Patents Issued in April 18, 2023
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Patent number: 11631908Abstract: A method for a battery system for a vehicle is provided. The battery system can include a plurality of battery modules and a heat transfer assembly. Each of the battery modules can include one or more cells. The battery modules are selectively electrically connectable to a terminal of the battery system in order to provide electrical power to the vehicle. The heat transfer assembly can selectively adjust thermal energy levels of one or more of the battery modules. The method can include determining a desired capacity of the battery system, determining a number of the battery modules to have thermal energy levels adjusted by the heat transfer assembly according to the desired capacity of the battery system, and operating the heat transfer assembly to adjust thermal energy levels of the determined number of battery modules.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: William John Mallard, Owen David Styles
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Patent number: 11631909Abstract: A method includes processing at least one battery into a plurality of core sections. Each core section in the plurality of core sections includes an anode section, a cathode section including a cathode material, a separator section disposed between the anode section and the cathode section, and an electrolyte. The method also includes disposing the plurality of core sections into a solvent so as to produce a mixture of cathode materials from the plurality of core sections. The solvent and the electrolyte form an ionic conductive medium, and the mixture of the cathode materials is characterized by a substantially homogeneous distribution of an active element in the cathode material.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: LI INDUSTRIES, INC.Inventors: David Young, Zheng Li, Michael W. Ellis, Nolan D. Schmidt, Xu Han
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Patent number: 11631910Abstract: A method monitors the functional capability of the cooling system of an operating high-voltage accumulator for an electric drive unit of a motor vehicle. The method repeatedly measures the temperature of the high-voltage accumulator by use of a temperature sensor mounted on the high-voltage accumulator; checks whether the measured temperature value is above a cooling threshold temperature; determines a profile of the temperature of the high-voltage accumulator using a temporal sequence of the measured temperature values of the high-voltage accumulator which are above the cooling threshold temperature; and diagnoses that the cooling system is operating correctly if the temperature profile does not exceed a predetermined threshold.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Stefan Roemersperger, Benno Schweiger, Othmar Winterling
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Patent number: 11631911Abstract: A gas measuring apparatus for a secondary battery comprises: a chamber accommodating a secondary battery therein; a heater unit applying heat to the chamber to ignite the secondary battery accommodated in the chamber; a collection tube connected to the inside of the chamber to collect a gas generated in the secondary battery; a vacuum unit connected to the collection tube to vacuumize the inside of the chamber so as to introduce the gas into the collection tube; and a gas measuring unit measuring an amount of gas introduced into the collection tube.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Sang Wan Kim, Kwan Soo Lee, Duk Hyun Ryu
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Patent number: 11631912Abstract: A cooler allows easy attachment and detachment of a battery. The cooler includes a main container including a refrigeration compartment, an evaporator on the main container, a compressor and a condenser adjacent to the main container, and at least one battery mount to receive a power tool battery in a detachable manner. The at least one battery mount is adjacent to the main container and above the compressor and the condenser.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATIONInventor: Atsushi Hori
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Patent number: 11631913Abstract: An assembly includes a plurality of electrically interconnected battery cells in a housing. An electrically insulating coolant fluid that directly surrounds the plurality of electrically interconnected battery cells flows around the plurality of electrically interconnected battery cells in the housing. An aircraft having an assembly of this type is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KGInventors: Agnieszka Makowska, Andreas Meyer
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Patent number: 11631914Abstract: A solid electrolyte includes an ion conductor represented by at least one of Formulae 1 to 3, Li1+3xM11?xO2??Formula 1 wherein, in Formula 1, M1 is a trivalent element, and 0<x<1, L1?yM2O2?yXy??Formula 2 wherein, in Formula 2, M2 is a trivalent element, X is at least one of a halogen atom or a pseudohalogen, and 0<y<1, Li1?z(a?3)M31?zDzO2??Formula 3 wherein, in Formula 3, M3 is a trivalent element, D is at least one of a monovalent element to a hexavalent element, and 0<z<1.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Sangbok Ma, Donghwa Seo
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Patent number: 11631915Abstract: A gasket for a secondary battery includes a base resin and a rust inhibitor, wherein the base resin includes polybutylene terephthalate and the rust inhibitor includes an anti-rust material and a polymer resin, and the base resin and the polymer resin are different.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Inventors: Byoung Gu Lee, Do Gyun Kim, Sang Suk Jung, Hang Soo Shin, Chan Bae Kim
