Patents Assigned to Thermocable (Flexible Elements) Limited
  • Patent number: 8698045
    Abstract: A heating cable and associated heating blanket. The heating cable comprises conductors extending along the length of the cable separated by a separation layer. The conductors and separation layer may be coaxial. The conductors are connected at one end of the cable in series such that if the conductors are connected at the other end of the cable to respective poles of a power supply equal currents flow in opposite directions through adjacent portions of the conductors, substantially eliminating electromagnetic radiation from the cable. One conductor has a positive temperature characteristic and the separation layer has either a negative temperature characteristic or melts at a predetermined threshold temperature. Power may be modulated in response to variations in the resistance of the positive temperature co-efficient conductor. Power to the cable may be terminated in the event of current flowing through the separation layer exceeding a predetermined threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Thermocable (Flexible Elements) Limited
    Inventors: Michael Daniels, Philip Wilkie
  • Patent number: 8173938
    Abstract: A controller for a heating cable. The heating cable includes first and second conductors and a separation layer interposed between the conductors. The conductors and the separation layer extend along the length of the cable and electrical resistance provided by the separation layer between adjacent portions of the conductors has a negative temperature coefficient. The controller includes a first switch, arranged for connecting the first and second conductors in series at one end of the cable such that if the first and second conductors are connected at the other end of the cable to respective poles of a power supply currents flow in opposite directions through adjacent portions of the conductors. The controller further includes a second switch and voltage measurement functionality. The controller is arranged to control power to the cable as a function of measured voltage across the first resistor when both switches are open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Thermocable (Flexible Elements) Limited
    Inventor: Thomas Robst