Patents Issued in February 20, 2024
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Patent number: 11909141Abstract: A connector comprises a housing defining a receptacle sized to receive a flat flexible cable. A conductive terminal is arranged within the receptacle and adapted to contact an exposed conductor of the flat flexible cable received within the receptacle. A seal is positioned in contact with a front end of the housing and defines a cable receiving slot therethrough aligned with the receptacle. A cover is arranged over the seal and includes a slotted opening aligned with the cable receiving slot of the seal and the receptacle. The cover selectively fixed to the front end of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbHInventor: Christopher Ryan Raybold
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Patent number: 11909142Abstract: A connector 10 is provided with a male terminal 40 including a tab 42, a housing 20 for supporting the male terminal 40, a sealing space 32 provided around the tab 42 in the housing 20, a sealing portion 90 to be accommodated into the sealing space 32 while contacting the tab 42, and a pressing portion 100 for setting the sealing portion 90 in a compressed state by being located in the sealing space 32.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.Inventor: Kazuo Nakai
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Patent number: 11909143Abstract: An electrical receptacle unit with locking feature includes a receptacle adapted to be electrically connected to a source of electricity. The receptacle includes an electrical fitting having electrical contacts contained therein and/or extending therefrom, a socket surrounding the electrical fitting, and a plate disposed at a front of the socket. The electrical receptacle unit further includes a locking bracket that includes a central portion having first and second ends, a lock tab extending from a side of the central portion, and a pair of support arms, each extending forwardly from a respective one of the first and second ends. The locking bracket is pivotably secured to the plate, with at least a portion of each support arm positioned within a respective notched area of the plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Bowen, Samuel Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11909144Abstract: A socket for electrically connecting an upper first part and a lower second part, the socket includes: a pin that contacts the first part and the second part; a main body made of a non-conductive material; a holder that penetrates the main body vertically and holds the pin; and a conductive layer provided on an inner circumferential surface of the holder to surround the pin.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Enplas CorporationInventors: Keiichi Narumi, Kazutaka Koshiishi
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Patent number: 11909145Abstract: A detecting circuit of an external display device includes a first connector, a display circuit configured to provide a display signal to the external display device through the first connector, a switch circuit, a power supply circuit configured to provide power needed for operating the display circuit through the switch circuit when the switch circuit is on, and a control circuit configured to turn on the switch circuit upon detecting the external display device so as to connect the power supply circuit to the display circuit. When the switch circuit is on, the control circuit accumulates a duration or a number of times of detection that the external display device is continually not detected, and then turns off the switch circuit to disconnect the power circuit from the display circuit when the duration reaches a time threshold or the number of times of detection reaches a count threshold.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: GETAC TECHNOLOGY CORPORATIONInventors: Kuan-Yu Chen, Yao-Wei Yang, Hsueh-Mao Cheng
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Patent number: 11909146Abstract: A connector device produces a connection by means of Single Pair Ethernet (SPE). The connector device includes at least one connection element for an SPE connection, a light source for generating a light emission, and a light-guide element. The light source is set up to couple the generated light emission into the light-guide element, and the light-guide element is set up to couple an output-light distribution out in a coupling-out area.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TURCK HOLDING GMBHInventor: Michael Schneider
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Patent number: 11909147Abstract: A cable connector assembly includes a contact holder holding first and second contacts in contact channels terminated to ends of conductors of a cable. The contacts have mating ends forward of the front of the contact holder. The cable connector assembly includes a contact shield coupled to the contact holder having a base and a shroud. The base surrounds a base chamber that receives an end of the cable and the contact holder and provides electrical shielding at first and second interfaces. The shroud surrounds a shroud chamber that receives the mating ends of the first and second contacts to provide electrical shielding along the mating ends of the first and second contacts.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBHInventors: Chad William Morgan, John Joseph Consoli
