Patents Examined by Rhadames Alonzo Miller
  • Patent number: 11631504
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides insulated electrical conductors, e.g., wires, and methods for producing such insulated electrical conductors to combat partial discharge by enhancing bond strength between the electrical conductor and a base insulating thermoplastic layer (e.g., including a PAEK). Such insulated electrical conductors can include: an electrical conductor; an insulating coating on at least a portion of a surface of the electrical conductor; and an oxide layer between the electrical conductor and the insulating coating. Methods for producing such insulated electrical conductors can involve extrusion of an insulating polymer onto the electrical conductor under ambient atmosphere and a subsequent heat treatment step, which can also be conducted under ambient atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Zeus Company Inc.
    Inventors: Zeth Eberling, Richard Crowley, Brian R. Tomblin
  • Patent number: 11631971
    Abstract: A cable gland is provided which has an elongate body having an entrance end and a fitting end with a passage extending therebetween. A locating member having a flange which operatively abuts the entrance end of the body is provided. A clamping assembly is securable to the entrance end of the body through a coupler, and includes a tubular member having a clamping end and a free end with a bore extending between them. The clamping end provides a clamping surface complementary to the flange of the locating member such that cable armour can be secured between the clamping surface and the flange, both of which extend in a radial direction, generally normal to the axes of the passage and the bore.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: CCG INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
    Inventor: Geoffrey Ingles Mood
  • Patent number: 11626716
    Abstract: Disclosed are embodiments of a round floor grommet and a rectangular floor grommet. These floor grommets can be constructed in any desired shape other than round or rectangular. Frame portions that hold foam pieces are joined together to form a primary slit in the floor grommet. Cross slits can also be formed in the foam material. The foam is a semi-closed cell foam that is constructed from PVC and nitrile butadiene rubber which has superior sealing effects since the foam can conform around objects passing through the slits in the floor grommet and seal any flow of air through the slits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Raymond & Lae Engineering, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald M. Raymond, Jeremy D. Swanner, Timothy L. Hirschenhofer, James M. Schneider
  • Patent number: 11621106
    Abstract: A waterproof connector that is easy to design and manufacture and that can provide sufficiently close contact with respect to a through hole including a tapered opening is provided. A sealing member that provides waterproofness of the waterproof connector includes an inner tube portion and an outer tube portion, and the connector body includes a holding projection. The holding projection is configured to be inserted between the inner tube portion and the outer tube portion from a rear side in an insertion direction and configured to push the outer tube portion against an inner circumferential face of the tapered opening when the sealing member is received between the outer circumferential face of the connector body and the inner circumferential face of the tapered opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kengo Aoshima, Takeo Ida
  • Patent number: 11621104
    Abstract: A differential mode instrumentation cable for improving the signal integrity of audio signals in different environments including use of a sonar hydrophone being towed to the water behind a ship and the sonar hydrophone signal receiver aboard ship to improve the hydrophone signal receiver signal output clarity, reducing strumming cable noises, comprising a first triaxial cable and a second triaxial cable, placed side-by-side, and surrounded by waterproof cable material fr to prevent any water from reaching the first and second triaxial cable from end to end from the hydrophone to the signal receiver aboard ship and mounted together, said first coaxial cable and said second coaxial cable including a wired connection that includes an active driven shield buffer circuit in each triaxial cable having an inner conductor for voltage in from the positive polarity and minus polarity and the voltage out driven guard shield with series breakout resistor connected to the each triaxial inner shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Inventor: Susan Lesko
  • Patent number: 11621103
    Abstract: The application discloses a flat cable assembly, which includes a plurality of cables arranged in a row and an insulating film. The cables have a center line and include connecting portions, a signal wire and a grounding wire respectively. The connection portions are located on one side of the center line. The insulating film is disposed on the connecting portion of any one of the cables and located on one side of the central line. The cables are exposed from the insulating film. The insulating film is disposed on a single side of the cables, whereby the cables are exposed from the insulating film. The flat cable assembly is easily manufactured and the amount of the cables therein can be varied according to real practice condition. The grounding wire is integrated to each cable, whereby the flat cable assembly has an excellent anti-EMI effect and performance in signal transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: ZhongChao Peng, JinChang Dai, BenTao Hu, HuanZhong Yan, Andrew John Nowak, Charles Lloyd Grant
  • Patent number: 11587721
    Abstract: An inductor component includes a main body formed in a flat-plate shape and including a magnetic layer; an inductor wiring line disposed on a plane inside the main body; a first vertical wiring line that extends, from a pad portion which is an end portion of the inductor wiring line, in a first direction to pass through the inside of the main body, and is exposed on a first principal surface side of the main body; a second vertical wiring line that extends, from the pad portion of the inductor wiring line, in a second direction to pass through the inside of the main body, and is exposed on a second principal surface side of the main body; and an insulation layer of a non-magnetic body. The first vertical wiring line includes a via conductor and a columnar wiring line. The second vertical wiring line includes a columnar wiring line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimasa Yoshioka, Mizuho Katsuta
