Boxes And Housings Patents (Class 174/50)
  • Patent number: 9247656
    Abstract: A deflection or snap fit type latch system can resist separation in at least three axes. The snap fit type latch system can include a first member and a second member that when engaged are configured to form a snap fit connection, at least one of the members comprising a deflecting arm. A tee feature on the first member can include a stem and a head. A slot on the second member can slidingly receive the stem of the tee feature as the first and second members engage such that the second member is sandwiched between the first member and the head of the tee feature. The snap fit connection can resist separation in a first axis and the combined tee feature and slot resist separation in two additional axes. The snap fit type latch system can be part of an enclosure, such as a storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert G. Fairchild
  • Patent number: 9246318
    Abstract: An adjustable wireway assembly for use in an electrical enclosure includes a panel structured to form a portion of the electrical enclosure, the panel having a first aperture defined therein. The assembly further includes a plate member selectively coupled to the panel about a portion of the first aperture in at least one of a first position and a second position in a manner that blocks at least a portion of the first aperture and thereby defines a second aperture formed from a portion of the first aperture. When coupled in the first position, the second aperture is of a first area and when coupled in the second position, the second aperture is of a second area different than the first area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: EATON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Ryan Hussey, Jeffrey Scott Kuykendall, James Darryl Robinson, Mitchell Dean Fretwell, Michael Howard Abrahamsen, Daniel Garett Sims, Michael Davis Pearce
  • Patent number: 9239162
    Abstract: A recessed light liner assembly according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a hollow body and an annular flange. The hollow body is configured to fit within the recessed light to prevent airflow through the recessed light, the body having an open bottom, a closed top, and a sidewall extending between the open bottom and the closed top. The annular flange is connected to the body and extends around the open bottom of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Versicor, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas J. Sawarynski, Jr.
  • Patent number: 9219356
    Abstract: An electrical junction box provides a frame and a cover that covers an opening portion of the frame. There is a difference of elevation in an edge of the frame, and the edge includes a lower portion, a higher portion, and an inclination portion. A double wall formed of an exterior wall and an interior wall and positioning the edge of a peripheral wall between the exterior wall and the interior wall is provided to the cover. There is a difference of elevation in the edge of the interior wall similarly the frame, and the edge includes the lower portion, the higher portion, and the inclination portion. Also, a lapping amount between the peripheral wall and the interior wall at the inclination portion is formed larger than a lapping amount at the lower portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Sunsoku I, Takaaki Kakimi
  • Patent number: 9196879
    Abstract: A battery pack may include a drainage device provided at a bottom portion of the housing case. The drainage device may include a drain hole communicating between the inside and the outside of the housing case, so that water introduced into the housing case is discharged to the outside of the housing case. The drainage device may be disposed between two of the terminal members that are connected to electrodes of the battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hayashi, Eiji Kondo, Hironori Ogura, Hideyuki Taga, Kazutoshi Ogino
  • Patent number: 9190651
    Abstract: A bus bar module (1) includes: a first module body section (3) provided with an output terminal installation section (13); a second module body section (5) detachably attached to the first module body section; an output terminal cover (19) provided to the first module body section using a hinge section (21), and configured to cover an output terminal; a cover latch section (23) provided to the output terminal cover; a cover latching section (27) to which the cover latch section of the output terminal cover is fastened; and a reinforcing section (31) configured to come into engagement with the output terminal installation section when the second module body section is installed on the first module body section, and configured to prevent deformation of the output terminal installation section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Haifeng Liu, Yukihisa Kikuchi
  • Patent number: 9190761
    Abstract: A connector with an audio playing module provided for being electrically coupled to a main board of an electronic device includes an insulating base, an audio playing module and a jack. The insulating base has a containing space and a containing groove, and the containing space has an opening, and the containing groove has a port. The audio playing module is contained in the containing space and disposed at a position corresponding to the opening and includes a speaker unit and a plurality of pins, and the speaker unit is electrically coupled to each pin. The jack is contained in the containing groove and disposed at a position corresponding to the port. Therefore, the connector can provide an audio playing effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Inventor: Nai-Chien Chang
  • Patent number: 9190817
