewalls includes a connector body having a plurality of side panels. The wireway connector is configured to be attached to an open longitudinal end of a wireway section. A snap-fit component is on at least one of the side panels. The snap-fit component is configured to mateably connect to a snap-fit component on one of the sidewalls of the wireway section as the connector body is attached to the open longitudinal end of the wireway section to connect the wireway connector to the wireway section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Amol Khalkar, Nicholas R. Grahek
  • Patent number: 11306398
    Abstract: A conductive portion of a circuit body is formed by performing spraying on a surface of a resin casing. For spraying of the conductive portion, a cold spray method in which metal powder and inert gas are sprayed to an object is used. A circuit component is mounted on the conductive portion. Each terminal portion of the conductive portion is provided with a connector for connection with an external circuit body. An insulating resin is laminated on a surface of the conductive portion. The circuit body is directly formed on the surface of the resin casing by a series of processes described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keita Shimakura, Takuo Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 11309694
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire; a flexible outer cover covering the wire; a route regulator that has an axial direction extending along a route where the wire is routed, and that is configured to regulate the route where the wire is routed, from an outside of the outer cover; and a fixing member that is configured to fix the route regulator to the outer cover, wherein the route regulator includes an elastic deformation portion that is elastically deformable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuichi Kimoto
  • Patent number: 11309696
    Abstract: Provided is a cable carrier apparatus with a power supply function. The apparatus includes a chain unit, where the chain unit includes a bottom plate, a side plate is provided on each of both sides of the bottom plate, a slot is provided on the side plate; a detachable plate is mounted in the slot, the chain unit is provided with a mounting hole and a mounting pillar, where a conductive layer is provided on each of both sides of the side plate of the chain unit, and an insulating layer is attached to an upper side of the conductive layer. In this way, the cable carrier can have a power supply function, and strong electricity and weak electricity are separated so as to reduce interferences.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: INSPUR SUZHOU INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yanqun Zhang
  • Patent number: 11295875
    Abstract: An insulated electric cable including: two first core wires, each of the two first core wires including: a first conductor; and a first insulating layer covering the first conductor; and two second core wires, each of the two second core wires including: a second conductor having a cross-sectional area smaller than that of the first conductor; and a second insulating layer covering the second conductor; wherein the two second core wires are mutually stranded to form a subunit, and wherein one of the two first core wires, another of the two first core wires, and the subunit are mutually stranded and are in contact with each other to form a core member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Hashimoto, Yuji Ochi, Masayuki Ishikawa, Takami Sagisaka, Takaya Kohori
  • Patent number: 11295874
    Abstract: A cable system is provided which is configured with both electric wires and a fluid conduit running through the axial passage of a surrounding flexible sheath of the cable. The system allows for communication of electricity over the wires for electrical circuits and concurrent communication of a fire ignition suppressant fluid or gas through the fluid conduit, to all points in an electric circuit using the cable. Suppressant chambers may be located in or on or engaged with junction boxes in such circuits to locally extinguish electrical fires. Fluid nozzles may be operatively engaged with sidewalls of the junction box to disburse fire suppressant therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventor: Clifton Royston
  • Patent number: 11296488
    Abstract: A panel mount for supporting an electronic device at a hole in a control panel and mountable with access to only the front of the panel. It has a housing that slides into a tubular elastomeric grommet. During installation, an expander segment of the housing slides within a bulging segment of the grommet to expand the grommet inward of the hole and for retaining the components within the hole. A tubular male pre-assembly segment on the exterior surface of the tubular housing permits the housing to be pre-inserted partially into the grommet without expanding any part of the grommet radially outward in preparation for inserting the assembled housing and grommet into the panel hole. A withdrawal lock prevents the housing from sliding axially out of the grommet after installation. The withdrawal lock includes a shoulder formed on the grommet and a shoulder formed on the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Floyd Bell Inc.
