Patents Examined by Michael F McAllister
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Patent number: 11881693Abstract: A wire guide device includes a first divided part and a second divided part that can be combined in a width direction. In a combined state, the first divided part and the second divided part form an insertion hole 19 through which a wire passes in a direction intersecting the width direction. One end of the insertion hole is open toward a cable guide, and the other end of the insertion hole is open upward. The upper side of the insertion hole is covered by upper walls of the first divided part and the second divided part. The upper walls of the first divided part and the second divided part are formed in the width direction, are abutted against each other, and include upper guide portions that restrict displacement in a direction orthogonal to the width direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Kazuma Isoda, Katsuhiko Sato, Hiroki Uno
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Patent number: 11876359Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique capable of holding a wiring member in a bended state. A wiring member integrated module includes: a wiring member, a first base member including an arrangement target part holding a part of the wiring member; and a second base member whose state can be changed from a first state where a part of the wiring member extending from the arrangement target part is held on an extension of the arrangement target part to a second state where the part is held in a bended state with respect to the arrangement target part.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koji Yamaguchi, Housei Mizuno
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Patent number: 11876363Abstract: A unitary molded audio/video cable holder is disclosed that is easily linked to similar cable holders using ends that cooperate in a male/female relationship. Each cable holder comprises rows of recesses that each hold a cable and include retention structures to releasably hold the cables in their respective recess. The holders further may include windows adjacent the recesses to receive a zip tie to keep the cables in the holder where the cables care moved, twisted, or otherwise subjected to forces that would otherwise pull the cables from the holder. The capability of the holders of the present invention to interlock and expand allows the invention to hold an unlimited number of cables easily and safely. Fastener bores facilitate the holders being mounted to a wall or other flat surface.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Inventor: Eric Wilfred Moore
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Patent number: 11874303Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes: an electrically insulative frame having opposite mounting sides and a border wall that defines a periphery of the frame; a substrate seated in the frame; power semiconductor dies attached to the substrate; signal pins attached to the substrate and electrically connected to the power semiconductor dies; a busbar attached to the substrate and extending through the border wall; a receptacle in the border wall configured to receive a current sensor module and that exposes part of the busbar, the exposed part of the busbar having an opening; and a rotation bar jutting out from a sidewall of the receptacle and onto the exposed part of the busbar without obstructing the opening in the busbar, wherein the rotation bar forms an axis of rotation within the receptacle. A power electronic assembly that incorporates the power semiconductor module and corresponding method of production are also described.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: Infineon Technologies AGInventors: Tomas Manuel Reiter, Christoph Koch, Dietmar Spitzer
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Patent number: 11870226Abstract: A conduit outlet assembly for a rigid metal conduit raceway of an electrical system is provided. A conduit outlet assembly includes a gasket, a gripping ring, and a condulet assembly. The gasket is sized to circumscribe an outer surface of a rigid metal conduit of the rigid metal conduit raceway. The gripping ring is sized to circumscribe the outer surface of the rigid metal conduit. The condulet assembly is sized to receive the rigid metal conduit, and includes an adapter and a condulet. The adapter includes a compression section and a coupling section, wherein the compression section is sized to receive the rigid metal conduit with the gasket and the gripping ring disposed thereon. The condulet is sized to receive the coupling section of the adapter.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Joseph Edward Platt, Joseph Vincent Lopez, Vinod Manohar Shet
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Patent number: 11865982Abstract: In at least some implementations, a powertrain assembly, includes a combustion engine arranged to propel a vehicle, an electric motor arranged to propel a vehicle, a transmission coupled to the combustion engine and having a transmission housing and an output, an exhaust assembly coupled to the combustion engine, a drivetrain component driven for rotation by the output, multiple wires connected to the electric motor, and a housing. The housing has a first housing part and a second housing part that are coupled together to define an interior between them. At least one of the first housing part and the second housing part is coupled to the transmission housing, the wires are received within the interior and the housing is received between the transmission housing and both a portion of the exhaust assembly and a portion of the drivetrain component.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: FCA US LLCInventors: Prabhu L Selvaraj, Tim Coffin, Michael J Petkus, Robert Attisha, Seethal Doddannawar, Brett A Swan
