Accessories Patents (Class 174/135)
  • Patent number: 6870104
    Abstract: A structure for attaching a harness protector used in supplying electricity is described in which a harness protector is attached to a vehicle body or a door inner panel of a sliding door for absorbing slack of a wire harness in the harness protector. A reinforcing member is provided on the harness protector for preventing deformation, such as warpage in a thickness direction, of the harness protector. The reinforcing member includes a protector fixing member, a door panel fixing member and a door-trim fixing member. The reinforcing member attaches to the harness protector without any rattle in the thickness direction and is movable along a surface of the harness protector. The reinforcing member incorporates an oblong opening of the harness protector for pulling out the wire harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsunori Tsunoda, Tohru Aoki, Akira Tsubaki
  • Patent number: 6870108
    Abstract: A cable fixer for holding at least two cables, includes opposite top and bottom ends, an outer side wall that interconnects the top and bottom ends, an inner cable tunnel that passes through the top and bottom ends inwardly of the outer side wall and is capable of holding one of the cables, and an outer cable tunnel which is formed in the outer side wall from the top end to the bottom ends for holding the other one of the cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Primax Electronics Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei-Chih Teng
  • Patent number: 6867371
    Abstract: Apparatus for enclosing a plurality of fiber optic cables in a sealed environment includes a housing, a lid, a hollow body projecting from the housing, at least one grommet disposed in the hollow body for securing one or more fiber optic cables in an orifice accessed by a slit provided therein and a cap disposed in front of the hollow body to compress the grommet and seal components passing through the grommet into the housing. The grommet is a single body with a plurality of orifices for receiving a plurality of fiber optic cables or a plurality of individually formed grommets each having one orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Bassel H. Daoud, Ivan Pawlenko
  • Patent number: 6867376
    Abstract: Rod assemblies for guiding, routing or feeding a wire and/or cable in a target space of an existing structure having a plurality of frame members and a target internal routing space for the cable or wire, include: (a) an elongate rod having opposing first and second end portions; and (b) an anchoring member attached to the rod first end portion. In position, the anchoring member resides against a surface of a structural frame member to hold the first end portion outside of the target internal routing space and allow the second end portion to extend into the target internal routing space, thereby allowing one end of the rod to remain in a fixed location without requiring a second installer. The elongate rod can be a glow rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: Charlie Sawyer, Isaac D. White, James E. Dickens, Blake Urban, Kevin Forsberg
  • Patent number: 6864428
    Abstract: An electronic package includes a first housing member, a second housing member engaging the first housing member to form an enclosure, and electronic circuitry located within the enclosure. The electronic package also includes holes provided in the housing, and thread-forming fastener screws for engaging the holes to fasten together the first and second housing members. The electronic package further includes a particle containment pad adjacent to each hole for collecting any particles, such as metal shavings, formed during engagement of the fastener screw within the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Inventor: Thurman R. Reed
  • Patent number: 6855890
    Abstract: A bracket (10) holds a wire (12) adjacent a magnetic surface (15). The bracket (10) includes a retaining member (14) with a magnetic attracting end (16) and a retaining end (18). The retaining member (14) is shaped to accept the wire (12) between the magnetic attracting end (16) and the retaining end (18) while holding the wire (12) adjacent the magnetic surface (15) when the retaining member (14) is held to the magnetic surface (15). The retaining member (14) is formed of a plastic material that is flexible to form a plurality of holding shapes and sturdy to retain one of the plurality of holding shapes to correspond to the magnetic surface (15) of a planar or non-planar configuration. The magnetic attracting end (16) and the retaining end (18) can each include a cavity (46) to receive and fit magnetic attractors (36, 38).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Inventor: Richard Vasichek
  • Patent number: 6846990
    Abstract: An installation vertical groove (13) is formed in a circuit member-installing surface (12) of a resin-molded panel (11). Then, a flat circuit member (14) is inserted into the installation vertical groove, so that the flat circuit member is installed in such a manner that this flat circuit member stands in a direction perpendicular to the circuit member-installing surface. The installation vertical groove has opposed surfaces which are spaced from each other by a distance, corresponding to a thickness of the flat circuit member and are disposed perpendicularly to the circuit member-installing surface, and this installation vertical groove is formed to be disposed below the circuit member-installing surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2005
