With Covering Or Casing For Envelope Patents (Class 174/50.51)
  • Patent number: 11157197
    Abstract: A memory card socket interconnector is disclosed including a pair of cavities configured to receive a pair of memory cards. The cavities include patterns of memory card interconnect pads. A second surface of the socket interconnector includes socket interconnect pads, distributed across the second surface of the socket interconnector, which are electrically coupled to the memory card interconnect pads. The memory card socket interconnector may further include an anisotropic elastomeric sheet provided between the memory card pads and the memory card interconnect pads in each cavity to enable good electrical contact between the memory card pads and the memory card interconnect pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Molex LLC
    Inventors: John Burke, Hideo Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 11075172
    Abstract: A process for manufacturing a strained semiconductor device envisages: providing a die of semiconductor material, in which elementary components of the semiconductor device have been integrated by means of initial front-end steps; and coupling, using the die-attach technique, the die to a support, at a coupling temperature. The aforesaid coupling step envisages selecting the value of the coupling temperature at a value higher than an operating temperature of use of the semiconductor device, and moreover selecting the material of the support so that it is different from the material of the die in order to determine, at the operating temperature, a coupling stress that is a function of the different values of the coefficients of thermal expansion of the materials of the die and of the support and of the temperature difference between the coupling temperature and the operating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l.
    Inventors: Santo Alessandro Smerzi, Michele Calabretta, Alessandro Sitta, Crocifisso Marco Antonio Renna, Giuseppe D'Arrigo
  • Patent number: 10749492
    Abstract: A lid and an insulating bonding layer that seal a piezoelectric vibrator on a substrate are bonded with higher strength. A piezoelectric vibration component includes a substrate having a principal surface on which a piezoelectric vibrator is mounted, an insulating film disposed on the principal surface, a lid having a recess opening toward the principal surface and an edge portion around the recess. Moreover, first and second insulating bonding layers are interposed between the lid and the substrate. The first and second insulating bonding layers are joined together between the edge portion and the insulating film so as to seal the piezoelectric vibrator in a space between the recess and the principal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Noto, Keiichi Kami, Hidekazu Oishibashi
  • Patent number: 10721819
    Abstract: An electronic module has a first circuit board element, a second circuit board element, and a spacer. Together, the first circuit board element, the second circuit board element, and the spacer enclose a central cavity, in which components attached to the first circuit board element are accommodated. Respective annular circumferential microstructures are provided on a surface of the first circuit board element directed outward and on a surface of the second circuit board element directed outward, adjacent to an outer periphery of the first circuit board element. In this region, a sealing ring is formed, which has a form-closed connection to both the first and the second circuit board element by means of the microstructures of the first and the second circuit board element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Uwe Liskow
  • Patent number: 10600954
    Abstract: A technical object of the present invention is to devise a method by which bonding strength between an element base and a sealing material layer can be increased without thermal degradation of a member to be housed inside, to thereby improve long-term reliability of a hermetic package. A method of producing a hermetic package of the present invention includes the steps of: preparing a ceramic base and forming a sealing material layer on the ceramic base; preparing a glass substrate and arranging the ceramic base and the glass substrate so that the glass substrate is brought into contact with the sealing material layer on the ceramic base; and irradiating the sealing material layer with laser light from a glass substrate side to seal the ceramic base and the glass substrate with each other through intermediation of the sealing material layer, to thereby provide a hermetic packages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: NIPPON ELECTRIC GLASS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Toru Shiragami
  • Patent number: 10455702
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multilayer structure includes obtaining a first substrate film for accommodating electronics, providing circuitry on at least the second side of the first substrate film, forming the first substrate film to at least locally or more widely exhibit a selected non-planar three-dimensional shape subsequent to providing at least a portion of the circuitry on the at least the second side of the first substrate film, and melding plastic material on the first side of the first substrate film so as to at least partially cover the first side of the first substrate film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: TACTOTEK OY
    Inventors: Antti Keranen, Ronald Haag, Mikko Heikkinen
  • Patent number: 10442683
    Abstract: A MEMS device package assembly for encapsulating one or more internal components includes a first MEMS device package. The first package includes a cover and a substrate attached to the cover by any suitable methods of attachment. A corrugated structure is formed on at least one of an inner or outer wall of the cover. The assembly further includes a second MEMS device package having a cover, a substrate, and a corrugated structured formed on at least one of an inner or outer wall of the cover. The first and second MEMS device packages may be coupled to the same substrate or different substrate. In another embodiment, the first MEMS device package may be mounted on the second MEMS device package. In yet another embodiment, the first MEMS device package may be contained in the second MEMS device package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: Akustica, Inc., Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Kuldeep Saxena
  • Patent number: 10278293
