Patents Examined by Michael F McAllister
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Patent number: 11756706Abstract: The present invention provides a portable charging light-emitting cable for new energy vehicles, including power configuration wires, a signal wire, electroluminescent wires, a filling layer and an outer protective sleeve. The power configuration wires are evenly arranged around the signal wire. At least more than two electroluminescent wires are mutually helically twisted with the power configuration wires in the same number of groups around an outer wall of the signal wire into a cable shape. Each electroluminescent wire is arranged between two adjacent power configuration wires. According to the present invention, the electroluminescence technology is incorporated into light-emitting charging cables. While charging, cables emit light evenly, which is suitable for charging observation at night, and rich colors are provided to play a warning role to prevent accidents. During the light-emitting process, light-emitting wires do not generate any heat, and energy consumption is extremely low.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: FOSHAN JIEPIN TOY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhi Huang, Zhenjiang Qu
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Patent number: 11757270Abstract: A cable management apparatus can include a first surface configured for working and a second surface having a channel integrally formed into the apparatus material at the second surface. The channel can have sidewalls, extend longitudinally in a direction parallel to the second surface, have a longitudinal channel opening at the second surface along a substantial portion of the channel, and can be configured to hold a cable therein even when the channel opening faces downward. The cable may be curved within the channel to create elastic potential energy in the cable, and a friction force between the curved cable pushing against the channel sidewalls can hold the cable in place within the channel. The channel may form a cross-section having an undercut that is defined by ledge portions at the channel opening, and the ledge portions can hold the cable in place within the channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: e.ventures Management LLCInventors: Thomas Gieselmann, Nicholas Wood Allen
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Patent number: 11758656Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a plurality of layers including conductive layers separated by dielectric layers; and at least one via configured for solder attachment to a connector lead of a surface mount connector, the at least one via including a conductive element that extends from an upper surface of the printed circuit board through one or more of the plurality of layers, the conductive element having a recess in a surface thereof. The recess is configured to receive a tip portion of the connector lead of the surface mount connector. The printed circuit board may have via patterns including signal vias and ground vias.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Amphenol CorporationInventors: Marc B. Cartier, Jr., Mark W. Gailus, Tom Pitten, Donald A. Girard, Jr., Huilin Ren
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Patent number: 11758306Abstract: A cabling-based airflow routing system includes a chassis that defines a chassis housing. A first heat producing component is located in the chassis housing. A first cabling connector is located in the chassis housing. A second cabling connector that is located in the chassis housing. A first ribbon cable that extends through the chassis housing between the first cabling connector and the second cabling connector. The first ribbon cable includes a first cabling airflow routing portion that is oriented in the chassis housing in an airflow path and that is configured to redirect a first portion of an airflow provided in the airflow path towards the first heat producing component.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: Salvador Jimenez, III, Noman Mithani, William Andrew Smith
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Patent number: 11745674Abstract: A wire harness including: a plurality of electric wires; an exterior tube that has an internal space into which the plurality of electric wires are inserted; a first protective body that is insulative, is provided between the plurality of electric wires in the internal space of the exterior tube, and is formed with an insulating reinforced fiber; and a second protective body that is provided so as to fill a gap between an inner circumferential surface of the exterior tube and outer circumferential surfaces of the plurality of electric wires, and covers an outer circumference of the first protective body and outer circumferences of the plurality of electric wires, wherein the first protective body is shorter than the second protective body in a side view of the wire harness.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventor: Masahiro Hagi
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Patent number: 11744004Abstract: A circuit board includes a first outer wiring layer, a circuit substrate, and a second outer wiring layer stacked. The circuit substrate includes a first inner wiring layer, an insulating layer, and a second inner wiring layer stacked. A plurality of thermally conductive pillars is arranged at intervals on the first inner wiring layer, a liquid storage space is formed between every two adjacent thermally conductive pillars, and a thermally conductive agent is received in the liquid storage space. The first outer wiring layer is formed on the plurality of thermally conductive pillars. The second outer wiring layer is formed the second inner wiring layer. A first groove penetrates the second outer wiring layer, the second inner wiring layer and the insulating layer, exposes a portion of the first inner wiring layer, and corresponds to the thermally conductive pillars. At least one heating element is installed in the first groove.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignees: QING DING PRECISION ELECTRONICS (HUAIAN) CO., LTD, Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited., GARUDA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventor: Wei-Xiang Li