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Naomi Kisu, Toshiaki Mori, Akihiro Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 6844494
    Abstract: An organizer serving as a safeguard for electrical cords during charging intervals of electrically-operated consumer products provided by a compartment having internally a strip of uniformly spaced apart female sockets electrically connected to a power company wall socket and externally the consumer products' charging components similarly uniformly spaced apart, wherein the correlation of the uniform spacing maintains the electrical cords in neatly coiled conditions without entanglement with each other within the compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Inventor: Jason Nevins
  • Patent number: 6844497
    Abstract: A vehicle door wire harness arrangement extending between a vehicle main body and a vehicle door along a door hinge is provided. The vehicle door wire harness arrangement includes a hinge connecting a vehicle main body and a vehicle door. The vehicle door wire harness arrangement further includes a protector conforming to the shape of the hinge for carrying at least one wire along the hinge. The at least one wire extends between the vehicle main body and the vehicle door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Matthew Frantz, John Hill
  • Patent number: 6844495
    Abstract: A substantially flexible post having a hollow tubular inner sheath protruding upwardly from the earth and having a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion of the fixture post is connected to an electrical junction box disposed in a subterranean location, the second end portion connected to an electrical fixture attached thereto, such that the electrical conductors pass from the electrical junction box, through the inner sheath portion thus safely communicating electrical energy from the junction box to the fixture. Additionally, a spring comprising a coil of wire, wherein the spring surrounds the outer diameter of the sheath portion. The length dimension of the flexible inner sheath portion is longer than the length dimension of the spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Inventor: Darrell Pastuch
  • Patent number: 6835891
    Abstract: Systems and methods for covering a trough member. A system can include a hinge clip coupled to a sidewall of the trough member and having arms creating a socket. The system can include a cover including a pivot member and a groove at one end. The pivot member can be received in the socket to allow the cover to pivot about the pivot member from open to closed positions, and one arm of the socket can be received in the groove in the open position. A capture clip including a ramp portion and a seat can be coupled to the other sidewall, and another pivot member at the other end of the cover can ride along the ramp and drop into the seat as the cover is pivoted from open to closed positions. The cover can also be two cover portions, each extending partially over the trough member and creating a slot therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel M. Herzog, Chad J. Sjodin, David E. Rapp
  • Patent number: 6835893
    Abstract: A button fastening device for attachment within an opening in a duct base for securing elongate cables and the like as well as structural duct dividers thereto. The device includes a cup-shaped upper portion, a shaft and a locking wing. The cup-shaped upper portion has a rim for snap-on attachment of a duct divider and strap passages for attachment of a bundle strap for securing cables to the duct base. The shaft extends from the cup-shaped upper portion to the locking wing. The locking wing secures the device to the duct base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles E. Whipple
  • Patent number: 6833508
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lead wire holding member. In the disclosed invention, the holding member for holding a plurality of lead wires together includes one or more holding plate, each plate having a hole for receiving the plurality of lead wires all together and a slit formed from the hole to the outer edge of the holding plate. Accordingly, lead wires can be easily held together and a holding member that is less costly and easy to work with can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyun-rok Cha
  • Patent number: 6833507
    Abstract: A cord retainer having a first portion containing a first magnet, the first portion attachable to the cord; and a second portion containing either a second magnet or a ferrous member, the second portion attachable to the cord or having an adhesive surface for attaching the second portion to a desired surface. The first portion and second portion are connectable to each other via magnetic attraction between the first magnet and either the second magnet or the ferrous member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: Xentris, LLC