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Patent number: 11631916Abstract: A battery pack includes: a battery stack; a housing that houses the battery stack; and a skeleton part that is housed in the housing and reinforces the housing. The skeleton part includes a stem extending in a first direction, a plurality of branch portions that protrude from the stem and are arranged in a row in the first direction, and a plurality of housing spaces, each of the housing spaces being defined by a pair of branch portions disposed adjacently to each other and housing the battery stack. The stem and the plurality of branch portions are fixed to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Shingo Kume, Toshiya Gotou
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Patent number: 11631917Abstract: A connection structure of an electrical junction box includes: a first housing which is fixed to a vehicle and in which a through hole is formed; and a terminal block that is inserted into the through hole, has a conductor, and is supported by the first housing, wherein the conductor includes a first terminal portion placed on one side of the through hole in a penetrating direction in which the through hole penetrates the first housing, and a second terminal portion that protrudes from the first housing toward the other side in the penetrating direction and that is connected to an electric wire.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignees: YAZAKI CORPORATION, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Kazuki Kobayashi, Shinya Oishi, Chihiro Takahashi, Hirotaka Hasegawa, Kensuke Matsuo, Michihiro Ishihara
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Patent number: 11631918Abstract: A ventilating container for containing a plurality of energy storage units, comprises a container body defining a storage area; and a ventilating panel securing to the container body and defining a storage space within the storage area for supporting the energy storage units. The ventilating panel encloses an air passage which connects an air inlet to a plurality of air outlets, the air outlets being distributed at designated positions on at least one side of the ventilating panel for ventilating said energy storage units.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Inventor: Kuei-Yung Wang
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Patent number: 11631919Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a battery, a power consumption device, a method and device for preparing a battery. The battery includes: a battery cell including a pressure relief mechanism, the pressure relief mechanism being disposed at a first wall of the battery cell; and a thermal management component configured to accommodate a fluid to adjust a temperature of the battery cell; where a first surface of the thermal management component is attached to the first wall of the battery cell, the thermal management component is configured to be capable of being damaged by emissions discharged from the battery cell when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated, such that the emissions pass through the thermal management component. According to the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the safety of the battery can be enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Kai Wu, Wei Wang, Yuepan Hou, Peng Wang, Xiaobo Chen, Yao Li, Yongshou Lin
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Patent number: 11631920Abstract: Embodiments described herein relate generally to electrochemical cells having dual electrolytes, systems of such electrochemical cells, and methods for manufacturing the same. In some embodiments, electrochemical cells can include a cathode disposed on a cathode current collector, an anode disposed on an anode current collector, and a separator disposed therebetween. In some embodiments, the separator can include materials that fluidically and/or chemically isolate the anode from the cathode. In some embodiments, the cathode and/or anode can include a slurry of an active material and a conductive material in a liquid electrolyte. In some embodiments, the anode can be fluidically coupled to an anode degassing port. In some embodiments, the cathode can be fluidically coupled to a cathode degassing port.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: 24M Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Ricardo Bazzarella, Junzheng Chen
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Patent number: 11631921Abstract: A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly disposed within a constraint. The electrode assembly comprises a population of unit cells comprising an electrode current collector layer, an electrode layer, a separator layer, a counter-electrode layer, and a counter-electrode current collector layer in stacked succession. A subset of the unit cell population includes extended spacer members between the electrode current collector layer and the counter-electrode current collector layer. One of the spacer members is spaced in a transverse direction from the other extended spacer member, at least a portion of the counter-electrode active material of the counter-electrode layer being located between the spacer members such that the portion of the counter-electrode active material and the spacer members lie in a common plane defined by x and z axes, wherein each of the extended spacer members extend a distance SD in the x-axis direction beyond an x-axis edge of the constraint.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Enovix Operations Inc.Inventors: Robert S. Busacca, Aditya Mandalam, Jeffrey G. Buck, Anthony Calcaterra, Kim Han Lee, Prajanya Sunil Kendrekar