    Abstract: Provided is an electrical junction box which can easily attach a block to an inner side of a frame without the need for visual positioning of a lock portion of the block and a lock receive portion of the frame. An electrical junction box includes a frame and a block to be attached to an inner side of the frame. The block includes a lock portion, and the frame includes a lock receive portion to which the lock portion engages. Four faces of the frame arranged to surround the block include a tapered face for guiding the block to a proper attachment position. The frame includes a double wall including an outer wall and an inner wall, and a rib connecting the outer wall and the inner wall. The rib is extended above the inner wall, and the tapered face is provided to an extended portion of the rib.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takaaki Kakimi, Sunsoku I
  • Patent number: 9190818
    Abstract: An electrical connection box has a first case, a second case, a drain hole, an upward-protruding outer wall, and a downward-protruding inner wall. The second case is assembled beneath the first case. The drain hole is formed in an overlap surface of the second case overlapping the first case, the drain hole vertically penetrating the second case. The upward-protruding outer wall is formed at an outer side of the drain hole of the overlap surface, the upward-protruding outer wall being disposed at an outer side of the first case and protruding upward. The downward-protruding inner wall is formed on the first case, the downward-protruding inner wall being disposed at an inner side of the second case and protruding further downward than the overlap surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi Shiraki
  • Patent number: 9155214
    Abstract: A cable backplane system includes a backplane having a plurality of openings and mounting locations with guide holes and a datum surface. A cable rack is coupled to the backplane. The cable rack includes a tray having a frame and spacer assemblies coupled to the tray. The spacer assemblies are coupled to the backplane at corresponding mounting locations. Each spacer assembly has a floating spacer and a spring pressing the floating spacer in a biasing direction. The floating spacer is allowed to float relative to the frame in the biasing direction. The floating spacer has a guide pin extending from a front thereof. The spring presses the floating spacer in the biasing direction such that the guide pin is received in the guide hole and the front of the floating spacer abuts against the datum surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics Corporation, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Christopher David Ritter, Kevin Jenq-Yih Hwang
  • Patent number: 9148007
    Abstract: A poke-through device includes a tubular main body sized for insertion into a hole formed through a concrete floor. A device frame is mounted in the tubular main body for mounting one or more electrical devices. An intumescent insert is mounted in the tubular main body below the device frame. A junction box assembly is mounted to a bottom end of the tubular main body. A cover assembly is configured to enclose an opening in a top end of the tubular main body. The intumescent insert is mounted in the tubular main body so as to not contact the device frame to allow intumescent material to flow around the device frame in the event of a fire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, LLC
    Inventor: Mark R. Drane
  • Patent number: 9142944
    Abstract: Disclosed is a case for an electric junction box capable of preventing water that hits onto and bounds from a projection from invading into the case. The case for the electric junction box includes a synthetic resin made case main body, an upper cover, and a lower cover. Adjacent to a part where the case main body and the upper cover are joined a bracket for fixing car body that projects from an outer face of the case main body is disposed. The bracket is provided with a plurality of insertion holes for draining water. The plurality of insertion holes is also disposed throughout the bracket. In such the case, the water blown to the bracket falls down, without bounding, through the insertion holes, and thus making it possible to prevent the water from invading into the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Makino, Kouji Ueyama
  • Patent number: 9134496
    Abstract: Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of a modular plug and play connectivity platform, system and method. The disclosed modular plug and play connectivity platform provides a convergent/distribution/conversion point for multiple services and transmission mediums. In exemplary embodiments, the platform includes a base plate configured to be mounted on a wall in a premises over a junction box and to support one or more data distribution or conversion modules. An interchangeable plate is securable to the base plate and provides interfaces for the one or more data distribution or conversion modules. A cover is securable to the base plate and forms an enclosure coving any data distribution or conversion modules supported by the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: George I. Wakileh, Owen B. Weikle, Brett I. Utesch, Tami J. Wentzlaff
  • Patent number: 9099850
    Abstract: An electrical junction box includes: a frame; and a block having a double wall defined by outer and inner walls. At a position where the double wall and a component receiving section of the block are opposite to each other, a lower end of the inner wall is positioned higher than a component insertion surface at a lower end of the component receiving section, and a waterproof wall is provided on the lower end and an outer edge at the double wall side of the component receiving section. The waterproof wall is defined by a first waterproof portion extended horizontally toward the outer wall from the lower end and the outer edge at the double wall side of the component receiving section, and a second waterproof wall extended downward and parallel to the outer wall from an end at the outer wall side of the first waterproof wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Takaaki Kakimi
  • Patent number: 9088140
