Grooves Or Channels Patents (Class 174/97)
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Patent number: 11889639Abstract: A circuit board cover having a housing having a first surface, a perimeter edge, a housing cavity partially defined by the first surface and the perimeter edge, a skirt extending from the perimeter edge away from the first surface in a first direction to partially define the housing cavity, and a plurality of ports disposed on the first surface. The housing cavity can be operable to house a printed circuit board. Each of the plurality of ports can include (i) a sidewall extending away from the first surface in a second direction opposite to the first direction, (ii) a port cavity partially defined by the sidewall, and (iii) one or more terminals disposed at least partially within the port cavity.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: Peterson Manufacturing CompanyInventors: David S. Armacost, Cory D. Adams
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Patent number: 11489320Abstract: A cord protector comprising at least one elongated body and at least one coupler. The elongated body has a base and a lid, and has a cavity in each of the first end and second end of the elongated body. The base has a channel extending between the first end and the second end in which a cord may rest. The channel may have one or more ridges. The lid is configured to insert into and cover the channel, and may have one or more grooves sized and shaped to receive a ridge. The coupler has a leading end and a trailing end. The leading end is sized and shaped to mate with the cavity of the first end and the trailing end is sized and shaped to mate with the cavity of the second end. Multiple elongated bodies can be coupled together through the use of the couplers.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Inventors: Jeffrey P. Baldwin, John E. Klein
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Patent number: 11388836Abstract: An apparatus may include a plastic frame; a plurality of mounting features coupled to the plastic frame such that the plastic frame is configured to maintain the plurality of mounting features in a desired orientation, wherein the plurality of mounting features, when in the desired orientation, are operable to receive and retain information handling systems; and a base coupled to the plastic frame and disposed below the plastic frame along a central vertical axis of the apparatus that is defined by the orientation of the plurality of mounting features.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Dell Products L.P.Inventors: James Don Curlee, Steven Embleton, Joshua Scott Keup, Ben John Sy
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Patent number: 11128113Abstract: A connection device connects mesh cable trays and mesh cable tray section. The trays include longitudinal and transverse rods joined together. The connection device includes two side parts connected by a central connection section. The central connection section includes an intermediate section and two grooved sections. Each grooved section is disposed on one side of the intermediate section. The height of the central connection piece is greater than the distance between two consecutive longitudinal rods of the cable. The central connection piece has s recess for housing a longitudinal rod of the cable tray. One grooved section has an outer side surface with a wedge-shaped upper section, a central section wherefrom a connection device side part projects laterally, and a lower section below the recess housing the longitudinal rod. The other grooved section projects laterally from the other side part, connecting the side part and the other grooved section.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: PEMSA CABLE MANAGEMENT, S.A.Inventors: Juan José Martínez Ramos, Carlos Domínguez Rodríguez
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Patent number: 10939576Abstract: A power connector includes a housing holding first and second power contacts. The housing has first and second rails defining a slot receiving a power rail. The housing has an upper contact channel in an upper wall and a lower contact channel in a lower wall receiving the power contacts. The power contacts each have a base and deflectable spring beams extending into the slot and being exposed at the slot for slidable electrical connection to a first power rail contact of the power rail on an upper surface the power rail and a second power rail contact of the power rail on a lower surface the power rail.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATIONInventor: Michael James Horning
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Patent number: 10644487Abstract: In various implementations, a raceway may include a housing with walls and arms extending from the housing. A cavity may be disposed in the housing and cables may reside in the cavity, during use. The cables may provide connectivity to receptacles of the raceway and thus a variety of devices. A cover may be utilized with the housing to facilitate access to the cables in the cavity of the housing. In some implementations, the cover may be retained by flexible arms of the housing. The raceway may be configured to receive wire clips to retain cables and/or conduit disposed in a cavity of the raceway.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: Legrand ConnectracInventor: Clinton Strong
