Patents Issued in August 1, 2017
  • Patent number: 9721692
    Abstract: A system and method for generating electricity by combining a fuel core and a drive regulation and containment system, the fuel core having a plurality of radioactive isotopes disposed between a plurality of crystalline lattices, and the drive regulation and containment system having a plurality of electromagnets that concentrate charged particles generated in the fuel core from the plurality of radioactive isotopes, and an electric field generated by an electron flow initiation system for driving the charged particles through the fuel core to create a current flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Inventor: Denton Jarvis
  • Patent number: 9721693
    Abstract: A collimator for x-ray, gamma, or particle radiation has a plurality of collimator elements made of a tungsten-containing material to reduce scattered radiation. At least one collimator element consists of a tungsten alloy having a tungsten content of 72 to 98 wt.-%, which contains 1 to 14 wt.-% of at least one metal of the group Mo, Ta, Nb and 1 to 14 wt.-% of at least one metal of the group Fe, Ni, Co, Cu. The collimator also has very homogeneous absorption behavior at very thin wall thicknesses of the collimator elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Plansee SE
    Inventors: Dirk Handtrack, Heinrich Kestler, Gerhard Leichtfried
  • Patent number: 9721694
    Abstract: A method suitable for mass production of nanoparticles with a uniform particle diameter is provided. It is an object to provide a powder of the nanoparticle obtained by this method, a dispersion containing the nanoparticles, and a paste containing the nanoparticles. There is provided a method for manufacturing silver particles including the step of reducing silver in a silver solution containing a protective agent composed of an organic material and a copper component in an amount of 1 to 1,000 ppm relative to the amount of silver to obtain particles having an average particle diameter (DTEM) of 5 to 100 nm as measured using a transmission electron microscope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: DOWA ELECTRONICS MATERIALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuji Kaneda, Kimikazu Motomura, Tatsuya Kariyasu, Yutaka Hisaeda, Kosuke Iha
  • Patent number: 9721695
    Abstract: The thermoplastic molding composition comprises, based on the thermoplastic molding composition, a) at least one polyamide, copolyamide or a polyamide-comprising polymer blend as component A, b) from 0.1 to 10% by weight of carbon nanotubes, graphenes or mixtures thereof as component B, c) from 0.1 to 3% by weight of ionic liquids as component C, wherein the thermoplastic molding composition does not comprise any polyamide-12 units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: BASF SE
    Inventors: Cecile Gibon, Xin Yang, Christof Kujat, Martin Weber, Laszlo Szarvas, Daniel Klein, Petra Poetschke, Beate Krause
  • Patent number: 9721696
    Abstract: An electrically conductive wire for deep water transmission includes a first wire portion and a second wire portion. The first wire portion makes up one end of the wire, and is formed from a first metal. The second wire portion is formed from a second metal. The first metal has a higher ultimate tensile strength than the second metal. The first wire portion is used to support the weight of the second wire portion, thereby allowing the electrically conductive wire to be used in underwater or subsea power cables which may be freely suspended from their origin for providing electricity to electrical devices located in deep water or ultra-deep water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: MATERION CORPORATION
    Inventors: William D. Nielsen, Jr., Diane M. Nielsen, Walter G. Maxwell
  • Patent number: 9721697
    Abstract: Organic polymeric bi-metallic alkoxide or aryloxide composites are used as dielectric materials in various devices with improved properties such as improved mobility. These composites comprise a poly(meth)acrylate or polyester having metal coordination sites, and the same or different bi-metallic alkoxide or aryloxide molecules that are coordinated with the organic polymer. The bi-metallic alkoxide or aryloxide molecules can be represented by Structure (I) shown herein. Such composites are generally soluble at room temperature in various organic solvents and be provided in homogeneous organic solvent solutions that can be suitably applied to a substrate to form dielectric materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY
    Inventors: Deepak Shukla, Dianne Marie Meyer, Mark R. Mis, Matthew Dirmyer
  • Patent number: 9721698
    Abstract: A first electric wire is fastened, in a first frame, by a plurality of first wire hooking ribs provided on upper side edges of an upper thin plate, and by a plurality of second wire hooking ribs provided at lower thin plates, thereby being routed three-dimensionally. A second electric wire is fastened, in a second frame, by a plurality of third wire hooking ribs provided staggered along the upper side edges of the second frame, thereby being routed in a serpentine shape. With the electric wires routed and the second frame accommodated at a predetermined location in a housing space of the first frame, the first electric wire passes below the second electric wire at openings in the structure and passes above the second electric wire at connecting portions in the structure while passing on the connecting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Seiji Oikawa, Masataka Wakabayashi
  • Patent number: 9721699