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Patent number: 11909148Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including a cordset having a housing, the cordset comprising: a first rotatable blade, where the first rotatable blade is rotatable between a first vertical first blade position and a second horizontal first blade position; a second rotatable blade, where the second rotatable blade is rotatable between a first vertical second blade position and a second horizontal second blade position; and a fixed ground prong.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: WEBASTO CHARGING SYSTEMS, INC.Inventor: Herman Joseph Steinbuchel, IV
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Patent number: 11909149Abstract: A rotary connector device includes a fixed body, a rotation body, and a connector. The rotation body is rotatable about a rotation axis with respect to the fixed body. The connector includes a cover, a conductor, and a holding member. The cover includes a first wall and a space therein. The first wall extends from the rotation body in an axial direction substantially parallel to the rotation axis. The holding member is attached to the cover in the space and holds the conductor. The holding member includes, in the first wall, an exposed portion exposed to an outside of the space. The cover and the holding member include a restriction structure to restrict foreign matter from entering the space through the exposed portion. The restriction structure includes a first protrusion that protrudes in a direction substantially orthogonal to the first wall and a first recess in which the first protrusion is fitted.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignees: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD., FURUKAWA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Satoshi Kitao, Shingo Nambu, Kenji Yoshimura
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Patent number: 11909150Abstract: A slip ring for transferring electrical signals between rotating and static elements of a device includes a rotating element, a static element, an electrical contact assembly, including a plurality of subassemblies, contacting the rotating element and static element, one subassembly including a deformable PCB, and a spring element positioned to supply an axially aligned force to a face of the PCB to facilitate electrical contact between the PCB and other electrical contacts elements on another subassembly.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: SeeScan, Inc.Inventors: Alexander L. Warren, Mark S. Olsson, Nicholas A. Smith
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Patent number: 11909151Abstract: An electrical connector includes a contact pin to be connected to a core wire of a coaxial cable, an insulating housing for holding the contact pin therein, a cylindrical outer contact covering the housing and a crimping member for attaching the outer contact to the coaxial cable. A base end portion of the outer contact is located between an inner insulator layer and an outer conductor layer of the coaxial cable. The outer contact is attached to the coaxial cable by crimping the crimping member onto the outer conductor layer of the coaxial cable located on the base end portion of the outer contact.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Kazuma Endo, Hiroyuki Sadohara, Takahiro Kanda
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Patent number: 11909152Abstract: An electrical device having a terminal region for connection with a printed circuit board. The terminal region has a stranded wire and an enclosure piece surrounding the stranded wire. The enclosure piece is connected with the stranded wire, for example, by thermal diffusion bonding.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2018Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TDK Electronics AGInventors: Yun Jiang, Karsten Frey
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Patent number: 11909153Abstract: A safety cap device includes a flexible cylindrical cap formed of material of low conductivity such as rubber. Additionally, the device includes a spring biased clip is integrated on the open end of the cap such that the clip is used to clip about a wire and hold the cap over the end of said wire. In one embodiment, the clip retains the cap in a closed position by the tension of the spring in its relaxed stated. The clip is then compressed which then in turn compresses the spring to engage the cap in an open position. The cap is then mounted onto exposed electrical wiring which will provide protection to a user working with the exposed wiring. A user utilizes the cap as a handle which prevents direct contact with the exposed wiring.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Inventor: Joshua Koehn
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Patent number: 11909154Abstract: A bonding endcap for use in connection with a bracket assembly for establishing an equipotential plane in a cable runway includes a spring clip and a bonding lug. The spring clip is made from an electrically conductive material and has two side walls that extend forward from a rear wall. The bonding lug is made from an electrically conductive material and includes a contact portion and a side arm extending at each side of the contact portion. The spring clip is positionable within a channel of a cable runway rail. The contact portion of the bonding lug is receivable between the side walls of the spring clip to deflect the side walls and establish an electrical bonding connection from the cable runway rail, through the spring clip, and to the bonding lug.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: David Michael Richards, Kenneth Matthew Michaels, Steven Jay Gibble, Jared Keith Davis