    Inventors: David M. Arkin, Michael Knapp
  • Patent number: 6831225
    Abstract: A cabinet for mounting electronic equipment having power input port mounted external to the frame of the cabinet in order to make installation of a power input unit more convenient. The power input port may be mounted on the bottom of the cabinet whereby the power input unit, for example, a power distribution unit, may be installed prior to, during, or after installation of the cabinet. In addition, among other things, the mounting of a power input unit outside the frame of the cabinet provides for improved accessability and servicing of the power input unit and provides for more usable space inside the cabinet frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Assignee: Prima Corporation
    Inventor: Gary C. Chandler
  • Patent number: 6831227
    Abstract: An improved, non-conductive electrical junction box assembly includes a junction box body defining at least one insert recess; and an insert member slidably received into the insert recess, defining a stepped through bore, and outwardly providing a conduit socket into which an end termination portion of an electrical conduit may be received and secured. The insert member may be adhesively secured into the insert recess, or the insert member and junction box body may include mutual latching features which engage upon insertion of the insert member into the insert recess to lock the insert member in the insert recess. Alternatively, the insert member and the insert recess may each have a portion that is generally T-shaped, and these portions may receive and engage one another to position the insert member on the junction box body. A latching feature may be included in the T-shaped insert member, and the junction box body may include features allowing unlatching and removal of the insert member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2004
    Inventors: Gary K. Weise, Richard J. Kesl
  • Patent number: 6827601
    Abstract: A cord guard has a power cord confining tube formed from a pair of wall members each of which has a series of stepwise and spirally extending wall panels. The panels of one of the wall members intertwines with the panels of the other of the wall members and both horizontal and vertical gaps are located between adjacent panels. In use, the tube readily flexes to a limited extent as needed by a spreading apart of the panel section margins that form the horizontal gaps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignee: Hamilton Beach/Proctor-Silex, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Haeberle
  • Patent number: 6828509
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a binding band (1) for a wire harness diverging portion, which is used for binding a diverging portion having a trunk portion (TL) formed by gathering plural wire harnesses (WH) and a branch portion (BL) branching from the trunk portion. An object of the present invention is to improve an operation efficiency wherein a band body (2) is passed through a piercing-engagement hole (7) of a lock portion (4), and a binding operation efficiency for binding a wire harness diverging portion (WD).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2004
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Tyton Company of Japan, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Ito, Takashi Matsuura, Nobuyuki Kaneko
  • Publication number: 20040238204
    Abstract: It is an objective of the present invention to provide a wiring harness fixing device, by which a wiring harness can be easily removed from a panel of a motor vehicle and the saving of resources can be attained. A wiring clip 1 as the wiring harness fixing device fixes a wiring harness 2 on a panel 3. The wiring clip 1 includes a mount 10 and an engaging part 11. The mount 10 has a flat plate-shape. The engaging part 11 includes a standing piece 13 standing up from the mount 10, a pair of engaging pieces 14, a thin part 15, and a thick part 16. The pair of the engaging pieces 14 has a mountain-shape, in which one end thereof 14a continues to an end 13a of the standing piece 13. The thin part 15 is formed concave from an outer surface of the standing piece 13 and has the minimum cross-sectional area in the standing piece 13. The thick part 16 protrudes from the outer surface of the standing piece 13. The thin part 15 is situated nearer to the mount 10 than the thick part 16 is situated near the mount 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventor: Shuji Ono
  • Publication number: 20040238203
    Abstract: A wiring harness clamp is provided with a main body, a locking projection projected from the main body, and a pair of resilient latch arms extended from both sides of a top surface of the locking projection directed to the main body. Each of the resilient latch arm includes a latch portion including a guiding bevel at the distal end thereof. When the locking projection is inserted to a mounting hole of a panel, the latch portions are engaged with a peripheral border of the mounting hole. When the main body is pulled up so that the guiding bevel abuts the peripheral border, the resilient latch arms are elastically bent so as to cancel the engagement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2004