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Patent number: 11631922Abstract: Implementations of the present disclosure generally relate to separators, high performance electrochemical devices, such as, batteries and capacitors, including the aforementioned separators, and methods for fabricating the same. In one implementation, a method of forming a separator for a battery is provided. The method comprises exposing a metallic material to be deposited on a surface of an electrode structure positioned in a processing region to an evaporation process. The method further comprises flowing a reactive gas into the processing region. The method further comprises reacting the reactive gas and the evaporated metallic material to deposit a ceramic separator layer on the surface of the electrode structure.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.Inventor: Subramanya P. Herle
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Patent number: 11631923Abstract: Provided is a battery having further improved charging/discharging efficiency. The battery comprises a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The electrolyte layer includes a first electrolyte layer and a second electrolyte layer. The second electrolyte layer is provided between the first electrolyte layer and the negative electrode. The first electrolyte layer includes a first solid electrolyte material. The second electrolyte layer includes a second solid electrolyte material that is a material different from the first solid electrolyte material. The first solid electrolyte material includes Li, M, and X and does not include sulfur. M includes at least one selected from the group consisting of metalloid elements and metal elements other than Li. X is at least one selected from the group consisting of Cl, Br, and I.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuta Sugimoto, Akihiro Sakai, Izuru Sasaki, Akinobu Miyazaki
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Patent number: 11631924Abstract: A bus bar includes a first heat absorber that is joined to an output terminal of a first battery, a second heat absorber that is joined to an output terminal of a second battery, and a main body that electrically connects the first heat absorber to the second heat absorber. The first heat absorber and the second heat absorber have a heat capacity larger than a heat capacity of the main body. The main body has a first connecting part that is electrically connected to the first heat absorber, a second connecting part that is electrically connected to the second heat absorber, and a displacement absorber that is disposed between the first connecting part and the second connecting part and deforms in response to a relative displacement of the first battery and the second battery.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventor: Goro Fujita
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Patent number: 11631925Abstract: A battery safety device is provided, which may be disposed inside a battery, and may include a conductive handle and a temperature-controlled expansion element. The conductive handle may include a connection portion, a left extension portion, a right extension portion, a top extension portion and an actuating sheet. The left extension portion and the right extension portion may be connected to the connection portion and contact the first conductive portion of the polar winding of the battery. The top extension portion may be connected to the connection portion and contact the first electrode terminal of the battery. The actuating sheet may be connected to the connection portion, and there may be an accommodating space between the actuating sheet and the polar winding, and the temperature-controlled expansion element may be disposed in the accommodating space and contact the actuating sheet and the first conductive portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventor: Sheng-Fa Yeh
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Patent number: 11631926Abstract: A power tool including a battery pack interface configured to receive a battery pack. The battery pack interface includes one or more power terminals and one or more communication terminals. The power tool further includes a controller having an electronic processor. The controller is configured to receive, via the one or more communication terminals, a plurality of signals indicating a plurality of temperatures of the battery pack. The controller is further configured to determine, based on the signals, a battery pack type. The controller is further configured to control discharge of the battery pack based on the battery pack type.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Milwaukee Electric Tool CorporationInventors: Jay Rosenbecker, Randolph McHugh, Fraizier Reiland
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Patent number: 11631927Abstract: Various aspects directed towards an integrated transverse electromagnetic (TEM) transmission line structure for probe calibration are disclosed. In one example, the integrated TEM transmission line structure includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and an air-dielectric coplanar waveguide (CPW). For this example, the air-dielectric CPW includes an air trace in a cutout slot of the PCB. In another example, a method is disclosed, which includes forming an air-dielectric CPW on a PCB in which the air-dielectric CPW includes an air trace in a cutout slot of the PCB. In a further example, an integrated TEM transmission line structure includes an air-dielectric CPW with an air trace. For this example, a first connector is electrically coupled to a first end of the air-dielectric CPW, and a second connector is electrically coupled to a second end of the air-dielectric CPW.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Amber Precision Instruments, Inc.Inventor: Hamed Kajbaf
