Patents by Inventor Ferdinand Groegl

Ferdinand Groegl 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: 8357856
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric conductor (L), made of an electrically conductive material comprising aluminum. The electric conductor is surrounded at least in a region intended for the connection of an electric contact element by a protective layer (3) serving the corrosion protection. The conductive material (2) is formed around a steel wire (1) having a diameter between 0.05 mm and 0.2 mm and a fracture strength of at least 1000 N/mm2 and having such a wall thickness that a conductor (L) having a diameter between 0.10 mm and 0.40 mm is obtained, onto which the protective layer (3) is applied having a thickness of at least 0.5 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Ferdinand Grögl, Angela Brutler
  • Patent number: 8178785
    Abstract: An electrical line for the connection of non-stationary electrical loads to a power source is specified which has a line core surrounded by a jacket (8) of insulating material. Four wires (1), stranded together to form one star quad (S), for the transmission of data, and also two wires (2) stranded together to form a pair of wires (A) and used for supplying power are placed in the line core. The star quad (S) and the pair of wires (A) are stranded together as stranding elements for forming the line core and, over the same, a layer (5) of insulating material is placed, over which a braid or a stranded cover layer of copper wires is arranged in a first layer (6) as part of an electrical screen. At least one layer of a fleece material consisting of synthetic material and made electrically conductive is placed over the first layer (6) as second layer (7) of the electrical screen and the fleece material is surrounded by the jacket (8) of insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Ferdinand Grögl, Thomas Mann
  • Patent number: 8071880
    Abstract: A flexible electric line for movable loads is specified which has at least two wires, in each case consisting of an electrical conductor and an insulation surrounding it, as stranded elements which are stranded around a core consisting of insulating material with dents extending in the longitudinal direction in which the stranded elements lie. In the core, a non-metallic tension- and compression-resistant carrier enclosed by a layer of insulating material is centrally arranged. The layer of insulating material consists of an impressible material remaining permanently elastic, which completely fills the internal interstices between the stranded elements, and it is surrounded by a sliding layer of a material having good sliding characteristics compared with the stranded elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Ferdinand Groegl, Thomas Mann, Dipl.-Ing. Angela Brutler
  • Patent number: 7847192
    Abstract: An electrical conductor L is specified, which has a central core (1) and at least two layers which are arranged above the core (1) and are composed of electrically conductive individual wires, which are twisted around the core (1) in a first layer (2) and around the first layer (2) in a second layer (4). The individual wires of the first layer (2) are steel wires with an ultimate tensile strength of between 800 N/mm2 and 2000 N/mm2, and the individual wires of the second layer (4) are copper wires with an ultimate tensile strength of between 250 N/mm2 and 400 N/mm2. A wire composed of a soft-annealed copper with an ultimate tensile strength of at least 210 N/mm2 is used as the core (1). The lay length of the copper wires (5) is between 8×D and 18×D where D is the diameter of the conductor L over the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Ferdinand Grögl, Thomas Mann
  • Publication number: 20100276174
    Abstract: A flexible electrical cable having a centre part surrounded by a sheath (16) made of insulating material is specified in which are arranged at least one data pair (DP) consisting of two data cores (1, 2) which are used for data transmission and are surrounded by a common screen containing a metallized synthetic fleece, and at least one supply core (VA) which is used for supplying power, which are surrounded by a common electrical screen (15). In the centre part, at least two screened data pairs (DP) with data cores (1, 2) running parallel to one another are arranged separately from one another, the screen of which has a synthetic-material-clad metal foil (5) surrounding said screen on all sides, the metal side of which faces outwards, over which the metallized synthetic fleece (6) is arranged in contact with the metal side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Ferdinand Grögl, Harry Popp
  • Publication number: 20100263909
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric conductor (L), made of an electrically conductive material comprising aluminum. The electric conductor is surrounded at least in a region intended for the connection of an electric contact element by a protective layer (3) serving the corrosion protection. The conductive material (2) is formed around a steel wire (1) having a diameter between 0.05 mm and 0.2 mm and a fracture strength of at least 1000 N/mm2 and having such a wall thickness that a conductor (L) having a diameter between 0.10 mm and 0.40 mm is obtained, onto which the protective layer (3) is applied having a thickness of at least 0.5 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Inventors: Ferdinand Grögl, Angela Brutler
