Patents by Inventor Thomas Brenken

Thomas Brenken 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).

  • Method of welding together cable insulation
    Patent number: 5298101
    Abstract: A method of welding together cable insulations of cables having cores insulated by sheaths of polymeric insulation material capable of at least softening when heated, the method including electrically connecting the cores of the cables to be joined; heating the cable insulations by passing a current through the cores of the electrically connected cables effective to provide Joule heating sufficient to cause the cable insulations to at least soften; and pressing the heated cable insulations together with a pressure sufficient to cause the heated cable insulations to weld together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1994
    Assignee: Telefunken Kabelsatz GmbH
    Inventors: Gerhard Babiel, Thomas Brenken, Dieter Kuhnold