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Patent number: 11909155Abstract: A conductor terminal that has an insulating housing, which has a conductor insertion opening for inserting an electrical conductor and a contact element insertion opening for inserting a contact element. A busbar has a clamping section arranged between the inserted electrical conductor and the inserted contact element. A first clamping spring is provided for clamping the electrical conductor, which includes a first clamping leg having a clamping edge oriented in the direction of the clamping section, a first spring bend and a first contact leg, the clamping edge and the clamping section forming a first clamping point for clamping the electrical conductor.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: WAGO Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbHInventors: Hans-Josef Koellmann, Michael Meyer
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Patent number: 11909156Abstract: A connection structure for connecting a power cable and a conductor lead-out rod to minimize electrical resistance of a contact surface, and conductor connection device of a power cable may be provided with at least one conducting bolt configured to be fastened into a fastening hole to apply pressure to conductive particles injected into an accommodation space so as to electrically connect a conductor part and a conductor lead-out rod; and a fixing bolt configured to be fastened into the fastening hole to fix the conductor part inserted into an accommodation groove of the conductor lead-out rod.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: LS CABLE & SYSTEM LTD.Inventors: Duk Kyu Lee, Dong Yun Oh, Jung Jin Lee
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Patent number: 11909157Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an outer shell, at least one pin, and an insulating seal. The outer shell includes at least one side wall defining a cavity and having an inner surface. The outer shell is formed from electrically conductive material. The pin is positioned within the cavity and is also formed from electrically conductive material. The insulating seal is configured to provide electrical isolation of the pin and fills the cavity between the inner surface of the side wall and the pin. The insulating seal is formed from glass doped with a transition metal oxide.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Honeywell Federal Manufacturing & Technologies, LLCInventors: Dennis J. Eichorst, Tieshu Huang, Kaley M. McLain, Richard K. Brow
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Patent number: 11909158Abstract: Provided is a small-sized circuit board fixing structure capable of enabling a circuit board on a base to be easily replaced. A circuit board fixing structure configured to fix a circuit board onto a surface of a base includes a wire pattern formed on a surface of the circuit board, a first through hole penetrating from a front surface to a rear surface of the circuit board, a second through hole penetrating from a front surface to a rear surface of the base so as to communicate with the first through hole, an electrode penetratively inserted into the second through hole, and a fixing member engaged with the electrode mounted on the surface of the circuit board and configured to fix the circuit board to the base, in which when the fixing member and the electrode are engaged, the wire pattern and the electrode are electrically connected through the fixing member.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: HOYA CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroaki Watanabe, Katsumi Ashida
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Patent number: 11909159Abstract: The crimping plier of the present invention includes an abutting member, a crimping member, a crimping tooth member, a cover plate, and a driving mechanism. The abutting member has a crimping hole for placing the connection terminal. The crimping member is adjacent to the crimping hole, and one end of an elastic element abuts against the crimping member. The crimping tooth member is fixedly disposed on the crimping member. The cover plate is connected to the abutting member and covers the crimping member, and the cover plate is also in contact with the other end of the elastic element. The driving mechanism is in contact with the crimping member to push the crimping member and the crimping tooth member. When the crimping member and the crimping tooth member slide, the elastic element provides an elastic force between the crimping member and the cover plate.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Hanlong Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chien-Wei Huang
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Patent number: 11909160Abstract: A crimping hand tool, including a first clamp body and a second clamp body pivotally connected to each other, a driving member, a crimping assembly, and a cable stripping assembly, is provided. The driving member is movably disposed in the second clamp body, with one end pivotally connected to the first clamp body, and another end pivotally connected to the crimping assembly that is movably disposed in the second clamp body. The cable stripping assembly is movably disposed in the second clamp body and is pivotally connected to the crimping assembly. A pivotal axial direction of the first clamp body and the second clamp body, a pivotal axial direction of the driving member and the first clamp body, a pivotal axial direction of the crimping assembly and the driving member, and a connection axial direction of the cable stripping assembly and the crimping assembly are parallel to each other.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: JETOOL CORP.Inventor: Yi Ching Kao
