Patents by Inventor Amandus L. E. Pieck

Amandus L. E. Pieck 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).

  • Closure assembly
    Patent number: 5313019
    Abstract: A method of environmentally protecting an elongate substrate with a cover and a sealing means comprising a sealing material having an elongation of at least 100% and a compression set at 70.degree. C. of less than 30%, which comprises positioning the sealing means around a portion of the substrate and surrounding the substrate with the cover such that the sealing material provides a seal between the cover and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: N.V. Raychem S.A.
    Inventors: Jacques H. F. Brusselmans, Jean-Marie E. Nolf, Amandus L. E. Pieck, Alistair A. P. Sutherland, Willy E. G. Tournel, Lodewijk C. M. Van Noten
  • Branch-off technique
    Patent number: 4680065
    Abstract: A branch-off region at an end of a sleeve (2), enclosing for example a branch in a telecommunications cable, is sealed by a method which includes positioning at the end of the sleeve (2) some means for example a clip (1) or a filling piece that forms terminal conduits (3), positioning a heat-activatable adhesive (5) in the end, and activating the adhesive by a heating means such as an electrical heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1987
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Jan Vansant, Noel Overbergh, Valere Buekers, Amandus L. E. Pieck
  • Electrically heat-recoverable article
    Patent number: 4675512
    Abstract: A wrap-around heat-recoverable sleeve (1) suitable for providing environmental protection around pipes or cables (24) has self-contained electrical heating means powered through closure members (2,3) of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1987
    Assignee: NV Raychem SA
    Inventors: Jozef G. A. Doucet, Amandus L. E. Pieck, Francis J. A. M. C. De Blauwe
  • Branch-off technique
    Patent number: 4641009
    Abstract: A branch-off region at an end of a sleeve (2), enclosing for example a branch in a telecommunications cable, is sealed by positioning at the end of the sleeve (2) a clip (1) or a filling piece that forms terminal conduits (3), positioning a heat-activatable adhesive (5) in the end, and activating the adhesive by a heater such as an electrical heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 1985
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1987
    Assignee: N.V. Raychem S.A.
    Inventors: Jan Vansant, Noel Overbergh, Valere Buekers, Amandus L. E. Pieck