  • Publication number: 20090056974
    Abstract: A flexible electric line for movable loads is specified which has at least two wires, in each case consisting of an electrical conductor and an insulation surrounding it, as stranded elements which are stranded around a core consisting of insulating material with dents extending in the longitudinal direction in which the stranded elements lie. In the core, a non-metallic tension- and compression-resistant carrier enclosed by a layer of insulating material is centrally arranged. The layer of insulating material consists of an impressible material remaining permanently elastic, which completely fills the internal interstices between the stranded elements, and it is surrounded by a sliding layer of a material having good sliding characteristics compared with the stranded elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Ferdinand Groegl, Thomas Mann, Dipl.-Ing. Angela Brutler
  • Patent number: 7297873
    Abstract: The invention specifies an electrical cable with at least two electrical conductor cores (1), which are stranded together, and each of which consists of an electrical conductor (3) enclosed in insulation (2), and with a sheath (5) of insulating material that encloses the conductor cores (1). To protect the cable, which in itself is fully functional, from red-hot particles, the sheath (5), which has a wall thickness of at least 0.5 mm, is covered with a barrier in the form of a flameproof strip (6), which is wound in at least one course with overlapping edges. The strip (6) is covered with a layer (7) of a material that swells when exposed to moisture and that is surrounded by an outer sheath (8) of insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Ferdinand Grögl, Thomas Mann
  • Patent number: 7164078
    Abstract: An abrasion-resistant jacket for a flexible cable with a cable core and a jacket made of an abrasion-resistant thermoplastic material surrounding the cable core, particularly for a drag chain cable or a robot cable. The jacket includes an inner extruded plastic layer (2) and an outer jacket layer (4). Between the inner plastic layer (2) and the outer jacket layer (4) is a layer (3) of monofilaments made of a chemically and thermally stable material with a visual coverage of 40 to 70%. The outer jacket layer (4) is applied by pressure extrusion, such that the spaces in the layer (3) are almost filled by the material of the outer jacket layer, and the layer (3) adheres to the inner sheath layer (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2007
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Ferdinand Grögl, Alfred Mehl
  • Patent number: 6984788
    Abstract: A data transmission cable for connection to mobile devices, which has at least two insulated conductors (1, 2) twisted together into a pair. The pair is enclosed by an electric shield (7) over which a jacket (13) made of an insulating material is applied. To preserve the function of the cable even if it is subject to frequently alternating bending and torsional stresses, the two conductors (1, 2) insulated with a solid unfoamed material are twisted together with two first strands (4, 5) made of a foamed insulating material to form a core (S). The core (S) is enclosed by a foil (6) made of a foamed insulating material, and the shield (7) formed around the first foil (6) has at least one metal strip that is made of an electrically well-conducting material and is formed into a closed tubular sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Ferdinand Grögl, Thomas Mann
  • Patent number: 6825419
    Abstract: An electrical cable (K) has at least two strands (1) consisting of insulated conductors (2) stranded together. Insulation on the strands (1) consists of an inner layer in contact with the conductor, and which is softer than an outer layer. The strands (1) are surrounded by an inner sheathing (6). The cable (K) also has an electric shield (7) and an outer sheathing (8). A separator layer (5) is between the strands (1) and the inner sheathing (6), consisting of an inner layer (6a, 6b) fixedly joined together with an outer layer (6b). The inner layer (6a) facing the strands (1) is softer than the outer layer (6b), having an approximately circular peripheral surface and in firm contact with the separator layer (5) or the strands (1). The electric shield (7) consists of at least one essentially closed tubular metallic layer and a stranded layer and/or braiding of metallic wires in contact with the metallic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Ferdinand Grögl, Andreas Rietz, Thomas Mann
  • Patent number: 6747214
    Abstract: An insulated electrical conductor with preserved functionality in case of fire includes a metallic conductor, a first glass and/or mica containing layer, which is applied to the conductor, and a second plastic layer sheathing the first layer. The first layer consists of at least two longitudinally introduced strips of glass and/or mica applied to the conductor, the width of which is selected such that each of the strips overlaps itself by at least 50%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Reinhold Goeblmaier, Ferdinand Groegl
  • Patent number: 6720498