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Patent number: 10601208Abstract: A cable tray includes first and second opposite tray walls and at least one divider arrangement between the tray walls. The divider arrangement includes first and second divider walls joined to each other with a cooling volume between them. A first cable channel is defined between the first tray wall and the first divider wall. A second cable channel is spaced from the first cable channel by the cooling volume and is defined between the second divider wall and at least one of the second tray wall or an additional divider wall. The tray can be used in methods of laying cable. The tray can be part of a ladder rack.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 24, 2020Assignee: CommScope, Inc. of North CarolinaInventor: Wayne C. Hopkinson
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Patent number: 10433443Abstract: A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus is supplied with electrical power through an electrode panel that includes electrodes and a plate that has at least one transparency. The display apparatus is supplied with an external power through an electrode unit configured to be combined with a rear cover of the display apparatus and have a transparency.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Jeong-il Kang
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Patent number: 10381774Abstract: A support is configured to be attached to and supported by a surface and to a channel running from the first end to the opposing second end of the support. The support carries a first magnetic electrical connector in a first end of the channel and a second magnetic electrical connector, wired to the first, in the opposing, second end of the channel. The first magnetic electrical connector is in electrical connection with the second magnetic electrical connector via at least one electrical conductor. An electrical current applied to the first magnetic electrical connector is conveyed by that electrical conductor to the second magnetic electrical connector. Wiring is directed through holed in the support to access points in the outer surface of the support where the user may access electrical current for operating appliances, charging batteries, and passing digital information. The supports may be decorative molding such as baseboards, crown molding, and chair rails.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Christmas Northeast, Inc.Inventors: Anthony Krize, Matthew Ryder, James W. Gibboney, Jr.
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Patent number: 10106935Abstract: A timber access mat having an electrical grounding feature includes an electrically conductive cover layer that is removably carried over the top of the body of the timber access mat. The electrically conductive cover layer can be formed from one or more sheets of expanded metal such as expanded steel. The layer is joined to a perimeter frame that includes offset connector tabs that allow mats to be positioned side-by-side. The connector tabs are paired with cable guides to protect the cable leads that connect the mats. The perimeter frame and conductive cover layer can be added to traditional timber access mats when electrical grounding is required and then removed and stored when not required.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2018Date of Patent: October 23, 2018Assignee: EDK Innovations, LLCInventor: Erik D. Klein
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Patent number: 10011959Abstract: A timber access mat having an electrical grounding feature includes an electrically conductive cover layer that is removably carried over the top of the body of the timber access mat. The electrically conductive cover layer can be formed from one or more sheets of expanded metal such as expanded steel. The layer is joined to a perimeter frame that includes offset connector tabs that allow mats to be positioned side-by-side. The connector tabs are paired with cable guides to protect the cable leads that connect the mats. The perimeter frame and conductive cover layer can be added to traditional timber access mats when electrical grounding is required and then removed and stored when not required.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2016Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: EDK Innovations, LLCInventor: Erik D. Klein
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Patent number: 9714514Abstract: The invention relates to a lighted rail for a false wall with a stretched canvas comprising a first wing for securing the rail onto a wall, a first channel so arranged as to enable the canvas to be hung and a second channel provided between the first channel and the first wing, and wherein lighting elements are mounted, characterized in that said rail comprises a cover partially closing the second channel, with said cover being so arranged as to extend under the lighting elements secured on a wall laterally delimiting the first and second channels with respect to each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2015Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: NORMALUInventor: Jean-Marc Scherrer
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Patent number: 9618141Abstract: Provided is an assembly of a cable and a cable support apparatus capable of suppressing vibrations and noise while saving a cable wiring space. The assembly of a cable and a cable support apparatus includes: at least one cable wired in an approximately U-shape and having one end repeatedly move with respect to the other end; and a cable support apparatus extending along the cable and curved in the approximately U-shape to support the cable, in which the cable support apparatus includes a cable support member including a plurality of piece members articulated along a length direction of the cable and a plurality of bar-shaped cable holding member mounted on at least some of the plurality of piece members to regulate the cable and the cable is disposed on an outer circumferential side at a curved portion having the approximately U-shape with respect to the cable holding member to protrude more outwardly than the cable support apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2014Date of Patent: April 11, 2017Assignee: Junkosha, Inc.Inventor: Hiroshi Takeuchi
