Patents Examined by William H. Mayo, III
  • Patent number: 12106874
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a wire-like transmission member; a first sheet to which the wire-like transmission member is fixed; and a second sheet, at least a part of which is overlapped with the first sheet, wherein a first through hole is formed in one of the first sheet and the second sheet, a second through hole formed to be continuous with the first through hole and smaller than the first through hole is formed in another one of the first sheet and the second sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryusuke Kudo, Tetsuya Nishimura, Haruka Nakano, Masaki Mizushita, Kenta Arai
  • Patent number: 12107354
    Abstract: To provide a coaxial flat cable that can achieve stable high-frequency transmission characteristics as a structure by which stress is not applied to a specific coaxial cable, even due to handling of the coaxial flat cable or the like. The above-described problem is solved by a coaxial flat cable (20) comprising a plurality of coaxial cables (10) disposed side by side in a width direction (X), and a resin tape (11) integrating at least terminal parts (21) of these coaxial cables (10) from one surface or both surfaces, each of the plurality of coaxial cables (10) being connected by soldering to a substrate (30) or a connector. The resin tape (11) positioned at the terminal parts (21) is configured to be provided with a fixed part (21a), to be fixed to the substrate or the connector, at both end portions in the width direction (X).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: TOTOKU ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Nobuaki Nakayama
  • Patent number: 12108533
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a circuit board includes disposing an electronic component in a recess formed in a first circuit substrate, and bonding a second circuit substrate to the first circuit substrate to form a third circuit substrate with the electronic component embedded. The method includes forming an opening in the third circuit substrate to expose the electronic component and an inner surface of the third circuit substrate. The method includes disposing an insulation case in the opening. The insulation case has a first segment directly contacting the electronic component, a second segment facing the inner surface, an inner wall between the first and second segments, a first chamber surrounded by the first segment and the inner wall, and a second chamber surrounded by the second segment and the inner wall. The method includes adding a heat-exchanging fluid into the first chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: AVARY HOLDING (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., QINGDING PRECISION ELECTRONICS (HUAI'AN) CO., LTD., GARUDA TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhi Guo, Chen Xiong, Po-Yuan Chen
  • Patent number: 12100924
    Abstract: A crimp includes a crimp barrel having a first side wall and a second side wall. The first side wall has a self-locking wing and the second side wall has a self-locking hooked pocket. The self-locking wing is adapted to lock with the self-locking hooked pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, TE Connectivity India Private Limited
    Inventors: Uwe Bluemmel, Shashikumar S N, Vinayakumar Shettar, Saravanakumar M, Deepak A G
  • Patent number: 12094628
    Abstract: A covered electric wire contains a conductor and an insulation covering which covers an outer surface of the conductor. The covered electric wire has a flat portion where a cross section of the conductor intersecting an axial direction of the covered electric wire has a flat shape which has a larger length in a width direction. The insulation covering contains, in the cross section of the flat portion, plane regions which contains, at the surface thereof: a width-directional region along the width direction; and a height-directional region intersecting the width direction. The insulation covering contains a region having a rounded shape having a radius at the junction between the width-directional region and the height-directional region, and the covered electric wire satisfies a relationship of R>t between the radius R and a thickness t of the insulation covering at the plane region. The wire harness contains the covered electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Fumitoshi Imasato, Toyoki Furukawa, Kyoma Sahashi
  • Patent number: 12087471
    Abstract: A communications cable includes a pair of twisted pair of wires, each coated with a fluoropolymer insulator. The fluoropolymer insulators each independently contain at least 95% w/w fluorinated ethylene propylene (FEP). The twisted pair of wires is configured to carry a differential signal, such as a differential data signal and/or a differential power signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: DAIKIN AMERICA INC., DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Daniel Kennefick
  • Patent number: 12087476
    Abstract: A laminate structure having a metal foil having a lower and an upper surface area, a first layer of a thermoplastic polymer laid onto and covering the lower surface of the layer of metal foil except for a longitudinal uncovered surface area of the layer of metal foil, and a second layer of thermoplastic polymer laid onto and covering the upper surface of the layer of metal foil except for a longitudinal uncovered surface area of the layer of metal foil, and wherein the laminate structure is wrapped around the cable core such that the first uncovered surface area of the metal foil faces the cable core and the second uncovered surface area of the metal foil faces away from the laminate structure, and the laminate structure is thermally joined by a heat treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Markus Jarvid, Simon Jorgensen
