Patents Examined by Chau N. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10772202
    Abstract: A flat data transmission cable includes a plurality of juxtaposed wires, a plastic layer enclosing on the wires integrally and a metallic layer formed by a metal material belt arranged on an outer side of the plastic layer in a spiral winding way. In the length direction of the data transmission cable, the data transmission cable has at least one bending portion, the data transmission cable is formed with a first section and a second section on both sides of the bending portion, and a stable bending angle is formed between the first section and the second section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) LTD.
    Inventors: Mindi Ni, Yichang Chen
  • Patent number: 10772201
    Abstract: A flat data transmission cable includes a plurality of juxtaposed wires and a plastic layer enclosing on the wires integrally, each wire has a conductor. Central axes of the conductors are located on a same plane, and the plastic layer defines a top surface and a bottom surface parallel to the plane in which the central axes of the conductors located, the wires define at least two grounding wires and at least a signal wire between the two grounding wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) LTD.
    Inventors: Mindi Ni, Yichang Chen
  • Patent number: 10772203
    Abstract: A flat data transmission cable includes a plurality of juxtaposed wires, a plastic layer enclosing on the wires integrally and a metallic layer formed by a metal material belt arranged on an outer side of the plastic layer in a spiral winding way, each wire has a conductor. The metallic layer has at least an aluminum foil layer and a bonding layer arranged on the side of the aluminum foil layer facing to the plastic layer, the metallic layer is bonded to the outer side of the plastic layer by the bonding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: ALLTOP ELECTRONICS (SUZHOU) LTD.
    Inventors: Mindi Ni, Yichang Chen
  • Patent number: 10755832
    Abstract: A medium-voltage or high-voltage power cable includes an elongated electrical conductor element, a first semiconducting layer, an electrically insulating layer, and a second semiconducting layer. The electrically insulating layer is at least one layer of a thermoplastic polymer material having a continuous polypropylene matrix in which a polyethylene is dispersed. A process for the preparation of such a cable is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Gabriele Perego, Christelle Mazel, Matthias Meyer, Dimitri Charrier, Xavier Festaz
  • Patent number: 10741302
    Abstract: An electrical cable (1) includes an elongate electrical conductor (2) surrounded by at least one crosslinked layer (3, 4, 5) obtained from a polymer composition including a polymer material and a protection system. The protection system includes diphenylamine or a diphenylamine derivative and a sulfur compound selected among an organic thiol, a thiolate, and one of the mixtures thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Andreas Roos, Bernard Dalbe, Jean-François Larche
  • Patent number: 10741310
    Abstract: In various embodiments, a non-circular electrical cable having a reduced pulling force attributable to the exterior surface of an outer sheath, and method of producing the same is provided. In various embodiments, an outer sheath of the cable may comprise a first and second sheath layer, the second sheath layer being located external to the first sheath layer, and comprising a nylon material configured to reduce the pulling force necessary for installing the cable. In various embodiments, the first sheath layer may be extruded using a tube extrusion method into a substantially circular shape, and the second sheath layer may be extruded using a pressure extrusion methods onto the exterior surface of the first sheath layer while maintaining the at least substantially circular shape of the sheath. The sheath may then be pulled onto the surface of a plurality of conductors to form the non-circular electrical cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Southwire Company, LLC
    Inventors: Scotty Ledbetter, Randy Deon Kummer
  • Patent number: 10734137
    Abstract: A composite cable is composed of a power supply wire, which includes a twisted wire pair aggregate, which are being formed by laying a plurality of twisted wire pairs together, a plurality of coaxial wires, and a plurality of signal wires, which are each smaller in outer diameter than the power supply wire and the plurality of coaxial wires. The plurality of coaxial wires and the plurality of signal wires are being laid helically over an outer periphery of the power supply wire, and each of the plurality of coaxial wires is being arranged in contact with an outer periphery of the power supply wire, and is being arranged at equally spaced intervals in a circumferential direction of the power supply wire, while each of the plurality of signal wires is being arranged in such a manner as to remain separate from the power supply wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Hitachi Metals, Ltd.