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Patent number: 11909161Abstract: A cable treatment device including: an affixing device for reversibly securing to a circumference of a power cable a kinematic device having attachment structure for attaching to the affixing member, the kinematic device adapted to provide kinematic motion relative to the attachment structure, the kinematic motion being fully controllable through a plurality of force input connections, and a tooling device attached to the kinematic device, the tooling device adapted to receive said kinematic motion, wherein the kinematic device allows the tooling to move cross-sectionally relative to the extension of a power cable secured by the affixing device. Thereby, a well-controlled and reproducible process is achieved, employing a portable device being user friendly, while simultaneously reducing technician exposure to toxic particulates.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: RELIBOND APSInventors: Martin Sander Nielsen, Christian Michelsen, Søren Isaksen
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Patent number: 11909162Abstract: An electrical contact element (1) for transmitting high currents has a connection region (A) and a contact region (K). The connection region (A) has a cylindrical opening (2) and the contact region (K) has a cylindrical passage opening (3). The opening (2) and the passage opening (3) are oriented orthogonally relative to each other and a peripheral contact strip (4) is arranged within the cylindrical passage opening (3).Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: HARTING Electric Stiftung & Co. KGInventor: Norbert Kropiewnicki
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Patent number: 11909163Abstract: A radio frequency laser includes: a power box, a radio frequency cavity, an electrode, and a first metal blocking ring. A bottom plate of the power box is provided with a first installation hole and a first installation groove, and the first installation groove is arranged around the first installation hole. A top plate of the radio frequency cavity is provided with a second installation hole and a second installation groove, and the second installation groove is arranged around the second installation hole. When the power box is assembled with the radio frequency cavity, the second installation hole corresponds to the first installation hole, and the second installation groove corresponds to the first installation groove.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Jilin Yongli Laser Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yang Yu, Jie Liu, Huili Sun, Zhicheng Zhang, Qingdong Cui, Shangyong Sun
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Patent number: 11909164Abstract: An optical pulse pair generator is configured to generate an optical pulse pair including a first pulse beam and a second pulse beam having respective central wavelengths that are separated by a predetermined wavelength difference from each other and having target time waveforms that are substantially the same as each other. The optical pulse pair generator provided includes a splitter section configured to split an incident pulse beam into two, a first shaping section configured to shape one of the pulse beams split by the splitter section by shaping into the target time waveform and setting a central frequency so as to configure the first pulse beam, and a second shaping section configured to shape the other of the pulse beams split by the splitter section by shaping into the target time waveform so as to configure the second pulse beam.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Kazuhiko Misawa, Terumasa Ito
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Patent number: 11909165Abstract: Optical pulse sources. In one example, the pulse source includes an optical fiber ring resonator with at least one normal dispersion fiber segment characterized by a positive group velocity dispersion (GVD) per unit length and at least one anomalous dispersion fiber segment characterized by a negative GVD per unit length. In another example, the pulse source includes an optical fiber ring resonator with one or more fiber segments having a positive net group velocity dispersion (GVD); and an intracavity spectral filter optically coupled to the one or more fiber segments. The pulse source is configured to generate one or more optical solitons in the optical fiber ring resonator.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTERInventor: William Renninger
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Patent number: 11909166Abstract: The present technology provides large mode area optical fibers engineered to have normal dispersion around 1600 nm, enabling high power Raman amplification at eye safer wavelengths. The fibers can have a main core and one or more side cores disposed relative to the main core so that modes of the main core and the one or more side cores hybridize into supermodes with modified dispersion.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL SECURITY, LLCInventors: Paul H. Pax, Jay W. Dawson, Victor V. Khitrov, Cody W. Mart, Michael J. Messerly, Michael Runkel, Charles X. Yu
