Conduit Or Cable Structure Patents (Class 174/34)
  • Patent number: 11955255
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composite cable for a vehicle and a composite cable assembly, which are capable of simultaneously providing a communication function and power to an electronic parking brake (EPB) and an anti-lock brake system (ABS) for use in a vehicle, and maximizing electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) shielding performance between internal components or external cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LS CABLE & SYSTEM LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Pyo Hong, Sung Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11887755
    Abstract: A device for marking a conductor includes: a gripper for gripping the conductor extending in a longitudinal direction; a heating jaw assembly having two jaws spaced from each other in an open position in a first transverse direction transverse to the longitudinal direction; and a transport mechanism for dispensing a foil tape extending along the first transverse direction on a first side of the heating jaw assembly, a foil side of the foil tape facing away from the heating jaw assembly being weldable by heat and a foil side of the foil tape facing the heating jaw assembly including a marking of the conductor; and a gripper mechanism for moving the gripper along a second transverse direction transverse to the longitudinal direction and transverse to the first transverse direction when the heating jaw assembly is in the open position. The gripper moves the gripped conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Jens Ruppert
  • Patent number: 11765817
    Abstract: An object here is to provide a control device which can be reduced in size, weight and cost while being able to prevent unauthorized access. The control device includes: a microcontroller having a storage device, a processor, a package in which the storage device and the processor are accommodated, and multiple communication electrodes provided on a bottom surface of the package; and a wiring board having wiring layers comprised of a front surface layer, an intermediate layer and a rear surface layer, each having a wiring pattern formed therein, insulating members for insulating the respective wiring layers from each other; interlayer connection portions each making an electrical connection between the wiring patterns in different ones of the wiring layers; multiple electrode pads formed n the front surface layer; and communication-dedicated interlayer connection portions which are electrically connected to the respective electrode pads, and which are each externally exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Yutaka Takeuchi, Hideyuki Takahama, Yuzo Taguchi, Shozo Kanzaki
  • Patent number: 11742626
    Abstract: An active cable avoiding influence of RX power consumption, comprising: the host connection end, the device connection end and the data wire and the auxiliary wire located between them. The auxiliary wire consists of the main power wire and the auxiliary power wire, wherein, the main power wire is used for current transmission between the VBUS of the host and the device; the auxiliary wire, one end of it is located at the host connection end and connected with the main power wire, and another end at the device connection end and is used for supply power to the active component at the device connection end. The active cable disconnects an active module of the device connection end from the VBUS and also arranges the power module between the active component and the auxiliary wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: EVERPRO TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY LTD
    Inventors: Wengang Chen, Yi Li, Xinliang Zhou, Hui Jiang
  • Patent number: 11706877
    Abstract: A composite wiring substrate includes a first wiring substrate including a first connection terminal, a second wiring substrate including a second connection terminal facing the first connection terminal, and a joint material joining the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal. The first outline of the first connection terminal is inside the second outline of the second connection terminal in a plan view. The joint material includes a first portion formed of an intermetallic alloy of copper and tin, and contacting each of the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal, and a second portion formed of an alloy of tin and bismuth, and including a portion between the first outline and the second outline in the plan view. The second portion contains the bismuth at a higher concentration than in the eutectic composition of a tin-bismuth alloy, and is separated from the second connection terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: SHINKO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shota Miki, Koyuki Kawakami, Kiyoshi Oi, Kei Murayama, Mitsuhiro Aizawa
  • Patent number: 11501891
    Abstract: A plurality of wire-like transmission members is easily fixed to a base member. The wiring member includes an assembled wire made up of a plurality of bundled wire-like transmission members and a base member in which the assembled wire is fixed on the main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Daichi Fukushima, Makoto Higashikozono, Housei Mizuno, Miyu Aramaki, Kyousyou Kou
  • Patent number: 11451037
    Abstract: A busbar having a magnetic shielding structure arranged between conductor bars and an outer casing. The magnetic shielding structure includes a first shielding element and a second shielding element each having a U-shaped cross-section. The shielding elements are made of ferromagnetic material and enclose—on opposite sides—conductor bars so that each fin of the first shielding element is at least partially superimposed on a homologous fin of the second shielding element. The shielding elements can consist of anisotropic ferromagnetic strips with oriented grains.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: BESHIELDING S.R.L.
