Accessories Patents (Class 174/135)
  • Patent number: 9401733
    Abstract: An electronic device enclosure which includes a front surface, a back surface opposite to the front surface, and a lateral edge connected with the front surface, wherein a part of the front surface is sloped towards the back surface to define a slope area that extends to the lateral edge, wherein the electronic device enclosure is provided with at least one attachment located in the slope area and at least one connecting port located away from the slope area, whereby the use of the enclosure can be effectively achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: DINKLE ENTERPRISE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shang Tsai Wu
  • Patent number: 9373903
    Abstract: A flexible flat cable connector is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Inventor: Wei Sun Chang
  • Patent number: 9368917
    Abstract: A telecommunications cabling system, including: (a) an earthed support (12); and (b) at least one connection module (100) mounted to the earthed support (12), including: (i) a housing (200; 220) for a plurality of electrical contact members (212), the housing (200; 220) having a plurality of recesses (202) to receive wires of at least one shielded cable (50); (ii) at least one opening to receive an end of an electrical connector (300; 400) to place electrical contacts at the end of the electrical connector (300; 400) in direct or indirect electrical communication with at least some of the wires; and (iii) a shielding interface (110) for the connection module (100); wherein the shielding interface (110) is simultaneously contactable with shielding (52) of the shielded cable (50), a corresponding shielding interface (500) of the electrical connector (400), and the earthed support (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Brent David Allwood, Kavita Purohit, Bryce Lindsay Nicholls, Wayne William Dennes, Kevin James Truskett
  • Patent number: 9362732
    Abstract: A corrugated tube with a path-maintaining member is provided with a corrugated tube having annular convex portions and annular concave portions alternately formed along a longitudinal direction, and a path-maintaining member attached to the corrugated tube along the longitudinal direction thereof. The path-maintaining member is formed as a long member die-molded to maintain a shape at least a portion of which is bent in the longitudinal direction and includes an arc-shaped portion in which a lateral-direction cross section exhibits an arc shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Okuhara
  • Patent number: 9347588
    Abstract: A cable holding assembly for preventing an amplifier jack from being damaged while coupled to an instrument cable includes a base coupled to an instrument amplifier. A retainer is coupled to said base. The retainer may engage the instrument cable when the instrument cable is coupled to the amplifier jack to prevent damaging the amplifier jack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Inventor: Vincent Silvius
  • Patent number: 9344775
    Abstract: A sliding tray is configured to support one or more optical communications modules and includes a body portion having one or more mounting locations for the one or more optical communications modules, a trough projecting from the body portion and configured to support optical fibers connected to the one or more optical communications modules, and a cover pivotably connected to the tray for selectively covering the trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventor: Gil Ruiz
  • Patent number: 9314927
    Abstract: A tidying device to facilitate the securing of a cable to a tidying slot of an enclosure includes a controller and a gripping module mounted to the controller. A gap is defined for receiving the cable. A pressing module is slidably mounted to the controller. An end of the cable is secured to the enclosure. The tidying device is movable relative to the enclosure to move the cable to be aligned with the tidying slot. The pressing module is slidable relative to the controller to engage the cable in the tidying slot under a control of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: ScienBiziP Consulting(Shenzhen)Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wei-Kuang Liang, Weng-Tiang Tang, Can Jia, Pei-Hua Zhang
  • Patent number: 9281669
    Abstract: A cord management system that stores and protects cords in an untangled state while the cord is not in use by the user. In some embodiments, the cord management system may include a stationary clasp, a slidable clasp, and a flexible body member that stretches over a user's cord and subsequently encapsulates the cord for storage upon the cavity's relaxation. The cord management system may provide the user with a quick and convenient, two-handed single motion, means to store and protect their cords and prevents the cord from becoming entangled. The cord management system can be an after-market product and retrofitted to a user's pre-existing cords or can be an integral design of cord. The cord management system resides at the end of the cord in a compressed manner that allows the full functionality of the cord without causing unwanted/unsupported weight on the cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Inventor: Rye James Kennedy
  • Patent number: 9257826
    Abstract: A cable organizing apparatus includes a housing member having a base member, one or more posts extended from the base member for winding or engaging with one or more cables, and one or more flaps extended outwardly from the base member and foldable relative to the base member for forming and defining a chamber in the flaps of the housing member and for receiving and accommodating the post within the chamber in the flaps of the housing member, and the flaps are foldable relative to the base member for receiving the post and the cable within the chamber in the flaps of the housing member and for preventing the cable from being disengaged from the post.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Oxti Corporation
    Inventor: Chih Feng Ho
  • Patent number: 9241819
    Abstract: An implantable device used in a gastric band system includes an access port, a tube coupled to the access port, and a shielding device covering a portion of the tube. The shielding device is positioned adjacent to the access port and covers the end of the tube coupled to the access port. The shielding device is made from a puncture resistant material, to protect the tube from puncture by a misplaced syringe needle inserted by a physician.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Apollo Endosurgery, Inc.
