Patents by Inventor Mark Kosek

Mark Kosek 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).

  • Swellable tapes and yarns to replace strand filling compounds
    Patent number: 7884282
    Abstract: A cable has a conductor and an insulator over the conductor. The conductor includes a first layer of at least one conductor element, a second layer of conductor elements, disposed over the first layer, and an intermediate water blocking layer, between the first and second conductor layers. The intermediate water block layering has at least one longitudinally applied water swellable yarn and at least one helically applied water swellable yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Inventors: Randy Szilagyi, Mark Kosek, Sidney Wierstra
  • Swellable tapes and yarns to replace strand filling compounds
    Publication number: 20100170693
    Abstract: A cable has a conductor and an insulator over the conductor. The conductor includes a first layer of at least one conductor element, a second layer of conductor elements, disposed over the first layer, and an intermediate water blocking layer, between the first and second conductor layers. The intermediate water block layering has at least one longitudinally applied water swellable yarn and at least one helically applied water swellable yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: Randy Szilagyi, Mark Kosek, Sidney Wierstra