Anti-abrasion Devices Patents (Class 174/136)
  • Patent number: 11930804
    Abstract: An avian streamer deterrent system includes an electric power line support structure coupled to a plurality of conducting wires. Each conducting wire of the plurality of conducting wires is coupled to an insulator. At least one avian streamer deterrent is disposed above the insulator of at least one of the conducting wires of the plurality of conducting wires. The at least one avian streamer deterrent may be disposed on a that is absent an insulator and situated above the plurality of conducting wires. The at least one avian streamer deterrent or an additional avian streamer deterrent may extend over one or more jumpers coupling at least a first conducting wire of the plurality of conducting wires to a second conducting wire of the plurality of conducting wires. In addition, the at least one avian streamer deterrent may comprise a rotatable configuration or a collapsible configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Florida Power & Light Company
    Inventors: Eric D. Schwartz, David C. Niebch
  • Patent number: 11888278
    Abstract: A support core system for deploying a cold shrink rubber over a cable splice connection in an electrical distribution system. The support core system includes a first solid core, a second solid core, and a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film. The first solid core is configured to fit over a cable in the electrical distribution system and hold a first portion of the cold shrink rubber in an expanded state. The cable includes the cable splice connection. The second solid core is configured to fit over the cable and hold a second portion of the cold shrink rubber in an expanded state. The PET film is positioned between the cold shrink rubber and each of the first solid core and the second solid core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Richards Mfg. Co.
    Inventors: Christopher A Juillet, Bruce Bier, Jeffrey Madden
  • Patent number: 11867961
    Abstract: Provided herein are embodiments of an aversive cable. The cable includes a cable core comprising a longitudinal axis, a cable jacket surrounding the cable core along the longitudinal axis, and at least one sacrificial lobe. The cable jacket has an outer surface, and each of the at least one sacrificial lobe extends longitudinally along at least a portion of cable jacket and radially outward from the outer surface of the cable jacket. The cable jacket and the at least one sacrificial lobe include an aversive material. In embodiments, the sacrificial lobes are included on a cable sheath instead of the cable jacket, and the cable sheath surrounds the cable jacket without being bonded to the cable jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CORNING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott M. Adams, William Welch McCollough
  • Patent number: 11843233
    Abstract: A wire harness including: a wire harness main body including an electric wire and an exterior tube enclosing an outer circumference of the electric wire; a first path restricting cover that is attached to an outer circumference of the exterior tube and restricts a path of the wire harness main body; and a second path restricting cover that is attached to an outer circumference of the first path restricting cover and restricts the path of the wire harness main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Ryuta Saito, Katsutoshi Izawa, Kosuke Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11764561
    Abstract: An anti-rotation clamp and method of use may include a bolt having a threaded body along which a stabilizer moves relative to the threaded body, a stabilizer and an engagement member which engages the stabilizer to prevent relative rotation between the stabilizer and the engagement member as the threaded body is rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Kaddas Enerprises Inc.
    Inventor: James Kaddas
  • Patent number: 11653460
    Abstract: A hinge assembly for pivotally joining the opposing halves of a carryable case, especially a case for housing an electronic apparatus. The disclosed hinge is adapted to convey electrical conductors from one half of the case to the other, while protecting them from damage by excessive flexing, abrasion, moisture, and debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: East West Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventor: Benjamin W. Bomer
  • Patent number: 11549328
    Abstract: An over element line protector comprises a body having a first major surface including a first curvature of a first radius and a second major surface including a second curvature having a second smaller radius. The second radius is smaller than the first radius. The body has a longitudinal extent and a central region aligned with and along the longitudinal extent. The central region is of a first thickness. Wing regions extend laterally from the central region and have a second smaller thickness than the first thickness. A passageway is located in the central region extending along the longitudinal extent of the body configured to protect a line therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: BAKER HUGHES OILFIELD OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: David Schneider
  • Patent number: 11502488
    Abstract: A cable management assembly is disclosed that can be completely factory assembled and shipped to a site for later mounting directly to a telecommunications rack or cabinet. The cable management assembly includes a plurality of cables secured within a carrier assembly. In one aspect, the cables have different or customized individual lengths. The carrier assembly can include a bracket portion and a plurality of cable management members extending from the bracket portion. The plurality of cable management members can define a plurality of cable routing apertures through which at least some of the plurality of cables extend. The bracket portion is mountable to a telecommunications rack with the plurality of cables mounted within the carrier assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Patrick Lee Fariello, Gordon C. Spisany, Craig Bryan Wilson, Darshan Patell, Brian J. Hanchey, Rodney A. Willis
