Patents Examined by Timothy J Thompson
  • Patent number: 11657974
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a body including a dielectric layer and first and second internal electrodes disposed with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween in a stacking direction, and including a first surface and a second surface opposing each other in the stacking direction, a first through electrode penetrating the body and connected to the first internal electrode; a second through electrode penetrating the body and connected to the second internal electrode, first and second external electrodes disposed on the first surface and the second surface, respectively, and connected to the first through electrode, third and fourth external electrodes spaced apart from the first and second external electrodes and connected to the second through electrode, and an identifier disposed on the first surface or the second surface of the body, and the first and second through electrodes protrude from the first surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong Chan Kwon, Ji Hong Jo, Min Gon Lee, Jin Kyung Joo, Taek Jung Lee
  • Patent number: 11657931
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrical harness comprising a reference member and a secondary member and at least one electric wire, a protective sheath and at least two shrink sleeves comprising a reference shrink sleeve and a secondary shrink sleeve. According to the disclosure, the method comprises at least the following steps: assembling of the electric wire, the protective sheath, the two shrink sleeves, the reference member and the secondary member, the two shrink sleeves being arranged in a non-contracted state; in a reference portion of the electrical harness, reference contraction of the reference shrink sleeve; in a secondary portion of the electrical harness, angular positioning of the secondary member according to a relative angular orientation; holding of the secondary member in position; and secondary contraction of the secondary shrink sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: AIRBUS HELICOPTERS
    Inventor: Serge Pittau
  • Patent number: 11659648
    Abstract: A component carrier includes a carrier body formed of a plurality of electrically conductive layer structures and/or electrically insulating layer structures, a metal surface structure coupled to the layer structures and a metal body directly on the metal surface structure formed by additive manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: AT&S Austria Technologie & Systemtechnik AG
    Inventors: Marco Gavagnin, Jonathan Silvano de Sousa
  • Patent number: 11659697
    Abstract: Methods, apparatuses and systems to provide for technology to that includes a plurality of transistors including first transistors and second transistors. The first transistors are disposed opposite the second transistors in a lateral direction with a first space between the first transistors and the second transistors in the lateral direction. A gate driver is electrically connected to the plurality of transistors to operate the plurality of transistors. The gate driver has a first portion disposed between the first transistors and the second transistors in the first space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fujioka, Shailesh N. Joshi, Feng Zhou, Danny J. Lohan
  • Patent number: 11657926
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flexible cable for use in moving applications, comprising: one or more insulated cores; a filler layer surrounding the one or more insulated cores, having an external surface defining a filler layer external perimeter substantially forming a closed convex polygonal chain with a plurality of line segments connecting consecutive vertices; and an outer sheath surrounding the filler layer and directly applied on the filler layer, having an external surface defining an outer sheath external perimeter forming a continuous closed curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Prysmian S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ferruccio Garolfi, Valerio Angelo Brambati, Elena Roda
  • Patent number: 11659652
    Abstract: A resin substrate includes an insulating base material including opposing first and second main surfaces, at least one of which is parallel or substantially parallel to each of an X-axis direction and a Y-axis direction. The insulating base material is divided into first and second sections arranged in the X-axis direction. The first section includes, when evenly divided into three in a Z-axis direction, a first region closest to the first main surface, a second region closest to the second main surface, and a third region between the first region and the second region. A degree of resin molecular orientation in the first region in the Y-axis direction is greater than a degree of resin molecular orientation in the second section of the insulating base material in the Y-axis direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryosuke Takada
  • Patent number: 11659667
    Abstract: A wiring board includes an insulating layer; an insulating oxide film that is formed by forming a film of metal oxide or semimetal oxide on a surface of the insulating layer; a seed layer that is made of metal and that is stacked on the insulating oxide film; and an electrode that is made of metal and that is formed on the seed layer, wherein the insulating oxide film and the seed layer are removed from an area not overlapping the electrode to expose the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Naohiro Mashino
  • Patent number: 11652341
    Abstract: A bus bar includes a first joint that is joined to an output terminal of a first battery, a second joint that is joined to an output terminal of a second battery, a heat absorber that is disposed between the first joint and the second joint and has a heat capacity larger than heat capacities of the first joint and the second joint, and a displacement absorber that is disposed between the first joint and the second joint and deforms in response to a relative displacement of the first battery and the second battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Goro Fujita
