Patents by Inventor Kenneth H. Pickup

Kenneth H. Pickup 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 electric and optical transmission systems
    Patent number: 4491387
    Abstract: A flexible stranded body, such as an electric conductor of an overhead electric transmission or distribution system, comprises at least one stranded layer of elongate elements of metal or metal alloy, at least one elongate compartment within and extending throughout the length of the stranded body and, loosely housed in the elongate compartment, at least one separate optical fibre and/or at least one optical bundle. Preferably, the elongate compartment extends within a circumferentially rigid central core which is surrounded by the stranded layer or layers but it may be a bore in an elongate element of a stranded layer or an elongate space bounded by two adjacent elongate elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 1, 1985
    Assignee: BICC Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Phillip Dey, Peter Fearns, Karl W. Plessner, Kenneth H. Pickup, Bernard Gaylard, Arthur B. Murphy
  • Overhead electric and optical transmission cables
    Patent number: 4416508
    Abstract: A flexible stranded body, such as an electric conductor of an overhead electric transmission or distribution system, comprises at least one stranded layer of elongate elements of metal or metal alloy, at least one elongate compartment within and extending throughout the length of the stranded body and, loosely housed in the elongate compartment, at least one separate optical fibre and/or at least one optical bundle. Preferably, the elongate compartment extends within a circumferentially rigid central core which is surrounded by the stranded layer or layers but it may be a bore in an elongate element of a stranded layer or an elongate space bounded by two adjacent elongate elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1983
    Assignee: BICC Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Phillip Dey, Peter Fearns, Karl W. Plessner, Kenneth H. Pickup, Bernard Gaylard, Arthur B. Murphy
  • Overhead electric transmission systems
    Patent number: 4359598
    Abstract: A flexible stranded body, such as an electric conductor of an overhead electric transmission or distribution system, comprises at least one stranded layer of elongate elements of metal or metal alloy, at least one elongate compartment within and extending throughout the length of the stranded body and, loosely housed in the elongate compartment, at least one separate optical fibre and/or at least one optical bundle. Preferably, the elongate compartment extends within a circumferentially rigid central core which is surrounded by the stranded layer or layers but it may be a bore in an elongate element of a stranded layer or an elongate space bounded by two adjacent elongate elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1982
    Assignee: BICC Limited
    Inventors: Phillip Dey, Peter Fearns, Karl W. Plessner, Kenneth H. Pickup, Bernard Gaylard, Arthur B. Murphy
  • Overhead electric transmission systems
    Patent number: RE32293
    Abstract: A flexible stranded body, such as an electric conductor of an overhead electric transmission or distribution system, comprises at least one stranded layer of elongate elements of metal or metal alloy, at least one elongate compartment within and extending throughout the length of the stranded body and, loosely housed in the elongate compartment, at least one separate optical fibre and/or at least one optical bundle. Preferably, the elongate compartment extends within a circumferentially rigid central core which is surrounded by the stranded layer or layers but it may be a bore in an elongate element of a stranded layer or an elongate space bounded by two adjacent elongate elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Assignee: BICC Limited
    Inventors: Phillip Dey, Peter Fearns, Karl W. Plessner, Kenneth H. Pickup, Bernard Gaylard, Arthur B. Murphy
  • Overhead electric and optical transmission cables
    Patent number: RE32374
    Abstract: A flexible stranded body, such as an electric conductor of an overhead electric transmission or distribution system, comprises at least one stranded layer of elongate elements of metal or metal alloy, at least one elongate compartment within and extending throughout the length of the stranded body and, loosely housed in the elongate compartment, at least one separate optical fibre and/or at least one optical bundle. Preferably, the elongate compartment extends within a circumferentially rigid central core which is surrounded by the stranded layer or layers but it may be a bore in an elongate element of a stranded layer or an elongate space bounded by two adjacent elongate elements.The questions raised in reexamination request No. 90/000,772, filed Apr. 16, 1985, have been considered and the results thereof are reflected in this reissue patent which constitutes the reexamination certificate required by 35 U.S.C. 307 as provided in 37 CFR 1.570(e).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 17, 1987
    Assignee: BICC Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Phillip Dey, Peter Fearns, Karl W. Plessner, Kenneth H. Pickup, Bernard Gaylard, Arthur B. Murphy