  • Patent number: 11485065
    Abstract: A wrappable protective sleeve for providing protection to at least one elongate member contained therein and methods of construction and use thereof are provided. The sleeve includes a flexible textile wall having opposite inner and outer faces bounded by opposite edges and opposite ends. The opposite edges extend generally parallel to one another between the opposite ends. A pair of adhesive layers is bonded to the inner face, with each of the adhesive layers being spaced from one another. The adhesive layers extend between the opposite ends adjacent the opposite edges. Further, a release paper is releasably adhered to the pair of adhesive layers for subsequent removal and use of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain LLC
    Inventors: Cassie M. Malloy, Jean Ferrand, Danny E. Winters, Tianqi Gao
  • Patent number: 11088524
    Abstract: A protective apparatus for a distribution line conductor includes an elongate tube configured to be installed on the conductor and a plurality of annular members concentrically positioned on the tube and configured to rotate independently of each other. The tube has a longitudinal axis and defines a longitudinally extending chamber configured to receive the conductor. The tube has opposite first and second ends and a longitudinally extending opening from the first end to the second end that facilitates installation of the elongate tube on the conductor. Each annular member includes an outer surface and a plurality of circumferentially-spaced apart members extending outwardly from the outer surface. Each annular member includes a longitudinally extending slot that is configured to align with the longitudinally extending opening of the tube to facilitate installation of the elongate tube and the plurality of annular members as an assembly on the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventors: Laura Jackson Hiller, David Edwin Bowling, Stephen Martin Parker, Luis Puigcerver
  • Patent number: 10958050
    Abstract: A protective cover for surrounding a conduit assembly in a mine has a flexible elongate main body that comprises a plurality of discrete functional layers and which is configurable as a sleeve having an outer surface, the protective cover comprising a first layer, substantially comprised of an aramid based material, that is structurally configured to provide substantial protection from the force associated with impacting projectiles originating from the external environment whilst also being configured to substantially resist internally generated forces of the type that are typically associated with a burst hose, a second layer, adjacent to the outer surface of the first layer, that is structurally configured in the form of a mesh thereby protecting the first layer from external bodies that may otherwise potentially induce tear damage to the first layer, the protective cover characterised by further comprising a third layer, adjacent to said first layer, comprising a polymeric membrane that is substantially i
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Fuchs Petrolub SE
    Inventor: David Patrick Charles Herbert Gooding
  • Patent number: 10496140
    Abstract: A fixing device for an expansion card is installed on a frame of a desktop computer to fix an expansion card on the desktop computer. The fixing device includes at least two installation bases. After adjusting an interval between the installation bases, the installation bases are fixed to an opening of the frame by locking members. Each of the installation bases is provided with an installing through hole, such that an installation portion at the rear end of each of two fixing rods penetrates through the installing through. The front ends of the fixing rods vertically extend to form clamping portions to clamp the expansion card. The clamping portions and the expansion card are provided with a fixing batten to stabilize the expansion card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: NZXT INC.
    Inventor: Sam Lin
  • Patent number: 10337260
    Abstract: This invention relates to a cable protecting device (5) for protecting cables (7) extending over a collar (2) on a pipeline (1), said collar extending around the circumference of the pipe and extending a known length outside said pipeline circumference, the collar having a first and second end surface, the cable protecting device (5) having a length in the direction of the pipeline being longer than the collar (2), and comprising a first recess along the inner surface for enclosing the cable (7) to be protected and a second recess in said inner surface for containing at least a part of the collar (2), the ends of said device at least partially covering the corresponding parts of the collar ends. The length of the second recess corresponds essentially to the length of the collar, each end of said second recess being provided with engaging means (4) adapted to engage with the corresponding end surface of the collar, thus fixing the protecting device (5) to the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: Roxar Flow Measurement AS
    Inventor: Terje Baustad
  • Patent number: 10320175
    Abstract: A mechanical link includes a carrier for supporting a conductor within a mechanical link. The mechanical link may include a first arm and a second arm, the second arm being arranged for movement with respect to the first arm, and a flexible helical carrier for supporting a conductor, wherein the flexible helical carrier is received within the first and second arms. The carrier may be, or may include a generally helical member of a flexible material, the generally helical member comprising a continuous support portion having on both sides thereof upstanding wall portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: ULTRA ELECTRONICS LIMITED
    Inventor: Phil Keen
  • Patent number: 10018003
    Abstract: A tubing anchoring tool connectable to a tubing string and positionable within a well conduit is provided, for preventing movement of a tubing string. The tool comprises one or more axial grooves formed along the length of an outer surface thereof, for accommodating cables placed therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Tazco Holdings Inc.
