Patents by Inventor Frank Luebbe

Frank Luebbe 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).

  • Traceable power cable and method
    Patent number: 10559404
    Abstract: It is disclosed a power cable comprising at least one conductor and a hollow tube at least partially filled with a traceable material. The traceable material comprises a tracer associated with a uniquely identifiable code and is in a liquid or gel form. The tracer may comprise one or more of: coded synthetic DNA particles, a fingerprint of one or more trace materials, microdots containing a code written thereon. The tracer may also comprise radio-frequency identification, RFID, tags.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: PRYSMIAN S.p.A.
    Inventors: Andreas Neumann, Frank Lübbe
  • TRACEABLE POWER CABLE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190304628
    Abstract: It is disclosed a power cable comprising at least one conductor and a hollow tube at least partially filled with a traceable material. The traceable material comprises a tracer associated with a uniquely identifiable code and is in a liquid or gel form. The tracer may comprise one or more of: coded synthetic DNA particles, a fingerprint of one or more trace materials, microdots containing a code written thereon. The tracer may also comprise radio-frequency identification, RFID, tags.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Andreas Neumann, Frank Lübbe
  • Flame-retardant electrical cable
    Patent number: 8901426
    Abstract: A flame-retardant cable includes at least one conductor and at least one coating made from a flame-retardant composition. The flame-retardant composition includes: (a) at least one crystalline propylene homopolymer or copolymer; (b) at least one copolymer of ethylene with at least one C3-C12 alpha-olefin, having a density of from 0.860 to 0.904 g/cm3 and a Molecular Weight Distribution Index not higher than 5; (c) at least one ethylene homopolymer or copolymer of ethylene with at least one C3-C12 alpha-olefin having a density of from 0.905 to 0.970 g/cm3; and (d) at least one flame-retardant filler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Prysmian S.p.A.
    Inventors: Eduardo Grizante Redondo, Frank Luebbe
  • FLAME-RETARDANT ELECTRICAL CABLE
    Publication number: 20110240335
    Abstract: A flame-retardant cable includes at least one conductor and at least one coating made from a flame-retardant composition. The flame-retardant composition includes: (a) at least one crystalline propylene homopolymer or copolymer; (b) at least one copolymer of ethylene with at least one C3-C12 alpha-olefin, having a density of from 0.860 to 0.904 g/cm3 and a Molecular Weight Distribution Index not higher than 5; (c) at least one ethylene homopolymer or copolymer of ethylene with at least one C3-C12 alpha-olefin having a density of from 0.905 to 0.970 g/cm3; and (d) at least one flame-retardant filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2008
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Inventors: Eduardo Grizante Redondo, Frank Luebbe