Patents Examined by William H. Mayo, III
  • Patent number: 11901098
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes an assembly adapted for mitigating dry band arcing on power distribution line insulators. The assembly includes a polymeric insulator for power distribution line having a core, two end fittings affixed to opposing ends of the core, and a housing circumferentially surrounding the core. The housing including an upper end section and a lower end section each overlapping a respective end fitting, and a series of axially spaced apart annular sheds projecting radially outwardly from an outer surface of the housing. The device further includes a cover having a main body including a sidewall and a top wall, the sidewall and the top wall together define a cavity. A lower edge of the sidewall defines a lower opening and the top wall includes an upper opening, both the lower and upper openings being in communication with the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Kiran Pusthay, Senthil A. Kumar
  • Patent number: 11903132
    Abstract: A power electronic assembly includes a board having metal layers laminated onto or between electrically insulating layers, and a laminate inlay embedded in the board. A first metal layer provides electrical contacts at a first side of the board. A second metal layer provides a thermal contact at a second side of the board. A third metal layer is positioned between the first metal layer and the laminate inlay and configured to distribute a load current switched by the laminate inlay. A fourth metal layer is positioned between the second metal layer and the laminate inlay and configured as a primary thermal conduction path for heat generated by the laminate inlay during switching of the load current. A first electrically insulating layer separates the fourth metal layer from the second metal layer so that the fourth metal layer is electrically isolated from but thermally connected to the second metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies AG
    Inventors: Petteri Palm, Martin Benisek, Liu Chen, Frank Daeche, Josef Maerz
  • Patent number: 11898059
    Abstract: A surface protection composition having a compound represented by the formula (1) in an amount of 0.1 to 10 mass % in terms of phosphorus element with respect to the total amount of the composition, the compound (b) the metal-containing compound in an amount of 0.1 to 10 mass % in terms of a metal element with the total amount of the composition or the amine compound in an amount of 0.1 to 5.0 mass % in terms of nitrogen element the total amount of the composition, the compound (c) (meth)acrylate having 2 or more carbon-carbon double bonds and hydrocarbon chains having four or more carbon atoms in an amount of 1.0 to 70 mass % with the total amount of the composition, the compound (d) a photopolymerization initiator in an amount of 0.1 to 10 mass % with the total amount of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Naoyuki Oshiumi, Takehiro Hosokawa, Makoto Mizoguchi
  • Patent number: 11888278
    Abstract: A support core system for deploying a cold shrink rubber over a cable splice connection in an electrical distribution system. The support core system includes a first solid core, a second solid core, and a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film. The first solid core is configured to fit over a cable in the electrical distribution system and hold a first portion of the cold shrink rubber in an expanded state. The cable includes the cable splice connection. The second solid core is configured to fit over the cable and hold a second portion of the cold shrink rubber in an expanded state. The PET film is positioned between the cold shrink rubber and each of the first solid core and the second solid core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Richards Mfg. Co.
