Patents Examined by William H. Mayo, III
  • Patent number: 11574748
    Abstract: An ultra-high-voltage DC power cable system capable of simultaneously preventing or minimizing electric field distortion, a reduction of DC dielectric strength, and a reduction of impulse breakdown strength due to the accumulation of space charges in an insulating layer of a cable and an insulating material of an intermediate connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LS CABLE & SYSTEM LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Pyo Hong, Su Bong Lee, Eui Hwan Jung, O Hyuck Kwon, Seung Woo Cho, Sun Kak Kim
  • Patent number: 11569701
    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 1,000V/mil. The insulating composition has an endurance life of at least 400 hours at 310 volts per mil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventor: Yang Cao
  • Patent number: 11569005
    Abstract: A cable includes a cable core including a linear filler, and a plurality of core wires for signal transmission, a shield layer covering around the cable core, and a sheath covering around the shield layer. The filler includes a first filler provided at a cable center, and a plurality of second fillers provided around the first filler to form a cross-shape with the first filler in a cross-section perpendicular to a cable longitudinal direction. The cable core is configured in such a manner that the plurality of core wires and the plurality of second fillers are spirally twisted around the first filler to be alternately arranged in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Masashi Moriyama, Detian Huang, Yoshinori Tsukamoto, Masanori Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11557407
    Abstract: An automated assembly sensor cable has a generally wide and flat elongated body and a registration feature generally traversing the length of the body so as to identify the relative locations of conductors within the body. This cable configuration facilitates the automated attachment of the cable to an optical sensor circuit and corresponding connector. In various embodiments, the automated assembly sensor cable has a conductor set of insulated wires, a conductive inner jacket generally surrounding the conductor set, an outer jacket generally surrounding the inner jacket and a registration feature disposed along the surface of the outer jacket and a conductive drain line is embedded within the inner jacket. A strength member may be embedded within the inner jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: MASIMO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ammar Al-Ali, Yassir Abdul-Hafiz, William Jack MacNeish, III, Kevin Forrest
  • Patent number: 11551830
    Abstract: A telecommunications cable includes a plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors, a separator, a first jacket, one or more barriers and a second jacket. In addition, the plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors extends substantially along a longitudinal axis of the telecommunications cable. Further, the plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors includes an electrical conductor and an insulation layer. Furthermore, the separator separates each of the plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors. Moreover, the first jacket and the second jacket extend substantially along the longitudinal axis of the telecommunications cable. Also, the one or more barriers are positioned between the first jacket and the second jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Sterlite Technologies Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Kaczmarski, Abhishek Upadhyay, Noufal Kazhhungum Thottathil, Darshana Bhatt
  • Patent number: 11552463
    Abstract: A flange fitted around a round cylindrical condenser core of a bushing is described. The flange comprises an annular lower flange part arranged to fit around a radial shoulder of the condenser core such that a lower shoulder chamfer of the shoulder rests against lower flange chamfer of the lower flange part around the circumference of the condenser core; and an annular upper flange part fastened to the lower flange part and fits around the condenser core above an upper shoulder chamfer of the shoulder. An upper flange chamfer of the upper flange part is between an upper sealing element and a lower sealing element, forming an annular chamfer space is formed between the upper flange chamfer and the upper shoulder chamfer between the upper and lower sealing elements. The flange comprises an injection through hole for a filler material to be injected there through to fill the chamfer space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Hitachi Energy Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Peter Sjöberg, Jakob Emmel, Jan Czyzewski, Ansgar Dais, Fabian Stacy, Leif Roosgardh
  • Patent number: 11545800
    Abstract: A method for joining a first cable to a second cable that each include at least one electrically conductive inner conductor, an outer sheath which at least partially surrounds the at least one inner conductor, and an insulation material which is arranged at least partially between the at least one inner conductor and the outer sheath. The method includes: bringing an end of each cable together such that at least one inner conductor of the cables are opposite one another and a fusible conductor joining material having a lower melting point than the at least one inner conductor is present in between; and heating at least one of the cables from the outside such that the heat penetrates into an interior of the at least one heated cable so the fusible conductor joining material melts and electrically connects the at least one inner conductor of the cables to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Schott AG
