Single Duct Conduits Patents (Class 174/68.3)
  • Patent number: 8759678
    Abstract: Exemplary embodiments are directed to cable storage devices and associated methods. The exemplary cable storage device includes at least one chamber and at least one chamber path. The at least one chamber path detachably secures at least one cable in the at least one chamber path. The at least one chamber is configured and dimensioned to have at least one of a spring-like property or a flexible property. An alternative exemplary cable storage device includes at least one chamber and at least one coupling member. The coupling member detachably secures at least one cable in the at least one chamber path and further includes a first coupler and a second coupler having at least one of a spring-like property or a flexible property. In alternative exemplary embodiments, methods of cable storage are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Inventor: Alexander Filatov
  • Patent number: 8756772
    Abstract: A clip 10 is provided for the retention of cables or wiring 44 in electrical installation trunking 46. The clip 10 has a first member 12 and a second member 14, which are coupled together in a sliding relationship. In use, the clip 10 slides apart, extending across the open face 50 of the trunking 46 until the lateral ends of the clip abut against an internal side wall 52 of the trunking 46. Cooperating locking strips (26, 40, see FIGS. 3 and 4) act to lock the relative positions of the first 12 and second 14 members and to prevent the clip 10 from falling out of the trunking 46.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Inventors: David Padmore, Dale James Barrett
  • Patent number: 8748746
    Abstract: A cable-raceway providing electromagnetic shielding has rectangular channels defined by longitudinal-folds of a tape which comprises mesh having a warp of bare wires running lengthwise and a weft of a single, bare-wire. Metal brackets support it with the base of each bracket extending transversely under the raceway. The channels nest between arms upstanding from the base, and a plastic insert fits over the tape to enhance electrical contact between the mesh and bracket for electrical ground-bonding of the raceway. The insert provides teeth down the walls of each channel for engagement by cable-retainers to push them down into the channels for retaining underlying cables. Further support in the channels is provided by plastic straps that extend under the raceway and to which the channels are secured using inserts and cable-retainers corresponding to the inserts and retainers. One face of the mesh is covered by an electrically-insulating sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Icore International Limited
    Inventors: Daniel Brasier, Alan Riddell
  • Publication number: 20140131062
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a conduction path, and a flexible sheathing member through which the conduction path passes and which has recessed sections and protruded sections. The recessed sections and the protruded sections extend in a circumferential direction on the surface of the sheathing member and are formed alternately along a longitudinal direction of the sheathing member. A curing-type adhesive or resin containing the adhesive is supplied to the recessed sections of a bent part which is formed when the wire harness is bent, and cured while the bent part is maintained in a bent shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michihisa MASUDA, Hidehiro ICHIKAWA, Masahiro TAKAMATSU, Shigemi HASHIZAWA
  • Patent number: 8723039
    Abstract: A wire harness unit including a wire bundle. The wire bundle is axially fixed to a clamp tab at a location between first and second ends. Formed in the wire bundle between the clamp tab and a connector is a bight portion. A first part of the wire bundle, on one side of the bight, is fixedly secured to a second part of the wire bundle, on the other side of the bight, by a fastener extending from the first part to the second part. The first part of the wire bundle is supported by the second part of the wire bundle such that the first part of the wire bundle is held substantially parallel to the second part of the wire bundle and such that an intermediate portion is substantially prevented from sagging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Marta A. Fabiilli
  • Patent number: 8717767
    Abstract: A server cabinet includes a housing and a number of cable management brackets longitudinally mounted to the housing. Each cable management bracket includes two opposite mounting portions mounted to the housing, and a base plate connected between the mounting portions. Each mounting portion defines a number of openings for cables extending through.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd., Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: An-Gang Liang, Fei Teng
  • Publication number: 20140116745
    Abstract: A conduit for protecting wires may include an only top curved wall and an only bottom curved wall being connected to the top curved wall to define a housing for the conduit and having a cavity. The top curved wall may include a top flange. The bottom curved wall may include a bottom flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: Jason Fortune, Wade Parker
  • Patent number: 8710369
    Abstract: A cable manager includes a trough, defining a footprint, and a door. At least one side of the trough is formed from a plurality of finger-like projections extending forwardly from a support member. At least two of the projections include a hinge boss disposed at an outer end thereof and extending inwardly. At least one edge of the door has a hinge structure disposed therealong that includes an outer arm and an inner arm defining a hinge channel therebetween. The hinge bosses are disposed within the hinge channel such that the door is rotatably attached along at least one of its longitudinal edges to the trough. The door is rotatable to an open state without extending beyond the footprint of the trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Chatsworth Products, Inc.