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Patent number: 11909167Abstract: Multi-Channels coherent beam combining (CBC) using a mechanism for phase and/or polarization locking that uses a reference optical beam and an array of optical detectors each detector being configured and located to detect overall intensity of an optical interference signal caused by interfering of the reference beam and a beam of the respective channel, where the fast intensity per-channel detection allows simultaneous and quick phase/polarization locking of all channels for improving beam combining system performances.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: ELBIT SYSTEMS ELECTRO-OPTICS—ELOP LTD.Inventors: Zeev Schiffer, Andrey Nazarov, Daniel Levy
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Patent number: 11909168Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of optical communications, and relates to an optical amplification method and an amplifier, and in particular, to a self-adaptive wave band amplification method and an amplifier. The present invention consists of a master amplifying unit and a slave amplifying unit, and can autonomously detect the service signal wave band range of an optical transmission line, and according to the detection result, the two amplifying units do not need to perform scheduling or configuration from the level of network management, and perform direct interaction and action from the bottom layer to implement self-adaptive on, off and adjustment in real time. On one hand, power consumption is reduced, and energy is saved; and on the other hand, the performance is optimized, and an optimal optical amplification index is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: December 25, 2017Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Accelink Technologies Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhenyu Yu, Qinlian Bu, Chengpeng Fu, Xiao Cai, Fuxing Deng, Rui Lei
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Patent number: 11909169Abstract: In one embodiment, described herein is an apparatus for projecting linear illumination fanned out along the slow axis of a laser source array. In addition to the laser source array, the apparatus can include a number of fast axis collimators (FACs) to collimate the laser beams from the laser source array along the fast axis, a cylinder lens array for converting the collimated laser beams to parallel laser beams, and a prism array pair for reducing the pitch of the parallel laser beams. The system further includes a first cylinder lens for focusing the laser beams from the prism array pair onto a MEMS mirror, which redirects the laser beams as a linear laser beam towards a predetermined direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Liturex (Guangzhou) Co. Ltd.Inventor: Yunpeng Song
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Patent number: 11909170Abstract: A semiconductor light emitting device includes a microstrip substrate with a single-ended transmission line on a top surface, wherein the single-ended transmission line extends from a first end portion to a second end portion, the microstrip substrate has a ground plane on a bottom surface, and the ground plane is opposed and bonded to the conductive pattern. The single-ended transmission line includes a first section and a second section, wherein the second section extends from the first section and includes the second end portion. The second section is lower in characteristic impedance than the first section. A load circuit that includes the wire, the optical modulator, and the termination resistor is electrically connected between the second end portion and the conductive pattern. The load circuit is equal to or lower in the characteristic impedance than the second section.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Lumentum Japan, Inc.Inventor: Koichiro Adachi
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Patent number: 11909171Abstract: An optical sensor system includes a set of epitaxial layers formed on a semiconductor substrate. The set of epitaxial layers defines a semiconductor laser having a first multiple quantum well (MQW) structure. Electromagnetic radiation is generated by the first MQW structure, emitted from the first MQW structure, and self-mixed with a portion of the emitted electromagnetic radiation that is returned to the first MQW structure. The set of epitaxial layers also defines a second MQW structure operable to generate a first photocurrent responsive to detecting a first emission of the semiconductor laser, and a third MQW structure operable to generate a second photocurrent responsive to detecting a second emission of the semiconductor laser. The optical sensor system also includes a circuit configured to generate a self-mixing interferometry (SMI) signal by combining the first photocurrent and the second photocurrent.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Tong Chen, Fei Tan, Mingzhou Jin
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Patent number: 11909172Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing an optical device having a laser diode, which method is suitable for mass production, and an optical device having a laser diode which allows accurate property evaluations thereof with small measurement errors. Specifically, the method includes: an etching process of etching a semiconductor lamination unit to form a mesa structure having a resonator end face, thereby forming a laser diode; and a reflecting layer forming process of forming a light reflecting layer such that the light reflecting layer covers entire side surfaces of the mesa structure, wherein the semiconductor lamination unit has a substate, a n-type clad layer including a nitride semiconductor layer having n-type conductivity, a light-emitting layer including at least one quantum well, and a p-type clad layer including a nitride semiconductor layer having p-type conductivity, laminated in this order.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignees: ASAHI KASEI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, National University Corporation Tokai National Higher Education and Research SystemInventors: Ziyi Zhang, Maki Kushimoto, Hiroshi Amano
