Conductor Only Patents (Class 174/36)
  • Patent number: 7132599
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a printed circuit board layer, an insulating layer, and an electromagnetic interference sealed layer. The printed circuit board layer includes an insulating substrate on which circuit patterns are printed. The insulating layer covers the circuit patterns. The sealed layer covers the insulating layer and connected with a ground portion of the circuit patterns. The sealed layer that is formed by screen printing conductive paste has through holes. Edges are formed around the through holes other than the outer edges, and a total area of edges at which the thickness of the printed conductive paste is large due to surface tension increases. Thus, the sealed layer can be easily formed in a predetermined thickness, and stability in conductivity of the sealed layer can be maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Miyagawa
  • Patent number: 7129298
    Abstract: The present invention provides a TFE resin molding material which has electric characteristics, particularly low dielectric dissipation factor, in a microwave area, can also lower extrusion pressure as the material is of low molecular weight and can provide a molded article excellent in surface smoothness. The material is especially useful as a coating material for a coaxial cable for equipment in which microwave is used, including satellite transmitting equipment and a cell phone base station. A tetrafluoroethylene resin molding material excellent in high frequency electric characteristics, which provides a molded article having a dielectric constant of at most 2.2 and a dielectric dissipation factor of at most 1.60×10?4 under 12 GHz, and a standard specific gravity of at least 2.192 and less than 2.3 is provided. As the tetrafluoroethylene resin, a tetrafluoroethylene homopolymer or a copolymer of 99.9 to 99.9999% by mole of tetrafluoroethylene and 0.0001 to 0.1% by mole of a specific fluoromonomer is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Ono, Michio Asano, Yoshinori Nanba, Shunji Kasai, Hiroyuki Yoshimoto, Shinichi Yano, Tetsuo Shimizu
  • Patent number: 7126056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a partially-crystalline copolymer comprising tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene in an amount corresponding to HFPI of from about 2.8 to 5.3, and preferably from about 0.2% to 3% by weight of perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether), said copolymer being polymerized and isolated in the absence of added alkali metal salts, having a melt flow rate of within the range of about 30±3 g/10 min, and having no more than about 50 unstable endgroups/106 carbon atoms can be extruded at high speed onto conductor over a broad polymer melt temperature range to give insulated wire of high quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Thomas Robert Earnest, Jr., Daniel A. Favereau, Niall D. McKee, Patricia A. Tooley
  • Patent number: 7122609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a partially-crystalline copolymer comprising tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene in an amount corresponding to a hexafluoropropylene index (HFPI) of from about 2.8 to 5.3, and preferably from about 0.2% to 3% by weight of perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether), said copolymer being polymerized and isolated in the absence of added alkali metal salts, having a melt flow rate of within the range of about 30±3 g/10 min, and having no more than about 50 unstable endgroups/106 carbon atoms can be extruded at high speed onto conductor over a broad polymer melt temperature range to give insulated wire of high quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Thomas Robert Earnest, Jr., Daniel A. Favereau, Niall D. McKee, Patricia A. Tooley
  • Patent number: 7119274
    Abstract: A submersible pump cable includes a conductive air line that is configured to transport both an electrical current and pressurized air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Inventor: Paul Bello
  • Patent number: 7109412
    Abstract: A cable, which includes a plurality of tubes disposed continuously in the height direction, has one end which is fixed to a first cable-connecting section disposed at one end of a body of an electric actuator. The cable has the other end which is connected to a second cable-connecting section connected to a slider which is displaceable along the axis under the driving action of a rotary driving source. The cable is installed substantially horizontally with respect to the body. The dimension in the height direction is large, and the dimension in the thickness direction is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigekazu Nagai, Toru Sugiyama, Masahiko Someya
  • Patent number: 7105746
    Abstract: A wire harness includes a first electric wire for a 14V series circuit, a second electric wire for a 42V series circuit and an insulation sheet. The insulation sheet separates the first electric wire from the second electric wire and covers the first and second electric wires. A method for manufacturing the wire harness is as follows. After the first electric wire is put on a first end portion of a first surface of the insulation sheet, the insulation sheet is folded from the first end portion side so as to cover the first electric wire. Next, after the second electric wire is put on a second end portion of the first surface, the insulation sheet is folded from the second end portion side so as to cover the second electric wire and then bonded to a second surface of the insulation sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Kazushige Shimura