    Inventor: Aldo Canova
  • Patent number: 11424953
    Abstract: An Ethernet network is composed of one or more network infrastructure devices, such as a hubs, repeaters, switches or routers, which provides data interconnection and may provide operational power, or some part thereof, to remote network data terminal equipment such as a wireless access point, IP telephone, IP camera or network end station. Most Ethernet networks operate over a combination of the pairs in an unshielded twisted pair (UTP) or shielded twisted pair (STP) cable, or in some cases may operate over fiber optic cables. The individual links of Ethernet network, between the network infrastructure device and the Data Terminal Equipment (DTE) may be able to operate at one or more data rates such as 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s, 1 Gb/s, 2.5 Gb/s, 5 Gb/s and 10 Gb/s, or any combination thereof. The invention discloses an Ethernet Physical Layer (PHY) circuit, in combination with an Integrated Connector Module (ICM), which may reside inside the network equipment at either end of the Ethernet link.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventors: Ian Crayford, Kuan-Hsiung Wei, Shin-Hao Chien
  • Patent number: 11387698
    Abstract: A stator of a rotating electric machine includes a stator and a stator coil. The stator core has a plurality of slots. The stator coil is inserted into the plurality of slots. The stator coil includes two or more conductors. The two or more conductors are arranged such that a gap is generated between adjacent crossing conductors, the gap having a shape of a parallelogram.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Hitachi Astemo, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Fukuda, Hisaya Shimizu, Shinji Yamazaki, Kenichi Nakayama
  • Patent number: 11159015
    Abstract: An apparatus for delivering electrical power from the blade terminals of server power supplies to blockchain processing devices such as cryptocurrency miners, and consisting in a whip-like electrical harness composed of a pair of primary conductors, a joint, a bundle of secondary conductors, a set of connectors, and a tinned pug. A method for attaching a number of said harnesses to the output blades of server power supplies, comprising a step whereby the tinned pug is soldered to the said output blades, and a step whereby a thermoset polymer shield is molded over the junction between the said output blades and harnesses. A method for optimally sizing the said harnesses given a specific type of server power supply and cryptocurrency miner, and comprising several calculation steps. Significant advantages over current industry practices are achieved from the practice of the present invention, namely improved reliability and safety, access to broader choice of high-performance power supplies, and portability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Inventor: Theodore Valkov Valkov
  • Patent number: 11120924
    Abstract: A cable includes a pair of wires each having a conductor and a wire insulation layer wrapped around the conductor, an inner insulation layer wrapped around the wire insulation layer of each of the wires and fixing the wires, a metal shielding layer wrapped around an outer surface of the inner insulation layer, and an outer insulation layer wrapped around an outer surface of the metal shielding layer. The metal shielding layer has an insulating substrate and a metal conductive layer coated on the insulating substrate. The metal conductive layer of the metal shielding layer faces the outer insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: Hainan Lu, Wei Yao, Kevin Edward Weidner
  • Patent number: 10693667
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, a system for obtaining energy from at least one twisted pair wires of a cable, and transmitting communication signals via a plurality of twisted pair wires not associated with the at least one twisted pair wires supplying the energy to the processing system, wherein the plurality of twisted pair wires is electrically shorted resulting in a combined wire, wherein the communication signals are directed to a second device via the combined wire, wherein propagation of the communication signals along the combined wire is enabled by utilizing an electrical return path provided by a metallic shield of the cable, and wherein a message wire of the cable supports placement of the first device on the cable. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Farhad Barzegar, Paul Shala Henry, Irwin Gerszberg
  • Patent number: 10523272
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus is disclosed that implements a distributed differential interconnect. In an example aspect, the electronic apparatus includes a first endpoint having a first differential connection interface and a second endpoint having a second differential connection interface. The electronic apparatus also includes a differential interconnect coupled between the first differential connection interface and the second differential connection interface. The differential interconnect includes a plus pathway and a minus pathway. The plus pathway extends between the first differential connection interface and the second differential connection interface, with the plus pathway including multiple plus conductors. The minus pathway extends between the first differential connection interface and the second differential connection interface, with the minus pathway including multiple minus conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Madhukar Vallabhaneni, Girish Koppassery, Xinhua Chen, Jingcheng Zhuang
  • Patent number: 10515744
    Abstract: A LAN cable is provided having a plurality of twisted pairs, a jacket surrounding the twisted pair and at least one discontinuous shield tape having a plurality of separated metal segments. The discontinuous shielding tape is folded and arranged between the plurality of twisted pairs, separating each of said plurality of pairs from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventor: Paul Michael Good
  • Patent number: 10470299