    Inventors: Christopher A Juillet, Bruce Bier, Jeffrey Madden
  • Patent number: 11875915
    Abstract: A new dielectric material for a communication cable has a dielectric base with strength members embedded therein. By a new process, vacuum voids are formed in the dielectric base and at least partially contain or abut the strength members. The material is particularly well suited for a first dielectric tape, where the cable includes a first insulated conductor, the first dielectric tape and a second insulated conductor, with the first insulated conductor being twisted with the second insulated conductor with the first dielectric tape residing between the first insulated conductor and the second insulated conductor. The material is also suitable for a separator of the cable serving to separate twisted pairs from each other within the cable, as well as other components of the cable, such as an insulation layer of one or more of the insulated conductors of the twisted pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ted Q. Cobb, Jr., Trent M. Hayes
  • Patent number: 11875916
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a pipe type busbar includes: preparing a first tubular member made of a first material having a hollow formed therein; preparing a second tubular member having a hollow formed therein and made of a second material different from the first material; plating the first tubular member with a third material; and bonding one surface of the first tubular member and one surface of the second tubular member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, A.F.W. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byong-Soo Kim, Jae-Sun Lim, Ki-Young Kim, Jong-Duk Seo
  • Patent number: 11875920
    Abstract: A cable includes a first metal conductor, a first insulator, a second metal conductor and a second insulator. The first insulator is at least partially wrapped on the first metal conductor. The second insulator is at least partially wrapped on the second metal conductor. The first metal conductor is adapted to transmit a first signal. The second metal conductor is adapted to transmit a second signal. The cable also includes an intermediate layer material at least partially wound on the first insulator and the second insulator. A dielectric constant of the intermediate layer material is lower than that of the first insulator, and the dielectric constant of the intermediate layer material is lower than that of the second insulator. With this arrangement, the cable of the present disclosure is capable of realizing low mode conversion and improving the high frequency characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: LUXSHARE TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Charles Lloyd Grant, Andrew John Nowak, Jinchang Dai, Bentao Hu, Huanzhong Yan, Henning Lillegaard Hansen
  • Patent number: 11870187
    Abstract: An electrical conductor assembly for use in a power distribution assembly includes an electrical conductor. A casing covers at least a portion of the electrical conductor. The casing insulates the at least a portion of the electrical conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED
    Inventors: Joel Anthony Furco, Joseph M. Manahan, Patrick S. Ward
  • Patent number: 11869681
    Abstract: A multicore cable includes a twisted wire portion including a plurality of Twinax cables and a plurality of coaxial cables, and a shield layer disposed on an outer periphery of the twisted wire portion. The twisted wire portion includes a first twisted wire layer and a second twisted wire layer in a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the multicore cable. The first twisted wire layer is closest to the shield layer, and the second twisted wire layer is located on a center side from the first twisted wire layer and is adjacent to the first twisted wire layer. A closest Twinax cable is disposed in the second twisted wire layer. The closest Twinax cable is closest to the shield layer among the plurality of Twinax cables included in the twisted wire portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Seiji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11869688
    Abstract: An inductor component includes a component body having a mounting surface and a top surface and provided therein with a spiral inductor wiring line advancing in the extending direction of a winding center axis. The inductor wiring line is connected to a first external electrode at a first end, and connected to a second external electrode at a second end. The component body includes: a first inclined surface connected to a first end of the mounting surface on a first side in a length direction and inclined toward the top surface as separating from the first end; and a second inclined surface connected to a second end of the mounting surface on a second side in the length direction and inclined toward the top surface as separating from the second end. The winding center axis extends in a direction parallel to the mounting surface and perpendicular to the length direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rikiya Sano, Masayuki Yoneda
  • Patent number: 11862358
    Abstract: A busbar for use in mechanically and electrically connecting components in a device or system. The busbar includes a plurality of conductors arranged to provide two opposed end portions and an intermediate portion, wherein each of the conductors has a plurality of intermediate extents that traverse the intermediate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: James Dawson, Jason Degen
  • Patent number: 11862917
