With Ring Or Clamp Patents (Class 248/74.1)
  • Patent number: 11912215
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire harness main body that includes an electric wire and an exterior tube that covers an outer circumferential surface of the electric wire; a first path restrictor that is attached to an outer circumferential surface of the exterior tube and is configured to restrict a path of the wire harness main body; and an attachment that is attached to an outer circumferential surface of a portion of the first path restrictor in a lengthwise direction thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta Saito, Katsutoshi Izawa, Kosuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11916278
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a telecommunications structure. The telecommunications structure includes an antenna frame including a plurality of horizontal members and a plurality of vertical members mounted on the horizontal members, wherein one or more of the vertical members are formed of a fiber-reinforced polymer and at least one piece of telecommunications equipment mounted on one of the fiber-reinforced polymer vertical members. Assemblies including passive intermodulation reducing mechanical connections are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Matthew Severin, Jacob Adams, Brian Cross, Ronald A. Vaccaro, Aviral Joshi
  • Patent number: 11901714
    Abstract: A wiring member includes: a first wire like transmission member; a second wire like transmission member that is more easily bent and deformed than the first wire like transmission member; and a base member to which the first wire like transmission member and the second wire like transmission member are fixed, in which the first wire like transmission member is fixed to the base member through a plurality of first fixing parts, the second wire like transmission member is fixed to the base member through a plurality of second fixing parts, the plurality of first fixing parts are aligned at a first interval in a direction along the first wire like transmission member, and the plurality of second fixing parts are aligned at a second interval smaller than the first interval in a direction along the second wire like transmission member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kenta Arai, Daisuke Ebata, Ryusuke Kudo, Masaki Mizushita, Tetsuya Nishimura, Haruka Nakano
  • Patent number: 11894666
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a conduit or pipe retention assembly for a vehicle. A vehicle fluid conduit outer perimeter surface includes one or more protrusions mechanically printed on the outer perimeter surface of the conduit or pipe. A mounting clip is mounted to the fluid conduit adjacent to one of the protrusions. The mounting clip includes retention devices for attaching the conduit to a vehicular structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Cooper Standard Automotive, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis G. Kreft, Alex Grant
  • Patent number: 11873929
    Abstract: A routing clip assembly is configured to secure a tube to a structure. The assembly includes a clip having a main body, and at least one tube-retaining section is defined on a lateral side of the main body. The tube retaining section includes a channel adapted for receipt of the tube. The channel defines a channel axis and is configured to accommodate a variety of tube diameters. The channel includes at least two pairs of fingers, wherein each finger of a given pair connects to the body at a respective hinge on a side of the channel opposite the other finger of the pair. Further, each of the fingers has a distal end that extends generally toward the channel axis. The at least two pairs of fingers are configured to flex between a closed position and an open position to permit insertion of the tube into the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventor: Mark S. Hann
  • Patent number: 11824489
    Abstract: A clamp assembly configured to clamp a frame of a photovoltaic (PV) module, the clamp assembly including a first clamp portion shaped to receive an outside surface of the frame and a second clamp portion shaped to secure a flange of the frame between the second clamp portion and a portion of the first clamp portion, wherein the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion are mounted on a bolt. The clamp assembly further includes a stanchion having a first side and a second side, the first side and the second side including apertures through which the bolt is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Unirac Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Basarich, Chris Kauffman, Nathan Schuit
  • Patent number: 11796104
