Patents by Inventor Hideo Banse

Hideo Banse 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).

  • Overhead wire
    Patent number: 6331677
    Abstract: An overhead cable includes an outermost surface formed by twisting together a plurality of segment strands. A plurality of spiral grooves form recesses having substantially rectangular cross-sections and are provided at intervals in a circumferential direction of either the outer surface of the segment strands or the outer surface regions of boundary portions where twisted segment strands adjoin each other. Thin segment strands and at least one thick segment strand form the outermost layer. A recessed portion is provided at one side surface among two surfaces of the segment strands forming the outermost layer, a projecting portion is provided at the other side surface, and the strands are twisted together so that the recessed portions and the projecting portions mate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2001
    Assignees: The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Takeo Munakata, Naoshi Kikuchi, Takashi Shinohara, Hideo Banse, Takao Kaneko, Hiroji Akasaka, Yukikatsu Aida, Naoyoshi Shimokura, Yuji Ishikubo, Tetsuya Okada, Tamezo Suzuki