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first board, a second board, and support pillars. The support pillars hold the first board and the second board mutually separated. The first board has a first surface on which an electronic component is mounted. The first board has a second surface that includes depressed portions into which the support pillars extending from the second board are inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hosoda, Junichi Arai
  • Patent number: 10168754
    Abstract: A power conditioner is provided that includes a heat dissipating member, multiple circuit boards, and a mounting auxiliary plate. A power conditioner circuit including an electric heat generating element is formed on each of the circuit boards. The circuit boards are mounted on a front surface of the heat dissipating member. Heat dissipating fins are arranged on a back surface of the heat dissipating member. Preferably, the heat dissipating member is formed from a material having high heat dissipation property. The mounting auxiliary plate is fixed to the back surface side of the heat dissipating member and provided with a through hole for mounting to a wall. The mounting auxiliary plate has higher rigidity than the heat dissipating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Masanobu Okada
  • Patent number: 10003160
    Abstract: An interface module coupled between a host device and a wireless device is disclosed. The interface module includes a connector, having a first part covered in a first case with a first depth and a second part covered in a second case with a second depth; and a control circuit coupled to the first part of the connector, for controlling data transmission between the host device and the wireless device; wherein the second case is made of a conductive material and which can be further covered by an absorptive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: MEDIATEK INC.
    Inventors: Mao-Lin Wu, Ho-Chung Chen, Chia-Yu Hsieh, Li-Chun Yang
  • Patent number: 10004155
    Abstract: A split door submersible housing for an electrical distribution system includes a cabinet body defining an interior region configured to accept a component of the electrical distribution system, and a first door and a second door positioned side by side to cover an open front portion of the cabinet body. The cabinet body includes at least one opening configured to accept an electrode sealed with and electrically isolated from the cabinet body and extending through the cabinet body to establish electrical connection between a corresponding terminal of the component and an electrical distribution network. A gasket system is provided, which comprises a first one piece continuous gasket configured to fit on the first door and a second one piece continuous gasket configured to fit on the second door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2018
    Assignee: Richards Manufacturing Company, a New Jersey Limited Partnership
    Inventor: Bruce Bier
  • Patent number: 9946044
    Abstract: An equipment cabinet with a movable stile is disclosed herein. In an exemplary embodiment, the equipment cabinet comprises a housing body defining a front opening, independently operable first and second doors, and a movable stile positioned within the front opening and between the first and second doors. First and second sealing pads are positioned between the movable stile and the housing body when the movable stile is in a closed position. First and second sealing gaskets, respectively, are attached to interiors of the first and second doors, where at least a portion of each of the first and second sealing gaskets are positioned between the movable stile and the first or second doors when the first and second doors are closed. Thus, the equipment cabinet has independently operable doors and facilitates increased access to an interior of the equipment cabinet while maintaining an environmental seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: CCS Technology, INC.
    Inventors: Grzegorz Konrad Gralewski-Sek, Michal Ruda
  • Patent number: 9881493
    Abstract: Disclosed are a communication module and a lighting apparatus having the same. The communication module includes a housing provided therein with a space, and a module substrate provided in the space of the housing and provided therein with a wireless communication chip, a reset device to reset the wireless communication chip, and a display part to display the state of the wireless communication chip through the opening. The communication module is detachably coupled with an object to transmit a control signal, which is received through a wireless network, to the object. The communication module is stored when the lighting part of the lighting apparatus is replaced with new one, so that the cost is reduced. The light is discharged through the opening to display the erroneous operation of the inner part, such that the communication module is forcibly reset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dae Hun Kim, Yull Oh Kim
  • Patent number: 9776516
    Abstract: A device for the inductive transfer of electrical energy between a stationary coil, which can be installed in a roadway, and a secondary coil of a movable electrical load, in particular of an electrical vehicle, wherein a supply unit for supplying electrical energy is allocated to the coil. The problem of providing a maintenance-friendly, reliable, operationally secure device for inductive transfer of electrical energy, which is protected against penetration of water into the sensitive electronics, is solved in that the supply unit is arranged on a side of the coil facing away from the roadway in an installed state in a housing which is closed on top and laterally, having a housing opening open to the bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: CONDUCTIX-WAMPFLER GMBH
    Inventor: Mathias Wechlin
  • Patent number: 9363933
    Abstract: An electrical device has a housing that includes a main body and a lid both of which are electrically conductive. The lid is fastened to a top surface of a sidewall of the main body so as to cover the main body. On at least one of a bottom surface of the lid and the top surface of the sidewall of the main body, there are formed a plurality of protrusions at predetermined positions; each of the protrusions abuts against that one of the bottom surface of the lid and the top surface of the sidewall which is opposed to the protrusion. Except at those predetermined positions where the protrusions are formed, there is provided, between the bottom surface of the lid and the top surface of the sidewall of the main body, a gap via which the internal and external spaces of the housing communicate with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignees: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.
