Protected By Nonconductive Layer Patents (Class 174/107)
  • Patent number: 9439244
    Abstract: A new heating cable is described. The heating cable is comprising between seven and two hundred metallic monofilaments of a first type which are acting as electrical conductors to generate heat. The metallic monofilaments of a first type are having a diameter ranging from 30 ?m to 100 ?m. The metallic monofilaments of a first type are having a substantially round cross section. The metallic monofilaments of a first type are comprising a steel layer with a chromium content of less than 10% by weight. The heating cable is having an electrical resistance ranging between 0.1 ?/m and 20.0 ?/m when measured at 20° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: NV BEKAERT SA
    Inventor: Steve Verstraeten
  • Patent number: 9349508
    Abstract: A pair of second intervening members configured to hold a transverse cross-section of a first intervening member in a circular shape is disposed inside the first intervening member together with a first cable assembly. An overlap portion of each of differential signal transmission cables that form the first cable assembly and a second cable assembly is oriented toward a second shielding tape conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hideki Nonen, Takahiro Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 9318235
    Abstract: A film peeling method for a film-coated flat wire that is performed by a film peeling device including: a rotational holder that can rotationally convey in a perpendicular direction to a rotational axis; a positioning mechanism that positions a film-coated flat wire in a longitudinal direction; and a working section that is provided in plural, aligned at specified intervals, and works an end portion of the film-coated flat wire, the method includes: holding the film-coated flat wire that is cut in a specified length in advance by the rotational holder; rotationally conveying the film-coated flat wire that is held by the rotational holder in the perpendicular direction to the rotational axis; positioning the conveyed film-coated flat wire by the positioning mechanism; and working the end portion of the film-coated flat wire by the working section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuhiro Sato
  • Patent number: 9234263
    Abstract: A weldment includes metal materials that are welded to each other. At least one of the metal materials includes pure copper including an inevitable impurity, more than 2 mass ppm of oxygen, and an additive element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Zr, Nb, Fe, Si, Al, Ca, V, Ni, Mn, Ti and Cr. A method of manufacturing a weldment includes melting a dilute copper alloy material by SCR continuous casting and rolling at a molten copper temperature of not less than 1100° C. and not more than 1320° C. to make a molten metal, forming a cast bar from the molten metal, forming a dilute copper alloy member by hot-rolling the cast bar, and welding the dilute copper alloy member to a metal material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hiromitsu Kuroda, Toru Sumi, Hideyuki Sagawa, Seigi Aoyama, Masayoshi Goto, Takahiko Hanada, Takahiro Sato, Hidenori Abe
  • Patent number: 9208923
    Abstract: Interpolymer resins having ethylene monomer residues and residues of a non-conjugated diene comonomer. The non-conjugated diene comonomer can be a dialkenyl phthalate. Incorporation of non-conjugated diene comonomers into interpolymers can provide additional labile unsaturation sites for cross-linking. The interpolymers and cross-linked variations thereof can be employed in a variety of articles of manufacture, such as, for example, as insulation material for power cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Saurav S. Sengupta, Michael L. Smith, John O. Osby
  • Patent number: 9124083
    Abstract: Compression molded cable structures and systems and methods for manufacturing molded cable structures are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Aase, Paul Choiniere, Greg Dunham
  • Patent number: 9054507
    Abstract: A communications cable (11) is provided with a pliant sleeve (12, 21, 31) to allow it to be more easily inserted into a conduit. One form of the sleeve (12) has hook (14) and loop (15) connected to each other so that the sleeve (12) can engage the cable (11). Another form of the sleeve (21) is spring-loaded to engage the cable (11). In a third form of the sleeve (31) has an adhesive (33) which attaches the sleeve (31) to the cable (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: WESCO Distribution, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry L. Allen
  • Publication number: 20150137861
    Abstract: Circuits, methods, and apparatus that may reduce the number of connector receptacles that are needed on an electronic device. One example may provide a unified connector and circuitry that may be capable of communicating with more than one interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: William P. Cornelius, Paul A. Baker, William O. Ferry, Min Chul Kim, Nathan N. Ng
  • Publication number: 20150136440
    Abstract: A cable that has a cable core with a first armor wire layer and a second armor wire layer. The second armor wire layer is segregated from the first armor wire layer, and an outer jacket is disposed about the second armor wire layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Joseph Varkey, Burcu Unal Altintas, Dong Yang, Sheng Chang, Qingdi Huang
  • Patent number: 9035185
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cable suitable for supplying power to a drilling rig's top-drive assembly. In a typical embodiment, the power cable includes (i) a plurality of high-conductivity conductors, (ii) an electromagnetic shield, (iii) two protective sheaths, and (iv) a reinforcing layer of braided aramid fibers between the protective sheaths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Draka Holding N.V.
