Patents Assigned to General Cable Technologies Corporation
  • Ambient cured coating compositions for cables and cable accessories
    Patent number: 12202984
    Abstract: Compositions including a filler, an emissivity agent, a crosslinking facilitator, and a metal silicate binder are disclosed. The compositions can be curable at ambient conditions. Methods of coating overhead conductor and power transmission line accessories with such coating compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: General Cable Technologies Corporation, Novota Industries
    Inventors: Sathish Kumar Ranganathan, Srinivas Siripurapu, Vitthal Abaso Sawant, Vijay Mhetar, Satish Narayan Patil, Rajendra Yashwant Chaudhari
  • Wires formed from improved 8000-series aluminum alloy
    Patent number: 11993830
    Abstract: Improved 8000-series aluminum alloys exhibiting improved creep resistance and stress relaxation resistance are disclosed and are useful to form wires. The improved 8000-series aluminum alloys include a rare earth element. The electrical conductivity of the aluminum alloy is substantially unaffected by the addition of the rare earth element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: General Cable Technologies Corporation, NanoAI, LLC
    Inventors: Srinivas Siripurapu, Shenjia Zhang, Richard Stephen Baker, Nhon Q. Vo, Francisco U. Flores, Davaadorj Bayansan
  • Aluminum welding alloys with improved performance
    Patent number: 11958140
    Abstract: Aluminum welding alloys with improved welding performance are disclosed. The aluminum welding alloys include high loading levels of magnesium and one or more surface active elements and arc stabilizer elements. Methods of making and using the aluminum welding alloys are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: General Cable Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Shenjia Zhang, Janusz Stanislaw Sekunda, Jean Bilodeau
  • Compositions and coatings formed thereof with reduced ice adherence and accumulation
    Patent number: 11746250
    Abstract: A durable coating which reduces ice adhesion and minimizes ice accumulation includes a polymeric binder and a film forming lubricant. The polymeric binder is selected from a fluoropolymer or silicone polymer having one or more reactive groups. The film forming lubricant is a lubricous fluoropolymer or silicone polymer. Methods of applying a durable coating are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL CABLE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sathish Kumar Ranganathan, Srinivas Siripurapu, Vijay Mhetar, Jeffrey P. Youngblood, John Howarter
  • Curable two-part coatings for conductors
    Patent number: 11655375
    Abstract: A compositional kit for forming a composition includes a first composition and a second composition which are separate. The first composition includes a filler, a cross-linking agent and an emissivity agent; and the second composition includes a silicate binder. Methods for making a compositional kit and for making a coated overhead conductor are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: GENERAL CABLE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, NOVOTA INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Srinivas Siripurapu, Vitthal Sawant, Satish Narayan Patil, Rajendra Yashwant Chaudhari
  • Welding wires formed from improved aluminum-magnesium alloys
    Patent number: 11559860
    Abstract: Aluminum-magnesium alloys useful as welding wire and mechanical support are disclosed. The aluminum-magnesium alloys exhibit improved cold wire drawing performance. Grain refiners and methods of forming the aluminum-magnesium alloys are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignees: GENERAL CABLE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, NANOAL, LLC
    Inventors: Shenjia Zhang, Nhon Q. Vo, Janusz Stanislaw Sekunda, Jean Bilodeau, Martin Lecours
  • Fire resistant data communication cable
    Patent number: 11367541
    Abstract: Data communication cables include twisted wire pairs, a fire retardant tape, a metallized tape shield, a braided metallic shield, and a jacket layer. The fire retardant tape surrounds the twisted wire pairs has an overlap of about 15% to about 25%. The data communication cables are also halogen-free and may pass the fire retardant standards of National Fire Protection Agency (“NFPA”) 130.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: GENERAL CABLE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregg Raymond Szylakowski, Scott M. Brown
  • Cables coated with fluorocopolymer coatings
    Patent number: 11319455
    Abstract: Coating compositions including a binder agent are disclosed. The binder agent is formed of a fluorocopolymer and a non-fluorinated film-forming polymer. Methods of coating cables with the coating compositions are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: General Cable Technologies Corporation, Arkema Inc.