    Inventors: Shinji Ohoka, Takuya Okubo, Mikihiro Ando
  • Patent number: 9040820
    Abstract: A solar power inverter having a sealing means includes: a main case having an opening on a front surface thereof, the opening open and closed by a main cover; an auxiliary case coupled to one side surface of the main case, and having a second opening on a front surface thereof, the second opening open and closed by an auxiliary cover; and a gasket interposed between the main case and the auxiliary case, wherein the main case and the auxiliary case are coupled to each other by coupling bolts which pass through the main case, the gasket and the auxiliary case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: LSIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyuk Il Kwon
  • Patent number: 9025343
    Abstract: A telecommunication distribution box includes a housing and an electrical component mounted in the housing. A cover plate is movably connected to the housing and is movable between open and closed positions. A lip extends outwardly from the cover plate. The lip covers the electrical component when the cover plate is in the closed position to prevent accessing and removing the electrical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen Kent Lebo, David Owen Corp
  • Patent number: 8975517
    Abstract: An electronic component package has a first sealing member main surface with mounted electronic element, and a second sealing member. An outer circumference portion of a second sealing member is molded into a tapered shape, providing a tapered area in at least part of the outer circumference. A flat area adjacent to the tapered area is provided in at least part of a flat portion inward of the outer circumference portion of the surface of the second sealing member. A first area corresponding to the tapered area and a second area corresponding to the flat area are provided adjacent to each other on a first main surface of the first sealing member with mounted electronic component element. A width W2 of the second area is 0.66 to 1.2 times a width W4 of the flat area. First and second bonding layers are formed and bonded with each other by heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Daishinku Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Kohda, Hiroki Yoshioka
  • Patent number: 8957309
    Abstract: A measurement apparatus is disclosed. The measurement apparatus includes a lid configured to be removably affixed to a case. The lid is formed from a substrate composed of a first material. An interior surface of the lid includes a surface coating of a second material. A raised seal is affixed to the substrate and extends beyond the interior surface in a direction orthogonal to the interior surface. The raised seal includes an elastic deformable layer adjacent to the substrate. The raised seal also includes a surface conforming layer configured such that, when the lid is affixed to the case, the surface conforming layer is adjacent to the case along a side opposite the elastic deformable layer. The surface conforming layer is composed of a material of a yield strength less than a normal force generated by fixation of the lid to the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: National Instruments Corporation
    Inventors: Ron Jay Barnett, Gregory Stephen Gonzales
  • Publication number: 20150027394
    Abstract: A casing for a laser spark plug, in particular, of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, or of a stationary engine; the casing including at least one casing part and a combustion chamber window joined to the casing part to form a seal at least regionally; characterized in that at least one sealing element, whose coefficient of thermal expansion at an operating temperature of the laser spark plug is greater than the coefficient of thermal expansion of the casing part at the operating temperature of the laser spark plug, is provided between the casing part and the combustion chamber window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Joerg Engelhardt, Dieter Wolz, Juergen Raimann, Pascal Woerner, Martin Weinrotter
  • Patent number: 8942001
    Abstract: A seal structure for an electronic control device having a circuit board housed in a watertight space a housing that is formed by fitting a plurality of fitting members together, has first and second seal portions which are formed at a fitting surface portion between the fitting members that are fitted together. One side of a pair of the fitting members of each of the first and second seal portions is provided with a seal groove, the other side is provided with a protruding line. An auxiliary seal groove and an auxiliary protruding line are formed on opposing surfaces of the seal groove and the protruding line at a merged part where the first and second seal portions meet each other. The auxiliary seal groove and the auxiliary protruding line continuously extend from the seal groove up to an end surface of the protruding line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshio Kawai, Yuichi Yanagisawa, Hironori Ohhashi
  • Publication number: 20140374132
    Abstract: A pressure resistant housing for an electric component is provided. The pressure resistant housing is adapted for the use in a subsea application. A ceramic housing body houses the electric component. The ceramic housing body has a first opening and a second opening that are closed by a first metal lid and a second metal lid, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2012
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventor: Ove Boe
  • Publication number: 20140374133
    Abstract: A utility box assembly includes a housing structure having an open upper end, a first peripheral channel around the open upper end, and a second peripheral channel disposed below the first peripheral channel and inwardly therefrom. A first sealing element is seated in the first peripheral channel, and a second sealing element is seated in the second peripheral channel. A cover is configured to cover the open upper end. The cover has an outer peripheral portion configured to engage the first sealing element, and a downward-depending flange configured to engage the second sealing element. A liquid-tight seal is provided by the compression of the first and second sealing elements within their channels when the cover is secured to the open upper end of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Kevin L. Rost, Hardy L. Rost
