Patents Examined by Timothy Thompson
  • Multilayer ceramic capacitor
    Patent number: 9859056
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes an external electrode on an end surface of a ceramic body to be connected to internal electrodes including a base layer including a sintered metal containing Cu and glass and a Cu plated layer on the base layer. The external electrode includes a principal surface portion disposed on a principal surface of the ceramic body. The Cu metal of the Cu plated layer is present in the base layer to a position of about ? or more of the thickness of the base layer from a surface layer of the external electrode. The metal thickness of the external electrode is about 8.7 ?m or more and about 13.9 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Akihiro Yoshida
  • Insert element for frameworks
    Patent number: 9854699
    Abstract: An insert element for frameworks, in particular racks, for use in the information and network technology, comprises a plurality of insertion slots, wherein the insertion slots receive insertable cable storage elements each accommodating a cable, the two cable ends of which are guided to the outside via openings provided in the end face of the cable storage element and can be pulled out of the cable storage element at variable lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: PATCHBOX GMBH
    Inventors: Alexander Geng, Josef Hofstätter
  • Data cable and motor vehicle with the data cable
    Patent number: 9852827
    Abstract: A novel data cable achieves good transmission quality in automotive Internet applications. The data cable has a transmission core with only a single stranded conductor pair or four conductors stranded together to form a quad. The transmission core is surrounded by a jacket having a high air content. The jacket may be a foamed sheath, or alternatively at least one spacer element that defines an annular sheath space with air gaps around the transmission core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: LEONI Kabel Holding GmbH
    Inventors: Erwin Koeppendoerfer, Rainer Poehmerer, Stefanie Pfister
  • Module component
    Patent number: 9854677
    Abstract: A module component includes a substrate including a liquid crystal polymer resin sheet, and an electronic component mounted on the substrate by ultrasonic bonding, wherein the electronic component includes a plurality of first substrate connecting electrodes including respective planar conductors provided on a substrate mounting surface separately from each other, and connected at a same potential or substantially a same potential, and the substrate includes a first component connecting electrode including a planar conductor provided on a component loading surface, and bonded to the plurality of first substrate connecting electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru Tago, Hirofumi Shinagawa, Masaki Kawata, Yuki Ito
  • Instrumentation transfer strut
    Patent number: 9847629
    Abstract: A monolithic lead separator includes a primary lead tube defining a primary channel, a plurality of secondary lead tubes formed monolithically with the primary lead tube, and an instrumentation lead splitter. A cap is positioned in an aperture in the instrumentation lead splitter in a fluid-tight manner. Each of the secondary channels intersects the primary channel. The instrumentation lead splitter is situated at the intersection of the primary channel and the secondary channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Dorel M. Moisei, Michael D. Greenberg, Stephen N. Koren, Jr.
  • Communication cable including a helically-wrapped shielding tape
    Patent number: 9847154
    Abstract: Communication cable including insulated conductors and a composite tape having an insulative layer and a conductive layer. The composite tape includes first and second lateral sections that are folded over each other to form a shielding tape. The shielding tape includes opposite inner and outer sides that are formed from the first and second lateral sections, respectively, and a folded edge that joins the inner and outer sides. The conductive layer defines the inner side, the outer side, and the folded edge. The shielding tape is wrapped helically about the insulated conductors a plurality of times along a length of the communication cable to form a plurality of wraps. The inner side of a subsequent wrap of the shielding tape overlaps a portion of the outer side of a prior wrap of the shielding tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles Lloyd Grant, Andrew John Nowak, Thomas Joseph Grzysiewicz, Paul Leo Grant, Roger Edward Temple, Victor William Lee, Rama Krishna Nippani
  • Flexible substrate including stretchable sheet
    Patent number: 9844133
    Abstract: A flexible substrate is provided with: a stretchable sheet; a member located on the sheet; and a stretchable strip connected to the member, and located on the sheet. When the amount of extension of the sheet is equal to or less than a predetermined value, the sheet has a first elastic modulus, and when the amount of extension of the sheet exceeds the predetermined value, the sheet has a second elastic modulus that is greater than the first elastic modulus and greater than the elastic modulus of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Tomita, Koichi Hirano, Susumu Sawada, Koji Kawakita, Takashi Ichiryu, Masanori Nomura
  • Method for manufacturing insert-molded bus bar, and insert-molded bus bar