    Abstract: A cable backplane system includes a backplane having a plurality of openings therethrough. A cable rack is coupled to a rear of the backplane, which includes a tray and spacers coupled to the tray that have guide pins. Cable connector assemblies are held by the tray. Removable dust caps are coupled to corresponding cable connectors each having a distal end and guide walls extending therefrom that guide mating of the cable rack with the backplane. The distal end of each dust cap is received in a corresponding opening in the backplane. The guide walls guide the cable rack relative to the backplane such that the guide pins of the spacers are aligned with guide holes of the backplane and such that the cable connectors are aligned with the openings of the backplane. The removable dust caps are removed after the cable rack is coupled to the backplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Tyler Sechrist, Christopher David Ritter, Nathan Glenn Lehman, Brian Patrick Costello, Robert Paul Nichols
  • Patent number: 9089068
    Abstract: A cable backplane system includes a backplane having a plurality of openings therethrough and a cable rack coupled to a rear of the backplane. The cable rack includes a tray having a frame surrounding a raceway and a brick held by the tray. The brick has side spacers at opposite sides of the brick and plates coupled to the side spacers that support a plurality of cable connector assemblies. Each cable connector assembly is positioned between and supported by corresponding plates on opposite sides of the cable connectors with the cable connectors positioned in corresponding openings in the backplane. The plates each include a hem folded over at a rear of the plate. The hem has an edge positioned rearward of the cable connectors and supporting the cable connectors from retreating from the openings in the backplane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Joshua Tyler Sechrist, Christopher David Ritter, Nathan Glenn Lehman, Brian Patrick Costello, Robert Paul Nichols
  • Patent number: 9059530
    Abstract: An access-restricted electrical receptacle is configured to permit proper access to energized electrical contacts within the receptacle by a corresponding and properly-aligned plug, and to substantially limit or prevent improper access by foreign objects. The receptacle includes a receptacle body that defines a shutter cavity and a ramped slide surface, a face portion coupled to the receptacle body and defining a plurality of outlet openings to the shutter cavity, and a shutter that is movable in the shutter cavity between an unblocking position and at least one blocking position. The face portion defines a ramped return surface spaced from the ramped slide surface, and the shutter includes contact surfaces that engage the slide surface and the return surface during operation. Optionally, the ramped surfaces may be formed in either or both of a side wall or a base wall of the receptacle body and the face portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Inventors: Norman R. Byrne, Robert L. Knapp, Randell E. Pate, Gerald N. Vander Till
  • Patent number: 9059577
    Abstract: A mounting tray for a supporting and electrical component relative to an opening in a wall can include a rear wall that defines an opening. A sidewall can extend outwardly from the rear wall and collectively define a pocket with the rear wall. The sidewall can have an outer lip. An outer flange can extend around the sidewall at a position intermediate to the outer lip and the rear wall from a first location at the sidewall to a second location at an outer perimeter. The outer perimeter of the outer flange is offset inboard of the opening in the wall in an installed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Inventor: Denis Solan
  • Patent number: 9048648
    Abstract: An apparatus for facilitating using a screw to secure a receptacle cover plate over a junction box recessed in a wall, the junction box including at least one tapped screw receiver, and the cover plate defining at least one hole corresponding to the at least one tapped screw receiver. At least one stud threadingly engages the at least one tapped screw receiver, and at least one threaded bushing is threadingly secured to one end of the at least one stud. The at least one screw extends through the at least one hole defined in the cover plate to threadingly engage the threaded bushing, thereby securing the cover plate to the junction box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Inventor: Jim Valentine
  • Patent number: 9048644
    Abstract: An electrical box assembly including an electrical box with an integral siding block and a collapsible cover assembly. The collapsible cover assembly includes a frame member and a while-in-use cover plate. The cover assembly includes cord openings that enable closing of the cover plate while electrical cords are connected to electrical outlets within the electrical box. When desired, the cover assembly may be collapsed upon the electrical box to lower the profile of the electrical box assembly in order to limit the distance the assembly extends from the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2015
    Assignee: ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas J. Gretz
  • Patent number: 9038839
    Abstract: A box includes a first cover and a second cover have engaging mechanisms which engage the one end of the first cover to the one end of the second cover, and have retaining mechanisms which retain the other end of the first cover to the other end of the second cover. The first cover and the second cover are fit to each other in a normal state when the engaging mechanisms are engaged with each other and the retaining mechanisms are retained normally. When an engagement between the engaging mechanisms is in an abnormal state, a projection abuts against at least the other of the one end of the first cover and the one end of the second cover so that a gap is formed and the interior component housed in the internal space can be seen through the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Nakayama, Shinichi Hamaguchi
  • 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: 9040821
    Abstract: A harness is provided comprising a body having a series of electrical conductors embedded therein and substantially running along the length thereof. The body may be part of a structural component such as stringer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Jack Blanchard, Anthony Bryant