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventor: Hiroaki Arai
  • Patent number: 6823631
    Abstract: The present invention is a device for use to install and remove animal guards from bushings, surge arresters and insulators on electrical equipment. The device attaches one end to the receiving end of an animal guard and the opposite end to a telescope stick, hot stick or other suitable sick to support device. This device may be used to install animal guard devices while remaining at ground elevation or at an evaluation above the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Inventors: Joseph Homer, Carlan Sweatman
  • Patent number: 6822165
    Abstract: A grommet (1) including a first tubular potion (33) holding an electric wire (10) therein; an elastic first flange (34) formed on a front part of the first tubular portion (33); a second tubular portion (31) which extends rearward from the first flange (34) and is to be fitted in a panel hole (21) when the first tubular portion (33) is pulled frontward; a rib portion (39) annularly formed on the second tubular portion (31); and an elastic second flange (35) formed on a rear part of the first tubular portion (33), which diverges rearward. Cooperating with the first tubular portion (33) and the first flange (34), the second tubular portion (31) defines an annular space (37), and an entrance thereof is defined by the rib portion (39). The second flange (35) extends in a radial direction outside the entrance of the annular space (37).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Chikao Nishimoto
  • Patent number: 6818833
    Abstract: A frame is provided for coiling the surplus length of an overhead cable when two cable sections are spliced in a splicing box. The frame is particularly adapted to be used with Optical Fiber Composite Ground Wires (OPGW) and has a coiling chamber for the coiling of the surplus splice length. The coiling chamber has an interior in which the surplus splice length is coiled, and an outer edge, allowing the free rotation of the frame about a shaft. The surplus splice length is pushed from underneath by an operator and is further pushed and held by its own restoring force against the outer edge of the coiling chamber, where the pushing and holding effects induce the rotation of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Per Henrik Dietrichson, Kjell Grinden
  • Patent number: 6818834
    Abstract: A suspended type cable fixing-up rack adapted to mount on a frame includes a cable patch board for a plurality of cables to connect thereto, a cable support, and mounting elements. The cable patch board includes two side wings provided with mounting holes. Each of the mounting elements includes a first bent section having mounting holes provided at a flat head portion thereof, and a second bent section provided with retaining holes, into which hooks provided on two cantilever arms at two lateral ends of the cable support are extended. Whereby the cable patch board and the mounting elements are connected together and fixed to the frame by threading screws through mounting holes on the first bent sections of the mounting elements and the wings of the cable patch board against the frame. Weight of cables fallen on the cable support is therefore evenly distributed to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Hsing Chau Industrial Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Kuan Lin Lin
  • Patent number: 6818824
    Abstract: A ganging tool for adjusting the position of a pair of ganged wiring devices such as duplex receptacles, toggle, and decorator type switches on a mounting, e.g., an electrical box. The ganging tool has a frame having a pair of apertures for receiving different kinds of wiring devices and holding them in place while the ganging tool adjusts the position of the wiring devices. The ganging tool also has rotatable toggle adaptors that allow the ganging tool to be used to position both toggle type wiring devices and non-toggle type wiring devices. The ganging tool further has a leveling means for determining the level of the wiring devices. Also, tool cutouts on the frame of the ganging tool allow the ganging tool to be used with power tools in conjunction with positioning and affixing wiring devices on a mounting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Cooper Wiring Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: Jean Claude Marcou, Jim Knapik, Hua Qiang Shi
  • Patent number: 6818827
    Abstract: A device for absorbing harness slack is disclosed wherein a leaf spring (resilient member) 37 is provided with a harness-guide member 34 which supports a curved portion 33 of a wire harness 32 slidably. The harness-guide member 34 has an upper surface (harness-support member) 38 curved throughout its length toward the curved portion 33. Alternatively, the leaf spring 37 may be provided with the curved harness-guide member 34 rotatably through a coupling member 36. Also alternatively, a protector protecting the curved portion 33 of the wire harness 32 may be provided with the curved harness-guide member 34 rotatably, and the leaf spring 37 may urge the harness-guide member 34 through such as a cap in a direction of absorbing harness slack slidably. Also alternatively, the upper surface 38 may compose a groove curved in a circumferential direction of the wire harness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Kato, Makoto Sunohara
