Patents Assigned to Nexans
  • Patent number: 11401583
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composite material based on aluminium or copper and tin oxide-functionalized carbon nanotubes, to the method for producing same and to a cable comprising said composite material as the electrically conductive element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Thomas Hiouani, Paul Royes, Nicolas Masquelier
  • Patent number: 11384234
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinkable polymer composition for use as a sheath layer of cable, and to a cable comprising a crosslinked layer obtained from said composition. The crosslinkable polymer composition according to the present invention comprises a polymer blend of ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer and ethylene methyl acrylate copolymer, a flame retardant filler and a crosslinking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Jong-Chan Lim, Seong-Jin Kim, Kwon-Soon Kim
  • Publication number: 20190260194
    Abstract: A method is provided for setting up a transmission link for electrical energy, in which at least one superconductive cable and a cryostat surrounding the same are used, the cryostat having two metal tubes arranged concentrically in relation to one another, between which a vacuum insulation is provided. The ends of the cryostat in the assembled state as well as the superconductive cable located in the same are attached on fixed parts of the transmission link. At least at one end of the cryostat, there is gaplessly connected to the same a tube body which is bent by an angle of at least 180° and likewise consists of two metal tubes arranged concentrically in relation to one another, between which a vacuum insulation is provided. The superconductive cable protruding from the cryostat is arranged in the tube body at room temperature in such a way that it runs at least in the direct proximity of the wall of the inner tube of the tube body that has the greater bending radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: Nexans
    Inventors: Mark STEMMLE, Stephan LANGE
  • Patent number: 10214645
    Abstract: A cable has one or more conductors and a jacket. The jacket is made from a composition including a polymer blend of thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), and Polyvinylbutyral (PVB), with the ratio of PVB to TPU being up to 49% PVB by weight of the total weight of the polymer blend, the remainder of the polymer blend being TPU.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Laureene Malheurty, Didier Billemaz
  • Patent number: 10056169
    Abstract: A low loss cable system adapted for use as a cable landfall system. The cable system comprises a cable having a plurality of cores. Each core comprises a conductor, a first insulating layer, a second electrically conductive layer and a third layer. The cable comprises two sections, connected at a connection point CP. A first section of the cable is arranged to be exposed to a landfall area and a second section of the cable is arranged to be exposed to a submarine area. The cable is arranged such that circulating currents are prevented or reduced in the second conductive layers of the cable in the section exposed to the landfall area, thus assisting in maintaining the ampacity of the cable in this section without, or by reducing, the need to increase the cross sectional area of the cable in the landfall area. This is accomplished by electrically connecting the second conductive layers of the cores to each other at the connection point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Marius Hatlo, Espen Olsen
  • Patent number: 9899822
    Abstract: The present arrangement provides a hole retainer for insertion into a threaded hole. The hole retainer has a saddle configured to accept and retain an object, a stabilizing post, and a plurality of staggered locking teeth. The staggered locking teeth extend from the bottom of the stabilizing post upward in a manner such that they engage with threads inside the threaded hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Jeremy Richardson, Brad A Angus, Scott Nemes
  • Patent number: 9735572
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system (100) for supplying low-voltage DC power to at least one electronic communication device (3;6) in a power line carrier communication system furthermore including a power line carrier coupler comprising a coupling capacitor (10) electrically linked to a medium-voltage line (8) of a power distribution network. According to the invention, the system (100) comprises means (15) for generating a first low DC voltage value based on a current-to-voltage conversion of the leakage current related to said coupling capacitor (10), said first low DC voltage value being able to act as power supply to at least one active electronic component (13) of said at least one electronic communication device (3;6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Herve Weber, Borja Thomas, Eduard De Ridder
  • Patent number: 9496072
    Abstract: An arrangement is specified having a superconducting cable (SK) which comprises a superconducting conductor (1) and a superconducting screen (3) which concentrically surrounds the same with the interposition of a dielectric (2). The cable (SK) is surrounded by a cryostat (KR) enclosing a free space (FR) for a coolant to be passed through, which cryostat (KR) which cryostat comprises two metallic tubes (4, 5) which are arranged concentrically with respect to one another and between which vacuum insulation is arranged. The screen (3) is composed of a superconducting material whose electrical resistance value in the normally conductive state is greater by a factor of at least 50 than the electrical resistance value of the material used for the conductor (1) in the normally conductive state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Rainer Soika, Mark Stemmle
  • Patent number: 9368258
    Abstract: The present arrangement provides a twisted pair of conductors, each with a profiled insulation thereon, where in the twisted pair, the peak to peak contact of adjacent conductor insulation is ensured along the length of the pair. To this end, each of the profiled insulations on the conductors of the pair are forward twisted prior to twinning to ensure the maximum number of peak to peak contacts per unit length of the pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventor: Greg Heffner
  • Patent number: 9368257
    Abstract: A power cable (30, 130, 230, 330, 430, 530) includes an outer sheath (32), at least one conductor element (20, 22, 24, 220, 320, 420, 520) arranged within the outer sheath and one or more filler elements (10, 210, 310,410, 510) arranged within the outer sheath. At least one of the filler elements is hollow such that a cooling fluid can be passed through the filler element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Jan Erik Karlsen, Raymond Alexander Badowski, Jon-Arne Hall
