Conduits, Cables Or Conductors Patents (Class 174/68.1)
  • Publication number: 20130037297
    Abstract: A supply line apparatus for an electrical connection of a gradient coil unit in a magnetic resonance device includes a first supply line unit and a second supply line unit. The second supply unit is disposed at least partially coaxially to the first supply line unit. The first supply line unit and/or the second supply line unit has at least one conducting supply line element. The supply line apparatus includes an oscillation decoupling unit that has at least one oscillation-suppressing supply line element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Andreas Krug, Johann Schuster, Stefan Stocker
  • Patent number: 8373067
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprising a connector body having first and second connection portions and two or more electrical pathways provided within the connector body between the first and second connection portions, the first connection portion having a functional surface on which at least two exposed areas of conductive material are provided, each of which is in contact with a corresponding electrical pathway, for connection to an electrical element on a substrate, wherein adhesive is provided on the functional surface such that, at a minimum, a peripheral band is formed around each of the areas of conductive material for adhesion to the substrate. Also a glazing comprising at least one pane of glazing material provided with an electrical element, and an electrical connector as described above electrically connected to the electrical element and adhered to a surface of the glazing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Pilkington Automotive Deutschland GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Derda, Peter Paulus, Michael Buescher
  • Publication number: 20130032373
    Abstract: A shaft grounding apparatus including a grounding rope in electrical contact with ground, and an adjustable rope guide configured to guide the grounding rope on an electrically conductive surface of a rotating shaft of an electric machine. The adjustable rope guide includes a plurality of articulating segments configured to provide the adjustable rope guide with a variable radius of curvature to closely follow a radius of curvature of the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: CUTSFORTH PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Robert S. Cutsforth
  • Patent number: 8353901
    Abstract: A conduit assembly for transmitting energy between an electrosurgical energy generator and an energy delivering device comprises a first cable sub-assembly including a cable having a flexibility and an energy attenuation; a second cable sub-assembly including a cable having a flexibility and an energy attenuation; wherein the flexibility of the cable of the first cable sub-assembly is less than the flexibility of the cable of the second cable sub-assembly; and wherein the energy attenuation of the cable of the first cable sub-assembly is less than the energy attenuation of the cable of the second cable sub-assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Vivant Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Francesca Rossetto, Mani N. Prakash, Brian Shiu
  • Publication number: 20130003323
    Abstract: A gasket holder mountable to a printed circuit board and configured to isolate a conductive gasket from live electronic components and maintain the conductive gasket in an upright position under compressive pressure. The holder comprises four vertically extending walls with adjacent walls at right angles to one another. The gasket holder further including a mounting tab extending laterally from the base of one of the four walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventor: Loc Huynh
  • Patent number: 8335024
    Abstract: An image scanning method of an image scanning device, the method including: feeding multiply fed documents in a first path and scanning, by a scanning unit of the image scanning device, a first document of the multiply fed documents; outputting the first document through an exit unit; reversely driving the exit unit after the first document is output to reversely feed a second document of the multiply fed documents in a second path, and scanning the second document; and forming images of the first document and the second document, wherein the second path is used to reversely feed the second document to an upstream side of the scanning unit, in view of a feeding direction of the multiply fed documents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-sang Kwon, Jae-In Lee
  • Patent number: 8324505
    Abstract: The present invention relates to flex cables, and more particularly to a temperature tolerant cover layer construction for a flex cable. In one embodiment, a flex cable designed to be bent to a particular curved shape includes one or more slits formed in the inner cover layer, to reduce the amount of material in the cover layer on the inside radius of the curve. By reducing the amount of cover layer material on the inside of the curve, the slits reduce the compressive stress in the cover layer. The slits are formed prior to laminating the flex cable so that upon lamination the flexible filler material below the cover layer fills the slits, providing a compliant, protective layer that bends into the desired curve and protects the active components inside the cable. The slits reduce the compressive stress along the inside cover layer and thereby prevent the cover layer from separating from the rest of the cable when the flex cable is subjected to high temperature conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Raytheon Company
    Inventor: Cary C. Kyhl