    Inventor: Edward Moore
  • Patent number: 9884956
    Abstract: There are provided a thermoplastic elastomer composition from which a molded article excellent in softness, flame retardancy, tensile properties, and appearance can be obtained and which is excellent in flowability, and a molded article thereof. The thermoplastic elastomer composition includes a thermoplastic elastomer obtained by reacting an ethylene copolymer comprising monomer units derived from ethylene and monomer units derived from at least one selected from the group consisting of propylene and ?-olefins having 4 to 10 carbon atoms (component (A)), a propylene polymer (component (B)), and a crosslinking agent, a phosphoric acid salt compound (component (C)), a metal oxide including a metal having an atomic weight of 22 to 64 or a metal hydroxide including a metal having an atomic weight of 22 to 64 (component (D)), and a polyhydric compound (component (E)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventor: Ryosuke Kurokawa
  • Patent number: 9849846
    Abstract: A wire harness includes electrical wires and an outer covering member. The outer covering member includes tube portions different in cross-sectional shape and size and a guiding shape portion between adjacent tube portions. The guiding shape portion guides the electrical wires when inserted. A cap is provided to each one end of the electrical wires, and the electrical wires are passed through the guiding shape portion with the caps facing frontward. A wire harness and a method for inserting electric conductive paths through the wire harness can enhance workability related to the electrical conductive paths and an outer covering member while suiting the wire harness to the shapes and the usage environments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tatsuya Oga
  • Patent number: 9769943
    Abstract: A cable or cord management device comprises a sheath or enclosure that surrounds the cable or cord that facilitates organization and handling of the cable or cord. The management device can include one or more straps configured to facilitate coupling of the cable management device to a storage container (e.g., a bag or other piece of luggage). The sheath can have an elongate opening closed by a first zipper extending along one side of the sheath and another elongate opening closed by a second zipper extending along the opposite side of the sheath from the first zipper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Inventor: Peter Chin
  • Patent number: 9732485
    Abstract: A column protection apparatus includes a number of impact absorbing members, each impact absorbing member including a protrusion and a protrusion receiving opening. The protrusion of each impact absorption member is inserted into the protrusion receiving opening of another, different impact absorption member such that a column-receiving opening is formed through the impact absorbing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: MCCUE CORPORATION
    Inventors: David S. McCue, Timothy David Stratford, Steve Field, David DiAntonio, Thomas Ustach
  • Patent number: 9500042
    Abstract: This invention relates to a cable protecting device (5) for protecting cables (7) extending over a collar (2) on a pipeline (1), said collar extending around the circumference of the pipe and extending a known length outside said pipeline circumference, the collar having a first and second end surface, the cable protecting device (5) having a length in the direction of the pipeline being longer than the collar (2), and comprising a first recess along the inner surface for enclosing the cable (7) to be protected and a second recess in said inner surface for containing at least a part of the collar (2), the ends of said device at least partially covering the corresponding parts of the collar ends. The length of the second recess corresponds essentially to the length of the collar, each end of said second recess being provided with engaging means (4) adapted to engage with the corresponding end surface of the collar, thus fixing the protecting device (5) to the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: Roxar Flow Measurement AS
    Inventor: Terje Baustad
  • Patent number: 9121261
    Abstract: A multiple integral pressure transducer system for installation in oil field downhole coiled tubing systems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Glenn Robert McColpin, Brian Park, Kenneth Glenn Dixson, Mikko Jaaskelainen, Maximo Gustavo Michaelis
