Patents Examined by Stanley Tso
  • Patent number: 10826283
    Abstract: An electrical distribution system for providing electric power to cranes, hoists, elevators and the like which move on a track, tower or support beam. In particular, a modular electrical system comprised of a modular buss bar system which provides electrical power for operation of construction cranes, hoists, elevators and the like on a construction or material transfer site or permanent building including a system and apparatus which is configurable to provide an easily movable and/or reconfigurable electrical power distribution system which is mounted to a construction mast, hoist, elevator or building under construction during the building construction process, a permanent building, or to a horizontal overhead crane support beam. In a further embodiment, a heating system for a modular buss bar system is provided which prevents the formation of ice and snow on the electrical contacts of a modular buss bar electrical system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Inventor: Lawrence Blinn
  • Patent number: 10818417
    Abstract: A conductive member includes a flat conductor having a substantially rectangular cross section, first and second cover members disposed so as to face each other with respect to front and back surfaces of the flat conductor, and sandwiching the flat conductor in a plate thickness direction of the flat conductor to cover the flat conductor, a locking portion provided on the first cover member and protruding toward the second cover member, and an engagement portion provided on the second cover member, and configured to hold the first and second cover members in a state that the flat conductor is sandwiched between the first and second cover members and the engagement portion engages with the locking portion which passes through a through hole provided in a central portion of the flat conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Toshiharu Takahashi, Osamu Furugoori
  • Patent number: 10813240
    Abstract: An enclosure includes a housing having an opening and a seal land adjacent to the opening. A cover has a plurality of ribs and is configured to be fastened to the housing to cover the opening such that the plurality of ribs are sealingly engaged against the seal land.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles A. Seymour, Ron A. Wilson
  • Patent number: 10806333
    Abstract: A three-dimensional wiring substrate includes: a front plate having an electrode pad electrically connected to a solid-state image sensing device; a rear plate protruding toward a rear side of the front plate from an outer peripheral portion of a rear surface of the front plate; an internal conductor connection pad which is disposed on the rear surface and to which an internal conductor of a coaxial cable is electrically connected; an external conductor connection pad which is disposed on a connection-side main surface which is a surface on an opening angle side of the rear plate with respect to the rear surface and to which an external conductor of the coaxial cable is electrically connected; and an inter-pad connection wiring that secures at least one of electrical continuity of the internal conductor connection pad and electrical continuity of the external conductor connection pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventor: Takao Sato
  • Patent number: 10811814
    Abstract: A productive housing for a coaxial cable connector comprising an elastomeric housing disposed over and engaging a connector and having a plurality of longitudinal slots formed into the inner mold line (IML) surface of the elastomeric housing. The longitudinal slots function to reduce the surface area of frictional engagement between the intermediate surface and the corresponding peripheral surface of the coaxial cable connector. The longitudinal slots serve as a longitudinal passageway for the movement of trapped air from one IML surface to another so as to prevent the built-up of air and/or inducing a pocket of suction resisting the separation of the housing from the jumper cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: JOHN MEZZALINGUA ASSOCIATES, LLC
    Inventors: Nikhil B. Meshram, Adam T. Nugent, Christopher P. Natoli, Brandon M Stevens, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10811180
    Abstract: An electrical transformer system includes an electrical transformer and a depressurization system in fluid communication with an outlet of the electrical transformer. The depressurization system may include a rupture disk having a downwardly facing domed portion extending toward the outlet of the electrical transformer. The domed portion has an apex and a base with a retention portion surrounding the domed portion adjacent the base. A score line network extends circumferentially around the domed portion adjacent the base and spaced apart from the apex. The score line network includes a plurality of serrated score line segments and a plurality of hinge score line extending from the score line segments towards the apex of dome portion. The rupture disk may be interested into a housing assembly with a removable cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: SENTRY GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, INC.