  • Patent number: 7105740
    Abstract: Aluminum cable type electrical conductor having at least one stranded conductor based on conductive wires with an aluminum core coated with an intermediate layer of copper itself coated by a surface layer of nickel. The surface layer of nickel has a thickness from about 1.3 ?m to about 3 ?m, it has sufficient continuity to resist a polysulfide bath continuity test for at least 30 seconds without visible traces of attack of the copper appearing at ×1O magnification. This kind of conductor is particularly suitable in small diameters for conducting electricity in aircraft and motor vehicles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: F.S.P.—One
    Inventors: Isabelle Michel épouse Allaire, Louis Salvat
  • Patent number: 7102077
    Abstract: Electromagnetic energy absorbing, shrinkable tubing are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material has micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resin host. The percentage by weight of the conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination thereof is between about 20% and 50% of the weight of the conductive loaded resin-based material. The micron conductive powders are formed from non-metals, such as carbon, graphite, that may also be metallic plated, or from metals such as stainless steel, nickel, copper, silver, that may also be metallic plated, or from a combination of non-metal, plated, or in combination with, metal powders. The micron conductor fibers preferably are of nickel plated carbon fiber, stainless steel fiber, copper fiber, or silver fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Integral Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Aisenbrey
  • Patent number: 7102076
    Abstract: A water sensing wire for a cable. The water sensing wire has a conductor and a water permeable insulation surrounding the conductor. The conductor is formed by a plurality of metal wires. The water sensing wire may also have a plurality of filaments contained inside the water permeable insulation. Longitudinal and/or radial application of stresses cannot cause damage to the water sensing wire because damage can be avoided by the deformable cross section of the sensor conductor and by the reinforcement provided through the filaments. The water sensing wire is particularly useful in power cables but may also be used in telecommunication cables or optical fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: Pirelli Kabel und Systeme GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Lothar Goehlich
  • Patent number: 7084347
    Abstract: An electrical wire having a conductor and a covering disposed over the conductor wherein the covering has a thermoplastic composition. The thermoplastic composition having a poly(arylene ether); a polyolefin; a block copolymer; and flame retardant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Vijay R. Mhetar, Vijay Rajamani, Kristopher Rexius, Sho Sato, Xiangyang Tai
  • Patent number: 7078615
    Abstract: An elongated sleeve structure for insertion and protection of elongated items within a duct is disclosed. The sleeve structure is formed from a flexible sleeve woven from warp and fill yarns to produce opposed layers in closely spaced relation. The layers have a common seamless edge and are joined along a second edge by a knit stitch formed by interlooping of successive traverses of the fill yarn which is common to both layers. The layers are of equal width and are resiliently separable into a spaced apart relationship defining a central space which accommodates the elongated items. A pull tape is positioned between the opposed layers for drawing the elongated items through the sleeve central space once the sleeve structure is positioned within the duct. Multiple sleeve structures may be joined together in an assembly using an attachment piece allowing a plurality of sleeve structures to be pulled simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: TVC Communications, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Harry F. Gladfelter, Paul J. Matte, Patrick M. Pendergast, Dawn D. Ross
  • Patent number: 7071410
    Abstract: By providing a continuous, elongated strip of material, which comprises an arcuately curved section in combination with at least one flange section extending outwardly from the curved section, an efficient, easily manufactured, and readily installed protector shield is realized. By employing the shield construction of the present invention, any desired tube, pipe, conduit or cable, such as a non-metallic electrical power carrying cable, is capable of being completely surrounded by a protective shield which is affixed directly to any support wall, such as a concrete or cinder block wall, with both ease and convenience. In addition, numerous other tubes, cables, and conduits, such as water carrying tubes, low-voltage cables, signal carrying cables, and other utility tubes, pipes, and conduits are capable of being similarly protected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Bridgeport Fittings, Inc.