  • Patent number: 9040848
    Abstract: A bracket and open back junction box assembly allows simplified wiring at a construction site. An open back junction box including a detachable and reattachable rear cover plate is pre-assembled with a plaster ring, electrical device, and leads, at a prefab facility. A Metal Clad (MC) cable may be attached to the open back junction box and wires carried in the MC Cable may be connected to the leads. A mounting bracket is generally sandwiched between the open back junction box and the plaster ring for mounting to framing members at the construction site. Following assembly at the prefab facility, the prefab open back junction box is shipped to the construction site where the bracket and open back junction box assembly is mounted to framing members. Connections to wires carried by MC Cables are then facilitated by removing the rear cover plate to access the open back junction box interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Inventor: Bruce G. Phillips
  • Patent number: 9040818
    Abstract: An electronic device with an inbuilt mechanism sealing unused interface holes, or gaps, against dust is disclosed. The dust-proof mechanism includes two blocking members and two elastic members. The two blocking members are movably mounted on a bottom wall of a housing and close an interface hole in the manner of drawn curtains. The two blocking members are urged together by the elastic members. When an object is inserted into the interface hole, the guiding surfaces guide and ride over the inserted object, moving the two blocking members away from each other. When the object is pulled out of the interface hole, the two blocking members are moved back toward each other by the elastic members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ju-Ping Duan
  • Publication number: 20150136436
    Abstract: A securing mechanism includes a first securing unit fixedly disposed on a first component of an electronic device case, and a second securing unit fixedly disposed on a second component for securing the second component to the first component in a first direction. The first securing unit includes a fixture board, a limiting structure and a biasing structure. When the second securing unit extends in the first direction through an engaging through hole in the fixture board, the biasing structure biases the second securing unit in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and the second securing unit engages the limiting structure. As a result, movement of the second securing unit in a direction toward the engaging through hole is limited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: WISTRON CORPORATION
    Inventor: Zhong-Hui Mao
  • Publication number: 20150136437
    Abstract: An improved installation system for electrical hardware, such as power outlets, electrical switches, light fittings, ceiling fans and the like, whereby the cutting of their installation access holes in drywall panels is accomplished much faster than prior art methods and with a high degree of accuracy by the use of the hole cutting system, comprising the magnetic block assembly, corresponding magnetic template assembly and the hole cutter. In conjunction with the aforementioned; the electrical hardware's associated electrical boxes are wired directly to their electrical supply and the hardware is in turn, electrically connected to them by their respective sets of electrical terminals which make simultaneous contact with each other upon their installation. Additionally, the latching pawl mechanism and alignment device supports the weight of heavy light fittings and ceiling fans and aligns their electrical connections while they're being fixed into their installed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Stephen A. Hitchman
  • Patent number: 9036366
    Abstract: The terminal unit includes a main board, electronic components implemented on the main board, a sub-board covering above the electronic components and a frame member so disposed between the main board and the sub-board as to surround the electronic components. A flexible printed circuit covers an outer side of a wall portion of the frame member and is so wound around the frame member from upper and lower sides of the wall portion as to cover at least part of an inner side of the wall portion. A wiring pattern formed on the flexible printed circuit is electrically connected to the electronic components, and information to be protected that is stored on the electronic components becomes unreadable if the wiring pattern is cut off or short-circuited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shunjiro Takemori, Shigeru Narakino
  • Patent number: 9035201
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a flush floor box that can be constructed at a lower cost and is easier to install than previously utilized flush floor boxes. The flush floor box includes a base and/or a leveling ring with integral features. The integral features help to reduce the cost of producing the flush floor box. The leveling ring can include ears/tabs for use in electrically grounding a top shield of a flat floor power cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Sarah Jean Jones
  • Patent number: 9035175
    Abstract: An electrical box assembly includes an electrical box having a removable partition plate that can be positioned between the ends of the electrical box or at the end of the electrical box when two or more of the electrical boxes are ganged together. The electrical box can include a mounting bracket having a body portion attached to a wall of the box for supporting the box during use. A support member is coupled to the mounting bracket and is extendable to a length to contact the opposing wall. The mounting and the support member are independently adjustable with respect to the box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: HUBBELL INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Krzysztof W. Korcz, Mahran H. Ayrton
  • Patent number: 9035177
