Patents Examined by Rhadames Alonzo Miller
  • Patent number: 11190227
    Abstract: An expandable device for use with a portable electronic device includes a body, a button, a platform, and a locking device. The body has a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis, and is movable between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The button is coupled to the first end of the body, and the platform includes an outer surface and a collar extending away from the outer surface. The collar defines a cavity. The locking device is carried by the second end of the body, and at least a portion of the locking device is adapted to be removably disposed in the cavity of the platform for releasably coupling the body to the platform. The locking device is rotatable relative to the platform between an unlocked configuration, in which the body is removable from the platform, and a locked configuration, in which the body is secured to the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: POPSOCKETS LLC
    Inventors: David B. Barnett, Greg Adelman, Michael J. Kory, Randy Yang Chiang, Altan Nahum, David F. Willson
  • Patent number: 11177056
    Abstract: A waterproofing structure for shielded cable includes: a shielded cable including one or more cables and a braided wire serving as a shielding member and covering the cables; and a grommet serving as a waterproofing member covering a waterproofed portion of the braided wire. Thermoplastic resins serving as waterproofing fillers are respectively disposed on an inner side and an outer side of the waterproofed portion of the braided wire. The gaps between the plurality of strands of the braided wire and the gap between the braided wire and the small-diameter cylindrical portion of the grommet are filled with the thermoplastic resin melted by heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Ogue, Hideomi Adachi, Masahide Tsuru, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Kenta Yanazawa, Toshihiro Nagashima, Tetsuo Yamada
  • Patent number: 11178772
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first component carrier with a stack of at least one first electrically conductive layer structure and at least one first electrically insulating layer structure, and a second component carrier with a respective stack of at least one second electrically conductive layer structure and at least one second electrically insulating layer structure. The second component carrier is connected with the first component carrier so that a stacking direction of the first component carrier is angled with regard to a stacking direction of the second component carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gernot Grober, Gerald Weis
  • Patent number: 11170913
    Abstract: A waterproofing structure for shielded cable includes: a shielded cable including one or more cables and a braided wire serving as a shielding member and covering the cables; a grommet serving as a waterproofing member and covering a waterproofed portion on the braided wire; and a heat shrinkable tube including an adhesive disposed to cover the waterproofed portion of the braided wire 13. The adhesive pushed into the braided wire by heat shrinkage of the heat shrinkable tube fills a gap between a plurality of strands of the braided wire in an entire region of the waterproofed portion and a gap between the cable and the braided wire. A space between an outer circumferential surface of the heat shrinkable tube and a part of an inner circumferential surface of the waterproofing member is blocked without any gap in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Ogue, Hideomi Adachi, Masahide Tsuru, Hiroyuki Yoshida, Kenta Yanazawa, Toshihiro Nagashima, Tetsuo Yamada
  • Patent number: 11160195
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a first conductive plate, a second conductive plate adjacent to the first conductive plate without contacting the first conductive plate, a switching element including a first terminal connected to the first conductive plate, a second terminal connected to the second conductive plate, and an element body on which the first terminal and the second terminal. A circuit board opposes and is spaced apart from the second conductive plate. A cover has an open side and covers the switching element and the circuit board. The cover includes a partitioning plate that partitions an inside of the cover so as to form a first chamber. The element body of the switching element is arranged in the first chamber, a second chamber is formed inside the cover by the partitioning plate and the second conductive plate, and the circuit board is arranged in the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: AutoNetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Akira Haraguchi
  • Patent number: 11152774
    Abstract: In a connector of an electrical junction box, a protruding portion protrudes away from a tubular portion from a bottom wall of the tubular portion whose one end face is open. In a housing box, a tubular first cover portion protrudes outward from a circumferential edge portion of an insertion port, and a second cover portion protrudes from a portion of a front end face of the first cover portion. A portion of the protruding portion of the connector is inserted into the insertion port. The first cover portion covers the protruding portion, and the second cover portion covers the protruding portion with a space interposed between the second cover portion and the protruding portion 22. An adhering member is between the protruding portion of the connector and the first cover portion of the housing box and adheres to the protruding portion and the first cover portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroki Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 11133660
    Abstract: A busbar and constructive variations thereof, which has a closed tubular format, based on single, double and triple walls, and said busbar can be manufactured by extrusion, profiling or bending process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Inventor: Melquisedec Francisquini
  • Patent number: 11128085
    Abstract: The subject matter of the present invention is a sealing system configured to form a leak tight electrical connection on a face of an electrical equipment, said sealing system including: a base, comprising a first plate, comprising a through orifice of which the edge is continually comprised in a face of said first plate, a plug comprising a second plate comprising at least one through hole, configured for the passage of at least one electric wire, and a part projecting from said plate suited to being inserted into the orifice, a face of the second plate coming against a face of the first plate, said plug having a flexibility greater than the flexibility of the base, such that the difference in flexibility ensures a constraining of the second plate on the first plate, in such a way as to ensure the sealing of the electrical equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: VALEO SIEMENS EAUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Cédric Ledieu, Jean-Claude Labrosse
  • Patent number: 11127516
    Abstract: A grommet includes a main body part fitted to a penetration hole penetrating an attachment panel, and a tubular part unified with the main body part so as to have a tubular shape. The tubular part includes a tubular part main body formed continuing from the main body part, and a fold-back part formed continuing from the tubular part main body on a side opposite to a side where the main body part is positioned in the axial direction and that can be folded back to the outside of the tubular part main body. The fold-back part is foldable between an attachment position where the fold-back part is folded back to the outside of the tubular part main body, and a use position where the fold-back part is positioned on the side opposite to the side where the main body part is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Kiuchi, Hirotaka Kiyota, Takeshi Onoda
  • Patent number: 11128061