  • Publication number: 20140345899
    Abstract: A water resistant structure includes a first member having a stepped portion at an opening thereof; a second member having a rib protruding from a back surface thereof; and a water-stop member having an elastically deformable water-stop portion at a tip of a second plate portion that extends upward from a first plate portion. The first plate portion is attached to a horizontal surface of the stepped portion by double-sided adhesive tape. The second plate portion faces a vertical surface of the stepped portion. The water-stop portion is spread along the vertical surface of the stepped portion. The rib is pressed into an inner side of the water-stop portion, and the water-stop portion is pushed against the vertical surface of the stepped portion and the rib.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Jiro Takahashi, TSUKASA GORO, Tomonori Sakurai, Kazunobu Yoneyama
  • Patent number: 8879265
    Abstract: An electronic circuit storage case includes a housing made of resin and having a case portion storing an electronic circuit board and a connector portion extending in a direction perpendicular to a board attachment surface of the case portion and incorporating a connector. Interior and exterior opening holes communicate at bottoms via a communication hole. A ventilating hole continuing from the interior of the case portion to the exterior of the connector portion is provided in a solid portion of the housing. The interior opening hole and the communication hole are bent in an L shape and provided to a primary resin mold part forming the housing. The exterior opening hole is provided to a secondary resin mold part of the housing enclosing the primary resin mold part and forming the connector and case portions so as to communicate with one end of the L-shaped communication hole substantially perpendicularly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Naoyuki Kishikawa, Hiroyuki Uramachi
  • Patent number: 8851313
    Abstract: An electrical junction box configured to stably hold a cover member in a standby state in a first position apart from a connector-mounting section. The electrical junction box includes a cover member rotatably attached to a casing about rotary support axes, an engaging projection provided on the casing that engages the cover member to position the cover member in the first position, a guide projection provided on one of the casing and the cover member, and a pair of positioning walls provided on the other of the casing and the cover member, wherein the cover member is positioned with respect to the engaging projection in an axial direction of the rotary support axes when the pair of positioning wall portions pinch the guide projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Yukinori Kita
  • Patent number: 8836095
    Abstract: A base of an electronic component package holds an electronic component element. The base has a bottom face in a rectangular shape in plan view. The base includes a pair of terminal electrodes having a rectangular shape on the bottom face. The pair of terminal electrodes are to be bonded on an external circuit substrate with a conductive bonding material. The pair of terminal electrodes have mutually symmetrical shapes. Each of the terminal electrodes has a long side adjacent to or on an edge of a long side of the bottom face. The long side of each of the terminal electrodes is disposed parallel to the long side of the bottom face. The long side of each of the terminal electrodes has a length that is more than half a length of the long side of the bottom face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Daishinku Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiki Maeda, Tsuyoshi Kusai
  • Patent number: 8835762
    Abstract: An apparatus for electrical isolation of metallic hardware is provided and includes an item of hardware and an isolation sheet disposed in contact with the item of hardware. The isolation sheet includes first and second opposing sides at least one of which is anodized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Aerojet Rocketdyne of DE, Inc
    Inventors: Leo Gard, Karl Wefers
  • Patent number: 8816212
    Abstract: A flexible device has a flexible panel, a driver, and a restraining component. The flexible panel includes a main region and a driver bonding region outside the main region. The driver is electrically connected to the driver bonding region. The restraining component is disposed adjacent to the driver bonding region. Rigidity of the restraining component is greater than rigidity of the flexible panel, and coefficient of thermal expansion of the restraining component is smaller than coefficient of thermal expansion of the flexible panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Chih-Jen Hu
  • Patent number: 8796548
    Abstract: A utility box assembly includes a housing structure having an open upper end, a first peripheral channel around the open upper end, and a second peripheral channel disposed below the first peripheral channel and inwardly therefrom. A first sealing element is seated in the first peripheral channel, and a second sealing element is seated in the second peripheral channel. A cover is configured to cover the open upper end. The cover has an outer peripheral portion configured to engage the first sealing element, and a downward-depending flange configured to engage the second sealing element. A liquid-tight seal is provided by the compression of the first and second sealing elements within their channels when the cover is secured to the open upper end of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Seahorse Industries Ltd.