    Abstract: A device and method for configuring a recessed electrical box for the mounting of electrical components at a shallow depth with respect to the mounting surface. The device and method includes a spacer for adjusting the depth at which an electrical component is mounted within a recessed electrical box. The spacer includes a frame member with side members and end members that define an opening therein. A front face on the spacer is adapted to accept the mounting of two electrical components thereto. A rear face on the spacer is adapted to fit flush against the peripheral wall of a recessed electrical box assembly. Two arms extending from each end member of the spacer include apertures therein for acceptance of fasteners for mounting the electrical components. The spacer enables an installer to mount an electrical component at a shallow depth within a recessed electrical box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: ARLINGTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Thomas J. Gretz
  • Patent number: 9029696
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a case, a heat source, a radiator, and an air stream generator. The case has an air ventilation hole and an opening. The radiator is disposed in the case and in thermal contact with the heat source. The radiator includes a main body having a first, a second, and a third side surface. A first air inlet, an air outlet, and a second air inlet are disposed on the first side surface, the second side surface, and the third side surface, respectively. The third side surface and the case are separated by a distance from each other. The second air inlet is disposed between a geometric middle plane of fins of the main body and the second side surface. The distance between the second air inlet and the first side surface is greater than that between the air ventilation hole and the first side surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignees: Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation, Inventec Corporation
    Inventors: Feng-Ku Wang, Yi-Lun Cheng, Chih-Kai Yang
  • Patent number: 9029715
    Abstract: In an aspect, a universal conduit body assembly comprises a universal conduit body having a first port attached thereto. The first port is sized and shaped to connect the conduit body with one or more conduits or plugs. A cavity is at least partially defined by the conduit body, and the cavity comprises at least two open sides and sufficient space for containment of one or more spliced wires within the conduit body. Two or more removable panels each sized and shaped to cover a portion of the universal conduit body and selectively attach to each of the at least two open sides of the cavity are provided. At least one of the two or more panels includes a second port sized and shaped to connect the panel with the one or more conduits or plugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, Edgar W. Maltby, Richard L. Cleghorn
  • Patent number: 9029697
    Abstract: An overlapping region is located between an upper casing flange and a lower casing flange such that an outer end of lower casing flange is identical in alignment to an imaginary line passing through an outer end portion of the upper casing flange and being parallel to a side wall of an upper casing, or such that alignment of the outer end of the lower casing flange is at a side of the side wall of the upper casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroaki Yuasa
  • Publication number: 20150122528
    Abstract: A breaker box suitable for safely housing an electrical connection. The electrical connection can be made between at least two electrical conductors. The breaker box includes a bottom and a plurality of adjacent side walls, each the side wall being at least partially joined to the bottom and to each adjacent side wall to form an open box. Each side wall can have a top edge wherein the top edges define a box interior and an open box perimeter. At least one the side wall includes a screw connection near the box perimeter, the screw connection including threads for engaging mating threads of a screw. The screw connection can be disposed to receive the screw generally parallel to and adjacent the at least one side wall. A screw guard can be disposed on the side wall, the screw guard encompassing and isolating the screw from the interior when the screw is screwed into the screw connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Raymond Leonard Conway
  • 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: 9022439
    Abstract: A locking security cover for an in a ground junction box that opens to the earth. A has an opening for access to the interior of the ground box and a lock receiver fixed thereto. Plural legs support the frame and a base flange engages the bottom of the ground box side walls. The leg mounts are selectively engaged to either a flexible connection suitable for insertion of the frame and the first leg into the ground box as a unit, and a fixed connection. A rigid cover engages the frame and provides a lock recess and lock shroud. A lock inserted into the lock shroud engages a lock receiver fixed to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Inventor: Richard L. Ousley
  • Patent number: 9024184
    Abstract: A sealing structure to seal a housing for electronic equipment such as a cellular phone, and which provides reliable sealing for the housing, and at the same time can attain to improve design with a simple construction. A sealing structure, which seals a housing, is provided with a seal member mounted on the housing, a substrate integrally molded with the seal member, and having at least a part thereof lying in the inside of the housing in a state where the seal member is mounted on the housing, and a light source element arranged on the substrate board, wherein the seal member is transparent or translucent, and it is constructed such that the light source element is arranged in a region of hermetic sealing formed by the seal member, whereby at least a part of the seal member emits light by the light radiated from the light source element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Nippon Mektron, Ltd.