    Abstract: A method for establishing a materially bonded current path connection in low-voltage, medium-voltage and/or high-voltage installations having long-term stability includes providing a first part and/or a second part of a current path with a nanomaterial at least in one region. The first part and the second part of the current path are force-lockingly or form-lockingly connected at least in the respective regions. A supply of a reaction energy together with the nanomaterial creates a conductive and bonded connection between the first part and the second part of the current path. A low-voltage installation, a medium-voltage installation and/or a high-voltage installation is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Dirk Pohle, Philipp Last, Kira Berdien Wuestenberg, Christian Werner
  • Patent number: 11128190
    Abstract: A winding electric wire enables a space factor to be increased and an eddy current to be suppressed, despite using an easy winding process. A winding electric wire is configured such that one enameled wire or a plurality of enameled wires bundled in parallel or in a litz form are braided so as to be formed into a belt-like rectangular or square wire shape having flat braided wires forming flatly-molded layers the number that is two or a multiple of two.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MEIKO ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kimiaki Iwaya, Yuki Kaketa
  • Patent number: 11088520
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a safety cover for an electrical box mounted device. The safety cover is configured to be mounted between the device and a face plate to prevent access to exposed wires and energized terminals inside the electrical box when the face plate is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Price & Parker Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Price, Vance Parker
  • Patent number: 11083101
    Abstract: A subsea data switch is provided. The subsea data switch includes a subsea housing, a data switching unit disposed in the subsea housing, and at least three termination assemblies for terminating at least three subsea cables) to the subsea data switch. In an embodiment, each subsea cable includes a data line, the data lines of the at least three subsea cables being connected to the data switching unit. The data switching unit is configured to provide data switching between the at least three connected data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY AS
    Inventor: Trond Holger Villmark
  • Patent number: 11027679
    Abstract: An electrical device configured to be provided in a vehicle includes a first case; and a second case that is fastened to the first case by a bolt. A side surface of the first case is provided with a columnar projection that extends along the side surface. The columnar projection is provided with a bolt insertion hole through which the bolt is inserted, the bolt insertion hole extending along the side surface. A center line of the bolt insertion hole is located closer to a center of the first case than a center line of the columnar projection is.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Keisuke Yuki
  • Patent number: 11025345
    Abstract: A round hybrid cable includes: two metal wires, two fiber optic lines, and a cable jacket enclosing the two metal wires, the two fiber optic lines, and one or more spaces. The enclosing creates the one or more spaces. The round hybrid cable further includes a synthetic filling configured to fill the one or more spaces created by the enclosing. The two metal wires are arranged side by side and the two fiber optic lines are arranged above and below the two metal wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Radius Universal LLC
    Inventors: Donald Lee Sipes, Jr., John David Read
  • Patent number: 11011289
    Abstract: An anti-kink device for a cable is provided. The anti-kink device for a cable comprises: an anti-kink bush which can be secured on a cable, wherein the anti-kink bush has at least one first snap-in element, a first connecting element which has an opening for the passage of the anti-kink bush, wherein the first connecting element has at least one second snap-in element, a second connecting element which can be connected to the first connecting element, wherein the at least one first snap-in element and the at least one second snap-in element are in such a form that, in a first position of the anti-kink bush relative to the first connecting element, they allow the anti-kink bush to be guided through the opening of the first connecting element and, in a second position of the anti-kink bush relative to the first connecting element, they can be locked together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: LEONI KABEL GMBH
    Inventor: Walter Bachmaier
  • Patent number: 10998607
    Abstract: A heat dissipating sheet having an antenna function, and a portable terminal including the same are provided. The heat dissipating sheet, having an antenna function, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure comprises: an antenna part formed into an antenna pattern having a predetermined line width; and a heat dissipating part disposed on the same plane as the antenna part, and dissipating heat transferred from a heat source or distributing locally concentrated heat, wherein the antenna part and the heat dissipating part are directly attached to an inner surface of a rear case or a back cover of a portable terminal body through a medium of an adhesive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: AMOGREENTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Jae Hwang, Beom-Jin Kim, Min-Ho Won
  • Patent number: 10993315
    Abstract: A compensated via structure is utilized in a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) stackup to improve the radio frequency (RF) transmission performance of the PCB. The compensated via structure includes a compensating structure and a central via surrounded by multiple grounding posts, wherein both ends of the central via are connected to the input and the output transmission lines through pads. The compensating structure is within a ground plane located in between of the two layers within which the input and output transmission lines are. The increased coupling between the central via and the grounding posts and between the compensating structure and the ground plane results in reductions in both return and insertion losses and contributes to the improved RF transmission performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: AvL Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Ian J. Timmins, Keith Edenfield, Bruce Barratt, Alan Ellis
  • Patent number: 10991481
    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: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Zeus Industrial Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Zeth Eberling, Richard Crowley, Brian R. Tomblin
  • Patent number: 10986759
    Abstract: Embodiments relate generally to power conversion systems. The system may include an inverter subsystem, inverter housing assembly, and processing subsystem. The inverter subsystem may include an input section for receiving input DC voltage and output section for providing output AC voltage. The inverter housing assembly may include side walls, main cavity, air inflow section, and air outflow section. The main cavity may be formed so as to house the inverter subsystem and form a ventilation channel. The air inflow section may be for use in allowing an inflow of air. The air outflow section may be for use in allowing an outflow of air. The processing subsystem may include a monitoring assembly and communication assembly. Monitoring assembly may be electrically connected to the inverter subsystem and configurable to perform measurements. Communication assembly may be in communication with the monitoring assembly, and configurable to communicate measurements performed by the monitoring assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Inventor: Jonathan Schloo