    Inventors: Kevin L. Rost, Hardy L. Rost
  • Patent number: 8787037
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a shielding member, an electric circuit, and a filter capacitor. The electric circuit has an output line and is arranged inside the shielding member. The filter capacitor is arranged outside the shielding member to be connected to the output line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toyota Jidoshokki
    Inventors: Shimpei Sakoda, Yasuhiro Koike, Hiroaki Asano, Kiminori Ozaki, Sergey Moiseev
  • Patent number: 8772635
    Abstract: A waterproof casing for an electronic device has a body, a cover module and multiple fixers. The body has two connecting assemblies respectively mounted on two side surfaces of the body and each connecting assembly has two wings and a trough defined between the wings and the corresponding side surface of the body. The cover module has a first cover and a second cover respectively mounted on two ends of the body. The fixers are respectively inserted into a corresponding one of the first cover or the second cove and are steadily mounted with the body. The types of the cover module can be changed to fit with an electronic device installed in the body. Therefore, the combination between the body and the cover module is variable, and the waterproof casing has good applicability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Sinpro Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming Chen, Chinkuo Hu, Hui-Ling Hsieh, Han-Liang Li
  • Publication number: 20140185201
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and devices that have a hermetic seal formed using reflow soldering are provided. The hermetic seal may protect electrical components within a packaging for use in downhole tools and/or other applications where the electrical components may be exposed to extreme environments. In one example, an electronic device includes a ceramic substrate having a plated ring. The electronic device also includes a metal lid. A high-temperature solder is disposed between the plated ring of the ceramic substrate and the metal lid. The electronic device includes a hermetically sealed cavity formed between the ceramic substrate and the metal lid. The hermetically sealed cavity is formed via a first bond between the plated ring of the ceramic substrate and the high-temperature solder, and via a second bond between the metal lid and the high-temperature solder. Moreover, the first and second bonds are formed using reflow soldering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Francois Barbara, Vincent Martinez-Llorca
  • Publication number: 20140096993
    Abstract: A waterproof casing for an electronic device has a body, a cover module and multiple fixers. The body has two connecting assemblies respectively mounted on two side surfaces of the body and each connecting assembly has two wings and a trough defined between the wings and the corresponding side surface of the body. The cover module has a first cover and a second cover respectively mounted on two ends of the body. The fixers are respectively inserted into a corresponding one of the first cover or the second cove and are steadily mounted with the body. The types of the cover module can be changed to fit with an electronic device installed in the body. Therefore, the combination between the body and the cover module is variable, and the waterproof casing has good applicability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Sinpro Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Ming CHEN, Chinkuo Hu, Hui-Ling Hsieh, Han-Liang Li
  • Publication number: 20140090865
    Abstract: An electrical junction box with a built-in isolation transformer is provided. The junction box comprises an interior base portion having at least one opening, a transformer secured to the interior base portion and in electrical communication with low-voltage and high-voltage terminals, a cover configured to attach to a junction box base plate and housing the interior base portion and the transformer, and a gasket providing a watertight seal between the cover and the junction box base plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: Hayward Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Potucek, James Carter, Gregory Fournier
  • Patent number: 8674220
    Abstract: A housing for an electronic control device includes at least two housing parts, at least one housing base, a housing lid and an electronic connection between components disposed inside the housing and components disposed outside the housing. The connection is fixed to the base of the housing. The electronic connection is either constructed as a single-component flexible printed circuit board or as at least one partial flexible printed circuit board including at least one uniform open area of a copper conductor track outside an area covered by the housing lid. The width of the uniform region is oriented to a predefined contacting type of peripheral components and is longer than necessary for the contacting type. The invention therefore provides for a variable adaptation of generic electronics housings, thereby not necessarily requiring a novel structure of the housing with corresponding expensive individual packaging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Loibl, Karl Smirra
  • Patent number: 8675361