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Patent number: 11631928Abstract: A phase shifter and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The phase shifter includes a substrate, a signal line on the substrate, ground lines in pairs and on the substrate, and at least one film bridge on the substrate and spaced apart from the signal line. Two adjacent ground lines of the ground lines are on both sides of the signal line and spaced apart from the signal line, respectively, and both ends of each film bridge are on the two adjacent ground lines, respectively. The signal line is in a space surrounded by each film bridge and the substrate. Each film bridge includes a metal layer opposite to the signal line, the metal layer has a plurality of openings therein, and the plurality of openings penetrate through the metal layer in a thickness direction of the metal layer.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Chunxin Li, Jingwen Guo, Qianhong Wu, Kui Liang, Tuo Sun
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Patent number: 11631929Abstract: A fastening device (10) for fastening an antenna (1) to a support (5) comprising: —a first element (10a) configured to be fixed on the support (5), —a second element (10b) configured for linking the first element (10a) to the antenna (1), —a first setting unit (16) for setting an angular orientation of the second element (10b) with respect to the first element (10a), wherein the first setting unit (16) comprises: —a first and a second pairs of holes (20a, 20b, 21a, 21b) made in one of the first or second elements (10a, 10b), the holes (20a, 20b, 21a, 21b) of a pair facing each other, —at least one through opening (18) having an arced oblong cross-section made in the other of the first or second element (10a, 10b), the at least one through opening (18) being configured to be placed between the two holes (20a, 20b) (21a, 21b) of a pair, —at least a first and a second axles (22), an axle (22) being configured to be placed through both the holes (20a, 20b) (21a, 21b) of a pair and a through opening (18), —first tType: GrantFiled: June 21, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Nokia Shanghai Bell Co. Ltd.Inventors: Loic Isambard, Julien Tessier
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Patent number: 11631930Abstract: A wireless communication structure, a display panel, and a wireless communication apparatus. The wireless communication structure includes a loop structure including a first connection end, a second connection end, and a coil body. At least a part of the coil body is connected between the first connection end and the second connection end; the antenna includes a millimeter-wave antenna unit configured to transmit and/or receive wireless signals in millimeter-wave band, and the millimeter-wave antenna unit is connected to the coil body. The millimeter-wave antenna unit is connected to the coil body of the loop structure, so that not only the loop structure and the antenna can be arranged in a limited space, but also a desired optical performance of the display screen can be ensured.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Yungu (Gu'an) Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Huan-Chu Huang, Jie Wu, Shuang Cui
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Patent number: 11631931Abstract: A connecting component with built-in radio frequency identification element which includes a main body and a radio frequency identification element is provided. The main body has a cylindrical body part and a head, wherein the body part has a connecting end and a free end; the head is connected to the connecting end, and the maximum outer diameter thereof is greater than an outer diameter of the body part; the head has an accommodating hole, and an opening of the accommodating hole is formed at a top of the head; the radio frequency identification element can be inserted into the accommodating hole. When the connecting component is used to fixedly connect the rigid object, the radio frequency electronic component provides a space to store database; with the radio frequency identification reader, industry can read the data at any time during the inspection or the maintenance stages, which improves the convenience of obtaining data and the efficiency of operation.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: YOKE INDUSTRIAL CORP.Inventor: Rong-Der Hong
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Patent number: 11631932Abstract: The disclosure relates to an antenna array for a filling level measuring device. The antenna array comprises an antenna, a horn antenna, a plastic housing, a printed circuit board and a casting compound. The antenna is adapted to communicatively connect the printed circuit board to an external device, the horn antenna comprises the form of a hollow truncated cone, and at least an inner side of the horn antenna is provided with a metallic material. Furthermore, the antenna, the horn antenna, the printed circuit board and the casting compound are arranged within the plastic housing, and the antenna and the horn antenna are at least partially surrounded by the casting compound.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: VEGA GRIESHABER KGInventors: Roland Baur, Daniel Schultheiss
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Patent number: 11631933Abstract: An antenna module (1) according to the present disclosure has a dielectric substrate (20), an array antenna (10) including a plurality of patch antennas (111), an RFIC (40) electrically connected to the plurality of patch antennas (111), a signal conductor post (131) electrically connected to the RFIC (40), and a ground conductor post (132) set at a ground potential. The ground conductor post (132) is arranged, when viewed from a direction perpendicular to a first main surface of the dielectric substrate (20), between the signal conductor post (131) and a first side surface closest to the signal conductor post (131) of the dielectric substrate (20) in a polarizing direction of radio frequency signals to be emitted or received by the plurality of patch antennas (111).Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Atsushi Asaka