    Inventors: Ethan Franklin, Christopher R. Deuel
  • Patent number: 9224519
    Abstract: A cover assembly for covering an elongate substrate includes a resilient, elastically expandable sleeve member and a holdout device. The sleeve member defines an axially extending inner sleeve passage. The holdout device includes a generally tubular core mounted in the inner sleeve passage. The core defines axially opposed end openings and a core passage extending therebetween to receive the elongate substrate. The core retains the sleeve member in a radially expanded state and can be withdrawn from the sleeve member to release the sleeve member to radially contract onto the elongate substrate. The holdout device is configured such that, after removal of the sleeve member from the core, the core can be laterally removed from the elongate substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy J. McLaughlin, Matthew Spalding
  • Patent number: 9142946
    Abstract: A cable retention system for securing one or more cables or hoses to a structure or frame includes a base plate, a first sidewall, a second sidewall, a top plate and at least one modular block. The cable retention system is customizable such that additional cables may be added or removed to the system as needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Krager, Joseph Rottman
  • Patent number: 9123269
    Abstract: A system for creating and displaying an advertising message on an cord or string. In the preferred embodiment, the system includes a two piece construction made up of an internal gripping sleeve that attaches to the cord or string and a fixture that includes a bore for receiving the sleeve. The bore includes a foam internal surface that permits the fixture to forcibly slid over the internal sleeve but also has a tendency to attach itself to the sleeve when not moved by the user. The external surface of the fixture includes a displayed message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Eric Fields
    Inventor: Eric Fields
  • Patent number: 9102282
    Abstract: The present invention improves work to engage a connector on a terminus of a wire harness drawn out through a protector. A circular engagement hole is provided on a bottom wall within the protector, the engagement hole positioned away from an outlet for the wire harness. An engagement portion of a band clip fastened to the wire harness is inserted into and rotatably engaged with the circular hole. The wire harness drawn out through the wire harness outlet is capable of rotating around the engagement portion of the band clip as a pivot point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kazunori Takata
  • Patent number: 9090215
    Abstract: A holding fixture of a wire harness branch part in which branch wires are branched in a direction which intersects trunk wires of the wire harness from the trunk wires, includes: a trunk wire guiding part which guides the trunk wires; and special wire branching and guiding parts which make special wires, which are wires among the branch wires whose minimum bending radius is restricted, to be curved in a direction which intersects the trunk wires, and guide the special wires, and the special wire branching and guiding parts are formed by arc-shaped walls which are concave when viewed from outside and which make the special wires to be curved with a predetermined radius of curvature and guide the special wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Oiwa, Seiichi Sugimoto
  • Publication number: 20150114682
    Abstract: The cable (1) includes a cable outer sheath (12) surrounding a cable core (11) and at least a ring (21, 23, 25, 28, 30) surrounding partly the cable outer sheath (12) so that the ring (21, 23, 25, 28, 30) presses the cable outer sheath (12) on the cable core (11) in a way adapted to increase a transfer, on the cable core (11), of a pulling effort exerted on the cable outer sheath (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Olivier Tatat, Alain Lavenne, Jean-Pierre Bonicel
  • Publication number: 20150107876
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electric wire routing device with which the device can be reduced in size and a mounting space for the device can be reduced. The electric wire routing device includes an outer member provided in either one of a support body and a slide body, and an inner member turnably supported in the outer member. An electric wire is inserted through the inner member. The inner member is configured by combining, with each other, a pair of inner divided bodies having the same shapes. The inner divided bodies sandwich butt surfaces which intersect with a first axis and which include a second axis. Each of the inner divided bodies includes a male lock portion provided on one side of a radial direction of the device, and a female lock portion provided on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Tsukasa Sekino, Hiroshi Yamashita, Daisuke Okamoto
  • Publication number: 20150107875
