Patents Examined by Krystal Robinson
  • Patent number: 11217980
    Abstract: A power line rail is provided for a center line load center. The line rail includes a bus bar assembly for supplying electrical energy, and an insulation enclosure for the bus bar assembly. The bus bar assembly includes separate first and second line buses. The first and second line bus includes two branching first bus bars and two branching second bus bars respectively. The first and second bus bars are separated from each other in an X-formation to provide first and second pairs of separated bus bars. The insulation enclosure includes first and second sets of windows on opposite sides of the enclosure through which to connect to the first and second pairs of bus bars respectively in the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: Schneider Electric USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Chad R. Mitteltstadt
  • Patent number: 11217364
    Abstract: An insulated wire containing a thermoplastic resin layer (A) as a covering layer directly or indirectly on a rectangular conductor, in which the insulated wire has at least one protruding part which is continuous in a longitudinal direction of said insulated wire, on a surface of a portion of the thermoplastic resin layer (A), which portion corresponds to at least one side of a cross-section of the insulated wire, said protruding part and a flat part of the surface having the protruding part forms a curved portion with a radius of curvature of 0.01 to 0.75 mm in the cross-section of the insulated wire, and a lateral face of the protruding part has a slope of less than 90° to the flat part of the surface having the protruding part in the cross-section of the insulated wire, a coil produced by processing the insulated wire by winding, and an electric/electronic equipment comprising the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: ESSEX FURUKAWA MAGNET WIRE JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keiichi Tomizawa, Daisuke Muto, Satoshi Saito
  • Patent number: 11211673
    Abstract: An insulating protector attached to one side of a unit cell group includes: two bus bar housing portions, in each of which a plurality of bus bars for connecting adjacent electrode terminals are aligned and housed, and are respectively provided at positions near two lateral side edge portions of the insulating protector extending in a direction in which the bus bars are aligned; and two wire routing grooves that are provided on an inner side of each bus bar housing portion, and in which detection wires drawn from unit cells are routed so as to detect the state of the unit cells. A bus bar cover for covering the closer one of the bus bar housing portions and a wire cover for covering the wire routing groove on the inner side of the closer bus bar housing portion are provided on each lateral side edge portion of the insulating protector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Shimizu, Hitoshi Takeda, Ryouya Okamoto, Tomoki Idota
  • Patent number: 11205888
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric pushing rod with wire protection, which includes a motor, a transmission, a sensor and a wire protector cover. The motor has a body and a shaft. The shaft has a head section and a tail section. Both the head section and the tail section are separately exposed from the body. The transmission is arranged beside the motor. The sensor is disposed correspondingly to the tail section of the shaft and includes a circuit board and conductive wires. The wire protector cover covers the sensor and the tail section of the shaft and is provided with an opening for being passed by the conductive wires. Thereby, the conductive wires are prevented from being broken by touches and friction of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: TIMOTION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chun-Tu Wang
  • Patent number: 11205525
    Abstract: An insulated wire having an electrical wire structure capable of reducing an outer diameter while an insulation property and a flame-retardant property are highly kept is provided. In the insulated wire including: a conductor; and a coating layer arranged on an outer periphery of the conductor, the coating layer includes: a semiconductive layer having a volume resistivity defined by JIS C2151 that is equal to or smaller than 1.0×1015 (?cm); an insulating layer arranged on an outer periphery of the semiconductive layer, the insulating layer having a volume resistivity defined by JIS C2151 that is larger than 5.0×1015 (?cm); and a flame-retardant semiconductive layer arranged on an outer periphery of the insulating layer, the flame-retardant semiconductive layer having a volume resistivity defined by JIS C2151 that is equal to or smaller than 1.5×1015 (?cm) and having an oxygen index defined by JIS K7201-2 that is larger than 40.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masafumi Kaga, Tamotsu Kibe
  • Patent number: 11199878
    Abstract: A casing structure including a first housing, a glue layer, and a second housing is provided. The first housing has a first inner edge. The glue layer is disposed at the first inner edge. The second housing has a second inner edge. The first housing is assembled to the second housing, and the first inner edge is aligned with the second inner edge. The glue layer abuts against the second inner edge so as to combine the first housing with the second housing. A gap formed between the glue layer and a part of the second inner edge is defined as a glue overflow buffer area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mei-Hsueh Huang, Ho-Ching Huang, Wen-Cheng Tsai
  • Patent number: 11191197
    Abstract: A method, system and paint for suppressing emission of high frequency electromagnetic radiation from an electronic system, the electronic system including at least one power supply unit, at least one printed circuit board (PCB) and at least one integrated circuit are provided. The method includes providing an electrically conductive housing configured to accommodate and encase the electronic system, the housing having an inner conductive surface, and applying a layer of an electromagnetic absorbing paint to the inner conductive surface of the housing to substantially cover the inner surface by the layer, the electromagnetic absorbing paint comprises a liquid matrix and an electromagnetic absorbing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES. LTD
    Inventors: Avner Badihi, Pavel Vilner, Inbar Gozlan, Amir Pinhasovich
  • Patent number: 11158982