    Inventor: Gerald D. Basore
  • Patent number: 10804686
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for receiving and supporting busbars as electrical connection elements for a circuit board. The device is arranged in a gap between the circuit board and a housing wall, in contact with the circuit board and with the housing wall, and comprises a housing which receives at least one busbar and which, on a first end, is designed with a supporting element for holding the device on the housing wall. Here, the housing wall is designed with a screw base of a screw connection, and the supporting element is designed in the form of an eyelet such a manner that the supporting element encloses the screw base at least partially, and the circuit board is connected on a front side of the screw base to the housing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: HANON SYSTEMS
    Inventors: Bernadette Goebbels, Stephan Werker, Sandra Moravek
  • Patent number: 10804011
    Abstract: A flat cable 10 according to the invention has a plurality of arrayed conductors 11; and an insulating layer 12 covering the periphery of the conductors 11 with a coating film, in which the insulating layer 12 includes a plurality of layers, the outermost layer 13 of the insulating layer 12 and the innermost layer 14 contacting the conductors are both formed from polyphenylene sulfide-based resins, and the melting point of the polyphenylene sulfide-based resin constituting the innermost layer 14 is lower by 5° C. or more than the melting point of the polyphenylene sulfide-based resin constituting the outermost layer 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Yutaka Suzuki, Michimasa Watanabe, Haruki Watabe, Kenji Hiroki
  • Patent number: 10797477
    Abstract: A clip includes first and second portions that are joined to one another by a living hinge. A snap includes first and second coupling elements that are respectively provided on the first and second portions. The first and second coupling elements are decoupled from one another in a closed clip position and are coupled to one another in an open clip position. Each of the first and second portions define an elongated slot that extends through a width of the clip that has an open end and a closed end. The open ends face a same direction. Each of the first and second portions include a first and second spring respectively. The first and second springs face one another. The first and second springs are configured to clamp about a wiring in the closed clip position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: David R. Peterson, Joseph Sudik, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10791637
    Abstract: A circuit board secure connection apparatus, a circuit board and a plug-and-lock industrial computer frame are provided. The circuit board secure connection apparatus includes: a holder; a connector which is elastic and movably mounted on the holder; a profile ratchet which is elastic and hinged on a bottom portion of the holder through a first hinge; a hook handle hinged on a rear portion of the holder through a second hinge; and a hook button which is elastic and movably mounted on the hook handle; wherein the hook handle cooperates with the holder through the hook button for being attached to or detached from the holder; the hood handle cooperates with the profile ratchet for rotating the profile ratchet. The plug-and-lock industrial computer frame with the circuit board secure connection apparatus and the circuit board has advantages such as simple installation, reliable connection, and sufficient performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Inventors: Lixing Yi, Yipin Chen
  • Patent number: 10784662
    Abstract: A weak-link latch for releasably pulling a cable (13) arranged in a conduit (14). The weak link latch is releasably connected to the conduit, and securely connected to the cable. A plurality of arms (4,5) extend laterally from a central member (1) arranged to engage the conduit, with at least one of which arms being a rotatable arm (5,19), rotatable about an axle (6) from an extended position in locked engagement with the conduit to a collapsed position disengaged from the conduit. A shear pin (7) is arranged between the rotatable arm (5,19) and the central member (1), the shear pin arranged to prevent rotation of the rotatable arm from the extended position to the collapsed position, said shear pin having a predetermined breaking force, said breaking force being a shear force due to rotational force from the rotatable arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Balmoral Comtec Limited
    Inventor: Henrik Bang Andreasen
  • Patent number: 10777338
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing finished wire and cable having reduced coefficient of friction and pulling force during installation, includes providing a payoff reel containing at least one internal conductor wire; supplying the at least one internal conductor wire from the reel to at least one extruder; providing the least one extruder, wherein the at least one extruder applies an insulating material and a polymerized jacket composition over the at least one internal conductor wire, wherein the polymerized jacket composition comprises a predetermined amount by weight of nylon; and at least 3% by weight of a silica providing a cooling device for lowering the temperature of the extruded insulating material and the polymerized jacket composition and cooling the insulating material and the polymerized jacket composition in the cooling device; and, reeling onto a storage reel the finished, cooled, wire and cable for storage and distribution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: ENCORE WIRE CORPORATION
    Inventors: William T. Bigbee, Jr., Stephen S. Griffin
  • Patent number: 10777339
