Patents Examined by Krystal Robinson
  • Insulating structure
    Patent number: 11005250
    Abstract: A structure for supporting a wire includes a first portion including a body portion, and an alignment portion. The alignment portion defines a first alignment opening through which the alignment portion receives a first fastener. The first alignment opening extends along a first alignment axis between. A second portion defines a second alignment opening, extending along a second alignment axis, through which the second portion receives the first fastener. The second portion is spaced a distance from the body portion to define a wire opening into which the wire is received for support by the structure. The alignment portion is movable relative to the body portion between a first position, in which the first alignment axis and the second alignment axis are coaxial, and a second position, in which the first alignment axis and the second alignment axis are non-coaxial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Preformed Line Products Co.
    Inventors: Benjamin Franklin Ciesielczyk, Adam Michael Deel, Lan-Ping Ling, Cameron Joseph Clines, Jacob Jeffrey Palmer
  • Aircraft cable routing system and method of installation thereof
    Patent number: 11005243
    Abstract: A cable routing system is disclosed having dielectric, or insulating, liner which is installed within a cable routing channel, or raceway, to subdivide the channel into at least two secondary channels. This can achieve more efficient use of space and enable more flexible placement of cables within the channels while meeting safety requirements. Installation of cables into the channel can include inserting the cables into the dielectric liner before the installation of the dielectric liner into the cable routing channel. The cable routing system can be used in an aircraft, including within space-constrained areas of the aircraft such as inside a wing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul O'Shaughnessy, Javier Ruiz-De-Pablo, Anthony Bryant, Scott Palmer, James Bird
  • Cable routing and bend radius defining tool
    Patent number: 10998703
    Abstract: A cable configuration tool includes an attachment base, a first cable retainer, a second cable retainer, and a cable guide. The attachment base includes an attachment point for mounting to an edge of an enclosure and an arm for mounting the first cable retainer, the second cable retainer, and the cable guide. A first aperture of the first cable retainer, a second aperture of the second cable retainer, and a third aperture of the cable guide are each configured to accept the arm of the attachment base, where the first cable retainer, the second cable retainer, and the cable guide are slidable along the arm. One or more cables for creation of a cable harness are placeable along an outer edge of the cable guide, where the cable guide defines a bend radius for the one or more cables of the cable harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan Paske, Steven Charles Erickson, Donald Hrtanek, Clinton William Erie, Michael John MacPherson
  • Flame resistant covered conductor cable
    Patent number: 10998110
    Abstract: Provided are embodiments of a flame resistant covered conductor cable, including a conductor wire, a conductor shield disposed about the conductor wire, an inner insulation disposed about the conductor shield, and a flame resistant outer jacket formed of a flame resistant cross-linked polyethylene (FR-XLPE) disposed about the inner insulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Priority Wire & Cable, Inc.
    Inventor: Bang Wei Yu
  • Configurable pressure bulkhead feedthrough
    Patent number: 10992122
    Abstract: A feedthrough device includes an outer shell having at least two separable parts and an inner sealing body that is retained within the outer shell when the separable parts are engaged with each other. The inner sealing body is configured to receive at least one wire therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Jeffrey S. Stultz
  • Shed housing
    Patent number: 10991488
    Abstract: A shed housing is disclosed. The shed housing covers an insulator including at least one shed. The shed housing includes a receiving cavity allowing an upper surface and a lower surface of the shed to be received in the receiving cavity. The shed housing is provided with a mounting hole through which the insulator passes, and an opening corresponding to the mounting hole. The opening communicates the mounting hole with an outer edge of the shed housing. The mounting hole communicates with the receiving cavity. A first connecting portion and a second connecting portion cooperating with the first connecting portion are arranged respectively on both ends of the opening. When the first connecting portion is connected to the second connecting portion, the shed housing is closed along a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: JIANGSU SHENMA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Ma, Jiang Fang, Liquan Tang, Jianquan Jiang
  • High-speed interconnects for printed circuit boards
    Patent number: 10993331
    Abstract: High-speed interconnects for printed circuit boards and methods for forming the high-speed interconnects are described. A high-speed interconnect may comprise a region of a conductive film having a reduced surface roughness and one or more regions that have been treated for improved bonding with an adjacent insulating layer. Regions of reduced roughness may be used to carry high data rate signals within PCBs. Regions treated for bonding may include a roughened surface, adhesion-promoting chemical treatment, and/or material deposited to improve wettability of the surface and/or adhesion to a cured insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur E. Harkness, Jr., Eva M. Kenny-McDermott, Paul W. Farineau, Raymond A. Lavallee, Michael Fancher
