Patents Examined by William H. Mavo, III
  • Patent number: 6686538
    Abstract: A connection method and a connecting cable for improving transmission of low-frequency signals, and reducing the radiation level of high-frequency signals, including a connecting cable having at least two ends, a first external conductor for shielding at least one signal line capable of conveying a signal and having a frequency that causes undesired radiation, the first external conductor having a length about co-extensive with the length of the signal lines, a second external conductor spaced adjacent the first external conductor with an insulator between the first and second external conductors, the length of the second external conductor being less than the length of the first external conductor and defined in terms of such frequency, the length of the second external conductor being for suppressing undesired radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 6552271
    Abstract: An electrical compression connector including a first section having a main conductor receiving channel extending into a top side of the connector; and a second section integrally formed with the first section. The second section has three tap conductor receiving channels. A first one of the tap channels extends into a first lateral side of the connector. Second and third ones of the tap channels extend into a second lateral side of the connector. The second section has a bottom cantilevered leg with a curved downward and laterally outward extending portion and a laterally outward extending substantially straight portion extending to a distal end of the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: FCI USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian W. Connor, Benjamin J. Michaud
  • Patent number: 6327777
    Abstract: A connecting structure for covered wires is provided. At first, a shield wire 1 and a ground wire 2 are prepared. After overlaying the ground wire 2 on the shield wire 1 cross each other, respective overlapping portions of the wires 1, 2 are interposed between an upper resin tip 13 and a lower resin tip 14. Next, the upper and lower resin tips 13, 14 are oscillated with ultrasonic waves while compressing the upper and lower resin tips 13, 14 from the outside. Consequently, respective outside rinds 1d, 2b of the wires 1, 2 are molten for removal, so that a braided wire 1c comes into electrical contact with a core line 2a. The upper and lower resin tips 13, 14 have wire receiving grooves 13a, 14a formed on their butt faces. Each of the groove 13a, 14a has a semi-circular cross section of a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the shield wire 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Inventors: Tetsuro Ide, Satoshi Tanikawa
  • Patent number: 5998737
    Abstract: A clamping device, in particular a cable clamping device for telecommunications technology and data systems technology. The clamping device is of a generic type which ensures that objects having different diameters are clamped simply and reliably and without the risk of an impermissibly high degree of pinching of the object to be clamped. The clamping device includes a clamping member, which is formed from a basic body and at least one clamping arm and into which the object to be clamped is inserted. The clamping member is pushed into a sleeve having cutouts in which at least one of the clamping arms of the clamping member engages. By rotating the sleeve with respect to the fixed basic body at least one of the clamping arms reduces the clamping inside diameter of the clamping member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jurgen Weiss, David Patrick Murray