  • Patent number: 8314336
    Abstract: A rectangular ceiling tile proportioned for use in a standard rectangular ceiling grid module formed by grid tees, the tile having a pair of conductors arranged to feed low voltage electrical power from the grid elements to an electric or electronic device carried on the tile, the conductors each extending to an edge or edges of the tile and adapted to make physical contact with a conductor carried on a grid element when supported on such grid element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: USG Interiors, LLC
    Inventors: Ying (Lora) Liang, Daniel Boss, Graeme Gee
  • Publication number: 20120285720
    Abstract: An electrical conductor has a metal substrate. A seal plating layer is provided on and exterior of the metal substrate. A nickel plating layer is provided on and exterior of the seal plating layer. A gold plating layer is provided on and exterior of the nickel plating layer. The seal plating layer is a non-nickel based metal. Optionally, the seal plating layer may be tin based. Optionally, the seal plating layer may create intermetallic interface layers with the nickel plating layer and the metal substrate. Optionally, the electrical conductor may constitute a contact configured for mating with at least one of a printed circuit board or another mating contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventor: GEORGE JYH-SHANN CHOU
  • Patent number: 8309850
    Abstract: A cable connector cover for use with modular cable protectors includes a bottom recess for housing cables and cable connectors. The cable protector cover also has a number of openings to provide access into the bottom recess. These openings are adjacent to the connectors and are aligned with the channels of the cable protectors to allow cables to run from the cable protectors into the recess. The upper portion of the cable connector cover can extend upward to a sufficient height to provide a visual indicator to passersby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Checkers Industrial Products, LLC
    Inventor: Stephen K. Henry
  • Patent number: 8304653
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a main line and branch lines. A protector has longitudinal ends with main line inlet and outlet ports and branch line ports between the ends. Branch line connectors are connected to the branch lines drawn out of the branch line ports. A main line connector is connected to the main line drawn out of the main line outlet port. The branch line connectors and the main line connector are connected to test connectors for a continuity test. Lengths of the branch lines and/or the main line are greater than required in the motor vehicle so that the main line and branch line connectors are connected to the test connectors. A wire additional length containing space is provided in the protector and communicates with the branch line ports and/or with the line outlet port for the lines having the additional lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Suzuki
  • Patent number: 8299361
    Abstract: A method for implementing audio connector interface conversion is provided in an embodiment of the present invention. The method includes installing a 4-pin jack of an audio connector inside a terminal device, and connecting the power end, signal end, and grounding end of an infrared interface on the terminal service control unit and the serial signal transmitting end, serial signal receiving end, power end, and grounding end on the terminal service control unit directly or through a logical circuit unit to the four connecting ends on the jack of the audio connector. In the technical scheme provided in an embodiment of the present invention, control and switching can be performed on the basis of the working mode, so that the electronic terminal device with an audio interface can use its audio interface to provide an infrared signal interface and a serial communication port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bogui Ye, Yunsong Fan
  • Patent number: 8299362
    Abstract: An electrical adapter enables the conductors of a flexible cable to be extended into an armored conduit with electrical ground continuity and a rigid structural attachment. The adapter is cylindrical and has removable cover over an oblique aperture providing a highly rigid and strengthened fixture, which has a ground wire clamp for securement of the wires of the cable. An adapter collar is secured rotationally to one end of the adapter body for connecting the adapter to a nipple of an armored conduit mounted to a wall structure. The ground wire is secured to the ground wire fixture, and with the adapter collar secured to the armored conduit, electrical ground continuity is extended from the flexible cable to the armored conduit. With the removable cover secured over the access aperture, exposure of the ground wire clamp and the conductors of the flexible cable is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Metis Holdings LLC
    Inventor: James A Vaughan
  • Patent number: 8273988
    Abstract: A cable management system includes track units whose tracks are engageable to each other at longitudinal ends to ease installation of the tracks to a wall surface as a chain of longitudinally aligned tracks. The system also includes an adjustable track unit whose longitudinal length can be varied, so that a desired length of longitudinally aligned track units can be obtained without cutting a track unit of the system. In addition, the system includes a cap attachable at an end of a track unit for strengthening the engagement between the cover and the track of the track unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Bell'O International Corp.