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Patent number: 11631934Abstract: The present disclosure provides for an example stack of components for a display of a wearable device. The stack may include a first metal layer, a second metal layer, and an insulation layer separating the first and second metal layers. The first metal layer may be configured to be a touch screen and the second metal layer may be configured to be a near field communication antenna. The first metal layer may be connected to a first integrated circuit chip and the second layer may be connected to a second integrated circuit chip such that the touch sensor and the NFC antenna are on different circuits.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Premal Parekh
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Patent number: 11631935Abstract: A multiple antenna system comprises at least two dipole-type radiators with first and second radiator elements, respectively, which are arranged at a distance from a reflector arrangement. A phase shifter arrangement with a phase shifter adjustment device is connected to the first and second radiator elements to adjust the phase relationships between the first radiator elements and between the second radiator elements. A decoupling arrangement is coupled to a decoupling adjustment device. The decoupling adjustment device is mechanically coupled to the phase shifter adjustment device, so that when the phase shifter adjustment device is moved, the decoupling arrangement: is changeable in its length, width and/or shape; or is changeable in its position, whereby the change of position is accelerated or only partially synchronized with the adjusting movement of the phase-shifting device; or is changeable in its position, wherein the decoupling arrangement is arranged within at least one of the radiators.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (publ)Inventors: Georg Tischler, Stephan Dandlberger, Thorge Ralf
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Patent number: 11631936Abstract: An antenna device includes a ground electrode, a feed element, and a parasitic element. The ground electrode has a substantially non-square rectangular plane shape that includes a first side extending in a first direction and a second side extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction. The feed element has a substantially rectangular plane shape and is formed in such a way that each side of the feed element becomes parallel to the first direction or the second direction. The parasitic element is formed in such a manner as to face a side of the feed element parallel to the first side. The feed element is configured to radiate a first polarized wave that excites in the first direction and a second polarized wave that excites in the second direction. The length of the first side is longer than the length of the second side.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventors: Kaoru Sudo, Kengo Onaka
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Patent number: 11631937Abstract: Disclosed is a combo antenna module which can improve antenna performance by arranging a radiation pattern for electronic payment such that a portion of the radiation pattern does not overlap a magnetic sheet. The disclosed combo antenna module includes: a radiation pattern for wireless power transmission and a radiation pattern for electronic payment which are formed on a base substrate; and a magnetic sheet arranged to overlap the entire radiation pattern for wireless power transmission and a portion of the radiation pattern for electronic payment.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: AMOTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hyungil Baek, Jinwon Noh, Kisang Lim, Seonghyun Kim, Chungha Back, Donghyun Im
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Patent number: 11631938Abstract: Systems and methods for operating an antenna assembly. The methods comprise: receiving a first command for tuning the antenna assembly to a first frequency selected from a plurality of different frequencies to which a strip antenna of the antenna assembly is tunable; selectively connecting ground to the strip antenna at a first location along an elongated length of the strip antenna; and connecting a transceiver to the strip antenna at a second location along the elongated length of the strip antenna using a first tank circuit of a plurality of tank circuits provided with the antenna assembly. The tank circuits are respectively associated with the different frequencies to which the strip antenna is tunable. The first tank circuit is associated with the first frequency to which the strip antenna is to be tuned.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Eagle Technology, LLCInventor: Uma S. Jha
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Patent number: 11631939Abstract: Single band and multiband wireless antennas are an important element of wireless systems. Competing tradeoffs of overall footprint, performance aspects such as impedance matching and cost require not only consideration but become significant when multiple antenna elements are employed within a single antenna such as to obtain circular polarization transmit and/or receive. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to provide designers of a wide range of electrical devices and systems with compact single or multiple frequency band antennas which, in addition to providing the controlled radiation pattern and circular polarization purity (where required) are impedance matched without substantially increasing the footprint of the antenna and/or the complexity of the microwave/RF circuit interfaced to them, whilst supporting multiple signals to/from multiple antenna elements in antennas employing them.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2022Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Tallysman Wireless Inc.Inventors: Mohamed Emara, Julien Hautcoeur, Gyles Panther, Joseph Botros