    Abstract: A combined quick connector structure for fuel feed and return system may include a cover assembly; a lever mechanism along the inside walls of the fuel feed and fuel return openings of the cover assembly; a pawl and ratchet mechanism on either side of the cover assembly; a rib on either side of a connector assembly; the connector assembly with retainer elements for engine feed and engine return lines and fuel feed and return lines; actuator pads provided on the external and internal circumference of the openings of connector assembly; a locking mechanism on the inside circumference of the retainer elements for the fuel feed line and fuel return line; and a lever mechanism configured for hinging the cover assembly together with the connector assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Lakshmanaraj Gurupackiam, Raghavendra Prasanna Venkatesan
  • Patent number: 11772567
    Abstract: An improved modular vehicle accessory clamp for is disclosed. The clamp provides for gross and fine adjustment between the jaws to allow for differences in the width of vehicle roof rack cross bars. The clamp has a first body with a depending jaw and an extension portion and a second body portion also with a depending jaw and a receiving portion that receives the extension of the first body and allows for adjustment of the distance between the jaws. The clamp can be locked to the cross bar. Upper grooves in the clamp allow for easy attachment to vehicle accessories such as rooftop carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: The Eastern Company
    Inventor: Matthew Schroll
  • Patent number: 11745667
    Abstract: Equipment carriers include a carrier box and an equipment holder that can be disposed on a vehicle and can be configured to store and transport equipment, such as fishing equipment. The carrier box can include a bottom portion and a lid portion, each defining a compartment within the carrier box. A clamp can be disposed in the carrier box and configured to secure equipment that extends through the carrier box. The clamp can comprise a securement latch to secure the equipment within the carrier box. The equipment holder can include notches configured to receive equipment that extends through the equipment holder and a lid portion configured to secure the equipment in the notches. The carrier box and equipment holder can be spaced apart from one another on a vehicle such that equipment extends between and is secured by both the equipment holder and the clamp disposed in the carrier box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Thule, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Viklund, Edmund Farmer, Andrew Reed, James Sener, Garrett Fink
  • Patent number: 11732562
    Abstract: The present invention relates to clamping devices that connect to a fracking tool body and associated attached flow lines and the method of use thereof. More particularly, the present invention relates to clamping devices that connect to and stabilize a fracking tool body and associated attached flow lines that aid in locating and supporting the inlet connection allowing it to be closer to the rig floor, and consequently, making it safer to install the rest of the rig flow lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Gulfstream Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Justin Sorensen, Joey Naquin, Jeffrey J. Arcement, Brian Bordelon
  • Patent number: 11732737
    Abstract: A mounting bracket for securing a pneumatic hose or electrical wire harness to a vehicle frame portion. The bracket comprises first and second opposing jaw members configured movable in a direction against each other to clamp onto the vehicle frame portion, tightening means for forcing the first jaw member against the second jaw member to secure the mounting bracket to the vehicle frame portion, and at least one supporting member for supporting the pneumatic hose or electrical wire harness, wherein the first and second opposing jaw members are integrally formed and connected via a resilient bending portion, whereby the tightening means force the first jaw member against the second jaw member by bending the resilient bending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventor: Umesh Basavaraj Hamasagar
  • Patent number: 11698151
    Abstract: Various methods and systems are provided for a hose hanger apparatus comprising an attachment clip, an elastic support connected to the attachment clip, a carabiner assembly connector connected to the elastic support, and a carabiner assembly connected to the carabiner assembly connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Stephen Hankinson, Joe Steltzer
  • Patent number: 11692664
    Abstract: A pipe insulation coupling for supporting a pipe and for coupling adjacent ends of pipe insulation tubing is disclosed. The pipe insulation coupling comprises an outer tube wall, a planar interior wall and a sealing mechanism. The outer tube wall extends along a longitudinal axis. The outer tube wall is split longitudinally from a first end thereof to a second end thereof to define a first body portion and a second body portion. The planar interior wall extends inwardly from the outer tube wall transverse to the longitudinal axis. The planar interior wall includes a center bore for receiving the pipe. The planar interior wall provides an abutment for the adjacent ends of the pipe insulation tubing. The sealing mechanism extends longitudinally between the first and second ends of the outer tube wall for securing the first and second body portions together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: ZSI, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Dodge, Mark Schwager