    Inventors: Steven J. Sculler, Steven R. Remy, Norman L. Barrigas
  • Patent number: 8263863
    Abstract: A cable radius anchor for providing cable transition to and from a wire mesh basket tray includes a mounting portion and a drop portion. The mounting portion has an undercut tab at an outer edge thereof for adjoining placement relative to a first wire of the wire mesh basket tray, and the drop portion extends from the mounting portion and is configured to curve away from the mounting portion. The drop portion includes drop ears at each side thereof for adjoining placement relative to at least one additional wire of the wire mesh basket tray that is transverse to the first wire. The drop portion has a width greater than a width of the mounting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Joshua James Young
  • Patent number: 8263867
    Abstract: A vertical cable manager includes a pair of side members, one or more midsection members connected between the pair of side members, and a lashing bar assembly connected to the one or more midsection members. The lashing bar assembly includes a base and a lashing bar mountable relative to the base, thereby forming at least one loop for cable management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Arturo Garza, Daniel Alaniz, D. Brian Donowho, Joshua James Young, Wayne Arnold Zahlit
  • Patent number: 8258412
    Abstract: A furniture system including at least one furniture element having at least one raceway and a modular electrical wiring system at least partially located in the raceway. The electrical wiring system includes a plurality of wire distribution assemblies, an electrical assembly and an electrical switch. The plurality of wire distribution assemblies includes a first wire distribution assembly and a second wire distribution assembly. The electrical assembly partially electrically connects the first wire distribution assembly and the second wire distribution assembly. The first wire distribution assembly has a first number of electrical conductors. The electrical assembly is electrically connected to a second number of electrical conductors of the first wire distribution assembly, the second number being smaller than the first number.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Group Dekko, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel L. Hayes, Sean M. Kirkwood
  • Patent number: 8253021
    Abstract: Motors 1 and 2 are electrically connected to inverters 3 and 4 by a motor cable device 5 including connection/interference regulating member 8 which is installed at a predetermined position in a longitudinal direction of cable bodies 6 and 7. If in this connection state the motors 1 and 2 are driven or a vehicle is driven, vibration or impact is transferred to the motor cable device 5 from the motors 1 and 2 or the exterior, and thus the cable bodies 6 and 7 swing in an arrow direction. The swing contributes to the absorption of the vibration or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hideomi Adachi, Hidehiko Kuboshima, Kei Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 8253019
    Abstract: A cable routing device and a unit for telecommunication and data technology including a housing, wherein terminals or circuit board plug-in connectors (2) are disposed on at least one side of the housing. A cable routing device (10) is disposed on the housing, the cable routing device (10) being configured as a carrier element having attachment means for attaching the cable routing device (10) to the unit. Cable routing elements are attached to the carrier element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: ADC GmbH
    Inventor: Ralf-Dieter Busse
  • Patent number: 8252365
    Abstract: The method of manufacturing a piezoelectric element includes the steps of: a lower electrode forming step of forming a lower electrode on a surface of a substrate; a piezoelectric film deposition step of depositing a piezoelectric film made of a piezoelectric material by one of epitaxial growth and oriented growth onto a surface of the lower electrode reverse to a surface adjacent to the substrate; an upper electrode forming step of forming an upper electrode onto a surface of the piezoelectric film reverse to a surface adjacent to the lower electrode; and a polarization direction reversal step of reversing a polarization direction of the piezoelectric film by applying an alternating electric field of an intensity not lower than a coercive electric field of the piezoelectric material, between the upper electrode and the lower electrode, and then applying a direct electric field of an intensity not lower than the coercive electric field in a direction from the upper electrode toward the lower electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation
    Inventor: Ryuji Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 8242366
    Abstract: A link arm is rotatably supported by a rotating shaft along a protector base, and urged in a harness-slack-absorbing direction by a torsion coil spring. A wiring harness is fixed to a harness-holding member at a tip end of the link arm and to a harness-fixing portion of the protector base, and routed flexibly between the harness-holding member and the harness-fixing portion via between the protector base and an opposite wall of the link arm opposite to the protector base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Katou, Hiroshi Yamashita, Tomoaki Nishimura, Motonari Inagaki
  • Patent number: 8240584