    Patent number: 9843175
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an insert-molded bus bar includes the steps of: preparing a first bus bar having a through hole and a second bus bar having a protrusion corresponding to the through hole; preparing a mold having therein a swaging member capable of swaging the protrusion; placing the first and second bus bars in the mold with the protrusion being inserted into the through hole; swaging the first and second bus bars using the swaging member of the mold to obtain connected bus bars that are the bus bars connected to each other; and injecting a molding material around the connected bus bars that are the bus bars connected to each other by swaging to perform insert molding using the mold and obtain the insert-molded bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignees: ATECS CORPORATION, NAGASE & CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Norishige Asano, Toshiaki Nakazawa
  • End closure for a cable and method for its manufacture
    Patent number: 9843180
    Abstract: An end closure for a cable having a core, at least two electrical cable wires and at least one optical transmission element, the core is surrounded by a metal wire reinforcement. On the end of the electrical cable wires an electrically suitable connection set is mounted, which at least partially protrudes out of a pipe. A connection unit is mounted on the end of the optical transmission element, which also partially protrudes from the pipe. The connection unit has a pot shaped tension element mounted tension proof on the free end of the pipe and surrounds, moisture tight and pressure tight, the part of the connection set and the connection unit that protrudes out of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Volker Aue, Eduard Schramm, Michael Sturmer
  • High capacity power distribution panel for a modular data center
    Patent number: 9844164
    Abstract: A power distribution network includes a first busway, a second busway situated between the first busway and a load, a first bus plug, and a second bus plug. The first and second bus plugs are configured to span across the first busway and the second busway. The first bus plug is further configured to provide power from the first busway to the load via an exit from the first bus plug that is adjacent to the load. The second bus plug is further configured to provide power from the second busway to the load via an exit from the second bus plug that is adjacent to the first load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
    Inventors: Mark M. Bailey, Ty R. Schmitt
  • Pane having an electrical connection element
    Patent number: 9837727
    Abstract: A pane having an electrical connection element, said pane having: a substrate; an electrically conductive structure in a region of the substrate; and a connection element in a region of the electrically conductive structure, the connection element containing at least a chromium-containing steel. The connection element has a region which is crimped about a connecting cable and connected to the electrically conductive structure by means of a solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Klaus Schmalbuch, Bernhard Reul, Mitja Rateiczak, Lothar Lesmeister
  • Warpage-preventing structure of substrate
    Patent number: 9839120
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a warpage-preventing structure for reducing the warpage of the substrate itself, the warpage which results from the difference of the metal patterns of top and bottom surfaces, and/or the warpage which results from the difference in the thermal expansion coefficients of a metal pattern and the substrate, the warpage-preventing structure comprising at least one additional metal layer, wherein the at least one additional metal layer is disposed on at least one surface of the substrate and arranged along an edge of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: KCC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Hee Park, Moon Su Han, Na Ri Im
  • Display device
    Patent number: 9837739
    Abstract: A display device includes a display unit including a display panel providing an image, a housing spaced apart from the display unit, the housing including a main board to transmit signals to the display panel, a power supply to provide the display panel with electric power; and a cable to electrically connect with the housing and the display unit, the cable including a flat cable disposed in at least part of the cable, where the flat cable includes a plurality of layers, at least one of the plurality of layers includes a signal terminal through which the signals are transferred, and at least another one of the plurality of layers includes a power terminal through which the electric power is supplied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Seunghak Ryu
  • Multilayer ceramic capacitor and board for mounting of the same
    Patent number: 9837215
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor may include a ceramic body including a plurality of dielectric layers; a first internal electrode disposed in the ceramic body and exposed to a first side surface in a width direction of the ceramic body and a second internal electrode disposed in the ceramic body and exposed to the first side surface in the width direction of the ceramic body; and first to third external electrodes disposed on the first side surface in the width direction of the ceramic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyo Kwang Lee, Jin Kim, Ju Eun Nam, Young Ghyu Ahn
