Patents Examined by Timothy J Thompson
  • Patent number: 11678472
    Abstract: A signal transmission cable includes a signal line, an insulation layer covering the signal line, and a shield layer covering the insulation layer. A first oxygen amount A1 on an outer peripheral surface of the insulation layer is 1.2 times or greater than a second oxygen amount A2 inside the insulation layer, or a contact angle on the outer peripheral surface the insulation layer is 130° or less, or an adhesion-wetting surface energy on the outer peripheral surface the insulation layer is 27 mJ/m2 or greater, or a first amount of a hydroxy group on the outer peripheral surface of the insulation layer is greater than a second amount of a hydroxy group inside the insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Proterial, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Suenaga, Takahiro Sugiyama, Hideyuki Sagawa
  • Patent number: 11677034
    Abstract: A FPCB/FCCL replacing a tinned-copper welding strip as a photovoltaic module bus bar is a composite material including an insulating base material and a conductive layer, and the insulating base material is made from PI or PET, and the conductive layer is generally the copper foil. According to the present invention, when the flexible solar module adopts the FPCB/FCCL to replace the tinned-copper welding strip as the photovoltaic module bus bar, the product quality and product stability are greatly improved, and the FPCB/FCCL bus bar is also suitable for the double-glass solar module and the single-glass solar module. The copper foil of FPCB/FCCL may be integrated with circuits, or be the complete copper foil (without circuits), or the copper foil of FPCB/FCCL may simultaneously has the part with circuits and the part without circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: GOLDEN SOLAR (QUANZHOU) NEW ENERGY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hsin-Wang Chiu
  • Patent number: 11670459
    Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a capacitor body including dielectric layers and first and second internal electrodes, the capacitor body having first to sixth surfaces, the first internal electrode being exposed through the third, fifth, and sixth surfaces, and the second internal electrode being exposed through the fourth, fifth, and sixth surfaces, a first side portion and a second side portion, respectively disposed on the fifth surface and the sixth surface of the capacitor body, and a first external electrode and a second external electrode, respectively be connected to the first internal electrode and the second internal electrode. The first and second side portions comprise an acicular second phase including a glass comprising aluminum (Al) and silicon (Si), manganese (Mn), and phosphorus (P), and a volume of the second phase is 30% or more with respect to the entire first and second side portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sim Chung Kang, Yong Park, Woo Chul Shin, Ki Pyo Hong
  • Patent number: 11670924
    Abstract: A push-lock coupler includes an annular metal insert with a coaxial profile complementary to a conduit; a cylindrical polymeric housing molded over the annular metal insert and having a first and second end and an inner surface; and wherein the first and second end are capable of deforming to the coaxial profile of the conduit inserted into either the first or second end, and the inner surface of the cylindrical polymeric housing has at least one groove disposed between the annular metal insert and the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ABB SCHWEIZ AG
    Inventors: Darren Tremelling, Sheng Zhong, Elio Perigo, Daniel Pierce Armstrong, Marius Rutkeviĉius
  • Patent number: 11670437
    Abstract: A structure for creating a sealed wire bundle includes a first adhesive material in the form of a circular or semi-circular shape. The first adhesive material has a first outer wall with first spoke arms extending inward from the first outer wall. The first adhesive material has a first viscosity. First wire receiving spaces are provided between the first spoke arms. Wires are positioned in the first wire receiving spaces. As heat is applied to the adhesive structure, the adhesive structure flows to fill voids between the plurality of wires to thereby seal the wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Sunny Sethi, Vijay Daga, Kavitha Bharadwaj, Ting Gao
  • Patent number: 11670928
    Abstract: A high voltage distribution system is provided with multiple fuses. The high voltage distribution system includes multiple laminated busbars that are electrically coupled to a battery and to the multiple fuses. Busbars are electrically coupled to the one or more fuses via electrical connections between the busbars and the fuses. The electrical connections can pass through other busbars without having an electrical coupling to the other busbars. An insulating layer may be used between the busbars to prevent overcurrent events. The configuration, size, and position of each busbar is selected based on the electrical requirements of components that are electrically coupled to the busbar and based on the prevention of overcurrent events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Ehsan Baseri, Kyle Butterfield, Kyle O'Neil, Tyler Collins, Nathaniel C. Wynn
