Patents Examined by Rhadames J Alonzo Miller
  • Patent number: 9595371
    Abstract: A shielded cable includes a plurality of conductor sets. Each conductor set is substantially surrounded by a shield and includes two insulated conductors. The plurality of conductor sets includes adjacent first and second conductor sets. First and second non-conductive polymeric layers are disposed on opposite sides of the cable and include cover portions and pinched portions. The cover portions in combination substantially surround the plurality of conductor sets. The pinched portions in combination form pinched portions on each side of the cable. A first conductor of the first conductor set is nearest the second conductor set, and a second conductor of the second conductor set is nearest the first conductor set. The first and second conductors have a spacing S and respective outer dimensions D1 and D2. S/Dmin is from 1.7 to 2. Dmin is the lesser of D1 and D2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Douglas B. Gundel, Rocky D. Edwards, Mark M. Lettang, Charles F. Staley
  • Patent number: 9596754
    Abstract: A dry film includes a carrier film, a thermosetting resin composition layer, and a photocurable resin composition layer formed between the carrier film and the thermosetting resin composition layer. The thermosetting resin composition layer is formed by applying and drying a thermosetting resin composition. The photocurable resin composition layer is formed by applying and drying a photocurable resin composition. A method of producing a printed writing board includes forming a resin insulation layer which includes a thermosetting resin composition layer and a photocurable resin composition layer on the substrate, in the order of the thermosetting resin composition layer and the photocurable resin composition layer from a surface side of the substrate, patterning the resin insulation layer by photolithographic approach, and patterning the resin insulation layer by laser processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: TAIYO INK MFG. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gento Iwayama, Arata Endo, Shoji Minegishi, Masao Arima
  • Patent number: 9583883
    Abstract: The method for re-establishing the shielding of the cables of a strand on an electrical connector consists, over an annular part situated at one end connected to the connector, in removing only the outer insulating sheath of each shielded cable without stripping the cables of their electromagnetic shield, in grouping the shielded cables together into a strand and in surrounding the strand with an electrically conducting tape forming a sheath re-establishing the shielding of the strand, the sheath re-establishing the shielding being positioned in contact with the electromagnetic shield of the shielded cables and connected to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Olivier Bourgue, Guillaume Prevost, Anthony Pajot
  • Patent number: 9536637
    Abstract: A multilayered heat-recoverable article 1 includes a base material layer 10 and an adhesive layer 11 disposed on the inner side of the base material layer 10. The adhesive layer 11 includes [A] a thermoplastic resin having a melt flow rate of 15 g/10 min to 1,000 g/10 min at 190° C. and a load of 2.16 kg, [B] an organically treated layered silicate, and [C] a deterioration inhibitor. The shear viscosity at 150° C. of the adhesive layer 11 is 300 Pa·s or more at a shear rate of 0.1 s?1 and 200 Pa·s or less at a shear rate of 100s?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignees: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC FINE POLYMER, INC.
    Inventors: Satoshi Yamasaki, Shinya Nishikawa, Ryouhei Fujita, Yasutaka Emoto
  • Patent number: 9520705
    Abstract: A shielded power feeder system may include at least one unshielded power feeder conductor, and at least one grounded guard wire conductor positioned adjacent to the at least one unshielded power feeder conductor, the at least one unshielded power feeder conductor and the at least one grounded guard wire forming a bundle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Phillip S. Trifeletti, John Kemp Erdelyan, Michael C. Dosch
  • Patent number: 9502154
    Abstract: A shielded electrical ribbon cable includes adjacent first and second longitudinal conductor sets where each conductor set includes two or more insulated conductors. The first conductor set also includes a ground conductor that lies in the plane of the insulated conductors of the first conductor set. At least 90% of the periphery of each conductor set is encompassed by a shielding film. First and second non-conductive polymeric films are disposed on opposite sides of the cable and form cover portions substantially surrounding each conductor set, and pinched portions on each side of each conductor set. When the cable is laid flat, the distance between the center of the ground conductor of the first conductor set and the center of the nearest insulated conductor of the second conductor set is ?1, the center-to-center spacing of the insulated conductors of the second conductor set is ?2, and ?1/?2 is greater than 0.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Douglas B. Gundel, Rocky D Edwards, Mark M. Lettang, Charles F. Staley
  • Patent number: 9496695