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Patent number: 8993887Abstract: The invention relates to a twisted pair cable and connector combination comprising a cable having a plurality of twisted pairs, each twisted pair comprising a first conductor and a second conductor, an electrical connector having an electrical connection element for each conductor of the cable and a window through which the conductors of the cable enter the connector, wherein each conductor in the cable is electrically coupled to a one of the electrical connection elements in the electrical connector, and a guide element disposed adjacent the window for guiding the twisted pairs into the connector, the guide element having a distal end and a proximal end and a length there between, the guide element curved over the length and including at least one channel running along the length of the guide element body for each twisted pair, the guide element gradually transitioning over the length from a first cross sectional shape wherein said channels are disposed in a pattern relative to each other corresponding to thType: GrantFiled: June 3, 2010Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Assignee: L-COM, Inc.Inventors: Douglas Francis Parham, Jr., Zbigniew Woronko, David Andrew Gallagher
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Patent number: 8987601Abstract: A plurality of wires are prevented from being damaged from contact with an edge of an end portion of a shield pipe through which the wires are inserted. A shield pipe through which a wire harness including a plurality of wires routed in a hybrid automobile or an electric automobile has partition walls separating the plurality of inserted wires one by one and projecting continuously in an axis direction of the pipe from an inner surface of a peripheral wall of a pipe main body. The partition walls corresponding to the number of wires inserted through the shield pipe are provided radially in a cross section. Each of the partition walls has at least one bending portion extending in the axis direction of the pipe.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2011Date of Patent: March 24, 2015Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Kouki Shiga, Hidetoshi Sugino
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Patent number: 8807935Abstract: A wire arrangement mechanism including a guiding slot and an arranging slot is formed on a fan frame. The guiding slot includes a bottom wall and two holding walls extending therefrom. The arranging slot is defined by an outer frame and a confining portion connected thereto. The arranging slot is staggered from and communicated with the guiding slot.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2006Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.Inventors: Xue-Wei Chu, Heng-Guo Yang, Yung-Ping Lin
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Patent number: 8791363Abstract: An exemplary ramp structure capable of being positioned over at least a portion of a cable protection system comprises first and second center portions, a first side ramp portion adjacent a side of each center portion, and a first tapered portion adjacent an end of the first side ramp portion. The first tapered portion may be tapered in at least two different directions that are substantially orthogonal to each other.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2012Date of Patent: July 29, 2014Assignee: Checkers Industrial Products, LLCInventor: Thomas M. Lubanski
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Publication number: 20140090867Abstract: A cable routing device is provided for mounting and managing cables to telecommunications equipment. The cable routing device includes a support body with a plurality of cable channels defining a curved shape. A cable securing device secures the cables to the support body. The cable routing device can be mounted to the equipment after securement of the cables to the cable routing device. A variety of cable securing devices is provided including separate clips, hinged clips, and straps. Trunk cables can be mounted to the equipment, with cable breakouts extending into the equipment. The trunk cables transition from a vertical direction to a horizontal direction for entry into the equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: April 3, 2014Applicant: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: SEAN PATRICK KELLY, Jeffrey Dean Shipe
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Publication number: 20140020927Abstract: A cable protector includes a base member, at least one channel, and a lid. The at least one channel extends between opposing first and second ends of the base member and is structured to house at least one cable. The lid is mounted to the base member to cover the at least one channel and is releasably secured to the base member with at least one snap-fit connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: CHECKERS INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS, LLCInventors: Daniel Coffman, Greg Widgery
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Patent number: 8624120Abstract: A two-side cable-arrangement structure is disclosed. The two-side cable-arrangement structure includes a plate, a first cable-arrangement structure, and a second cable-arrangement structure. The first cable-arrangement structure and the second cable-arrangement structure are respectively disposed on two sides of the plate. A cable is fixed on the two sides of the plate by the first cable-arrangement structure and the second cable-arrangement structure simultaneously. Thereby, the cable is constrained at both the direction vertical toward the plate and the direction vertical away from the plate, and the fixed cable is not easy to move by pulling. It solves the difficulty of fixing a cable completely by a conventional single-side cable-arrangement structure in the prior art.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2010Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: HannStar Display Corp.Inventor: Yu-Chang Hong