    Abstract: A water-stop structure including a water-stop tube is provided in which the water-stop tube can be brought into intimate contact with a water-stop region in a wire harness having a steep thickness gradient and thus water-stop performance is improved. The wire harness includes a first portion and a second portion that is thinner than the first portion. An inner water-stop tube covers the water-stop region ranging from the first portion to the second portion in a state where the inner water-stop tube is heated and shrunk. An outer water-stop tube covers the inner water-stop tube at a position between a portion on the first portion side and a portion on the second portion side in the water-stop region in a state where the outer water-stop tube is heated and shrunk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gen Shiba, Kazuhiro Hoshino
  • Patent number: 9721700
    Abstract: A water-stop structure for electrical wire includes: a terminal including an electrical wire connection portion; and an electrical wire in which an outer circumference of a conductor including a plurality of single wires is coated with an insulation coating portion and which is swaged to be fixed to the electrical wire connection portion, a water-stop agent being filled into a gap in the insulation coating portion to thereby perform water stop in the electrical wire. The water-stop agent includes a fluorescent agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masaru Kuriyagawa, Jun Tachibana
  • Patent number: 9721701
    Abstract: A conductive composition can include a polyolefin base polymer, a high structure carbon black and a low structure carbon black. The conductive composition can exhibit two or more of a thermal conductivity of about 0.27 W/mK or more when measured at about 75° C., a volume resistivity of about 75 ohm-m or less when measured at about 90° C. and an elongation at break of about 300% or more. Cables having coverings formed of such conductive compositions and methods of making such cables are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: General Cable Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jianmin Liu, Sean William Culligan, Sathish Kumar Ranganathan, Vitthal Abaso Sawant
  • Patent number: 9721702
    Abstract: Virtually-integrated wire harness design and automated production systems and methods that achieve completely integrated data management by automatically producing scripts to dynamically propagate production commands and data to various subsystems for handling assembling necessary circuits and wire harness layout boards to produce corresponding batches of wire harnesses while script-based methods control configuring, testing, and using wire harness layout boards, and assembling, testing, reworking, and delivering wire harnesses. As derived from CAD-created specifications, the production system uses a programmable, automated wire C&C center prepares individual wire circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Automated Wiring Systems, LLC
    Inventors: Kennon Guglielmo, Eric Peterson
  • Patent number: 9721703
    Abstract: A wildlife guard apparatus for an electrical insulator body includes at least one guard assembly. Each guard assembly includes a guard member and a base wall member secured to the guard member. The at least one guard assembly is configured or configurable to form an enclosure defining a chamber. In the enclosure configuration, the at least one guard member defines an end opening communicating with the chamber and the at least one base wall member extends across the end opening to close at least a portion thereof. The enclosure is configured to receive the insulator body such that the insulator body includes a first portion and a second portion, the first portion extending through the end opening and adjacent the at least one base wall member, and the second portion being disposed in the chamber. The at least one guard member is formed of a first material and the at least one base wall member is formed of a second material that is softer than the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Laura Jackson Hiller, Stephen M. Parker
  • Patent number: 9721704
    Abstract: A wire cover (10) is mounted on a rear surface of a housing (30) such that a bundle of wires (31) pulled out from a rear surface of the housing (30) is guided in a predetermined direction. The wire cover (10) includes a binding member (40) with a band (41) to be wound around the wires (31) and a lock (42) for locking the band (41) at a predetermined position. The bundle of the wires (31) is fixed by the binding member (40). The band (41) extends from a first outer surface (46) of the lock (42) and is inserted into the interior of the lock (42) from a second outer surface (47) of the lock (42) to be locked. First positioning portions (24) contacts the first surface (46) of the lock (42) and a second positioning portion (25) contacts the second surface (47) of the lock (42).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Shinpei Sugimoto
  • Patent number: 9721705
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a magnetic particle having a high-reflective protective membrane and a method for producing same, especially wherein the magnetic particle includes a magnetic core, a shell formed on the magnetic core, and a high-reflective protective membrane formed on the shell, and the high-reflective protective membrane has low-refractive-index and high-refractive-index membranes. The magnetic particle has advantages that have high brightness and prevent the shell from being damaged by friction with a filler and pressure between rollers during a dispersion step of an ink-making process. Also, the magnetic particle is used for different colored inks, general paint, particulate pigments for vehicles, pigments for cosmetics, catalyst paint, and especially anti-forgery inks, etc., and has advantages that are durable and express colors that existing magnetic pigments fail to.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Minting, Security Printing & ID Card Operating Corp.