    Inventors: Detian Huang, Yoshinori Tsukamoto, Masanori Kobayashi, Isao Matsuoka, Masashi Moriyama
  • Patent number: 10734753
    Abstract: Technologies are described for devices and methods to splice two contacts of a cable. The assemblies may comprise a first and second sealing boot each configured to slide onto and form a seal to the cable. The assemblies may comprise a pin contact and a socket contact. A first side of the pin contact may be configured to receive wires from the cable. A second side of the pin contact may be configured to mate with the socket contact. A first side of the socket contact may be configured to receive wires from the cable. A second side of the socket contact may be configured to mate with the pin contact. The assemblies may comprise a housing with a tube shaped body and a grommet at a first and second end. Each grommet may be configured to form a seal to the first sealing boot or the second sealing boot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: ITT MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES LLC
    Inventor: Ehab Alawneh
  • Patent number: 10723289
    Abstract: Provided is a combination cable for a vehicle that is capable of reducing noise interference and cross-talk between twisted pair wires. The combination cable for a vehicle includes a wire bundle and a sheath covering the wire bundle. The wire bundle includes a two-core first twisted pair wire, a two-core second twisted pair wire, a one-core first wire, and a one-core second wire. When viewed in cable cross-section, the wire bundle has the first twisted pair wire disposed on one side of a center line that runs from a center of the first wire to a center of the second wire, and has the second twisted pair wire disposed on the other side of the center line, and the first twisted pair wire and the second twisted pair wire are separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Kenta Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 10706992
    Abstract: This insulated flat conductive wire includes: a flat conductive wire having an aspect ratio a/b of 12 or more, wherein the aspect ratio is a ratio of a length a of a long side of a rectangular cross-section to a length b of a short side thereof; and an insulating film which consists of a polyamide-imide resin or a polyimide resin and coats the flat conductive wire, wherein the insulating film has a film thickness t1 of 10 ?m or more at a center portion of the long side of the rectangular cross-section, and the insulating film has a film thickness ratio t1/t2 of 0.80 to 1.35, and wherein the film thickness ratio t1/t2 is a ratio of the film thickness t1 at the center portion of the long side to a film thickness t2 at an edge portion of the long side of the rectangular cross-section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hideaki Sakurai, Koji Hirano
  • Patent number: 10706990
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fire-resistant cable comprising at least one electrically insulating composite layer based on at least one cementitious material and at least one starch, and the process for manufacturing same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Thierry Auvray, Franck Gyppaz, Corinne Poulard
  • Patent number: 10700450
    Abstract: A connector secured to a coaxial cable having a conducting core. The connector includes a housing having a body having a central vertical axis and defining a chamber extending along the central vertical axis, a dielectric disposed in the chamber of the housing; and a signal contact disposed in the chamber of the housing and held by the dielectric. The signal contact includes a head having a top face and an opposite bottom face, a ferrule member projecting away from the top face of the head, and a pin projecting away from the bottom face of the head. The ferrule member includes a passage extending in a direction transverse to the central vertical axis, and the passage receives a terminating portion of the conducting core. The ferrule member is crimped to the terminating portion of the conducting core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: WINCHESTER INTERCONNECT CORPORATION
    Inventor: John E. Benham
  • Patent number: 10692626
    Abstract: An electric cable (10) is disclosed comprising a) at least one cable core (11) comprising at least one power transmissive insulated element (12); and b) a metallic outer armor (19) containing the cable core (11); wherein the outer armor (19) comprises a carbon steel tape (20) wound according to helical interlocked windings, the tape (20) being coated with an aluminum coating layer (22) having a thickness equal to or lower than 50 ?m. Furthermore, a process for manufacturing such an electric cable is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: PRYSMIAN S.p.A.