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Patent number: 11738701Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire; and an outer cover into which the wire is inserted; wherein the outer cover is provided with a spring that is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of the wire. An outer cover into which a wire is to be inserted, the outer cover including a spring configured to come into contact with an outer circumferential surface of the wire.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LIMITED, SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Takeshi Shimizu, Tomoya Kawaguchi
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Patent number: 11737205Abstract: An interconnect structure includes a first conductor, a second conductor, a dielectric block, a substrate, and a pair of conductive lines. The first conductor and the second conductor form a differential pair design. The dielectric block surrounds the first conductor and the second conductor. The first conductor is separated from the second conductor by the dielectric block. The substrate surrounds the dielectric block and is spaced apart from the first conductor and the second conductor. The pair of conductive lines is connected to the first conductor and the second conductor, respectively, and extends along a top surface of the dielectric block and a top surface of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Jiun-Yi Wu, Chien-Hsun Lee, Chewn-Pu Jou, Fu-Lung Hsueh
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Patent number: 11735330Abstract: According to one aspect of the present invention, a silver nanowire mesh (Ag NW-mesh) electrode and a fabricating method thereof. The Ag NW-mesh electrode includes a flexible substrate; and a mesh pattern layer which is disposed on the flexible substrate and in which a plurality of first meal lines and a plurality of second metal lines are composed of Ag NWs and intersect each other in an orthogonal or diagonal direction to form a grid pattern, wherein the first metal lines and the second metal lines of the mesh pattern layer form an angle of 35 degrees to 55 degrees with respect to a bending direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Sang Woo Kim, Seong Jun Kim
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Patent number: 11724755Abstract: A device for transferring a line between a retracted state and an extended state includes a line arranged in an interface region between a semitrailer train and a semitrailer, wherein the line has a first line section and a second line section and wherein the line is longer in the extended state than in the retracted state, and an envelope element via which the first line section and the second line section are connectable for transfer between the retracted state and the extended state by forming a telescopic mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: SAF-HOLLAND GmbHInventor: Mario Sebastian Köster
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Patent number: 11718248Abstract: It is an object to make a wire harness for connecting a vehicle body-side device and a wheel-side device suited to routing in a small space, and improve its flex resistance. A wire harness for connecting a vehicle body-side device and a wheel-side device includes: a first wiring member; and a second wiring member, and at least part of an outer path portion of the first wiring member, and at least part of an outer path portion of the second wiring member are separated from each other outside a vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Takahiro Murata
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Patent number: 11718247Abstract: It is an object to provide a wire harness for connecting a vehicle body-side device and a wheel-side device that can be routed in a small space appropriately, and can have an improved flex resistance. A wire harness for connecting a vehicle body-side device and a wheel-side device includes: a first wiring member; and a second wiring member that has higher flex resistance than the first wiring member. The first wiring member has an outer path length that is greater than an outer path length of the second wiring member.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Takahiro Murata
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Patent number: 11715581Abstract: An electric field shaping apparatus according to a present embodiment includes a substrate, a first electrode positioned on the substrate, a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, a power source configured to provide a voltage between the first electrode and the second electrode, and an insulating material with which the first electrode is coated, wherein one or more holes configured to shape an electric field generated between the first electrode and the second electrode are formed in the insulating material.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: UIF (UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION), YONSEI UNIVERSITYInventors: Heon Jin Choi, Jae Suk Sung