    Inventors: Won Gyun Choe, Soo Dong Kim
  • Patent number: 9721706
    Abstract: A value of a parameter Q represented by “Q=([Ti]/48+[V]/51+[Zr]/91+[Nb]/93)/([C]/12)” is not less than 0.9 nor more than 1.1, when contents of Ti, V, Zr, Nb, and C (mass %) are represented as [Ti], [V], [Zr], [Nb], and [C] respectively. A matrix of a metal structure is a ferrite phase, and the metal structure does not contain a non-recrystallized structure. An average grain size of ferrite grains constituting the ferrite phase is not less than 30 ?m nor more than 200 ?m. A precipitate containing at least one selected from the group consisting of Ti, V, Zr, and Nb exists with a density of 1 particle/?m3 or more in the ferrite grain. An average grain size of the precipitate is not less than 0.002 ?m nor more than 0.2 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON STEEL & SUMITOMO METAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Fujikura, Yoshiyuki Ushigami, Tesshu Murakawa, Shinichi Kanao, Makoto Atake, Takeru Ichie, Kojiro Hori, Shinichi Matsui
  • Patent number: 9721707
    Abstract: A plurality of windings in a coil winding of a superconducting coil device includes at least one superconducting strip conductor that has a strip-shaped substrate strip and a superconducting layer arranged on the substrate strip. The coil device is subdivided into a plurality of segments in which adjacent windings are cast or adhered together within each segment, adjacent windings being, at most, weakly connected or adhered together in at least one sub-region, in the intermediate region between two adjacent segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Marijn Pieter Oomen
  • Patent number: 9721708
    Abstract: There is provided a high-temperature superconducting (HTS) coil and a method of manufacturing the same, allowing simple and excellent affixation between side panels for cooling the superconducting coil and the HTS coil while inhibiting delamination of an HTS wire. The method of manufacturing the HTS coil including the rare-earth-based HTS wire of the superconducting coil and side panels for cooling the superconducting coil which are affixed thereto, windings of the rare-earth-based HTS wire of the superconducting coil being separated between turns, includes: utilizing a tape-like polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) film 3 as an insulator between the windings of the rare-earth-based HTS wire 2 to form a PTFE-film co-wound superconducting coil; impregnating the PTFE-film co-wound superconducting coil 4 with epoxy resin 6; and affixing the side panels 5 to the PTFE film co-wound superconducting coil 4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: RAILWAY TECHNICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Mizuno, Masafumi Ogata, Tomohisa Yamashita
  • Patent number: 9721709
    Abstract: Various SMES systems that include two magnets in a single cryostat are disclosed. These dual SMES systems can be used, for example, to provide uninterrupted power to a data center. The two coil sets are arranged such that they are magnetically decoupled from each other. In one embodiment, a toroidal coil set is used as the primary coil set. The toroidal coil set has a plurality of toroidal field (TF) coils extending radially outward and evenly spaced in the circumferential direction. The second coil set may be a solenoidal coil set having a main coil and a plurality of shielding coils. The toroidal coil set may be disposed in the space between the main coil and the shielding coils of the solenoidal coil set. Alternate designs are also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Novum Industria LLC
    Inventor: Alexey Radovinsky
  • Patent number: 9721710