  • Patent number: 9362019
    Abstract: An electrical cable having an elongate electrically conductive element (2) and at least one electrically insulating fluoropolymer layer (4) surrounding the electrically conductive element (2). The electrical cable is exempt from polyimide-containing layer between the electrically conductive element and the electrically insulating fluoropolymer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Hakim Janah, Thiery Daumand, Virak Phul, Patrick Rybski, Pascal Clouet, Wilfried Lecluse, Rui Manuel Da Silva
  • Patent number: 9029705
    Abstract: A power cable having a water barrier laminate where the water barrier laminate has foil made of metal (1) laminated between at least two layers of non insulating polymer foils (2a, 2b) constituting a final laminate (3) that is non insulating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Knut Magne Furuheim, Sverre Hvidsten
  • Patent number: 9027606
    Abstract: A pipe for underwater transportation of fluid is indicated which includes a pressure-tight metal inner pipe for conducting the fluid, wherein for its stabilization in radial direction at least one profiled metal strand and for stabilizing in the axial direction at least one tension-proof strand are wound around the inner pipe. The inner pipe (1) is a metal pipe which is corrugated transversely of its longitudinal direction and which for stabilization in the radial direction is surrounded by at least one first radial reinforcement (3) which is composed of a profiled helically extending profile strip whose windings are placed closely next to each other or engage each other and are hooked together. Arranged around the first radial reinforcement (3) is arranged a metal pipe corrugated transversely of its longitudinal direction as the outer pipe (5); at least two layers of tension-proof strands (7, 8) are wound around the outer pipe (5), preferably with oppositely directed pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Christian Frohne, Ketil Opstad, Jon-Arne Hall
  • Patent number: 9006576
    Abstract: A superconductive cable which has a cryostat with two concentric metal pipes where the cryostat has at least a first axial section with a first axial spring constant, and at least a second axial section which has a second axial spring constant which at most is 20%, more preferred at most 10%, of the axial spring constant of the first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Mark Stemmle, Rainer Soika
  • Patent number: 8987596
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric cable comprising a conductor element, an electrically insulating layer surrounding said conductor element, said electrically insulating layer being obtained from a mixture comprising polyethylene and a styrene copolymer, wherein the polyethylene is a plurimodal polyethylene.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Pierre Mirebeau, Jérôme Matallana, Jean-Francois Brame, Hakim Janah
  • Patent number: 8965698
    Abstract: A system for generating line ratings includes a module for receiving data concerning a power line, a module for stores the data concerning said power line, and a module receives weather data associated with each of the geographic locations along the length of the power line. A processor is configured to select between generating a line rating based on the at least one tension/sag measurement and the weather data associated with each of said geographic locations along the length of said power line, where if the power line has a load exceeding a predetermined threshold, then the processor generates a line rating based on the at least one tension/sag measurement, and where if the power line has a load below the predetermined threshold, then the processor generates a line rating based on the weather data associated with each of the geographic locations along the length of the power line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Robert Mohr, Sarantos K. Aivaliotis, Zenon Stelmak
  • Patent number: 8956080
    Abstract: An assembly for splicing and repairing an umbilical is provided having two terminal bend restrictors and two strain terminators, here each terminal bend restrictor has at least two interconnected modules, a connecting end, and a free end. The strain terminators have a strain receiving end and a strain providing end, with each of the strain receiving ends is connected to one of the connecting ends of the terminal bend restrictors. The assembly further has an intermediate bend restrictor having at least two interconnected modules and two connecting ends. The two strain terminators are connected at their strain providing ends to separate connecting ends of the intermediate bend restrictor, and the intermediate bend restrictor is dimensioned to withstand tensile strain from the connected strain terminators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventor: Christer Berg
  • Patent number: 8958671
    Abstract: A power and/or telecommunication cable (Ia,Ib) includes one or several conductor elements (10,20,30) surrounded by an outer sheath, where the outer sheath (40,50) comprising a first layer (40a, 40b) able to emit light radiation, and a second layer (50) made of a light transmitting thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) material surrounding the first layer (40a, 40b), so that h first layer (40a, 40b) is visible through the second layer (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Jorge Antonio Cofre Luna, Jorge Villablanca, Fernando Munoz
  • Patent number: 8954126
    Abstract: A superconductive electrical direct current cable with at least two conductors insulated relative to each other is indicated, where the cable is placed with at least two conductors insulated relative to each other, where the conductors are arranged in a cryostat suitable for guidance of the cooling agent, wherein the cryostat is composed of at least one metal pipe which is surrounded by a circumferentially closed layer with thermally insulating properties. In the cryostat is arranged a strand-shaped carrier composed of insulating material, where the carrier has at least two diametrically oppositely located outwardly open grooves in each of which is arranged one of the conductors. Each conductor is composed of a plurality of superconductive elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Mark Stemmle, Erik Marzahn
  • Patent number: D728236
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Steeve Virassamy, Xavier Ynna