    Abstract: An electrical outlet box acoustic seal includes a seal body formed from a flexible sound suppressing material. The seal body has a front side, a rear side, and a peripheral edge. A seal rear projection extends from the seal rear side. The seal rear projection is configured to wrap around a front peripheral edge of an electrical outlet box having left and right sides, top and bottom sides, a rear side, and an open front defined by the outlet box front peripheral edge that provides access to an outlet box interior. When the outlet box is mounted in an opening formed in an architectural separation, and when the acoustic seal is installed on the outlet box, the seal rear projection inserts into a gap between the outlet box front peripheral edge and the opening of the architectural separation to assist in blocking noise transmission through the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: STC Architectural Products, LLC
    Inventor: Paul L. Battaglia
  • Patent number: 9485894
    Abstract: A metal foil for electromagnetic shielding, comprising: a metal foil base, an Sn—Ni alloy layer formed on one or both surfaces of the base, and an oxide layer formed on a surface of the Sn—Ni alloy layer, wherein the Sn—Ni alloy layer includes 20 to 80% by mass of Sn and has a thickness of 30 to 500 nm, and wherein when an analysis in a depth direction is carried out by an XPS being the depth from an outermost surface as X nm, and an atomic percentage (%) of Sn is represented by ASn (X), an atomic percentage (%) of Ni is represented by ANi (X), an atomic percentage (%) of oxygen is represented by AO(X), and X is defined to be XO when AO(X)=0, 30 nm=>XO=>0.5 nm, and 0.4=>?ANi(X)dx/?ASn(X)dx=>0.05 in a section [0, X0] is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corporation
    Inventor: Koichiro Tanaka
  • Patent number: 9480172
    Abstract: A printed circuit board and a method for producing a printed circuit board consisting of at least two printed circuit board regions, wherein the printed circuit board regions each comprise at least one conductive layer and/or at least one conductive component, wherein printed circuit board regions to be connected to one another, in the region of in each case at least one lateral surface directly adjoining one another, are connected to one another by a mechanical coupling. At least one sub-region or connection port of the conductive layer, and/or a conductive element of the component are electrically conductively coupled to each other at the lateral surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: AT & S AUSTRIA TECHNOLOGIE & SYSTEMTECHNIK AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Volodymyr Karpovych, Johannes Stahr
  • Patent number: 9449738
    Abstract: A shielded electrical ribbon cable includes conductor sets each including a pair of twisted conductors, and first and second shielding films on opposite sides of the cable including cover portions substantially surrounding each conductor set, and pinched portions on each side of each conductor set. S is a minimum center-to-center spacing between nearest insulated conductors of two adjacent conductor sets, and Dmin is a minimum outer dimension of the nearest insulated conductors. S/Dmin is between 1.7 and 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Douglas B. Gundel, Rocky D. Edwards, Mark M. Lettang, Charles F. Staley
  • Patent number: 9450556
    Abstract: Surface mount components and related methods involve thin film circuits between first and second insulating substrates. The thin film circuits may include passive components, including resistors, capacitors, inductors, arrays of such components, networks, or filters of multiple passive components. Such thin film circuit(s) can be sandwiched between first and second insulating substrates with internal conductive pads which are exposed to the outside of the surface mount component and electrically connected to external terminations. External terminations may include at least one layer of conductive polymer. Optional shield layers may protect the surface mount components from signal interference. A cover substrate may be formed with a plurality of conductive elements that are designed to generally align with the conductive pads such that conductive element portions are exposed in groups along surfaces of a device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2016
    Assignee: AVX Corporation
    Inventors: Gheorghe Korony, Andrew P. Ritter
  • Patent number: 9443644
    Abstract: A shielded electrical ribbon cable includes conductor sets each including two or more insulated conductors, each conductor set surrounded by a shielding film, and a first and second non-conductive polymeric films on opposite sides of the cable including cover portions and pinched portions. When the cable is laid flat, S/Dmin is in a range from 1.7 to 2, where S is a center-to-center spacing between nearest insulated conductors of two adjacent conductor sets, and Dmin is the lesser of the outer dimensions of such nearest insulated conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Douglas B. Gundel, Rocky D. Edwards, Mark M. Lettang, Charles F. Staley
  • Patent number: 9445493
    Abstract: A signal line that is easily inflected includes a laminated body including at least insulator layers that include flexible material and are laminated from a positive direction side in a z axis direction to a negative direction side therein in this order. A ground conductor is securely fixed to a main surface on the positive direction side of the insulation sheet in the z axis direction. A signal line is securely fixed to a main surface on the positive direction side of the insulator layer in the z axis direction. A ground conductor is securely fixed to a main surface on the positive direction side of the insulator layer in the z axis direction. The ground conductors and the signal line define a stripline structure. The laminated body is inflected so that the insulator layer is located on an inner periphery side, compared with a location of the insulator layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noboru Kato, Jun Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9425595