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Patent number: 11631940Abstract: A waveguide slot antenna is configured by a waveguide, formed by a dielectric substrate, a first conductive layer formed at a lower surface of the dielectric substrate, a second conductive layer formed at an upper surface of the dielectric substrate and provided with one or a plurality of slots, and a pair of side wall parts electrically connecting the first and second conductive layers and extending in a first direction, being provided with a power feeding part. The one or a plurality of slots include a first slot having a predetermined slot length along the first direction. The waveguide slot antenna has a structure in which, on a plan view from a second direction, the power feeding part overlaps the first slot, and the power feeding part does not deviate from a range of the slot length along the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: NGK SPARK PLUG CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Takahashi, Satoshi Hirano, Naoko Mori, Ikuro Aoki, Takuya Adachi
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Patent number: 11631941Abstract: A display device is provided. The display device includes a display module and an antenna module. The antenna module includes at least one antenna body for receiving a wireless signal; a signal transmission line coupled to the at least one antenna body; an antenna carrier plate having a working region and a bending region, the antenna carrier plate in the bending region is bent from a display surface to a non-display surface, so that the signal transmission line extends from the display surface to the non-display surface; an adapter circuit board on the non-display surface; and an adapter coupling the signal transmission line to the adapter circuit board to enable the adapter circuit board to be signal coupled to the at least one antenna body.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Zongmin Liu, Feng Qu, Jia Fang, Jijing Huang, Mengjun Hou
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Patent number: 11631942Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first pair of antennas having a first polarization along a first direction in a plane, where the first pair of antennas are spatially offset from each other along a second direction in the plane; and a second pair of antennas having a second polarization along the second direction, where the second pair of antennas are spatially offset from each other along the first direction. During operation, the electronic device may configure switching elements to: select the first pair of antennas and electrically couple the second pair of antennas to ground; or select the second pair of antennas and electrically couple the first pair of antennas to ground. Then, the electronic device may communicate a packet or a frame with a second electronic device via the selected first pair of antennas or the second pair of antennas.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: ARRIS Enterprises LLCInventors: Khaled Ahmad Obeidat, Douglas Blake Kough, Rajesh Koganti
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Patent number: 11631943Abstract: An antenna structure applied in a wireless communication device includes a frame, a first feed portion, a second feed portion, and a ground portion. The frame defines at least a first gap and a second gap. The first gap and the second gap collectively divide the frame into a first radiation portion and a second radiation portion. The first feed portion is electrically connected to the first radiation portion and a first signal feed point for feeding currents and signals to the first radiation portion. The second feed portion is electrically connected to the second radiation portion and a second signal feed point for feeding currents and signals to the second radiation portion. When the first radiation portion and the second radiation portion supply currents, respectively, the first radiation portion and the second radiation portion generate radiation signals in at least one same frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Chiun Mai Communication Systems, Inc.Inventors: Cho-Kang Hsu, Min-Hui Ho
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Patent number: 11631944Abstract: An insulation displacement contact system includes a first insulation displacement contact, a second insulation displacement contact, and a cover having a first portion over the first insulation displacement contact and a second portion over the second insulation displacement contact. The cover includes a retention gap between the first portion and the second portion to engage the cover with a first pair of prongs of the first insulation displacement contact. The first portion of the cover includes a first ledge and a second ledge configured to engage the cover with a second pair of prongs of the first insulation displacement contact.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: KYOCERA AVX COMPONENTS CORPORATIONInventor: Brent Lybrand
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Patent number: 11631945Abstract: A connector assembly includes a wire end connector for electrically connecting to a board end connector. The wire end connector includes a main body portion and an insertion portion. The insertion portion is connected to the main body portion, and the insertion portion is configured to couple to the board end connector. The main body portion is provided with a plurality of elastic claws extending outward from the main body portion to press on the board end connector when the insertion portion is coupled to the board end connector so as to stably connect the wire end connector to the board end connector.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: BIZLINK INTERNATIONAL CORP.Inventors: Hsin-Tuan Hsiao, Jui-Hung Chien