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to an apparatus and method for axially supporting a shaft. In one aspect, a magnetic suspension system for supporting a shaft in a housing is provided. The magnetic suspension system includes an array of magnet members disposed between the shaft and the housing. The array of magnet members comprising a first magnet member, a second magnet member, and a third magnet member, wherein the first magnet member and the second magnet member generate a first force that is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the shaft and the second magnet member and the third magnet member generate a second force that is substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the shaft The first force and the second force are configured to position the shaft axially within the housing. In another aspect, a method of supporting a shaft along a longitudinal axis of a housing is provided. In a further aspect, a suspension system for supporting a shaft in a housing is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Inventors: Peter S. Aronstam, Roger W. Fincher
  • Patent number: 9721711
    Abstract: A switch structure includes a power element, a keypad, a first magnetic component, and a second magnetic component. The second magnetic component is positioned adjacent to the first magnetic component. When the keypad is deactivated, a magnetic attractive force is generated between the first magnetic component and the second magnetic component. When the keypad is activated, the power element controls the first magnetic component to generate a magnetic repulsive force with the second magnetic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventor: Jun-Fang Liu
  • Patent number: 9721712
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hybrid fastener system involving combining mechanical tensile features with magnetic components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Boston Inventions, LLC
    Inventor: Samuel David Provencher
  • Patent number: 9721713
    Abstract: An electromagnetic solenoid assembly is disclosed. The solenoid assembly includes a cup-shaped ring defining a pocket for an annular coil, and including a radially extending portion, a radially inner axially extending flange, and a radially outer axially extending flange. An axially outer end of the radially outer axially extending flange includes a first inclined surface and an axially outer end of the radially inner axially extending flange includes a second inclined surface. A ring-shaped armature includes a radially outer portion and a radially inner portion. An axially outer end of the radially outer portion includes a third inclined surface and an axially outer end of the radially inner portion includes a fourth inclined surface. Pairs of the inclined surfaces are aligned substantially parallel to each other. A distance between the ring-shaped armature and the cup-shaped ring is variable based on energizing the annular coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: David Becker, Brian Lee, Markus Raith
  • Patent number: 9721714
    Abstract: A flexible circuit board includes a substrate and a circuit unit formed on the substrate. The substrate has two carrying segments and a connecting segment, and the two carrying segments are connected by the connecting segment. The circuit unit has a plurality of conductive lines and at least one connecting line, and each conductive line and the connecting line are separated from each other. The conductive lines are respectively formed on the two carrying segments, and the connecting line is formed on the connecting segment and the two carrying segments. Two opposite ends of each carrying segment are configured to connect with each other to form a tubular structure, and two opposite ends of the connecting line are configured to connect to two adjacent conductive lines respectively formed on the two tubular structures, thereby the circuit unit is formed as a coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: ICHIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Yung-Hsiang Sun, Kung-Sheng Tseng, Hsueh-Yuan Fan, Chia-Hua Chiang
  • Patent number: 9721715
    Abstract: Solid state components having an air core and methods of producing such components are presented. An air core component preferably has lower conducting bands, upper conducting, and conducting posts that collectively form a conducting coil. A coating material placed at least over the upper bands of the coil provides structural support for the coil. The coil can be built around or in a sacrificial core material that can be removed leaving an air core behind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: 2Sentient Inc.