    Inventor: Kenneth M. Kiely
  • Patent number: 7060892
    Abstract: A method is provided for reducing the stray noise associated with the transmission of the electrical power between a power source and a target. The method includes the step of interconnecting the power source and the target with a conductor. A shield is positioned about the conductor to prevent electromagnetic and radio frequency interference from passing therethrough. A low impedance path is provided for the stray noise to travel between a neutral point of the power source and the isolated target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Inventor: Robert H Whidden
  • Patent number: 7049510
    Abstract: A sensor with a carrier board which is arranged in a housing is at least partly produced by an injection molding process and fitted with electronic, optical, electromechanical and/or opto-electronic components. A region of the carrier board and at least some of the components disposed thereon are arranged in a hollow space formed inside the at least partly injection molded housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: Sick AG
    Inventor: Torsten Neuhaeuser
  • Patent number: 7049506
    Abstract: A protected conduit for use in a downhole environment, e.g. in a well, which has first and second metallic impermeable layers and an extrudate layer between the impermeable layers. A conductor extends between the two metal impermeable layers and serves for the transmission of power or telemetry data. A flow path is also present for a fluid through the first impermeable metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Inventor: Philip Head
  • Patent number: 7049505
    Abstract: A wire member adapted to be used in a detection coil of an NMR spectrometer's probe. The wire member has a sleeve made of a copper tube having a high electrical conductivity, strands made of platinum, and a thin film of gold or rhodium formed on the surface of the sleeve by plating. The strands are mounted inside the sleeve and have a cross section to cancel the magnetic susceptibility due to the sleeve. The thin film cancels the total magnetic susceptibility of the sleeve and strands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: JEOL Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Kida, Ryoji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 7045705
    Abstract: A cable protection and guide device which can protect and guide a cable with a simple connection between the movable end jig and the fixed end jig under various mounting configurations is disclosed. A cable protection and guide device in which when said link frame bodies 10 are left and right reversibly incorporated to each other, and an incorporation error preventing projection 11e, which blocks the connection by interfering with a link plate 11 incorporated in an offset mode, are provided on a surface of at least one of the pair of left and right link plates 11 forming the link frame body 10. Additionally, when the link frame bodies 10 are properly incorporated to each other, a properly connecting region 11f, which avoids interfering with the incorporation error preventing projection 11e, is provided on a surface of a link plate 11 in the link frame body 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.
    Inventors: Masaaki Ikeda, Shoichiro Komiya, Takayuki Matsuda
  • Patent number: 7015392
    Abstract: Various wires and methods of making the same are disclosed. In one aspect, a wire is provided that includes a core and a tube around the core. The tube is composed of an alloy containing about 33 to 37% nickel, about 31.5 to 39% cobalt, about 9 to 10.5% molybdenum, and about 19 to 21% chromium. The wire has an ultimate tensile strength of about 150 to 250 kpsi, an amount of cold work following a final anneal and a torsional ductility of greater than about 6 turns-to-failure per inch of the wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Accellent, Inc.
    Inventor: Roger Dickenson
  • Patent number: 7015393
    Abstract: An electromagnetic shield has a first patterned or apertured layer having non-conductive materials and conductive material and a second patterned or apertured layer having non-conductive materials and conductive material. The conductive material may be a metal, a carbon composite, or a polymer composite. The non-conductive materials in the first patterned or apertured layer may be randomly located or located in a predetermined segmented pattern such that the non-conductive materials in the first patterned or apertured layer are located in a predetermined segmented pattern with respect to locations of the non-conductive materials in the second patterned or apertured layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Assignee: Biophan Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Weiner, Victor R. Miller, Patrick R. Connelly, Jeffrey L. Helfer
  • Patent number: 7006030
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit device has an analog signal conductor and a digital signal conductor formed on a single circuit board. In the lowest layer is laid a polysilicon conductor as the digital signal conductor, on top thereof is laid a first aluminum conductor as a shielding conductor, and further on top thereof is laid a second aluminum conductor as the analog signal conductor. With this structure, it is possible to give the highest priority to improving the transmission quality of analog signals and simultaneously reduce transfer of noise from the digital signal conductor to the analog signal conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Takashi Oki
  • Patent number: 7002072