    Abstract: A hose frame assembly includes a pipe body, a wheel disc, a tensile adjusting device, and a cable. The pipe body includes three aligned pipe sections, and two resilient joints connected between every adjacent two of the three pipe sections. The tensile adjusting device is located between the pipe body and wheel disc, and includes a guide rail, two sliding members slidably mounted to the guide rail, and a resilient member connected between the sliding members. A wheel is rotatably mounted to each of the sliding members. Two ends of the cable extend through the pipe sections and the resilient joints and spacedly are fixed to an inner wall of one of the pipe sections located at a far end of the pipe body. A portion of the cable located out of the pipe body is positioned around the wheel disc and the wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Foxnum Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yueh-Hsun King
  • Patent number: 8242367
    Abstract: A cable guiding arrangement for at least one electrical cable harness installed in an aircraft cabin includes a guide rail having at least one receiving pocket and an attachment surface configured to receive the at least one cable harness; a plurality of retaining heads spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction along the guide rail and configured to affix the at least one electrical cable harness; and at least one insertion element disposed on an edge of the guide rail configured to attach at least one laterally branching-off cable of the at least one cable harness, the at least one insertion element including at least one retaining head section and an insertion section, wherein the insertion section is disposed in the at least one receiving pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Guthke, Lueder Kosiankowski
  • Patent number: 8237053
    Abstract: A power supply apparatus for a slidable structure which extends longitudinally, including: a pivotably-supported ring arm; a wiring harness having one end portion fixed to a tip portion of the ring arm and the other end portion fixed to a stationary structure; and an elastic member configured to bias the ring arm in a forward and upward direction. The ring arm is moved or rotated in a backward and downward direction while elastically deforming the elastic member due to tensile force of the wiring harness, when the slidable structure is moved forward toward its fully closed state. Also, the ring arm is moved or rotated in a forward and upward direction due to restoring force of the elastic member, when the slidable structure is moved backward toward its fully open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Katou, Tomoaki Nishimura, Motonari Inagaki
  • Patent number: 8227695
    Abstract: A wind turbine generator includes a tower, a nacelle mounted on the tower, at least one cable suspended downward from the nacelle inside the tower, a protective tube attached to the cable to surround the cable, and a cable swing restraint support attached to the tower and provided in a position opposed to the protective tube to surround the protective tube. The protective tube is relatively movable with respect to the cable swing restraint support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Ueno, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 8227694
    Abstract: A wire harness exterior protecting tube minimizes sagging of a wire harness laid in a straddling manner in a vehicle and allows smooth bending of the wire harness. The wire harness exterior protecting tube has longitudinal opposite ends supported in a straddling manner by the vehicle without support between the opposite ends. The protecting tube has at one side section a vertical flat plate section and also has the other section having a square U-shaped or semicircular ring-shaped cross-section. The other section connects to the one side section to form a square or semicircular cross-sectional shape. That portion of the other section which faces the flat plate section is a bellows section having a corrugated shape. The thickness of the flat plate section is adapted to suppress the sagging of the protecting tube caused by the weight of the wire harness and to be bendable by bending of the bellows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeki Murayama
  • Patent number: 8225653
    Abstract: A filling level detector for cryogenic liquids which are located in a container (1) uses a probe with a superconductor. In order to provide a filling level detector which is insensitive and costs little, the probe (11) is a flat conductor (20) which comprises a plurality of conductors which are routed parallel in a plastic matrix (21), of which a first conductor (23) is a super conductor, second conductors (24) are used to supply heating current to the first conductor (23), and third conductors (25; 25, 26) are used for voltage measurement, with the conductors in one pair (24, 25, 26) each being connected to points (27, 28 and 29, 30) which are at a distance from one another in the longitudinal direction of the probe. The probe is guided in a guide in the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Magna Steyr Fahrzeugtechnik AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Gert Krammer
  • Patent number: 8227693
    Abstract: A power-supplying system for a sliding structure includes: a protector cover having a base plate and a flange-shaped peripheral wall; a link arm rotatably supported along the base plate in the protector cover, and supporting a wiring harness at a top end side of a rotation; and an elastic member urging the link arm in a harness slack absorbing direction. The power-supplying system is disposed in the sliding structure. The protector cover is fixed to a panel of the sliding structure. An opening of the protector cover facing the base plate at a rear side is covered by the panel. The wiring harness is guided out from an oblong opening interposed between the protector cover and the panel toward a fixing structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Katou, Tomoaki Nishimura, Motonari Inagaki
  • Patent number: 8222523