    Inventors: Henry Roskos, Fredrick Quincy Johnson
  • Patent number: 9721716
    Abstract: A magnetic component includes a first core half having a core body with first and second core legs protruding from the core body and a middle core leg protruding from the core body between the first and second core legs. A first U-shaped channel is defined between the first core leg and the middle core leg, and a second U-shaped channel is defined between the second core leg and the middle core leg. A first rounded outer core surface is disposed on the core body oriented substantially parallel to the first U-shaped channel, and a second rounded outer core surface is disposed on the core body oriented substantially parallel to the second U-shaped channel. In some embodiments, a second core half having a similar shape is positioned oppositely adjacent the first core, and a bobbin structure is positioned on the middle core legs such that the first and second U-shaped channels form transverse clearance openings in the magnetic component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Universal Lighting Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Folker
  • Patent number: 9721717
    Abstract: A coil arrangement has at least four coil cores around which in each case a coil winding is disposed, wherein the coil cores project over the coil windings in each case with a first coil core end region and a second coil core end region, wherein the coil arrangement furthermore has a first yoke part and a second yoke part. The first and second coil core end regions of the first and second coil core are in each case disposed opposite a first yoke side face of the first or second yoke part respectively, and the first and second coil core end regions of the first and second coil core are in each case disposed opposite a second yoke side face of the first or second yoke part respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: EGSTON System Electronics Eggenburg GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Petzuch, Ernst Prand-Stritzko
  • Patent number: 9721718
    Abstract: A transformer includes multiple differential ports and first and second transformer windings. The first transformer winding includes a first transformer half-winding coupled to a first differential port of the differential ports. The first transformer winding also includes a second transformer half-winding coupled to a second differential port of the differential ports. An amplifier system that has a transformer is also provided. The amplifier system includes a first and a second stage amplifier. The first stage amplifier includes a first and a second amplifier. The second stage amplifier includes a third and a fourth amplifier. The transformer is coupled between the first stage amplifier and the second stage amplifier, where the transformer has a primary loop and a secondary loop. The primary loop of the transformer may be configured to receive differential signals of the first amplifier. A method for fabricating a transformer is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: AVAGO TECHNOLOGIES GENERAL IP (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
    Inventors: Sayedfarid Shirinfar, Ehsan Adabi Firouzjaei, Tirdad Sowlati, Ahmadreza Rofougaran
  • Patent number: 9721719
    Abstract: A coupled inductor includes a ladder magnetic core, a first common leakage plate formed of a magnetic material, and N windings, where N is an integer greater than one. The ladder magnetic core includes first and second rails and N rungs, where each of the N rungs connects the first and second rails. Each of the N windings includes a respective first portion. Each of the N windings is wound around a respective one of the N rungs, and at least two of the N windings are wrapped at least partially around the first common leakage plate such that a first portion of the winding is disposed between an outer surface of the first rail and an outer surface of the first common leakage plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Volterra Semiconductor LLC
    Inventor: Alexandr Ikriannikov
  • Patent number: 9721720
    Abstract: A power conditioning device reduces capacitive-in-nature, out of phase current (verses voltage), non-linear distortion, and/or leading power factor “noise” in electrical current in an electrical panel, improving the power efficiency of devices connected to the panel. The physical and electrical specifications of the device allow it to be more easily installed and give it a more robust installation environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Main Street Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Andrew Rosemore, James Blakeley Owings
  • Patent number: 9721721
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wireless power transmitter which transmits power through a wireless power receiver to a load side. The wireless power transmitter includes a power source for generating AC power; a transmission coil for wirelessly transmitting the AC power to a reception coil of the wireless power receiver; and a detecting unit for detecting a coupling state between the transmission coil and the reception coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Su Ho Bae
  • Patent number: 9721722
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a power reception unit, a rectifier, a power line, and a cooling fan. The power reception unit of the vehicle is configured to receive, in a contactless manner, AC power output from a power transmission unit of a power transmission device. The rectifier rectifies the electric power received by the power reception unit. The electric power rectified by the rectifier is output through the power line. The cooling fan cools the power reception unit. The cooling fan is electrically connected to the power line, and operates with the electric power received from the power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shinji Ichikawa
  • Patent number: 9721723