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Patent number: 11631946Abstract: A plug-in structure has at least one set of male plugs and female plugs that are mated, wherein the male plug has a pin, and the female plug includes: a mounting base, which is provided with a mounting channel for inserting the pin; multiple sets of reeds, arranged in the mounting channel at intervals along the length direction of the mounting channel for clamping the pin. A lamp can be made with the plug-in structure. According to the plug-in structure and the lamp with the plug-in structure, the multi-stage reeds are arranged in the mounting channels to clamp the pins, so that the pins can be kept straight and flat and are not prone to deforming, the insertion and extraction force can be increased, and the assembly failure rate can be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Self Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Feng Ji, Zhaoyong Zheng
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Patent number: 11631947Abstract: A fail proof electrical connector apparatus offers a unique structure for solar photovoltaic (PV) system installations. The apparatus includes a compact connector enclosure that can be installed at flexible locations of a solar module. The tabs of the connector enclosure connect to various solar cells of the module. The insertion pins of the tabs are mounted inside plugs of a pin connector, which connects to a cable. The cable comprises a one-plug end and a multiple-plug end with a wire connecting both. Of the two or more plugs of the multiple-plug end, only one active plug is electrically connected to the wire. The cable is connected to the module with the active plug being inserted to a center plug of the pin connector, and the one-plug end connected to an outer plug of the pin connector of an adjacent module, thus, achieving fail proof, reliable installations while saving labor hours.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Inventor: Angelina Mincheva Galiteva
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Patent number: 11631948Abstract: At least one of a housing and a pressing member has an inner peripheral surface to be held in close contact with an outer peripheral surface of a sealing member. The sealing member includes a sealing hole a cable being passed through the sealing hole, and recesses located closer to the outer peripheral surface than the sealing hole and open in at least one of the front and rear surfaces. At least one of the housing and the pressing member includes projections. If, out of an inner wall of the recess, a part located on the side of the outer peripheral surface is an outer lateral part and a part located on the side of the sealing hole s an inner lateral part, a clearance is formed between the projection and the inner lateral part and the projection is arranged in contact with the outer lateral part in the recess.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Shinji Hirano
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Patent number: 11631949Abstract: A magnetic connector assembly has a female connector with spring-loaded conductive pins slightly protruding inside a recess or cavity in the female connector's body. A corresponding male connector has a protrusion on its body with conductive pins slightly indented into the protrusion's surface. The protrusion on the male connector is sized and shaped to fit into the cavity in the female connector such that the male connector's pins engage the pins of the female connector, allowing for electrical communication across the connector assembly. Magnets on the male and female connectors secure them in a correct orientation. A unique shape ensures proper alignment of the pins and prevents the connection of incompatible devices.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Inventor: Vincent Lee
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Patent number: 11631950Abstract: A plug connector housing having a housing, a sleeve arranged movably relative to the housing, and a lever, the lever being mounted on the housing for rotation about an axis of rotation extending perpendicularly to a plug-in direction of the plug connector housing, wherein the sleeve can be displaced in the plug-in direction in order to fix a cable by a rotary movement of the lever and the plug connector housing can be locked with a mating plug connector housing by the rotary movement of the lever, the housing having a cable-side end and a plug-side end and a strain relief element having an opening for passing through a cable being arranged at the cable-side end of the housing, and it being possible for the sleeve to at least partially be pushed onto the strain relief element in order to exert radial pressure on the strain relief element relative to the plug-in direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: ROSENBERGER HOCHFREQUENZTECHNIK GMBH & CO. KGInventors: Martin Wimmer, Christian Dandl, Markus Wallner, Josef Krautenbacher, Andreas Gruber
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Patent number: 11631951Abstract: A plug electrical connector including a body and a plurality of cable terminals is provided. The body includes a top surface, two side surfaces opposite to each other, at least one locking slot, and a pair of locking protrusions. The top surface is bordered between the two side surfaces, the locking slot is located on the top surface, and the locking protrusions are located on the side surfaces. The cable terminals penetrate through the body and are arranged between the side surfaces in an axial direction. The plug electrical connector is adapted to be butted to a receptacle electrical connector and is engaged with the receptacle electrical connector with the locking slot and the locking protrusions. A receptacle electrical connector is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Acer IncorporatedInventors: Yu-Shih Wang, Hung-Jen Su, Chih-Chun Liu, Cheng-Nan Ling, Wen-Chieh Tai
