Patents Examined by Timothy J. Dole
  • Patent number: 11470711
    Abstract: A plasma generator that detects whether a connector of a head is electrically connected to a power cable. The plasma generator includes the head including the connector with a terminal to supply electricity to electrodes that generate plasma by electrical discharge, and a first terminal and a second terminal that are connected to each other; a power cable to supply electricity to the terminal; a cable to transmit a signal to the first terminal; a first ground cable to ground the second terminal; and a detector to detect a signal current that flows in a path from the cable to the first ground cable in accordance with transmission of the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: FUJI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takahiro Jindo
  • Patent number: 11456581
    Abstract: In a vehicle body, a body portion having a base end side portion is engaged with a plate-shaped member and extending along the plate-shaped member toward the leading end side, and a removal-preventing portion for preventing the wire harness stored in a space between the plate-shaped member and the body portion from being removed from the leading end side of the body portion. The wire harness stored in the space is prevented from being removed at the leading end side of the body portion by the removal-preventing portion pivoting according to the storage. By a series of rotations of the removal-preventing portion up to the storage, a pivotal body upper portion of the removal-preventing portion disposed at a high position in a height direction extending from the plate-shaped member is moved to a lower position, thereby reducing the height of the entirety of the routing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: DAIWA KASEI INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Makoto Kato, Katsuya Hirakawa
  • Patent number: 11450977
    Abstract: An implantable connector for connecting an electronics package and a neural interface is made by way of a compressible contacts (e.g., a spring) that physical contacts a corresponding exposed bond pad. The compressible contact is held in compression with the exposed bond pad using a mechanical coupler. The compressible contact is physically separated and electrically isolated from other contacts by way of a compressible gasket. The compressible gasket is also held in compression using the mechanical coupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: VERILY LIFE SCIENCES LLC
    Inventor: Kedar Shah
  • Patent number: 11451033
    Abstract: A modular wall-mounted electrical circuit device assembly includes an electrical junction box, a modular circuit device, and a cover plate. The junction box has an open front, and is wall-mounted with exposed ends of building wiring disposed therein. The modular circuit device includes a base unit and an interchangeable device module and is installed in the junction box via the open front. The base unit has a junction box liner defining a main cavity having an open front and a closed rear, exterior electrical connection points connected to the building wiring, electrical contacts disposed in the rear, and a first electrical interconnect assembly connecting the electrical contacts to the connection points. The interchangeable device module has a forward-facing circuit device, rearward-facing electrical contacts, and a second electrical interconnect assembly. The interchangeable device module is removably installed in the main cavity, via its open front, with the respective contacts plugged together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: SWICH TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Christopher Montana, Thomas Kucmierz
  • Patent number: 11437196
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic substrate includes a first insulating portion including a body of a ceramic material, a first via conductor penetrating through the body, and a first internal wiring layer and a first connection pad connected to the first via conductor, and a second insulating portion including a body of an anodized oxide material, a second via conductor penetrating through the body, and a second internal wiring layer and a second connection pad connected to the second via conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: POINT ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bum Mo Ahn, Seung Ho Park, Sung Hyun Byun
  • Patent number: 11427142
    Abstract: An electrical connection box can include a housing and a lower cover that closes a lower part of the housing in which the housing includes an electric wire bundle holder whose lower side open so as to be able to allow insertion of a bonder cap of an electric wire bundle in a state where the electric wire bundle is covered with the bonder cap. The lower cover includes a deep bottom part having a drainage hole. A shallow bottom part can be located above the deep bottom part below the electric wire bundle holder, with the shallow bottom part being formed to include an inclined surface inclined downward toward the deep bottom part, and a state where the bonder cap is inserted into the electric wire bundle holder is maintained on the inclined surface of the shallow bottom part on the lower cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Tashiro, Ryouichi Yokoyama, Atsushi Sumida, Junya Masuda
  • Patent number: 11404185