    Inventor: Oliver Wolfgang Fritz
  • Patent number: 11538649
    Abstract: A circuit breaker housing for holding a switching device unit and a number of connection contacts for a connection line and/or a busbar. The housing has a first housing part and a second housing part. In the joined, assembled state, the housing parts form a front side and a rear side opposite said front side and at least one connection side and end faces located opposite one another. A holding chamber for a connection module having one of the connection contacts is provided on the front side and/or on at least one of the connection sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Ellenberger & Poensgen GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Fischer, Hubert Harrer, Dean Latham, Klaus Loos, Fabio Pafumi, Klaus Werner, Juergen Zeberl
  • Patent number: 11518917
    Abstract: An insulation useful in the field of building materials, refrigeration, cryogenics, and shipping. The insulation has reduced radiative heat transfer by applying coating to the insulation material in order to alter the emissivity, including the infrared electromagnetic spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Lin Jay Simpson, Chaiwat Engtrakul
  • Patent number: 11515062
    Abstract: A compressed stranded conductor includes an inner layer strand having conductive wires which are twisted together, and an outer layer strand having conductive wires which are arranged around an outer periphery of the inner layer strand and are twisted together. The inner layer strand and the outer layer strand are compressed. An inner layer area reduction rate of one conductive wire of the inner layer strand is 29% or more and 32% or less. An outer layer area reduction rate of one conductive wire of the outer layer strand is 6% or more and 11% or less. A difference between the inner layer area reduction rate and the outer layer area reduction rate is 19% or more and 25% or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tomomi Hirota
  • Patent number: 11515065
    Abstract: An isolator includes a first fluid-carrying member and a second fluid-carrying member; and a resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component located between the first and the second fluid-carrying member. The component conveys fluid flowing from the first fluid-carrying member to the second fluid-carrying member. The isolator further has a reinforcing composite encircling the first fluid-carrying member, the second fluid-carrying member and the component. The reinforcing composite having first fibers extending at an angle of between ?30 degrees and +30 degrees to a longitudinal axis (A-A) of the resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component; second fibers interwoven with the first fibers and extending around the first fluid-carrying member, the second fluid-carrying member and the component at an angle of between +60 degrees and +90 degrees and/or between ?60 degrees and ?90 degrees to the longitudinal axis (A-A); and a resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: CROMPTON TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LTD.
    Inventors: Alexander Douglas Taylor, James William Bernard
  • Patent number: 11508498
    Abstract: A cable and methods of making cables are disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a method for making a cable includes introducing a conductive material onto a sheet including a heat-shrink material. The method includes compressing a first portion of the sheet onto a second portion of the sheet to form a sheath having an interior volume, where the conductive material is disposed in the interior volume. In at least one embodiment, a cable includes a sheath including a heat-shrink material. The cable includes an interior volume including a conductive material including a conductive carbon material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Trimtabs Ltd
    Inventors: Alvin Orbaek White, Ka Chun Yick
  • Patent number: 11508507
    Abstract: A magnetic wiring circuit board includes an insulating layer; a wire disposed on a one-side surface in a thickness direction of the insulating layer and having a one-side surface in the thickness direction disposed to face the one-side surface in the thickness direction of the insulting layer at spaced intervals thereto, an other-side surface in the thickness direction in contact with the one-side surface in the thickness direction of the insulating layer, and side surfaces each connecting an end edge of the one-side surface in the thickness direction to an end edge of the other-side surface in the thickness direction; and a magnetic layer containing a magnetic particle having a shape of an aspect ratio of 2 or more and embedding the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Keisuke Okumura, Yoshihiro Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11509107