    Inventors: William Krietzman, Joshua James Young, D. Brian Donowho
  • Patent number: 8709563
    Abstract: An electrical conduit that contains a jacket that defines a hollow passageway is provided. At least a portion of the jacket is formed from a thermoplastic composition that contains a polyarylene sulfide and fire-resisting system. Due in part to the specific nature and concentration of these components, the present inventors have discovered that the resulting thermoplastic composition may have a relatively high melting temperature, such as from about 200° C. to about 500° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Ticona LLC
    Inventors: Christopher McGrady, Kaushik Chakrabarty, David McIlroy, Xinyu Zhao
  • Patent number: 8704093
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a duct for a shielded wireway system. The duct includes a bottom wall, two sidewalls extending from the bottom wall, and a plurality of fingers extending from each of the sidewalls. Adjacent fingers are connected by at least one bridging component. The bottom wall, the sidewalls, and a portion of the fingers, including the bridging component, are shielded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Michael D. Asztalos, Rami A. Mishal, Masud Bolouri-Saransar, Ronald A. Nordin
  • Publication number: 20140102747
    Abstract: A purpose is, in the case where a nonwoven member is hot pressed around a wire harness to form a protective member, to inhibit rotation of a vehicle body fixing component attached to the protective member while making a cross-sectional shape of the protective member as circular as possible. The wire harness includes a wire harness body containing at least one electric wire and a protective member formed by hot pressing a nonwoven member in a state of covering at least a portion of the wire harness body. The protective member has a protective body that is formed to have a circular cross-sectional shape and a projection forming part that has a partially projecting part formed on an outer periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Mizuhira, Yukihiro Shirafuji, Mitsuru Kurita, Isamu Hamamoto, Takeshi Sato
  • Patent number: 8697993
    Abstract: A busway section with an electrically conductive housing is described. The busway section includes a lid connected with the housing through a hinging mechanism. Internal slots are also present, along which bus bars can be located. Possible applications of the busway section are feeder sections and plug-in sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventors: Arthur James Jur, Phillip David Miller, Douglas Von Taylor, David Ladd Kelley, John Michael Kokenda
  • Publication number: 20140096995
    Abstract: A method for fusing a first conduit to a second conduit. The first conduit and the second conduit each include a linear portion having a linear portion inside diameter, and at least one bell portion with a first end and a second end and having a bell portion inside diameter that increases from the first end to the second end. The method includes: melting at least a portion of each of the second end of the bell portion of the first conduit and the second end of the bell portion of the second conduit; and engaging the melted second end of the bell portion of the first conduit with the melted second end of the bell portion of the second conduit, thereby creating a fused joint area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: Underground Solutions Technologies Group, Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Becker, Thomas Marti, Eric Kerner, Michael Benvenuti, Michael McKanna, Douglas Urbanek
  • Publication number: 20140085099
    Abstract: A system and method for providing redundant wired pipe-in-pipe telemetry is described. The redundant wired pip-in-pipe telemetry system includes an outer pipe and an inner pipe disposed within the outer pipe. Within the outer pipe, two or more conductive elements may be provided as well as a wired path controller that may selectably switch between available conductive paths. The wired path controller may identify conductive paths with good electrical characteristics and select those paths for transmission. If a conductive path develops a fault, the wired path controller may select one of the alternative redundant conductive paths for transmission to avoid the fault. The wireless controller may further transmit information about the location of faults to a drill operator at the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Clive D. Menezes, Richard T. Hay
  • Publication number: 20140076604
    Abstract: A power transmission line cover includes an elongate, flexible panel and first and second elongate, integral edge portions. The first edge portion includes an elongate first latch feature and the second edge portion includes an elongate second latch feature. The cover includes an elongate inner creepage extender wall forming a part of one of the first and second edge portions, and an elongate outer creepage extender wall forming a part of one of the first and second edge portions. The flexible panel is wrapped about a power line and the edge portions are joined together to form a longitudinally extending closure seam wherein the latch features are coupled and the edge portions form an electrical creepage path extending from the chamber to an exterior boundary of the cover along the inner creepage extender wall, between the first and second latch features, and along the outer creepage extender wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Terry Edward Frye
  • Publication number: 20140060879
    Abstract: Systems and methods for storing a cable are provided. The casing may be configured to naturally coil and to uncoil when one or more forces are applied to the casing. The casing may include an opening that may lead to a channel that may run longitudinally through a length of the casing. At least a portion of the cable (e.g., a headphone cable or in-ear earphone cable) may be stored in the casing by longitudinally aligning the cable with the casing, and inserting various portions of the cable through the opening and into the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: APPLE INC.