  • Patent number: 8993884
    Abstract: A wire theft deterrent system includes a first U-shaped portion and a second U-shaped portion for encapsulating wire in a riser that is associated with a telephone pole. The first and second U-shaped portions are both made of stainless steel, so as to be substantially resistant to saw blades and hammers. The first U-shaped portion and the second U-shaped portion are connected to one another by high-security fasteners, each of which passes through an aperture in a flange of the first U-shaped portion and a corresponding aperture in a flange of the second U-shaped portion. The high-security fasteners restrict access to the encapsulated wires, so as to deter wire theft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Mt. Baker Cable, LLC
    Inventor: Dan R. Adams
  • Publication number: 20150083462
    Abstract: To provide a structure for mounting a retrofit part to a cladding member that can prevent the retrofit part from causing a turn or positional displacement. A clamp includes a clamp base and a clamp cover continuous to the clamp base by a hinge. The clamp has spike-shaped portions. The spike-shaped portions are formed and placed on both a mount surface of the clamp base and a mount surface of the clamp cover. The spike-shaped portions are an area that prevents the clamp from causing a turn or positional displacement, and each protrusively formed substantially into a pyramid shape with a pointed end. The spike-shaped portions are formed as an area that bites into an exterior surface of a cladding member and that resists external force, such as vibrations, when the clamp is mounted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Yoshida, Eiichi Tohyama, Tatsuya Oga, Shinichi Inao, Masaaki Suguro
  • Patent number: 8987601
    Abstract: A plurality of wires are prevented from being damaged from contact with an edge of an end portion of a shield pipe through which the wires are inserted. A shield pipe through which a wire harness including a plurality of wires routed in a hybrid automobile or an electric automobile has partition walls separating the plurality of inserted wires one by one and projecting continuously in an axis direction of the pipe from an inner surface of a peripheral wall of a pipe main body. The partition walls corresponding to the number of wires inserted through the shield pipe are provided radially in a cross section. Each of the partition walls has at least one bending portion extending in the axis direction of the pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouki Shiga, Hidetoshi Sugino
  • Patent number: 8913863
    Abstract: A hydrocarbon application cable of reduced nylon with increased flexibility and useful life. The cable may be of a hose or solid configuration and particularly beneficial for use in marine operations. A power and data communicative core of the cable may be surrounded by a lightweight intermediate polymer layer of a given hardness which is ultimately then surrounded by an outer polymer jacket having a hardness that is greater than the given hardness. Thus, a lighter weight polymer is provided interior of the outer polymer jacket, which may be of nylon or other suitably hard material. As such, the overall weight and cost of the cable may be substantially reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: WesternGeco L.L.C.
    Inventors: Joseph Varkey, Jushik Yun, Byong Jun Kim
  • Publication number: 20140268507
    Abstract: Techniques for the construction and use of cable protectors are described herein. The cable protectors may be used to protect cables in a wide variety of applications, locations and environments, including a utility (e.g., water or gas) metering application. In one example, the cable protector may protect a cable connecting a water meter to a radio. The cable protector may be constructed of a ribbon of durable material (e.g., stainless steel) configured as a helix. The helix may define a central channel through which the cable may pass. The cable protector may have spacing between adjacent turns of the helix that are too narrow to allow attack of the cable by animals. Exact dimensions may depend largely on a size of a cable to protect, and an environment and use of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: ITRON, INC.
