Abstract: A field grading member includes an insulating body extending along a regulation axis and a conductive body. The conductive body is encapsulated within the insulating body and defines a conductive network therein to regulate an electric field within an underlying insulator from current flowing through a conductor along the regulation axis. Cables and methods of regulating electric field within cables are also described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 1, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 21, 2022
Assignee:
HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
Inventors:
Theresa A. Hugener, Peter J. Walsh, Haralambos Cordatos
Abstract: A resin composition including a base resin containing polyolefin, and an inorganic filler, wherein the inorganic filler includes: a core part containing Mg(OH)2, and a covering part containing a plurality of MgO particles provided on an outer periphery of the core part, the content of the inorganic filler in the resin composition is 0.1 parts by mass or more and 5 parts by mass or less with respect to 100 parts by mass of the base resin; and a volume fraction of Mg(OH)2 in one particle of the inorganic filler is 10% or more and less than 50%.
Abstract: An insulation or jacket layer for a coated conductor is composed of (A) a crosslinked silane-functional polyolefin, (B) a filler composed of greater than 50 wt % silica, based on the total weight of the filler, (C) a silicone-containing polymer selected from the group consisting of reactive linear silicone-containing polymers, non-reactive linear silicone-containing polymers, and non-reactive branched silicone-containing polymers, and (D) from 0.00 wt % to 20 wt % of a silanol condensation catalyst, based on the total weight of the insulation or jacket layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 31, 2018
Date of Patent:
June 14, 2022
Assignees:
Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Silicones Corporation
Inventors:
Yichi Zhang, Xindi Yu, Bharat I. Chaudhary, Gerald Lawrence Witucki
Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved insulated conductor with a low dielectric constant and reduced materials costs. The conductor (12) extends along a longitudinal axis and an insulation (14, 14<1>) surrounds the conductor (12). At least on channel (16, 16<1>) in the insulation (14, 14<1>) extends generally along the longitudinal axis to form an insulated conductor. Apparatuses and methods of manufacturing the improved insulated conductors are also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 15, 2019
Date of Patent:
June 7, 2022
Assignee:
CommScope Technologies LLC
Inventors:
David Wiekhorst, Spring Stutzman, Jeff Stutzman, Scott Avery Juengst, Frederick W. Johnston, Jim L. Dickman, Robert Kenny
Abstract: A coaxial cable system includes an electric conductor to conduct electric power in a gas turbine engine. The system also includes a dielectric tape helically wound to contiguously surround the electric conductor and a flexible conduit disposed to surround and contiguously contact the dielectric tape. A dielectric liquid may be impregnated within the dielectric tape, and a flexible protective cover may concentrically disposed to surround the flexible conduit.
Abstract: A data cable is provided herewith, along with related methods. The disclosed data cables may meet the requirements for a UL 2196 flame test, including subsequent hose stream test. The disclosed data cables include two or more pairs of conductors wrapped with a flame-retardant tape and surrounded by low smoke zero halogen (LSZH) thermoset insulation. A shield may surround the conductor pairs and a non-halogen flame retardant polyolefin may surround the shield. In certain embodiments, the pairs of conductors present in the cable may have different lay lengths.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 18, 2019
Date of Patent:
May 3, 2022
Assignee:
COMTRAN CABLE LLC
Inventors:
Rama Krishna Nippani, Paulette Blagburn, Eric Joseph O'Brien, James Scott Conrad
Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprises a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a strand of a plurality of copper alloy wires: composed of a copper alloy containing Fe in an amount of 0.2% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less, P in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.4% by mass or less, and Sn in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, with the balance being Cu and impurities, and having a mass ratio of Fe/P of 4.0 or more; and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less.
Abstract: A covered electrical wire comprising a conductor and an insulating covering layer provided outside the conductor, the conductor being a stranded wire composed of a strand of a plurality of copper alloy wires: composed of a copper alloy containing Fe in an amount of 0.1% by mass or more and 1.6% by mass or less, P in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, and Sn in an amount of 0.05% by mass or more and 0.7% by mass or less, with the balance being Cu and impurities; and having a wire diameter of 0.5 mm or less, the copper alloy wire having a tensile strength of 385 MPa or more and a work-hardening exponent of 0.1 or more.
Abstract: A cable neutral wires connector for connecting neutral wires of a cable, the cable having a cable longitudinal axis, includes a connector body, a plurality of neutral wire ports, and at least one securing mechanism. The neutral wire ports are defined in the connector body. The neutral wire ports are each configured to receive at least one of the neutral wires therethrough. The at least one securing mechanism is configured to secure the neutral wires in the connector body. The connector body is configured to be mounted on the cable such that the neutral wire ports are circumferentially distributed about the cable longitudinal axis.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 9, 2020
Date of Patent:
April 12, 2022
Assignee:
TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH
Inventors:
Mahmoud K. Seraj, Harry George Yaworski, Brian Ayres
Abstract: An aluminum alloy contains at least 0.03 mass % and at most 1.5 mass % of Mg, at least 0.02 mass % and at most 2.0 mass % of Si, and a remainder composed of Al and an inevitable impurity, a mass ratio Mg/Si being not lower than 0.5 and not higher than 3.5. In a transverse section of the aluminum alloy wire, a rectangular surface-layer void measurement region having a short side of 30 ?m long and a long side of 50 ?m long is taken from a surface-layer region extending by up to 30 ?m in a direction of depth from a surface of the aluminum alloy wire. A total cross-sectional area of voids present in the surface-layer void measurement region is not greater than 2 ?m2.