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Patent number: 8616864Abstract: An axial flow fan provided herein allows for a wide range of selection for placement of the fan and wiring of the lead wires.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2009Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Sanyo Denki Co., Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki Nakamura, Masahiro Koike, Naoya Inada
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Patent number: 8593829Abstract: A cable management apparatus includes a securing board and a cable management tray. The securing board includes three clipping pieces located along a straight line. A clasping portion extends from the securing board and includes a connecting flange and a clasping flange. The connecting flange is substantially perpendicular to the clasping flange and the securing board. The cable management tray defines a first receiving space for receiving a first cable and a second receiving space for receiving a second cable. The cable management tray includes two handles and three securing tabs. The two handles are elastic and engaged with the clasping flange, for preventing the cable management tray from moving along a direction substantially parallel to the securing board. The three securing tabs are engaged with the three clipping pieces, for preventing the cable management tray from moving along a direction substantially perpendicular to the securing board.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2011Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Zhan-Yang Li
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Patent number: 8586868Abstract: A cable has a conductor keeper, multiple bare conductors, a dielectric tape, a plastic jacket and two copper cylinders. The conductor keeper has multiple grooves. Each bare conductor is mounted in a corresponding groove of the conductor keeper and has a first end and a second end. The first end and second end of the bare conductor protrude out of the conductor keeper respectively so as to form two spaces. The dielectric tape is wrapped around the conductor keeper. The plastic jacket is coated around the dielectric tape. Two copper cylinders are mounted in the spaces of the bare conductors respectively to make the bare conductors surround the copper cylinders and the bare conductors connect to each other in parallel. Therefore, the skin effect is minimized and the bare conductors are efficient in that power consumption and emission of carbon dioxide during copper-smelting are significantly reduced.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2011Date of Patent: November 19, 2013Inventors: Li-Wen Liu, Wei-Jen Liu
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Patent number: 8519268Abstract: Within a coaxial line, the supporting rings are injection-molded directly onto the inner conductor using synthetic-material injection technology. Furthermore, a circumferential gluing groove, by means of which the supporting ring is glued in the outer conductor through the introduction of glue, is formed on the outer circumference of the supporting ring.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2009Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Markus Leipold, Werner Perndl
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Patent number: 8420942Abstract: A device for cable management having a first component and a second component. Each of the first and second components have a generally flat elongate sheet having longitudinal parallel edges which provide complementary inter-engaging of the first and second components. The width of the second component is greater than that of the first component such that when the edges of the second component are engaged with those of the first component, the second component adopts a curved profile.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: AVF Group Ltd.Inventor: Mark Short
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Patent number: 8288652Abstract: An exemplary ramp structure capable of being positioned over at least a portion of a cable protection system comprises first and second center portions, a first side ramp portion adjacent a side of each center portion, and a first tapered portion adjacent an end of the first side ramp portion. The first tapered portion may be tapered in at least two different directions that are substantially orthogonal to each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Checkers Industrial Products, LLCInventor: Thomas M. Lubanski
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Patent number: 8273989Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: February 1, 2010Date of Patent: September 25, 2012Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.Inventors: Jose Arturo Garza, Daniel Alaniz, D. Brian Donowho, Joshua James Young, Wayne Arnold Zahlit
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Patent number: 8252683Abstract: Provided are a three-dimensional (3D) interconnection structure and a method of manufacturing the same. The 3D interconnection structure includes a wafer that has one side of an inverted V-shape whose middle portion is convex and a lower surface having a U-shaped groove for mounting a circuit, and a first electrode formed to cover a part of the inverted V-shaped one side of the wafer and a part of the U-shaped groove.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventor: Kwon-Seob Lim
