Patents by Inventor Etienne Laeremans

Etienne Laeremans 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).

  • Patent number: 6051792
    Abstract: A retention strip for winding around an elongate object is disclosed. When the strip is wound in use it can decrease in length when compressed around the object, thereby contracting around the object. The strip preferably includes one or more, preferably a plurality of, collapsible portions, and the strip can decrease in length due to the collapsing of one or more of the collapsible portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: N.V. Raychem S.A.
    Inventors: Jesper Damm, Etienne Laeremans
  • Patent number: 5883333
    Abstract: A cable splice closure is disclosed, which includes a casing which, in use, is closed around a cable splice; and at least one cable gripper comprising a strip which, in use, is wound around at least one cable extending into the casing. Closing the casing, in use, automatically causes the or each strip to tighten around the or each cable around which it is wound, thereby gripping the cable. The cable gripper strip may have the ability to decrease in length when wound and compressed around a cable, thereby allowing it to contract, and therefore tighten, around the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: N.V. Raychem S.A.
    Inventors: Alain Wambeke, Jesper Damm, Etienne Laeremans
  • Patent number: 5816853
    Abstract: A cable connector housing (11) for surrounding and sealing a coaxial cable connection, the housing (11) comprising two elongate body portions (12) (13) that surround the cable (51) and connector (52). One end of the housing (11) has a smaller part or opening (14) for accommodating the cable and the other end of the housing has a larger opening (15) for accommodating a connector. The one end of the housing (11) is shaped preferably frusto-conically, to force sealing gel within the housing (11) towards the other end of the housing when the two body portions are assembled around the connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: N.V. Raychem S.A.
    Inventors: Valere Buekers, Etienne Laeremans, Luiz Neves Mendes, Marc Demesmaeker, Pieter De Coster
  • Patent number: 5814770
    Abstract: A cable enclosure having a housing and a strain-relief device. The housing has an inlet for a cable, and the strain-relief device can be connected to the cable and the housing in a strain-relieving fashion. The strain-relief device can be connected to the housing after the strain-relief device has been secured to the cable and after the housing has been sealed around the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1998
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Amandus Lucien Emiel Pieck, Etienne Laeremans, Marc Demesmaeker
  • Patent number: 5789707
    Abstract: A device for forming a seal around an elongate object having: (a) a sealing plate having a hole through which the object can pass, and containing a chamber in communication with the hole; (b) a pressure plate positioned within and movable relative to the chamber; and (c) a sealing material positioned within the chamber such that when the elongate object passes, in use, through the hole in the sealing plate, the sealing material is positioned between the pressure plate and the elongate object, wherein the pressure plate can be moved, in use, towards the object in a direction transversely of the object, to urge the sealing material into sealing contact with the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: N.V. Raychem S.A.
    Inventors: Jesper Damm, Jean-Marie Etienne Nolf, Maarten Michiels, Etienne Laeremans
  • Patent number: 5775702
    Abstract: A sealing apparatus for sealing an end of an enclosure having an opening for passing an elongate object, such as a cable, therethrough is disclosed. The sealing apparatus includes a sealing device with a port through the sealing device. The sealing device is configured so as to be placed within an end of the enclosure and in sealing engagement with an inner surface of the enclosure. An adaptor is further disclosed which is configured to be inserted within the port of the sealing device. An opening is provided in the adaptor for receiving the elongate object to be passed into the enclosure. The adaptor further includes a first compressing part and a second compressing part longitudinally offset from the first compressing part with a sealant disposed between the compressing parts. A driver in the sealing device is operatively connected to the compressing parts to position the compressing parts in longitudinally movable positions relative to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1998
    Assignee: N.V. Raychem S.A.
    Inventors: Etienne Laeremans, Marc Demesmaeker