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool rechargeable battery is provided, including at least one rechargeable battery housing, at least one rechargeable battery cell and at least one inductive charging unit, which includes at least one inductive charging coil for charging the at least one rechargeable battery cell. It is provided that the rechargeable battery housing has at least one molded housing projection, which is delimited at least partially by an area of an inductive charging side of the rechargeable battery housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Guenter Lohr, Dragan Krupezevic, Juergen Mack, Jan Breitenbach, Marcin Rejman
  • Patent number: 9721724
    Abstract: [Problem] To provide a highly efficient manufacturing method including an RH supply-diffusion process by which the number of magnets processed at a time can be increased without allowing sintered R-T-B based magnets to stick to holding members. [Solution] A method for producing a sintered R-T-B based magnet including the steps of: forming a stack of RH diffusion sources and sintered R-T-B based magnet bodies by stacking the diffusion sources and the magnet bodies alternately with a holding member having openings interposed; and carrying out an RH supply-diffusion process by loading the stack into a process vessel and creating an atmosphere with a pressure of 0.1 Pa to 50 Pa and a temperature of 800° C. to 950° C. within the process vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventor: Tohru Obata
  • Patent number: 9721725
    Abstract: A magnetic substrate has such a shape that ridges extending between principal surfaces are cut away by cutout portions. A multilayer body has corners arranged so as to overlap the cutout portions. A coil includes lead portions which are connected with both ends of a coil portion and which are drawn out to the corners. A coil is combined with the coil to constitute a common mode choke coil and includes lead portions which are connected with both ends of a coil portion and which are drawn out to the corners. Connecting portions connect external electrodes to the lead portions and are provided at the cutout portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Kido, Miho Kitamura, Tetsuzo Hara, Nobuhiro Ishida
  • Patent number: 9721726
    Abstract: An apparatus having reduced phononic coupling between a graphene monolayer and a substrate is provided. The apparatus includes an aerogel substrate and a monolayer of graphene coupled to the aerogel substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Elwha LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey A. Bowers, Alistair K. Chan, Geoffrey F. Deane, Roderick A. Hyde, Nathan Kundtz, Nathan P. Myhrvold, David R. Smith, Lowell L. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9721727
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor has a laminate including dielectric layers laminated alternately with internal electrode layers of different polarities, wherein the dielectric layer contains ceramic grains having Ba, Ti, and X (wherein X represents at least one type of element selected from the group consisting of Mo, Ta, Nb, and W) and a variation in the concentration distribution of X above in the ceramic grain is within ±5%. The multilayer ceramic capacitor can offer excellent service life characteristics even when the thickness of the dielectric layer is 0.8 ?m or less, as well as excellent bias characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Chie Kawamura, Tetsuo Shimura, Minoru Ryu, Koichiro Morita, Yukihiro Konishi, Yoshiki Iwazaki
  • Patent number: 9721728
    Abstract: A biaxially orientated polypropylene film for capacitor includes protrusions on both surfaces. The biaxially orientated polypropylene film has a thickness (t1) of 1 to 3 ?m, has a ten point average roughness (SRz) of 50 nm or more and less than 500 nm on both surfaces, and meets equations (1) and (2) where one surface and the other surface are referred to as a surface A and a surface B, respectively: 150?Pa?400??(1) 50?Pb?150??(2) wherein Pa denotes number of protrusions per 0.1 mm2 on the surface A and Pb denotes number of protrusions per 0.1 mm2 on the surface B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Inoue, Tetsuya Asano
  • Patent number: 9721729
    Abstract: A vacuum variable capacitor includes a pre-vacuum enclosure for reducing a pressure differential across the bellows, wherein a drive is disposed outside the enclosures of the vacuum variable capacitor. The vacuum force load on the drive system can thereby be reduced, allowing faster movement of the movable electrode, faster capacitance adjustment of the vacuum variable capacitor and longer lifetimes of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: COMET AG
    Inventors: Mark Joachim Mildner, Roland Bieri, Mike Abrecht, Walter Bigler, Douglas Beuerman, Jack Gilmore
  • Patent number: 9721730
    Abstract: A capacitor is described. The capacitor comprises a first casing member having a first face wall extending to a first surrounding sidewall in turn extending to a first annular edge defining a first open end. A second casing member has a second face wall extending to a second surrounding sidewall in turn extending to a second annular edge defining a second open end. The second casing member is supported on the first annular edge to thereby close the first open end of the first casing member and provide a first capacitor enclosure comprising the first and second casing members in a stacked relationship. A cover is secured to the second annular edge to close the second casing member and provide a second capacitor enclosure. An anode, for example of tantalum, and a cathode active material, for example of ruthenium oxide, reside in capacitive association with each other inside each of the first and second capacitor enclosures. A working electrolyte is also contained in the capacitor enclosures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Greatbatch Ltd.