    Abstract: A cable splice includes a casing, a guide, and a pilot cup. The casing has a first opening and an interior cavity. The guide includes a receiving end and a shaft extending at least partially into the interior cavity. The pilot cup is integrally formed with the guide and frangibly connected to the shaft. The cable splice may also include a clamp positioned in the interior cavity and moveable between a loading position and a terminated position. A biasing member urges the clamp into the terminated position. During movement of the clamp from the loading position to the terminated position, the clamp contacts the guide causing at least a portion of the shaft to exit the interior cavity. The guide may also include a rib and a slot allowing the guide to fit in casings having different sized interior cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Seydou Diop, Paul Zelazny, John Edward Sakmar
  • Patent number: 9012775
    Abstract: A wire fixing structure and a liquid crystal display device using the same, wherein the wire fixing structure comprises a base and a clamping portion extended from the base, a wire fixing ring is formed by an enclosure of the clamping portion and the base for a wire to be inserted into. Thereby, the wire can be fixed in the liquid crystal display device conveniently and securely by the present technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rui-Lian Yang, Chong Huang
  • Patent number: 9006577
    Abstract: Systems and methods for detachable attachment of an electrical conductor to current transformer housing are disclosed. An illustrative device may [comprise] includes a current transformer housing, a holding element which is passed through the current transformer housing, and an attachment element which passes through the holding element, with the attachment element and/or the holding element resting at least partially on the surface of the electrical conductor when the electrical conductor is attached to the apparatus, the attachment element being rotatable about its longitudinal axis for attaching or releasing the electrical conductor. Moreover, the holding element may be rotatable about its longitudinal axis such that, in a first position, the holding element can be moved along its longitudinal axis for attaching or releasing the electrical conductor and, in a second position, the holding element cannot be moved along its longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Leifer, Carsten Thorner, Dat-Minh Trinh
  • Patent number: 8987594
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally directed to a reconfigurable multiple interconnection device including a first electrical interface including a first plurality of electrical connecting points, at least one wiring harness including a plurality of electrical conductors where a first end of the plurality of electrical conductors being electrically connected to respective electrical connecting points of the first electrical interface, and where a second end of the plurality of electrical conductors being electrically connected to an interchangeable terminal. The device further includes a second electrical interface including a second plurality of electrical connecting points, the second electrical interface configured to receive the interchangeable terminal of the at least one wiring harness in at least a first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: James L. Orlet, Gerald L. Murdock, David J. Paddock
  • Patent number: 8986029
    Abstract: Docking stations having a connector with a compliance mechanism to provide improved durability and flexibility are provided herein. The compliance mechanism may be attached to a connecter in a base of a docking station that extends through an opening in a housing or shell attached to the base. The compliance mechanism may include any or all of a flexure, a torsion bar, damping members, a compressive foam member, and an engineered base plate. The compliance mechanism may be configured to provide sufficient rigidity to the connector to support a portable device when mounted on the connector within the dock in an upright position, sufficient flexibility to allow angular displacement of a mounted portable device, and sufficient elasticity to provide a resilient biasing force to return the connector and a mounted portable device from a displaced position to the upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Webb, Ian P. Colahan, Paul J. Thompson
  • Patent number: 8987601
    Abstract: A plurality of wires are prevented from being damaged from contact with an edge of an end portion of a shield pipe through which the wires are inserted. A shield pipe through which a wire harness including a plurality of wires routed in a hybrid automobile or an electric automobile has partition walls separating the plurality of inserted wires one by one and projecting continuously in an axis direction of the pipe from an inner surface of a peripheral wall of a pipe main body. The partition walls corresponding to the number of wires inserted through the shield pipe are provided radially in a cross section. Each of the partition walls has at least one bending portion extending in the axis direction of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouki Shiga, Hidetoshi Sugino