    Abstract: A kitchen organizing system for tracking and rotating inventory, generating grocery lists, and suggesting and planning meals has a rotating base. The system has a generally hollow spherical housing located on a base top surface. With a bottom hemisphere front cover and a bottom hemisphere rear cover in place, the housing has a shape of a sphere. The housing has a microprocessor located inside. The housing has a power cord connected to the microprocessor. The housing has a display screen located at least partly in a housing top hemisphere on a housing front side connected to the microprocessor. The housing has a keyboard located on the housing bottom hemisphere front cover connected to the microprocessor. The housing has a printer located in the housing bottom hemisphere connected to the microprocessor. The housing has a scanner located in the housing top hemisphere in the rear side connected to the microprocessor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Inventors: Zamir Jivani, Robert Bishop
  • Patent number: 8642886
    Abstract: In a seal structure sealing a housing for passing a signal line therethrough, the seal structure includes: a first case; a second case joined to the first case to define the housing, and provided with a recess portion through which the signal line passes at a joining surface joining the first case; a first seal member arranged on a bottom surface of the recess portion, and mounting the signal line; a second seal member including a gelatinous composition arranged to cover the signal line arranged on the first seal member; and a third seal member arranged between the first and second cases, and pushing the second case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Shingo Yamaguchi, Satoshi Watanabe, Kohei Choraku, Shigehiro Fujii, Katsumi Adachi, Yoshito Fukata
  • Patent number: 8575481
    Abstract: The present invention has an object of providing an electronic apparatus storing container capable of facilitating mounting of an electronic apparatus and having improved productivity. The electronic apparatus storing container according to the present invention includes: a base including an electronic apparatus mounting area of a planar shape in which an electronic apparatus is mountable, and a packing groove formed in an outer peripheral portion of the electronic apparatus mounting area; a waterproof packing fit in a corresponding manner in the packing groove; and a case joined with the base with the waterproof packing sandwiched therebetween, the case storing the electronic apparatus mounted in the electronic apparatus mounting area. This improves the productivity of the electronic apparatus storing container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Hasegawa, Naoto Ozaki, Katsuya Hirano
  • Patent number: 8575519
    Abstract: A gas igniter device includes a first synthetic material casing containing igniter and an electronic control and a terminal board integrally coupled to the first casing and in turn including a cable clamp. The terminal board includes a second synthetic box-shaped material casing including: a cup-shaped body provided with a first and a second opposite side opening and an inlet oriented essentially perpendicular to the side openings; and a closing lid of the inlet hingedly restrained onto a first side of the cup-shaped body; a first end of the first casing is provided with a pair of electric power contacts for the igniter and is snappingly and removably coupled in use to the cup-shaped body within a first side opening with the contacts arranged inside the cup-shaped body in position facing the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: ITW Industrial Components S.R.L. con Unico Socio
    Inventor: Daniele Pianezze
  • Patent number: 8564959
    Abstract: Systems and methods for reducing problems and disadvantages associated with attaching portions of equipment chassis to the remainder of the equipment are provided. An information handling system may include a housing, a cover configured to at least partially enclose the housing, and an engagement assembly fixedly coupled to the housing. The cover may include an open slot having an opening and a projection. The may have a bearing movable relative to the housing, the bearing configured, when moved, to pass through the opening to engage with the projection to couple the cover to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Charles D. Hood, III, Matthew McGowan
  • Publication number: 20130240234
    Abstract: The invention relates to a case for an electronic device comprising: a hollow body which forms at least one receiving housing for an electronic device and which comprises an access opening to the housing surrounded by a peripheral edge outside the housing which has a truncated conical or truncated pyramidal shape converging on the opening, a cover for closure of the housing which comprises a peripheral flange, wherein the inner peripheral face has a truncated conical or truncated pyramidal shape complementary to the shape of the peripheral edge of the opening, the flange of the cover being designed to fit onto the peripheral edge of the opening and be held there by adhesion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: HIKOB
    Inventors: Guillaume ROCHE, Christophe Braillon, Antoine Fraboulet
  • Patent number: 8519280
    Abstract: A feedthrough, in particular for use in a medical-electronic implant, is provided having a terminal pin which has a section which can be soft soldered at least in the interior of the implant, a flange enclosing the terminal pin, and a glass solder plug which hermetically seals the terminal pin in relation to the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Biotronik SE & Co. KG
    Inventor: Josef Teske
  • Patent number: 8508917
