Patents Examined by Vanessa Girardi
  • Patent number: 12381049
    Abstract: A motor control center circuit breaker replacement kit includes a standoff having a first plurality of mounting holes corresponding to existing holes on a bucket of the motor control center and a second plurality of holes corresponding to existing holes on a circuit breaker, a door interface panel having a third plurality of holes corresponding to existing holes on a door of the motor control center, the door interface panel having an opening formed therein having a size and shape corresponding to a handle operator associated with the circuit breaker, and a safety latch having a slot structured to receive a tab of the handle operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Company LLC
    Inventors: Adam E. Tokar, David C. Lucas, Walter J. Drzal, Joshua J. Yaklich
  • Patent number: 12365296
    Abstract: A first electrical connection box includes a housing, a holder (50) that is provided inside the housing and holds an electrical component, and a terminal block (60) attached to the holder (50). The terminal block (60) includes a terminal support base (61) attached to the holder (50), and a busbar (62) supported on the terminal support base (61). The busbar (62) includes a planar first connection surface (84) to which a first wire (21) is to be electrically connected, and a planar second connection surface (86) to which a second wire (22) is to be electrically connected, the second wire (22) being different from the first wire (21). When a direction perpendicular to the first connection surface (84) is defined as a first direction (X11), the second connection surface (86) is perpendicular to a second direction (X12) that intersects with the first direction (X11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Shiraki
  • Patent number: 12362119
    Abstract: An electric operating device for a circuit breaker that includes a housing, a transmission mechanism is installed in the housing, and a side wall of the housing serves as an operation surface and is provided with a first sliding groove communicated with the interior of the housing; a sliding rod is installed in the housing; a driving member controlled by the transmission mechanism is installed on the sliding rod; the driving member is provided with a closing operation portion and an opening operation portion; the driving member passes through the first sliding groove and extends out of the housing; the driving member moves along the sliding rod under the control of the transmission mechanism; and the closing operation portion and the opening operation portion operate a handle of the circuit breaker to be closed and opened respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG CHINT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kejun Lu, Fan Yang
  • Patent number: 12354816
    Abstract: An actuation assembly for a double throw switch is disclosed. The assembly includes a pair of links. A distal end (D) of each of the pair of links is connectable to a first switch and a second switch of the double throw switch. A proximal end (P) of each of the pair of links includes a protuberance. Further, the assembly includes a drive disc securable to a wall of the double throw switch. The drive disc is defined with a plurality of slots of pre-defined profile. Each of the plurality of slots is structured to accommodate and guide the protuberance extending from a corresponding link of the pair of links. A lever arm is connectable to the drive disc and is operable to at least one of a first position, a neutral position, and a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Mahadeva Mittu, Bhavya Dhruvkumar Kapadia, Kiran Teertha, Harshada Pramod Nagare
  • Patent number: 12347638
    Abstract: A non-mechanical-interfacing electronic switch or a mechanical-interfacing electronic switch are controlled to modulate between an active state and an inactive state based on electronic action. The switch includes an aperture defining an opening in a housing, and the opening defines an insertion path. A transmitter transmits a signal to a receiver along a signal path. To control the non-mechanical-interfacing electronic switch, a mechanical lockout device having a protrusion is inserted through the opening of the aperture along the insertion path. To control the mechanical-interfacing electronic switch, a mechanical control part have a protrusion is moveable to interrupt the signal. Methods of locking the non-mechanical-interfacing electronic switch with the mechanical lockout device as well as methods of locking the mechanical control part of the mechanical interfacing electronic switch with the mechanical lockout device are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Adam D. Ledgerwood, Joseph M. Manahan, Andrew J. Butler, Graig E. DeCarr
  • Patent number: 12322897
    Abstract: A cable sealing plug includes a cable pass through opening extending through the cable sealing plug in an axial direction, a compression seal extending around the cable pass through opening, and a locking part having a locking system. The compression seal is transferable to a compressed state in which an inner diameter of the compression seal is smaller than a predetermined cable diameter of an electric cable extending through the cable pass through opening. The locking part and the compression seal are formed as a unitary component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Fischer, Roman Hildmann, Maximilian Veihl, Markus Eckel
  • Patent number: 12312986
    Abstract: A connection unit connects an electrical supply line to a connection element of a heatable exhaust gas system. The connection unit has a housing having a connection element receiving region extending in the direction of a first housing axis (G1) and a supply line receiving region extending in the direction of a second housing axis (G2). The connection element receiving region is open in a first axial connection element receiving region end region for receiving the connection element protruding from an exhaust gas system and is closed off in a second axial connection element receiving region end region. The supply line receiving region is open to the connection element receiving region in a first axial supply line receiving region end region and is open in a second supply line receiving region end region for receiving an electrical supply line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Purem GmbH
    Inventors: Felix Neumann, Jan Haenisch, Christian Schneider, Veronique Guerin, Johannes Grupp
  • Patent number: 12266887
    Abstract: The sealing element of the waterproof connector has a shape in which a family seal portion that waterproofs the peripheries of electric wires which are sandwiched between an inner housing and an outer housing 40, and which are not illustrated, and a seal ring portion that performs waterproofing between the seal ring portion and a mating housing are integrated. The standing board portions of the inner housing penetrate the long openings of the sealing element, and the portion to be caught of the outer housing is caught by catch protrusion portions that are formed in upper portions of the standing board portions and each have a hook shape, whereby the inner housing and the outer housing are assembled in a state in which the family seal portion of the sealing element is sandwiched between the inner housing and the outer housing. The mating housing comes into contact with the third waterproof portion of the sealing element, which acts as the seal ring portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Japan G.K.
