Patents by Inventor Wesley Dong
Wesley Dong has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230363102Abstract: A mounting rail is provided that includes a DIN rail and one or more heating cable channels. A channel defined by the DIN rail may include one of the heating cable channels. Heating cables may be installed in the heating cable channels using adhesive and/or heat transfer material to form an electronics heating module. The heating cables may be self-regulating heating cables. The mounting rail may include multiple heat transfer fins that transfer heat generated by the heating cables to environment surrounding the mounting rail. A terminal block may be mounted on the DIN rail and may supply electric power to the heating cables.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Wesley Dong, Wojciech Kramarz, Dan Caouette, Amir Mahani, Arkadiusz Cichocki
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Patent number: 11702802Abstract: A deicing system may include one or more walkway cassettes, a temperature control element, and a control unit. Each walkway cassette may include a casing and a heat tracing; cable in good thermal contact with the casing. The temperature control element may include a comparatively smaller casing and a heat tracing cable in good thermal contact with the casing, and may exhibit similar heat loss characteristics to the walkway cassettes. The temperature control element may include a temperature sensor on a top surface of its casing, which may generate temperature data and send the temperature data to the control unit. The control unit may provide power to the temperature control element and the walkway cassette(s) in parallel based on the temperature data. The temperature control element may be placed in proximity to the walkway cassette(s), and may be exposed to substantially the same environmental conditions as the walkway cassettes.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2018Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: nVent Services GmbHInventor: Wesley Dong
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Patent number: 11706897Abstract: A mounting rail is provided that includes a DIN rail and one or more heating cable channels. A channel defined by the DIN rail may include one of the heating cable channels. Heating cables may be installed in the heating cable channels using adhesive and/or heat transfer material to form an electronics heating module. The heating cables may be self-regulating heating cables. The mounting rail may include multiple heat transfer fins that transfer heat generated by the heating cables to environment surrounding the mounting rail. A terminal block may be mounted on the DIN rail and may supply electric power to the heating cables.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: nVent Services GmbHInventors: Wesley Dong, Wojciech Kramarz, Dan Caouette, Amir Mahani, Arkadiusz Cichocki
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Patent number: 11505899Abstract: A deicing cassette for connection to a substrate is provided. The deicing cassette includes a panel having a top, an underside, and a plurality of edges, the top of the panel configured as a walking surface. The deicing cassette further includes a heating system secured in thermal contact with the underside of the panel. Additionally, the deicing cassette includes a polymeric support system fastened to at least one edge of the panel and configured to support the panel and provide the panel at least one of thermal insulation or galvanic insulation from the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: nVent Services GmbHInventors: Wesley Dong, William Jarvis
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Patent number: 11502484Abstract: An installation tool and methods for installing a splice kit for a heating cable is provided. The installation tool includes a body, a first channel, and a first cavity. The first channel is defined in the body and configured to retain a first insulating tubing of the splice kit. The first cavity is within the first channel and configured to retain a first connector of the splice kit. The body is configured to retain the first insulating tubing and the first connector in a predetermined formation during installation of the first insulating tubing and the first connector to the heating cable, and the body is further configured to be removed from the first insulating tubing and the first connector following installation of the first insulating tubing and the first connector to the heating cable.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: nVent Services GmbHInventors: William Edward Jarvis, Wesley Dong
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Publication number: 20220250074Abstract: Methods and devices for creating monolayer arrays of cells or particles are described which may be used for high-throughput cell sorting and analysis, or other particle sorting applications. A cell loading system is described, the system comprising a porous mesh having a plurality of openings arranged in a random or repeating pattern across a surface. The porous mesh is used for preparing a layer of target particles, e.g., cells, distributed and spaced apart in a two-dimensional configuration on or within the mesh. Each of the plurality of openings in the mesh is configured to receive and permit a target particle to pass through when a fluid containing the target particles is dispensed on the surface of the mesh.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2022Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Qiong PAN, Syed HUSAIN, Lagnajeet PRADHAN, Efrat HAREL, Ivan K. DIMOV, Colm HUNT, Wesley DONG
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Publication number: 20210257818Abstract: An installation tool and methods for installing a splice kit for a heating cable is provided. The installation tool includes a body, a first channel, and a first cavity. The first channel is defined in the body and configured to retain a first insulating tubing of the splice kit. The first cavity is within the first channel and configured to retain a first connector of the splice kit. The body is configured to retain the first insulating tubing and the first connector in a predetermined formation during installation of the first insulating tubing and the first connector to the heating cable, and the body is further configured to be removed from the first insulating tubing and the first connector following installation of the first insulating tubing and the first connector to the heating cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2021Publication date: August 19, 2021Inventors: Ed Jarvis, Wesley Dong
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Patent number: 11006484Abstract: A skin effect heating system for long pipelines includes a heater cable disposed in a ferromagnetic or other conductive heat tube. A semiconductive jacket contacts the inner surface of the heat tube, where the charge density of the return current carried by the heat tube is at its highest. The semiconductive jacket material has a resistivity that is sufficiently low to reduce or eliminate arcing events such as corona discharge by allowing accumulated charge on the heat tube to dissipate. The resistivity is also high enough to prevent the return current from flowing into or through the semiconductive outer layer, so that heat production capacity of the system is maximized.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2018Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: nVent Services GmbHInventors: Wesley Dong, Paul Becker, David Parman