  • Patent number: 6818826
    Abstract: An outer-coating layer of a signal cable is sandwiched and is fixed between a rear end portion of a cylindrical member and a step portion of the inner diameter of a substrate fixing portion. A slip stop fixes the outer-coating layer in the pull-out direction. An electro-magnetic shielding layer is fixed by a fixing nut and is sandwiched and is fixed between a side end portion of a camera head portion in a pipe member and a step portion of the inner diameter of the cylindrical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: Olympus Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Yamaguchi, Fujio Sawaguchi
  • Publication number: 20040222013
    Abstract: The invention relates to a protective device for elongated objects, and in particular a protective device for electrical wiring, fluid lines and the like in motor vehicles, having a corrugated tube (1) for receiving the elongated object, a textile layer (3) arranged on the exterior of the corrugated tube (1), as well as a metallic layer (5) arranged on the outside of the textile layer (3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventor: Michael Lindner
  • Patent number: 6815615
    Abstract: A two-part grommet assembly for routing wiring and/or washer fluid conduit through an aperture in automotive bodywork to a spoiler mounted CHMSL/rear window washer. The grommet assembly includes a first soft pliable component having a tubular portion and a bell-shaped portion, the latter being configured to provide an interior annular volume to receive the external flange of a second component made of a relatively stiff material. The second component is configured to snap into the aperture in the automotive bodywork to mount the grommet on the exterior of the vehicle and/or within a spoiler assembly. Complemental retention structure is provided within the annular retainer volume which receives the flange of the snap lock component and compression of the materials during installation enhances the retention function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Jodi M. Haulotte, Brian L. Wagner
  • Patent number: 6816359
    Abstract: A power supply casing includes a top casing having a recessed area defined in a mediate portion of the top casing and multiple cutouts defined in a slanted front portion of the top casing. A bottom casing has multiple sets of conducting plates formed on a rear portion of the bottom casing to correspond to multiple sockets in the top casing. Switches are electrically connected to the multiple sets of conducting plates and buttons are respectively arranged in the cutouts of the top casing. Each button corresponds to one of the switches such that each button is able to control initiation of one switch, which activates power supply from one specific socket to a specific computer peripheral device and a total space occupied by the power supply casing is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Inventor: Feng-Shen Hsiao
  • Patent number: 6812406
    Abstract: A cable gland assembly for an electric cable having a sheath enclosing at least one conductor core is described, the assembly comprising a body and a barrier sleeve (4) locatable in the body wherein, in use, the at least one core extends through the body and the sleeve (4) and a hardenable compound is disposed in the sleeve (4) filling the sleeve and surrounding the at least one core, wherein the sleeve (4) comprises a resilient or elastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: Hawke Cable Glands Limited
    Inventor: Edward Hand
  • Patent number: 6812407
    Abstract: A door wire routing system for efficiently routing wiring from a door jam to a swinging door in a concealed and protective manner. The door wire routing system includes a flexible tubular member that receives and protects a wire, and a pair of guide members that slidably receive the tubular member. One of the guide members is installed within an opening within a doorjamb and the other guide member is installed within an opening within an inner edge of a door member. The wire is extended through the tubular member for providing electrical power and data communications to the door member. When the door member is opened or closed, the tubular member slides within the guide members while protecting the wire from damage or sabotage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Inventor: Nicholas S. Opperman
  • Patent number: 6809264