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Patent number: 11909173Abstract: A waveguide based wavelength-tunable laser formed on a semiconductor substrate includes a first reflector from which laser light is output, a second reflector configuring a laser resonator together with the first reflector, a gain portion that is provided between the first reflector and the second reflector, at least two wavelength filters that can adjust wavelength characteristics and adjust a wavelength of the laser light, and a phase adjuster that adjusts an optical path length in the laser resonator, and a waveguide is formed to fold back an optical path by an angle of substantially 180 degrees between the first reflector and the second reflector.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazuaki Kiyota
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Patent number: 11909174Abstract: A reflection filter device includes: a ring resonator filter including a ring-shaped waveguide and two arms, each of the two arms being optically coupled to the ring-shaped waveguide; and a dual-branch portion including a light input/output port and two branch ports, the light input/output port being configured to allow input and output of light, the two branch ports being configured to allow output of the light input from the light input/output port, the light being split into two, the two arms being connected to the two branch ports, respectively, at least one of the two arms being equipped with a phase adjuster.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.Inventors: Yasumasa Kawakita, Yasutaka Higa
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Patent number: 11909175Abstract: An optoelectronic device includes an off-cut III-V semiconductor substrate, a set of epitaxial layers formed on the off-cut III-V semiconductor substrate, and a horizontal cavity surface-emitting laser (HCSEL) having a laser resonant cavity formed in the set of epitaxial layers. The same or another optoelectronic device includes a semiconductor substrate; a laser, epitaxially grown on the semiconductor substrate and having a laser resonant cavity; a semiconductor device, epitaxially grown on the semiconductor substrate and separated from the laser by a single trench having a first vertical wall abutting the laser and a second vertical wall abutting the semiconductor device; and at least one coating on at least one of the first vertical wall or the second vertical wall. The laser resonant cavity of the laser has a horizontal portion parallel to the semiconductor substrate, and each of the first vertical wall and the second vertical wall is oriented perpendicular to the semiconductor substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chih-Wei Chuang, Peter L. Chang, Tong Chen
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Patent number: 11909176Abstract: An all-epitaxial, electrically injected surface-emitting green laser operates in a range of about 520-560 nanometers (nm). At 523 nm, for example, the device exhibits a threshold current density of approximately 0.4 kilo-amperes per square centimeter (kA/cm2), which is over one order of magnitude lower than that of previously reported blue laser diodes.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: The Regents of the University of MichiganInventors: Yong-Ho Ra, Roksana Tonny Rashid, Xianhe Liu, Zetian Mi
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Patent number: 11909177Abstract: Disclosed are a current excitation type organic semiconductor laser containing a pair of electrodes, an organic laser active layer and an optical resonator structure between the pair of electrodes and a laser having an organic layer on a distributed feedback grating structure. The lasers include a continuous-wave laser, a quasi-continuous-wave laser and an electrically driven semiconductor laser diode.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignees: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, KOALA TECH INC.Inventors: Chihaya Adachi, Sangarange Don Atula Sandanayaka, Toshinori Matsushima, Kou Yoshida, Jean-Charles Ribierre, Fatima Bencheikh, Kenichi Goushi, Takashi Fujihara
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Patent number: 11909178Abstract: A prechamber spark plug having a thermally enhanced prechamber cap with a thermally conductive core, such as one made from a copper-, aluminum- and/or silver-based material. Due to its location and function, a prechamber cap is exposed to thermal energy from a pre-combustion process taking place within a prechamber, as well as thermal energy from a combustion process taking place in a main combustion chamber. Thus, the prechamber cap is being heated on both its interior and its exterior and, if not sufficiently cooled, can become so hot that it undesirably triggers preignition events in the engine. The thermally enhanced prechamber cap may include a main body with an interior surface and an exterior surface, a thermally conductive core with one or more thermal segments and insert segments, and one or more openings extending between a prechamber and a main combustion chamber, where each opening extends through an insert segment that is designed to resistant to corrosion and/or erosion.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: FEDERAL-MOGUL IGNITION GMBHInventors: Werner Niessner, Peter Janas-Habu, Michael A. Golin