    Inventor: Tetsuro Akiguchi
  • Patent number: 12261404
    Abstract: A terminal block with a handle structure includes an insulation base having an accommodation space, an insertion port, and a side opening. The insulation base has a limit column and a pivot part formed in the accommodation space. A conductive terminal includes a conductive body and plural lead pins, and the conductive body is positioned in the accommodation space, and the lead pin passes out from the insulation base. An elastic plate includes an abutting arm with a curved surface, a bend section sheathing the limit column, and the abutting arm is suspended on a side of the insertion port, and a pivot of the handle structure is combined with the pivot part to make a handle protrude from the insulation base, and a pressing cam abuts against the curved surface of the abutting arm, so that the handle structure may avoid damages and provide a labor-saving effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignees: DINKLE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD., DINKLE ELECTRIC MACHINERY (CHINA) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shang-Tsai Wu
  • Patent number: 12261393
    Abstract: There is provided a connector including a seal member that seals a gap between an opening inner wall of an opening and a peripheral edge of a cover. The seal member includes a body portion having an annular shape along the peripheral edge of the cover, an extending portion that extends from an end portion of the body portion on a side of an outside along a cover surface of the cover, and a protruding portion that protrudes in a direction of intersecting with an extending direction of the extending portion and extends from the extending portion along the cover surface. The cover includes a recessed fitting portion into which the extending portion and the protruding portion of the seal member are fitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Hamai, Takatoshi Suzuki, Junya Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 12255427
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes: a first housing configured to hold a first terminal having a flat plate shape; a second terminal configured to allow the first terminal to be inserted thereinto such that the second terminal is conductively connected to the first terminal when the first terminal is inserted into the second terminal; and a second housing configured to be engaged with the first housing. The first housing has a first space defining, together with a second space of the second housing, a space configured to accommodate the second terminal. The first space is configured to accommodate a part of the first terminal. When the first housing is engaged with the second housing, the first terminal is allowed to be inserted into the second terminal such that the first terminal and the second terminal are conductively connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Isanori Shimizu, Arata Yagi
  • Patent number: 12255424
    Abstract: A separable and reconnectable connector for semiconductor devices is provided that is scalable for devices having very small contact pitch. Connectors of the present disclosure include signal pins shielded by pins electrically-coupled to ground. One or more signal pins in a contact array are electrically-shielded by at least one ground pin coupled to a ground plane. Embodiments thereby provide signal pins, either single-ended or a differential pair, usable to transmit signals with reduced noise or cross-talk and thus improved signal integrity. Embodiments further provide inner ground planes coupled to connector ground pins to shield pairs of differential signal pins without increasing the size of the connector. Inner grounding layers can be formed within isolation substrates incorporated into connector embodiments between adjacent pairs of signal pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: GITech, Inc.