    Abstract: A buss bar strip for mounting to a solar panel to electrically connect to a series of electrical lines extending from solar cells. The buss bar strip can include a thin elongate flat flexible strip of insulative material having a longitudinal length. A predetermined pattern of elongate conductors can be longitudinally disposed on the insulative strip in at least two rows along the longitudinal length and electrically isolated from each other. Each conductor can have a predetermined position, length, and spacing from each other on the insulative strip for laterally electrically connecting to selected electrical lines from the solar cells at lateral electrical connection points located along the length of the conductor on exposed surfaces on the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Antaya Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen C. Antaya, Manuel H. Machado, Matthew Jarod Scherer
  • Patent number: 8206777
    Abstract: An improved electrical line comprising an electrical conductor (5) and a layer of thermoplastic material wherein the layer consists of at least one inner layer (6) and one outer layer (7) and the outer layer (7) comprises a lubricant which has migrated from the inner layer (6) into the outer layer (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Christof Dinkelmeyer, Patrick Odot
  • Publication number: 20120152135
    Abstract: Methods and compositions are disclosed and claimed for gravure printing of transparent conductive films comprising metal nanowires. Such films exhibiting low resistivity and superior coating uniformity may be used in electronic or optical articles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Chaofeng Zou, Mathew T. Stebbins, Jennifer C. Dawson, Karissa L. Eckert, Gary E. Labelle
  • Patent number: 8203078
    Abstract: A conduit with a self-adhesive backing used to route and organize electrical or electronic cables along wall surfaces is herein disclosed. The conduit comprises a trapezoidal-shaped enclosure available in multiple widths from approximately two (2) inches up to six (6) inches. The smaller size would be used for one (1) or two (2) cables while the larger size conduit could be used with up to ten (10) cables. The rear or flat side of the conduit would be fastened to the wall surface using a pre-applied double-sided foam adhesive tape. The tape would be covered with a common release paper which would be peeled off just before application. The back section of the conduit would also be pre-split down the center to aid in the installation of wires and cable during initial installation. The conduit comprises a flexible material such as plastic or rubber to allow routing along irregular wall surfaces and can be cut to length with regular household scissors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Inventor: Susan Fulco
  • Patent number: 8198534
    Abstract: An appliance having a cable harness including a ground cable, the ground cable electroconductively connected to an electrically conductive component of the appliance. The cable harness is at least partially accommodated in a cable duct of the appliance. In an exemplary embodiment, a first contact element held on the cable duct and including an integrated first contact element is electroconductively connected to the ground cable of the cable harness, which comes into electrical contact with the electrically conductive component of the household appliance using an assembly movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Dieter Hotz, Cengiz Kücük, Pedro Sancho, Manfred Seeβle, Wilhelm Thibaut
  • Patent number: 8198533
    Abstract: A feeding device includes a case, which includes a body receiving a wire harness with extra length portion and a guide tube projecting from the body, a distal-end protector and an intermediary protector both of which are attached to the wire harness. The intermediary protector is inserted into the guide tube so as to be able to move forward and backward freely, and the distal-end protector is projected out of the guide tube, and a bendable portion of the wire harness is exposedly formed between the distal-end protector and the intermediary protector. A hood along a bending outer surface of the bendable portion is provided at the distal-end protector. The extra length portion of the wire harness is received in the body so as to be formed into a loop shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tomoyasu Terada, Makoto Nagasaki, Akihito Kouketu
  • Publication number: 20120138330
    Abstract: The invention forms a Sn coating layer and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer having a suitably controllable planar shape in a PCB terminal. A group of Sn coating layers being as a plurality of essentially parallel lines is formed as the surface coating layer, and a Cu—Sn alloy coating layer 2 is exposed on the outermost surface on both sides of Sn coating layers each constituting the group of Sn coating layers. The Sn coating layers have a width of 1 to 500 ?m, an interval between adjacent Sn coating layers is 1 to 20000 ?m, and an outermost maximum height roughness in a terminal insertion direction is at most 10 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)
    Inventors: Yasushi MASAGO, Koichi Taira, Toshiyuki Mitsui, Junichi Kakumoto, Masayasu Nishimura
  • Patent number: 8193448
    Abstract: A cable trough includes a tray having a tray portion extending along a generally horizontal plane with two opposite side edges, a first side wall portion extending along one side edge of the tray portion on a plane generally perpendicular to the plane of the tray portion, and a second side wall portion extending along the other side edge of the tray portion on a plane generally perpendicular to the plane of the tray portion. The cable trough further includes a first side wall having at least one first attachment configuration constructed and arranged to secure the first side wall to the first side wall portion of the tray, and a second side wall having at least one second attachment configuration constructed and arranged to secure the second side wall to the second side wall portion of the tray. Various cable trough systems and methods are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: American Power Conversion Corporation