    Inventor: Gary P. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 11285890
    Abstract: A wire harness routing structure for a panel, includes: a panel member that includes a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a wire harness that is routed to the panel member. The first surface has a harness accommodating groove that accommodates a harness main body of the wire harness, the harness accommodating groove being recessed toward the second surface. A resin cured portion that holds the harness main body is formed in the harness accommodating groove. The resin cured portion is formed by a resin with which a predetermined range of the harness accommodating groove is filled and which is cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Enomoto, Masashi Nakamura, Shinichi Tadokoro, Tomokazu Kato
  • Patent number: 11283254
    Abstract: Provided is a cross arm with one end connected to a tower body and a free end for connecting a conducting wire. Free end comprises an end connecting piece and an extension piece. Extension piece is fixed with end connecting piece. Extension piece protrudes horizontally from end connecting piece. Conducting wire is connected to extension piece. An angle between extension piece and a cross arm center line is greater than that between conducting wire and cross arm center line. Cross arm free end includes a jumper wire device horizontally arranged on end connecting piece for hitching jumper wire. Extension piece use increases distance between conducting wire and tower body when turning angle condition is met. Gap requirement between conducting wire and tower body is met, and cross arm length increase is eliminated. Horizontally arranging jumper wire device on end connecting piece reduces distance between wire layers and tower body size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventors: Bin Ma, Jie Yu, Dequan Li
  • Patent number: 11283248
    Abstract: A spine is configured to support and protect a cable harness. The spine includes a plurality of segments arranged along an axis. Each segment includes a first and second housing parts which can be closed to form a passageway or can be opened to expose cavities within each housing part. The housing parts are mated together at adjacent ends by couplings. The housing parts form at least one opening which accepts a cable of the cable harness. A lock is engaged to lock the housing parts in a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Tommy Lawrence, Robert Dillman, Dan Cantrell, Michael Davis
  • Patent number: 11283249
    Abstract: A sheathing member includes: a plurality of tubular units into each of which a wiring material having conductivity is inserted; and a connecting unit configured to connect respective open ends of the plurality of tubular units with each other, in which the tubular units respectively include lap portions in which the open ends to be connected overlap each other along a diameter direction, and the connecting unit includes a projection that is provided in the lap portion of one of the tubular units to be connected and projects along the diameter direction, and a groove unit that is provided in the lap portion of the other of the tubular units to be connected, includes a first groove extending from the open end along an axis direction and a second groove extending from an axially-extended end of the first groove along a circumference direction, and has the projection passed therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Marugami, Atomu Sato
  • Patent number: 11273773
    Abstract: A conduction path includes: a wire that has a circular cross section and includes a conductive body having an outer periphery covered by an insulating cover; a routing member that includes a routing groove in which the wire is routed; and a cover that is configured to be attached to the routing member and to cover the routing groove, wherein a curved surface having a curvature radius that is larger than the radius of the wire is formed in an inner surface of the routing groove, and in a state in which the cover is attached to the routing member, a distance between the cover and the inner surface of the routing groove in a direction that is perpendicular to an inward surface of the cover is the same length as the diameter of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES. LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Yuki Fujimura, Ryoya Okamoto, Hiroshi Shimizu
  • Patent number: 11266460
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a hollow cable for transmitting radiofrequency and/or microwave frequency energy to an electrosurgical instrument, wherein the hollow cable is provided with electrical connectors for forming a bipolar electrical connection with an electrosurgical instrument that fits within, e.g. slides relative to, the hollow cable. The connectors can be conductive protrusions extending in an axial direction on opposite sides of the cable. The protrusions can be tabs, fins, rods, pins, or wires. The protrusions can be strips which engage corresponding terminals on the instrument. The transmission line structure of the invention can have a greater diameter than conventional coaxial cables, which can minimize loss whilst still providing access for control wires and/or fluid to reach a surgical instrument. The cable can be used with multiple instruments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: CREO MEDICAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Christopher Paul Hancock, Malcolm White, George Christian Ullrich, David Edward Webb, Louis Turner
  • Patent number: 11272640