    Inventors: Matthew Bodziony, Walter Constantine, Damian Billeaudeau, Almir Fonseca Menezes
  • Publication number: 20150129278
    Abstract: A round cable includes a first flat cable, a shielding layer enclosing on the first flat cable, an insulative outer jacket wrapped on the shielding layer, and an axis extending along a length direction of the round cable. The first flat cable is wound around the axis in a spiral mode for omitting a process of sorting inner wires before welding to a connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventor: HUA-BING LI
  • Patent number: 9029705
    Abstract: A power cable having a water barrier laminate where the water barrier laminate has foil made of metal (1) laminated between at least two layers of non insulating polymer foils (2a, 2b) constituting a final laminate (3) that is non insulating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Knut Magne Furuheim, Sverre Hvidsten
  • Patent number: 9006574
    Abstract: A power line core in an undersea cable includes a conducting member, an insulating member, a shield layer, a water shielding layer, an anticorrosion layer and the like. The insulating member is provided on an outer periphery portion of the conducting member. The insulating member is made of, for example, crosslinked polyethylene. The shield layer is provided on an outer periphery of the insulating member. The water shielding layer is provided on an outer periphery portion of the shield layer. The water shielding layer includes a multilayer tape in which a metal layer is sandwiched by resin layers. The anticorrosion layer is provided on an outer periphery portion of the water shielding layer. In the cross section of the multilayer tape, the metal layer has a corrugated shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Kagoura, Kenichi Ishii, Kei Kaizuka, Takuzo Hagiwara
  • Publication number: 20150096784
    Abstract: A vinyl chloride resin composition includes 55 to 70 parts by mass of a plasticizer, 20 to 65 parts by mass of a metal hydrate and 0.3 to 3 parts by mass of a polytetrafluoroethylene per 100 parts by mass of a vinyl chloride resin. The polytetrafluoroethylene includes a fibril-forming polytetrafluoroethylene and a non-fibril-forming polytetrafluoroethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Inventors: Daisuke Abe, Ryutaro Kikuchi
  • Publication number: 20150090474
    Abstract: An electric cable includes a wire section that includes an electric wire including a conductor and a braided shield layer covering an outer periphery of the conductor and including a plurality of metal wires braided, and a cylindrical outer layer section covering an outer periphery of the wire section and including a cylindrical sheath and a braided reinforcement layer that covers an inner surface of the sheath and includes a plurality of fibers braided. The wire section is arranged inside the cylindrical outer layer section. The outer layer section is constructed such that a permissible region is formed in the cylindrical outer layer section that allows a displacement of the wire section with respect to the outer layer section in a direction orthogonal to a length direction of the wire section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Hirotaka ESHIMA, Fumihito OKA, Nobuyuki YAMASHITA, Yoshikazu HAYAKAWA, Tomonori SHIBATA
  • Publication number: 20150083460
    Abstract: A shielded electrical cable includes conductor sets extending along a length of the cable and spaced apart from each other along a width of the cable. First and second shielding films are disposed on opposite sides of the cable and include cover portions and pinched portions arranged such that, in transverse cross section, the cover portions of the films in combination substantially surround each conductor set. An adhesive layer bonds the shielding films together in the pinched portions of the cable. A transverse bending of the cable at a cable location of no more than 180 degrees over an inner radius of at most 2 mm causes a cable impedance of the selected insulated conductor proximate the cable location to vary by no more than 2 percent from an initial cable impedance measured at the cable location in an unbent configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventor: Douglas B. Gundel
  • Publication number: 20150083458
    Abstract: In a multi-core cable 10, plural electric wire units 12 made of stranded plural small-diameter electric wires 11 are bundled to form an electric wire assembly 14 and a shielding layer 15 made of braided a conducting wire 15a is arranged on an outer periphery of the electric wire assembly and an outside of the shielding layer is covered with a sheath 16 made of resin. In the multi-core cable 10, the conducting wire 15a of the shielding layer 15 braided is made of a copper alloy wire given silver plating, and a diameter of the wire of the conducting wire is 0.04 mm to 0.15 mm, and a conductor elongation rate of the conducting wire is 0.8% or more, and a thickness of the silver plating is set at 0.6 ?m or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Masato Tanaka, Tatsunori Hayashishita
  • Publication number: 20150083459
