Patents Examined by Pete Lee
  • Patent number: 10164416
    Abstract: An electrical connection covering apparatus is designed to protect from moisture a connection between a plug of one extension cord and a socket of another extension cord. A compressible and elastic diaphragm is used to form a seal around the cables of the extension cords where they enter the apparatus. The apparatus includes a housing that has at least one aperture. The diaphragm extends across the aperture. The diaphragm projects inwardly with respect to an interior surface of the housing. The compressibility and elasticity of the diaphragm material is greater than that of the housing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: MIDWEST INNOVATIVE PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Bryan Nooner, Robert B. Zajeski, Jr., Ben Lynch Zajeski
  • Patent number: 10159152
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention include a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly that includes advanced component in cavity (ACC) technology and methods of forming such PCB assemblies. In one embodiment, the PCB assembly may include a PCB that has a cavity formed on a first surface of the PCB. A plurality of contacts may be formed in the cavity. The cavity provides a location where components may be electrically coupled to the PCB. Additionally, a package that is mounted to the PCB may extend over the cavity. Since the package passes directly over the component, the components may be used to electrically couple the package to one or more of the contacts formed in the cavity. Accordingly, embodiments of the invention allow for the surface area used for components to be reduced, and also improves electrical performance of the PCB assembly by positioning the components proximate to the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Ladd D. Campbell, Scott M. Mokler, Juan Landeros, Jr., Michael J. Hill, Jin Zhao
  • Patent number: 10154593
    Abstract: An electronic assembly group comprising a printed circuit board structure in a multilayer configuration that has at least two electrically conductive layers. The electronic assembly group also comprises an additional passive component that is connected to the two electrically conductive layers, each of which has at least one segment that extends beyond the multilayer structure to form connection regions, the passive component making contact directly at the connection regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2018
    Assignee: SCHWEIZER ELECTRONIC AG
    Inventors: Thomas Gottwald, Christian Rössle
  • Patent number: 10109939
    Abstract: An electronic system includes first and second circuit boards and a flexible circuit connector. The flexible circuit connector is configured to electrically connect the first and second circuit boards. The flexible circuit connector includes first and second connectors and a spiral portion. The first connector is configured to connect to the first circuit board. The second connector is configured to connect to the second circuit board. The spiral portion is connected between the first and second circuit boards and includes a circumferential portion that extends around the second connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventor: Neal R. Whatcott
  • Patent number: 10084294
    Abstract: The assembly includes an openworked cable raceway (11) having a base (15) and side walls (16), the assembly (10) being provided for installing along a ceiling, and including at least one curved elongated panel (12), the concave surface of which faces towards the cable raceway (11), which curved elongated panel (12) is fastened to the cable raceway (11) and envelops the outside of the cable raceway (11) in line with a single side wall (16) and in line with at least a portion of the base (15) starting from the side wall (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignees: LEGRAND FRANCE, LEGRAND SNC
    Inventors: Julien Bethoule, Laurent Denis
  • Patent number: 10077866
    Abstract: A mounting bracket for a junction box includes a face plate having left and right edge margins and a central opening. The face plate includes a first set of indicia adjacent a top edge of the central opening and a second set of indicia adjacent a bottom edge of the central opening. Each set of indicia includes ruler graduations indicating a distance from the left edge margin of the face plate to the respective ruler graduation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Martin Lee Witherbee
  • Patent number: 10072774
    Abstract: This intermediate grasping tool of a charging cable is mounted on a charging cable that extends from a charging stand, is provided with a cylindrical part which is hung on a hook provided on the charging stand and which is formed such that the charging cable passes through said cylindrical part, and is also provided with a gripping part which extends from the cylindrical part and is grasped. By means of such a configuration, charging operations can be performed while grasping the intermediate grasping tool of the charging cable with the hand that is not grasping the charging connector. In this way, the operability during charging can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mitsuharu Hamada, Masato Inoue