  • Patent number: 11670925
    Abstract: An example threaded cable connector for a cable with a conductor and a surrounding shielding braid, comprising a base element, a first tightening nut and a first clamping element is presented herein. The base element includes a base for fastening the base element to a housing and a passage opening for the passage of the cable about which an encircling first thread is oriented. On a side facing away from the housing, the base element has a contact surface encircling the passage opening. The first tightening nut comprises a second thread for operatively connecting the first tightening nut to the first thread of the base element. The first clamping element has a first clamping surface and, in the mounted state, is arranged between the contact surface and the first tightening nut. The first clamping element, in the mounted state, presses the shielding braid against the contact surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: AGRO AG
    Inventor: Markus Aumiller
  • Patent number: 11664136
    Abstract: A composite cable includes a plurality of power lines, one signal line unit, and a sheath collectively covering the plurality of power lines and the one signal line unit. The signal line unit includes a plurality of pairs of signal lines, and an inner sheath covering a first assembled article. The first assembled article is formed by arranging the signal lines to be paired at each pair of adjacent vertices of a polygon with an even number of vertices in a cross-section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the signal line unit and twisting all the signal lines together. A twisting direction of a second assembled article formed by twisting the plurality of power lines and the one signal line unit together is different from a twisting direction of the first assembled article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Tomoyuki Murayama, Hirotaka Eshima, Takahiro Futatsumori
  • Patent number: 11661965
    Abstract: A device includes a head having a material having a plurality of pores, wherein at least some of the pores from the plurality of pores each have a size that is smaller than a water molecule and larger than an air molecule such that the air molecules can pass through the pores and the water molecules are prevented from passing through the pores; and an elongated body extending from the head and having a thread on an outer surface thereof and having a conduit extending longitudinally through the elongated body to the head. The device is configured to fasten a first surface to a second surface using the thread of the elongated body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Nokia Shanghai Bell Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Asaad Elsaadani, William Wilber
  • Patent number: 11665834
    Abstract: An electronic assembly and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The electronic assembly includes a carrier substrate including a flexible structure and a circuit structure, and an electronic device disposed on the circuit structure. The flexible structure includes a first dielectric layer and a conductive pattern overlying thereon. The circuit structure includes a second dielectric layer overlying the first dielectric layer and the conductive pattern, and a circuit layer disposed on and passing through the second dielectric layer to be in contact with the conductive pattern, the first flexible structure includes a first portion embedded in the circuit structure and a second portion connected to the first portion and extending out from an edge of the circuit structure. The electronic device includes chip packages electrically coupled to the flexible structure through the circuit structure, and is sized to substantially match a size of the first portion of the circuit structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jiun-Yi Wu, Chien-Hsun Lee, Chen-Hua Yu, Chung-Shi Liu
  • Patent number: 11664137
    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 generally 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: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Douglas B. Gundel, Rocky D. Edwards, Mark M. Lettang, Charles F. Staley
  • Patent number: 11664138
    Abstract: A composite cable includes a signal transmission cable including a pair of signal lines being arranged parallel to each other in a cable longitudinal direction and contacting to each other and a shield layer covering the pair of signal lines together, a pair of power supply lines being arranged contacting to each other and contacting to the shield layer, a collective braided shield covering around a cable core composed of the signal transmission cable and the pair of power supply lines collectively, a sheath covering around the collective braided shield. The collective braided shield is configured closely contacting to the shield layer in accordance with an outer shape of the shield layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: PROTERIAL, LTD.
    Inventors: Detian Huang, Takanobu Watanabe, Takanori Komuro
  • 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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