Patents by Inventor Benjamin L. Whittier, II

Benjamin L. Whittier, II 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).

  • Woven fiberglass cable wrap
    Patent number: 6003565
    Abstract: A cable wrap fabric for protecting a communications cable is woven of fiberglass yarns plied with or without low melt thermoplastic yarns, and water swellable superabsorbent yarns. The water swellable superabsorbent yarns are interspersed at spaced intervals within the fiberglass yarns. The fiberglass yarns dissipate heat energy created by lightning strikes or excessive thermal shocks. The superabsorbent water swellable yarns block the progression of water through the cable. The low melt thermoplastic yarns, if used, fuse the other component yarns of the fabric together so that the fabric can be slit into the required tape widths without excessive yarn fraying at the edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1999
    Assignee: BGF Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin L. Whittier, II, Robert J. Dunnagan, Blair W. Jenkins, William C. Schwartz