Patents Examined by Chau N. Nguyen
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Patent number: 11077806Abstract: A harness for a vehicle, configured to be attachable to a vehicle body, includes a cable including a plurality of electric wires, each of which includes a center conductor and an insulation that covers the center conductor, a separator including a paper, a non-woven fabric, or a resin tape that covers and contacts with the plurality of electric wires, and an outer sheath that covers the separator, a rubber member provided along a longitudinal direction of a part of the cable, and a fixing member for attaching the cable to the vehicle body. The fixing member is attached to an outer surface of the outer sheath through the rubber member.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Yoshikazu Hayakawa, Hirotaka Eshima
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Patent number: 11079563Abstract: An armored cable includes a core and an armor surrounding the core. The armor includes at least one armor access feature formed in the armor to weaken the armor at the access feature. A jacket surrounds the armor and the jacket includes a primary portion of a first extruded polymeric material and at least one discontinuity of a second extruded polymeric material in the primary portion, the discontinuity extending along a length of the cable, and the first material being different from the second material, wherein the bond between the discontinuity and the primary portion allows the jacket to be separated at the discontinuity to provide access to the core, and the at least one armor access feature and the at least one discontinuity are arranged proximate to each other to allow access to the core.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLCInventors: Bradley Jerome Blazer, David Alan Seddon, Kenneth Darrell Temple, Jr.
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Patent number: 11069458Abstract: An electrical cable includes a conductor assembly having a first conductor, a second conductor and an insulator surrounding the first conductor and the second conductor. The insulator has an outer surface and extends along a longitudinal axis for a length of the electrical cable. The conductor assembly has a coating layer on the outer surface of the insulator being conductive defining an inner electrical shield of the electrical cable. A cable shield is wrapped around the conductor assembly and has an inner edge and an outer edge. The outer edge is wrapped over the inner edge to form a flap covering the inner edge and extending along the longitudinal axis. The cable shield engages the inner electrical shield and forms an outer electrical shield exterior of the inner electrical shield.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2018Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbHInventors: Craig Warren Hornung, Chad William Morgan
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Patent number: 11063417Abstract: The present invention provides, in various embodiments, a push on cap for an electrical cable that can be both temporary and permanent. The cap includes an extension that can be folded back for temporary installation of the cap on the cable, and unfolded onto the cable for permanent installation.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2019Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: Richards Manufacturing Company, a New Jersey Limited PartnershipInventors: Joseph Bier, Christopher A. Juillet, Jeff Madden
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Cable termination system, termination assembly and method for installing such a termination assembly
Patent number: 11056873Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable termination system comprising: —a power cable sequentially comprising a first length of exposed outer semiconductive layer, a length of exposed insulating layer and a length of exposed electric conductor, —an electric field control element adapted to be arranged around a portion of said power cable, said electric field control element comprising: —first and second longitudinally spaced semiconducting electrodes; —a field grading layer longitudinally extending between the first and second semiconducting electrodes and in electric contact therewith; —an insulating layer surrounding the semiconducting electrodes and the field grading layer, —wherein the first semiconducting electrode is positioned across a first boundary between the first length of exposed outer semiconductive layer and the length of exposed insulating layer, —wherein said second semiconducting electrode (160) is electrically connected with said length of exposed electric conductor (20), —a tubular insulaType: GrantFiled: May 11, 2017Date of Patent: July 6, 2021Assignee: PRYSMIAN S.p.A.Inventors: Paolo Boffi, Stefano Pogliani -
Patent number: 11046851Abstract: Electrical power cable having a reduced surface coefficient of friction and required installation pulling force, and the method of manufacture thereof, in which the central conductor core, with or without a separate insulating layer, is surrounded by a sheath of crosslinked polyethylene. A high viscosity, high molecular weight silicone based pulling lubricant or fatty acid amide pulling lubricant is incorporated by alternate methods with the polyethylene to form a composition from which the outer sheath is extruded, and is effective to reduce the required pulling force on the cable during installation.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Southwire Company, LLCInventors: Philip Sasse, Tim Andrea