    Abstract: An insulated conducting wire (ICW) having an inorganic cladding and a microwire positioned within the cladding. The outer diameter of the microwire is less then the inner diameter of the cladding, and the insulated conducting wire is substantially free of bonding between the microwire and the cladding. A process of making a wire, having the steps of: drawing an inorganic tube through a heating zone such that the inner diameter of the tube is reduced; inserting a microwire into the tube whereby the tube becomes a cladding; and adjusting the draw process parameters such that the inner diameter of the cladding is larger than the outer diameter of the microwire, and the microwire and the cladding are not in contact with each other under thermal conditions that would cause bonding between the microwire and the cladding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Ronald J. Tonucci, Gary Roan
  • Patent number: 6987224
    Abstract: A polytetrafluoroethylene mixed powder, which is obtained by mixing low molecular weight polytetrafluoroetylene powder and high molecular weight polytetrafluoroethylene powder obtained by emulsion polymerization of tetrafluoroethylene, wherein the low molecular weight polytetrafluoroetylene powder has a number average molecular weight of 1,000,000±500,000 and a maximum peak temperature of 327±5° C. in the endothermic curve appearing on the crystalline melting curve obtained by using a differential scanning calorimeter, the high molecular weight polytetrafluoroetylene powder has a number average molecular weight of 4,500,000±1,000,000 and a maximum peak temperature of 340±7° C. in the endothermic curve appearing on the crystalline melting curve obtained by using a differential scanning calorimeter, and the mixed powder has evident peak temperatures of 327±5° C. and 340±7° C. in the endothermic curve appearing on the crystalline melting curve obtained by using a differential scanning calorimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2006
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Katsutoshi Yamamoto, Hiroyuki Yoshimoto, Kazuo Ishiwari, Shinichi Yano
  • Patent number: 6982378
    Abstract: An EMI reduction system comprises a conductor and a lossy coating encasing the conductor and comprising one or more lossy layers. The one or more lossy layers further comprise a binder and a lossy material mixed into the binder. The lossy material is selected to attenuate electromagnetic interference frequencies in a narrow or moderate band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2006
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventor: Andrew H. Dickson
  • Patent number: 6980865
    Abstract: An implantable device that contains a power source, a device for producing electrical signals, and a conductor assembly for communicating the electrical signals to biological matter. The conductor assembly contains of a conductor that is capable of being flexed at least about 15 degrees and that has a resistivity at 20 degrees Centigrade of from about 1 to about 100 micro ohm-centimeters. The conductor assembly also contains a magnetic shield located above the flexible conductor; the magnetic shield contains an antithrombogenic composition. The magnetic shield also contains a magnetic shielding material that has a magnetic shielding factor of at least about 0.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2005
    Assignee: Nanoset, LLC
    Inventors: Xingwu Wang, Jeffrey L. Helfer, Howard J. Greenwald
  • Patent number: 6974906
    Abstract: A signal cable lead structure in which each lead inside the cable is formed in a generally rectangular shape such that current passing through each segment of the lead is traveling in the opposite direction from current passing through an adjacent segment of the same lead. As the signal is passing through the signal cable, the magnetic fields generated in each segment of the lead cancels out the magnetic fields in adjacent segments of the lead. In signal cables having multiple leads, the leads are arranged such that they are offset from one another to maximize the distance between the leads, and also rotated in relation to one another to further maximize the distance between the leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Inventor: Wing Yat Lo
  • Patent number: 6974907
    Abstract: A cable includes a plurality of tubes formed integrally and continuously in the vertical direction. The cable has one end fixed to a first cable-connecting section disposed at one end of a body of an electric actuator. The cable has the other end connected to a second cable-connecting section connected to a slider which is displaceable along the axis by a rotary driving source. The cable is installed substantially horizontally with respect to the body. The dimension in height is large, and the dimension in thickness is small.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2005
    Assignee: SMC Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigekazu Nagai, Toru Sugiyama, Masahiko Someya
  • Patent number: 6969807
    Abstract: A planar type flexible cable includes a longitudinally extended insulated section, and at least one pair of differential-mode signal transmission lines horizontally closely spaced inside the insulated section in a transverse direction, and extended in an extending direction of the insulated section from a first to a second end of the insulated section. A flat layer of shielding structure is provided on at least one surface of the insulated section to provide an impedance value needed by the differential-mode signal transmission lines. The flat layer of shielding structure includes a net-type shielding structure with a plurality of openings. A plurality of the insulated sections is vertically stacked with each insulated section having at least one pair of the differential-mode signal transmission lines provided therein and a flat layer of shielding structure provided on one surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: Advanced Flexible Circuits Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gwun-Jin Lin, Chi-Kuang Hwang, Ching-Cheng Tien