    Abstract: A power signal transmission structure and a design method are provided. The power supply signal transmission structure is adapted for a circuit board having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, and the power signal transmission structure includes a first power electrode, a second power electrode, and a plurality of vias. The first power electrode is disposed on the first surface and has a plurality of power pad regions for receiving a power signal. The second power electrode is disposed on the second surface. The vias penetrate the circuit board to electrically connect the first power electrode and the second power electrode. The vias are arranged in accordance with the current direction of the power signal to balance the current received by the vias.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: PEGATRON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ching Ou Yang, Cheng-Hui Chu
  • Patent number: 10410768
    Abstract: Probe assembly includes an ultrasound probe and a cable assembly configured to communicatively couple the ultrasound probe to a control system and transmit signals therethrough. The cable assembly includes a cable jacket surrounding a channel of the cable assembly. The cable assembly also includes a plurality of wire pairs extending through the channel. The channel being sized and shaped to permit the wire pairs to move relative to one another within the channel when the probe assembly is moved. The wire pairs and the channel are configured to have a designated pack ratio (AreaWPS/AreaC). The AreaWPS includes a collective cross-sectional area of the wire pairs, and the AreaC is equal to a cross-sectional area of the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: GREGANNA UNLIMITED COMPANY
    Inventors: Arthur G. Buck, Paul C. Sprunger, Kevin T. Lewis, Yevgeniy Mayevskiy, Thomas J. Medina, Thuong A. Huynh
  • Patent number: 10366198
    Abstract: A method for generating a three-dimensional (3D) computer model of an assembly that includes wiring routing, which includes creating a part data structure that defines a part in a virtual product management system. The part data structure includes a plurality of nodes that define at least 3D part design data, 3D wiring routing design data and wiring routing annotation data of the part. The method includes importing at least the 3D part design data, the 3D wiring routing design data and the wiring routing annotation data to the part data structure from a computer-aided design (CAD) model system and generating a 3D computer model of the assembly. The method also includes transmitting the 3D computer model of the assembly to an electronic end user device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES
    Inventors: Pascal Raymond Guillou, Antoine Jean Jausovec
  • Patent number: 10325695
    Abstract: A rectangular wire having: a multilayer conductor member constructed by stacking, in a thickness direction, a rectangular metallic conductor that has a layer of a first thermoplastic resin formed on the outer periphery thereof, the first thermoplastic resin being a non-crystalline resin having no melting point or a crystalline resin having an amide bond; and a layer of a second thermoplastic resin having a melting point of 300° C. or more on the outer periphery of the multilayer conductor member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Magnet Wire Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Fukuda, Dai Fujiwara, Tsuneo Aoi, Hiroshi Kaneiwa, Takefumi Kaji
  • Patent number: 10319491
    Abstract: A rectangular wire having: a multilayer conductor member constructed by stacking, in a thickness direction, a rectangular metallic conductor that has a layer of a thermosetting resin formed on the outer periphery thereof, the thermosetting resin having a glass transition temperature of 100° C. or more and 200° C. or less and having a urethane bond; and a layer of a thermoplastic resin having a melting point of 300° C. or more on the outer periphery of the multilayer conductor member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Furukawa Magnet Wire Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideo Fukuda, Dai Fujiwara, Tsuneo Aoi, Hiroshi Kaneiwa, Yuki Amano
  • Patent number: 10280035
    Abstract: A power paying-off cradle consisting of power paying-off component and framework. In the framework is a cavity with an upper opening; a wire tension balance mechanism is installed in the cavity; a displacement wheel is installed on the wire tension balance mechanism, and a position detector of the displacement wheel is installed on the inner side wall of the framework; a turning wheel is installed on the front top of the framework; a thread hole is installed in the front of the framework; wire on the paying-off spool enwinds the turning wheel and the displacement wheel successively and passes through the thread hole. The wire tension balance mechanism has damping effect on the displacement wheel. When the tension of the displacement wheel is greater than or less than the damping force, the displacement wheel moves in order to ensure consistency of the tension or the strain of wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Inventor: Qingjun Zheng
  • Patent number: 10204718
    Abstract: Improved wiring arrangements for sensor catheters are provided to reduce wire-to-wire cross-talk wherein wires connecting the sensor of the sensor catheter to a processing unit are divided into a plurality of wire bundles contained within respective sheaths, with the wires in wire bundle twisted together reduce electromagnetic signal interference among the individual wires, or between wire bundles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Volcano Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory Kent Williams, Stephen Charles Davies, Gerald L. Litzza
  • Patent number: 10135545
    Abstract: An optical receiver module includes a light receiving element that has a first electrode and a second electrode for receiving a bias and converts an optical signal inputted into an electrical signal to output the electrical signal via the first electrode. A signal line extends from the first electrode through the light receiving element-side signal pad and the second wire to the amplifier-side signal pad. A bias line extends from the second electrode through the light receiving element-side bias pad, the first wire, and the third wire to the first and second amplifier-side bias pads. The signal line three-dimensionally intersects with the bias line at an interval in a direction of the loop height of the first wire and that of the second wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Oclaro Japan, Inc.