    Abstract: A multilayer coaxial cable includes high-voltage circuits that are coaxially disposed with each other. The high-voltage circuits include high-voltage conductors and high-voltage insulators that are disposed on the outside of the high-voltage conductors. In addition, the multilayer coaxial cable includes a conductive shield member that is coaxially disposed on the outside of the high-voltage circuits, and an insulating coating member that is coaxially disposed on the outside of the shield member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Mitsuharu NAGAHASHI
  • Publication number: 20150053454
    Abstract: A shielded electrical cable includes a conductor set and two generally parallel shielding films disposed around the conductor set. The conductor set includes one or more substantially parallel longitudinal insulated conductors. The shielding films include a parallel portion wherein the shielding films are substantially parallel. The parallel portion is configured to electrically isolate the conductor set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventor: Douglas B. Gundel
  • Publication number: 20150034359
    Abstract: There is provided an electric insulation cable with shield, including: conductors; an insulating layer provided on an outer periphery of the conductors; a braided shield provided on an outer periphery of the insulating layer; and a sheath provided on an outer periphery of the braided shield, wherein the sheath is made of a silane-crosslinked composition which is obtained by silane-crosslinking a non-halogen composition under a normal pressure, and the non-halogen composition includes 100 pts.mass of silane-grafted polymer obtained by graft copolymerizing a silane compound to the polymer including at least one of non-halogen rubber and ethylene-based copolymer, and includes 1 pts.mass or more and 10 pts.mass or less of an antioxidant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke SUGITA, Akinari NAKAYAMA
  • Patent number: 8937253
    Abstract: A catheter wire includes a core bundle formed by twisting a plurality of core wires each including a solid conductor covered with an insulation, a tape layer formed by spirally winding a binding tape on an outer periphery of the core bundle, a shield layer formed by spirally winding a metal wire on an outer periphery of the tape layer, and a sheath layer formed on an outer periphery of the shield layer. The binding tape is wound in a direction opposite to a twisting direction of the core wires. The solid conductor and the metal wire have a tensile strength of not less than 900 MPa and an elongation percentage of not more than 2%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanobu Watanabe, Detian Huang
  • Publication number: 20140367143
    Abstract: A coaxial cable includes a center conductor, an insulating layer including a foam layer covering an outer periphery of the center conductor and a solid layer covering an outer periphery of the foam layer, and a protruding portion provided around an interface between the foam layer and the solid layer and in a longitudinal direction of the solid layer, to disperse external force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiro ABE, Sohei KODAMA, Akinari NAKAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20140367142
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for manufacturing reinforced overhead multipurpose cable for outside telecommunications of Voice, Video, and Data Distribution (VVDD) type. The reinforced overhead multipurpose cable comprises a dry and multipair construction core, electromagnetic shielding elements and external protection thermoplastic cover, characterized because it includes one or several externally placed metal or plastic supporting elements for cable self-support; a core integrated by insulated electrical conductors of 2 to 300 twisted pairs, formed with twisting closed lay lengths and reduced in the formation of said component pairs; a plastic tape helicoidally arranged; a tape wrapping the assembled core; said tape being of aluminum for electromagnetic shielding and an external insulating cover both for the core and the reinforcement element, the dry core does not affect the conductance or capacitance or resistance of the insulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Fermin Marquez Arzate, Victor Osornio Osornio
  • Publication number: 20140360755
    Abstract: Various high speed shielded cables are used in combination with a connector assembly. The connector assembly includes a plurality of electrical terminations in electrical contact with the conductor sets of the cable at a first end of the cable, the electrical terminations configured to make electrical contact with corresponding mating electrical terminations of a mating connector and at least one housing configured to retain the plurality of electrical terminations in a planar, spaced apart configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Douglas B. Gundel, William V. Ballard, Alexander W. Barr, Joseph N. Castiglione, William J. Lee, Mark M. Lettang, Jesse A. Mann, Richard J. Scherer, Charles F. Staley
  • Publication number: 20140357495
    Abstract: A superconductor wire includes: a superconducting laminate that includes: a substrate and an intermediate layer; a superconductor layer, and a metal stabilization layer which are laminated on the substrate; and an insulation coating layer that covers an outer surface of the superconducting laminate and is formed by baking a resin material. Further, a maximum height Rz of at least a part of the outer surface of the superconducting laminate covered with the insulation coating layer is 890 nm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Fujikura Ltd.