  • Patent number: 12087473
    Abstract: A wiring member includes a first wiring member including a first sheet, and a plurality of first wire-like transmission members fixed onto the first sheet. The plurality of first wire-like transmission members include a second wire-like transmission member, and a third wire-like transmission member extending over the second wire-like transmission member and crossing the second wire-like transmission member. The wiring member further includes a holding member configured to hold a positional relationship between the second and third wire-like transmission members at a crossing part of the second and third wire-like transmission members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nishimura, Daisuke Ebata, Masaki Mizushita, Ryusuke Kudo, Shintaro Sumida, Hidetoshi Ishida
  • Patent number: 12083911
    Abstract: A system and method for heavy-current charging cables for charging an electric vehicles includes a central heavy-current wire extending in a longitudinal direction, a plurality of heavy-current power wires comprising a power conductor and a power wire insulation surrounding said power conductor, the heavy-current power wires extending parallel to the central wire, a liquid tight inner hose extending in the longitudinal direction and surrounding the heavy-current central wire and the heavy-current power wires thereby defining a first hollow area comprising liquid coolant to flow between the heavy-current central wire and the heavy-current power wires along the longitudinal direction, and a liquid tight outer hose extending in the longitudinal direction and surrounding the inner hose thereby defining a second hollow area comprising liquid coolant to flow between the inner hose and the outer hose along the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: ABB E-mobility B.V.
    Inventors: Emmanuel Logakis, Matteo Bortolato, Jaroslav Hemrle, Lars Bech, Stefan Raaijmakers, Wiebe Zoon, Jean-Marc Oppliger
  • Patent number: 12087466
    Abstract: A transmission line includes a conductor for signal transmission and an isolating layer covering the conductor. The isolating layer includes a first isolating strand group and a second isolating strand group. The first isolating strand group is wound in a way that forms an S-twist around the conductor along an axis direction the conductor, and the second isolating strand group is wound in a way that forms a Z-twist around the conductor along the axis direction. In an interval from a first position to a second position, including the first position, the first isolating strand group continuously overlaps an outside of the second isolating strand group, and in an interval from the second position to a third position, including the second position, the second isolating strand group continuously overlaps an outside of the first isolating strand group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventor: Tsun Yi Ko
  • Patent number: 12082334
    Abstract: Circuit board assemblies include a circuit board portion having a recess formed therein, an electrically and thermally conductive insert, shaped to fit in the recess formed in the circuit board portion, an electrically and thermally conductive layer adapted and configured to interface with an external chassis, and a thermally conductive electrically insulative portion interposed between the electrically and thermally conductive insert and the electrically and thermally conductive layer, adapted and configured to conduct heat from the electrically and thermally conductive insert to the electrically and thermally conductive layer without conducting electricity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: John Dickey, Kevin Kilroy
  • Patent number: 12073963
    Abstract: A core electric wire for a multicore cable. The core electric wire includes a conductor composed of a plurality of elemental wires twisted together and an insulating layer coating a circumference of the conductor. The insulating layer includes a first component and a second component, the first component being high density polyethylene, the second component being at least one selected from the group consisting of a copolymer of ethylene and an ?-olefin having a carbonyl group, and very-low density polyethylene. The first component has a content ratio of 10% by mass or more and 60% by mass or less to a total content of the polyethylene-based resin, and the second component has a content ratio of 20% by mass or more and 80% by mass or less to the total content of the polyethylene-based resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yutaka Matsumura, Shigeyuki Tanaka, Taro Fujita, Takaya Kohori, Takumi Ooshima, Jo Yagisawa
  • Patent number: 12068566
    Abstract: The electrical wiring device includes a cover and a base. The base has a wire chamber supporting a wire termination assembly. The wire termination assembly includes a wire fastening member and a conductive member. The wire fastening member has a cam surface and is rotatable between an open position and a securing position. The conductive member is positioned in close proximity to the wire fastening member such that a gap is provided between the wire fastening member and the conductive member when the wire fastening member is in the open position. When the wire fastening member is rotated from the open position to the securing position, the cam surface rotates to reduce the size of the gap between the wire fastening member and the conductive member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Thomas L. Scanzillo, Matthew Jared Varney, Thomas Joseph Conti, Connor Thomas Grant