    Inventors: Takuma Ban, Kazuhiro Komatsu
  • Patent number: 10115499
    Abstract: A cable arrangement of at least two cables which extend adjacently in a substantially parallel manner, a first cable and a second cable of which each having at least one stranding group which has two or more conductors that are twisted together. The length of lay of each of the stranding groups varies in the longitudinal direction of the individual cables. In addition, the length of lay of a stranding group winding of the stranding group of the first cable is smaller than the length of lay of a most directly adjacent stranding group winding of the stranding group of the second cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Rosenberger Hochfrequenztechnik GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gunnar Armbrecht, Thomas MĂĽller, Stephan Kunz
  • Patent number: 9930771
    Abstract: A trace route including a first signal route to couple a first signal transmitter to a first signal receiver. The first signal route including a first signal route section coupled to the transmitter and configured in a first zig-zag pattern, the first zig-zag pattern including a first unit cell having a first unit cell length, and a second signal route section connected to the first signal route section and coupled to the receiver, and configured in a second zig-zag pattern, the second zig-zag pattern comprising a second unit cell having a second unit cell length, the first unit cell length is less than the second unit cell length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS, LP
    Inventors: Bhyrav M. Mutnury, Arun R. Chada
  • Patent number: 9900992
    Abstract: A disclosed circuit arrangement includes adhesive transfer tape having a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) having a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface. One or more metal foil pads are attached directly to the second major surface of the layer of PSA. Electrically conductive round wire is attached directly to the second major surface of the layer of PSA. The wire has a round cross-section and one or more portions directly connected to the one or more metal foil pads with one or more weld joints, respectively. An electronic device is attached directly to the second major surface of the layer of PSA and is electrically connected to the one or more portions of the round wire by one or more bond wires, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Automated Assembly Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Neuman
  • Patent number: 9887447
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium for propagating electromagnetic waves. The transmission medium can include a plurality of cores for selectively guiding an electromagnetic wave of a plurality of electromagnetic waves longitudinally along each core, and a shell surrounding at least a portion of each core for reducing exposure of the electromagnetic wave of each core. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Shala Henry, William Scott Taylor, Robert Bennett, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, Donald J Barnickel, Thomas M. Willis, III
  • Patent number: 9883581
    Abstract: A differential signal cable includes a pair of signal line conductors for transmitting differential signals, an insulation collectively covering the pair of signal line conductors, a shielding tape wrapped around the insulation, and an insulating tape wound around the shielding tape. A gap is formed between an outer peripheral surface of the insulation and an inner surface of the shielding tape such that the insulation is movable relative to the shielding tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
    Inventor: Sohei Kodama
  • Patent number: 9629289
    Abstract: A wire harness includes an electric wire portion in which three electric wires are collected in the same direction, a braided wire which surrounds the outer circumferential side of the electric wire portion in a bundle, and an electric wire holding member which maintains the arrangement of the electric wires about a center axis line of the electric wire portion. The electric wire holding member includes a plurality of braided correction portions which protrudes in the direction of the center axis line from an inner circumferential surface of the outer shape holding portion between two adjacent electric wires of the electric wire portion in the circumferential direction about the center axis line, and is formed so that the braided wire approaches the center axis line in relation to outer circumferential tangential lines connecting conductor portions of the two electric wires in a cross-section perpendicular to the center axis line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Ohkubo, Yasuhiro Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Aihara
  • Patent number: 9400221
    Abstract: A method for monitoring a torsional state of a cable having a central longitudinal axis, includes providing a cable including a torsion sensor longitudinally extending along the cable, the torsion sensor including a single-mode optical fiber arranged substantially along the central longitudinal axis of the cable, and at least three longitudinal structural elements, at least one of the longitudinal structural elements being an electrically conductive core, wherein the torsion sensor is mechanically coupled with at least one of the longitudinal structural elements; measuring a torsional state of the single-mode optical fiber by polarization-sensitive optical reflectometry; and associating the torsional state of the cable along the longitudinal axis with the measured torsional state of the single-mode optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: PRYSMIAN S.P.A.