    Abstract: A method for producing a multi-core cable includes arranging first and second contact elements in a contact carrier having first and second longitudinal channels connecting a contacting side to a cable side, and first and second through-openings respectively crossing the first and second longitudinal channels, and a second through-opening crossing the second longitudinal channel. The first and second longitudinal channels and the first and second through-openings are sealed in a fluid-tight manner by inserting two first sealing pieces into the first through-opening and two second sealing pieces into the second through-opening. In an injection-molding method, a connecting piece is formed connecting the contact carrier to the outer sheath of the cable by overmolding at least a rear section of the contact carrier comprising the first and second through-openings and a section of the cable protruding on the cable side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: MD ELEKTRONIK GMBH
    Inventors: Tobias Fiedler, Daniel Koppermueller, Thomas Halbig
  • Patent number: 11501895
    Abstract: A cable core including a body, a recess in the body, and a protrusion extending radially outwardly from the body and along the recess. A cladding disposed radially outwardly of the core is used to create a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Juan Franco, Carl Stoesz
  • Patent number: 11501891
    Abstract: A plurality of wire-like transmission members is easily fixed to a base member. The wiring member includes an assembled wire made up of a plurality of bundled wire-like transmission members and a base member in which the assembled wire is fixed on the main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daichi Fukushima, Makoto Higashikozono, Housei Mizuno, Miyu Aramaki, Kyousyou Kou
  • Patent number: 11501896
    Abstract: An aperiodically overlapping spiral-wrapped cable shield system includes a cable having cable components such as a pair of conductors, at least one insulator surrounding the pair of conductors, and at least one drain wire. The cable also includes a cable shield that is spirally wrapped around the cable components with a varying wrap pitch that provides a plurality of overlapping cable shield portions with varying overlap areas. When signals are transmitted using the cable components in the cable, the varying overlap areas of the plurality of overlapping cable shield portions create a plurality of varying LC circuits that are configured to generate a resonance that does not exceed a signal integrity resonance threshold for a signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Sandor Farkas, Ching-Huei Chen, Bhyrav Mutnury
  • Patent number: 11502430
    Abstract: A connection module for mounting on a busbar module or several busbar modules extending in a longitudinal direction includes: a housing, a rear side of which is mounted or mountable on the busbar module or busbar modules; a crossbar, movable on a first longitudinal side of the rear side of the housing transversely to the longitudinal direction, so as to provide a positive-locking connection of the connection module to the busbar module or the busbar modules in a mounted position of the connection module; and a latching profile on a second longitudinal side, opposite the first longitudinal side, of the rear side of the housing, the latching profile providing a positive-locking connection of the connection module to the busbar module or the busbar modules in the mounted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Peter Berg, Andreas Metzger
  • Patent number: 11502494
    Abstract: A cable spacer includes first and second angle arms each having a cable engaging end at one end and a flat tab portion at an opposite end having a connecting tab and an aperture to connect the arms to each other. An insulator extends between and connects the angle arms at their respective connecting tabs. The insulator has a non-conductive core. The angle arms and insulator mounted to each other define a spacer plane. A bottom arm is mounted to and depends from insulator. The bottom arm is mounted to the insulator to sway into and out of the spacer plane. A clamp secures the cable spacer to a messenger and includes upper and lower clamp portions. The upper clamp portion mounts to the messenger and the lower clamp portion mounts to cable spacer angle arms. The lower clamp portion is rotatable relative to the upper clamp portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Marmon Utility LLC
    Inventors: Charles Clement, Jordan Barthol, Shravani Talabathula, Edward Laughlin, Guberson Mercedat
  • Patent number: 11503751
    Abstract: A method, system and paint for suppressing emission of high frequency electromagnetic radiation from an electronic system, the electronic system including at least one power supply unit, at least one printed circuit board (PCB) and at least one integrated circuit are provided. The method includes providing an electrically conductive housing configured to accommodate and encase the electronic system, the housing having an inner conductive surface, and applying a layer of an electromagnetic absorbing paint to the inner conductive surface of the housing to substantially cover the inner surface by the layer, the electromagnetic absorbing paint comprises a liquid matrix and an electromagnetic absorbing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Avner Badihi, Pavel Vilner, Inbar Gozlan, Amir Pinhasovich