Abstract: A cable connection structure includes an electric cable, an end face of a core wire of which is exposed, a first electrode that covers the end face, a substrate, a terminal of which is exposed on a principal surface, and a second electrode bonded to the first electrode without another member interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the second electrode covering the terminal and having substantially same Vickers hardness as Vickers hardness of the first electrode.
Abstract: A press-fit terminal for insertion into a conductive through-hole of a substrate includes an elastic deformation part with an outer and inner surface, the press-fit terminal includes, in sequence, a copper or copper alloy base, nickel or a nickel alloy barrier layer, a tin or tin alloy layer and an indium top layer. The press-fit terminal shows reduced whisker formation.
Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical harness (1) comprising at least one first cable strand (2) and at least one second cable strand (3, 4), which are respectively at least partially surrounded externally by a first shielding braid (13) and a second shielding braid (14, 15), and a connecting socket (16) externally surrounding one end of the first cable strand (17) and one end of the second cable strand (18, 19), characterised in that the connecting socket (16) comprises a fixing part (21) intended to be engaged on a fixing member of the turbomachine, and a crimping part (20), the ends (26, 27, 28) of the first (13) and second (14, 15) shielding braids being engaged externally to the crimping part (20), at least one crimping member (32) holding said ends (26, 27, 40) on the crimping part (20).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 24, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 29, 2022
Assignee:
SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
Inventors:
Eric Maurice Daniel Marmet, Clément Pierre Bernard Audoux, Victorin Machado, Jocelyn Jean Romolo Pages
Abstract: A shielded flat cable including conductors 110, a lower insulating layer 122 bonded on lower surfaces 112 of the conductors 110, a lower dielectric layer 132 bonded on a lower surface 122a of the insulating layer 122, a lower shield layer 142 bonded on a lower surface 132a of the lower dielectric layer 132, a terminal T in which the conductors 110 are exposed at an end in a longitudinal direction, a reinforcing plate 160 bonded on the lower surface 122a of the lower insulating layer 122 and the lower surfaces 112 of the conductors 110 at the terminal T, and a grounding member 170 bonded on a lower surface 162 of the reinforcing plate 160 and a lower surface 142a of the lower shield layer 142 to be electrically coupled to the lower shield layer 142 is provided, wherein the grounding member 170 extends to under the terminal T.
Abstract: Disclosed is an armored cable assembly may include a plurality of conductors and a metal sheath disposed over the plurality of conductors. The metal sheath may have a plurality of revolutions extending helically along a lengthwise axis, each of the plurality of revolutions including a first section having a curved profile, a second section extending from the first section, the second section having a planar profile, and a third section extending from the second section. The third section may include a free end angled towards an interior cavity of the metal sheath, the free end extending past a plane defined by a bottom most point of the first section of an adjacent revolution, the plane extending perpendicular to the second section.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 23, 2021
Date of Patent:
March 22, 2022
Assignee:
AFC Cable Systems, Inc.
Inventors:
Peter Lafreniere, Stephen Lundgren, Paulo Damoura, Ronald Pegg, Antonio Araujo, David Campbell
Abstract: The present disclosure describes various devices and methods for the reconstruction or restoration of a metallic shield of a cable, which provide a holding feature for simplifying the installation of an electrically-conductive member on the metallic shield and improving the reliability of the connection. Both factory-supplied and field-installable holding features are described.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 30, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 15, 2022
Assignee:
Richards Mfg. Co., A New Jersey Limited Partnership
Inventors:
Glenn J. Luzzi, Jeff Madden, Christopher A. Juillet
Abstract: A wire connector includes an outer shell with a wire cavity therein, a plurality of raised ribs on the surface of the outer shell, each of the raised ribs having a rib cap overmolded on to a top surface with a gap between the rib cap corresponding to each of the raised ribs and the rib cap corresponding to each adjacent raised rib. Two leverage wings may extend outward from the outer shell on opposing sides. A wire skirt may be overmolded around the open end of the outer shell, the wire skirt and plurality of rib caps formed of a material more flexible than a material used to form the outer shell. A wing rib may be overmolded onto a portion of the first side of each leverage wing. A base of the wire connector may include texture in the form of raised grip bumps of various shapes.
Abstract: A hybrid cable for collecting data inside a well includes an electrical cable extending along a longitudinal axis of the hybrid cable, an optical fiber extending along the longitudinal axis, an armor that extends along the longitudinal axis, and encircles the electrical cable and the optical fiber, and a connecting device extending along the longitudinal axis, to enclose the electrical cable and the optical fiber, and to be enclosed by the armor. The connecting device has an unsmooth external surface.
Abstract: Disclosed is a flat cable with an improved function of preventing a short phenomenon that may occur when the flat cable is incorrectly inserted into a connector. The flat cable according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a flat cable extending straight in a direction and having a front end that is inserted and connected to an external connector, and includes a plurality of conductors extending straight along a lengthwise direction of the flat cable, spaced apart a predetermined distance in a widthwise direction of the flat cable, and a cable body made of an insulating material, and extending straight along the lengthwise direction of the flat cable, wherein the conductors are mounted on at least one surface.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 25, 2019
Date of Patent:
March 1, 2022
Inventors:
Kyu-Hwan Oh, Bo-Sung Kim, Chang-Bok Lee, Yang-Lim Choi
Abstract: An electric cable has at least one semi-conductive layer obtained from a polymer composition having at least one polypropylene-based thermoplastic polymer material, at least one first antioxidant and at least one metal deactivator.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 20, 2019
Date of Patent:
February 22, 2022
Assignee:
NEXANS
Inventors:
Christian Koelblin, Melek Maugin, Gabriele Perego, Valéry Alcaraz