    Abstract: A sealed electrical enclosure for use in hazardous locations for enclosing circuit breakers having a bottom housing and a top housing with a labyrinth joint, a serrated joint, or combination of both being formed therebetween, a first aperture extending through a first end wall of the bottom housing and positioned adjacent a first contact terminal of a first circuit breaker, the first aperture further including a first metal bus extending therethrough and in electrical contact with the first contact terminal, and a second aperture extending through a second end wall of the bottom housing and positioned adjacent a second contact terminal of the first circuit breaker, the second aperture further including a second metal bus extending therethrough and in electrical contact with the second contact terminal, and a first actuating mechanism positioned on the top housing adapted for manipulating a switch of the first circuit breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: EGS Electrical Group, LLC
    Inventors: Vilian Rus, Yogesh Kanole, Vijay Nadgeri
  • Patent number: 8486744
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for fabricating a MEMS device including multiple bonding of substrates. In an embodiment, a method includes providing a micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) substrate including a first bonding layer, providing a semiconductor substrate including a second bonding layer, and providing a cap including a third bonding layer. The method further includes bonding the MEMS substrate to the semiconductor substrate at the first and second bonding layers, and bonding the cap to the semiconductor substrate at the second and third bonding layers to hermetically seal the MEMS substrate between the cap and the semiconductor substrate. A MEMS device fabricated by the above method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chung-Hsien Lin, Chia-Hua Chu, Li-Cheng Chu, Yuan-Chih Hsieh, Chun-Wen Cheng
  • Patent number: 8436259
    Abstract: An electrical box described herein allows for separate wire connection areas for low voltage and line voltage wiring within a single box. The electrical box includes a voltage divider positioned within the box that divides the box into two distinct portions, thereby providing a low voltage wiring connection area that is separate from the line voltage wiring connection area. The electrical box also includes multiple knockouts, each covering an opening that provides a passageway from the interior of the box to the exterior of the box. At least one knockout and associated opening are positioned to provide access to the low voltage wiring connection area and another knockout and associate opening is positioned along to the box to provide access to the line voltage wiring connection area. The box provides an electrical junction for a luminaire, such as a downlight, or other electrical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Russell Bryant Green, Terence JaMal Clarke
  • Patent number: 8431820
    Abstract: A more thinnable hermetic sealing cap can be provided. This hermetic sealing cap (10) is employed for an electronic component housing package (100) housing an electronic component (40) and includes a cap body portion (1) mainly composed of Ti.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Neomax Materials Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaharu Yamamoto, Junji Hira
  • Patent number: 8420932
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a ceramic tube for a high-intensity discharge lamp, comprising a hollow member and a plug member. The hollow member contains a substantially cylindrical body and a closure for closing one end of the body, and the plug member is inserted into an insertion opening formed at the other end of the body. Before the insertion of the plug member, the insertion opening has a tapered portion with a diameter decreasing in the direction from the open end to the inside at least in an area into which the plug member is inserted. After the insertion of the plug member, an outer wall of the plug member is bonded to an inner wall of the insertion opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sugio Miyazawa, Keiichiro Watanabe, Tsuneaki Ohashi
  • Patent number: 8378212
    Abstract: An electrical feed-through assembly and method of making an electrical feed-through assembly provide an electrical feed-through assembly that can survive exposure in a high pressure liquid, for example, seawater at least 9000 psi, for substantial periods of time, for example, twenty years, without substantial leakage of the high pressure liquid into or through the electrical feed-through assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: James L. Sturges, Robert E. Walsh, George L. Fix
  • Patent number: 8351191
    Abstract: Provided are a housing (10) for a portable display device (1) having a holding section (11) located on one side to the center line of the housing (10) that is provided with a weight adjusting section which sets a weight of the holding section (11) side of the housing (10) heavier than a weight of that portion of the housing (10) which is opposite the holding section (11), and whose weight is adjusted by at least one of methods of changing a type of a material for the housing (10), a specific gravity of the material, a density thereof, and an amount used thereof, mixing a weight adjusting substance (14) in the material, and mounting a weight adjusting substance to the housing (10), and a portable display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mitsuo Hirota