  • Patent number: 11686409
    Abstract: A cable hanger includes: a generally flat base; and first and second opposed arms extending in a first direction from the base; wherein hooks are positioned on free ends of the arms; wherein each of the free ends of the arms has an arcuate cross-section; wherein the arms form a gap configured to receive and grasp a cable; and wherein the cable hanger is a unitary member formed of a polymeric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Ronald A. Vaccaro
  • Patent number: 11677220
    Abstract: A cable cleat assembly used to secure cables to a wire basket for cable management. The cable cleat assembly includes a base plate that receives the cables and a stainless steel strap that maintains the cables on the base plate. The stainless steel strap has a first end member and a second end member. The stainless strap is positioned over the cables on the base plate with the first end member and the second end member wrapped under the base plate. Clamp bars are positioned within the first end member and the second end member. Fasteners extend through the clamp bars, the first end member, and the second end member to secure the cable cleat assembly to the wire basket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventor: Russell K. Morrow
  • Patent number: 11643854
    Abstract: A vehicle handle device configured to operate a door lock device by transmitting an operation force of an operator via a cable device, the vehicle handle device includes an operation member configured to apply the operation force to the cable device by operation of the operator, and a handle case configured to accommodate the operation member. The handle case includes a cable fixing base portion in which the cable device is configured to be disposed, a cap portion configured to fix the cable device to the cable fixing base portion, and a hinge portion which is provided on the cable fixing base portion and the cap portion and is configured to rotate the cap portion relative to the cable fixing base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: ALPHA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Lan Kin
  • Patent number: 11638478
    Abstract: A cable management system for a worktop has a cable support and at least one support mechanism comprising a base body, a first lever and a second lever. The base body is elongated between first and second ends along a major axis and includes respective pivot and fixation points for the first and second levers. The first lever is at a proximal end pivotally supported in the first pivot point, comprises at least a first retaining portion for receiving the cable support, and is fixable at the first fixation point. The second lever is at a proximal end pivotally supportable in the second pivot point, comprises at least one second retaining portion for receiving the cable support, and is fixable at the second fixation point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: YAASA GmbH
    Inventor: Stephan Egger
  • Patent number: 11623698
    Abstract: An apparatus and method, according to an exemplary aspect includes, among other things, a bracket system having a first portion fixed to a vehicle panel and a second portion that is moveable relative to the first portion for adjustment purposes. At least one first fastener holds the first and second portions together prior to assembly of the vehicle panel to a pillar. The at least one first fastener is loosened to adjust a position of the second portion relative to the pillar. At least one second fastener secures the second portion to the pillar subsequent to adjustment, and the at least one first fastener is tightened subsequent to adjustment to hold the vehicle panel in a desired position relative to the pillar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jack Marchlewski, Ted Victor Kolar, Ashley Ply
  • Patent number: 11551589
    Abstract: A cable hanger includes: a base panel having opposed ends; a pair of arms, each of the arms attached to a respective end of the base panel and having a free end; a pair of locking projections, each of the locking projections attached to a respective free end of the arms; and a pair of gripping members, each gripping member attached to a respective arm, each gripping member having opposed ends, wherein one of the ends of each gripping member is fixed to the arms and the other of the ends of each gripping member is fixed to the arm or to the base panel. The arms and locking projections are configured to spread apart to enable insertion of a cable between the arms, wherein the gripping projections engage and grip the cable, and wherein the locking projections are configured to be inserted into the aperture of the supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Ronald A. Vaccaro, Aviral Joshi, Taig S. Rajpal
  • Patent number: 11473343