    Abstract: A crimp connector for a wire includes first and second clamping plates connected via a bending portion so as to be pivotable with respect to one another for clamping the wire between them in a clamping state. Inner surfaces of the clamping plates are designed as clamping surfaces having a plurality of elongated depressions and elongated ribs that run perpendicularly to a pivot axis of the bending portion. The ribs of one clamping plate are each arranged and dimensioned in such a way that they are at least partially arranged in the depressions of the other clamping plate in the clamping state such that a wire clamped between the clamping plates in the clamping state is formed into a meandering shape. Distance between adjacent depressions in at least one of the first and second clamping plates varies along the clamping surface on a straight line parallel to the pillar axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: LEAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Georgiana Tirca-Dragomirescu, Klaus Junker, Jose Luis Mendieta Garcia
  • Patent number: 11855501
    Abstract: An insulating composition having a polymer resin, a nanoclay, and one or more nanofillers. The insulating composition has a thermal conductivity of greater than about 0.8 W/mK, a dielectric constant of less than about 5, a dissipation factor of less than about 3%, and a breakdown strength of greater than about 1,000 V/mil. The insulating composition has an endurance life of at least 400 hours at 310 volts per mil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventor: Yang Cao
  • Patent number: 11854722
    Abstract: A power cable for transmitting electrical power includes at least two electrical conductors extending mainly along a power transmission axis. A first of the conductors called the external conductor surrounds a second of the conductors called the internal conductor along the axis. At least one insert is arranged between the internal conductor and the external conductor. The insert extends over only part of the cable along the axis. The insert introduces a first impedance between the internal conductor and the external conductor with a value different from a second impedance between the internal conductor and the external conductor outside of the part of the cable over which the insert extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: THALES
    Inventors: Eric Ravindranath Dubois, Hocine Kherbouchi, Sebastien Chenet
  • Patent number: 11854716
    Abstract: A shielded electrical cable includes conductor sets extending along a length of the cable and spaced apart from each other along a width of the cable. First and second shielding films are disposed on opposite sides of the cable and include cover portions and pinched portions arranged such that, in transverse cross section, the cover portions of the films in combination substantially surround each conductor set. An adhesive layer bonds the shielding films together in the pinched portions of the cable. A transverse bending of the cable at a cable location of no more than 180 degrees over an inner radius of at most 2 mm causes a cable impedance of the selected insulated conductor proximate the cable location to vary by no more than 2 percent from an initial cable impedance measured at the cable location in an unbent configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Douglas B. Gundel
  • Patent number: 11848124
    Abstract: A conductor for a busbar electric wire can include a conductive plate material having a substantially rectangular cross-sectional shape and an opening formed on one side in a width direction orthogonal to a longitudinal direction of the plate material. The width direction can correspond to a planar direction of the plate material. A busbar electric wire can include the conductor and an insulating sheath that covers the plate material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Kondo, Mizuki Shirai, Takeshi Kamata
  • Patent number: 11848125
    Abstract: A ribbon cable includes a plurality of cable groups arranged side by side in a width direction of the ribbon cable and a wrapping film continuously wound on an outer side of the cable groups in a multi-turn wrapping manner at an inclined angle with respect to the width direction. There is a gap between every adjacent pair of cable groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Zhiwei (Jack) Guo, Hainan (Harlan) Lu, Jonathan Edward Lee
  • Patent number: 11848121
    Abstract: An electrical feed-through apparatus is prevents or substantially reduces partial corona discharges in penetrators for high voltage supply for underwater facilities. A flange of a first thickness has an opening providing a passage between first and second oppositely located sides of the flange. An elongated tube of a solid, electrically insulating material has a first length greater than the first thickness, and is positioned in the passage, with first and second parts of the tube protruding from the first and second sides of the flange, respectively. First and second attachment sleeves are positioned on the tube and are attached to the first and second parts of the tube, respectively, at a distance from respective first and second ends of the tube. The sleeves are attached to the respective first and second oppositely located sides of the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Sentech AS
    Inventors: Morten Halleraker, Helmut Mayer, Gunter Bitz
  • Patent number: 11840616
    Abstract: The composition includes: (i) an ethylene-based polymer; (ii) an organic peroxide, (iii) a triorganophosphine, and (iv) a protic acid-source compound (“PASC”) selected from a protic acid, a protic acid-generator compound (“PAGC”), and combinations thereof. The triorganophosphine has the Structure (1): wherein R1, R2, and R3 each is independently selected from a C1-C40 hydrocarbyl group, a C1-C40 heterohydrocarbyl group, and combinations thereof; with the proviso that the phosphorus atom is bound to a carbon atom in each of R1, R2, and R3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Bharat I. Chaudhary, Jeffrey M. Cogen, Charles Liotta, Pamela Pollet, Sarath Sarngadharan
  • Patent number: 11842829
    Abstract: An electrical cable including four copper layers, where at least two of the four copper layers are separated by a polymeric base layer, and where at least two of the four copper layers are separated by an adhesive. The electrical cable further includes a polymeric cover layer adhered to an outermost copper layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Sassan K. Shahidi, Hoodin Hamidi, David Harper, Larry LeeRoy Tretter