  • Patent number: 12068591
    Abstract: There is provided a utility junction box including a plurality of sidewalls forming a housing having an open bottom opening into an interior volume for receiving one or more utility lines from a first location, one or more apertures formed in at least one sidewall of the housing, a weather guard disposed on an exterior of the at least one sidewall having a downwardly sloping front face having formed therein one aperture corresponding to each of the one or more apertures formed in the at least one sidewall of the housing and disposed directly opposite therefrom. Each aperture formed in the sidewall of the housing is configured to allow a utility line to pass from within the interior volume of the housing through the aperture and direct the utility line through the corresponding aperture formed in the weather guard to a second location exterior to the utility junction box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Inventor: Michael M. Bogart
  • Patent number: 12068086
    Abstract: An arrangement for welded conductors for power transmission cables includes conductors welded by a high conductive welding material. A method for production of such welded conductors and power transmission cables including the welded conductors includes joining the conductor elements by welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Audun Johanson, Jonas Larsson
  • Patent number: 12068088
    Abstract: Provided is a power cable and a method for manufacturing a power cable that reduces occurrence of uneven thickness of an insulating layer and voids and peeling due to shrinkage and has good dielectric breakdown strength. The power cable includes the insulating layer containing 15 mass % or more of a propylene-based resin having a melting point of 110° C. or higher with respect to a whole. The power cable further includes a relationship between a cooling rate X [° C./min] at the time of manufacturing an interface portion in the insulating layer with the inner semiconductive layer and a cooling rate Y [° C./min] at the time of manufacturing a central portion of the insulating layer and is expressed by the relationship (Z), wherein X?Y×0.8 . . . (Z).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Mieda, Kazuyoshi Akizuki, Shingo Mitsugi
  • Patent number: 12068090
    Abstract: An insulated wire, including: a conductor and an insulating film covering the conductor; in which at least one insulating layer constituting the insulating film contains: a thermosetting resin A, and a resin B that is ranked lower than the thermosetting resin A in a tribo-electric series.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: ESSEX FURUKAWA MAGNET WIRE JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ayumi Yamamoto, Keisuke Ikeda, Keiichi Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 12062875
    Abstract: An electrical crimp ferrule includes a circumferential center portion, a first circumferential flank connected to the center portion, and a second circumferential flank connected to the center portion. The circumferential center portion integrally connects the first and second circumferential flanks. At least one crimp diameter compensation element extends from at least one of the first circumferential flank or the second circumferential flank and is adapted to engage with an electrical cable having a non-circular cross section in a crimped state of the ferrule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Dominik Klingler, Markus Strelow
  • Patent number: 12051893
    Abstract: A high-voltage electronic box assembly, having a high-voltage electronic box and a multi-directional connector assembly inside the high-voltage electronic box, and a junction box housing is connected to the high-voltage electronic box differently in each of a plurality of configurations. A negative terminal is connected to the first negative bus bar in a first of the plurality of configurations and a second of the plurality of configurations, and the negative terminal is connected to the second negative bus bar in a third of the plurality of configurations and a fourth of the plurality of configurations, a positive terminal is connected to the first positive bus bar in the first of the plurality of configurations and the second of the plurality of configurations, and the positive terminal is connected to the second positive bus bar in the third of the plurality of configurations and the fourth of the plurality of configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Vitesco Technologies USA, LLC
    Inventor: Mitul Patel
  • Patent number: 12048088
    Abstract: A method comprises: providing a circuit board comprising a first surface, an opposing second surface, and a ground connection; defining a shielding zone and a non-shielding zone on the first surface, one or more shielding-zone electronic components being comprised within the shielding zone; providing a groove in the circuit board, the groove extending along at least part of the shielding zone and being in-between the shielding zone and the non-shielding zone; applying an insulating encapsulation layer to cover the shielding zone, whereby the one or more shielding-zone electronic components are encapsulated; applying an electrically conductive shielding layer on top of at least part of the encapsulation layer and to the ground connection so as to electrically couple the shielding layer to the ground connection, whereby the one or more shielding-zone electronic components are electromagnetically shielded. Further, disclosed is a circuit board, and a hearing device comprising a circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: GN HEARING A/S
    Inventors: Thorvaldur Oli Bodvarsson, Maja Amskov Gravad, Kamila Piotrowska