    Inventor: Masanori DAIBO
  • Publication number: 20140345904
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wiring structure of an electric wire and an electric wire with an exterior member improving degree of degree of freedom for wiring pathways, downsizing wiring space, and streamlining wiring workability. In An electric wire with exterior member provided with an electric wire and an exterior member, the electric wire includes an inner conductor made of a plurality of single wires; an inner insulating layer covering a circumference of the inner conductor; and an outer conductor made of a plurality of single wires following an outer circumference of the outer conductor, thereby reducing a diameter of the electric wire relatively, reducing anisotropy of the electric wire in a bending direction, and decreasing a required setting space, which streamlines wiring workability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventor: Mitsuharu Nagahashi
  • Publication number: 20140345903
    Abstract: A shielded electrical ribbon cable includes conductor sets each including one or more insulated conductors, and a first and second shielding film on opposite sides of the cable. In transverse cross section, cover portions of the shielding films substantially surround each conductor set, and pinched portions of the films form pinched portions of the cable on each side of each conductor set. Dense packing is achieved while maintaining high frequency electrical isolation between conductor sets. When the cable is laid flat, a quantity S/Dmin is in a range from 1.7 to 2, where S is a center-to-center spacing between nearest insulated conductors of two adjacent conductor sets, and Dmin is the lesser of the outer dimensions of such nearest insulated conductors. Alternatively, a first and second conductor set each having only one pair of insulated conductors can satisfy a condition that ?/?1 is in a range from 2.5 to 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Inventors: Douglas B. Gundel, Rocky D. Edwards, Mark M. Lettang, Charles F. Staley
  • Patent number: 8889989
    Abstract: A cable adapter unit for building up an outer diameter of an electrical cable to facilitate fitment of a cold-shrinkable cover sleeve body on the electrical cable includes a cold-shrinkable, tubular, elastomeric cable adapter and a removable holdout. The cable adapter defines a cable adapter through passage configured to receive the electrical cable. The cable adapter includes: an integral, electrically conductive, tubular stress cone layer; and an electrically insulating, tubular outer layer integral with and surrounding the stress cone layer. The stress cone layer and the outer layer each define a portion of the through passage. The holdout is mounted within the through passage and is configured to be withdrawn therefrom. The holdout maintains the cable adapter in an expanded state in which the cable adapter is elastically expanded and, when withdrawn from the through passage, permits the cable adapter to radially contract to a contracted state about the electrical cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Kathryn Marie Maher
  • Publication number: 20140326857
    Abstract: A cable includes: a core wire that is electrically conductive; a first inner insulation layer that covers an outer periphery of the core wire and has an exposing portion that exposes the core wire at a distal end side of the first inner insulation layer; and a first latching portion that is fixed to the core wire in the exposing portion, and is latched onto the first inner insulation layer and holds the core wire by coming into contact with the first inner insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takanori SEKIDO
  • Publication number: 20140318858
    Abstract: A high-power low-resistance electromechanical cable constructed of a conductor core comprising a plurality of conductors surrounded by an outer insulating jacket and with each conductor having a plurality of wires that are surrounded by an insulating jacket. The wires can be copper or other conductive wires. The insulating jacket surrounding each set of wires or each conductor can be comprised of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene, polytetrafluoroethylene, polytetrafluoroethylene tape, perfluoroalkoxyalkane, fluorinated ethylene propylene or a combination of materials. A first layer of a plurality of strength members is wrapped around the outer insulating jacket. A second layer of a plurality of strength members may be wrapped around the first layer of a plurality of strength members. The first and/or second layer of strength members can be made of single wires, synthetic fiber strands multi-wire strands, or rope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2014
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: WireCo WorldGroup Inc.