    Inventor: Trent Weber
  • Publication number: 20140060880
    Abstract: There is provided a protector to be assembled and fixed to a given position of a fixation object. The protector includes an accommodating space and an opening consecutive to the accommodating space which an electric wire or a bundle of electric wires is adapted to be passed through and accommodated in. The accommodating space includes an excessive part accommodating space which accommodates an excessive part of the electric wire or the bundle of electric wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroki Gotou, Masafumi Nakayasu, Kaoru Suzuki, Kazuhiro Kusuyama, Hiroyuki Uno
  • Patent number: 8658912
    Abstract: A cable management apparatus includes a securing board and a cable management tray. The securing board has a securing arm extending upward from the securing board. The cable management tray is hung on the securing arm and includes a base and a door rotatably secured to the base. A hook is substantially perpendicular to the base, and a clasping hole is defined in the door. The door is rotatable relative to the base between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the hook is engaged in the clasping hole, the base and the door together define a space, and a cable is received in the space in a direction substantially parallel to the base. In the second position, the hook is removed from the clasping hole, to disengage the cable from the space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignees: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Po-Wen Chiu, Wen-Hu Lu, Zhan-Yang Li
  • Publication number: 20140027147
    Abstract: Provided is a protection tube with latch in which a latch that is formed engageable with an attachment hole of a panel is molded integral with a protection tube that receives an electric wire, and a manufacturing apparatus of the protection tube with latch. The protection tube with latch includes a latch to be engaged with the attachment hole of the panel having the electric wire wired therein disposed on an outer peripheral face of the protection tube that is formed tubular and receives the electric wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masataka YAMAMOTO, Takehiko UEHARA, Yoshihiro MURAKAMI, Masahiro SORA
  • Publication number: 20140027148
    Abstract: A tape winding structure at a wire guiding out portion includes: a gutter-shaped or inverted-gutter-shaped wire guiding wall; and a plate-shaped wire supporting wall opposed to an opening of the wire guiding wall in a wire radial direction, wherein a notch portion for exposing a wire is provided on an end of the wire guiding wall at the opening side, wherein the wire supporting wall is narrower than the wire guiding wall in the wire radial direction at the notch portion, wherein the notch portion is positioned at a corner in a crossing direction between the wire supporting wall and the wire guiding wall, and wherein when a plurality of wires are wound together with the wire guiding wall and the wire supporting wall by a tape, the wire exposed at the notch portion is adhered at a sloped portion of the wound tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiko Takeuchi, Takeshi Onoda
  • Publication number: 20140027146
    Abstract: A wire guiding out portion structure for winding a tape includes: a gutter-shaped or inverted-gutter-shaped wire guiding wall; and a plate-shaped wire supporting wall opposed to the wire guiding wall. At least two ribs for preventing a tape from slipping arranged parallel to each other in a wire guiding out direction are provided on at least one of the wire guiding wall and the wire supporting wall. A leading rib of the wire guiding wall or the wire supporting wall is projected longer in a wire radial direction than a second rib of the wire guiding wall or the wire supporting wall. At least two ribs arranged parallel to each other in a wire guiding out direction are provided on the wire guiding wall and the wire supporting wall. The ribs of the wire guiding wall are projected in the same height in the wire radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kunihiko Takeuchi, Takeshi Onoda
  • Patent number: 8634198
    Abstract: A connection device of a cable management arm includes a fixing frame having a protrusion portion, a connection member having a contact portion, and a locking member pivotably connected to the connection member. The locking member includes a locking portion and a resilient portion which contacts the contact portion of the connection member. When the connection member is pivotally connected to the cable management arm, the fixing frame is fixed to a rail. When the connection member is connected to the fixing frame, the resilient portion provides a force to lock the locking portion to the protrusion portion of the fixing frame so as to securely connect the connection member to the fixing frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignees: King Slide Works Co., Ltd., King Slide Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shun-Ho Yang, Cheng-Hui Yang, Chun-Chiang Wang
  • Publication number: 20130341060
    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: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Satoshi KOZAWA, Syunji YAMAMOTO, Tetsuji KUBOTA, Takuzo HAGIWARA
  • Publication number: 20130341061