    Inventors: Atsushi Kajiya, Hidekazu Yoshihara
  • Patent number: 9019085
    Abstract: An anti-disassembling device for an electronic product includes a case, a linear movement device, a circular movement device and an optical encoder. At least one retractable transmission member is connected to the case. The circular movement device is located in the case and has an encoding disk, which has multiple slots defined therethrough and teeth are defined in the periphery thereof. The at least one retractable transmission member is engaged with the teeth to rotate the encoding disk. The optical encoder has a lighting module which emits light beams through the slots of the encoding disk and a photosensitive module receives the light beams and sends a signal to the storage unit of the electronic product. The retractable device rotates when the electronic product is disassembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: National Cheng Kung University
    Inventor: Chung-Hung Lin
  • Publication number: 20150108845
    Abstract: An energy supply system for supplying electrical energy to a building, comprising a grid connector unit for providing a connection to an external power grid, a load connector unit for connecting to a building power grid, a conductor loop for electrically connecting the grid connector unit to the load connector unit, an energy storage device connected to the conductor loop, and a disconnector placed in the conductor loop for, upon activation of the disconnector, disconnecting the electrical connection between the grid connector unit and the load connector unit, whereby the energy storage device is connected to the conductor loop via a discharging line such that electrical energy stored in the energy storage device may be discharged through part of the conductor loop to the load connector unit when the disconnector is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: PROSOL Invest Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Torsten STIEFENHOFER
  • Publication number: 20150104142
    Abstract: Swing arm assemblies for providing access to wiring enclosures are described that provide convenient one handed operation and the ability to temporarily fix the enclosure at a telescoped height and optionally in a rotated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: Jonathan Oral Adams
  • Publication number: 20150101839
    Abstract: An electrical connection box has a first case, a second case, a drain hole, an upward-protruding outer wall, and a downward-protruding inner wall. The second case is assembled beneath the first case. The drain hole is formed in an overlap surface of the second case overlapping the first case, the drain hole vertically penetrating the second case. The upward-protruding outer wall is formed at an outer side of the drain hole of the overlap surface, the upward-protruding outer wall being disposed at an outer side of the first case and protruding upward. The downward-protruding inner wall is formed on the first case, the downward-protruding inner wall being disposed at an inner side of the second case and protruding further downward than the overlap surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventor: Takashi SHIRAKI
  • Publication number: 20150101838
    Abstract: Housing for electrical components includes a housing body, an insulating body and a bus bar. The insulating body is disposed within the housing body and is integral with the housing body. The bus bar is disposed within the within the housing body and embedded in the insulating body. The insulating body and housing body are integral with one another for fixing the bus bar within the housing body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Charles Shepard, Eric Karlen, John Horowy
  • Publication number: 20150101837
    Abstract: An enclosure for a wire connection includes a base and a cover. The base includes a bottom and a pair of longitudinal sidewalls disposed between the first and second ends. The cover includes a main body and a first wire securing member. According to one aspect, the cover further includes a second wire securing member. In another aspect, the first and second wire securing members are configured to engage first and second wires, respectively, to reduce strain on a connection between the first and second wires. In a further aspect, the first wire securing member is configured to engage the first wire to create a first bend in the first wire that extends into a first opening in the bottom of the base to reduce strain on the connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: A. Raymond et Cie
    Inventors: Elio Evangelista, William Teller, Dorian Kilgore
  • Publication number: 20150101840