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Patent number: 11862952Abstract: A watertight electrical compartment for use in an irrigation device can include a compartment body having a chamber and a sealing section configured to mate with one or more sealing rings. A sealing cap can mate with the sealing section and/or the sealing rings to seal the chamber. A cap retainer can be advanced over at least a portion of the sealing cap. One of the compartment body and cap retainer can have internal threads to be screwed onto external threads of the other one of the compartment body and cap retainer. The cap retainer can also have a stopping feature to keep the sealing cap in its sealed position. The watertight electrical compartment can be used in a wireless flow sensor assembly, a battery operated irrigation controller, and/or a battery-operated central controller device, to provide irrigation control, and/or sensor information, without the need for AC power.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Hunter Industries, Inc.Inventor: Michael F. Paul
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Patent number: 11862363Abstract: A magnetized cable in which the magnetic force of the cable is configured to aid in aligning and maintaining alignment of the cable while the cable is being looped for storage and, when the cable is rolled or looped, the magnetic force will aid in keeping the cable coiled. Embodiments of the magnetized cable include an elongated flexible magnetic component (EFMC) of a pliable polymer such as rubber and/or one or more other suitable materials in combination with magnetic particles comprising iron, neodymium, ferrite, cobalt, nickel, and/or other suitable magnetic elements or compounds. The EFMC may be exposed to a strong magnetic field to produce a permanent magnet. The EFMC may be enclosed within a sheathing material of braided textile yarns or another suitable material.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Inventor: John Nashed Hanna
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Patent number: 11854720Abstract: A wiring member includes: a connector; a plurality of wire-like transmission members extending from the connector; and a sheet member in which the plurality of wire-like transmission members extending from the connector are disposed and fixed on a main surface in a state where an arrangement of the plurality of wire-like transmission members is changed to be different from an arrangement in an end surface of the connector. At least one intersection position in which the plurality of wire-like transmission members intersect with each other for changing the arrangement of the plurality of wire-like transmission members is located in a backward region of the end surface of the connector.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2019Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Ryuta Takakura, Housei Mizuno, Suguru Yasuda
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Patent number: 11848549Abstract: A junction box may include a housing box. The housing box may be configured to selectively attach to a sub-tile surface of the structure. The housing box may include a recess portion configured to be physically positioned between a plane of a tile surface of the structure and the sub-tile surface. The housing box may also include an expose portion configured to extend away from the plane of the tile surface. In addition, the housing box may include a bottom portion attached to the recess portion. The bottom portion may include a first surface configured to be physically positioned proximate the sub-tile surface such that a central plane of the housing box is not parallel to a plane of the sub-tile surface when the plane of the tile surface is not parallel to the plane of the sub-tile surface.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Easy Solar Products, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Wade, Lee Hatley
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Patent number: 11848547Abstract: A device that protects cabling that protrudes from a conduit on a utility pole or light pole, deters pest intrusion into the utility pole, and can be installed without tools or without needing to remove cabling or disassemble the utility pole.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventor: Richard Burant
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Patent number: 11848548Abstract: Enclosure assemblies employed in electrical installations, including those employed in solar power installations, which conform to NEMA 3R type rating defined by National Electrical Manufacturers Association (“NEMA”) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a base of a housing of an enclosure assembly having a seal-receiving groove, fastener retainers, fastener walls, a moisture diverter, attachment points; and conductor pass-through apertures is disclosed. In some embodiments, a base of a housing of an enclosure assembly having a forward portion with a forward fastener retainer and forward attachment points; an aft portion of the base having an aft fastener retainer and aft and attachment points, the groove located between the forward and aft portions, a moisture diverter located between the forward and aft portions; and drainage channels encompassing the forward and aft portions is disclosed. In some embodiments, a method for pre-positioning a fastener in a housing of an enclosure assembly is disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2023Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Sunrun Inc.Inventors: Martin John Affentranger, Jr., Daniel Edward Ryan
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Patent number: 11843231Abstract: A conduit outlet assembly for a rigid metal conduit raceway of an electrical system is provided. A conduit outlet assembly includes a gasket, a gripping ring, and a condulet assembly. The gasket is sized to circumscribe an outer surface of a rigid metal conduit of the rigid metal conduit raceway. The gripping ring is sized to circumscribe the outer surface of the rigid metal conduit. The condulet assembly is sized to receive the rigid metal conduit, and includes an adapter and a condulet. The adapter includes a compression section and a coupling section, wherein the compression section is sized to receive the rigid metal conduit with the gasket and the gripping ring disposed thereon. The condulet is sized to receive the coupling section of the adapter.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITEDInventors: Joseph Edward Platt, Joseph Vincent Lopez, Vinod Manohar Shet