    Abstract: There is provided a cable protection and guide member that requires no assembly, allows cables to be readily installed and steadily protected, and suppresses dust, flexion noise and flexion vibrations. The member can also maintain a straight position of the cable, can achieve a flexional movement of the cable smoothly with a small radius of flexion, and can block the cable from jumping out of a cable accommodating space. The member comprises the rectangular-tube like cable accommodating space composed of a belt-like inner circumferential wall portion and of a large number of arm-like holding portions that are formed integrally with both right and left edges of the belt-like inner circumferential wall portion. Side wall base end portions of the arm-like holding portions are integrally molded by two color molding by using synthetic resin softer than any of the portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: KOUICHI KAIHOTSU, SHOICHIRO KOMIYA, MASAKATSU SHIMIZU
  • Publication number: 20130341062
    Abstract: A method for protecting a length of flexible audio wire. The method includes providing at least one elongated hollow tube with a core and a resiliently-separable slit that provides access to the tube core. The tube is axially-flexible. The method also includes receiving the length of flexible audio wire within the hollow tube core through the resiliently-separable slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventor: Priscilla Sue PAQUIN
  • Publication number: 20130319720
    Abstract: A protector protects a portion of an electric wire extending from an end portion of a metal pipe to an end portion of a casing. The protector includes tubular outer layer, tubular flexible shield, first fixing, and second fixing members. The outer layer member is made of flexible insulation and extends from the end portion of the metal pipe to the end portion of the casing. The shield member is arranged along an inner surface of the outer layer member and integrally with the outer layer member. The shield member is made of a conductive material. The first fixing member is connected to a first connecting portion of an inner surface of the shield member to which the metal pipe is connected. The second fixing member is connected to a second connecting portion of the inner surface of the shield member to which the casing is connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicants: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventors: Naoki Aoyama, Masanori Kuwahara, Fujio Sonoda, Yasushi Itani, Yoshinori Sugimoto, Katsutoshi Izawa
  • Publication number: 20130312996
    Abstract: An assembly can include at least three cables; a bedding spine to seat the at least three cables; and interlocking segments that lock the at least three cables to the bedding spine. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventor: Joseph Allan Nicholson
  • Patent number: 8586865
    Abstract: A wire guide system is provided for use during a endoscopic surgical procedures. The wire guide system includes a cylindrical shaft having a hollow chamber along a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical shaft, a flange fit disposed around the cylindrical shaft and a seal disposed around the cylindrical shaft and abutting the flange. The system may also include an anchor affixed to the cylindrical shaft and having an aperture from which at least one of a sensor, a light, a camera, tissue and/or organs may be suspended therefrom and at least one cable extending from one end of the cylindrical shaft to another end of the cylindrical shaft through the hollow chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventors: James M. Power, Frank Viola, Russell Heinrich
  • Patent number: 8575487
    Abstract: A first trunk line of a wire harness is inserted into a wire harness insertion space of a protector main body, and branch lines pulled out and branching to the left and right from the outlet are respectively bound to a second trunk line routed in left and right directions to form a triangular space enclosed by the left and right branch lines and the second trunk line. An elongated portion projecting to a position covering the triangular space is provided to the lid which makes a lock connection to close an opening of the protector main body, and while a male engagement portion protrudes on the elongated portion, a female engagement portion to which the male engagement portion engages and latches is provided from the bottom wall of the protector main body, and the lid connects to the protector main body in the triangular space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Narihiro Agusa
  • Patent number: 8575486
    Abstract: The invention relates to a guide conduit for a cable receptacle with a support device for the upper strand, and is designed so that the support device has an essentially flat running surface on the top side of a body which is movable solely by gravity and/or by the elastic force thereof from one position, in which the support device does not protrude significantly over the inner lateral surface of the guide conduit, to a position in which the body opposite the lateral wall protrudes into the interior of the guide conduit, and to the final position, in which the support device extends through an opening in the respective lateral wall of the guide conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Igus GmbH
    Inventors: Thilo-Alexander Jaeker, Harald Nehring
  • Publication number: 20130284484