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical line (L) having at least one electrical conductor (1) enclosed by temperature-resistant insulation (2) which ensures the functionality of the line (1) in case of fire. To minimize the fire load of the line (1), the insulation (2) comprises at least one multifilament thread (3) made of glass which is wound around the conductor (1) and whose windings are contiguous so as to create a completely closed sleeve (4) for the conductor (1). A thin protective layer (5) of a halogen-free, temperature-resistant insulation material is applied all over the sleeve (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2004
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Ferdinand Grögl, Uwe Marx, Joachim Uttinger, Thomas Mann
  • Patent number: 6563052
    Abstract: An electric installation cable in which the insulated wires forming the core and serving to conduct electricity are bound together as one unit. For the simultaneous, undisturbed utilization of the cable for high frequency signals, the unit is made up of 4 cores (A) bound together to form a star-quad. A shield (3) made up of a plastic film (8) coated on both sides with aluminum is arranged over the cores (A). Tinned copper wires (4) are wrapped around the shield (3) to function as a ground wire (4) and a coat (5) of insulation material is arranged around the tinned copper wires (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Assignee: NEXANS
    Inventors: Ferdinand Groegl, Reinhold Goeblmaier
  • Patent number: 6525271
    Abstract: A flexible electrical cable is formed of a cable core made of a plurality of insulated conductors (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) that are stranded together, an inner sheath (13) that fills up the interstices between strands, a wrapping (14) resting on the inner sheath (13), armor braiding (15) with a 30%-80% optical coverage, and a plastic outer sheath (16) penetrating the interstices between the braiding (15).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Nexans
    Inventors: Ferdinand Groegl, Thomas Mann
  • Publication number: 20030029628
    Abstract: An electrical line (L) with at least one electrical conductor (1) surrounded by an insulation (2) in which a braid (4) of metallic wires serving for electrical shielding is disposed over the insulation (2), and a jacket (6) of an insulating material is applied over the braid (4). To produce a shield that is effective even at very high frequencies, the insulation (2), which is made of a heat-resistant material, is first covered all around with a closed metallic sheath (3) produced by vapor deposition. The braid (4) is then applied to the sheath (3) in direct contact therewith and, in addition, the braid (4) is covered all around with a metallic coating (5) produced in a coating process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: NEXANS
    Inventors: Joachim Uttinger, Ferdinand Groegl, Stefan Otto
  • Publication number: 20020129969
    Abstract: In an electrical cable, particularly a sensor cable, with an electrical conductor (1a, 2a) and an insulating layer (1b, 2b) surrounding the conductor, the conductor (1a, 2a) is made of a plurality of stranded or bunched wire bundles (4). Each wire bundle (4) has a central core wire (5) that is made of a metal with high tensile strength and alternating bending strength and a plurality of copper wires (6) that are stranded around the core wire (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: NEXANS
    Inventors: Ferdinand Groegl, Reingold Goeblmaier, Thomas Mann
  • Publication number: 20020092668
    Abstract: A flexible electrical cable is formed of a cable core made of a plurality of insulated conductors (2,3,4,5,6,7) that are stranded together, an inner sheath (13) that fills up the interstices between strands, a wrapping (14) resting on the inner sheath (13), armor braiding (15) with a 30%-80% optical coverage, and a plastic outer sheath (16) penetrating the interstices between the braiding (15)
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Applicant: NEXANS
    Inventors: Ferdinand Groegl, Thomas Mann
  • Publication number: 20020074153
    Abstract: An electrical line (L) with at least one electrical conductor (1) surrounded by an insulation (2) in which a braid (4) of metallic wires serving for electrical shielding is disposed over the insulation (2), and a jacket (6) of an insulating material is applied over the braid (4). To produce a shield that is effective even at very high frequencies, the insulation (2), which is made of a heat-resistant material, is first covered all around with a closed metallic sheath (3) produced by vapor deposition. The braid (4) is then applied to the sheath (3) in direct contact therewith and, in addition, the braid (4) is covered all around with a metallic coating (5) produced in a coating process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: NEXANS
    Inventors: Joachim Uttinger, Ferdinand Groegl, Stefan Otto
  • Publication number: 20020046871
    Abstract: An insulated electrical conductor with preserved functionality in case of fire comprises a metallic conductor, a first glass and/or mica containing layer, which is applied to the conductor, and a second plastic layer sheathing the first layer. The first layer consists of at least two longitudinally introduced strips (2, 3) of glass and/or mica applied to the conductor, the width of which is selected such that the strips (2, 3) overlap by at least 50%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Publication date: April 25, 2002
    Applicant: NEXANS
    Inventors: Reinhold Goeblmaier, Ferdinand Groegl