Patents Examined by Krystal Robinson
  • Patent number: 11742106
    Abstract: A lead may comprise a multiple filar wire comprising an inner core, an inner layer and an outer layer, where a portion of the inner layer is wound in a first orientation and the inner layer comprises a first number of filars of wire and where a portion of the outer layer is wound in a second orientation opposite the first orientation and the outer layer comprises a second number of filars of wire, the second number of filars of wire being greater than the first number of filars of wire. The lead may also comprise insulation covering a portion of the multiple filar wire, the portion of the multiple filar wire and the insulation comprising a helical coil structure wound in the first orientation and an anchor formed by the inner core, inner layer and outer layer extending away from the portion of the multiple filar wire, wherein the anchor comprises no helical coil structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: SPR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
    Inventors: Matthew deBock, Joseph Boggs, III, Nathan Crosby, Brandon Swan, Devin Sell, Bryce Dimit
  • Patent number: 11742642
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cable fixing device for a container handling system and to a method for setting a minimum bending radius for a connecting cable of a container handling system. The cable fixing device comprises a main body, a cable guide which is arranged around a part of the main body, and a cover for covering an end of the cable guide in such a way that a connecting cable, which is pre-assembled with plug-in devices at both ends, can be introduced between the cover and the cable guide. The cable guide is configured at its other end for fixing of the connecting cable in such a way that a looping angle of the cable fixing device and connecting cable can be set variably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: Krones AG
    Inventors: Joerg Triebel, Reinhard Ortner, Robert Scheibenpflug
  • Patent number: 11729927
    Abstract: A rotary shaft mechanism of an electronic is provided. The rotary shaft mechanism includes a first rotating assembly and a second rotating assembly, wherein the first rotating assembly is provided with a first through hole, and the second rotating assembly is provided with a second through hole, wherein the first through hole is in communication with the second through hole, and an axis of the first through hole and an axis of the second through hole are both intersected with a rotary shaft between the first rotating assembly and the second rotating assembly. A flexible circuit board of the electronic device is disposed in the first through hole and the second through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuhong Liu, Zhanshan Ma, Jiankang Sun, Zheng Ge, Lili Chen
  • Patent number: 11728633
    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. One or both of a dye or scent can be included in the ignition suppressant fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventor: Clifton Royston
  • Patent number: 11721958
    Abstract: A cable gland includes a bushing. The bushing may include a rib on an interior surface of the bushing to facilitate sealing and gripping of a cable received in the cable gland. The bushing may comprise or be formed from a silicone rubber material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Himanshu Khokle, Prince Kumar Pandey, Gangadhar Mestri, Jayram Desai, Sujit Prabhakar Tarade, Vinayak Manohar Chavan, Umakant Patil
  • Patent number: 11721963
    Abstract: A bus bar assembly comprises a first bus bar having a first body part, a plurality of first installation parts and a first output part, and a second bus bar having a second body part, a plurality of second installation parts and a second output part. A first connection terminal is fixedly connected to the first output part, and a second connection terminal is fixedly connected to the second output part. The first body part is arranged over and parallel to the second body part, and the first output part and the second output part are arranged adjacent one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jie (Roger) Luo, Guangming (Suny) Zhao, Jiaoyong (Mac) Liu
  • Patent number: 11723166
    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: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Richards Mfg. Co.
    Inventor: Bruce Bier
  • Patent number: 11721959
    Abstract: A protector includes a protector body, a lid member, and an engagement mechanism. The lid member has a ceiling and a protrusion. When a first wiring member and a second wiring member are accommodated in an accommodating space in a non-regular arrangement in which a peripheral surface of the first wiring member contacts a bottom and a peripheral surface of the second wiring member contacts the peripheral surface of the first wiring member, the peripheral surface of the second wiring member contacts the protrusion on the way of the transition of the engagement mechanism from a non-engagement state to an engagement state. When accommodated in a regular arrangement, the engagement mechanism transitions from the non-engagement state to the engagement state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akitoshi Kimura, Masayoshi Ogawa, Kazuya Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11715944
    Abstract: A cord protector with an elongated body and a coupler that joins the elongated body to an adjacent elongated body to form an elongated cord protector system. The elongated body has a base and a lid. The base has a channel extending between a first end and a second end. The base also has ridges that extend into the channel, a cavity configured to mate with the coupler, and a central pillar that extends from the floor into the channel along a majority of the channel. The lid is configured to be inserted into the channel. The lid has two grooves that are sized and shaped to receive one of the ridges. The lid also has a slot configured to receive the top of the central pillar when the lid is inserted into the channel. The central pillar supports the lid when the lid is inserted into the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Titan3 Technology LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
  • Patent number: 11710952
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides descriptions of electrical box assemblies for supporting heavy fixtures, such as ceiling fans, and facilitating electrical connections to the fixtures. The electrical box assembly includes an electrical box that allows a connection between the box and electrical conduits and a connection, e.g., a weatherproof connection, with a housing of the fixture. The box has an open front face to house electrical connections between the fixture and wires supplying electrical power to the box via the conduits. The box has a bottom wall and an open front face. A reinforcement member fits within the electrical box and includes a panel shaped to conform to at least a portion of the bottom wall and one or more standoffs extending toward the open front face of the box. When the reinforcement member is positioned within the box, mounting holes in the bottom wall of the box and reinforcement member are aligned to allow the box to be attached to a building structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Jason Peter Thomas