    Inventors: Bamdad Pourladian, Lazaro Espinosa Magaña
  • Publication number: 20140311758
    Abstract: A small-diameter, continuously bonded cable and a method for manufacturing the same includes at least one longitudinally extending inner metallic component with a tie layer of an amended polymer material surrounding and bonded thereto in steps of heating and extruding. A longitudinally extending outer metallic component is radially spaced from the at least one inner metallic component and incased in a polymer material jacket layer in heating and extruding steps. The polymer materials insulate the metallic component for conducting electrical power and/or data signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Varkey, Jushik Yun, Sheng Chang, Burcu Unal Altintas, Ricardo Vanegas
  • Publication number: 20140305675
    Abstract: A USB cable (100), comprising: a power wire (1) transferring positive power, a pair of signal wires (2), a metallic braided layer (6) enclosing on the power wire and the signal wires, and an insulative outer jacket (7) surrounding the metallic braided layer. The power wire comprises a metallic inner conductor and an insulative layer surrounding the inner conductor, a mylar film (11) is surrounding on the power wire, and the mylar film is made of Heat Seal PET.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: XIN-GUANG LIANG, SHANG-HUA ZHAO, LU-YU CHANG
  • Publication number: 20140299348
    Abstract: A data transmission cable includes four bundles (10) each having 19 copper conductor wires and each covered with an insulating layer (12). A shielding (14) has a metallic copper fabric and an outer sheath (15). The diameter of each bundle (10) is equal to 0.625 mm with a tolerance of plus or minus 0.007 mm, where the insulating layer (12) includes an aerated material, this aeration representing 40% of its total volume. The cable has no central mechanical support strength member for the bundles (10) and no separating tape around the bundles (10).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Inventor: Thiery Daumand
  • Publication number: 20140299349
    Abstract: A high-speed signal transmission cable includes a coaxial wire assembly, a shield layer arranged around an outer periphery of the coaxial wire assembly, and a sheath, arranged around as the outermost layer. Each coaxial wire includes an inner conductor, a hollow core member, and an outer conductor. The outer conductor is formed by longitudinally adding a metal foil or a plastic tape having a metal layer on an outer periphery of the hollow core member. The high-speed signal transmission cable can suitably transmit a high-speed digital signal of 10 Gbps and above, and its characteristics do not degrade easily even if it is used on multiple cores twist structure or bending. Therefore, the high-speed signal transmission cable can be used in environments that require high-speed transmission of digital signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: TOTOKU ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tadashi Yamaguchi, Shigehiro Sasai, Makoto Miyashita, Akihiro Sakaguchi, Shigeo Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20140290976
    Abstract: A halogen-free extra-high-voltage cable for railway rolling stock includes a stranded conductor, an inner semi-conducting layer covering the stranded conductor, an outer semi-conducting layer provided on an outer periphery of the inner semi-conducting layer via an insulation layer, and a sheath layer on an outer periphery of the outer semi-conducting layer, the sheath layer containing 80 to 200 parts by weight of metal hydroxide and 0.5 to 10 parts by weight of cross-linking agent with respect to 100 parts by weight of olefin-based polymer containing ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer as a main component, the ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer having a vinyl acetate content of not less than 40 wt % and less than 50 wt % and a melt flow rate of not more than 2.5 g/10 min and a resin composition is cross-linked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hajime NISHI, Motoharu KAJIYAMA, Yoshiaki NAKAMURA, Kentaro SEGAWA, Takayuki TANAKA
  • Publication number: 20140262425
    Abstract: A cable includes a spacer surrounding a cable core. The cable core includes four twisted pairs. A separator is disposed amongst the twisted pairs. The separator may be formed with three layers, wherein a middle layer is conductive and outer layers are nonconductive. A jacket surrounds the spacer, and a shielding layer may reside between the jacket and the spacer. The spacer may be formed of plural fibers or a polymer. Preferably, the spacer presents a lower dielectric constant per unit volume than the jacket. The separator may have a tape shape or a plus shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Wayne C. HOPKINSON, Trent M. HAYES