    Inventor: Farrukh Shahzad Syed
  • Patent number: 8188382
    Abstract: A leadthrough for passing conduits (6) through a constructional component (5) includes a circumferentially closed housing (12), an insert (21) of intumescent material located in the housing (12), and a first and second diaphragm-shaped sealing members (31, 36) formed, respectively, of an elastic material, and a textile flat material, each having a through-opening (32, 37) and both located in the housing (12), with the second sealing member (36) having a transition temperature of at least 600° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Monden, Christian Viermann
  • Patent number: 8183460
    Abstract: A foldable elongate raceway of thermoplastic unitary construction for cables and wires is provided. The raceway includes a plurality of hinges, a first wall configured with a first interior hook and a cover hook catch, a second wall with a second interior hook, and a bottom wall substantially perpendicular to the first and second walls, wherein the bottom wall includes first and second L-shaped hook catches, and first and second catch stops, wherein the first and second interior hooks slidingly engage with the first and second hook catches and resist torsional forces by means of the catch stops. The raceway also includes a unitarily formed cover wherein the cover is configured to include a cover hook and a cover hook stop that releasably engage with the cover hook catch of the first wall, and an adhesive strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Inventor: James Williams
  • Patent number: 8183471
    Abstract: A cable raceway including top and bottom walls, rear and front walls and a divider extending along substantially the entire length of the raceway. The divider extends in the direction between the top and bottom walls of the raceway. The raceway is comprised of a rear module of the raceway and the next module outward is a front module completing the preceding module passages. A cover over the front module passage completes that passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Mono-Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Jordan Handler
  • Patent number: 8183461
    Abstract: A raceway bridge assembly is provided for carrying wires or cables over an intersecting raceway or other object without interfering with the intersecting raceway. The raceway bridge assembly includes a pair of opposing bridge fittings and a connecting raceway section extending between the raceway fittings. The bridge fittings have a first open end lying in a first plane and a second open end lying in a second plane spaced above said first open end. The bridge fittings have side walls that are coupled to a cover of a raceway section. A top wall is removably coupled to an upper edge of the sidewalls of the bridge fitting and is coupled to the connecting raceway section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventor: Stephen R. Ewer
  • Patent number: 8178795
    Abstract: A new and improved method is provided for repairing or retrofitting cable management apparatus used in raised flooring systems constructed to deliver a source of building air, or HVAC, while managing cables passing through an access port constructed in the raised flooring structure without jeopardizing the underfloor plenum air delivery systems. A raised floor grommet assembly provides a grommet locking mechanism defining an assembly retention system that lockingly engages and removeably disengages a first section and a second section of the grommet assembly, and an access port locking mechanism that lockingly engages and removeably disengages an access port constructed in the raised flooring structure. The unique grommet assembly provides an efficient and effective method and apparatus designed for retrofitting cable management systems and accommodates system upgrades, workstation relocation, and HVAC management.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Custom Plastic Distributors, Inc.
    Inventor: Daniel Roy
  • Patent number: 8178781
    Abstract: An enclosure apparatus for protecting cable trays, electrical cables, pipes and/or includes other control equipment. The enclosure apparatus includes one or more linear sections and/or elbow or corner sections. The sections are configured to be joined together to form longer sections or transition sections. Each of the sections includes a protective outer layer that is fire resistant and/or blast resistant. According to an embodiment, one or more the sections includes a panel or re-enterable section that can be removed for accessing the interior of the enclosure, for example, the cables, pipes or control equipment, or for assembling the sections around an existing cable installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Inventor: William Christopher Duffy
  • Patent number: 8177582
    Abstract: Managing impedance in coaxial cable termination. In one example embodiment, a method for terminating a coaxial cable is provided. The coaxial cable includes an inner conductor, an insulating layer surrounding the inner conductor, an outer conductor surrounding the insulating layer, and a jacket surrounding the outer conductor. The method includes various acts. First, a section of the insulating layer is cored out. Next, the diameter of the inner conductor that is positioned within the cored-out section is reduced. Then, at least a portion of an internal connector structure is inserted into the cored-out section so as to surround the section of reduced-diameter inner conductor. Finally, an external connector structure is affixed to the internal connector structure. A coaxial cable termination tool for use in the termination of a coaxial cable and a terminated coaxial cable are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeremy Amidon