    Abstract: A wiring module includes a connecting member configured to connect neighboring electrode terminals of electrical storage elements that each have a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal and an insulating protector that accommodates the connecting member. The insulating protector includes a main body configured to hold the connecting member, an insulating cover that is supported by the main body so as to be capable of moving to a closed position in which the insulating cover covers at least part of the connecting member, and an electric wire guide that can be laid over at least a portion of the insulating cover located in the closed position and that has an electric wire passing portion through which an electric wire can be passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Nakayama, Mitsutoshi Morita, Kotaro Takada
  • Patent number: 9411120
    Abstract: A multi-cable breakout assembly includes: a plurality of cables arranged in a rectangular array of M rows×N columns, wherein M and N are positive whole numbers greater than one; a first sleeve that encircles the plurality of cables; first and second ribbon members, the first ribbon member being threaded through the plurality of cables to separate the cables into M rows; and the second ribbon member being threaded through the plurality of cables to separate the cables into N columns; and a second sleeve that overlies an end of the first sleeve and the first and second ribbon members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventor: Charles T. Crain, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9379531
    Abstract: A device is provided for connecting two hybrid electrical transmission cables each having stranded first conductive wires made of a first metal in the central zone of the cable and second conductive wires that are made of a second metal of higher hardness than that of the first metal and wound on and outside this central zone, the second conductive wires of the cables being connected by an external conductive sleeve. The central first wires of the cables are connected by a weld made of the first metal and connecting their end, this weld and this end being covered by a tube of metal of hardness equal to or higher than that of the second wires, at least partially in line with the sleeve, the end of the second wires being re-formed on the first wires and on the tube under the external conductive sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Marc Laurent Boedec, Abdellatif Ait Amar
  • Patent number: 9374885
    Abstract: A ceramic elements module including ceramic elements that have a plurality of lower inserting grooves; an electronic component that is mounted on a lower surface of the ceramic elements; and a heat sink that is coupled with a lower part of the ceramic elements mounted with the electronic component and has a first penetrating hole corresponding to the lower inserting groove and a second penetrating hole into which the electronic component is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gyu Man Hwang, Dae Hyeong Lee
  • Patent number: 9374886
    Abstract: A signal line that is easily inflected includes a laminated body including at least insulator layers that include flexible material and are laminated from a positive direction side in a z axis direction to a negative direction side therein in this order. A ground conductor is securely fixed to a main surface on the positive direction side of the insulation sheet in the z axis direction. A signal line is securely fixed to a main surface on the positive direction side of the insulator layer in the z axis direction. A ground conductor is securely fixed to a main surface on the positive direction side of the insulator layer in the z axis direction. The ground conductors and the signal line define a stripline structure. The laminated body is inflected so that the insulator layer is located on an inner periphery side, compared with a location of the insulator layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Noboru Kato, Jun Sasaki
  • Patent number: 9365170
    Abstract: A grommet assembly that has a retainer and a grommet that is coupled to the retainer. The retainer includes first and second body portions that are connected via a hinge that permits the first and second body portions to be spread apart into an open condition to receive a wire harness. The retainer also includes a latch that permits the first and second body portions to be held in a closed position. The grommet is coupled to the retainer and is configured to form a seal about the retainer. The grommet can have seal members that sealingly engage one another when the retainer is latched in the closed position. Additionally or alternatively, the retainer can have a channel that is configured to support a wire harness and the grommet can have a resilient tubular portion that can be stretched over the channel and the wire harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventors: William Gronowicz, Jr., Anil K. Sahoo, Robert D. Clisch
  • Patent number: 9340924
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a braided chemical fibre cable in which at least one electric conductor is contained, in which the cable is thermally stretched together with the conductor contained therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: Helukabel GmbH
    Inventor: Hansjorg Struwe