  • Patent number: 11646163
    Abstract: An electronic device includes first and second capacitors, a case, a coil, and first to fourth conductive terminals. The first capacitor includes first and second terminal electrodes. The second capacitor includes third and fourth terminal electrodes. The case includes an accommodation recess for accommodating the first and second capacitors. The coil is separated from the first and second capacitors by a part of the case and disposed outside the accommodation recess. The first terminal is connected to the first electrode and partly disposed on a mounting-side bottom surface of the case. The second terminal is connected to one end of the coil and the second electrode and partly disposed on the surface. The third terminal is connected to the other end of the coil and the third electrode and partly disposed on the surface. The fourth terminal is connected to the fourth electrode and partly disposed on the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiro Masuda, Shinya Ito, Norihisa Ando, Kosuke Yazawa, Yoshiki Satou, Katsumi Kobayashi, Toshihiro Iguchi, Kenya Tamaki, Shinya Saito
  • Patent number: 11646130
    Abstract: A wire harness including a plurality of first electric wire members that each have a first flexible electric wire and a hard electric wire electrically connected to the first flexible electric wire: a second electric wire member that is a second flexible electric wire: a tube through which the plurality of first electric wire members and the second electric wire member pass: and a fixing member for bundling the plurality of first electric wire members and the second electric wire member, wherein: the tube includes a bend, and the wire harness is configured to achieve a first arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamanouchi, Takuji Iwama
  • Patent number: 11647589
    Abstract: A wiring board includes an insulating base including a first principal surface, a second principal surface opposite to the first principal surface, and a first through hole penetrating the insulating base from the first principal surface to the second principal surface, a functional material provided inside the first through hole, a first insulating layer covering the first principal surface, and a first surface of the functional material, and a second insulating layer covering the second principal surface, and a second surface of functional material. A second through hole is formed in the first insulating layer, the functional material, and the second insulating layer, and a conductive layer is formed on a wall surface of the second through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuhei Momose
  • Patent number: 11646555
    Abstract: A cable line includes a conduit having a tubular body, the wall of which is made of polymeric material, and an electrical cable provided with an outer sheath made of polymeric material and laid inside the conduit's body along its entire length. Herewith, the body wall is made with the provision of its electrically conductive properties, causing the possibility of current flow through the wall in the direction from its inner surface to the outer surface, furthermore the ratio of the diameter of the inner surface of the body wall to the diameter of the outer sheath of the cable is not less than 1.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: OBSHCHESTVO S OGRANICHENNOJ OTVETSTVENNOSTYU “ENERGOTEK”
    Inventors: Mikhail Viktorovich Dmitriev, Dmitry Vladimirovich Kuleshov, Alexandr Evgenievich Shabanov
  • Patent number: 11646135
    Abstract: A high performance differential cable comprises a bulk differential cable formed with a dielectric core having a central cavity and a plurality of wire guides on the outer perimeter. A pair of differential signal conductors (DSC) may be divided into two sets of wires. The smaller wires provide higher signal transmission speeds with lower losses. A paddle board at each end of the bulk differential cable comprises an interconnecting structure for combining signals from the two sets of wires into the two DSCs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Bhyrav Mutnury, Sandor Farkas
  • Patent number: 11640874
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a body including a first dielectric layer on which a first internal electrode, a first coupling portion, and a second internal electrode are disposed, a second dielectric layer on which a third internal electrode, a second coupling portion, and a fourth internal electrode are disposed, and a third dielectric layer on which a fifth internal electrode or a sixth internal electrode is disposed, and first and second external electrodes connected to the first to sixth internal electrodes, and disposed on both surfaces of the body in the first direction. The first to third dielectric layers are sequentially stacked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sun Cheol Lee
  • Patent number: 11634093
    Abstract: A seat module adapted to be attached to a seat having mechanical parts and electric devices for seat operation in a motor vehicle includes at least one operating cable for activating at least one device, and a module plate formed with a mounting feature for attaching to the seat and a retention feature for attaching the at least one operating cable. An end portion of the operating cable is temporarily stowed on the module plate in a pre-assembled state where the operating cable is attached to the module plate, and the end portion of the operating cable is connected to the electric devices and/or mechanical parts of the seat in an assembled state where the module plate with the retained operating cables is securely mounted to the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: HI-LEX CONTROLS, INC.