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Patent number: 11049630Abstract: A multicore cable is composed of a bunched core composed of a plurality of electric wires laid together, each including a conductor, and an electrical insulating member provided over a periphery of the conductor, an abrasion suppressing layer configured as a taping member helically wrapped around a periphery of the bunched core, a shielding layer composed of a braided shield provided over an outer periphery of the abrasion suppressing layer, and a sheath provided over a periphery of the shielding layer. An opposite surface of the taping member constituting the abrasion suppressing layer to the bunched core and an opposite surface of the taping member constituting the abrasion suppressing layer to the shielding layer are composed of a fluoropolymer resin. The taping member constituting the abrasion suppressing layer is non-adhesively lap wound in such a manner as to partially overlap itself in a width direction thereof.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Detian Huang, Yoshinori Tsukamoto, Masanori Kobayashi, Masashi Moriyama
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Patent number: 11049629Abstract: A non-halogen flame-retardant insulated electric wire includes a conductor and a crosslinked single-layer or a multilayer insulating layer on an outer periphery of the conductor. The insulating layer has a tensile elastic modulus of 500 MPa or more and an elongation at break of 120% or less in a tensile test performed at a displacement rate of 200 mm/min, and has a storage elastic modulus at 125° C. of 3×106 Pa or more in a dynamic viscoelasticity test.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Makoto Iwasaki, Ryutaro Kikuchi, Mitsuru Hashimoto, Takuya Oriuchi
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Patent number: 11037704Abstract: A communication cable includes a first leaky coaxial cable, a first leaky coaxial cable, and an approach cable. The first leaky coaxial cable has a first end and a second end connected to a communication device. The second leaky coaxial cable has a third end and a fourth end different from the first end and second end of the first leaky coaxial cable. The approach cable has a fifth end connected to the communication device and a sixth end connected to the third end of the second leaky coaxial cable, wherein the sixth end is positioned near the second end of the first leaky coaxial cable.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Osamu Tsuchiya
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Patent number: 11018489Abstract: A terminal structure of an armored cable includes an end of an armored cable, a terminal metal fitting, and a support. The end includes a core, and an armoring including armor wires made of copper or copper alloy disposed on an outer circumference of the core. The terminal metal fitting is attached to an end of each armor wire. The support is disposed on a tip side of the core and supports a plurality of the terminal metal fittings. The support includes a base plate and a fixing member. The base plate is provided with a first through hole into which the core is inserted, and second through holes which are provided on an outer circumference of the first through hole and into each of which a corresponding one of the terminal metal fittings is inserted. The fixing member fixes each terminal metal fitting to the base plate.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.Inventors: Tatsuya Kazama, Takehiro Nozaki
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Patent number: 11017918Abstract: Provided is a semi-conductive composition for a power cable, more particularly, a semi-conductive composition for a power cable having excellent mechanical properties and electrical properties, and more specifically, a semi-conductive composition for a power cable capable of having improved scorch stability, improved surface smoothness, improved space charge accumulation suppression characteristic to thereby be applicable to an ultra-high voltage direct current power cable.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2017Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: DYM SOLUTION CO., LTD.Inventors: Jong Seok Yang, Ki Joung Lee, Geun Bae Jeon, Dong Ha Park
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Patent number: 11011895Abstract: A pull-in head for a high voltage cable provided with a multi-wire conductor having an end portion which is stepped and tapering, with a layer-by-layer exposure of the wires in the direction towards the end face of the multi-wire conductor, wherein the pull-in head includes: a conductor clamp assembly having a plurality of clamping segments, wherein each clamping segment has an axial first central channel configured to receive the multi-wire conductor, wherein at least some of the clamping segments have mutually differing central channel width and central channel depth dimensions, the clamping segments being configured to be arranged one after the other in an order with a decreasing central channel width and central channel depth dimension, the central channel width and central channel depth dimensions being adapted to the tapering stepped configuration of the multi-wire conductor, whereby the first central channels together form a multi-wire conductor channel which is tapering in an axial direction, and wherType: GrantFiled: May 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: NKT HV Cables ABInventor: Stefan Hansson
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Patent number: 11004576Abstract: A flame retardant cable for low-voltage applications is disclosed which comprises at least one conductor individually electrically insulated by a layer of polymeric material, a fire-resistant tape containing an inorganic material wrapped around said at least one individually electrically insulated conductor and an multilayered outer sheath having flame-retardant properties which encloses said at least one individually electrically insulated conductor and said fire-resistant tape, wherein said multilayered outer sheath comprises an inner layer and an outer layer, the inner layer being made of a flame-retardant polymeric material having a limiting oxygen index (LOI) higher than the LOI of the flame-retardant polymeric material forming the outer layer of said sheath.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: May 11, 2021Assignee: PRYSMIAN S.P.A.Inventors: Zekeriya Sirin, Serdar Buyuk