  • Patent number: 6943289
    Abstract: A planar conductor has a first port and a plurality of second ports. A conductive planar region is electrically coupled between the first port and the plurality of second ports. The planar region includes a first region adjacent to the first port, a third region adjacent to the second ports, and a second region between the first region and the third region. Each region has a corresponding greatest width. The greatest width of the second region is less than each of the greatest widths of the first and third regions. Irregular lateral edges of the planar conductor conduct prevent concentrations of an electrical signal at the lateral edges to more uniformly drive devices that are connected to the planar conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Staudinger, Monte G. Miller
  • Patent number: 6930242
    Abstract: A conductor assembly that contains a flexible conductor and a layer of nanomagnetic material coated onto the conductor. The layer of nanomagnetic material has a tensile modulus of elasticity of at least about 15×106 pounds per square inch, an average particle size of less than 100 nanometers, a saturation magnetization of from about 200 to about 26,000 Gauss, and a thickness of less than about 2 microns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Nanoset, LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey L. Helfer, Xingwu Wang
  • Patent number: 6930240
    Abstract: An electrical interconnection includes a flex-circuit having a signal conductor and a shield conductor. A mating surface of the flex-circuit has a signal conductor portion surrounded by a shield conductor portion. The signal conductor portion is electrically coupled to the signal conductor and the shield conductor portion is electrically coupled to the shield conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Kirk S. Giboney, Adam E. Robertson, Xiaohui Qin
  • Patent number: 6927342
    Abstract: Electrical conductors, such as bare or round wires, are insulated by taping with a micaceous insulating tape, having a film support of a polymer which can be heat-shrunk above 150° C. and a layer of mica fastened to the film support by means of a binder, and subsequent heat shrinkage of the polymer. The micaceous tape can also have a second film support of a polymer which can be heat shrunk above 150° C.; this second film support is then fastened to the mica layer on the side opposing the first film support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2005
    Assignee: Von Roll Isola Winding Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Brandes, Thomas Hillmer, Jean-Luc Rediger, François Jund, Franz Hänggi, José Fernandez
  • Patent number: 6914185
    Abstract: An enameled wire with an insulating coated layer of high laser beam absorption and with a melting layer transparent to the laser beam. The high laser beam absorption makes stripping of the insulating coating layer easy without increasing an output of the laser beam extremely large. As a result, possible wire breakage at soldering can be avoided and soldering reliability improves in assembling the small electro-acoustic transducers. An electro-acoustic transducer of the present invention is provided in the resin-molded body with an empty space in at least a place underneath a portion of soldering land, on which a laser beam is irradiated. Apparatus comprising the electro-acoustic transducer of the present invention can provide a well-stabilized soldering quality and a high reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenichi Ajiki
  • Patent number: 6911596
    Abstract: A tubular cover member (2) for covering an article (5) is folded longitudinally in a corrugated form and covers the periphery of a cylindrical support (1) in an expanded condition. The tubular cover member (2) has an unfolded length exceeding the length of the cylindrical support (1), and an unexpanded inner diameter approximately equal to or smaller than the outer diameter of the article (5). The tubular cover member (2) is composed of a room temperature recoverable material, such that the tubular cover member (2) shrinks to cover the article (5) when the support (1) is unwrapped and withdrawn from inside the tubular cover member (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Masao Ohtsubo, Hiroyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6910897
    Abstract: An interconnection system includes spacers arranged adjacent each other in a row, the spacers having cable sections disposed therein. Each cable section has at least one center conductor and an outer conductive shield. All of the cable sections have one end exposed on a first plane and a second end exposed on a second plane. Electrically conductive contacts are disposed within apertures in a pair of interposers so as to have one end making electrical contact with one of the cable sections and another end extending through its respective aperture in its respective interposer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: Litton Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. Driscoll, Stephen Vetter, Robert M. Bradley, Lee A. Wolfel, Robert O. Beadle
  • Patent number: 6906257
    Abstract: A metal/dielectric construction having either an optically transmissive substrate adapted for channeling light therethrough, or a dielectric substrate, an optional adhesion-promoting layer composed of an oxide form of at least one metal or metalloid deposited onto the surface of the substrate, a layer composed of a highly reflective and/or electrically conductive/electromagnetic metal overlaying the adhesion-promoting layer, and a protective layer composed of a parylene polymer film formed over the metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Saccomanno, Gary A. West
  • Patent number: 6906256