    Abstract: A vehicle door includes an actuator for operating a latching mechanism. An actuator cable extends between the actuator and the latching mechanism. A cable housing slidably receives the actuator cable. The actuator cable is operable within the cable housing between extended and retracted positions. A cable bracket secures the cable housing to a frame member in a secured position. A clip assembly attaches to the cable housing and slidably engages the actuator cable upon operation of the actuator. The clip assembly engages the cable housing at a first side of the cable bracket and engages the actuator cable at a second side of the cable bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Constantin Manolescu
  • Patent number: 11458910
    Abstract: A wire harness unit includes a first electrical cable, a first tubular member that covers the first electrical cable, a rubber member that is attached to an outer circumferential surface of the first tubular member, a bracket that includes a first fixing portion supporting the first tubular member with the rubber member in between, and a fastening member that surrounds and fastens the rubber member and the first fixing portion. The first tubular member is made of a metal that contains a first metal as a major component. The bracket is made of a metal that contains a second metal, which is different from the first metal, as a major component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Seiya Tanji, Yuji Tanaka, Hiroki Yuasa, Isamu Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11464130
    Abstract: A cable management arm extension, comprising: a plate including apertures to allow for mounting a cable retainer; a first hinged section to connect to a first section of a cable management arm and to a first side of the plate; and a second hinged section to connect to a second section of a cable management arm and to a second of the plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
    Inventors: Daniel W. Tower, Kevin Bold
  • Patent number: 11447229
    Abstract: A transport element support system comprising a first portion, a second portion, and a channel formed by the first portion and the second portion. The first portion has a hinge pin and the second portion has a receiving element. The receiving element is configured to engage with the hinge pin to couple the first portion to the second portion. The channel is configured to receive a transport element when the first portion and the second portion are coupled to each other. The transport element support system electrically isolates the transport element from a support structure in an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael Leslie Gilbertson, Mark L. Carpenter
  • Patent number: 11440362
    Abstract: A universal mounting clamps system and method for mounting a variety of accessories upon structures having various square, rectangular, or rounded profiles and various ratios and sizes, such as vehicle trailer hitches or bumpers, beams, posts, tubes, and pipes. In an angled-profile-structure embodiment using an angled mounting-clamp unit, an accessory-mount bracket is placed over a corner of the structure and provides area for mounting accessories. A clamping bracket is placed over the diagonally opposite corner of the structure and is fastened to the accessory-mount bracket using a fastener positioner. In a rounded-profile-structure embodiment, a curved mounting-clamp unit is fastened to the structure through a fastener slot, a positioner leg is held in position against the structure, and an accessory-mount leg is held extended from the structure and provides an area for mounting accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventor: John Wesley Nicholson
  • Patent number: 11209103
    Abstract: A vertical pipe deployment system that includes a flexible pipe deployed vertically in a non-linear manner. A first clamp couples to and supports the flexible pipe. A second clamp couples to the flexible pipe. The second clamp laterally changes a direction of the flexible pipe as the flexible pipe descends vertically between the first clamp and the second clamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Trinity Bay Equipment Holdings, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew David Ethridge, David Michael Gregory, Mark Douglas Kalman
  • Patent number: 11168872
    Abstract: A clip for mounting a linear LED lamp to an overhead dropped ceiling grid or to a planar support surface. The mounting clip has a pair of spaced resilient fingers extending downwardly and defining an interior region between the fingers sized to receive a portion of the linear LED lamp heat sink. Each finger has an internally facing engagement portion comprising protrusions configured to interlock with one or more external ridges of the heat sink of a linear LED lamp to securely retain the linear LED lamp between the fingers. In one form, the mounting clip has upper tab portions configured to engage and connect to a horizontally extending ledge of a channel member of the overhead dropped ceiling grid. In another form, the mounting clip is adapted to be secured to a planar support by means of a mechanical fastener or magnetically.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventor: Michael W. May