  • Support structure and layout for a HVDC disconnector
    Patent number: 10984926
    Abstract: A support structure for a HVDC disconnector is disclosed. The support structure comprises a support insulator having a body enclosing a chamber; an insulating gas provided in the chamber; and a first flange and a second flange positioned at opposite ends of the support insulator. A rotating insulator may be positioned in the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Vincenzo Girlando, Marco Nosilati
  • Insulating track segment for a ground power feeding system and corresponding ground power feeding system
    Patent number: 10974618
    Abstract: An insulating track segment for a ground power supply system includes a body made of an electric current insulating material. The insulating track segment constitutes a portion of an insulating track for forming a continuous sliding surface for a pad of a vehicle powered by the ground power supply system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: ALSTOM Transport Technologies
    Inventor: Patrick Duprat
  • Inductor to control transient currents during energized bond on
    Patent number: 10974939
    Abstract: A system and method using at least one inductor operatively coupled to an electrically insulating structure suppresses transient currents generated during a bond-on process by a human worker with energized electrical equipment so as to inhibit passage of the transient currents through the electrically insulating structure operatively coupled to the energized electrical equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Quanta Associates, L.P.
    Inventors: Zoran Bilic, David James Ball
  • Electric wire conductor, covered electric wire, and wiring harness
    Patent number: 10964446
    Abstract: Provided are an electric wire conductor having both flexibility and a space-saving property, a covered electric wire, and a wiring harness containing such an electric wire conductor. The electric wire conductor contains a plurality of elemental wires, and has a flat portion in which a cross-section intersecting an axial direction of the wire strand has a flat shape. Deformation ratios of the elemental wires at peripheral end parts in a width direction are 70% or lower of deformation ratios of the elemental wires at center parts. Further, a covered electric wire contains the electric wire conductor and an insulator covering the electric wire conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hayato Ooi, Yasuyuki Otsuka, Kinji Taguchi, Toru Tanji
  • Core electric wire for multi-core cable and multi-core cable
    Patent number: 10964452
    Abstract: Provided are a core electric wire for multi-core cable that is superior in flex resistance at low temperature, and a multi-core cable employing the same. A core electric wire for multi-core cable according to an aspect of the present invention comprises a conductor obtained by twisting element wires, and an insulating layer that covers an outer periphery of the conductor, in which, in a transverse cross section of the conductor, a percentage of an area occupied by void regions among the element wires is from 5% to 20%. An average area of the conductor in the transverse cross section is preferably from 1.0 mm2 to 3.0 mm2. An average diameter of the element wires in the conductor is preferably from 40 ?m to 100 ?m, and the number of the element wires is preferably from 196 to 2,450. The conductor is preferably obtained by twisting stranded element wires obtained by twisting subsets of element wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeyuki Tanaka, Shinya Nishikawa, Hiroyuki Okawa, Takaya Kohori, Yuhei Mayama, Takayuki Hirai
  • Wire unit
    Patent number: 10958058
    Abstract: Provided is a wiring unit that reduces spatial constraints and makes it possible to easily perform wiring work. The wiring unit is provided with: a plate on which a support surface for supporting electrical wires is formed; and a holding member for holding the electrical wires between the support surface and said holding member. The holding member comprises a plurality of holding pieces protruding from the support surface side. After being collapsed from an upright orientation in which the holding pieces stand upright so as to demarcate a guidance space in which the electrical wires are guided toward the support surface side, each of said holding pieces presses the electrical wires toward the support surface side and deforms toward a holding orientation in which the electrical wires are restricted from lifting up from the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Inventor: Yuji Kawashima
  • Electrical conduit system having improved sealing between joints
    Patent number: 10951015
    Abstract: A joint fitting for an electrical conduit raceway may include a body including a first end and a second opposing end, at least one threaded section provided in the first end or the second end, at least one non-threaded section provided between the at least one threaded section and the corresponding first end or second end, the at least one non-threaded section defining a channel, and a sealing member positioned within the channel. Upon a radial compressive force being applied to the sealing member, at least a portion of the sealing member may protrude or extend from a terminal surface of the corresponding first end or second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Robroy Industries—Texas, LLC