    Inventor: Todd Arthur Cannon
  • Patent number: 8796549
    Abstract: A bushing is provided for a wire. The bushing includes a polymeric body that extends a length from an end to an opposite end. The body includes a pre-coiled shape wherein the body includes at least one coil defined between the ends. The body is biased to the pre-coiled shape and is flexible such that the body is configured to be at least partially unwound from the pre-coiled shape, against the bias, for wrapping the body around the wire. The body is resiliently unwindable from the pre-coiled shape such that the body is configured to at least partially return to the pre-coiled shape as the body is wrapped around the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A. Briere, Steve Chap Tran, Thomas Pieper Oliver, John M. Kuster, David A. Hurrell
  • Patent number: 8710372
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a device to facilitate moving an electrical cable of an electric vehicle charging station. Other embodiments of related systems and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Blink Acquisition, LLC
    Inventor: Donald B. Karner
  • Publication number: 20130269981
    Abstract: A plurality of wires are prevented from being damaged from contact with an edge of an end portion of a shield pipe through which the wires are inserted. A shield pipe 1 through which a wire harness W/H including a plurality of wires W routed in a hybrid automobile or an electric automobile has partition walls 3 separating the plurality of inserted wires W one by one and projecting continuously in an axis direction of the pipe from an inner surface of a peripheral wall 2 of a pipe main body. The partition walls 3 corresponding to the number of wires inserted through the shield pipe 1 are provided radially in a cross section. Each of the partition walls 3 has at least one bending portion 4 extending in the axis direction of the pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Kouki Shiga, Hidetoshi Sugino
  • Publication number: 20130255995
    Abstract: A flexible circuit board shielding device for an electronic apparatus is disclosed. The flexible circuit board shielding device is provided to protect a flexible circuit board or a cable, including a body assembled on a slide and/or rotation module and a wing portion pivoted to the body. When the body is moved in response to the motion of the slide and/or rotation module, the wing portions can be freely swung or rotated in response to on the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: FIRST DOME CORPORATION
    Inventors: CHIEN CHENG MAI, KUO CHENG LIAO
  • Patent number: 8513529
    Abstract: At least one cable is fastened to a longitudinal structure. The longitudinal structure is prepared to absorb the tensile load of the cable. The longitudinal structure is prepared to be bent together with the cable around an obstacle of a construction while they are positioned in reference to the construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Esben Vadstrup
  • Publication number: 20130049455
    Abstract: Disclosed is a shield conductor for an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle, which includes a protector, a protector closure clip, and a rubber grommet The protector is formed of aluminum having excellent corrosion resistance and connects a battery pack and a high voltage distribution box and protects shielded and unshielded wires. The protector closure clip is formed of injection molded plastic and is attached to the outside of the protector. The rubber grommet has excellent water-sealing characteristics and surrounds the circumferences of the wires exposed to the outside of the protector. As a result, to the present invention prevents the occurrence of scratches when the wires are inserted into the protector, prevents the wires from being twisted when the protector is bent, and prevents foreign materials or water from being introduced into the protector from the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, YURA CORPORATION CO., LTD, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyun Wook Kim, Ki Wook Ohm, Young Kyoon Jin
  • Publication number: 20120325519
    Abstract: A wire protector is provided that is lightweight, that has a simple structure, and that is capable of covering a circumference of wires along a length direction thereof and of preventing an occurrence of noise due to contact with the wires sheathed therein. The wire protector covers the circumference of the wires in the length direction thereof, is configured with a cylindrical member made of a hot press processed non-woven fabric, is formed such that an inner surface is more pliable than an outer surface hardened by the hot press process, and has a slit from the outer surface to the inner surface formed along the entire length direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Shinichi Igarashi, Hiroaki Masuda, Nobumasa Takihara, Yukihiro Shirafuji
  • Patent number: 8309852
    Abstract: An apparatus for dual acting strain relief is provided. In one embodiment, a strain relief apparatus comprises: a main body having a base member including a first surface and a second surface, and a cone member extending from the first surface of the base member, the cone member including an orifice that penetrates through the main body to the second surface; a primary clamp that secures to the main body and shaped to interface with the base member to form a first set of clamping surfaces where the orifice penetrates the second surface; and a secondary clamp having a tapered cavity therein that penetrates through the secondary clamp and is shaped to receive the cone member. A surface of the tapered cavity and a surface of the cone member form a second set of clamping surfaces. The second set of clamping surfaces provide an electrical path to the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Schrock
  • Publication number: 20120261163