  • Publication number: 20150069183
    Abstract: An assembly for guiding a cable between a structural part of an aircraft and a movable aerodynamic body includes a chain of pivotally connected links, a first coil device arranged between each pair of the links for guiding the cable between two angular positions, and a second coil device arranged at the first end of the chain for passing the cable from the chain to the aerodynamic body. The support of the assembly is statically determinate through the use of a bracket pivotally connected to one of the links at the structural part, which bracket does not permit a translative motion relative to the structural part. This is further supported by a bearing located at one of the links which is connected to the second coil device, which bearing permits angular rotation at least in two orthogonal directions, but no translative motion relative to the aerodynamic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Bernhard Schlipf, Johanna Pyrczek, Michael Roters
  • Publication number: 20150068786
    Abstract: A repair sleeve has first and second end portions, each of which has a substantially cylindrical outer surface. The end portions are bored to receive a cable of a particular diameter. The inner surface of each end portion may be stepped or tapered. The center portion of the repair sleeve, between the two end portions, has an interior diameter substantially larger than the nominal diameter of the cable so that the repair sleeve can be use on a frayed cable or a cable with a failing splice. The repair sleeve is split longitudinally into two interlocking portions, which, when separated, allows the damaged cable or failing splice under repair to be inserted into a first one of the portions in a radial direction. The other portion is then inserted into the first portion and the repair sleeve is swaged onto the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Applicant: DMC POWER, INC.
    Inventors: Eyass Khansa, Luis Sosa
  • Publication number: 20150062788
    Abstract: A rack-mount server assembly includes a rack, a server module mounted in the rack, a switch mounted in the rack and above the server module, cables connected between the server module and the switch, and a cable management apparatus. The switch and the server module cooperatively bound a space. The cable management apparatus includes a frame mounted to the rack and covering the space, a sliding member slidably installed in the frame, and an air shield member mounted on an end of the sliding member. The frame defines a through hole aligning with the space for the cables extending through. The sliding member is slid to allow the air shield member to cover or uncover the space. The cables extend through the air shield member in response to the air shield member covering the space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wan-Li NING, An-Gang LIANG
  • Patent number: 8969742
    Abstract: A cable gland including a screw sleeve which can be inserted into a wall or a pipe coupling is provided. A union nut interacts with the screw sleeve, and a clamping insert is acted on by the union nut and is adapted to be pressed against a cable which is to be retained by tightening the union nut. The cable has a reinforcement and a clamping device for clamping a portion of the reinforcement is provided in the cable gland. The clamping device partially engages in the screw sleeve in an axial direction in a use position and is acted on by the union nut outside the screw sleeve. A portion of the clamping device engages in the screw sleeve and acts in an interlocking manner on an inner face of the screw sleeve in the rotation direction in the use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Hummel AG
    Inventors: Mario Bartholoma, Fritz Zugel, Volker Gotz, Achim Hoch
  • Patent number: 8963009
    Abstract: A device for detachably fastening a current conductor to a current transformer housing includes the current transformer housing, a retaining element that is guided through the current transformer housing, a fastening element that is guided through the retaining element, and a clamping element. The fastening element and/or the retaining element are seated against at least some regions of the surface of the current conductor when the current conductor is fastened to the current transformer housing. The fastening element can be rotated about the longitudinal axis thereof so as to fasten and/or detach the current conductor. The clamping element is arranged movably on the current transformer housing so that, in a first position, it allows a translatory displacement of the retaining element along the longitudinal axis. In a second position, the clamping element prevents the transtatory displacement of the retaining element along the longitudinal axis thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christoph Leifer, Carsten Thoerner, Dat-Minh Trinh
  • Publication number: 20150027749