    Inventors: Heather Ann Golen, Kevin Richard Koneval, David Edward Flint, Jeffrey John Lijana
  • Patent number: 11634092
    Abstract: A wire harness including a plurality of first electric wire members that each have a first flexible electric wire and a hard electric wire electrically connected to the first flexible electric wire: a plurality of second electric wire members that are second flexible electric wires: a tube through which the plurality of first electric wire members and the plurality of second electric wire members pass: and a first fixing member for bundling the plurality of first electric wire members and the plurality of second electric wire members, wherein: the tube includes a bend closest to an end surface in a longitudinal direction of the tube, and the wire harness is configured to achieve a first arrangement and a second arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroki Yamanouchi, Takuji Iwama
  • Patent number: 11637419
    Abstract: A cable gland assembly includes a gland nut defining a longitudinal axis. The gland nut includes an interior wall defining a gland nut opening and the interior wall includes a stop. A bushing is disposed within the gland nut opening proximate the stop. The bushing defines a bushing opening configured to receive a cable therein. A sleeve is moveably disposed within the gland nut opening adjacent the bushing. The cable gland assembly also includes a body defining a body opening configured to receive at least a portion of the cable therein. The body is configured to couple to the gland nut, and upon tightening of the gland nut to the body, the gland nut moves along the longitudinal axis compressing the bushing between the gland nut and the sleeve and around the cable. When the sleeve engages with the stop, further compression of the bushing is restricted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph Edward Platt, Matthew Thomas Pernot, Adam Douglas Ledgerwood, Himanshu Gangadhar Khokle
  • Patent number: 11636981
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including internal electrodes laminated in a first direction, a first main surface including a first flat region facing in the first direction, and a second main surface including a second flat region facing in the first direction; and a pair of external electrodes connected to the internal electrodes and facing each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a dimension of the ceramic body in the first direction being 1.1 times or more and 1.6 times or less a dimension of the ceramic body in a third direction orthogonal to the first and second directions, the first flat region being formed at a center portion of the first main surface in the second direction, the second flat region being formed at a center portion of the second main surface in the third direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Sato
  • Patent number: 11631510
    Abstract: There is described an electrical isolator comprising a first fluid-carrying member and a second fluid-carrying member spaced apart from said first fluid-carrying member, a resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component located between and sealed against said first and second fluid-carrying member, wherein said resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component is adapted to convey fluid flowing from said first fluid-carrying member to said second fluid-carrying member, a reinforcing composite encircling said first fluid-carrying member, said second fluid-carrying member and said resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component, wherein said reinforcing composite is continuous and provides a conductive path between said first fluid-carrying member and said second fluid-carrying member, wherein said reinforcing composite comprises fibre and a resin mixture, and said resin mixture comprises resin and a conductive additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: CROMPTON TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED
    Inventors: Ian Thomas Chase, Darcy John O'Gara, Miguel Diaz Palacios
  • Patent number: 11631504
    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: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Zeus Company Inc.
    Inventors: Zeth Eberling, Richard Crowley, Brian R. Tomblin