    Abstract: A variety of active cover plate configurations with prongs configured to contact side screw terminals of electrical receptacles are described. In one illustrative embodiment, an active cover plate includes a multi-gang face plate configured to be installed over a multi-gang light switch installation, the multi-gang faceplate including at least two apertures sized to accept a manually manipulatable element of switches in the multi-gang light switch installation. Prongs extend rearward from the multi-gang faceplate around at least one of the apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SnapRays LLC
    Inventor: Jeremy C. Smith
  • Patent number: 11160182
    Abstract: A split door submersible housing for an electrical distribution system includes a cabinet body defining an interior region configured to accept a component of the electrical distribution system, and a first door and a second door positioned side by side to cover an open front portion of the cabinet body. The cabinet body includes at least one opening configured to accept an electrode sealed with and electrically isolated from the cabinet body and extending through the cabinet body to establish electrical connection between a corresponding terminal of the component and an electrical distribution network. A gasket system is provided, which comprises a first gasket configured to fit on the first door and a second gasket configured to fit on the second door. The gasket system seals the first door and the second door against each other and against a corresponding surface on the cabinet body, when the first and second doors are closed and locked, so that the housing is water tight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Richards Manufacturing Company, a New Jersey Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Bruce Bier
  • Patent number: 11152136
    Abstract: A composite cable which makes it possible to improve disconnection resistance of a signal line. The composite cable includes a signal line part, a pair of power supply lines, and a sheath. The signal line part is composed of a first signal line and a second signal line twisted together. Each of the first signal line and the second signal line is composed of a pair of wires twisted together. The sheath covers an outer circumference of a wire bundle composed of the signal line part and a pair of power supply lines, the signal line part and the pair of power supply lines being twisted together. The signal line part is covered with a shield conductor formed of a conductive element wire spirally wound around the outer circumference of the signal line part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Kobayashi, Akira Kitabata, Takaya Kohori, Masayuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11147168
    Abstract: A middle frame for supporting flexible display is provided. The middle frame for supporting flexible display comprises middle frame element, and a first through groove and a second through groove respectively located on lateral sides of middle frame element. The invention further provided a flexible display device includes middle frame and flexible display positioned in the middle frame element. The flexible display includes flexible substrate, printing wiring board, and at least one of two lateral sides on flexible substrate adjacent printing wiring board has a protrusion portion. A first through groove is correspondingly located to the printing wiring board, and second through groove is correspondingly located to the protrusion portion. The protrusion portion fixed in second through groove, partial wiring board of printing wiring board fixed in first through groove. This present invention solved the problem about difficult aligning flexible display and middle frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Szu Yuan Wang, Lei Hu
  • Patent number: 11146050
    Abstract: Apparatus, systems, and methods for increasing the lifespan of welding cable covers are described. In some examples, a cable cover is wrapped around a welding cable to protect the welding cable from hazards of the welding environment. Complementary fasteners attached to the cable cover are fastened together to hold the cable cover in place around the welding cable. The fasteners are arranged and the cable cover is wrapped such that a protective region of the cable cover overlaps with the fasteners, shielding vulnerable stitching used to attach the fasteners to the cable cover. This added protection may prolong the time that fasteners remain attached to a cable cover, thereby prolonging the usable life of the cable cover, and/or prolonging the life of the welding cable(s) protected by the cable cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventor: Jason Dunahoo
  • Patent number: 11143343
    Abstract: An adjustable transition coupler for coupling AC/MC to conduit, having a body with a hollow cylindrical section and an extension member, the cylindrical section having a slot to allow passage of a stop plate. The coupler has an insulator (armor stop) with a hollow bushing at one end for insertion into a cavity of the cylindrical section and a stop plate extending radially outward, the stop plate movable by an adjustment screw between minimum and maximum deflections. The stop plate stops AC/MC from passage into the cylindrical section. The hollow bushing stops the conduit positioned in the hollow cylindrical section from passage into the extension member. The coupler has a strap to secure AC having different outer sheath diameters. Snap tabs on the insulator fit into holes in the body while a rib on the stop plate passes through a notch in the slot to facilitate installation and minimize movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Bridgeport Fittings, LLC
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Smith
  • Patent number: 11146053
    Abstract: A bushing for a transformer is provided, the bushing comprising an elongate enclosure body to accommodate a conductor extending along a longitudinal axis, the conductor having a first terminal end a second terminal end, the ends extending from opposite sides of the enclosure body; and a mounting flange fitted to the enclosure body to enable the bushing to be mounted to an enclosure of the transformer. The enclosure body comprises two electrically insulating layers partially surrounding the conductor, a first layer of the insulating layers being substantially provided by a first polymeric material, and a second layer of the insulating layers being substantially provided by a second polymeric material, the layers being arranged about the conductor in such a manner that the bushing is substantially cavity-free. In an embodiment, the first layer defines an inner core, with the second layer providing an outer cover which at least partially covers the inner core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Power HV Inc.