  • Patent number: 8829345
    Abstract: A covered conductor for wire harnesses, having a covering layer composed of a covering resin composition obtained by blending from 50 to 100 parts by weight of a metal hydrate and from 1 to 5 parts by weight of an external lubricant with 100 parts by weight of a base resin composition comprising from 50 to 75 parts by weight of a polypropylene-based resin, from 20 to 40 parts by weight of a propylene-?-olefin copolymer and the balance of a low-density polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Makoto Kambe, Hideki Katou
  • Publication number: 20140246219
    Abstract: This cable is meant for high speed Ethernet applications. For 40 Gbit/sec data rates, the frequency range of the cable is expected to be at least 2 GHz. All cable performance parameters are expected to be extended to at least 2 Ghz. This includes near end crosstalk. The challenge for cable manufacturers is to produce a cable that avoids “spikes” in NEXT and FEXT to 2 Ghz. The proposed design requires only 1 or 2 pair desirable pair combinations because the shield isolates the pairs into 2 groups of 2 pair. The method of applying the shield eliminates 4 (or possibly 5) required pair combinations by needing only pair 1 to pair 2 and pair 3 to pair 4. It is possible the combination of pair 1 to pair 2 could be used in both groups. The method of applying the shield also reduces the need to increase the insulation thickness to achieve the desired impedance because the shield is not as tight to the pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2014
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventor: James F. Rivernider
  • Patent number: 8816207
    Abstract: The invention provides a coaxial cable including an internal insulating layer formed on an outer periphery of an electric conductor, a conductive layer formed on an outer periphery of the internal insulating layer, and an external insulating layer formed on an outer periphery of the conductive layer. The conductive layer is made of a metal nanoparticle paste sintered body obtained by sintering metal nanoparticles by irradiation of light toward a metal nanoparticles paste.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomiya Abe, Dai Ishikawa, Masanobu Ito, Tadayoshi Tsuchiya
  • Patent number: 8816205
    Abstract: A cable is provided, the cable includes: a conductor configured to propagate a signal; an elastomeric layer surrounding the center conductor; and a conductive topcoat layer surrounding and bonded to the elastomeric layer. The conductive topcoat layer includes a suspension of conductive particles. The conductive topcoat layer is formed by curing a topcoat and conductive paste mixture applied to the elastomeric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: PPC Broadband, Inc.
    Inventors: Noah Montena, Mary Krenceski
  • Publication number: 20140216805
    Abstract: A braid for a wire harness includes a plurality of element wire bundles, each of which is formed of a plurality of element wires, and the plurality of element wire bundles being braided into a tubular shape. Each of the plurality of element wire bundles includes a metal element wire that has electrical conductivity, a plurality of resin element wires that have abrasion resistance and that are disposed to surround the metal element wire, and a drain metal element wire that has electrical conductivity and that is disposed with the resin element wires and contacts with the metal element wire. The drain metal element wires in the plurality of element wire bundles contact to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideomi ADACHI, Yoshiaki OZAKI
  • Publication number: 20140209347
    Abstract: A cable includes a center conductor. An insulating layer surrounds the center conductor. A sparse shield partially surrounds the insulating layer. An insulating jacket covers the sparse shield and the remainder of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Tyco Electronics Corporation
  • Patent number: 8772638
    Abstract: Process for manufacturing a cable comprising the following steps:(a) conveying at least one conductor to an extruder apparatus;(b) extruding an insulating coating layer radially external to said at least one conductor; (c) longitudinally folding a metal tape around said extruded insulating coating layer, said metal tape bearing at least one adhesive coating layer in a radially external position; (e) extruding at least one continuous coating layer comprising at least one polyamide or a copolymer thereof around and in contact with said folded metal tape; wherein the step (e) is carried out at a draw down ratio (DDR) not higher than 2.5, preferably of from 1.2 to 2.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: Prysmian Cavi E Sistemi Energia S.R.L.