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Patent number: 10991483Abstract: An assembled wire, having: an assembled conductor composed of a plurality of conductor strands each having a rectangular cross-section, stacked and arranged each other across an interlayer insulating layer; an insulating outer layer that coats the assembled conductor including the interlayer insulating layer; and an adhesion layer composed of a thermoplastic resin having a thickness of 3 ?m or more and 10 ?m or less between the assembled conductor and the insulating outer layer.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: ESSEX FURUKAWA MAGNET WIRE JAPAN CO., LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Ikeda, Hideo Fukuda
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Patent number: 10991487Abstract: A cable is composed of a linear shape conductor, a first electrical insulating member coating a periphery of the conductor, a shield made of a plating layer coating a surface of the first electrical insulating member, a second electrical insulating member coating a surface of the shield, and an exposed shield portion provided in at least one end portion of the cable with the second electrical insulating member being removed therefrom and the shield being exposed therein during termination. An adhesion strength between the shield and the second electrical insulating member in the exposed shield portion is lower than an adhesion strength between the shield and the second electrical insulating member in an other part of the surface of the shield.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.Inventors: Hideyuki Sagawa, Takahiro Sugiyama, Kazufumi Suenaga
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Patent number: 10978220Abstract: A flex flat cable (FFC) structure includes metallic transmission wires arranged in parallel, first insulating jackets, and second insulating jacket. The metallic transmission wires includes one or more power wires and signal wires. The power wire is configured to transmit power. The signal wires are configured to transmit a data signal. Each of first insulating jackets encloses one of metallic transmission wires. The second insulating jacket surrounds the first insulating jackets. An embossment pattern is arranged on an external surface of the second insulating jacket. The embossment pattern includes meander lines in a top-view direction and in an extending direction for the metallic transmission wires. The meander lines are not arranged parallel.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: ENERGY FULL ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventor: Hsu-Shen Chin
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Patent number: 10971282Abstract: A flex flat cable (FFC) structure includes metallic transmission wires arranged in parallel, first insulating jackets, and second insulating jacket. The metallic transmission wires includes one or more power wires and signal wires. The power wire is configured to transmit power. The signal wires are configured to transmit a data signal. Each of first insulating jackets encloses one of metallic transmission wires. The second insulating jacket surrounds the first insulating jackets. An embossment pattern is arranged on an external surface of the second insulating jacket. The embossment pattern includes meander lines in a top-view direction and in an extending direction for the metallic transmission wires. The meander lines are not arranged parallel.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Energy Full Electronics Co., LtdInventor: Hsu-Shen Chin
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Patent number: 10971827Abstract: A crimp interconnect device, a crimped arrangement and a method for making a crimped arrangement are disclosed. In an embodiment a crimp interconnect device includes a deformable barrel body having an inner side and an outer side and a first material, and a second material that is softer than the first material, wherein the second material is arranged on the inner side.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2018Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: TDK ELECTRONICS AGInventor: Szabolcs Zseli
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Patent number: 10971283Abstract: A flex flat cable structure includes metallic transmission lines having a power line and signal lines, first insulating jackets, a second insulating jacket, a third insulating jacket, and a shield layer. Each of the first insulating jackets encloses one of the metallic transmission lines. The second insulating jacket surrounds the first insulating jackets. The third insulating jacket encloses the first insulating jackets, and the second insulating jacket encloses the third insulating jacket. The shield layer is used to isolate the second insulating jacket from the third insulating jacket. The shield layer includes an insulating film, a first block layer, and a second block layer.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: April 6, 2021Assignee: Energy Full Electronics Co., LtdInventor: Hsu Shen Chin
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Patent number: 10954410Abstract: An insulation or jacket layer for a coated conductor is composed of (A) a crosslinked silane-functionalized polyolefin, (B) a filler, (C) a reactive branched polysiloxane, and (D) from 0.00 wt % to 20 wt % of a silanol condensation catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Rohm and Haas Company, Dow Silicones CorporationInventors: Xindi Yu, Yichi Zhang, Bharat I. Chaudhary, Gerald Lawrence Witucki