    Inventor: Sizwe Magiya Dhlamini
  • Patent number: 11142146
    Abstract: A grommet includes: an enlarged-diameter cylindrical portion that has a fitted groove that is around a larger-diameter-side peripheral portion and is configured to be fitted to a through hole of a panel, and an elastically deformable portion that extends from the larger-diameter-side peripheral portion to a smaller-diameter-side peripheral portion and is elastically deformable; and a smaller-diameter cylindrical portion that is configured to be connected with the smaller-diameter-side peripheral portion of the enlarged-diameter cylindrical portion, and in which a wire harness is inserted. A reinforcement rib protrudes from an interior surface of the elastically deformable portion of the enlarged-diameter cylindrical portion. The reinforcement rib is T-shaped. The reinforcement rib has depressions for deformation. The depressions for deformation face in the opposite directions. An intersection of the reinforcement rib that is T-shaped is between the depressions for deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Satoshi Yokoyama, Masayoshi Ogawa, Masafumi Nakayasu, Shota Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11131149
    Abstract: A wired pipe system includes a wired pipe segment having a first end and a second end and a first coupler in the first end and a second coupler in the second end. The system also includes a transmission line disposed in the wired pipe segment between the first and second ends. The transmission line includes an inner conductor, an insulating material surrounding the inner conductor, an outer conductor surrounding the insulating material and the inner conductor for at least a portion of a length of the transmission line, the other conductor being formed by deforming around the inner conductor a sheet of material into a substantially tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES VENTURES & GROWTH LLC
    Inventors: Stephan Mueller, Volker Krueger, Christian Fulda, Ingo Roders, Henning Rahn
  • Patent number: 11128112
    Abstract: A wire harness routing device has a wire harness, one end of which is connected to a slider that is slidably attached to a rail and the other end of which is drawn out from the rail, a folding guide part that curves the wire harness that is drawn out from the rail and folds it in the direction along the rail, and an accommodation part that has a bottom wall and a side wall that rises up from the side edges of the bottom wall. The wire harness has a straight line-shaped linear part that is disposed along the rail, and a curved part that is further folded back to conform to the opposed side of the folding guide part of the linear part, a slidable holding member, and a separation guide part that separates the linear part from the side wall is provided on the slidable holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamamoto, Makoto Higashikozono, Hisashi Sawada, Kazuyoshi Ohara
  • Patent number: 11108219
    Abstract: Electrical box assemblies and electrical box separators are provided. The electrical box assembly includes a box housing having four sides and a bottom and a box separator secured within the box housing and configured to create at least two isolated compartments within the box housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Krzysztof W. Korcz, Steven J. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11101609
    Abstract: A custom outlet module is contained within a housing and has an electric current sensor configured to measure current passing through an electric outlet during a time period, a proximity sensor configured to detect a distance of an object relative to the electric outlet during the time period, a relay switch that can open or close to stop or conduct current through a circuit in the electric outlet in response to a command, and a wireless network interface in communication with the electric current sensor and the proximity sensor, the wireless network interface configured to transmit and receive data from the current sensor and the proximity sensor, to transmit commands to the relay switch, transmit the data to a computing device, and receive commands from the computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Sapient Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel M. Parks
  • Patent number: 11102897
    Abstract: Techniques for cable management are disclosed. In some embodiments, an apparatus for managing cables comprises a base for securing the apparatus to another object and a finger for supporting a plurality of cables. The finger and the base are coupled through an interlocking mechanism providing a fixed arrangement and a pivoting arrangement such that pivoting is prevented between the finger and the base in the fixed arrangement and enabled between the finger and the base in the pivoting arrangement. The pivoting arrangement allows for support to be maintained for the plurality of cables while the finger is pivoted in relation to the base. The apparatus may further comprise a detent that provides resistance to prevent unintentional transitions between the fixed arrangement and the pivoting arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Oracle International Corporation
    Inventors: Geoffrey Brian Ford, Mickey Ray Alexander, III