    Inventors: Alberto Lumachi, Paolo Veggetti, Luca Giorgio De Rai, Franck O'Neil, Alberto Bareggi, Marco Frigerio, Sergio Belli
  • Publication number: 20140166335
    Abstract: A power line core in an undersea cable includes a conducting member, an insulating member, a shield layer, a water shielding layer, an anticorrosion layer and the like. The insulating member is provided on an outer periphery portion of the conducting member. The insulating member is made of, for example, crosslinked polyethylene. The shield layer is provided on an outer periphery of the insulating member. The water shielding layer is provided on an outer periphery portion of the shield layer. The water shielding layer includes a multilayer tape in which a metal layer is sandwiched by resin layers. The anticorrosion layer is provided on an outer periphery portion of the water shielding layer. In the cross section of the multilayer tape, the metal layer has a corrugated shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru KAGOURA, Kenichi ISHII, Kei KAIZUKA, Takuzo HAGIWARA
  • Patent number: 8735725
    Abstract: A signal transmission line disposed with a conductive plastic material layer is provided, which relates to the field of signal transmission line technologies, and specifically to electromagnetic interference (EMI) protection of the signal transmission line. The signal transmission line at least includes a metal wire disposed with an insulation layer, a conductive plastic material layer is disposed outside the metal wire disposed with the insulation layer, and an insulation outer coating layer is disposed outside the conductive plastic material layer. A conductive plastic material layer is used as a shielding layer for EMI protection. The conductive plastic material is also called conductive polymer plastic and has characteristics such as good conductivity and good antistatic property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen Luxshare Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Huabing Li
  • Publication number: 20140138153
    Abstract: A high-voltage conduction path includes one conductor of a positive electrode conductor and a negative electrode conductor, a first insulator that is provided on the outside of the one conductor, the other conductor of the positive electrode conductor and the negative electrode conductor, the other conductor being provided on the outside of the first insulator, and a second insulator that is provided on the outside of the other conductor. The other conductor is made of a metal wire material and formed into a cylindrical shape by spirally winding the metal wire material, and portions of the metal wire material positioned to be adjacent to each other contact with each other at side end faces opposed to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: May 22, 2014
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Eiichi TOYAMA, Shigemi HASHIZAWA
  • Publication number: 20140110147
    Abstract: An insulated electric conductor and method for making such a conductor are disclosed. The conductor comprises a copper core, a layer of aluminum formed over the copper core, an aluminum oxide dielectric layer formed over the layer of aluminum, and a thin polymeric layer formed over said aluminum oxide dielectric layer. The thin polymeric layer is preferably between about 30 microns (0.001?) and about 500 microns (0.02?) and is more preferably between about 45 microns (0.0015?) and about 250 microns (0.01?). The polymeric layer may be any polymeric material selected from the group consisting of acrylic resins, epoxy resins, polyurethane resins, and silicone resins. Other polymeric materials may be used. The polymeric layer may be formed by a variety of methods including, but not limited to, spraying, brushing, dipping, and powder coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Larry Dean Elie, Allan Roy Gale, John Matthew Ginder, Clay Wesley Maranville
  • Publication number: 20140102751
    Abstract: A shielded wire harness includes: a wire harness; a conductive sheet to be wrapped around the wire harness in a parallel state to the wire harness, the conductive sheet having a long belt shape along a longitudinal direction of the wire harness; and a long protection tape to be spirally wound around an outer circumference of the conductive sheet wrapped around the wire harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takahiro IWASAKI, Takuya SUGIYAMA, Yoshinobu AKIHA
  • Publication number: 20140102781
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power cable apparatus that comprises an elongated thermal conductor, and an electrical conductor layer surrounding at least a portion of the elongated thermal conductor. In one or more embodiments, heat generated in the power cable is transferred via the elongated thermal conductor to at least one end of the power cable. In at least one embodiment, the apparatus further comprises an electric insulation layer surrounding at least a portion of the electrical conductor layer. In some embodiments, the apparatus further comprises a thermal insulation layer surrounding at least a portion of the electric insulation layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: THE BOEING COMPANY
  • Patent number: 8691393
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are various exemplary embodiments of electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding heat shrinkable materials and articles (e.g., tapes, etc.). In an exemplary embodiment, an EMI shielding heat shrinkable tape includes a heat shrinkable layer and an EMI shielding layer. When heated to a shrink temperature of the heat shrinkable layer, the tape may shrink lengthwise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kelly G. Cook, Larry D. Creasy, Jr.