    Abstract: A solid-state drive device includes a first module including a first region containing a volatile main memory device and a controller device and a second region containing a first nonvolatile memory device, a second module disposed on the first module and having a third region containing a second nonvolatile memory device, the second module being connected to the first module, and a heat dissipating member disposed on the second module as vertically juxtaposed with the first and second modules. The heat dissipating member has a protruding portion protruding toward the first module and in direct thermal contact with the first region, and a plate-shaped portion having a main surface in direct thermal contact with the third region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Chul Hur, Do Il Kong
  • Patent number: 11271381
    Abstract: A subsea wiring apparatus includes a housing having a cavity extending from a first end to a second end. The apparatus also includes an electrical connector arranged within the cavity, the electrical connector receiving at least one conductor. The apparatus further includes a separator extending at least partially into the cavity, wherein the separator receives the at least one conductor and directs the at least one conductor into a passage. The apparatus also includes an isolating material within the cavity, the isolating material extending from the first end to the second end, wherein the isolating material surrounds at least a portion of the conductor to block fluid communication with the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Baker Hughes Oilfield Operations LLC
    Inventors: Amine Abou-Assaad, James T Richeson, Alexander McAuley, John S Holmes
  • Patent number: 11239646
    Abstract: A cable management structure applied in a table is disclosed. A revolving column has a first end and a second end. A pair of revolving rollers are disposed in the revolving column and includes a first revolving roller and a second revolving roller arranged spacedly. A pair of supporting columns include a first supporting column forming a first sleeve segment and a second supporting column forming a second sleeve segment. A pair of adjusting rollers include a first and a second adjusting roller disposed in the first sleeve segment and in the second sleeve segment. A cable penetrates the first supporting column and passes around the first adjusting roller, and revolves to the first revolving roller, and passes around the first revolving roller and passes around the second adjusting roller, and revolves to the second revolving roller so as to turn and penetrate into the second supporting column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: TIMOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hung-Wei Chen
  • Patent number: 11239640
    Abstract: A sheathing member includes: a plurality of tubular units into each of which a wiring material having conductivity is inserted; and a connecting unit configured to connect respective open ends of the plurality of tubular units with each other, in which the tubular units respectively include lap portions in which the open ends to be connected overlap each other along a diameter direction, and the connecting unit includes a projection that is provided in the lap portion of one of the tubular units to be connected and projects along the diameter direction, and a groove unit that is provided in the lap portion of the other of the tubular units to be connected, includes a first groove extending from the open end along an axis direction and a second groove extending from an axially-extended end of the first groove along a circumference direction, and has the projection passed therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Marugami, Atomu Sato
  • Patent number: 11232886
    Abstract: A submarine power cable having: a power core including a conductor, wherein the conductor has a conductor joint in a joint region of the power core, a main armor layer including a plurality of main armor wires arranged around the power core and extending in the axial direction of the power core, and a joint reinforcement armor layer including a plurality of joint reinforcement armor wires axially locked relative to the main armor wires, wherein the joint reinforcement armor layer is provided only in the joint region and arranged layered with the main armor layer, the joint reinforcement armor layer and the main armor layer thereby forming a dual-layer armor only in the joint region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: NKT HV Cables AB
    Inventors: Andreas Tyrberg, Krister Nordlund
  • Patent number: 11233381
    Abstract: An attachment clip for an overland distribution line cover includes an eye receiving an electrical line, an opening for insertion of the electrical line, an intermediate section connecting the opening with the eye, and a snap-fit member fixing the attachment clip to the overland distribution line cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Ireland Limited
    Inventors: Brian McGowan, Jason Mulligan, Brendan Normoyle
  • Patent number: 11227708
    Abstract: High voltage insulators are disclosed, along with related methods of manufacture and use. The disclosed high voltage insulators include a core strength member joined to one or more end fittings and secured with one or more elastomeric members. A plastic body surrounds the core strength member, the elastomeric member, and at least a portion of the end fitting. In particular, the plastic body is molded over the elastomeric member(s) and, upon cooling, the plastic body exerts a radial compressive force on the underlying elastomeric member(s) to seal the joint of the high voltage insulator and protect it from moisture, even throughout temperature fluctuations in the field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: Marmon Utility LLC
    Inventors: Charles Clement, Guberson Mercedat, Gary Grenier