    Inventors: Davide Sarchi, Luca Palmieri
  • Patent number: 9350087
    Abstract: A method for the production of a multi-polar shielded electric interface, particularly a plug-in connection, such as a plug, a socket, a Y-part, a T-part, or the like comprising at least one cable (2) connected thereto with a shielding (1), the interface comprising electric contacts (4) and with the cable (2) with the electric contacts (4) comprising conductors (3) to be connected and a shielding (1) surrounding the conductors (3), to be guided from the cable (2) to the interface, wherein to form a shielding element (6) the shielding (1) of the cable (2) and at least an area adjacent to the shielding (1) around the electric contacts (4) is coated by injection molding with an electrically conductive composite material, with the shielding element (6) being distanced from the electric contacts (4) or an isolating body (5) being embedded. An interface is produced accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Franz Binder GmbH + Co. Elektrische Bauelemente KG
    Inventors: Dieter Fink, Hans Michael Finke
  • Patent number: 9216286
    Abstract: Implantable medical leads include a shield that is guarded at a termination by having a first portion and second portion of the shield, where the first portion is between a termination of the shield at the second portion and an inner insulation layer surrounding the filars. The first portion may reduce the coupling of RF energy from the termination of the shield at the second portion to the filars. The first and second portions may be part of a continuous shield, where the first and second portions are separated by an inversion of the shield. The first and second portions may instead be separate pieces. The first portion may be noninverted residing between the termination at the second portion and inner layers, or the first portion may be inverted to create first and second sub-portions. The shield termination at the second portion is between the first and second sub-portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2015
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard T. Stone, Mark J. Conroy, Wanzhan Liu, Gary W. Salminen
  • Patent number: 9165699
    Abstract: A shielded cable is mainly configured by an electromagnetic shielding tube, a terminal, and an electric wire or the like. An electric wire is inserted into an inside of the electromagnetic shielding tube. The terminal is connected to both end portions of the electric wire that serves as a covered wire. In the present invention, a structure in which the terminal is connected to the electric wire is called a structure of a shielded cable. The electromagnetic shielding tube is configured by an inner layer made of plastic, a metal layer made of metal, and an outer layer made of plastic. The electromagnetic shielding tube is configured such that the inner layer is formed on an innermost layer, the outer layer is formed on an outermost layer, and the metal layer is formed between the inner layer and the outer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2015
    Assignee: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi Kozawa, Syunji Yamamoto, Tetsuji Kubota, Takuzo Hagiwara
  • Patent number: 9136045
    Abstract: A communications cable that has a core that includes a dielectric separator. The separator has a spline that extends longitudinally in the core, thereby dividing the core into at least two quadrants. The separator also has at least one compartment. At least one pair of twisted insulated conductors is received in at least one of the quadrants and at least one optical fiber is received in the compartment of the dielectric separator. An outer jacket substantially surrounds the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: General Cable Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Burke, Michael R. Rainville, Katie A. Greene, Brian P. Skocypec
  • Patent number: 9099220
    Abstract: A flat-type cable suitable for use in high frequency communications. The cable has a plurality of longitudinally extending and substantially parallel passageways, each housing a twisted pair conductor. The twisted pair conductors are disposed in the cable in a manner that the twisted pair conductors with the longest lay lengths are disposed in the passageways closest to the edges of the cable, and the passageways farther away from the edges of the cable house twisted pair conductors with progressively shorter lay lengths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: BELDEN INC.