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Patent number: 11837387Abstract: In an attachment structure of a wiring member, the wiring member and an attaching target member are attached using a convex-shaped part, a concave-shaped part, and an elastic deformation part. When the convex-shaped part is inserted into the concave-shaped part upon receiving force toward a first direction, the elastic deformation part is elastically deformed by the force toward the first direction to fit the convex-shaped part to the concave-shaped part. When the convex-shaped part is pulled from the concave-shaped part upon receiving force toward a second direction opposite to the first direction, the elastic deformation part is elastically deformed by the force toward the second direction in a direction similar to the case of receiving the force toward the first direction, and releases the fitting state of the convex-shaped part and the concave-shaped part.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2018Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Takuya Kaba
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Patent number: 11837805Abstract: An electrical conductor assembly includes a line section having a plurality of conductor wires formed of a first electrically conductive material, a contact section in which the conductor wires are compacted to form a contact unit, and a layer formed of a second electrically conductive material. The layer is disposed on a contact surface of the contact unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbHInventors: Maximilian Veihl, Chris Buechling, Manuel Eheim, Frank Kaehny, Marcus Wolf, Harald Ulrich, Kevin Scheer, Florian Lueck, Christoph Kosmalski, Rolf Maurus
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Patent number: 11837861Abstract: The present invention aims to suppress a case in which paths of linear transmission members are disturbed on a sheet-shaped member or the linear transmission members separate from the sheet-shaped member. The wiring member includes a sheet-shaped member and multiple linear transmission members that are fixed on the sheet-shaped member. The multiple linear transmission members are fixed on the sheet-shaped member such that a portion of the multiple linear transmission members intersects with respect to another said linear transmission member. An intersection location of the multiple linear transmission members is located away from a folding track.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2018Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Hidetoshi Ishida, Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Haruka Nakano, Suguru Yasuda
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Patent number: 11827164Abstract: A wire harness routing member that routes a plurality of electric wires in a vehicle, the wire harness routing member including: a base plate that is arranged below a floor panel of a passenger compartment; and a wire harness having the plurality of electric wires fixed to the base plate, wherein at least one electric wire out of the plurality of electric wires is a continuous electric wire with a first end extending from a surface of the base plate or an edge of the base plate and being arranged in a front space of the vehicle or a rear space of the vehicle, and a second end extending from the edge of the base plate and being arranged in the front space of the vehicle or the rear space of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Koji Yamaguchi, Hiroki Hirai, Ryoya Okamoto, Taiji Yanagida
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Patent number: 11831133Abstract: The invention is concerned with a bushing for high voltage applications and a bushing arrangement including such a bushing. The bushing includes a conductor defining a longitudinal axis (A) through the bushing where the bushing has a central section and a first and a second peripheral section on opposite sides of the central section along the longitudinal axis (A) and includes an optical fibre with a first part (P1) stretching through the central section, the fibre being adapted to detect physical properties being influenced or caused by the operation of the bushing. The sections are sections of a solid condenser core and the bushing further includes an enclosure for a length of fibre that is to exit the bushing, the enclosure being buried in the central section adjacent the surface of the condenser core and having an interior volume.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2019Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY LTDInventors: Roger Hedlund, Peter Sjöberg
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Patent number: 11831135Abstract: A guide device for guiding a conduit or a medium includes a guide element which delimits a guide channel in which the conduit or the medium is accommodatable and guidable. The guide element has a first layer and a second layer which are disposed one inside the other, are pliable, and delimit a chamber system which is disposed between the first layer and the second layer. The chamber system has a plurality of chambers. The first layer and the second layer are impermeable to a fluid. By acting upon the chamber system with the fluid, the guide element, which is intrinsically pliable, is stiffenable and thereby converted into a rigid state.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: Daimler AGInventors: Juergen Ehleiter, Marc-Andre Graewer
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Patent number: 11828395Abstract: An in-line housing for maintaining a cable posture includes first and second barrels having first and second bores, respectively. The first and second barrels are mounted for movement with respect to each other into and out of a neutral arrangement. When the first and second barrels are arranged in the neutral arrangement, the first and second bores are coaxially registered with each other and enable rotational movement of a cable with respect to the housing when the cable is applied to the first and second barrels. When the first and second barrels are arranged out of the neutral arrangement, the first and second bores are skewed with respect to each other and disable rotational movement of the cable with respect to the housing when the cable is applied to the first and second barrels.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Inventors: Josh Simons, Michael Bargiel