    Abstract: To provide a protector which does not need an extensive facility or an extensive die, and a wiring harness having the protector. A half pipe working as a protector is made by hardening water-curable resin composition held in base material. The half pipe can be made in a facility for only hardening it having a simplified die, and can be formed and provided in a wiring harness production process, namely, can be formed and provided corresponding to a vehicle requirement. The half pipe includes: a main body portion having a shape of substantially half of a circular pipe; and an attaching portion continued to the main body portion. The main body portion includes a conductive line receiving portion for receiving a high voltage conductive line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventor: Eiichi Toyama
  • Patent number: 8569622
    Abstract: In a double-layered construction corrugated tube 23 of a wire harness 21 which are provided on an outer side of a high voltage cable 22, an outer corrugated tube 26 is formed without a slit. In addition, an inner corrugated tube 27 is formed so as to be inserted from one end to the other end of the outer corrugated tube 26 with the high voltage cable 22 accommodated therein. The inner corrugated tube 27 is formed so that a pitch P1 between adjacent ridge portions 38 thereof is narrower than a pitch P2 between adjacent groove portions 30 of the outer corrugated tube 26.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Katou, Tatsuya Oga
  • Patent number: 8562798
    Abstract: A physical vapor deposition reactor includes a metal sputter target, a D.C. sputter power source coupled to the metal sputter target and a wafer support pedestal facing the metal sputter target. A movable magnet array is adjacent a side of the metal sputter target opposite the wafer support pedestal. A solid metal RF feed rod engages the metal sputter target and extends from a surface of the target on a side opposite the wafer support pedestal. A VHF impedance match circuit is coupled to an end of the RF feed rod opposite the metal sputter target and a VHF RF power generator coupled to said VHF impedance match circuit. Preferably, the reactor of further includes a center axle about which the movable magnet array is rotatable, the center axle having an axially extending hollow passageway, the RF feed rod extending through the passageway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl M. Brown, John Pipitone, Vineet Mehta
  • Patent number: 8558112
    Abstract: A cable bus system for the mounting and positioning of high amperature, from low to high voltage electrical power cables transmitting polyphase electrical current. The cable bus system included a ventilated enclosure used to protect electrical cables mounted therein. The enclosure is provided with multiple modular cable trays which are bolted together in a stacked arrangement to form a single multi-level cable raceway. The enclosure is further provide with ventilated top and bottom covers which are secured respectively to the top and bottom of the uppermost and bottommost calve trays to define the enclosed metal circuit. The cable bus system is capable of transmitting the same highest allowable “free air” cable amperature in both above and underground installations, effectively improving the transmission of electrical power from one end to the other end in installations where a transition of electrical power from on the ground is either necessary or economically preferable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Inventor: Robert R. Pawluk
  • Patent number: 8546694
    Abstract: A cord management device is provided for storing excess length of electrical cord neatly in a compact space. The device provides a housing having a first open end and a second open end. The first open end and the second open end are each configured for passing a cord therethrough whereby a medial portion of the cord is positioned in the housing. The housing includes a medial portion and a medial opening positioned in the medial portion of the housing. A first access door is pivotally coupled to the housing for selectively closing over the medial opening in the medial portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Inventor: Chris Harrison
  • Publication number: 20130229323
    Abstract: Interconnect feed devices (10) are provided for electrically connecting first and second electrical components (17, 21). The interconnect feed devices (10) can include a dielectric shell (23) with an electrically-conductive coating (40), and leads (22) positioned within individual conduits (30) of the shell. Each lead (22) and its associated conduit (30) can act as a coaxial cable for transmitting radio frequency (RF) energy between the first and second electrical components (17, 21). The shell (23) can be manufactured using a process, such as stereolithography, that allows the shell to be formed with relatively complicated geometries, which in turn can facilitate relatively complicated cable routing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ying-Ming Lee, Brinnan C. Riley, Brett Pigon, William E. Clark, Steven R. Sprinkle
  • Publication number: 20130223807
