Grounding arrangement of energy modules

US11684400B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cilag GmbH International · CH

Inventors

• Madeleine C. Jayme · Cincinnati, US
• Kristen G. Denzinger · Cincinnati, US
• Joshua Henderson · Cincinnati, US
• Ryan M. Asher · Cincinnati, US
• William B. Weisenburgh, II · Maineville, US
• Amrita S. Sawhney · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 5, 2019
• Grant date: Jun 27, 2023
• Expiry date: Jul 18, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y04S40/18
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A first module configured to engage with a second module in a stacked configuration to define a modular energy system is provided. The first module comprises a first bridge connector portion and a second conductive portion. The first bridge connector portion is configured to engage with a second bridge connector portion of the second module as the first module and the second module are engaged. The first conductive portion is configured to engage with a second conductive portion of the second module as the first module and the second module are engaged, prior to engagement between the first bridge connector portion and the second bridge connector portion.