Patents by Inventor Frank Orecchia

Frank Orecchia 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).

  • Electric cable having braidless polymeric ground plane providing fault detection
    Patent number: 6288372
    Abstract: An electrical cable device such as a heating cable includes a braidless ground return layer surrounding an inner jacket. The ground return layer is formed by a conductive polymer and a ground return wire connected to the conductive polymer. The polymer may be made suitably conductive for ground fault detection by addition of a particulate conductive filler such as carbon black, carbon fibers, or a blend thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Chester L. Sandberg, Albert J. Highe, Jose Gamarra, Lawrence J. White, Frank Orecchia, Ted M. Aune