    Abstract: This document discloses novel conduits for telecommunications lines, such as optical fibers. In an aspect, a conduit might have a body defining one or more channels into which optical fibers can be inserted. In another aspect, the body might have a first face that is substantially planar and a second face opposing the first face. The second face might a low-rise arc profile and/or might be configured to be installed into a depression in a material. Also disclosed are methods and tools for installing, using, and/or removing such conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: CENTURYLINK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
    Inventor: CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
  • Patent number: 8512526
    Abstract: A plasma-enhanced physical vapor deposition method in which VHF power is applied to the sputter target in addition to a D.C. voltage that is also applied to the target, the VHF power level being 3.5 kW or greater, so that the D.C. target power may be reduced to less than 500 W while still attaining a very high ion fraction (in excess of 50%), permitting a very small workpiece-to-target spacing not exceeding a fraction (7/30) of the workpiece diameter to enhance the ionization fraction throughout the process region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2013
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Karl M. Brown, John Pipitone, Vineet Mehta
  • Publication number: 20130206447
    Abstract: A protector for covering a wire harness is simplified and is enabled to be used commonly with other types of vehicles. Provided is an outer cover structure for a wire harness that is routed from a front portion of a vehicle interior toward a vehicle rear portion along an upper surface side of a sill side panel, only a narrow region of a floor harness from a position where a kicking plate is arranged to a rear tire house being covered with a protector that is small-sized, the narrow region corresponding to a rear end of the kicking plate, the protector having a shape of a small rectangular box with a shallow bottom, including only one clip for fixation that is provided projecting, and being used commonly with other types of vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Kiyokazu Iio
  • Patent number: 8502071
    Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a sealing assembly in a cable drop system. The sealing assembly includes a base mounted to a network cabinet and a cover hingedly connected to the base. The sealing assembly also includes a lower sleeve and an upper sleeve. The lower sleeve and the upper sleeve wrap around the cables passing through an opening in the cable drop system. The lower sleeve includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The bottom portion of the lower sleeve is connected to the base and the upper sleeve is positioned around the top portion of the lower sleeve to form the sealing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Jack E. Caveney, Scott M. Lesniak, Robert Nicoli
  • Patent number: 8481869
    Abstract: A take-up device for storing a flexible member, such as a cable, cord, flexible hose or tubing and the like, includes a housing for receiving a central portion of the flexible member in in a folded configuration with linear end portions thereof extending outwardly from the housing. The housing includes a member for holding an end portion of the flexible member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignee: Arconas Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Robert Coulson, Joel John Yatscoff, James Davidson Benzie
  • Publication number: 20130140054
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a high-voltage wire and a pipe member for receiving the high-voltage wire. The pipe member is provided, at a plurality of points thereon, with crushed portions formed by crushing a pipe outer surface inward. The crushed portions are formed as portions to which clamps are to be attached. The crushed portions are formed and positioned in correspondence with positions of L-shaped brackets. The crushed portions are formed as portions for generating protrusions on a pipe inner surface, and the protrusions serve as a contact supporting point for the high-voltage wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takashi Kato, Eiichi Toyama
  • Publication number: 20130126207
    Abstract: A conduit assembly for transmitting energy between an electrosurgical energy generator and an energy delivering device comprises a first cable sub-assembly including a cable having a flexibility and an energy attenuation; a second cable sub-assembly including a cable having a flexibility and an energy attenuation; wherein the flexibility of the cable of the first cable sub-assembly is less than the flexibility of the cable of the second cable sub-assembly; and wherein the energy attenuation of the cable of the first cable sub-assembly is less than the energy attenuation of the cable of the second cable sub-assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: VIVANT MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventor: Vivant Medical, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130112457
    Abstract: Forward and backward movement of a wire guide member in an axial direction of the wire guide member is restricted, by the wire guide member abuts on a distal end portion holding member and a proximal end portion holding member. The wire guide member is held by an intermediate holding member, the distal end portion holding member, and the proximal end portion holding member to allow insertion and forward and backward movement in the intermediate holding member, the distal end portion holding member, and the proximal end portion holding member. The wire guide member has elasticity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Olympus Corporation