    Abstract: A feeder assembly of a car sliding door has a protector in which a wiring harness is arranged for electrically connecting a car sliding door side with a car body side. The assembly includes a generally circumferential wall positioned inside the protector and an auxiliary unit disposed within the wall, the auxiliary unit connected to the wiring harness. A resilient member resiliently urges the wiring harness within the protector, and the circumferential wall also serves as a stopper to limit the bending of the resilient member. An outside harness insertion hole and an inside harness insertion hole are formed in the wall, the outside harness insertion hole leading the wiring harness outside the protector, the inside harness insertion hole leading the wiring harness inside the protector. The circumferential wall has a bottom deeper than a base pate of the protector. The inside harness insertion hole is disposed between the bottom of the circumferential wall and the base pate of the protector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Watanabe, Ryoichi Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 6809257
    Abstract: A capped clip 1 integrally includes a fixing portion 5 to be fixed to a workpiece, a clamp portion 10 having a pair of clamp arms 7, 9 standing from the fixing portion in a U-shape to hold a pipe or the like, and a cap portion 13 for closing an opening 11 of the clamp portion. The capped clip 1 further includes a thin hinge 17 connecting the cap portion to the outer surface of a first one of the clamp arms to allow the cap portion to be pivotally moved thereabout a protrusion 26 protruding outward from said first clamp arm 71 a recess 27 formed in the cap portion to receive the protrusion therein when the cap portion is pivotally moved to its closed position, an engagement shoulder 30 formed in the recess 27 to engage with the protrusion, and a pair of walls 31 defining a portion of the recess 27 to be located on the opposite sides of the protrusion when the cap portion is in its closed position to prevent the protrusion from coming out of the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Newfrey LLC
    Inventor: Tomio Shibuya
  • Patent number: 6809266
    Abstract: A cable organizer for ease of managing cables includes a holding sleeve and a cable guide. The holding sleeve is shaped as an elongated tube with a first opening and a second opening. A receiving slit nonlinearly extends from the first opening to the second opening along the holding sleeve. The cable guider is composed of a pair of hinged opposing shells to form a conduit with an inlet and outlet through which the cables are so surrounding field in therein. When the cable organizer is in use, the cable guider slide along with the holding sleeve to widen the receiving slit in order to allow the cables being placed into the holding sleeve. Thereafter, the receiving slit returns to its original position and holds the cables therein, thereby achieving organization of cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Lux Imports, Inc.
    Inventors: Chok-Meng Hoi, Chih Jung Lee
  • Patent number: 6809263
    Abstract: A cable gland assembly for sealing between a cable and a wall through which the cable passes is described, the assembly having a sealing mechanism includes comprising a sealing sleeve and a sealing sleeve urging device which on relative movement of two assembly parts as forced to urge the sealing sleeve in a sealing direction, the sealing sleeve urging device having a plurality of fingers mounted in a cylindrical formation on a support ring and wherein each finger is pivotable generally about the location at which the finger is mounted on the ring and each finger is relatively stiff thereby to remain substantilly straight when forced to pivot, the assembly being characterised in that te sealing sleeve has a flange at one end of said sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Hawke Cable Glands Limited
    Inventor: Carl Jackson
  • Publication number: 20040206545
    Abstract: A detachable binding device comprising a bracket including a base portion and a slotted projection having a first slot and a second slot aligned in parallel with the first slot between the first slot and the base portion. The binding device further includes a self-gripping fastening strip. The fastening strip passes through the first slot to form a first wrap around a length of a cable to hold the cable against the slotted projection. The fastening strip then passes through the second slot to form a second wrap over the first wrap and the length of the cable for secure retention of the cable against the slotted projection by setting the fastening strip into a self-gripping arrangement. After formation, the binding device may be detached from the length of the cable and the bracket by disrupting the self-gripping arrangement of the fastening strip and withdrawing the fastening strip from the second slot and the first slot to release the length of the cable from contact with the slotted projection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: David Alan Tracy, Gregory Leighton Rutherford
  • Patent number: 6806424
    Abstract: A connecting terminal for switching device includes at least one receiving device configured to interchangeably receive either of a base contact element for a screw connection or a module for a spring-clamping device. A receiving shaft configured to engage the module is provided. The module includes an open mounting side configured for mounting the spring-clamping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2004
    Assignee: Moeller GmbH
    Inventor: Karsten Gerving
  • Patent number: 6803526
