Patents by Inventor Sirarpi B. Jenkins

Sirarpi B. Jenkins 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).

  • Publication number: 20240032157
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a self-regulating heating cable. The cable includes a primary jacket including a first low-smoke, zero halogen material. The cable also includes a braid surrounding the primary jacket. The cable also includes a final jacket surrounding the braid and comprising a second low-smoke, zero halogen material. The final jacket is formed to the braid during an extrusion process in order to create a mated connection between the final jacket and the braid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventor: Sirarpi B. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 11778700
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a self-regulating heating cable. The cable includes a primary jacket including a first low-smoke, zero halogen material. The cable also includes a braid surrounding the primary jacket. The cable also includes a final jacket surrounding the braid and comprising a second low-smoke, zero halogen material. The final jacket is formed to the braid during an extrusion process in order to create a mated connection between the final jacket and the braid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: nVent Services GmbH
    Inventor: Sirarpi B. Jenkins
  • Publication number: 20200413496
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide self-regulating heater cables utilizing substantially solid polymeric buffer layers surrounding the heating elements having improved heat transfer efficiency as well as improved reliability and endurance. The assembly includes first and second power supply wires configured to carry electrical power and separated by a solid spacer, a substantially solid electrically-insulating buffer layer in thermal contact with the heating element, and a cable jacket including a polymeric outer surface and an inner metallic sheath surrounding the buffer layer and in thermal contact with the buffer layer. The buffer layer includes a polymeric material having a thermal conductivity greater than air at standard temperature and pressure and surrounds the heating element, power supply wires, and spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Jennifer Robison, Wade DePolo, Sirarpi B. Jenkins, Linda D.B. Kiss, Marcus Kleinehanding, Paul Becker
  • Publication number: 20200187308
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a self-regulating heating cable. The cable includes a primary jacket including a first low-smoke, zero halogen material. The cable also includes a braid surrounding the primary jacket. The cable also includes a final jacket surrounding the braid and comprising a second low-smoke, zero halogen material. The final jacket is formed to the braid during an extrusion process in order to create a mated connection between the final jacket and the braid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventor: Sirarpi B. Jenkins