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Patent number: 11705254Abstract: A wiring component includes a plurality of electric wires aligned in a predetermined alignment direction, and a holder to hold the plurality of electric wires. The holder includes a pair of resin members that sandwich longitudinal portions of the plurality of electric wires in a perpendicular direction perpendicular to the alignment direction, and the pair of resin members are recess-projection fitted between the plurality of electric wires.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.Inventor: Noriyuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 11695261Abstract: In an example embodiment, a junction box may include a flashing. The flashing may define a first groove. The first groove may be disposed relative to a first center axis on a first plane. The junction box may also include a housing. The housing may include a bottom portion. The bottom portion may define a second groove. The second groove may be disposed relative to a second center axis. The second center axis may be coincident with the first center axis in a direction that is substantially parallel to the first plane of the first groove. In addition, the second groove may be located on a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane of the first groove. Further, the second groove may be configured to indicate a suitable hole position in the bottom portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: Easy Solar Products, Inc.Inventors: Benjamin Wade, Lee Hatley
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Patent number: 11682886Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatus for providing and installing electrical wire connector clamps that may be inserted into knockout holes from the inside of an electrical box or panel, that are capable of holding multiple wires or cables, that may be run through the connector before it is slotted into the hole, and that use only a minimal amount of interior space of the electrical box or panel. Embodiments of the present invention include semi-cylindrical units that may be folded together around one or more wires for secure engagement with the wires and with a knockout hole of an electrical box or panel. Embodiments may be used in new construction, and to replace existing connector clamps in an electrical box or panel from the inside without damaging the walls surrounding the box or panel, in order to securely hold wires in an electrical box or panel, add new wire(s), hold multiple wires, and/or increase available space inside the box or panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: Genwire LLCInventors: James Henry Finn, III, Fraser McKay
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Patent number: 11682501Abstract: The present disclosure describes methods of manufacture and implementations of hybrid separators for data cables having conductive and non-conductive or metallic and non-metallic portions, and data cables including such hybrid separators. A hybrid separator comprising one or more conductive portions and one or more non-conductive portions may be positioned within a data cable between adjacent pairs of twisted insulated and shielded or unshielded conductors so as to provide physical and electrical separation of the conductors. The position and extent (laterally and longitudinally) of each conductive portion and each non-conductive portion may be selected for optimum performance of the data cable, including attenuation or rejection of cross talk, reduction of return loss, increase of stability, and control of impedance.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: BELDEN INC.Inventors: Roy Kusuma, Bill Clark, Alice Albrinck
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Patent number: 11670928Abstract: A high voltage distribution system is provided with multiple fuses. The high voltage distribution system includes multiple laminated busbars that are electrically coupled to a battery and to the multiple fuses. Busbars are electrically coupled to the one or more fuses via electrical connections between the busbars and the fuses. The electrical connections can pass through other busbars without having an electrical coupling to the other busbars. An insulating layer may be used between the busbars to prevent overcurrent events. The configuration, size, and position of each busbar is selected based on the electrical requirements of components that are electrically coupled to the busbar and based on the prevention of overcurrent events.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Ehsan Baseri, Kyle Butterfield, Kyle O'Neil, Tyler Collins, Nathaniel C. Wynn
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Patent number: 11670924Abstract: A push-lock coupler includes an annular metal insert with a coaxial profile complementary to a conduit; a cylindrical polymeric housing molded over the annular metal insert and having a first and second end and an inner surface; and wherein the first and second end are capable of deforming to the coaxial profile of the conduit inserted into either the first or second end, and the inner surface of the cylindrical polymeric housing has at least one groove disposed between the annular metal insert and the first end.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AGInventors: Darren Tremelling, Sheng Zhong, Elio Perigo, Daniel Pierce Armstrong, Marius Rutkeviĉius
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Patent number: 11670925Abstract: An example threaded cable connector for a cable with a conductor and a surrounding shielding braid, comprising a base element, a first tightening nut and a first clamping element is presented herein. The base element includes a base for fastening the base element to a housing and a passage opening for the passage of the cable about which an encircling first thread is oriented. On a side facing away from the housing, the base element has a contact surface encircling the passage opening. The first tightening nut comprises a second thread for operatively connecting the first tightening nut to the first thread of the base element. The first clamping element has a first clamping surface and, in the mounted state, is arranged between the contact surface and the first tightening nut. The first clamping element, in the mounted state, presses the shielding braid against the contact surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2017Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: AGRO AGInventor: Markus Aumiller