    Abstract: An insulating device for insulating an electronic device having at least one hole and fixed on a metal case having at least one hole is provided. The insulating device includes a hollow insulating portion passing through the at least one hole of the metal case, a first insulating washer disposed on a first end of the hollow insulating portion, a second insulating washer disposed on a second end of the hollow insulating portion, and a fastening element passing through the first insulating washer, the second insulating washer and the at least one hole of the electronic device for fastening with the electronic device, so as to fix and insulate the electronic device against the metal case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chen Chi-Sheng, Hsieh Tung-Yun
  • Patent number: 6803525
    Abstract: A retractable cable device is disclosed. The housing has a receiving space, and the winding spool has a first spool disk and a spring receiving space. The first spool disk includes a receiving groove and a spool shaft. The communication cable is wound around the spool shaft so that an inner winding is formed. One end of the communication cable passes through the first spool disk of the winding spool so that the communication cable is respectively positioned at the receiving groove and the spool shaft of the first spool disk. Both ends of the communication cable protrude the housing of the retractable cable device. The spiral spring is positioned at the spring receiving space of the winding spool, and one end of the spiral spring is coupled to the winding spool and the other end of the spiral spring is coupled to the housing of the retractable cable device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Inventor: Sheng Hsin Liao
  • Patent number: 6800808
    Abstract: A cable fixing structure on a flat panel is to have an elliptical through hole on the flat panel of an electronic device enclosure, a protruding joint board is on the end of the connector of a cable, an upper and lower panel wedge each is near the top and lower portion of the elliptical through hole, wherein the shape and physical size of the joint board is equal to the elliptical through hole, the joint board is in parallel with the end of the connector, an upper and a lower joint wedges corresponding to the panel wedges are on the inner edge of the joint board. While installing the connector onto the panel, the joint board passes through the elliptical through hole enabling the upper and lower joint wedges to reach the upper and lower panel wedges by turning the connector. Thus, the connector of the cable is easily and rapidly fixed to the flat panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: D-Link Corporation
    Inventor: Ming-Tsai Chung
  • Patent number: 6800812
    Abstract: A universal ground clamp having a clamping strap having a series of holes to facilitate the installation of the clamp onto a wide range of structures of various shaped and sized cross-sections. A metal stud, through which the clamping strap is secured, includes a terminal portion adapted to accommodate and have secured therein a ground wire. In one form, a pair of curved plates supported upon the stud are used to form a tight clamping action of the strap about the structure to be grounded, without subjecting the strap to localized stresses or tearing, but permitting the strap to tightly encircle the structure. One of the curved plates is captivated on the strap with stops. In another form, projections extend from the strap at the hole through which the stud is inserted in order to allow the stud to be readily inserted into the hole and prevent the stud from being inadvertently separated from the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Senior Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: George J. Franks, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6794574
    Abstract: An electrical assembly includes at least one electrical conductor. A flexible electrical tubing has an end, and loosely carries the at least one electrical conductor therein. An electrical component, such as an electrical connector or plug, is associated with the electrical conductor and hermetically seals the tubing end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Dekko Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Gust, Donald E. DeWitt, Scott A. Garver, Robert E. Bolen
  • Patent number: 6794572
    Abstract: A latch device for a wall box includes a stem slidably attached to a housing, a catch secured to the stem for engaging with the housing, and a spring may bias the catch away from the housing. A hand grip is pivotally attached to the stem, a pole is secured to the hand grip and includes a lock groove, a bar is slidably attached to the housing and includes an actuator flange for selectively engaging into the lock groove of the pole, to selectively lock the pole and the hand grip to the housing. A magneto or a lock may be used for disengaging the actuator flange from the lock groove of the pole, to selectively release the hand grip from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Inventor: Ching Hua Chiang
  • Patent number: 6794573