    Inventors: Barry C. Muffoletto, Anthony C. Perez
  • Patent number: 9721731
    Abstract: This document provides an apparatus including a sintered electrode, a second electrode and a separator material arranged in a capacitive stack. A conductive interconnect couples the sintered electrode and the second electrode. Embodiments include a clip interconnect. In some embodiments, the interconnect includes a comb-shaped connector. In some embodiments, the interconnect includes a wire snaked between adjacent sintered substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Sherwood, Michael J. Root, Jay E. Daley, Eric Stemen
  • Patent number: 9721732
    Abstract: A production method efficiently produces a box sealed type solid electrolytic capacitor in which a capacitor element is accommodated in a box-shaped case. The method includes a step of preparing a bottom wall substrate having bottom walls. A step forms cathode anode circuit patterns on the bottom wall substrate. A step prepares a peripheral side wall substrate having peripheral side walls. A step prepares a peripheral side wall substrate in which a plurality of through-holes are provided that correspond to plurality of bottom wall structural portions. A step fixes a capacitor element to each bottom wall structural portion of the bottom wall substrate. A step obtains a capacitor continuous member in which a plurality of capacitor structural portions structuring a solid electrolytic capacitor by attaching an upper lid substrate on the peripheral side wall substrate. A step obtains a plurality of solid electrolytic capacitors by cutting the capacitor continuous member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: SHOWA DENKO K.K.
    Inventor: Kazumi Naito
  • Patent number: 9721733
    Abstract: The present invention is a method for forming a porous film of an inorganic substance on a base material by spraying fine particles of an inorganic substance on the base material such that the fine particles are bonded to the base material and bonded to one another, in which the fine particles include at least two kinds of fine particles which are small-size particles and large-size particles having different average particle sizes. According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a film forming method for forming a porous film formed of an inorganic substance without requiring a baking step, a body having a film formed thereon that is produced by the film forming method, and a dye-sensitized solar cell including the body having a film formed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SEKISUI CHEMICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shingo Hirose, Yukitoshi Ezuka, Jun Akedo, Shunsuke Kunugi, Satoshi Yoguchi, Setsuo Nakajima
  • Patent number: 9721734
    Abstract: A graphene-nanomaterial composite, an electrode and an electric device including the graphene-nanomaterial composite and a method of manufacturing the graphene-nanomaterial composite include a graphene stacked structure including a plurality of graphene films stacked on one another; and a nanomaterial between the plurality of graphene films and bonded to at least one of the plurality of graphene films by a chemical bond.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Corning Precision Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chong-joon Ryu, Nae-young Jung, Soon-geun Kwon, Jae-young Choi
  • Patent number: 9721735
    Abstract: A multi-function charger is provided. The multi-function charger includes a main body, a first plug, a first base, a second base, and a linkage element. The main body has a first surface having a recess and a second surface opposite thereto. The first plug having a first connector, a second connector, and a third connector is arranged in the main body and exposed on the first surface. The first base is connected to the first and second connectors, and the second base is connected to the third connector. The linkage element is pivotally connected to the first and second bases so that the first connector, the second connector, and the third connector are capable of rotating in the same direction until to be arranged in the recess. The linkage element is located in a connecting region defined between the central section of the first base and the second base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: POWERTECH INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Hui Hsu, Fan-Keng Ho
  • Patent number: 9721736
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a button module and a control board. The button module includes a button cap having a space, a follower movably disposed in the space, and an elastic member. A movable cavity is defined by a portion of the follower located in the space and an inner surface of the button cap. The elastic member is disposed in the movable cavity, and two ends of the elastic member respectively abut against the inner surface of the button cap and the follower. An amount of compression of the elastic member is varied in response to the size of the movable cavity. When the button cap is in an unpressed state, the elastic member has a first amount of compression and generates a restoring force; when the button cap is in a pressed state, the follower abuts against a switch unit of the control board correspondingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: LITE-ON ELECTRONICS (GUANGZHOU) LIMITED, LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shu-Hua Mau, Pin-Ying Tseng
