Patents Examined by Stanley Tso
  • Patent number: 10931130
    Abstract: A power supply unit for an aerosol inhaler includes: a power supply able to discharge power to a load for generating an aerosol from an aerosol source; a first control device and a second control device which are configured to control at least one of charging and discharging of the power supply; a circuit board on which the first control device and the second control device are provided; a first capacitor which is provided on an input side of the first control device so as to be connected in parallel with the first control device; and a second capacitor which is provided on an input side of the second control device so as to be connected in parallel with the second control device, wherein a capacity of the first capacitor is different from a capacity of the second capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Japan Tobacco Inc.
    Inventor: Takeshi Akao
  • Patent number: 10917971
    Abstract: Provided is an electronic component including a coil portion including a base including a conductive metal, and a terminal portion that is connected to a predetermined circuit board. A front surface of the base is covered, and the terminal portion is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: SONY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hirofumi Nakazawa
  • Patent number: 10917966
    Abstract: An article includes a wafer having a body which defines a first surface and a second surface. The wafer defines a via having a via surface extending between the first and second surfaces through the body. An adhesion layer is positioned on the via surface. At least a portion of the via surface is free of the adhesion layer. A metallic component is positioned within the via and extends from the first surface to the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Shrisudersan Jayaraman
  • Patent number: 10912217
    Abstract: A protective enclosure for electrical components. A body defines a front opening, a first end opening, and a second end opening, wherein the body includes a front panel, a rear panel, and two side panels, all of which are formed at least in part by a single material sheet, without welding. A door is coupled to the body to selectively close the front opening. First and second end caps are sealingly coupled to the body around the first and second end openings. A first ledge, formed by the single material sheet, surrounds the first end opening and lies in a first plane perpendicular to the front, rear, and side panels. A second ledge, formed by the single material sheet, surrounds the second end opening and lies in a second plane parallel to the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: Enclosures Unlimited Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Kelly, John E. Hanley, Jeffrey S. Bopp, John Taveirne, Steve C. Wolfe
  • Patent number: 10905041
    Abstract: Methods for attachment and devices produced using such methods are disclosed. In certain examples, the method comprises disposing a capped nanomaterial on a substrate, disposing a die on the disposed capped nanomaterial, drying the disposed capped nanomaterial and the disposed die, and sintering the dried disposed die and the dried capped nanomaterial at a temperature of 300° C. or less to attach the die to the substrate. Devices produced using the methods are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Alpha Assembly Solutions Inc.
    Inventors: Monnir Boureghda, Nitin Desai, Anna Lifton, Oscar Khaselev, Michael T. Marczi, Bawa Singh
  • Patent number: 10896771
    Abstract: A transfer module for transferring power to a non-thermal plasma generator includes a power cable; a first epoxy; a second epoxy; an interface between the first epoxy and the second epoxy; and a well; the power cable including a conductor for conducting electrical power and an insulation layer for surrounding a portion of the conductor; the first epoxy being located within the well to surround the insulation layer; the second epoxy being located within the well to surround the conductor located within the well; the second epoxy being located outside the well to surround the conductor located outside the well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Volt Holdings, LLC
    Inventor: Peter Farrell
  • Patent number: 10886674
    Abstract: The invention relates generally to an illuminable wall socket plate for replacing existing wall socket plates in one simple installation step. The illuminable wall socket plate obtains electric current from a socket to power a light by connecting metal tabs on the back side of the illuminable wall socket plate to socket terminals, and transferring electric current from the socket terminals to a light in the wall socket plate through conductive material, in accordance with the invention described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SnapRays, LLC
    Inventor: Daniel A. Diotte
  • Patent number: 10887987
    Abstract: An article includes a wafer having a body which defines a first surface and a second surface. The wafer defines a via having a via surface extending between the first and second surfaces through the body. An adhesion layer is positioned on the via surface. At least a portion of the via surface is free of the adhesion layer. A metallic component is positioned within the via and extends from the first surface to the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Shrisudersan Jayaraman
  • Patent number: 10866613
    Abstract: Disclosed are a conductive particle, an anisotropic conductive film, a display device, and a method for fabricating the same so as to detect the extent to which the conductive particles are cracked in a heating and pressurizing process, to thereby improve the ratio of finished products while the display device is being manufactured. A core of the conductive particle is a fluorescent resin core. In the conductive particle according to this disclosure, the core of the conductive particle is a fluorescent resin core, and the extent to which the conductive particle is cracked can be detected by detecting varying fluorescence in a heating and pressuring process, to thereby alleviate such a phenomenon from taking place that the conductive particle has a poor electrical conductivity due to an insufficient pressure, or the conductive particle is cracked, and thus loses its electrical conductivity, due to an excessive pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Huan Ni, Fengzhen Lv, Xinxia Zhang, Xiao Guo, Qun Li, Xiaolong Xie, Chengpeng Yao, Mingguang Li
  • Patent number: 10865067
    Abstract: A cord reel assembly including a single, continuous cord having stationary and retractable segments, with the stationary segment including multiple connectors and sheath covering such connectors where the connectors twist and untwist relative to the sheath in response to the retract and extension of the retractable segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Astronics Connectivity Systems and Certification Corp.