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Patent number: 10998651Abstract: An end cap for a heat shrink kit having a heat shrink tubing, wherein the end cap includes a tubing portion sized to be inserted into the heat shrink tubing and an end portion configured to prevent at least a portion of a flame from reaching the heat shrink tubing.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2020Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: nVent Services GmbHInventors: Shadi Moshggoo, Sirarpi Bicakci Jenkins, Wesley Dong
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Patent number: 10959295Abstract: A skin effect heating system for long pipelines includes a heater cable disposed in a ferromagnetic or other conductive heat tube, the heater cable and heat tube cooperating to produce heat that is applied to the carrier pipe. The heater cable includes a conductor surrounded by an insulating layer, and then a semiconductive outer layer or “jacket.” The semiconductive jacket contacts the inner surface of the heat tube, where the charge density of the return current carried by the heat tube is at its highest. The semiconductive jacket material has a resistivity that is sufficiently low to reduce or eliminate arcing events such as corona discharge by allowing accumulated charge on the heat tube to dissipate. The resistivity is also high enough to prevent the return current from flowing into or through the semiconductive outer layer, so that heat production capacity of the system is maximized.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: nVent Services GmbHInventors: Wesley Dong, Paul Becker
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Publication number: 20210063337Abstract: An organic liquid sensor configured to output a signal corresponding to the presence of one or more organic liquids is provided. The sensor includes a circuit board, a sensor film deposited on the circuit board, the sensor film including a first length, a second length, and a bridge portion, the first length and the second length being electrically separated by a gap and the bridge portion being electrically coupled to the first length and the second length. The circuit board is configured to detect a resistance of the sensor film.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Wesley Dong, Jennifer Robison, Emmi Ngo, Peter Wijeratne, Johnny Lam
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Patent number: 10923897Abstract: A cable sealing gland and method for securing a cable to an enclosure. The cable sealing gland includes a gland connector configured to be coupled to the cable, having a cable gland body sized to fit over the cable and including a first end sized to remain outside the enclosure when the gland connector is inserted through a hole of the enclosure and a second end sized to extend into an interior of the enclosure when the gland connector is inserted through the hole. The gland connector also includes a ferrule sized to fit inside the cable gland body, and a compression bolt configured to engage the cable gland body to compress the ferrule onto the cable. The cable sealing gland also includes a locknut configured to engage the cable gland body to couple the gland connector to the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Assignee: Pentair Flow Services AGInventor: Wesley Dong
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Publication number: 20200373688Abstract: According to one aspect of the disclosure, an end cap for a heat shrink kit having a heat shrink tubing is provided. The end cap includes a tubing portion sized to be inserted into the heat shrink tubing and an end portion configured to prevent at least a portion of a flame from reaching the heat shrink tubing.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Inventors: Shadi Moshggoo, Sirarpi Bicakci Jenkins, Wesley Dong
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Publication number: 20200267870Abstract: A mounting rail is provided that includes a DIN rail and one or more heating cable channels. A channel defined by the DIN rail may include one of the heating cable channels. Heating cables may be installed in the heating cable channels using adhesive and/or heat transfer material to form an electronics heating module. The heating cables may be self-regulating heating cables. The mounting rail may include multiple heat transfer fins that transfer heat generated by the heating cables to environment surrounding the mounting rail. A terminal block may be mounted on the DIN rail and may supply electric power to the heating cables.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Wesley Dong, Wojciech Kramarz, Dan Caouette, Amir Mahani, Arkadiusz Cichocki
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Patent number: 10723064Abstract: An armor for a heat shrink kit for joining a first length of heating cable and a second length of heating cable. The armor includes a spring configured to be positioned over at least a portion of the heat shrink kit, a first fastener configured to couple the spring to at least one of the first length of heating cable and the heat shrink kit, and a second fastener configured to couple the spring to at least one of the second length of heating cable and the heat shrink kit. The armor is configured to provide impact protection to the heat shrink kit.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: nVent Services GmbHInventors: Wesley Dong, Wade DePolo
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Publication number: 20200181851Abstract: In accordance with some embodiments of the invention, a deicing cassette for connection to a substrate is provided. The deicing cassette includes a panel having a top, an underside, and a plurality of edges, the top of the panel configured as a walking surface. The deicing cassette further includes a heating system secured in thermal contact with the underside of the panel. Additionally, the deicing cassette includes a polymeric support system fastened to at least one edge of the panel and configured to support the panel and provide the panel at least one of thermal insulation or galvanic insulation from the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Wesley Dong, William Jarvis
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Patent number: D941497Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: nVent Services GmbHInventors: Wesley Dong, Wojciech Kramarz, Dan Caouette, Amir Mahani, Arkadiusz Cichocki
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Patent number: D953183Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: nVent Services GmbHInventors: Wesley Dong, Jennifer Robison, Emmi Ngo, Peter Wijeratne, Johnny Lam
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Patent number: D979435Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2022Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: nVent Services GmbHInventors: Wesley Dong, Jennifer Robison, Emmi Ngo, Peter Wijeratne, Johnny Lam
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Patent number: D997390Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: nVent Services GmbHInventors: Wesley Dong, Wojciech Kramarz, Dan Caouette, Amir Mahani, Arkadiusz Cichocki