  • Patent number: 11143239
    Abstract: A chain slider is designed as a cable management device, and includes an interchangeable insert system to adapt different size chain, cable wire rope, synthetic rope or line used in hoisting devices. The chain slider may be manufactured of plastic and injection molded to shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Mountain Productions, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Wesstrom, Richard A. Rose, III, Ronald Joseph Rose
  • Patent number: 11041681
    Abstract: A clamping system secures to at least one tube in a tube bundle of a heat exchanger in order to reduce vibration damage. The clamping system includes a first clamping component having a J-shape, a second clamping component having an L-shape, a configuration where the first arc around the tube plus the second arc around the tube is equal to at least 100 degrees; and a means for resisting movement of the clamping components. The first clamping component with a J-shape covers a first arc around the tube. The second clamping component with an L-shape covers a second arc opposite the first arc. One of the means for resisting movement includes a stake, a nut, and a bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventor: Amar S. Wanni
  • Patent number: 11035396
    Abstract: A tube locking device for a fire suppression system according to the present invention includes: a tube receiving module including opposite tube receiving parts facing each other, connection parts provided on sides of the tube receiving parts so as to connect the tube receiving parts, and rotation induction parts provided between the connection parts by protruding from the tube receiving parts; and a tube fastening module including a tunnel housing provided between the rotation induction parts, the tunnel housing being elastically fixed to the rotation induction parts while rotating relative to the rotation induction parts, a press part protruding from a first end part of the tunnel housing, and a handle part protruding from a second end part of the tunnel housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Inventor: Woon Taek Jung
  • Patent number: 11022282
    Abstract: An LED support clip enables mounting of light-emitting diode (LED) modules onto support elements which may be pre-existing, such as tubing, while avoiding problems with current mounting methods. One or more LED light modules may be clamped into the LED support clip without the need for adhesives or screws, thereby forming an LED light assembly. One or more LED light assemblies may be clamped onto the support element. The LED support clip may comprise multiple clamps configured with spring tension jaws designed into the manufacturing process of the LED support clip. Support elements may be oriented horizontally, vertically or at various angles and may have a variety of cross-sectional shapes, including: square, triangular, rectangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, “I”-shaped, “L”-shaped, and round, over a wide cross-sectional dimension range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Curtis Alan Roys, Sidney Howard Norton
  • Patent number: 10995790
    Abstract: An elongate member assembly having an elongate member, a connecting member provided between one end and another end of the elongate member, and a swaging member that swages and fixes the connecting member to the elongate member, and fixing member connected to the connecting member. The connecting member includes a swaging portion pressed by the swaging member on the elongate member, and a connecting portion connected to the fixing member. The fixing member includes an anchor portion mounted to a mounting object member, and a ring-shaped portion connected to the connecting portion. The connecting portion includes, a rotation permitting portion that permits the ring-shaped portion to move, and a movement limiting portion that limits movement of the ring-shaped portion. The elongate member assembly facilitates the fixing thereof onto the mounting object member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: HI-LEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuma Imagawa, Hiroshi Masuda
  • Patent number: 10794418
    Abstract: A Bowden cable end piece that facilitates the connection of a Bowden cable to an operating mechanism is disclosed. The end piece includes an elongated frame having a receptacle configured to receive a sheath of a Bowden cable and guide a core of a Bowden cable. The frame has a barrel guide configured to receive a barrel formed on an end of the core. An attachment member on a first end of the frame provides a holding connection with the operating mechanism in an insertion position and an end position. A mounting spring on a second end of the frame has an abutment region configured to abut a mounting surface on a support structure when the Bowden cable end piece is installed in the end position. The Bowden cable end piece can be, in the installed state, pressably attached by the mounting spring in the end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: BROSE SCHLIESSSYSTEME GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Rene Faust, Florian Rothenberg, Ole Häger