    Inventors: John Alford, Christopher Hinojosa
  • Patent number: 10868411
    Abstract: A structure to structure electrical service bridging assembly for electrically connecting a pair of structures includes a rack, a conduit, and a junction box, with each being one of a pair of racks, a pair of conduits, and a pair of junction boxes, respectively. Each rack, conduit, and junction box is mountable to a respective structure, such that each structure is engaged with one rack, one conduit, and one junction box. The rack is external to the structure and the conduit extends upwardly from the junction box to above the rack. The junction box is can be engaged to an electrical circuit of the structure. A set of wires is engaged to and extends between the racks. The wires extend through the conduits and electrically couple the junction boxes. The wires supply electricity from an electrical service of one structure to the electrical circuit of the other structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Inventor: Merrion Fleming
  • Patent number: 10862279
    Abstract: The invention relates to a switchgear cabinet for a wind power plant, having a U-shaped base plate, comprising a bottom and two side parts, two end plates connected to the base plate, and a cover, by means of which the switchgear cabinet is closed, wherein the end plates are lengthened beyond the side parts or longitudinal sides formed by the latter, or the end plates are each set back at a distance with respect to an outer edge of the base plate, such that the base plate and/or the end plates form tabs projecting outward, which are useful for the fixing of holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: NIDEC SSB WIND SYSTEMS GMBH
    Inventor: Hendrik Wensing
  • Patent number: 10858282
    Abstract: Doped, low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) insulating substrates and related wiring boards and methods of manufacture are disclosed. The doped, LTCC insulating substrate is formed from a baked (e.g., sintered) glass-ceramic aggregate material formed from a glass material, a ceramic filler material, and a composite oxide. The crystallized glass-ceramic aggregate is then doped with Iron and/or Manganese before baking. Iron or Manganese can further reduce dielectric loss and the loss tangent of the LTCC insulating substrate formed from that glass material. The glass material becomes crystallized due to an oxide crystal phase being deposited on the glass material during baking, which reduces the dielectric losses. This may be important for the application use as wiring boards for high radio-frequency (RF) electrical circuits where low dielectric loss and loss tangent is desired to achieve a desired signal transmission delay performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Klaus Dieter Aichholzer, Pavol Dudesek, Pascal Dotta
  • Patent number: 10844982
    Abstract: An adapter for a sealing boot includes: an annular body having a radially-outward exterior surface; at least one helical thread extending radially inwardly to define a threaded interior surface and defining a plurality of roots and crests, wherein the crests extend radially inwardly a distance A from the roots; and a blocking section that extends axially across the plurality of roots and crests, the blocking section extending radially inwardly at least the distance A from the roots at junctions with the crests, and extending radially inwardly a distance B from the roots in areas between the roots and crests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Ronald A. Vaccaro
  • Patent number: 10847288
    Abstract: A system for the manufacturing of high-fidelity insulated components is described. Per field requirements, components crafted via the process are hermetically sealed, and are configured to employ appropriately matched materials in accordance with their inherent properties of thermal expansion. A pin, glass insulator, and ferule are present. As opposed to conventional insulated components which employ stainless steel as an inefficient conductor, the unique matching process of the system provides for the use of copper and silver alloys to maximize efficiency while maintaining a hermetic seal. Specific glass is selected in accordance with the desired alloy in order to maintain similar degrees of expansion and contraction per temperature variations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Inventor: Anthony Bellora
  • Patent number: 10840008
    Abstract: An electronic component includes an electronic component body and an external electrode. The external electrode is disposed on the electronic component body. The external electrode includes a Pd plating layer and a Ni plating layer. The Pd plating layer defines an outermost layer. The Ni plating layer is disposed inside the Pd plating layer. The Ni plating layer is partly exposed from the Pd plating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuaki Kainuma, Seiji Katsuta, Akihiro Motoki
  • Patent number: 10840686
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for unlocking and remove at least one plug-in electrical or IoT device locked by two lock ramps included in two channel of ramps on two surfaces of the plug-in device engaging at least two reciprocal channel of ramps on two surfaces of a support box, by an insertable dual release bar attached to a pull cord or an handle of an hand tool for inserting two insertable bars between the channels of ramps and the reciprocal channels of ramps for unlock and pull to remove the plug-in device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ELBEX VIDEO LTD.
    Inventor: David Elberbaum
  • Patent number: 10840687
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for unlocking and remove at least one plug-in electrical or IoT device locked by two lock ramps included in two channel of ramps on two surfaces of the plug-in device engaging at least two reciprocal channel of ramps on two surfaces of a support box, by an insertable dual release bar attached to a pull cord or an handle of an hand tool for inserting two insertable bars between the channels of ramps and the reciprocal channels of ramps for unlock and pull to remove the plug-in device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: ELBEX VIDEO LTD.
    Inventor: David Elberbaum
  • Patent number: 10832834
    Abstract: A cable assembly includes a cable, a connector that is provided at an end of the cable in a direction in which the cable extends, a plurality of electric transmission lines configured to transmit an electric signal, and a plurality of optical transmission lines configured to transmit an optical signal. The plurality of electric transmission lines and the plurality of optical transmission lines are provided in the cable assembly so as to extend across the cable and the connector. The plurality of optical transmission lines are provided so that at least one of the plurality of optical transmission lines is provided at each of ends of the cable assembly in a width direction perpendicular to the direction in which the cable extends. The plurality of electric transmission lines are provided inside the plurality of optical transmission lines in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiroh Nishio, Naoshi Usuki, Satoshi Takahashi
  • Patent number: 10833462
    Abstract: A transition joint which blocks insulating oil by connecting a three core HPFF cable and a three core XLPE cable is provided. The transition joint includes three epoxy units which connect independently three first cable cores constituting the three core HPFF cable and three second cable cores constituting the three core XLPE cable, respectively. Each of the epoxy units includes a center electrode connecting an electrode of the first cable core and an electrode of the second cable core, and an epoxy molding part implemented in the form of surrounding an outer wall of the center electrode in order to block the center electrode from the insulating oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: TAI HAN ELECTRIC WIRE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hwa Jong Kim, Hyun Joo Kim, Han Wha Kim, Jae Hyuk Song, Du Hyoun Han, Dong-suk Hong