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Patent number: 8253022Abstract: A suspension tray is provided that is adapted to hold a plurality of cables and/or wires that includes a device for electrically bonding and grounding the tray. The tray includes a series of spokes forming a wire mesh support on which the cables and/or wires are placed. The device (which serves to electrically bond and ground the tray) includes a plurality of conductive elements affixed to the wire mesh support. Each conductive element may include two side portions and a middle portion. The two side portions are preferably sealed with a paint composition and the middle portion includes a conductive surface that is capable of electrically bonding and grounding the tray.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2009Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Cablofil, Inc.Inventors: Robert Crain, Dallas Kellerman
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Patent number: 8242366Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 15, 2010Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsunobu Katou, Hiroshi Yamashita, Tomoaki Nishimura, Motonari Inagaki
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Patent number: 8237053Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 15, 2010Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsunobu Katou, Tomoaki Nishimura, Motonari Inagaki
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Patent number: 8227693Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 15, 2010Date of Patent: July 24, 2012Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Aisin Seiki Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Mitsunobu Katou, Tomoaki Nishimura, Motonari Inagaki
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Patent number: 8188368Abstract: A protector for a wire harness has a U-shaped main body casing for receiving a wire harness and a lid for closing an opening in the main body casing. The main body casing has opposite longitudinal ends with inlet and outlet portions for passing the wire harness. The inlet and outlet portions define tape-supports to be secured to the wire harness by tape-wrapping. A tape-support also is provided on a longitudinal end of the lid at a side of at least one of the inlet and outlet portions. The tape-support of the lid is slanted to contact an outer surface of the wire harness. The wire harness is disposed between the tape-supports of the lid and the main body casing. A tape is wound around the tape-supports of the main body casing and the lid to secure these portions to the wire harness.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Takashi Suzuki
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Patent number: 8183460Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 10, 2009Date of Patent: May 22, 2012Inventor: James Williams
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Patent number: 8143521Abstract: A cable trough and system for routing and managing cables associated with equipment that has first cable ports at a first side of the equipment and second cable ports at a second side of the equipment. The trough includes an elongated trough body having a ported side wall constructed to mount at either one of the first and the second sides of the equipment. The ported side wall of the body has one or more first trough cable ports each located and dimensioned to align or interface with a different one of the first equipment cable ports when the ported side wall is mounted at the first side of the equipment, and one or more second trough cable ports each located and dimensioned to align with a different one of the second equipment cable ports when the ported side wall is mounted at the second side of the equipment.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2010Date of Patent: March 27, 2012Assignee: OFS Fitel, LLCInventors: Denis E. Burek, Willard C. White, III
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Patent number: 8119914Abstract: A cable protector may comprise an at least partially transparent base member, at least one channel extending between opposing ends of the base member and structured to house at least one cable, and an indicia member positioned within the base member so as to be visible through at least a portion of the base member. The indicia member may comprise advertising indicia, indicia that indicates at least a product name of the cable protector, and/or indicia that indicates a manufacturer of the cable protector.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2008Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Checkers Industrial Products, LLCInventor: Thomas M. Lubanski
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Patent number: 8119913Abstract: A first coupling of a first protector includes a U-shaped inner wall section and a cover. The inner wall section has an inner bottom wall and opposed inner side walls. The cover extends from outer surfaces of the inner bottom wall and opposed inner side walls of the inner wall section to a distal end opening in the first coupling. The cover is open at a distal end. A second coupling of a second protector includes a bottom wall and opposed side walls that are inserted through the distal end opening into a clearance defined between the inner wall section and the cover of the first protector. The first and second couplings of the first and second protectors are connected together so that the second coupling of the second protector is caught between the inner wall and the cover of the first coupling of the first protector.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2007Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Masaaki Sonotsu