    Abstract: A grommet includes a water stop part having an annular shape that stops water by being inserted into a through hole formed on a mounting panel, and a first partition wall part or a second partition wall part disposed so as to close the annular shape of the water stop part by extending in a radially inner side of the water stop part. The water stop part includes an abutting surface formed in an annular shape capable of coming into contact with one side of a peripheral part of the through hole in an axial direction, and a plurality of claw parts that face the abutting surface in the axial direction, that are capable of coming into contact with another side of the peripheral part of the through hole, and that are intermittently provided in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masaki Yamaguchi, Ryohei Toyoda, Tomoyoshi Katayama
  • Patent number: 11404858
    Abstract: A quick-connect electrical fixture mounting device having first and second junction box mounting plates is provided. The first junction box mounting plate is removably affixed to the junction box, and a first electrical connector is positioned in a channel in a front face of the first junction box mounting plate. The second fixture mounting plate is removably affixed to the electrical fixture, and a second electrical connector is positioned in a slot in a projection extending upwardly from a front face of the second fixture mounting plate. The channel in the front face of the first junction box mounting plate is sized to slidably receive the projection extending from the front face of the second electrical fixture mounting plate, and the first electrical connector is configured to mate with the second electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventor: Scott Norris
  • Patent number: 11398718
    Abstract: An apparatus for electrically connecting a first laminated multi-phase busbar to a second laminated multi-phase busbar, each of the first and second laminated multi-phase busbars including a plurality of conducting layers and insulating layers which are arranged between the conducting layers and the conducting layers of the first laminated multi-phase busbar projecting from the insulating layers thereof, forming a first lateral connecting portion with first contact surfaces, and the conducting layers of the second laminated multi-phase busbar projecting from the insulating layers thereof, forming a second lateral connecting portion with second contact surfaces, the apparatus including: a bridging element which includes a plurality of laminated insulating layers and conducting layers having contact surfaces for contacting associated contact surfaces of the first and second lateral connecting portions of the first and second busbar; a first clamping arrangement having clamping plates for mechanically contacting
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Maciej Mruczek, Dariusz Maciocha
  • Patent number: 11393627
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes stacked with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween, and including first and second external electrodes disposed on the fifth surface and the sixth surface of the ceramic body, respectively, the first and second external electrodes include first and second base electrodes including a first conductive metal and reactive glass, in contact with the ceramic body, and first and second conductive layers including and a second conductive metal, disposed on the first and second base electrodes, and a nanostructure may be disposed on surfaces of the first and second conductive layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Duk Yun, Seonyoung Yoo, Byeongguk Choi, Young Hoon Song, Yuseop Lee, A Ra Cho, Dong Hwi Shin
  • Patent number: 11387045
    Abstract: A multilayer component is disclosed. In an embodiment, a multilayer component includes a main body with first and second inner electrodes, wherein the first and second electrodes are alternately arranged in an interior of the main body and electrically insulated from one another and an outer contact configured to provide external contact, wherein the outer contact comprises at least two first strip-shaped conductor tracks arranged on a first surface of the main body, wherein each first conductor track is electrically connected to one of the first inner electrodes, wherein the outer contact comprises at least two second strip-shaped conductor tracks arranged on a second surface of the main body, wherein each second conductor track is electrically connected to one of the second inner electrodes, and wherein embossings in adjacent first conductor tracks or second conductor tracks are arranged offset with respect to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TDK ELECTRONICS AG
    Inventors: Markus Koini, Thomas Wippel, Franz Rinner
  • Patent number: 11382211
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board includes: a trunk portion; and a pair of branch portions as two portions branched from the trunk portion and arranged on a battery including multiple arrayed cells, in which for at least one branch portion of the pair of branch portions, bending is performed using a pair of parallel bending lines extending apart from the other branch portion as extending apart from the trunk portion, and the at least one branch portion is bent such that a direction of bending at one bending line of the pair of parallel bending lines and a direction of bending at the other bending line are directions opposite to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: NIPPON MEKTRON, LTD.