    Abstract: A prepackaged mounting assembly for securing a device, such as a ceiling fan, light fixture, or similar device to an overhead bean. The mounting assembly includes an L-shaped mounting box that includes a large side wiring cavity and an integral flange portion. A cover cooperates with the integral flange portion to provide a closure for the wiring cavity and a bottom flange for mounting a device-specific bracket thereon. The bracket includes slots therein and the integral flange portion includes downward extending alignment posts to enable easy centering of the manufacturer's bracket under the integral flange. The mounting assembly includes all hardware required to complete installation of the device including the cover, an initial fastener, and load bearing fasteners, which are all temporarily secured to the L-shaped box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: Arlington Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: John Ofcharsky, Thomas J. Gretz
  • Patent number: 6791030
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bracket structured to support a ground fault circuit receptacle assembly and to be rotatably attached to an electrical receptacle enclosure assembly housing assembly. The rotatable bracket includes an opening sized to allow the face plate of the ground fault circuit receptacle assembly to be exposed. The bracket further rotates between a first position, wherein the ground fault circuit receptacle assembly electrical couplings are exposed, to a second, operational position. In the first position, conductors may be easily attached to a ground fault circuit receptacle assembly electrical coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Paul David Seff
  • Patent number: 6791032
    Abstract: A harness protector provided in a sliding door of a motor vehicle accommodates a wiring harness leading to a vehicle body side. The harness protector has a first wall secured to a door panel of the sliding door by a first securing means, and the harness protector has a second wall opposed to the first wall. The second wall is secured to a door trim of the sliding door by a second securing means. The second securing means may be a fabric fastener. The second securing means may be constituted by a resilient stopper clip and a hole engageable with the stopper clip. The second securing means may be constituted by a stopper protrusion and an engagement portion engageable with the stopper protrusion. The engagement portion has a pair of resilient pinching pieces opposed to each other, and the stopper protrusion enters between the pair of resilient pinching pieces to engage with the engagement portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichi Doshita, Tohru Aoki
  • Patent number: 6787703
    Abstract: A cylindrical pre-molded rubber insulation tube made by a plurality of layers using a rubber material as a base material has in a central part and at both ends of an inner periphery thereof a sheet-shaped electrode layer formed at an insde thereof with a semi-conductive rubber layer and at an outside thereof with a high-permittivity rubber layer, as an inner electrode layer configured with the semi-condutctive rubber layer to be thin and sheet-shaped and the high-permittivity rubber layer covering a vicinity of a respective distal end of the semi-conductive rubber layer, and the distal end of the semi-conductive rubber layer is rounded by a radius of curvature substantially equal to half the thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Niinobe, Kazuo Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6787699
    Abstract: A grounding plate (10) includes the following features: said grounding plate (10) includes in its rear portion at least one contact section (18) integrally formed with said grounding plate (10) for contacting a telecommunications rack-mount (50), said grounding plate (10) is configured essentially flat, including said contact section (18) and with the exception of comparatively short angled items (24), if any, which serve for positioning said grounding plate (10) in or on a telecommunications module (30) relative to a direction perpendicular to the sheet-metal plane of said grounding plate (10), said grounding plate (10) includes in its front portion several contact fingers (12), said grounding plate (10) can be mounted on a telecommunications module such that each contact finger (12) is in contact with a section of a contact of the module, and said grounding plate (10) can be mounted together with the module on a telecommunications rack-mount such that said contact section (18) is in contact with a mainly tr
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Friedrich Denter, Dietrich Schluter
  • Patent number: 6781058
    Abstract: A cable guide assembly for use in connection with a vehicle sliding door. The cable guide assembly controls the movement of a cable carrier housing an electrical cable. The electrical cable is connected to components inside the sliding door and connected to components outside the sliding door. One end of the cable carrier follows the sliding door as it moves between open and closed position. The cable carrier is substantially maintained within a single plane during movement of the sliding door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Stoneridge Inc., Alphabet Division
    Inventors: Neal DeCicco, Michael E. Scott, Thomas L. Wilson