    Inventor: Galen Mark Gareis
  • Patent number: 9064619
    Abstract: A cable which has at least two strands which each have a conductor surrounded by an insulation, where the strands are surrounded by an inner casing composed of a first polymer mixture and by an outer casing of a second polymer mixture resting on the inner casing, where the polymer components of the first and second polymer mixtures include a thermoplastic elastomer, and where the inner casing is foamed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Alfred Gemmel, Christian Lankes, Alfred Mehl
  • Publication number: 20150114676
    Abstract: A conductor bar including a plurality of Roebel-transposed conductor elements is disclosed. At least one of the conductor elements possesses a plurality of conductive strands stacked relative to each other. The strands used to form the at least one conductor element follow a common path within the conductor bar. An insulator electrically insulates the conductor elements from each other. Also provided are a method of manufacturing a conductor bar and an electric machine including a plurality of conductor bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Grégoire VIENNE, Hossein Safari-Zadeh, Johann Haldemann
  • Publication number: 20150075834
    Abstract: A cable includes first and second twisted pairs of insulated conductors, a first inner shield at least partially surrounding the first twisted pair. The first inner shield is at least partially conductive. A second inner shield at least partially surrounds the second twisted pair. The second inner shield is at least partially conductive. An at least partially conductive outer shield at least partially surrounds the first and second twisted pairs and the first and second inner shields such that the first and second twisted pairs and the first and second inner shields extend within an internal passageway of the outer shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Richard Walter Speer
  • Publication number: 20150041172
    Abstract: The present disclosure describes a cable designed to minimize values for resistance, inductance, and capacitance, without the trade-offs of typical designs. The cable includes a plurality of conductors for each signal or leg, which may be configured as a braid of three subsets of braids of bonded pairs of insulated conductors. The bonded pairs may be twisted or untwisted, in close proximity such that inductance is reduced via magnetic field cancellation. Each leg may be separate and parallel, rather than interwoven or braided together, increasing the distance between the two signals and reducing capacitance. The legs may be positioned close to each other, such that their magnetic fields cancel to further reduce inductance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Applicant: Belden Inc.
    Inventor: GALEN MARK GAREIS
  • Patent number: 8952250
    Abstract: When a GND electrode of a main board is connected to a GND electrode of a daughter board by a flat cable, an end portion of one side of a first GND line is connected to the GND electrode of the main board and an end portion of the other side of the first GND line is connected to the GND electrode of the daughter board. An end portion of one side of a second GND line is insulated from a circuit of the main board and an end portion of the other side of the second GND line is connected to the GND electrode of the daughter board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuhiko Hayashi
  • Publication number: 20150021063
    Abstract: A differential transmission cable includes a pair of inner conductors; an insulator that separately or integrally covers the pair of inner conductors; an outer conductor disposed around the insulator; a wrapping tape wound around the outer conductor; and a drain wire disposed outside of the wrapping tape, the drain wire being electrically connected to the outer conductor for grounding the outer conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Takahiro Sugiyama
  • Patent number: 8912436
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for reducing dielectric polarization and dielectric relaxation within a signal wire by partially neutralizing the electric charge differential within the dielectric material between the signal conductor and the surrounding insulating dielectric material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Gabriel Patent Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Caelin Gabriel
  • Patent number: 8901416
    Abstract: A power supply assembly which can drive a number of different devices at different voltages. A rack holds a number of breaker modules, and each breaker module can connect to one or many breakout boxes. The breakout boxes are keyed to the breaker modules, so that the breaker boxes will not be energized with power unless they are the proper voltage and/or configuration to receive that power. The coil of a contactor in the breaker module is powered by a key wire that is connected through specified pins in the breakout box. Therefore, no power is ever provided to the breakout box unless it is of the proper voltage configuration. In addition, feeder power to the power supply assembly is provided over bolted connections, without any wire connections between the power feed and the circuit breaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Production Resource Group, L.L.C.
    Inventors: James Bornhorst, John Covington
  • Patent number: 8895851
    Abstract: A magnetically shielded cable arrangement, comprising at least two AC cables (201-203) comprising a spaced portion extending between two close portions of parallel cables, such spaced portion sequentially including a diverging portion, a widely spaced portion and a converging portion, and an EMF shielding system (1) laid over said at least two AC cables (201-203), said EMF shielding system (1) comprising a conductor (2, 3, 11, 12) having two branches (2, 3) forming a median portion (4, 5) and end portions (7-10), the median portion width being equal to or larger than the AC cables distance in the widely spaced portion and the width at the extremities of the end portions (7-10) being larger than the AC cables distance in the close portions and smaller than the AC cables distance in the widely spaced portion, said conductor (2, 3, 11, 12) comprising an inner electrical path (2a, 3a) and an outer electrical path (2e, 3e) connected together (11, 12) at relevant longitudinal ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Prysmian S.p.A.