  • Patent number: 9721737
    Abstract: Provided is a switch device including rotor members mounted so as to be rotatable about a longitudinal axis of a lever main body, knob members mounted so as to be integrally rotatable with the rotor members, the knob members including cam surfaces that face the cam surfaces of the rotor members with a gap therebetween, a movable contact member being movable in the longitudinal axis direction by a rotational operation of the rotor members and the knob members about the longitudinal axis, and a flexible substrate linearly disposed in the longitudinal axis direction in at least a movable range of the movable contact member, the flexible substrate including a contact portion, a contact terminal of the movable contact member being brought into contact with and separated from the contact portion in association with the movement in the longitudinal axis direction of the movable contact member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOKAI RIKA DENKI SEISAKUSHO
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Ishigure, Yoshio Chiba, Akio Nishiyama
  • Patent number: 9721738
    Abstract: In order to improve a hand-actuated transmitter unit for vehicles, in particular for handlebar-controlled vehicles, comprising a housing, an actuating lever which is movable relative to the housing and is coupled to a transmission element such that an actuation of the actuating lever is transmitted by means of the transmission element to a slave unit, such that further functions of a vehicle can be controlled, it is proposed that a detector unit which detects with at least one detector a transition of the actuating lever from a non-actuated state to an actuated state and vice versa is associated with the transmitter unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Gustav Magenwirth GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Hujer, Christian Neutsch, Richard Penazzi
  • Patent number: 9721739
    Abstract: A DC voltage switch for high-voltage on-board electrical systems having a housing, at least two stationary contacts, and a moving contact, wherein, in each case, a first contact region of the stationary contacts is routed out of the housing and, in each case, a second contact region of the stationary contacts is arranged in a switching chamber of the housing with the moving contact, wherein the housing is hermetically encapsulated, wherein a cooling chamber which is separated from the switching chamber by a partition wall is arranged above the switching chamber, wherein the partition wall has at least one outlet opening and at least one inlet opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Volkswagen AG
    Inventors: Hendrik-Christian Köpf, Andreas Minke, Karsten Haupt, Ernst-Dieter Wilkening
  • Patent number: 9721740
    Abstract: A magnetically-triggered proximity switch includes an actuator assembly disposed within a switch body, and the actuator assembly includes an actuator body extending along an actuator axis. A primary contact and a secondary contact is each coupled to the actuator body and may be separated from a center contact along the actuator axis. The actuator assembly is pivotable between a first switch position and a second switch position about a pivot axis. In the first switch position, the center contact is in contact with a common contact and the first contact is in contact with a primary contact, thereby completing a circuit between a common arm and a primary arm. In the second switch position, the center contact is in contact with the common contact and the second contact is in contact with a secondary contact, thereby completing a circuit between the common arm and a secondary arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: General Equipment and Manufacturing Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Scott Carpenter
  • Patent number: 9721741
    Abstract: An electromagnetic contactor capable of coupling either one of an alternating current (AC) electromagnet or a direct current (DC) electromagnet with an identical contact support is provided. The electromagnetic contactor includes an electromagnet including either one of the AC electromagnet (12AC) including a movable core or the DC electromagnet (12DC) including an armature, and a contact support (36) configured to hold plural movable contacts in alignment to be coupled with and driven by the electromagnet. The contact support includes a coupling portion (40) including a movable core contact portion (41), coupling spring edge accommodation portions (46), and armature contact portions (51) arranged on opposite sides with respect to the movable core contact portion of the coupling spring edge accommodation portion. The AC electromagnet (12AC) includes an AC electromagnet coupling spring (56) and the DC electromagnet (12DC) includes a DC electromagnet coupling spring (161).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: FUJI ELECTRIC FA COMPONENTS & SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Shiinoki, Masaaki Watanabe, Hideki Daijima, Takashi Tsutsumi