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Patent number: 8106311Abstract: A patch panel rack including a front face and an opening formed in the front face configured and dimensioned to receive and accommodate for mounting with respect to the patch panel rack at least one patch panel, further includes a waterfall member connected to the front face of the patch panel rack, the waterfall member including a horizontally extending surface positioned in front of the front face just below the opening formed therein, and at least one curved drop-off portion positioned adjacent the horizontally extending surface and sized, shaped, oriented, and configured to permit electrical cables extending vertically upward from electrical equipment disposed beneath the waterfall member to the patch panel mounted above the waterfall member to maintain a desired bend radius. The patch panel rack may be mounted to a cable management pathway substantially above a telecommunications cabinet to allow cables passing therebetween to maintain a desired bend radius.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2009Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Assignee: Ortronics, Inc.Inventors: Lars R. Larsen, Stewart A. Levesque
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Patent number: 8097808Abstract: A device for a wire cable duct (18) has a profiled part having a first wing (2), termed horizontal wing, and at least one second wing (4), termed vertical wing, extending substantially perpendicularly to the first wing on one side thereof. The device includes: at least one longitudinal housing (6) intended to receive a warp wire (20) formed on the lower face (10) of the horizontal wing, that is to say the face opposed to the second wing; transverse cutouts (8), formed with a predetermined pitch corresponding to the pitch of the transverse weft wires (22), all along the horizontal wing (2), the transverse cutouts (8) extending over the whole width of the horizontal wing and continuing into the region of the vertical wings (4); and at least one tongue (12) extending longitudinally from a transverse edge (14) of each cutout (8) over part of the width of the cutout.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2007Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignee: I.C.M. GroupInventors: Stephane Quertelet, James Deciry
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Patent number: 8062734Abstract: Disclosed is an article comprising a layer of nonconductive polymeric material comprising a plurality of integral polymer conduit channels containing a substantially transparent conductive material.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2003Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: Eastman Kodak CompanyInventors: Cheryl J. Kaminsky, Robert P. Bourdelais, Debasis Majumdar
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Patent number: 8058555Abstract: A divider for keeping current-carrying conductors separated transversely in raceways, such as walker ducts and cable trays, in which multiple conductors extend, in order that air can flow around the conductors and cool the conductors. The divider is mounted in the raceway to form passages through which some of the conductors can extend spaced from other conductors. Two separators are mounted together and preferably mounted to the raceway sidewall, forming at least a base passage between the separator and the sidewall of the raceway, and an elevated passage between the walls of the separators.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2009Date of Patent: November 15, 2011Assignee: CVC Limited 1 LLCInventor: Carl V. Cardi
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Patent number: 8016556Abstract: A centrifugal fan includes a motor having an impeller and a housing for accommodating the motor. The housing has a sidewall surrounding an outer circumference of the impeller. An air inlet is formed in the housing and opposed to a center portion of the impeller. An air outlet is formed in the sidewall of the housing and opposed to an outer surface of the impeller. The housing includes a housing body and a housing cover. The housing body has a bottom with the motor secured thereon. The housing cover, formed by a pressed metal member, has an upper part and a cover sidewall extending from the upper part toward the bottom of the housing body and forming at least a part of the sidewall of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2007Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Nidec CorporationInventors: Hiroyoshi Teshima, Kazumi Takeshita, Hideaki Konishi, Kiyoto Ida, Tsukasa Takaoka
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Patent number: 7964796Abstract: In a protector, made of resin molding, through which a group of electric wires is penetrated, a branch-wire branching portion is projected slantly from a trough-shaped protector body along a direction in which the branch wires are wired, and the branch-wire branching portion has a bottom wall and one side wall and is sectionally L-shaped, and an auxiliary wall for tape-winding use is projected from an outer surface of the one side wall of the branch-wire branching portion with the auxiliary wall for tape-winding use forming an angle in a range of 90 degrees±20 degrees to the protector body. In the above-described construction, with branch wires inserted through the branch-wire branching portion, a tape is wound round peripheral surfaces of the branch wires, a peripheral surface of the branch-wire branching portion, and a periphery of the auxiliary wall for tape-winding use to fix the branch wires to the branch-wire branching portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2007Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventor: Takashi Suzuki