  • Patent number: 8431823
    Abstract: A cable management device is provided, which includes a first leg and a second leg connected by a connecting crown member. A first protrusion extends from the first leg. A second protrusion extends from the second leg. The first leg and the second leg both include an aperture. The cable management device includes passageway defined by an inner-surface of the first leg, an inner-surface of the second leg, and an inner-surface of the connecting crown member. The passageway is operable to hold a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Yinggang Du, Julia Heard, Scott Lauffer
  • Publication number: 20130081850
    Abstract: A conduit that contains an elongate member that defines a hollow passageway is provided. The conduit may be used to convey electricity (e.g., jacket of a communication cable, raceway for protecting a communication cable, etc.), fluids (e.g., pipes), etc. In one embodiment, for example, the conduit may be a raceway for use in a plenum of a building structure. Regardless of the type of conduit, at least a portion of the elongate member is formed from a thermoplastic composition that contains a polyarylene sulfide and fire-resisting system. Due in part to the specific nature and concentration of these components, the present inventors have discovered that the resulting thermoplastic composition may have a relatively high melting temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 4, 2013
    Applicant: TICONA LLC
    Inventors: Christopher McGrady, Kaushik Chakrabarty, David McIlroy, Xinyu Zhao
  • Patent number: 8410365
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a cable and a clamp. The cable has an end portion at which a connection terminal is provided. The connection terminal is electrically connected to a connecting portion. The clamp is attached with the cable so as to be movable with respect to the cable in a direction in which the cable extends. The clamp is fixed to a fixing portion disposed adjacent to the connecting portion in a state that the connection terminal is electrically connected to the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: Yazaki Corporation, Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tatsuo Ogawa, Masayuki Ikeno, Junka Iwasaki
  • Patent number: 8410364
    Abstract: A cable slack management system may include a frame and a cable management module. The frame may include a plurality of perimeter frame members to provide support for a plurality of component modules. The plurality of component modules may be locatable between a first frame member and a second frame member parallel to the first frame member. The cable management module may be coupled to the first frame member and configured to slide into and out of the first frame member. The cable management module may be configured to hold a portion of one or more cables that run along the first frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Birchbridge Incorporated
    Inventors: John Craig Dunwoody, Teresa Ann Dunwoody
  • Publication number: 20130075128
    Abstract: A protective guide internally holds long members including at least one of flexible cable and duct to move in harmonization with the movement needed by the long members. The guide includes a flexible long plate-shaped base made of a synthetic resin and having a longitudinal direction, flexible sectioning members made of a synthetic resin, and two brackets. The sectioning members uprise from ends of the base, spaced apart from each other by gaps in the longitudinal direction, the ends facing in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and cooperatively define a space for accommodating the long members along the base. The brackets detachably connect ends of the base to fixed and movable members of a machine installing the guide. Each bracket has a first engaging means detachably engaging the bracket with the gaps and a second engaging means detachably connecting the bracket to the fixed or movable member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicants: TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO., DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED, TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO.
  • Publication number: 20130075129
    Abstract: A protective guide has a long shape and internally holds long members including at least one of flexible cables and ducts. The protective guide includes a flexible curved strip-shaped base and a plurality of flexible sectioning members. The base is made of a synthetic resin, formed into a long plate and has a longitudinal direction. The sectioning members are also made of a synthetic resin, permitted to uprise from both ends of the base and spaced apart from each other in the longitudinal direction, the both ends being opposed to each other in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The sectioning members cooperatively define a space for accommodating the long members along the base. The base has a cross section inwardly curved toward the space, as viewed in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicants: TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO., DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED
    Inventors: DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED, TSUBAKIMOTO CHAIN CO.