  • Communication cables with illumination
    Patent number: 9829193
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for enhanced communication cables configurable for distribution of data signals. Such communication cables may have leaky feeder structures, for use in the distribution of data signals. An example communication cable may be configured for supporting at least two separate functions, comprising distribution of data signals and at least one other different function. The communication cable may comprise a core conductor, an insulation shield, an outer conductor that comprises a plurality of apertures, a jacket, and an arrangement arranged at least along sections of a length of the cable, the arrangement being configured for supporting the at least one other different function. The one other different function may comprise illumination. The arrangement may comprise an illumination arrangement which may be arranged at least along sections of the length of the communication cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: SWISSCOM AG
    Inventor: Daniel Wenger
  • Wiring module
    Patent number: 9831652
    Abstract: A wiring module includes a busbar for connecting between electrode terminals, an external connection busbar to be connected to an external terminal, a resin protector including a first holding portion for holding the busbar and a second holding portion for holding the external connection busbar and a main cover for covering the first holding portion. The main cover includes a first auxiliary cover for covering the second holding portion and a second auxiliary cover connected to the first auxiliary cover via a hinge portion. The first auxiliary cover is provided with an interfered portion for interfering with an interfering portion of the second holding portion as the main cover is mounted on the resin protector, and the first auxiliary cover is automatically rotated and arranged at a predetermined position by the interference of the interfered portion and the interfering portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Osamu Nakayama, Mitsutoshi Morita, Naoki Fukushima, Tetsuya Fujita
  • Modular printed circuit board
    Patent number: 9829915
    Abstract: Described are apparatuses for modular printed circuit boards (PCB) and methods for producing modular PCBs. An apparatus may include a first PCB module with a first pattern of routing structures on one or more layers of the first PCB module. The apparatus may further include a second PCB module with a second pattern of routing structures on one or more layers of the second PCB module. The second pattern of routing structures may be aligned with and electrically coupled to the first pattern of routing structures without connectors. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin E. Wells, Richard C. Stamey
  • Heat-resistant electric wire
    Patent number: 9831014
    Abstract: A heat-resistant electric wire including a core wire and a coating that covers the core wire. The coating is formed from a modified fluorine-containing copolymer that is obtained by irradiating a copolymer with radiation at an exposure of 250 kGy or lower at a temperature of not higher than the melting point of the copolymer. The copolymer is at least one copolymer selected from a copolymer including a tetrafluoroethylene unit and a perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) unit and a copolymer including a tetrafluoroethylene unit and a hexafluoropropylene unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Imamura, Takahisa Aoyama, Hideki Kono, Tatsuya Funaoka, Hirokazu Itou, Junya Iida
  • Vertical support for shelving system and shelving system
    Patent number: 9831642
    Abstract: A vertical support provides for the rapid assembly, disassembly, and modification of a shelving system in a variety of configurations, as determined by the practical and aesthetic requirements of the user. The vertical support facilitates the mounting of a variety of attachment members, such as shelves, hangers, or media boards, that contain powered appliances, allowing the user to further customize the shelving system to his practical and aesthetic requirements. The vertical support makes it easy for a user to mount these attachment members and hides the connections of the various components, to maximize the aesthetic appeal of the shelving display. Additionally, vertical support can be configured with other subcomponents to form shelving systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Opto International, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett Woodley, Nathan Wells, Erich Haller, Graham Wood
  • Cover assembly for floor box installed in concrete pour areas
    Patent number: 9831648
    Abstract: A cover assembly for providing a moisture resistant installation of a receptacle or similar electrical component within a floor box and flush with a newly poured concrete floor surface. The cover assembly includes a floor box, a leveling ring, a mounting plate, and a cover plate with a flip-lid hinged to the cover plate. Sealing means are provided integral with the cover plate for sealing against the floor surface and for sealing the flip-lid to the cover plate to provide a moisture resistant installation of the receptacle. The sealing means includes a lid gasket integral with the flip-lid and a plate gasket integral with the cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas J. Gretz