  • Patent number: 10032545
    Abstract: A sealing element for sealing a housing opening in a housing, wherein the sealing element comprises at least one through-opening for the passage of an electrical cable into the housing. The sealing element is formed of a first subcomponent and a second subcomponent, the first subcomponent and the second subcomponent having a different hardness and the two subcomponents are made of silicone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andreas Urbaniak, Hans Guenter Osthoff, Andreas Hahn, Ruediger Dietsch
  • Patent number: 10027098
    Abstract: The safety cover for use with and electrical cable snaking device is a safety barrier that is adapted for use with electrical conduit. The safety cover for use with and electrical cable snaking device is further adapted for use with an electrical panel. The safety cover for use with and electrical cable snaking device is a barrier that prevents a snake from inappropriately entering the interior space of the electrical panel. The safety cover for use with and electrical cable snaking device comprises a cap and a nut. The nut attaches the cap to the electrical panel. The cap physically prevents the entrance of the snake into the interior space of the electrical panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Inventor: Charles Ciappa
  • Patent number: 10027102
    Abstract: A cable surround material for a cable of an electricity transmission system comprising a mixture of: an additive containing carbon; sand; and cement, wherein the material comprises, by weight, approximately 60-80% carbon containing additive, approximately 5-10% cement, and a remainder of sand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignees: Carillion Utility Services Limited
    Inventors: Joanne Wilkins, Alex Routledge
  • Patent number: 10020646
    Abstract: A busbar includes: an elongated busbar body which is composed of an electrically conductive material; and an insulating coating which covers the circumference of the busbar body. The cross section of the busbar body orthogonal to the longitudinal direction is substantially rectangular. The insulating coating is composed of a light curing resin which has an elongation percentage of not less than 50% after being cured and a Young's modulus of not more than 900 MPa. And the insulating coating is formed by applying the light curing resin onto the surface of the busbar body and then curing the applied light curing resin. The light curing resin has a viscosity of 10 to 1000 Pa·s at 25° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Taki, Yuji Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 10007774
    Abstract: A biometric data detection device includes a biometric authentication sensor electrically connected to a data processing terminal through a connecting member, a housing that houses the biometric authentication sensor, a window portion that acquires biometric data to be authenticated by the biometric authentication sensor and that is formed in the housing, and an attachment member that is rotatably provided at the housing and that renders the housing rotatable in a state in which the housing is attached to the data processing terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Soichi Hama, Takashi Morihara, Yukihiro Abiko
  • Patent number: 10002710
    Abstract: A module includes a multilayer body including laminated ceramic green sheets that have been fired, multiple mounting terminals arranged to mount a component thereon, the mounting terminals each including an end surface that is exposed at a main surface of the multilayer body, and multiple via conductors disposed inside the multilayer body so as to correspond to the mounting terminals at positions overlapped by the corresponding mounting terminals when viewed in a plan view. The lengths of the via conductors are adjusted so that predetermined points on the mounting terminals are positioned on the same plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromichi Kitajima
  • Patent number: 9948043
    Abstract: A neutral bus bar 150 is provided for an electrical distribution apparatus, such as an electrical panel 100. The neutral bus bar includes an elongated body 152 that includes a plurality of wire connectors 154 and plug-on neutral landing sections 156 distributed along a length of the body. Each wire connector includes a side hole 172 and a top landing hole 184 on the body. The top landing hole can receive a hold down screw 176 to secure an electrical wire received in the side hole 172 from a wire-type circuit breaker. Each plug-on neutral landing section is able to receive a plug-on neutral clip from a plug-on neutral type circuit breaker. Adjacent plug-on neutral landing sections have at least one wire connector arranged therebetween on the body. The plug-on neutral landing sections are also distributed with a pitch spacing that corresponds to a pole spacing of circuit breakers connectable on the electrical distribution apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA, INC.