    Abstract: A method and structure for improving signal integrity probing. A coaxial or a microcoaxial cable is threaded through an optional alignment substrate where the cable is used to support or align the cable or an array of cables. A conductive elastomer is placed on a cable or a microcoaxial cable to improve signal integrity probing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: R&D Sockets, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas P. Warwick, James V. Russell
  • Patent number: 8935844
    Abstract: A system for securing at least one cable in a conduit having first and second ends, the at least one cable being housed in the conduit and extending therethrough. The system includes a first inhibiting device disposed at the conduit proximate the first end and a second inhibiting device disposed at the conduit proximate the second end. Each of the inhibiting devices includes a stopper having a proximal end, a distal end, and a passageway formed therethrough for receiving the at least one cable. First and second thickening devices are respectively disposed adjacent each stopper. Each thickening device is operable to secure to the at least one cable. The first and second thickening devices cooperate with a respective one of the stoppers to deter removal of the at least one cable from the conduit when the thickening devices are secured to the at least one cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Inventor: Edwin Ramgattie
  • Patent number: 8933773
    Abstract: A layer structure for producing a planar insulation laminate, including the following sequence of planar individual layers arranged one on the other: a B-stage resin, a glass fabric, a core layer made of polyester film, a glass fabric, and a B-stage resin. In the hardened state, an insulation material produced therefrom is suitable, for example, to be used as an insulation barrier between a low-voltage winding and a high-voltage winding of a transformer winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: ABB Technology AG
    Inventor: Jörg Nelges
  • Publication number: 20150008013
    Abstract: A shield conductor that shields an electrical wire includes a shield pipe and a metallic braid part that are connected together by a weld along a circumferential direction. The weld may be made by ultrasonic welding. The welding may be direct welding, or welding in which a welding member is melted and then hardened to connect the shield pipe and the metallic braid part together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Hirokazu NAKAI, Yuki OOHIRA
  • Patent number: 8927868
    Abstract: A cable (7) is routed between a pair of links (1, 2) that are pivotally connected about a lateral pivot axis (4). A wound section (8) is provided in the cable with the winding axis coincident with the pivot axis of the links. The wound section (8) may be preformed. A cable protector (10, 11) is provided each end of the wound section (8) along the pivot axis (4) so as to constrain the adjacent end of the wound section (8) to be keyed with it and the adjacent link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Ultra Electronics Limited
    Inventor: Christopher Biggadike
  • Publication number: 20150000957
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and assembly for providing tension to a transmission line in a pipe. The method includes inserting a transmission line into a transmission line channel of a pipe. The transmission line has a first end and a second end, the transmission line being inserted into a first end of the pipe second-end-first. The transmission line has a first tension-load-supporting mechanism attached to the first end of the transmission line. The method includes applying a first level of tension to the transmission line in the pipe and applying a second tension-load-supporting mechanism to the second end of the transmission line while the first level of tension is applied to the transmission line. The method further includes removing the first level of tension from the transmission line to maintain a second level of tension along the transmission line between the first and second tension-load-supporting mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Michael Koppe, Stephan Mueller, Ingo Roders, Rene Schulz, Henning Rahn, Robert Buda, Detlev Benedict, Julia Reisewitz, Helmut Floerke
  • Publication number: 20140374139
    Abstract: In a booster cable holding structure, a resin terminal supporting portion includes a tooth-edge surrounding wall on a pressed surface thereof to be pressed by a plurality of teeth arranged in a width direction of a pressing surface of a clip in a state the clip clamps a clamping connection portion, a wall inner surface of the tooth-edge surrounding wall closely surrounds each edge of at least two of the teeth of the clip or closely surrounds the edges of the at least two teeth together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Masahiro Akahori, Kimiaki Nakajima, Shinya Kai, Akihito Tsukamoto, Yuuji Fukuyama
  • Patent number: 8902608