  • Patent number: 10622796
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for mounting a cable on an electrically conductive structure comprises a mounting bracket and a cover mounted on the mounting bracket and movable with respect to the mounting bracket between a bracket mounting position and a cable mounting position. The mounting bracket has a mounting element receptacle and a cable holding device receptacle. The mounting element receptacle receives a mounting element that attaches the mounting bracket to the electrically conductive structure. The cable holding device receptacle receives a cable holding device that holds the cable. The mounting element receptacle is accessible from a cover side of the mounting bracket and the cable holding device receptacle is covered by the cover in the bracket mounting position. The mounting element receptacle is covered by the cover and the cable holding device receptacle is accessible from the cover side of the mounting bracket in the cable mounting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics UK Ltd
    Inventors: Roy MacNaughton, Tomasz Kopinski
  • Patent number: 10550870
    Abstract: A bushing primarily for use in high temperature applications. In preferred embodiments the bushing comprises a rounded body formed from a single piece of metal wherein the body has an “M” shaped cross-section with a first outer leg, second outer leg, first inner leg and second inner leg, and wherein the first outer leg and second outer leg are both concave arcs about a central axis and form an outer circumference of the rounded body and wherein the first inner leg and second inner leg each have an arc formed in the leg to create a rounded channel that extends a longitudinal length of the rounded body along the central axis; and wherein the first inner leg and second inner leg transition between each other in a third concave arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: MEGGITT SAFETY SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Randall Lewis, Grigor Kerdanyan
  • Patent number: 10436443
    Abstract: A closing member includes an annular portion and a flange portion. The annular portion is provided with a through hole and is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of an exhaust tube in at least a part of the through hole. The flange portion extends from an outer circumferential surface of the annular portion toward an outer side and is larger in outer diameter than an exhaust pipe. The flange portion contacts a tip end portion of the exhaust pipe on outside of a building so as to close a gap between the exhaust pipe and the exhaust tube. The flange portion is formed to protrude toward an outer side such that an entire circumference of the flange portion extends beyond an outer circumferential surface of the tip end portion of the exhaust pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: NORITZ CORPORATION
    Inventor: Masaki Sugatani
  • Patent number: 10431968
    Abstract: A conductor positioning fixture includes a base and a retainer member. The base includes a positioning platform and a wedge projecting upward from a top surface of the positioning platform. The base receives a cable on the top surface of the positioning platform such that exposed segments of first and second conductors of the cable extend along opposite sides of the wedge. The retainer member is mounted to the base and movable relative to the base along a longitudinal axis between a retracted position, at which the retainer member is spaced apart from the wedge, and an extended position, at which the retainer member overlaps the wedge. As the retainer member moves from the retracted position towards the extended position, the retainer member engages and forces the exposed segments of the first and second conductors into designated presentation positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Corporation
    Inventor: Brian Keith Weaver
  • Patent number: 10320173
    Abstract: Provided herein are approaches for supporting a plurality of parallel arranged conduits. In some approaches, a conduit assembly includes a plurality of conduits arranged substantially parallel to one another, and a support structure directly adjacent to and/or in physical contact with each of the plurality of conduits. The support structure may include a first member arranged parallel to a second member, wherein the first and second members are arranged transverse to a lengthwise conduit axis of the plurality of conduits. Each of the first and second members may further include a first section disposed around an exterior surface of the plurality of conduits, and a second section continuing from the first section, the second section extending between each of the plurality of conduits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: Atkore Steel Components, Inc.