    Abstract: Disclosed is a halogen-free, flame retardant thermoplastic resin composition based on polypropylene and one or more thermoplastic elastomers with an organic nitrogen- and/or phosphorus-based intumescent flame retardant comprising a piperazine component. The composition is processed easily to make a wire and cable sheath exhibiting a balance of high flame retardancy, good flexibility, high wet electrical resistance and excellent heat deformation properties, and which passes the VW-I flame retardancy test, the UL1581 heat deformation test at 150° C. and the wet electrical resistance test, and also exhibits good tensile and flexibility properties. Also disclosed is a wire and cable sheath made from the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Xiang Yang Tai, Yabin Sun, Yurong Cao, Li Qiang Fan, Lin Fu, Geoffrey D. Brown, Manish Mundra
  • Publication number: 20120247810
    Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes a protective member which is mounted to an opening of a rear panel and is formed as a resin tabular body in which a cover portion, an edge portion, and a plurality of holding portions are integrally formed. The protective member is fixed to the rear panel at the edge portion. The cover portion has a shape smaller than the opening. The edge portion has an external shape which is larger than the opening, and the edge portion being positioned outside the cover portion to provide a gap therebetween. The plurality of holding portions are independently Positioned in the gap and each of the holding portions connects the edge portion and the cover portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventor: Daisuke SHIGE
  • Patent number: 8227694
    Abstract: A wire harness exterior protecting tube minimizes sagging of a wire harness laid in a straddling manner in a vehicle and allows smooth bending of the wire harness. The wire harness exterior protecting tube has longitudinal opposite ends supported in a straddling manner by the vehicle without support between the opposite ends. The protecting tube has at one side section a vertical flat plate section and also has the other section having a square U-shaped or semicircular ring-shaped cross-section. The other section connects to the one side section to form a square or semicircular cross-sectional shape. That portion of the other section which faces the flat plate section is a bellows section having a corrugated shape. The thickness of the flat plate section is adapted to suppress the sagging of the protecting tube caused by the weight of the wire harness and to be bendable by bending of the bellows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventor: Shigeki Murayama
  • Patent number: 8141593
    Abstract: The system includes, in addition to the sleeve (11), a tubular core (12) for keeping in a stretched condition the sleeve, adapted to receive inside it the elongate member, and a film (13) with a low coefficient of friction placed between the sleeve (11) and the core (12) to enable the core to slide relative to the sleeve. The film (13) extends at least from a first end (15) of the sleeve to a first end (17) of the core (12) opposite the first end (15) of the sleeve, makes a half-turn at the first end (17) of the core (12) and then extends inside the core as far as its second end (18) at which it makes a half-turn and then extends outside the core (12) as far as the sleeve (11) to which it is fixed externally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Societe Industrielle de Construction d'Appareils et de Materiel Electrique
    Inventors: Pierre Henri Adrien Francois, Piotr Gorecki, Laurent Chanat
  • Publication number: 20110305518
    Abstract: A deployment device for deploying a buoyant underwater electricity generating apparatus to a submerged location in a body of water is disclosed. The deployment device comprises a winding apparatus (14) adapted to be mounted to the electricity generating apparatus and adapted to engage an anchor chain (24) fixed to a floor of the body of water and to move along said anchor chain in a first direction to move the electricity generating apparatus to said submerged location. The deployment device also comprises a locking mechanism (38) having a locked condition in which movement of the winding apparatus along the anchor chain in a second direction, opposite to said first direction, is prevented when the locking mechanism is at a predetermined location on said anchor chain, and an unlocked condition in which said winding apparatus can move along the anchor chain in said second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Inventors: Colin Richard Pearce, Justin Nicholas Farrelly
  • Publication number: 20110284266
    Abstract: To provide a tolerance absorbing structure for a wire harness which can prevent in advance the assembling failure at the time of mounting wires on a vehicle and also can improve the assembling workability. The tolerance absorbing structure includes a shield shell 29 which is formed in a cylindrical shape so as to have a fitting space therein and has a supporting piece 41 to be fastened by a vehicle stud bolt 39 and protruding in the direction perpendicular to the axis line of the fitting space, and an inner holder 31 which is fitted into the fitting space of the shield shell 29 along the axis line direction thereby to be held in a manner of being restricted from being separated from the shield shell 29 and has a wire holding hole extending in the axis line direction for fixing wires 23, 23 inserted therein, wherein the inner holder 31 is held within the fitting space of the shield shell 29 so as to have a movable space in the axis line direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masahiro Deno, Yoshitaka Tsushima
  • Patent number: 7952030
    Abstract: A wire guide for an electronic device has a base being mounted in the electronic device and a protecting tube being pivotally mounted in the base. Wires of the electronic device are mounted through the protecting tube so the wires pivot smoothly to connect the electronic device conveniently to a power supply. Therefore, The wires do not have to be bent or forced so the electronic device is more convenient to use, and safer since the wires and protective tube are not snapped easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Cyber Power System Inc.