  • Patent number: 11587702
    Abstract: The invention relates to a grommet made of a material that is elastic at least in portions for receiving at least one elongate object for strain relief and sealing, comprising an outer frame element that can be opened along a slit and comprises at least two membranes that are spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the elongate object to be received and each comprise a hole of equal size, so as to be flush with one another, for receiving the elongate object. The invention is characterised in that the respective hole of the at least two membranes contacts the material of the frame element on the side of the slit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: ICOTEK PROJECT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Bruno Ehmann, Valentin Ehmann
  • Patent number: 11587697
    Abstract: The application discloses a flat cable assembly, which includes a plurality of cables and an insulating film. The cables are arranged in a row and have a center line. The plurality of cables respectively have a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion symmetrically disposed with the first connecting portion, a signal wire and a grounding wire. The first connection portion is located on one side of the center line, and the second connection portion is located on the other side of the center line. The insulating film is provided on the first connection portion and the second connection portion of any one of the plurality cables. The two sides of the insulating film do not protrude outward from the two outermost cables, and the two surfaces of the insulating film in the direction perpendicular to the center line are planes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: ZhongChao Peng, JinChang Dai, BenTao Hu, HuanZhong Yan, Andrew John Nowak, Charles Lloyd Grant
  • Patent number: 11569008
    Abstract: A cable includes a first metal conductor, a first insulator, a second metal conductor and a second insulator. The first insulator includes a first arc-shaped surface. The second insulator includes a second arc-shaped surface. A distance between a central axis of the first metal conductor and a central axis of the second metal conductor is S. The first insulator and/or the second insulator are formed with a deformation surface at a position where the first insulator and the second insulator are in contact with each other. An outer diameter of a circle where the first arc-shaped surface is located and/or an outer diameter of a circle where the second arc-shaped surface is located is D, where S/D?0.99. The cable of the present disclosure can achieve low mode conversion and improve high frequency characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: DONGGUAN LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Charles Lloyd Grant, Andrew John Nowak, Jinchang Dai, Bentao Hu, Huanzhong Yan
  • Patent number: 11557889
    Abstract: A system for pulling wire behind a wall is provided. One embodiment comprises a cylindrical weight defined by an outside diameter and a first length, and a tubular body with a hollow interior defined by an inside diameter that is greater than the outside diameter of the cylindrical weight and a second length that is greater than the first length. A distal end of the tubular body includes a tip configured to penetrate a material that is behind the wall, wherein when oriented in a vertical position behind the wall, and wherein in response to drawing the cylindrical weight upward through the tubular body and then releasing the cylindrical weight, the cylindrical weight travels downward towards the distal end of the tubular body and impacts the tip such that momentum of the downward travelling cylindrical weight is transferred to the tip, thereby driving the tubular body downward through the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: PROMETHEAN INNOVATIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Kaleshnik
  • Patent number: 11551856
    Abstract: A coil component according to one or more embodiments includes a base body having first to sixth surfaces, and a coil conductor including a winding portion that extends around a coil axis intersecting the first and second surfaces. The winding portion includes first, second, third, and fourth portions facing the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth surfaces, respectively when viewed from a direction of the coil axis. The radii of curvature of the first and second portions are both smaller than the radii of curvature of the third and fourth portions. When viewed from the direction of the coil axis, the distance between the first portion and the third surface and the distance between the second portion and the fourth surface are both larger than the distance between the third portion and the fifth surface and the distance between the fourth portion and the sixth surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Tokunaga, Tomoo Kashiwa
  • Patent number: 11552463
    Abstract: A flange fitted around a round cylindrical condenser core of a bushing is described. The flange comprises an annular lower flange part arranged to fit around a radial shoulder of the condenser core such that a lower shoulder chamfer of the shoulder rests against lower flange chamfer of the lower flange part around the circumference of the condenser core; and an annular upper flange part fastened to the lower flange part and fits around the condenser core above an upper shoulder chamfer of the shoulder. An upper flange chamfer of the upper flange part is between an upper sealing element and a lower sealing element, forming an annular chamfer space is formed between the upper flange chamfer and the upper shoulder chamfer between the upper and lower sealing elements. The flange comprises an injection through hole for a filler material to be injected there through to fill the chamfer space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Peter Sjöberg, Jakob Emmel, Jan Czyzewski, Ansgar Dais, Fabian Stacy, Leif Roosgardh
  • Patent number: 11538621