    Inventor: George Dalisay
  • Patent number: 10212385
    Abstract: A wire fixation apparatus and a display device are provided. The wire fixation apparatus includes: a first snap structure, half surrounding a wire and provided with a first opening at a side thereof; a second snap structure, half surrounding a wire and provided with a second opening at a side thereof; and an auxiliary installation plate connecting the first snap structure to the second snap structure. The first opening of the first snap structure is opposite to the second opening of the second snap structure. The first snap structure, the second snap structure and the auxiliary installation plate together form a wire channel for the wire to pass therethrough, and an interval is arranged between the first snap structure and the second snap structure to enable the wire to be snapped into the wire channel through the interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongda Ma, Jianbo Xian, Yong Qiao, Yuxin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10202787
    Abstract: An adjustment rod assembly includes an adjustment rod clip with a top portion, a bottom portion, and a clip connector coupling the top portion and the bottom portion, a lever to receive the bottom portion of the adjustment rod clip, and a cover, including a recessed cover to receive the top portion of the adjustment rod clip, and at least one retaining feature extending from the recessed cover portion, wherein the at least one retaining feature releasably engages the adjustment rod clip to prevent the rotation and translation of the adjustment rod clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: INTEVA PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Tametani
  • Patent number: 10024462
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an arrangement for fastening a flexible tube, in particular a corrugated tube, to an article, in particular to a component of a vehicle. The arrangement comprises a flexible tube, which is placed on the article; a covering element, as anti-squeeze protection for the flexible tube, the covering element being supported on the article on both sides of the flexible tube and covering at least a portion of the flexible tube in an arcuate manner; and a band clamp, which is guided around an outer side of the covering element and around a side of the article that faces away from the flexible tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: MAN Truck & Bus AG
    Inventor: Wolfgang Grübl
  • Patent number: 9671515
    Abstract: This hydrant (2) comprises an electrically conductive body (3) having a generally tubular shape and intended for being fixed in the floor flush with a valve mounted on a pipe, for example a water distribution pipe. The hydrant comprises connection means suitable for connecting at least one electrically conductive wire (10) extending along the pipe, said connection means being connected to the body (3) such that electric continuity is maintained between the body (3) and each electrically conductive wire (10) during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: SOCIETE PLYMOUTH FRANCAISE
    Inventors: Mounir Saad, Daniel Arnaud
  • Patent number: 9590401
    Abstract: A retainer device for a cable used in an aircraft includes a base. A moveable member is movably connected to the base and forms a channel with the base that is adapted to receive a cable. A pad-deforming portion is defined in the moveable member, which is displaceable between an open position in which a portion, of the moveable member is separated from the base to provide access to the channel, and closed positions, in which the moveable member is releasably connected to the base. A resilient pad is located in the pad-deforming portion to contact the cable received in the channel. The resilient pad is sized to deform from a rest state to a deformed state by the pad-deforming portion during insertion thereinto. The resilient pad is held captive after insertion into the pad-deforming portion by reforming toward the rest state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER INC.
    Inventors: Pierre Landry, Jean-Phillippe Miron, Marc-Andre Caudron, Charles Jacques, Alexandre Paul
  • Patent number: 9511724
    Abstract: A purpose is, in the case where a nonwoven member is hot pressed around a wire harness to form a protective member, to inhibit rotation of a vehicle body fixing component attached to the protective member while making a cross-sectional shape of the protective member as circular as possible. The wire harness includes a wire harness body containing at least one electric wire and a protective member formed by hot pressing a nonwoven member in a state of covering at least a portion of the wire harness body. The protective member has a protective member that is formed to have a circular cross-sectional shape and a flat surface forming part that has a flat surface formed on at least a portion of an outer periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Mizuhira, Yukihiro Shirafuji, Isamu Hamamoto
  • Patent number: 9373919
    Abstract: An adjustable electrical connector for connecting to cable or conduit by a strap adjustment member has a body with a hollow cylindrical section and an extension member. The hollow cylindrical section has a slot and a threaded bore passing therethrough. The slot allows passage of a stop plate, and the threaded bore receives an adjustment screw. The connector has an insulator having a bushing at one end to be inserted into the hollow cylindrical section of the body, and a curved member attached to the hollow cylindrical bushing, the stop plate extending radially outward from the curved member, the stop plate movable by the adjustment screw between a minimum deflection and a maximum deflection to stop the sheath of the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: BRIDGEPORT FITTINGS, INC.