    Inventors: Amanda Lynn Kessel, Steven A. Voelzke
  • Polymer composition and a power cable comprising the polymer composition
    Patent number: 10950366
    Abstract: An alternating current (AC) power cable includes a conductor surrounded by at least an inner semiconductive layer including a first semiconductive composition, an insulation layer including a polymer composition, an outer semiconductive layer including a second semiconductive composition, and optionally a jacketing layer including a jacketing composition, in that order. The polymer composition of the insulation layer includes an unsaturated low density polyethylene (LDPE) copolymer of ethylene with one or more polyunsaturated comonomers and a crosslinking agent. The polymer composition of the insulation layer has a dielectric loss expressed as tan ? (50 Hz) of 12.0×10?4 or less, when measured at 25 kV/mm and 130° C. according to “Test for Tan ? measurements on 10 kV cables”.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Borealis AG
    Inventors: Ulf Nilsson, Annika Smedberg, Alfred Campus
  • Housing for accommodating a single- or multi-part printed circuit board
    Patent number: 10952336
    Abstract: A housing for accommodating a single or multi-part printed circuit board includes an opening in a first housing side for inserting the printed circuit board, at least one guide rail having a groove for receiving the printed circuit board and being situated on at least one first housing side wall of a group of housing side walls running perpendicularly to the first housing side. The guide rail is configured to receive a peg disposed on one of the printed circuit board parts. The guide rail runs from the first housing side towards a second housing side opposite the first housing side, so that the end of the guide rail near the first housing side is further away than the other end of the guide rail from the housing side wall which is oriented perpendicularly to the first housing side wall and is closest to the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Bernhardt, Manuel Fernando Lopera Diaz
  • Assemblies including heat dispersing elements and related systems and methods
    Patent number: 10952352
    Abstract: Assemblies include at least one substrate, at least one electronic device coupled to the substrate, and heat dissipation elements. The heat dissipation elements comprises at least one heat spreader in communication with the at least one electronic device and at least one heat sink in communication with the at least one heat spreader. Methods of dissipating heat energy includes transferring heat energy from memory devices to heat spreaders positioned adjacent to the memory devices and transferring the heat energy from the heat spreaders to a heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Xiaopeng Qu
  • Bushing with integrated electronics
    Patent number: 10937571
    Abstract: A bushing includes: an elongate electrical conductor; an insulation layer arranged around the elongate electrical conductor; an electrically conducting sleeve coaxially arranged with the electrical conductor; and a ring shaped printed circuit board with electrical components coaxially arranged around the electrical conductor. The sleeve and the printed circuit board are embedded in the insulation layer. The ring shaped printed circuit board is positioned in an axial direction between both ends of the electrically conducting sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Ranjit Jadhav, Arend Lammers, Rahul Pingale, Amritendu Das
  • Electrical gang box with driver compartment
    Patent number: 10938194
    Abstract: An electrical gang box adapted for use with drivers is disclosed. The electrical gang box includes a main compartment with a front opening sized and adapted to accept an electrical control and structure around the front opening to secure the electrical control within the front opening and within the main compartment. The electrical gang box also includes a lower compartment that extends below the main compartment, is set back from the front of the main compartment and is open to the main compartment along an upper portion. The gang box may also include one or more pairs of rails disposed on opposite interior walls. In such cases, a divider panel is sized to slide into and extend between the rails to divide the junction box. Multiple-gang boxes with these features are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Elemental LED, Inc.
    Inventors: Randall Holleschau, Matthew John
  • Resin with plating layer and method of manufacturing the same
    Patent number: 10930988
    Abstract: A signal transmission cable includes a signal line, an insulation layer configured to cover the signal line, and a plating layer configured to cover the insulation layer. An arithmetic average roughness Ra of an outer peripheral surface of the insulation layer is between 0.6 ?m and 10 ?m inclusive. A method of manufacturing the signal transmission cable includes covering the signal line with the insulation layer, followed by conducting a dry-ice-blasting on the outer peripheral surface of the insulation layer, followed by conducting a corona discharge exposure process on the outer peripheral surface, and forming the plating layer on the outer peripheral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Suenaga, Yuju Endo, Hideyuki Sagawa, Takahiro Sugiyama, Hiroshi Ishikawa