    Inventors: Sathish Kumar Ranganathan, Srinivas Siripurapu, Vijay Mhetar, Ryan M. Andersen, Kurt Arthur Wood
  • Linear low-density polyethylene polymers suitable for use on cables
    Patent number: 11205526
    Abstract: Linear low-density polyethylene polymers used to form covering layers for cables are disclosed. Such polymers exhibit certain molecular weight distributions suitable to form the covering layers for the cable. The polymer can be crosslinked to exhibit suitable properties including retained elongation at break values and hot set values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: General Cable Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Rubinder Kaur Lakhman, Jon Michael Malinoski, Sean William Culligan, Srinivas Siripurapu, Vijay Mhetar
  • Foamed polycarbonate separators and cables thereof
    Patent number: 11107607
    Abstract: A cable separator includes a body, and the body includes a polycarbonate-based material that is at least a partially foamed. Cables and methods of manufacturing such cables having a separator are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: General Cable Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Srinivas Siripurapu, Scott M. Brown, Stephen A. Thwaites
  • Hydrosilylation crosslinking of polyolefin cable components
    Patent number: 11091573
    Abstract: A method of crosslinking a polyolefin resin with a silyl hydride crosslinking agent is disclosed. Crosslinkable compositions containing a polyolefin resin having about 0.9% to about 10% diene groups and a silyl hydride crosslinking agent are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: General Cable Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Sathish Kumar Ranganathan, Vijay Mhetar, Sean William Culligan, Srinivas Siripurapu
  • Water tree resistant cables
    Patent number: 11031153
    Abstract: Water tree resistant cables are disclosed. The cables include a water tree resistant insulation shield and water tree resistant conductor shield. The insulation layer can be free of any water tree retardant additives. Methods of making and using the water tree resistant cables are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: General Cable Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jianmin Liu, Sean William Culligan
  • Easy clean cable
    Patent number: 11011283
    Abstract: Cables having a conductor with a polymeric covering layer and a non-extruded coating layer made of a material based on a liquid composition including a polymer resin and a fatty acid amide. Methods of making cables are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: General Cable Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Samuel Friedman, Alben D. Roland, Xi Zhang, Srinivas Siripurapu, Vijay Mhetar, Subramanya Kishore Avadhanula Venkata
  • Three-wire communication cable
    Patent number: 10971285
    Abstract: Three-wire communication cables are useful for operation with a vehicle as vehicular data communication cables. The cables include a cable core formed of three insulated wires twisted together at a defined pitch and a jacket surrounding the cable core. The cables can meet Mobile Industry Processor Interface (“MIPI”) C-PHY? standard (Version 1.2) as well as International Standards Organization (“ISO”) 6722-1 (2011) and 14572 (2011).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL CABLE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Frederick J. Kelley, Gregg R. Szylakowski, Scott M. Brown
  • Coated overhead conductor
    Patent number: 10957467
    Abstract: A polymeric coating can be applied to an overhead conductor. The overhead conductor includes one or more conductive wires, and the polymeric coating layer surrounds the one or more conductive wires. The overhead conductor can operate at a lower temperature than a bare overhead conductor with no polymeric coating layer when tested in accordance with ANSI C119.4 method. Methods of applying a polymeric coating layer to an overhead conductor are also described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL CABLE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sathish Kumar Ranganathan, Vijay Mhetar, Srinivas Siripurapu, Cody R. Davis, Frank E. Clark
  • Coated overhead conductors and methods
    Patent number: 10957468
    Abstract: A coated overhead conductor having an assembly including one or more conductive wires, such that the assembly includes an outer surface coated with an electrochemical deposition coating forming an outer layer, wherein the electrochemical deposition coating includes a first metal oxide, such that the first metal oxide is not aluminum oxide. Methods for making the overhead conductor are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL CABLE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sathish K. Ranganathan, Vijay Mhetar, Cody R. Davis, Srinivas Siripurapu
  • Fire resistant data communication cable
    Patent number: 10937569
    Abstract: Data communication cables include twisted wire pairs, a fire retardant tape, and a jacket layer. The fire retardant tape surrounds the twisted wire pairs has an overlap of about 15% to about 25%. The data communication cables are also halogen-free and may pass the fire retardant standards of National Fire Protection Agency (“NFPA”) 130.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL CABLE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gregg Raymond Szylakowski, Scott M. Brown
  • Cables exhibiting increased ampacity due to lower temperature coefficient of resistance
    Patent number: 10861616
    Abstract: Cables including conductors formed form ultra-conductive copper wires which have a lower temperature coefficient of resistance are disclosed. Methods of making the cables including conductors with ultra-conductive copper wires are further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: General Cable Technologies Corporation, Ohio University
    Inventors: Shenjia Zhang, Sathish Kumar Ranganathan, Keerti Sahithi Kappagantula, Frank F. Kraft
  • Durable coating compositions and coatings formed thereof
    Patent number: 10836914
    Abstract: A durable coating composition includes a silicate binder, a filler, and a crosslinking agent. The coating composition can reduce ice adherence and minimize ice accumulation through inclusion of a film forming lubricant. Articles and overhead conductors coated with such coating compositions are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: General Cable Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Sathish Kumar Ranganathan, Srinivas Siripurapu, Vijay Mhetar
  • Cables with improved coverings and methods of forming thereof
    Patent number: 10818409
    Abstract: A cable including a conductor surrounded by a covering layer, the covering layer formed from a thermoplastic vulcanizate composition which includes a continuous phase and a dispersed phase. The continuous phase is formed of a thermoplastic polyolefin. The dispersed phase is formed of a cross-linked elastomeric polyolefin. The thermoplastic vulcanizate composition passes the Hot Creep Test at 150° C. in accordance with UL 2556 (2013) and has a dielectric loss of 3 or less. Methods of forming cables with coverings are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL CABLE TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sathish Kumar Ranganathan, Vijay Mhetar, Sean W. Culligan