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Patent number: 11631952Abstract: A connector assembly includes: a housing having a plurality of accommodating grooves into which a plurality of terminals are insertable, respectively, and having an insertion space recessed in a first direction intersecting a second direction in which the accommodating grooves extend, the plurality of accommodating grooves being formed in one surface of the housing; a terminal position assurance (TPA) mechanism inserted into the insertion space of the housing in the first direction, having a plurality of through-holes extending parallel to the plurality of accommodating grooves, and inhibiting the terminals inserted into the through-holes from being separated; joint terminals extending from an inside of the housing to the accommodating grooves, and electrically connected to the terminals inserted into the accommodating grooves; and a noise filter fixed to the housing or the TPA mechanism, and enclosing the accommodating grooves of the housing, the through-holes of the TPA mechanism, or the joint terminals.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, Kyungshin CorporationInventors: Ji Hyoung Kim, Jung Nan Ryu, Min Woo Kim, Sang Un Lee, Jae Ho Park
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Patent number: 11631953Abstract: The present utility model discloses a MFi-certified digital data cable comprising a wire rod which is equipped with an input connector at one end and an output connector at the other end; the output connector comprises a MFi-certified connector, a circuit board, a Nixie tube and a rubber base; a connecting piece is fixed at the position adjoining the tail-end of the MFi-certified connector; a plurality of conductive terminals are fixed inside the connecting piece, two ends of each conductive terminal pass through two ends of the connecting piece and then are connected with the MFi-certified connector and the circuit board respectively so the circuit board is assembled and fixed via the connecting piece.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Inventor: Yi Chen
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Patent number: 11631954Abstract: A coaxial connector device includes an insulating body disposed on a circuit board, first and second signal contact members and, a ground contact member, and a conductive partition member. Each of the first and second signal contact members is assembled to the insulating body and has a contact portion protruding from the insulating body and a signal joint portion configured to be joined to a signal terminal portion disposed on the circuit board. The ground contact member is assembled to the insulating body and has a surrounding contact portion surrounding the contact portion and a ground joint portion configured to be joined to a ground terminal disposed on the circuit board. The conductive partition member is disposed between the contact portions and is configured to be provided with a ground potential.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Inventor: Yuta Nakagawa
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Patent number: 11631955Abstract: Provided is a connector assembly including a first connector including a first terminal on a bottom surface thereof, and a first contact portion being a part of the first terminal and a projection portion on a surface opposite to the bottom surface; and a second connector including a second terminal on a bottom surface thereof, and a second contact portion being a part of the second terminal, the second contact portion being configured to be electrically connected to the first contact portion, and a groove portion configured to receive the projection portion, on a surface opposite to the bottom surface, wherein at least a part of a surface of the projection portion is in intimate contact with a part of a surface of the groove portion, and each of the first and second connectors is an integrally-molded product including an insulating member and a conductive member.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: HIROSE ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Ryohei Kitagawa
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Patent number: 11631956Abstract: A fastening device for fastening a conductor line to at least one mounting element. The fastening device has at least one holding element connectable to the conductor line. The holding element fastens the conductor line to the mounting element such that movement perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the conductor line is not possible. A conductor line system has a conductor line, which is fastened by a first fastening device to a first mounting element and by a second fastening device spaced apart therefrom to a second mounting element. The first fastening device is connected to the conductor line and to the first mounting element in such a way that movement in the longitudinal direction is not possible. The second fastening device is connected to the conductor line and/or to the mounting line in such a way that movement in the longitudinal direction is possible.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Conductix-Wampfler GmbHInventors: Moritz Hagin, Dietmar Lang
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Patent number: 11631957Abstract: The invention relates to a crimping pliers die (1) comprising two die half units (2, 3). The die half units (2, 3) are guided by a guide (51) relatively to each other over the crimping stroke. Crimping surfaces (40, 41) of the die halves (5) are formed by front surfaces of engaging ribs (37). The guide (51) comprises a guiding rod (43) formed by an end-sided thickening (42) of a rib (37) and/or the guide (51) comprises a guiding recess (50) formed by a guiding recess section (45) which connects two ribs (37) to each other. The crimping pliers die (1) can be used for crimping pliers which can e. g. be used for crimping wire end sleeves.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: WEZAG GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Thomas Glockseisen, Roman Zinser