    Inventor: Lawrence J. Smith
  • Patent number: 9283884
    Abstract: Rack systems are disclosed for coupling accessories to crossbars on top of a vehicle. A coupling device may include a flexible strap member adjustably anchored at one end of a body. The strap member may be connected to the other end of the body and tightened. A mounting assembly may be provided on the top side of the body for connection to a cargo-specific carrier or accessory. A coupling device may also include a flexible fitting member configured to grip a round or rectangular crossbar. A cap member may be configured to be mounted on the fitting member and have one or more ramp surfaces which form a sliding interface with a corresponding surface on the fitting member, thereby providing a closing or tightening effect on the fitting member with respect to the crossbar. Other coupling devices are configured to grip or clamp a t-slot in the crossbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Yakima Produtcs, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Sautter, Victor Rogers, John Mark Elliott, Gian-Marco D'Angelo
  • Patent number: 9265345
    Abstract: A gondola shelf wire routing tray includes a trough adapted to receive a wire. A pair of shelf mount tabs are attached to the trough. A wire constraint tab is mounted to the trough and adapted to secure the wire in the trough. The trough is flexible so that the trough may be deformed to permit the pair of shelf mount tabs to move through perforations of a shelf. As a result, the shelf mount tabs are locked into engagement within the perforations and the trough is mounted to the shelf as the trough attempts to spring back to its original shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Streater LLC
    Inventors: Thomas G. Lindblom, Wayne Lee Jensen, David W. Linn
  • Patent number: 9255652
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a clamping structure for mounting a reducer. The clamping structure include a clamp body 431 that is formed at opposite sides thereof with a door connecting portion 431a and a latch member connecting portion 431b to form a rectangular shape with one open side, and a clamp door 434 that can be rotated about a hinge pin 433 formed at the door connecting portion 431a, wherein the clamp door 431 is formed at one side thereof with a fastening portion, to which a latch portion of a latch member 450 is latched to allow a lever handle 446 of a lever member 440 to be pushed, and wherein the lever member 440 is coupled at one end thereof to the latch member connecting portion 450 of the clamp body 431 by a hinge 444 and is rotatably coupled at a middle thereof to the latch member 450 by a hinge 454 of the latch member 450.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Inventor: Hyung Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 9209614
    Abstract: A line bracket for mounting on a support structure of an airplane, includes a mounting section for attachment to the support structure and a U-shaped bracket section for receiving at least one line. The support structure can be closed by a cover part (by a clip-on connection, wherein the mounting section is configured to be plate-like for resting against the support structure, a floor region of the U-shaped bracket section extends essentially at a right angle away from the mounting section, and a first leg region of the bracket section is formed by part of the mounting section and corresponds to an opposite second leg region for forming an insertion opening for the line, which insertion opening) is closeable by way of the cover part that is hinged at the end of one of the leg regions, to install the line from the side in the bracket section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ali Kara, Konstantin Zitzer, Maria Ioan
  • Patent number: 9121436
    Abstract: A centering device for mounting a flange with a bolt passing through a opening in a mounted state, has a centering disk with a collar surrounding a disk part. The disk part is received in the opening and the collar rests on the flange. An elongated hole in the disk part has, at its respective ends, semicircles of radii R and a straight piece connecting the semicircles of overall length L1. A centering sleeve has a sleeve part surrounded by a sleeve collar wherein the inside diameter D3 of the sleeve part corresponds to the diameter of the bolt and the outside diameter D2 of the sleeve part corresponds to the transverse diameter (2R) of the elongated hole. A locking device fixes the centering sleeve against the centering disk in a predetermined mounting position secure against displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Inventor: Bernhard Hahner
  • Patent number: 9103472
    Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for the installation or removal of buoyancy modules onto or from a submerged conduit are described herein. A system may include a buoyancy module (30), a control panel (76), an actuating means (72), and a clamp tool (40). The buoyancy module may include at least two sections. The clamp tool may hold the sections of the buoyancy module. The clamp tool (40) may include at least two plates (50, 52, 54, 56) that are actuated opened or closed, using the control panel (76) and/or the actuating means (72) during attachment or removal of the buoyancy module (30) to the submerged conduit (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Excelerate Energy Limited Partnership
    Inventors: Lauren Elizabeth Laborde, Charles E. Ruehl, Edward Scott, Mark K. Lane