Patents by Inventor Mario Colpa

Mario Colpa 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: 11330675
    Abstract: The invention concerns an electric heating cable intended for pipelines. Sections (11a, 12a and 13a) of three phase conductors (11, 12 are 13) are stripped respectively. These sections are intended to be installed and both secured in place and electrically connected to each other inside a box (14) having, for example, a central cavity (15) having a rectangular cross-section, the depth of which is at least equal to the length of the stripped sections (11a, 12a and 13a) and the length of which is preferably greater than the transverse cross-section of these stripped sections of the phase conductors. They are secured in the central cavity (15) with a conductive binder (16), for example a tin solder, in order to ensure they are secured in place and electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: BACAB S.A.
    Inventors: Mario Colpa, Jean-Luc Therisod, Herve de Franceschi
  • Publication number: 20160165666
    Abstract: The invention concerns an electric heating cable intended for pipelines. Sections (11a, 12a and 13a) of three phase conductors (11, 12 are 13) are stripped respectively. These sections are intended to be installed and both secured in place and electrically connected to each other inside a box (14) having, for example, a central cavity (15) having a rectangular cross-section, the depth of which is at least equal to the length of the stripped sections (11a, 12a and 13a) and the length of which is preferably greater than the transverse cross-section of these stripped sections of the phase conductors. They are secured in the central cavity (15) with a conductive binder (16), for example a tin solder, in order to ensure they are secured in place and electrically connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Mario Colpa, Jean-Luc Therisod, Herve de Franceschi
  • Patent number: 6459074
    Abstract: An encapsulation for the connection end or the termination end of a strip heater cable includes a moulded part, in which the strip heater cable has a core, including a plurality of electric conductors, and over the core, an insulating outer sheath made from a thermoplastic fluoropolymer material. The moulded part includes the same fluoropolymer material as the insulating outer sheath. The moulded part holds-an end section of the core of the strip heater cable and is welded to the insulating outer sheath, such that the connection end or the termination end is sealed in a hermetically tight fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: Bacab SA
    Inventors: Thomas Michelbach, Mario Colpa, Werner Bolleter