    Abstract: A method of forming a grommet configured to provide support for a cable exiting of a housing is presented herein. The method includes the steps of providing a sleeve and a sealing part and providing one or more reinforcement members in a region of a transition between the sleeve and the sealing part. At least one of the sleeve and the sealing part are made from a material that is softer than a material of said one or more reinforcement members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Gert Droesbeke, Tim-Arvid Schroedter, Andre Oeken, Jannik Renfordt, Stefan Dubbert, Andre Kleinhoeltig
  • Patent number: 10766438
    Abstract: To provide a technique for enabling a single exterior member to be easily used for both a region of a wire harness that is disposed in a flat state and a region thereof that is disposed in a bent state. The wire harness includes an exterior member formed in a sheet shape, and a wire disposed overlapping the exterior member in at least a partial region extending along an extension direction of the wire. At least a part of a portion where an insulating covering of the wire and the exterior member overlap is welded. A partial region of the exterior member that extends along the extension direction of the wire is in a flat state, and at least another partial region of the exterior member that extends along the extension direction of the wire is rolled up in a direction intersecting the extension direction of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Housei Mizuno, Hiroki Hirai, Makoto Higashikozono, Hidetoshi Ishida, Masakuni Kasugai
  • Patent number: 10770875
    Abstract: An electrical outlet assembly is mountable in a floor or work surface, and includes an upper bezel and a lower insert that are joined in a non-rigid manner that permits some adjustment to the spacing and/or tilt of the upper bezel relative to the lower insert. The upper bezel and lower insert are joined together by a plurality of fasteners extending between a plurality of fastener receivers coupled to the upper bezel, and to the lower insert. At least one end of each coupling fastener is loosely captured in such a way that when the coupling fasteners are fully secured, they are permitted to move axially relative to the fastener receiver or the lower insert. This allows the lower insert to be repositionable in its axial direction relative to the upper bezel, and also permits the lower insert to be tilted out of alignment with the upper bezel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventors: Norman R. Byrne, Aaron G. Lautenbach, Matthew R. Haller, Marc A. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 10770879
    Abstract: One aspect is a feedthrough for a medical implantable device including a ferrule having a metal that is configured to be welded to a case of the implantable device. The ferrule substantially surrounds an insulator and shares an interface therewith, the insulator having a glass or ceramic material. Conductive elements are formed through the insulator providing an electrically conductive path through the insulator. There is no braze or solder at the interface between the ferrule and the insulator and that there is no braze or solder adjacent the conductive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Heraeus Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jacob Markham, Ulrich Hausch, Goran Pavlovic
  • Patent number: 10772198
    Abstract: An organic insulator is composed an organic resin phase as a main component. The organic resin phase includes a weather-resistant stabilizer. The organic resin phase includes an inner region and a surface region formed in at least one surface of the inner region. The surface region has a higher content ratio of the weather-resistance stabilizer than the inner region. A metal-clad laminate includes the organic insulator and a metallic foil laminated on at least one surface of the organic insulator. A wiring board includes a plurality of insulating layers composed of the organic insulator, and a metallic foil disposed between the insulating layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tadashi Nagasawa, Satoshi Yoshiura, Chie Chikara
  • Patent number: 10765005
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a component carrier is disclosed. The method includes galvanically depositing at least part of at least one electrically conductive pillar on a component, and inserting the at least one electrically conductive pillar and an electrically insulating layer structure into one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hannes Stahr, Hannes Voraberger, Andreas Zluc, Bettina Schuster
  • Patent number: 10760162
    Abstract: Aqueous dispersions of artificially synthesized, mussel-inspired polydopamine nanoparticles were inkjet printed on flexible polyethylene terephthalate (PET) substrates. Narrow line patterns (4 ?m in width) of polydopamine resulted due to evaporatively driven transport (coffee ring effect). The printed patterns were metallized via a site-selective Cu electroless plating process at a controlled temperature (30° C.) for varied bath times. The lowest electrical resistivity value of the plated Cu lines was about 6 times greater than the bulk resistivity of Cu. This process presents an industrially viable way to fabricate Cu conductive fine patterns for flexible electronics at low temperature, and low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: The Research Foundation for The State University of New York
    Inventors: Siyuan Ma, Liang Liu, Vadim Bromberg, Timothy Singler
  • Patent number: 10763005
    Abstract: An insulative assembly includes an insulative mica-based carrier film and first and second resistive grading layers joined to opposite sides of the mica-based carrier film. The first resistive material layer is configured to engage one or more conductors and insulate the one or more conductors from at least one other conductor. A method for creating an insulative assembly for one or more conductors includes obtaining an insulative mica-based carrier film, depositing a first resistive grading layer on a first side of the mica-based carrier film, and depositing a second resistive grading layer on an opposite, second first side of the mica-based carrier film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher Celebrese, Lili Zhang, Wei Zhang, Anil Duggal, Weijun Yin