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Patent number: 11909179Abstract: In a spark plug, at least one injection hole serves as a ground-directed injection hole arranged to face a facing side of a ground electrode. An extension line of the center axis of the at least one ground-directed injection hole intersects with the facing side of the ground electrode at an intersection point. The facing side of the ground electrode has a closer region closer to the projection-end edge of the ground electrode than the intersection point is. The closer region of the facing side intersects with the extension line of the center axis of the ground-directed injection hole at a predetermined angle as viewed in the axial direction of the spark plug. The predetermined angle being an obtuse angle.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2023Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Akimitsu Sugiura
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Patent number: 11909180Abstract: A hermetic portion on the side of a main body portion of a gas insulated switchgear and a hermetic portion of a bushing tank which has polymer bushings connected to the main body portion are configured separately, and electrical connection between the main body portion side and the bushing tank is carried out in an open portion. A mid tank is provided in the rear of the main body portion in which a switching apparatus is housed, and conductor portions which are horizontally led out from the main body portion are led into the mid tank, bent upward, and connected to bushings on the top of the mid tank. Cables are extended downward from the bottom of the bushing tank disposed above the mid tank via a support panel, and in the open portion, the cables are connected to the bushings.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tadahiro Yoshida, Naoki Tanaka, Masayuki Takebe, Shintaro Kuroaki
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Patent number: 11909181Abstract: A compartment for a medium voltage air or gas insulated switchgear includes: a plurality of walls. At least one wall of the plurality of walls is an external wall. The external wall is a first metal sheet. The external wall includes a plurality of conductive elements. A first surface of the first metal sheet is an outer surface for thermal contact with ambient air. A second surface of the first metal sheet is an inner surface for thermal contact with air or gas within the compartment. The plurality of conductive elements extend from the second surface of the first metal sheet into the compartment.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: ABB Schweiz AGInventors: David Rumler, Emil Kalina
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Patent number: 11909182Abstract: Provided are an overhead line detection method and system based on a cable inspection robot. The cable inspection robot is suspended on the overhead line. An imaging unit and a laser emission unit are disposed at the front end of the cable inspection robot. The imaging unit is at a first angle to the overhead line. The laser emission unit is at a second angle to the overhead line.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignees: State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co., Ltd., Changzhou Branch, State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co., Ltd., Innovation Center, State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power Co., Ltd., State Grid Corporation of ChinaInventors: Jiazhen Duan, Zheng Lu, Hongtao Liu, Ruxin Shi, Wei Zhang, Yuqin Shu, Zhiwei Kan, Yannan Chen, Xiaoqiang Chen, Xianming Ren
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Patent number: 11909183Abstract: Roller unit for laying cables (11, 12, 13) that comprises a frame (23, 23?) where at least one pair of sliders (25, 25?) are positioned aligned parallel to a laying direction (S1, S2) of the cables (11, 12, 13) and each provided with at least one pair of wheels (28, 28a, 28b) to support a cable (11, 12, 13) to be laid; the sliders (25, 25?) are hinged to the frame (23, 25?) and rotatable around respective axes of rotation (A, A?) in order to vary the inclination thereof with respect to the frame (23, 23?) and therefore to vary the radius of curvature (R, R1, R2, R3) of the supported cable (11, 12, 13); at least one of the sliders (25, 25?) comprises an oscillation limiting tooth (30, 30?) provided in at least one portion (32, 32?) of the slider (25, 25?) protruding from the frame (23, 23?) and configured to abut against a lateral wall (31, 31) of the frame (23, 23?) when the slider (25, 25?), rotating around the respective axis of rotation (A, A?), exceeds a certain inclination, so as to prevent an excessiveType: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TESMEC S.P.A.Inventors: Alberto Oscar, Stefano Osio
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Patent number: 11909184Abstract: Roller unit for laying cables (11, 12, 13), comprising a frame (23, 23?) where at least one pair of sliders (25, 25?) are positioned aligned parallel to a laying direction (S1, S2) of the cables (11, 12, 13) and each provided with at least one pair of wheels (28, 28a, 28b) supporting a cable (11, 12, 13) to be laid; said sliders (25, 25?) are hinged to said frame (23, 23?) and rotatable around respective axes of rotation (A, A?) so as to vary the inclination thereof with respect to said frame (23, 23?) and therefore to vary the radius of curvature of the cable (11, 12, 13) supported; said wheels (28, 28a, 28b) are provided with an annular groove (32) to support the cables, delimited by containing wings (33) and able to define a contact and sliding surface of at least one of said cables (11, 12, 13), wherein at least said annular support groove (32) is made of or covered by a technoplastic material with polyamide (PA) base reinforced with glass fiber, if the supported cable is a conductor (11, 13), or by meansType: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TESMEC S.P.A.Inventors: Alberto Oscar, Stefano Osio, Fabrizio Parodi