    Abstract: An assembly that contains a substrate, nanomagnetic material, and a device for cooling the substrate. The nanomagnetic material has a mass density of at least about 0.01 grams per cubic centimeter, a saturation magnetization of from about 1 to about 36,000 Gauss, a coercive force of from about 0.01 to about 5,000 Oersteds, a relative magnetic permeability of from about 1 to about 500,000, and an average particle size of less than about 100 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Nanoset, LLC
    Inventor: Xingwu Wang
  • Patent number: 6906258
    Abstract: An enameled wire capable of improving withstand lifetime with respect to the application of surge voltage of an inverter and thermal degradation thereof while restricting an amount of an inorganic filler material is provided. The enameled wire includes an electrically conductive wire (11) and a coating (12) formed of a high molecular compound uniformly mixed with an inorganic filler material in the form of fine flat particles provided around the electrically conductive wire (11). The enameled wire may include an electrically conductive wire (21), a coating (23) formed of a polyester imide resin solution mixed with an inorganic filler material in the form of fine flat particles and provided on the conductive wire and a coating (24) formed of polyamide imide and provided on the coating (23).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Hisayuki Hirai, Susumu Kojima, Tamon Ozaki, Toshio Shimizu, Takahiro Imai, Hiroki Sekiya, Isao Onodera
  • Patent number: 6903263
    Abstract: Electrical cable particularly for high voltage direct current transmission having at least once conductor and at least one extruded insulating coating layer of a polymeric composition. The polymeric composition is a polyethylene modified with at least one compound of formula (I): in which R represents H or CH3; R1 represents a linear or branched, preferably linear, C1-C8 alkylene group; R2 represents OH; a group OR3 in which R3 represents a linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl group, a group NR4R5 in which R4 and R5, which may be identical or different, represent H, or a linear or branched C1-C4 alkyl group, and related insulating composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: Pirelli, S.p.A.
    Inventors: Gabriele Perego, Enrico Albizzati
  • Patent number: 6903264
    Abstract: An electric wire with coating of polyvinyl chloride family resin composition is characterized by having a coating layer including polyvinyl chloride family composition obtained from adding more than one of any calcium soap, zinc soap and hydrotalcite to resin including polyvinyl chloride resin as a main constituent, and further adding thereto plasticizer so as to obtain a heat-stable vinyl chloride composition, and further adding thereto as stabilization auxiliaries high-melting-point ?-diketone compound having a melting point more than 100° C. out of ?-diketone compounds expressed by a general formula of R.CO.CH2.CO.R?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignees: Tokyo Electron Limited, Taisei Corporation, Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kiyoshi Watanabe, Hiroyuki Ito, Misako Saito, Teruyuki Hayashi, Naoya Hirayama, Sadao Kobayashi, Yoshihide Wakayama
  • Patent number: 6900385
    Abstract: A fastening belt for wrapping electric cables is an elongate belt which is used to wrap a bundle of electric cables. The belt includes a plurality of slots defined therethrough and each slot includes an operation section which is offset from the slot so as to define a bending portion which can be bent outward from the belt. The cable can be extended through a hole defined by bending the bending portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Inventor: Huei-Yi Hsu
  • Patent number: 6897375
    Abstract: The invention relates to a protective device for elongated objects, and in particular a protective device for electrical wiring, fluid lines and the like in motor vehicles, having a corrugated tube (1) for receiving the elongated object, a textile layer (3) arranged on the exterior of the corrugated tube (1), as well as a metallic layer (5) arranged on the outside of the textile layer (3).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2005
    Assignee: FFA Automotive AG
    Inventor: Michael Lindner
  • Patent number: 6894220
    Abstract: A grounding member support forms an interference or friction fit with an opening defined by a circuit board. A compliant, electrically conductive grounding member couples to the grounding member support. The grounding member electrically couples a grounding layer of the circuit board with a support mount coupled to the circuit board. During assembly, insertion of the grounding member support within the opening defined by the circuit board creates an expansive or lateral force on the opening. Furthermore, during assembly, the support mount compresses the compliant, electrically conductive grounding member against the circuit board. The interference fit between the grounding member support and the opening along with compression of the grounding member between the circuit board and the support mount limits the amount of stress received by a surface of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Frederic Michael Kozak, Lester Creekmore
  • Patent number: 6894218
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cable tape, based on at least one fibrous web, in which fibrous web at least 0.5% by weight, calculated on the weight of the cable tape, of thermoplastic microspheres which may or may not be partly or wholly expanded and, if desired, an effective amount of a water-swelling powder is incorporated, and to a method for the manufacture of such a tape and to cable manufactured using the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: Lantor B.V.