    Inventors: Lien-Hsun Ho, Hsiung-Kuei Cheng, Chung-Chien Tseng
  • Publication number: 20110083879
    Abstract: A textile sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members and method of construction thereof is provided. The textile sleeve has an elongate textile wall constructed from interlaced yarn. An emulsion of acrylic binder and water-based silicon resin is applied to coat the interlaced yarn, with the acrylic binder providing resistance to end fray of the textile sleeve at temperatures below 150° C., and the silicone resin providing resistance to end fray between about 150-500° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2010
    Publication date: April 14, 2011
    Inventors: Ramesh R. Avula, Geoffrey Gibbs, JR., John Barber, JR.
  • Publication number: 20100270075
    Abstract: A wire harness exterior protecting tube minimizes sagging of a wire harness laid in a straddling manner in a vehicle and allows smooth bending of the wire harness. The wire harness exterior protecting tube has longitudinal opposite ends supported in a straddling manner by the vehicle without support between the opposite ends. The protecting tube has at one side section a vertical flat plate section and also has the other section having a square U-shaped or semicircular ring-shaped cross-section. The other section connects to the one side section to form a square or semicircular cross-sectional shape. That portion of the other section which faces the flat plate section is a bellows section having a corrugated shape. The thickness of the flat plate section is adapted to suppress the sagging of the protecting tube caused by the weight of the wire harness and to be bendable by bending of the bellows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shigeki Murayama
  • Publication number: 20100163279
    Abstract: A wire guide for an electronic device has a base being mounted in the electronic device and a protecting tube being pivotally mounted in the base. Wires of the electronic device are mounted through the protecting tube so the wires pivot smoothly to connect the electronic device conveniently to a power supply. Therefore, The wires do not have to be bent or forced so the electronic device is more convenient to use, and safer since the wires and protective tube are not snapped easily.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: CYBER POWER SYSTEM INC.
    Inventors: Lien-Hsun Ho, Hsiung-Kuei Cheng, Chung-Chien Tseng
  • Publication number: 20100101833
    Abstract: The abrasion resistance of organic fiber based ropes and cords is increased by a outer woven cover of tapes of high molecular weight and more preferably ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Applicant: POLTECO INC.
    Inventors: Nina Zachariades, Dimitris J. Zachariades
  • Publication number: 20100045106
    Abstract: A buffering part 34 is formed by turning an end side of a wiring harness 30 in a U-shape, and by detachably holding a neighbor of an end of the wiring harness 32 with a retainer 29 of a protector 24 disposed on a middle of the wiring harness 33. A circular portion of the buffering part 34 can work as a buffer. The buffer performance of the buffering part 34 depends on flexibility and resiliency of a corrugate tube 25 and on a circular shape formed between a holding position of the retainer 29 and the neighbor of the end of the wiring harness 32.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2009
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuya Oga, Hidehiro Ichikawa, Takeshi Ogue
  • Publication number: 20090206610
    Abstract: A cable guard for installation in a wind turbine generator includes an elastomeric pad, a bracket for coupling the pad to a ladder within the wind turbine generator, and a fastener for coupling the bracket to the ladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventors: Negel Martin, Paul Ackerman
  • Publication number: 20090200062
    Abstract: The present invention is to provide an electric supply device for a slide structure, which can prevent drooping of a wiring harness. The electric supply device for the slide structure has a wiring harness arranged to extend from a base body to a slide structure slidably provided on the base body, a guide rail arranged along a slide direction of the slide structure in one of the base body or the slide structure, a slider supporting one end of the wiring harness and slidabaly arranged on the guide rail, a supporting member supporting another end of the wiring harness and fixed in the other of the base body or the slide structure and an angel offset means. The angel offset means turns a derivation direction X leading the wiring harness from one of the slider or the supporting member above a horizontal direction H.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Tohru Aoki
  • Publication number: 20090095505
    Abstract: A powerfeeder spacer includes a spacer hub, a neutral cable opening having an interior cable opening wall extending through the spacer hub, a plurality of spaced-apart spacer fingers extending from the spacer hub and a plurality of spaced-apart power cable notches each having a generally curved notch wall between the plurality of spaced-apart spacer fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Hans R. Hagbrandt, Herbert P. Weisse
  • Patent number: 7488199
    Abstract: A bundling apparatus for the organization of electrical wires. The bundling apparatus comprising a body with a first end and a second end, the body being movable from an extended position to a compressed position. The body holding the electrical wires together when the bundling apparatus is in the extended position and the electrical wires being movable when the bundling apparatus is in the compressed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2009
    Assignee: The General Electric Company
    Inventor: David Gonzalez