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Patent number: 11909185Abstract: Method for installing a cable into a duct, comprising the steps of: determining a maximum pressure, setting a leaking mode of a leaking plug to start at a leaking pressure drop equal to or lower than the maximum pressure, attaching the leaking plug to a foremost end of the cable, introducing the foremost end of the cable into the duct, supplying a pressurized liquid into the duct: at a supply port, and at a supply pressure, so that the cable is pulled by the leaking plug, before the foremost end has reached the second extremity, exceeding the leaking pressure drop at a location close to the leaking plug.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Plumettaz Holding S.A.Inventors: Willem Griffioen, Alexandre Uhl, Christophe Gutberlet
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Patent number: 11909186Abstract: A coil spring cassette includes a stator housing part and a rotor housing part that is rotatable relative to the stator housing part about a longitudinal axis. The stator housing part and the rotor housing part together form therebetween a first chamber and a second chamber at respective positions along the longitudinal axis. A first flat cable with a reversal of winding direction is arranged in the first chamber. A second flat cable with a uniform winding direction is arranged in the second chamber.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Kostal Automobil Elektrik GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Knut Moldenhauer, Raphael Kleine
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Patent number: 11909187Abstract: A power tether for aerial devices such as balloons or drones operates with as few as a single conductor, providing a ground return by capacitive coupling between the aerial device and a ground plane at a base station. High-frequency, high-voltage power allows significant power transfer through the low capacitance between the aerial station and the ground minimizing the necessary current flow.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Inventor: Daniel Ludois
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Patent number: 11909188Abstract: The invention relates to a cable sealing device comprising: a first plate having a group of first holes and configured to be mounted to a first side of a housing wall; a second plate having a group of second holes and configured to be mounted to a second side of a housing wall; and a soft elastic sealing element configured to be mounted between one of the first and second plates and the housing wall. The group of first holes and the group of second holes and the sealing element are configured to receive a group of cables, and the first and the second plate can be biased toward each other, so that the sealing element can be pressed and elastically deformed. The sealing element can seal and fix the group of cables in the housing wall in a pressed and elastically deformed status. The invention also relates to a cable sealing system comprising a housing wall and the cable sealing device. The cable sealing device is simple in structure and easy to assemble, and can ensure good sealing and fixing of the cables.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLCInventors: Maosheng Liu, PuLiang Tang, Zhaohui Liu, Ruixin Su
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Patent number: 11909189Abstract: The flexible wiring conduit is a hollow structure. The flexible wiring conduit forms a protected space that contains the cable. The flexible wiring conduit protects a cable from damage by forces that are exterior to the protected space formed by the flexible wiring conduit. The cable inserts through the protected space. The flexible wiring conduit is a composite prism structure. The flexible wiring conduit is a bimodal flexible structure. The bimodal flexible structure of the flexible wiring conduit allows the flexible wiring conduit to bent to follow a desired cabling path. The flexible wiring conduit incorporates a plurality of end fittings, a plurality of rigid tube structures, and a plurality of flexible tube structures. The plurality of end fittings, the plurality of rigid tube structures, and the plurality of flexible tube structures are interconnected to form the flexible wiring conduit.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Inventor: Jakub Kodim
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Patent number: 11909190Abstract: In various implementations, a raceway may include a housing with walls and arms extending from the housing. A cavity may be disposed in the housing and cables may reside in the cavity, during use. The cables may provide connectivity to receptacles of the raceway and thus a variety of devices. A cover may be utilized with the housing to facilitate access to the cables in the cavity of the housing. In some implementations, the cover may be retained by flexible arms of the housing. The raceway may be configured to receive wire clips to retain cables and/or conduit disposed in a cavity of the raceway.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Strong Products Group, Ltd.Inventor: Clinton Strong