    Inventor: Paolo Maioli
  • Patent number: 8866010
    Abstract: A differential signal transmission cable includes a pair of center conductors for transmitting a differential signal, an insulator covering peripheries of the center conductors, a shield tape longitudinally wrapped around the insulator, an insulating tape including an adhesive surface and spirally wrapped around the shield tape while the adhesive surface faces inside, and a non-adhesive tape provided between the shield tape and the insulating tape along a longitudinal direction, and non-adhesively covering a part of an outer periphery of the shield tape in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideki Nonen, Takahiro Sugiyama
  • Publication number: 20140262411
    Abstract: A cable includes a jacket surrounding a cable core. The cable core includes four twisted pairs. One or more S-shaped separators are disposed amongst the twisted pairs. The S-Shaped separators may be formed with two layers or three layers, wherein at least one layer is conductive. Where two S-shaped separators are disposed within the cable, a third conductive tape may be used to electrically connect the first and second S-shaped separators. In alternative embodiments, one or both ends of an S-shaped separator make electrical contact to mid-portions of the separator to create one or two shielding cambers within the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
    Inventors: Wayne C. HOPKINSON, Trent M. HAYES, David A. WIEBELHAUS, Daniel J. PARKE, Douglas R. BRAKE
  • Publication number: 20140251651
    Abstract: A braided-shielded cable includes a braided shield including a shield wire braided. The shield wire includes a twisted wire including seven or nineteen wires twisted together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventors: Detian HUANG, Takanobu Watanabe, Kimika Kudo, Hiroshi Komuro
  • Patent number: 8797150
    Abstract: A real-time management networking system for a manufacturing environment, e.g., chemical, assembly, automobile, electronic, petroleum. In a specific embodiment, the system has a spatial region, which is adapted for one or more manufacturing equipment devices. The one or more manufacturing equipment devices is associated with a manufacture of a product. In a specific embodiment, the manufacturing equipment is able to generate a high frequency noise, which causes interference with a conventional data signal, which is often unshielded. In a specific embodiment, the system has a power line gateway device provided within a desired region of the spatial region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Asoka USA Corporation
    Inventor: Tat Keung Chan
  • Publication number: 20140209343
    Abstract: A shielded electrical cable includes one or more conductor sets extending along a length of the cable and being spaced apart from each other along a width of the cable. Each conductor set has one or more conductors having a size no greater than 24 AWG and each conductor set has an insertion loss of less than about ?20 dB/meter over a frequency range of 0 to 20 GHz. First and second shielding films are disposed on opposite sides of the cable, the first and second films including cover portions and pinched portions arranged such that, in transverse cross section, the cover portions of the first and second films in combination substantially surround each conductor set, and the pinched portions of the first and second films in combination form pinched portions of the cable on each side of each conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Douglas B. Gundel
  • Patent number: 8757215
    Abstract: A textile sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members and method of construction thereof are provided. The sleeve has a wall of interlaced monofilament and/or multifilament yarns. Opposite edges of the wall extend along a central axis of the sleeve. The opposite edges are biased into a self-wrapping, overlapping relation with one another to bound a tubular cavity in an in-use first configuration. A plurality of elongate hinges formed with the interlaced yarns extend along the length of the sleeve in substantially parallel relation with the central axis, with the hinges separating relatively rigid, arcuate regions of the wall from one another. The hinges allow the arcuate regions to be moved from the expanded in-use tubular first configuration to a collapsed, second configuration nested with one another to allow significantly increased numbers of the sleeves to be shipped and stowed in a significantly reduced volume of space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Federal-Mogul Powertrain, Inc.
    Inventor: John E. Burdy
  • Patent number: 8704094
    Abstract: A communication cable can comprise twisted pairs of electrical conductors for transmitting electrical signals, such as for digital communication or data transmission. The pairs can be twisted to different tightness in connection with managing interference among the pairs. Within the cable, a separator having an economical polymeric composition can maintain the pairs in a desired orientation. The pairs can be insulated with polymeric materials that compensate for relaxed electrical characteristics of the economical polymeric composition of the separator. One or more pairs having relatively tight twist can be insulated with a premium polymeric material that provides a relatively high level of electrical performance. One or more pairs twisted less tightly can be insulated with another polymeric material providing somewhat lesser but still sufficient electrical performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Superior Essex International LP
    Inventors: Bernhart Allen Gebs, Timothy William Waldner