    Inventor: John Williams
  • Patent number: 12255413
    Abstract: In a connector having a housing and a plurality of terminals, the plurality of terminals is configured as surface mount terminals, and each surface mount terminal includes a terminal portion arranged inside the housing, a fixed portion fixed to the housing, and a mount portion soldered to a mount surface of a board. The surface mount terminals are arranged side by side from one side to the other side in a Y-direction when the connector mounted on the mount surface is viewed in an X-direction, and a surface mount terminal having the smallest length dimension from the mount portion to the fixed portion is arranged at the leftmost end in the Y-direction, and the length dimension from the mount portion to the fixed portion is larger or the same dimension according to the arrangement order from the left side to the right side in the Y-direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITED, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Shigeyasu Kitamura, Toshihiro Oka, Youichi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12255431
    Abstract: A tail poking cover connector with a cage-type conducting mechanism comprises a front housing and a rear housing; a front open chamber is arranged in the rear housing; the front housing is used for closing the front open chamber; the cage-type conducting mechanism is arranged in the front open chamber, and the cage-type conducting mechanism comprises a conducting frame and a conducting component; the conducting frame comprises an inclined vertical part, an upper transverse part and a lower transverse part; and ports are formed in the inclined vertical part, the upper transverse part is provided with conducting heads extending backwards to the position above the lower transverse part, and clamping grooves are formed at the top of the lower transverse part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: Guangdong Ojun Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Changxiong Pan, Yaoguang Xiao
  • Patent number: 12244110
    Abstract: A current bar adapter for electrically connecting at least one plug-in module to at least one current bar and/or contact bar of an insert part which is inserted into a mounting rail, a number of current bars and/or contact bars that extend in a longitudinal direction of the mounting rail being arranged in the insert part, the current bar adapter including: a clamping device for snapping the current bar adapter onto the mounting rail; at least one interface for contacting the at least one plug-in module; and at least one contact element for contacting the at least one current bar and/or contact bar and establishing an electrical connection between the current bar and/or contact bar and the at least one plug-in module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Roland Tombers, Heinrich Kaeuper
  • Patent number: 12244101
    Abstract: A connector assembly is disclosed to include a shielding cage and a receptacle connector. The shielding cage forms at least one insertion space and a front end port communicatively coupled to the insertion space, the insertion space is defined by a top wall, a bottom wall and two side walls which cooperate with each other. The receptacle connector is provided to a rear segment of the shielding cage and includes a receptacle housing. The shielding cage further includes at least one stopping piece and at least one support stopping block which extend into the insertion space, the support stopping block is interposed between the stopping piece and the receptacle housing and supports the stopping piece. In another manner, the shielding cage may include a withdrawing stop portion and a rear stopping piece, the withdrawing stop portion is used to limit the receptacle housing to displace rearwardly, the rear stopping piece is used to stop the receptacle housing from behind the receptacle housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Che-Yuan Yang, You-Qian Lu, Chun-Hsiang Chiang
  • Patent number: 12244089
    Abstract: A modular high-current connector (1) has a first housing part (7) and a second housing part (8) connected thereto. The second housing part (8) has an open housing wall (10). The open housing wall (10) can be added to by an unlimited number of additional housing parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KG
    Inventors: Norbert Kropiewnicki, Nicole Spilker, Sergej Zier, Thomas Beischer, Nando Hoppe, Benjamin Krüger
  • Patent number: 12244106
    Abstract: A vehicular electrical plug or connector is provided. In another aspect, an electrical connector includes a wire cable having a first end that is permanently connected to a wheeled recreational vehicle, a second end with an outlet-engageable plug thereon, and a switch allowing for a high potential or dielectric withstand test by the vehicle manufacturer in one switch condition, and then the switch allowing for normal use while detecting and/or alerting a user of an electrical ground and/or polarity problem in another switch condition. A further aspect of an electrical connector employs multiple lights on a plug, one of which alerts a user of an electrical ground and/or polarity problem, and another of which is illuminated when electricity is flowing through the plug. Another aspect of a vehicular electrical plug and method of manufacturing same, includes liquid polyurethane fed into a hole in a plug housing which then fills the otherwise open area therein to create a water-resistant seal for the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: Glendinning Products, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Glendinning, Robert Miles Glendinning, Jimmy R. Todd
  • Patent number: 12244104
    Abstract: An assembly for terminating a high speed cable. The assembly includes a shell housing and preassembled crosstalk shield. The shell housing has a mating end and a conductor receiving end, One or more shield receiving recesses extend from the conductor receiving end toward the mating end. The preassembled crosstalk shield has mounting projections which are positioned in the one or more shield receiving recesses. The mounting projections and the one or more shield receiving recesses provide an interference engagement to provide a secure mechanical and electrical connection between the shell housing and the preassembled crosstalk shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Nicholas Paul Ruffini, Lynn Robert Sipe, Brian Todd Klinger
  • Patent number: 12212129
    Abstract: An electrical outlet cover gasket comprising a rectangular front face, a rectangular rear face opposite the front face, a central aperture extending through a center of the gasket, and a bug cover. The bug cover is molded as a single piece with the gasket and extends forward from the front face. The bug cover may extend forward from the front face on at least two sides of the front face. Additionally, the bug cover may have at least one slit extending through the bug cover. The at least one slit allows an electrical cord to pass through the bug cover. The bug cover is configured to cover at least one cord port of the electrical outlet cover when the gasket is installed in an electrical outlet cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: Titan3 Technology LLC
    Inventor: Jeffrey P. Baldwin