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Patent number: 7964804Abstract: Exterior raceway system includes one or more elongated base members and associated cover members for concealing and protecting one or more cables against the weather when mounted on an exterior wall structure of a building. The cover members are removably attachable to the base members to facilitate mounting of the base members to the exterior wall structure and the attachment of one or more cables to the base member prior to attaching the cover members to the respective base members.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2008Date of Patent: June 21, 2011Assignee: Multilink, Inc.Inventor: Steven E. Kaplan
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Patent number: 7952027Abstract: A device for managing a plurality of cables in a multi-cable environment includes a stationary member having a plurality of stationary channel portions. At least one movable member is movably secured to the stationary member. The at least one movable member has a plurality of movable channel portions corresponding in number and general configuration to the plurality of stationary channel portions. A plurality of indicia-bearing areas are provided, corresponding in number, and adjacent, to the plurality of stationary channel portions. The at least one moveable member is moveable between a cable placement position in which cables can be placed in the respective stationary channel portions, and a cable retaining position in which the cables are secured in channels formed by the cooperation of the stationary channel portions and the movable channel portions.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2008Date of Patent: May 31, 2011Inventor: Brian Grelck
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Patent number: 7943851Abstract: A cable protector may include a base member, at least one channel extending between opposing ends of the base member and structured to house at least one cable, and at least one indicia member positioned on the cable protector so as to be visible. The indicia member includes a photoluminescent portion. The cable protector may also include at least one side ramp removably attached to the base member, wherein at least one photoluminescent indicia member is positioned on the at least one side ramp. The photoluminescent portion of the indicia member may define a symbol, text, or strip.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2009Date of Patent: May 17, 2011Assignee: Peterson Systems International, Inc.Inventor: Thomas M. Lubanski
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Patent number: 7939759Abstract: A cable protector includes a channel recessed into, and extending along the upper surface of a base. A number of dividers can be removably inserted into the channel from above to divide the channel into a plurality of tracks for carrying cables that can be inserted from above. Alternatively, a removable tray with a desired number of dividers can be placed as a unit in the channel, instead of inserting individual dividers. A lid covers the channel and dividers to provide a surface for traffic over the cable protector. Sets of complementary fasteners, such a tabs and keyed slots, can be employed to removably secure the dividers in the channel of the cable protector.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2008Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Inventor: Stephen K. Henry
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Patent number: 7910829Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 2, 2008Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Bell'O International Corp.Inventors: Steven J. Sculler, Steven R. Remy, Norman L. Barrigas
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Patent number: 7906728Abstract: A protector includes a main body and a cover, which are a pair of T-shaped semi-annular sections formed by halving a T-shaped cylindrical body, and thin hinges connecting the main body and the cover. A setting jig is provided with a main body receiver including a main body receiving recess as an upper surface opening having a cross-sectionally arcuate shape and with a pressing wall projecting upward from one side end of the main body receiving recess. The cover of the protector in an open state is hooked and placed on the pressing wall; the main body is positioned and set above the main body receiving recess; and the T-shaped branch section of the wire harness is inserted into the main body and set into the main body receiving recess. Thereby, the cover is pressed by the pressing wall to rotate toward the main body; and locking hooks provided on the main body engage with locked portions provided on the cover, thus locking and closing the main body and the cover.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2006Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.Inventors: Tsutomu Sakata, Gousei Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7906200Abstract: A composite circuit substrate structure includes a first dielectric layer, a second dielectric layer, a glass fiber structure, and a patterned circuit. The first dielectric layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The second dielectric layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer and entirely connected to the first surface. The glass fiber structure is distributed in the second dielectric layer. The patterned circuit is embedded in the first dielectric layer from the second surface, and the patterned circuit is not contacted with the glass fiber structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: Unimicron Technology Corp.Inventors: Tzyy-Jang Tseng, Chih-Peng Fan