    Abstract: A securing device for securing an electric device having a groove is disclosed. The securing device includes a base and a buckle-hook module. The base covers a portion of the electric device and has a connecting part corresponding to the groove. An operating unit and a buckle-hook unit of the buckle-hook module are rotatably disposed in the connecting part. The operating unit has a first position and a second position. The buckle-hook unit has an insert part. A resetting unit of tile buckle-hook module is disposed between the buckle-hook unit and the connecting part, so that the buckle-hook unit is rotated to and from. When the operating unit is moved from the first position to the second position, the insert part inserts into the groove, for securing the electric device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Twinhead International Corporation
    Inventor: Tsou-Kai Lin
  • Patent number: 8901427
    Abstract: A wire holding device includes a pair of holding members to enclose an electric wire therebetween when the pair of holding members are coupled. The pair of holding members each include an arcuate holding groove to hold the electric wire on an inside surface thereof. An inner surface of the holding groove to contact with an outer peripheral surface of the electric wire is surface-roughened. A surface roughness Ra of the inner surface of the holding groove is greater than that of the outer peripheral surface of the electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaaki Imahori, Takahiro Futatsumori
  • Publication number: 20140345908
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for reducing the corona effect, which is applicable in particular to connection nodes between conductor tubes of a power substation, which includes an electrically conductive primary filamentous element wound onto itself forming an enveloping figure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: SBI CONNECTORS ESPANA, S.A.
    Inventors: Albert Rodriguez Lopez, Josep Sanllehi Muñoz, Said Lalaouna, Joan Hernandez Guiteras, Jordi Roger Riba Ruiz
  • Patent number: 8895859
    Abstract: A cover may include a plurality of first fastening mechanisms disposed adjacent to one another along a first edge and a plurality of second fastening mechanisms disposed adjacent to one another along a second edge. Each second fastening mechanism may correspond to one of the first fastening mechanisms to connect to the corresponding first fastening mechanism when the cover is bent about the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
    Inventor: Andrew M. Koniers
  • Patent number: 8889993
    Abstract: A two-piece spool insulator system for convenient installation of a spool insulator for a power line has a spool insulator first side component and a spool insulator second side component. The spool first side surface has a first side locking pin and a first side locking hole disposed thereon. The spool second side surface has a second side locking pin and a second side locking hole disposed thereon. The spool insulator has a channel disposed through a central cross-section. For use, the spool insulator first side component attaches to the spool insulator second side component to form a spool insulator system for convenient installation of a spool insulator for a power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Inventor: Gregory E. Misevich
  • Patent number: 8891233
    Abstract: A cable management module having of a first module capable of connecting to a hard disk drive drawer; a second module releasably connected to the first module. A plurality of pairs of connecting arms connect the first module to the second module with each of the pairs of connecting arms being pivotally joined to each other at an intermediate point. A catch member is located on at least one side of the first module and a locking release mechanism is attached to the second module and to a locking member capable of engaging the catch member. A method for accessing a hard disk drive without disconnecting input/output cables and a method of replacing the input/output cables is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Jeffery M. Giardina, David M. Koonce, Chong Sin Tan, Barry L. Olawsky
  • Patent number: 8889987
    Abstract: A wire harness assembly includes an electric wire including: a fixed-side connecting portion to be fixed to a fixed structure; a movable-side connecting portion to be fixed to a movable structure which is movable with respect to the fixed structure; and an extension portion extended and flexed from the fixed-side connecting portion to the movable-side connecting portion in a substantially U-shape or arc shape, and having an extra length for allowing the movement of the movable structure. The wire harness assembly also includes an elastic rod member which is provided along the extension portion of the electric wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Atsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Kunihiko Satou
  • Patent number: 8878069
    Abstract: A cable support for an automobile allows a cable installed in a bent U-turn shape to be readily positioned and supported on a vehicle body or the like in a reliable manner. Two portions of a cable folded in a U-turn shape are inserted into a common insertion hole in a main body tube. The two portions of the cable folded in a U-turn shape are respectively inserted into independent insertion holes separately provided to a branching tube that is integral with the main body tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyungwoo Kim, Yoshiaki Matsutani
