Patents by Inventor Gerald L. Shimirak

Gerald L. Shimirak 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: 4704500
    Abstract: A rigid but flexible bondbar interconnects first and second electrical cable ends in a vicinity of a splice region thereof, the bondbar being shaped and constructed such that it is substantially rigid when exposed to axial tensile loads below a first value and is irreversibly bent when subjected to axial tensile loads above the first value, an overall flex length of the bondbar being such that both of the cable ends are prevented from being pulled out of the cable repair region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1987
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald L. Shimirak, Lowell I. Koht
  • Patent number: 4692565
    Abstract: A closure which consists of a closure body having two segmented end seals. Each of these segmented end seals consists of a support structure and at least two pie-shaped end sections. The end sections are sized and configured for mating with the support structure. Each of the end sections has a portion of its periphery which comprises a segment of the periphery of the assembled segmented end seal so that when the end sections and the support structure are mated together the assembled segmented end seal has a uniform periphery. At least one of the pie-shaped end sections contains an aperture for receiving a cable wherein the aperture is located entirely within the periphery of the section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Lowell Koht, Gerald L. Shimirak
  • Patent number: 4686327
    Abstract: A splice between two multiconductor cables is protected from ingress of water by a closure which contains a pressure means such as a bladder inside the closure capable of pressurizing a sealant present inside the closure to a pressure sufficient to force the sealant into the interstices of the splice and the interstices between the conductors in the cable, and maintaining the pressure until the sealant cures or hardens. The pressure means may also interact with seals at the end of the closure to seal the closure to the cable jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1985
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Christian A. M. Debbaut, Gerald L. Shimirak, John C. Swinmurn
  • Patent number: 4648919
    Abstract: A splice between two multiconductor cables is protected from ingress of water by a closure which is filled with a sealant which is pressurized by a bladder inside the closure to a pressure sufficient to force the sealant into the interstices of the splice and the interstices between the conductors in the cable, and the pressure is maintained by the bladder until the sealant cures or hardens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1987
    Assignee: Raychem Corp.
    Inventors: Stephen H. Diaz, Christian A. M. Debbaut, William H. Humphries, Alvah A. Lawrence, Glen W. Ragland, Gerald L. Shimirak
  • Patent number: 4466843
    Abstract: A splice between at least two multi-wire electric cables is protected from ingress of water by forming a compressible reservoir about the splice, filling the reservoir with a curable liquid sealant, compressing the reservoir to force the liquid sealant to penetrate into the interstices between the individual wires of the splice bundle and into the adjacent cable core and maintaining the reservoir under compression at least for a time sufficient for the sealant to cure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 1984
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1984
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventor: Gerald L. Shimirak