  • Patent number: 8153897
    Abstract: A harness routing structure includes: a supporting portion; a link pivotally supported by the supporting portion; and a harness protector provided on the supporting portion. The harness protector includes a harness guide portion for guiding to lead a wire harness thereto, a harness guide path, successive to the harness guide portion, along which the wire harness is routed, and a harness accommodating portion, successive to the harness guide path, for accommodating the wire harness bendably. The wire harness is led from the link to the harness protector to be routed in the harness protector. An excess length of the wire harness is absorbed into the harness accommodating portion in conjunction with rotation of the link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Masataka Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 8153896
    Abstract: An electrical-wire support structure (30) is disposed at a rotary connection portion of a device and connects first and second portions (11, 12) of the device. The second portion being rotatable about at least two rotational axes. The electrical-wire support structure includes frame members having a through-hole (36, 43) through which an electrical wire (51) may pass, and the through-hole (36, 43) is positioned on one of the rotational axes. An electrical wire (51) has first and second opposite ends. The first end is configured to be disposed on the first portion (11) and the second end is configured to be disposed on the second portion (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Atsushi Kawai, Yoshikazu Ito
  • Patent number: 8148638
    Abstract: A cord accommodation member is able to easily accommodate a connecting cord for a thin TV and video equipment in a hidden place under a glass shelf, having a hard-to-fall-off structure, and can be cut in the desired size for each type in order to cope with the development of various types different in lateral width, without need of raising the die every type, and its manufacturing method. The cord accommodation member comprises a cord accommodating portion for accommodating a connecting cord, a fixing arm for fixing the cord accommodating portion, which is attached to a glass shelf of a TV stand for mounting a television and video equipment, and a fixing rubber for increasing the fixing force for the glass shelf and the fixing arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Yuusuke Morita
  • Publication number: 20120073854
    Abstract: A device adapted to be for inserted into a conduit includes a first fabric material having a high tensile strength and a second fabric material having a low coefficient of friction. The materials are attached to each other to form an innerduct. A third fabric material of a low coefficient of friction may be attached to the first material to provide an innerduct whose outer surfaces present a low coefficient of friction. An innerduct or pull tape may also be formed by strands having an inner core of a high tensile strength and an outer sheath having a low coefficient of friction. The strands may be woven together to form the innerduct or pull tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventor: Jerry L. ALLEN
  • Patent number: 8138419
    Abstract: A vertical cable manager includes a base, an interconnected double-spine assembly topped by a top frame, and a pair of doors. The double-spine assembly is supported by the base. Each door is removably coupled at each lower corner to the base and at each upper corner to the top frame, thus permitting each door to be opened or hinged along either of its lateral sides or removed entirely. The double-spine assembly may support selectively repositionable mounting members, which may in turn support a large cable spool, a selectively repositionable shelf-mounted handle spool assembly, and various other cable management accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Arturo Garza, Daniel Alaniz, D. Brian Donowho, James I. Lawrence, Joshua James Young, Wayne Arnold Zahlit, Hillman Lee Bailey, Lawrence Randolph Gravell
  • Patent number: 8129634
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a conduit connector can comprise: a body comprising a box engagement region capable of engaging an opening in an enclosure and a spring configured to engage the connector and the enclosure. The box engagement region can have a root surface, a leading tab, and a follower tab wherein the root surface and leading tab can be located between a leading edge and a secondary edge. A leading tab perimeter edge and a follower tab perimeter edge define a tab perimeter diameter that is larger than an opening in the enclosure. When the leading tab is inserted into the enclosure the spring can be disposed to engage the secondary edge and the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Sigma Electric Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Robert K. Sheehan, Vinayak Manohar Chavan
  • Patent number: 8124887
    Abstract: Locking hooks 26a are engaged with and locked into locking hook engaging frames 26b, the locking hooks 26a being provided in a lower end portion on both sides in a width direction of a lid 12, the locking hook engaging frames 26b being provided in an upper end portion on both sides in the width direction of a protector main body 11. The lid 12 has a portion having one of cross-sectionally arcuate, inverted V, and trapezoidal shapes. The lid 12 having one of the shapes is provided with one of the locking hooks 26a on a first side of the lower end portion in the width direction, and a projection 28 having a narrow width on an opposing second side of the lower end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Suzuki