    Abstract: A multilayer coil component includes a multilayer body formed by stacking a plurality of insulating layers in a length direction and that has a built-in coil, and first and second outer electrodes that are electrically connected to the coil. The coil is formed by a plurality of coil conductors stacked in the length direction being electrically connected to each other. The first and second outer electrodes respectively cover parts of first and second end surfaces and parts of a first main surface. The length of a region in which the coil conductors are arranged in the stacking direction lies in a range from 85% to 95% of the length of the multilayer body. The sum of the numbers of stacked coil conductors that face the parts of the first and second outer electrodes extending along the first main surface is less than or equal to twelve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsuo Hirukawa, Yuki Nishikawa
  • Patent number: 11508507
    Abstract: A magnetic wiring circuit board includes an insulating layer; a wire disposed on a one-side surface in a thickness direction of the insulating layer and having a one-side surface in the thickness direction disposed to face the one-side surface in the thickness direction of the insulting layer at spaced intervals thereto, an other-side surface in the thickness direction in contact with the one-side surface in the thickness direction of the insulating layer, and side surfaces each connecting an end edge of the one-side surface in the thickness direction to an end edge of the other-side surface in the thickness direction; and a magnetic layer containing a magnetic particle having a shape of an aspect ratio of 2 or more and embedding the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Okumura, Yoshihiro Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11502493
    Abstract: Methods for installing electronic connections into a Factory Mutual certified cabinet may comprise providing a double walled cabinet. The double walled cabinet ay comprise an outer cabinet wall, and inner cabinet wall, and an airgap between the inner cabinet wall and the outer cabinet wall. The method may comprise the steps of including a first large hole in a surface of the outer cabinet wall and including a first small hole in a surface of the inner cabinet wall. Methods can additionally include the steps of inserting a first bulkhead fitting into the first small hole in the surface of the inner cabinet wall via the first large hole and covering the first large hole in the surface of the outer cabinet wall. Methods may additionally include the first small hole at least partially overlapping the first large hole when viewed from a plane normal to the first large hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: JUSTRITE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, L.L.C.
    Inventor: Ronald Frank Auer
  • Patent number: 11502499
    Abstract: A coupling sleeve for connecting cable ends of high-voltage DC cables by means of a connection body including control inserts for controlling the electric field, wherein the connection body is made of an elastomer, particularly a silicone elastomer. A cable system, particularly for high-voltage DC applications, including two cables and a coupling sleeve, as well as to a method for producing a coupling sleeve, and to a method for connecting two cable ends of two DC cables by means of a coupling sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: NKT GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Mathias Behle, Uwe Amerpohl
  • Patent number: 11502494
    Abstract: A cable spacer includes first and second angle arms each having a cable engaging end at one end and a flat tab portion at an opposite end having a connecting tab and an aperture to connect the arms to each other. An insulator extends between and connects the angle arms at their respective connecting tabs. The insulator has a non-conductive core. The angle arms and insulator mounted to each other define a spacer plane. A bottom arm is mounted to and depends from insulator. The bottom arm is mounted to the insulator to sway into and out of the spacer plane. A clamp secures the cable spacer to a messenger and includes upper and lower clamp portions. The upper clamp portion mounts to the messenger and the lower clamp portion mounts to cable spacer angle arms. The lower clamp portion is rotatable relative to the upper clamp portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Marmon Utility LLC
    Inventors: Charles Clement, Jordan Barthol, Shravani Talabathula, Edward Laughlin, Guberson Mercedat
  • Patent number: 11497125
    Abstract: A bonded substrate includes a substrate, a metal plate forming a stacked state with the substrate, and bonding member. The metal plate has a first surface on the substrate side and a second surface opposite; wherein an edge of the first surface is located outside an edge of the second. The bonding member is disposed between the substrate and plate to bond the plate and substrate, and protrudes from the edge over an entire periphery of the plate. In cut surfaces obtained by cutting the bonded substrate, a peripheral surface length (A) from a portion corresponding to a peripheral edge of the first surface to a corresponding portion of the second, protrusion length of the bonding member, and thickness (C) of the metal plate satisfy first and second expressions. 0.032?B/(A+B)?0.400??(First Expression) 0.5(mm)?C?2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: DENKA COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuta Tsugawa, Koji Nishimura, Ryota Aono
  • Patent number: 11495950
    Abstract: A top cover includes a cover portion and a jump start terminal cover. The cover portion includes a peripheral wall. The peripheral wall includes a side portion that extends along a first plane. The cover portion includes an opening configured to house a jump start terminal. The opening includes a plurality of tabs that are spaced apart from each other so as to define a corresponding slot. One of the slots is a side-slot which extends orthogonal to the side portion of the peripheral wall. The jump start terminal cover is configured to cover the jump start terminal. The jump start terminal cover includes a plurality of prongs corresponding to the number of slots one of the prongs engages the side-slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kyles O. Hamilton, Jr.