    Inventors: Chad Mittelstadt, William Broghammer
  • Patent number: 9917430
    Abstract: In one example, a cover plate may include a face plate with at least one outlet aperture, a back plate abutting the back of the face plate, an electric load between the face plate and the back plate, and at least one prong that extends from the face plate to a free end. The prong may be configured to interface with a terminal on the side of an outlet receptacle body and may include any or all of the following: an insulated portion and/or an electrical contact. The prong may resiliently deflects outward when interfacing with the terminal and may deflect with a first resistance prior to contacting a wall and with a second resistance that is greater than the first resistance when the prong contacts the wall. The cover play may also include at least one conductor electrically connecting the prong to the electric load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Snap Rays
    Inventors: Jeremy Smith, Martin Johnson, Phil Dietz, Darren Knight
  • Patent number: 9906007
    Abstract: Grommets for supporting harnesses and systems and methods including the same are disclosed herein. The grommets include a grommet body, a resilient cushion, and a retention mechanism. The grommet body is configured to be received within an aperture that is defined by a structural component and defines a tubular receiving region that is sized to receive the harness. The resilient cushion is located within the tubular receiving region and is configured to extend between the harness and the grommet body. The retention mechanism is configured to selectively retain the grommet body within the aperture. The methods include locating the resilient cushion around an external surface of the harness, locating a first body portion and a second body portion around an external surface of the resilient cushion, and operatively interlocking the first body portion with the second body portion to form the grommet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Steven E. Klein
  • Patent number: 9907180
    Abstract: The present disclosure enhances the design flexibility of a multilayer electronic device. A multilayer electronic device is formed by alternately stacking, in a top-bottom direction, substrate layers in which substrates are disposed and a component layer in which at least one component is disposed. A non-superposing region in which a substrate of a first substrate layer positioned on the upper side of a first component layer is not superposed on a substrate of a second substrate layer positioned on the lower side of the first component layer, as viewed from above, is formed in the substrate. Accordingly, within the multilayer electronic device, a space in which the substrate of the second substrate layer is not located can be formed in a region under the non-superposing region of the substrate of the first substrate layer. By using this space, the design flexibility of the multilayer electronic device can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihito Otsubo, Nobuaki Ogawa
  • Patent number: 9899814
    Abstract: Various embodiments of a wall-plate system are disclosed. For example, wall-plate system may extend in longitudinal, lateral, and transverse directions that are orthogonal to one another. The wall-plate system may include any or all of the following: (1) a face plate; (2) a back plate; (3) electronic circuitry; (4) at least one spring clip comprising at least one first portion of conductive material and resiliently deflecting between a neutral position and a deflected position located outboard of the neutral position in the lateral direction; (6) at least one insulator positioned outboard of the at least one first portion of conductive material in the lateral direction; (7) the at least one insulator tracking the at least one spring clip as the at least one spring clip deflects between the neutral position and the deflected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: SnapRays LLC
    Inventors: Jeremy Smith, Martin Johnson, Phil Dietz, Darren Knight
  • Patent number: 9899129
    Abstract: A tubular cable fitting which is capable of providing strain relief for Tubular Electric Cables (“TEC”) and is designed to protect end fittings from loss of circuit continuity. The TEC end fittings may be of fiber optic or electric type service.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Sensor Development AS
    Inventor: Oivind Godager
  • Patent number: 9885197
    Abstract: A lightning protection and safety rail system comprising a number of bases, vertical posts, horizontal rails, caps, mounting brackets, and lightning cables. The bases anchor the system to an elevated surface. The vertical posts extend upward from the bases. The horizontal rails extend between the vertical rails. The caps are positioned at tops of the vertical posts. The lightning cables are connected to the caps via the mounting brackets and are configured to be connected to an electrical ground. Lightning current travels from the caps, through the lightning cables, and to the electrical ground. Lightning current may also pass through the horizontal rails to a lightning cable attached to another cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Inventors: Kenneth Ray Pettlon, II, Kristopher Aaron Pettlon