  • Publication number: 20140318604
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device and a system that provides a bond and ground for the mounting of solar panel systems. The grounding element is pressed into and captivity held in a mounting component of a solar panel system. This can be done during the fabrication process at the manufacturer or distributor so that the mounting component and grounding element can be transported together as a single unit. In an installed solar panel system, the mounting component that includes the captive grounding element makes contact with other elements of the solar panel mounting system and electrically bonds with them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: Sunmodo Corporation
    Inventor: Clifford Barry Schrock
  • Publication number: 20140311770
    Abstract: A cable organization unit includes a foam structure body. The foam structure body has a base section. The base section has a first face. A first extension end perpendicularly protrudes from a middle section of the first face of the base section. A second extension end and a third extension end respectively extend from two sides of the base section to the first extension end. Each of the first, second and third extension ends has a free end. The free ends of the first, second and third extension ends are adjacent to each other, whereby the first, second and third extension ends define a first receiving space and a second receiving space. By means of the cable organization unit, a user can much more conveniently organize cables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Inventor: Kevin Fong Chen
  • Publication number: 20140305680
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a cord retention device comprising a pair of pivoted tabs. The pivoted tabs can be frictionally locked in different positions when rotated axially in hollow dwell portions of their mounting brackets. The retention tabs are adapted to apply a compressive force to the wires or cords attached to a mobile electronic sound device and prevent the wires or cords from tangling. In one embodiment of the present invention, the pivoted tabs are substantially 180 degree pivoted to facilitate easy release of the retained wires or cords.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Karen R. Mazique, Michael L. Barnett
  • Patent number: 8857039
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the conduit connector comprises a body, a cover, and a slide located in the channel. Optionally, the body can comprising a box engagement region capable of engaging an opening in an enclosure and a channel having body sides that diverge from an inlet end toward an outlet end, wherein the sides have a cover connector. The cover can be disposed across the channel and mated with the cover connector. The slide can optionally comprise slide sides that diverge toward the outlet end, a bore extending into the slide from a first end, and protrusions extending from the slide into the channel and having a size and geometry to engage a groove on a conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Ashok Alilughatta Sathyanarayana, Ashwin Mrityunjayagoud Patil, Robert Alan Krosky
  • Patent number: 8853541
    Abstract: An overhead electrical cord holder allows the user to safely operate a household appliance without tripping with the power cord. The power cord holder includes a hollow outer tube and an inner tube slide able inside the hollow outer tube. The inner tube includes an end protruding from the bottom end of the hollow outer tube. A rotatable mounting block is attached to the protruding end of the inner tube. The hooks are secured to the rotatable mounting block. The rotatable mounting block is rotatable with the inner tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Inventor: Glen Maurice Ingram, Sr.
  • Patent number: 8841556
    Abstract: A cord management apparatus comprises one or more magnets, configurable to be coupled to an electronic cord. The apparatus comprises one or more sheaths configured to be coupled to at least a portion of the electronic cord, wherein the one or more sheaths are configured to be magnetically attached to the magnet. A cord management device comprising one or more pliable sheaths is described also.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: CJD LLC
    Inventor: Wayne Philip Rothbaum
  • Publication number: 20140269350
    Abstract: A testable modular audio, video, data low voltage box is provided. A low voltage box can receive cabling and terminate the cabling within the low voltage box creating a TIA permanent link that is fully testable. Modular faceplates can be interfaced with the low voltage box providing varying types of output ports. The modular faceplates are removable and replaceable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Edward Dearing, John L. Seger, Ross Goldman, Charles Bragg