Patents by Inventor Alan D. Atkins

Alan D. Atkins has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Fiber optic cable arrangements
    Patent number: 4772090
    Abstract: A fibre optic cable is helically wound on to an overhead high voltage conductor, and has an electrically non-tracking outer jacket and is filled with protective material, or has a conductive outer jacket. The cable is guided off the conductor inside a conductive housing, and then to earth potential along the inside of a non-tracking shedded or convoluted tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Inventors: Alan D. Atkins, John S. T. Lomms, Robin J. T. Clabburn
  • Stress control/insulating composite article with an outer surface having convolutions and electric power cable terminated therewith
    Patent number: 4714800
    Abstract: A tubular article has an outer component of insulating material having a convoluted outer surface, and an inner component of stress grading material. In another embodiment, a tubular article has an outer component of insulating material having an outer surface that is convoluted along part of its length and shedded along another part of its length. The articles may be of heat-shrinkable polymeric material. The articles are particularly useful for terminating high voltage electric cables, and in the manufacture of electrical insulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1987
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Alan D. Atkins, Kenneth Elliott, John S. T. Looms