    Inventors: Ehsan Fallahmohammadi, Flavio Casiraghi
  • Patent number: 10685765
    Abstract: A cable with an operation unit having an operation unit provided on a middle of a cable which includes a plurality of core electric wires. The plurality of core electric wires are bundled to form a bundle of electric wires, the bundle of electric wires is divided into two groups, each of which is covered with a coating resin, and the cable includes a separated part at each of front and rear parts of the operation unit by a predetermined length, in which bundles of electric wires of the two groups are separately configured, and an integrated part in which the bundles of electric wires of the two groups are integrated at a part except the separated part. A boundary part between the separated part and the integrated part is covered with a reinforcing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Yamazaki, Toru Nakanishi, Takayoshi Koinuma
  • Patent number: 10679772
    Abstract: An electric power cable and a process for the production of the cable including a metal conductor and an electric insulation system surrounding the conductor coaxially and radially outwards of the conductor having improved electric properties. The insulation system includes an inner semi-conducting layer surrounded radially outwards by an insulation layer and wherein the insulation layer is surrounded radially outwards by an outer semi-conducting layer. The electric power cable further includes an inner water blocking material arranged in the conductor and/or to surround the conductor radially outwards and an outer water blocking material arranged radially outwards from the insulation system. An inner barrier layer is arranged as a diffusion hindering layer between the inner water blocking material and the insulation system and an outer barrier layer is arranged as a diffusion hindering layer between the insulation system and the outer water blocking material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: NKT HV Cables AB
    Inventors: Hossein Ghorbani, Peter Sunnegårdh, Birgitta Källstrand, Carl-Olof Olsson, Ulf Nilsson, Per-Ola Hagstrand, Villgot Englund, Emy Silfverberg, Niklas Thorn
  • Patent number: 10679767
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium for propagating electromagnetic waves. The transmission medium can include a conductor for guiding electromagnetic waves longitudinally along the conductor, and a shell surrounding at least a portion of the conductor for reducing exposure of the electromagnetic waves to an adverse environment that increases propagation losses of the electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Shala Henry, Robert Bennett, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, William Scott Taylor, Donald J Barnickel, Thomas M. Willis, III, Ed Guntin
  • Patent number: 10679769
    Abstract: A cable comprising a conductor surrounded by at least an inner semiconductive layer, an insulation layer and an outer semiconductive layer, in that order, wherein the insulation layer is not crosslinked or is cross-linked and comprises at least 90 wt % of a polymer composition, said polymer composition comprising: (I) 95.5 to 99.9 wt % of an LDPE; and (II) 0.1 to 4.5 wt % of an HDPE having a density of at least 940 kg/m3.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: BOREALIS AG
    Inventors: Per-Ola Hagstrand, Thomas Gkourmpis, Antonios Gitsas, Villgot Englund, Ulf Nilsson, Mattias Andersson, Jonna Hynynen, Christian Müller
  • Patent number: 10680354
    Abstract: An illustrative example method of making an electrically conductive connector comprising a first material and a second material, includes situating a layer comprising the second material at least partially within at least one layer comprising the first material and bonding the layers together. The first material has a first coefficient of thermal expansion and the second material has a second coefficient of thermal expansion that is different than the first coefficient of thermal expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Antaya Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen C. Antaya
  • Patent number: 10665964
    Abstract: An electrical terminal and method for electrically and mechanically terminating to an electrical conductor. A plurality of first recesses is positioned in a termination section, with a plurality of first ridges provided proximate the first recesses. A plurality of second recesses is positioned in the termination section. A plurality of second ridges is provided proximate the second recesses, with the second ridges extending in a direction which is parallel to the plurality of second recesses. A plurality of serrations is formed between the plurality of first recesses and the plurality of second recesses. The plurality of serrations has sharp burrs which interact with the electrical conductor to remove oxides on the electrical conductor to establish mechanical and electrical contact areas between the burrs and the electrical conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Corporation
    Inventors: John Mark Myer, Steven Michael Harnish
  • Patent number: 10650940
    Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a transmission medium for propagating electromagnetic waves. The transmission medium can include a conductor for guiding electromagnetic waves longitudinally along the conductor, and a shell surrounding at least a portion of the conductor for reducing exposure of the electromagnetic waves to an adverse environment that increases propagation losses of the electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Paul Shala Henry, Robert Bennett, Farhad Barzegar, Irwin Gerszberg, William Scott Taylor, Donald J Barnickel, Thomas M. Willis, III, Ed Guntin