  • Patent number: 11710951
    Abstract: This publication describes techniques and apparatuses for releasably attaching an object (e.g., a wire tray) to a substrate. Current apparatuses generally do not enable the removal of an attached wire tray from a substrate without first removing an insert from a mounting stud extending from the substrate. The disclosed techniques and apparatuses are configured to permit the removal of an attached wire tray from a substrate without first removing an insert from a mounting stud extending from the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited
    Inventors: James S. Teece, Scott J. Adams
  • Patent number: 11701519
    Abstract: On example provides a ferrule for an implantable medical device including a first frame body having a first perimeter surface to make a brazed connection to a first medical device component, and a second frame body having a first perimeter surface to make a welded connection to a second medical device component. A spacer flange connects a second perimeter surface of the first frame body to a second perimeter surface of the second frame body, a thickness between a top surface and bottom of the spacer flange being less than a thickness between a top surface and a bottom surface of the first frame body such that the spacer flange is to deflect relative to the first frame body in response to forces being applied to the second frame body so as to reduce transmission of weld strain from the second frame body to the first frame body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Heraeus Medical Components LLC
    Inventor: Harold Holmberg
  • Patent number: 11700704
    Abstract: An adjustable air block for routing cables includes a housing, a first inner plate, and a second inner plate. The housing includes a central gate extending between a top end and a bottom end thereof. The first inner plate and the second inner plate are fastened at the top end of the housing. The first inner plate includes a first vertical portion adjustably coupled to a left edge of the central gate along a first inner surface. The second inner plate includes a second vertical portion adjustably coupled to a right edge of the central gate along a second inner surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: QUANTA COMPUTER INC.
    Inventors: Chun Chang, Yu-Syuan Lin, Ting-Kuang Pao, Yu-Ta Lin
  • Patent number: 11700717
    Abstract: An electromagnetic shield member that includes a pressing mechanism with: a cylinder provided on one of a bottom wall of the groove and an opposing wall of the cover opposing the bottom wall of the groove; a piston provided so as to be capable of reciprocal movement in the cylinder; a spring that is provided in the cylinder, and is configured to bias the piston toward one end of the cylinder; and a piston rod that is coupled to the piston, protrudes from the one end of the cylinder, and has a leading end configured to press the electrical wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Hirohito Kinoshita
  • Patent number: 11699538
    Abstract: A high-voltage electrical cable assembly includes a central wire strand containing at least seven wires formed of a first alloy and a plurality of outer wire strands twisted around the central strand. At least one outer wire strand of the plurality of outer wire strands contains at least seven wires formed of a second alloy different from the first alloy. There is an electrochemical potential of about 2 volts between the first alloy and the second alloy. A method of assembling a high-voltage electrical cable assembly is also presented herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Randall Sumner, John Kightlinger, George Drew, Gina Sacco, Jonathon D. Weidner
  • Patent number: 11699537
    Abstract: An automobile wiring harness system including a wiring harness that includes a housing having a proximal opening and a distal opening, electrical conductors extending from the proximal opening to the distal opening, a universal connector coupled to the electrical conductors at the proximal opening, and individual connectors coupled to the electrical connectors at the distal opening and an electrical component of an automobile. The system further includes a first adapting member configured to electrically couple the first adapting portion and the second adapting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventor: John Trischler
  • Patent number: 11696425
    Abstract: An electromagnetic shield member including: a case including a groove in which an electric wire is to be housed; a cover configured to be attached to the case and cover the groove; and a pressing mechanism that is housed in the groove and configured to press the electric wire, wherein the pressing mechanism has a wall that covers an outer circumferential surface of the electric wire in conjunction with the groove, and a presser provided on the wall and configured to press the electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Yuta Kitahara
  • Patent number: 11688935
    Abstract: An electronic device which includes a radome, a bottom cover connected to the radome, and a printed circuit board disposed between the radome and the bottom cover. The radome includes a top shell, an insulating member and at least one fastening members. The insulating member is made of expanded polystyrene and has at least one recess. The fastening member is embedded in the insulating member. The top shell covers the insulating member and includes polycarbonate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: MICROELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Wen-Huang Chang, Cheng-Chia Chou, Yu-Hui Huang, Tung-Hua Yang
  • Patent number: 11680189
    Abstract: An adhesive tape for jacketing an elongated item, more particularly cable sets, comprises a tapelike carrier which is characterized in that the tapelike carrier is provided on at least one side with a binder which is thermally softenable at a temperature of 50° C. to 100° C. and comprises a polycaprolactone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: TESA SE
    Inventors: Kerstin Klingeberg, Lars Gulbrandsen, Thomas Schubert, Heike Simonis
  • Patent number: 11682887
    Abstract: Aspects and techniques of the present disclosure relate to enclosures, such as, electrical enclosures, for example, explosion-proof enclosures, and including advantageous features and methods usable with such enclosures. Disclosed features and techniques relate to: an enclosure fastening device; a visual indicator; an enclosure handling assist arrangement; a control handle; and a reset controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Adam Douglas Ledgerwood, Terry Lee Tuper, Graig Edmund DeCarr