    Abstract: In an example an integral wiring box comprises: a circular base having a base wire access point; a side wall extended from a perimeter edge of the base forming a cavity having an internal surface and an external surface and a side wall wire access point; a base conduit extending from the base wire access point into the cavity; a side wall conduit extending from the side wall wire access point into the cavity; an internal mounting projection extending from the internal surface of the side wall into the cavity and free from attachment to the circular base, the internal mounting projection further comprising a mounting hole; and an external mounting projection extending from the external surface of the side wall away from the base, the external mounting projection further comprising a mounting hole; wherein a single mounting hub extends from the base into the cavity, wherein the base, side wall, internal mounting projection, external mounting projection, and mounting hub, are formed as a single component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Ashok Alilughatta Sathyanarayana, Pushpak Paris Yabrer, Santosh Ganpat Shinde
  • Patent number: 9007746
    Abstract: A cabinet structure for a switchgear assembly. The cabinet structure includes a cabinet having upper and lower vents and a breaker cradle for holding a circuit breaker having primary disconnects for connecting the circuit breaker to bus bars. The cabinet further includes an air passageway located between the upper and lower vents, wherein the air passageway extends vertically through the primary disconnects and the cabinet. Further, the cabinet includes a fan module having at least one fan for drawing outside air through the lower vent, the air passageway and the primary disconnects for cooling the primary disconnects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Industry, Inc.
    Inventors: Rahul Rajvanshi, Harry W. Josten, James Keith Flowers
  • 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: 9006569
    Abstract: A junction box used for making electrical connections to a photovoltaic panel. The junction box has two chambers including a first chamber and a second chamber and a wall common to and separating both chambers. The wall may be adapted to have an electrical connection therethrough. The two lids are adapted to seal respectively the two chambers. The two lids are on opposite sides of the junction box relative to the photovoltaic panel. The two lids may be attachable using different sealing processes to a different level of hermeticity. The first chamber may be adapted to receive a circuit board. The junction box may include supports for mounting a printed circuit board in the first chamber. The second chamber is configured for electrical connection to the photovoltaic panel. A metal heat sink may be bonded inside the first chamber. The first chamber is adapted to receive a circuit board for electrical power conversion, and the metal heat sink is adapted to dissipate heat generated by the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Solaredge Technologies Ltd.
    Inventors: Guy Sella, Lior Handelsman, Vadim Shmukler, Meir Adest, Meir Gazit, Yoav Galin
  • Publication number: 20150096779
    Abstract: A wire harness protector includes a resin plate. A plurality of excavated portions are recessed into a panel surface of the plate, the excavated portions having a circular shape in plan view and being aligned at intervals in an X axis direction and a Y axis direction orthogonal to the X axis direction. The excavated portions are arrayed in the X axis direction in a straight line shape along the X axis direction and are arrayed in the Y axis direction in a zigzag shape, shifting a phase so as to be positioned between excavated portions neighboring each other in the X axis direction. The excavated portions neighboring each other in the Y axis direction are further arrayed so as to have portions mutually overlapping in the Y axis direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Daiki Nagayasu, Hiroaki Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 9000297
    Abstract: An electric junction box 1 includes: a case 4; a tubular guide portion 5 projected from the case 4, and guiding a harness 6 out of the case 4. The guide portion 5 is divided to a pair of gutter-shaped portions 51, 52. Each of the gutter-shaped portions 51, 52 is composed of a bottom wall 53, 54 and a pair of vertical walls 55, 56 extended from both sides of the bottom wall 53, 54 in a circumferential direction Y2. An elastically deformable hinge 57 is provided between the gutter-shaped portion 52 and the case 4 and configured to allow the gutter-shaped portion 52 to be moved away from or close to the gutter-shaped portion 51. The vertical walls 55, 56 of the pair of gutter-shaped portions 51, 52 are overlapped with each other in a radial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Makino, Kazuyoshi Fujishiro, Shouta Yamaguchi, Koki Sato, Takeshi Onoda