    Inventors: Shunsuke Tomita, Tomoki Kanayama, Shuzo Yamada
  • Patent number: 11377048
    Abstract: A body side unit is configured to attach a wire harness wired between a vehicle body and a slide door to the vehicle body. In the body side unit, a rotary inner is attached to the wire harness. A protector supports the rotary inner rotatably and movably in an up-down direction, and is fixed to the vehicle body. A coil spring is provided between the rotary inner and the protector, and biases the rotary inner such that the rotary inner faces downward in the up-down direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kosuke Tomosada
  • Patent number: 11373786
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a laminated bus bar assembly with first and second bus bars and an intervening insulator layer. A surge arrestor (e.g., a metal oxide varistor) has a body mounted on the bus bar assembly and first and second terminals on first and second opposite sides of the body. In some embodiments, the body may be at least partially disposed in an opening in the first bus bar and the second terminal may be conductively bonded to a surface of the second bus bar that faces the insulator layer. In some embodiments, the second terminal may include a conductive stud passing through an opening in the second bus bar. The apparatus may include a spring clamp attached to the first bus bar and contacting the first side of the body to retain the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: Yakov L. Familiant, Paul J. Rollmann, Andrew A. Rockhill
  • Patent number: 11370369
    Abstract: A terminal holder includes a holder body. Two terminal mounts extend through the holder body. Each terminal mount includes a terminal shroud that defines a terminal space around a terminal axis. A lock flange extends from the terminal shroud toward the terminal axis. A lock finger also extends from the terminal shroud toward the terminal axis. The lock flange and the lock finger are spaced apart to define a terminal lock space therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Bhupinder Rangi, David Menzies
  • Patent number: 11361901
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a rectangular parallelepiped stacked body having first and second main surfaces and first and second end surfaces, and first and second external electrodes. The first external electrode is provided on a portion of the second main surface and on the first end surface, and the second external electrode is provided on a portion of the second main surface and on the second end surface. A semiconductor layer is provided at the interface between the stacked body and a portion of the first external electrode that is located on the portion of the second main surface, and a semiconductor layer is provided at the interface between the stacked body and a portion of the second external electrode that is located on the portion of the second main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Makoto Togawa
  • Patent number: 11362493
    Abstract: A locking structure includes: a locking protrusion and a locking arm. The locking arm includes a flexible arm main body and an engaging projection portion protruding from an outer surface of the arm main body. The locking protrusion includes a protrusion main body on which an arm guide surface, a protruding tip surface, and an engaging surface are disposed along the engagement direction, and a jig groove that is formed in the protrusion main body. The engaging projection portion is formed on the outer surface at a position away from an arm tip of the arm main body in the engagement direction. The protruding tip surface is longer than the arm tip in the engagement direction. The jig groove cuts out the protrusion main body in the engagement direction from the arm guide surface to the protruding tip surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuhiko Ikeda, Takaaki Kakimi, Tetsuya Kato
  • Patent number: 11338746
    Abstract: An automobile architecture includes a composite cable, a main electronic control unit, a subsidiary electronic control unit, a motor sensor, and a wheel velocity sensor. In the architecture, the composite cable connects the main electronic control unit and the subsidiary electronic control unit, and the motor sensor and the wheel velocity sensor are connected to the subsidiary electronic control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Kenta Kobayashi, Akira Kitabata, Takaya Kohori, Masayuki Ishikawa, Taiko Sato, Hiroyuki Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 11342690
    Abstract: A fixing structure of a splice part includes a plurality of electrical wires each having a splice part and mutually connected and a sheet material to which the splice part is fixed. The fixing structure of the splice part is considered to have a portion of the plurality of electrical wires fixed to the sheet material in addition to the splice part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES LTD.
    Inventors: Daichi Fukushima, Housei Mizuno, Miyu Aramaki, Tetsuya Nishimura
  • Patent number: 11342096
    Abstract: A wiring member includes wires, a resin molded portion that covers the wires, and a bracket attachment that is attached to the resin molded portion. The resin molded portion includes a bracket attachment portion that is formed with at least one flat surface portion. The bracket includes a first attachment portion that is configured to be attached to an attachment location, and a second attachment portion that is connected to the first attachment portion and is crimped to the bracket attachment portion while being in surface contact with at least one of the at least one flat surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hironobu Yamamoto, Moriyuki Shimizu