    Inventors: Frederik Emiel Kohn, Peter Hubertus Lamers
  • Patent number: 6884935
    Abstract: A method is provided for reducing the stray noise associated with the transmission of the electrical power between a power source and a target. The method includes the step of interconnecting the power source and the target with a conductor. A shield is positioned about the conductor to prevent electromagnetic and radio frequency interference from passing therethrough. A low impedance path is provided for the stray noise to travel between a neutral point of the power source and the isolated target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Inventor: Robert H. Whidden
  • Patent number: 6876886
    Abstract: A magnetically shielded conductor assembly containing a conductor disposed within an insulating matrix, and nanomagentic material and nanoelectrical material disposed around the conductor. The conductor has a resistivity at 20 degrees Centigrade of from about 1 to about 100 microohm-centimeters. The insulating matrix is composed of nano-sized particles having a maximum dimension of from about 10 to about 100 nanometers. The insulating matrix has a resistivity of from about 1,000,000,000 to about 10,000,000,000,000 ohm-centimeter. The nanomagnetic material has an average particle size of less than about 100 nanometers. The nanomagnetic material has a saturation magnetization of from about 200 to about 26,000 Gauss. The magnetically shielded conductor assembly is flexible, having a bend radius of less than 2 centimeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2005
    Assignee: Nandset, LLC
    Inventor: Xingwu Wang
  • Patent number: 6872882
    Abstract: An electrical conductor including an areal conductor having a constricted current path region along a length thereof is described, in which an accessory conductor bridges the constricted current path region along the length of the areal conductor such that a substantially uniform current density exists throughout the electrical conductor. In this way, current hot spots in the region of the current path constriction are avoided. The constricted current path region may be defined by two lengthwise edges of the areal conductor and the accessory conductor may include two circular or parabolic contours, each opposing and spaced apart from a respective edge of the areal conductor defining the constricted current path region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: W.E.T. Automotive Systems AG
    Inventor: Andreas Fritz
  • Patent number: 6870109
    Abstract: A system and device for mitigating interference in patient physiological monitoring is provided, particularly in surgical environments. One or more sets of electrodes are placed on a patient's body and connected to corresponding terminals of an input extender. The terminals of the input extender are connected to a set of signal wires encased by a ferrous shielded cable. The ferrous shielded cable connects to a signal processing unit, which includes a differential amplifier and an active drive topology to drive the shield with a common mode signal. The signal processing unit connects to physiological monitoring equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Cadwell Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard A. Villarreal
  • Patent number: 6867365
    Abstract: A sensor with a carrier board which is arranged in a housing is at least partly produced by an injection molding process and fitted with electronic, optical electromechanical and/or opto-electronic components. A region of the carrier board and at least some of the components disposed thereon are arranged in a hollow space formed inside the at least partly injection molded housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Inventor: Torsten Neuhaeuser
  • Patent number: 6867362
    Abstract: A cable emission reduction apparatus includes a conductive cable core, a filter, and a cable shield. The conductive cable core extends longitudinally from a first end to a second end. The filter is coupled to and encases the conductive cable core, and extends longitudinally only a portion of the conductive cable core length, positioned between the first end and the second end. The cable shield is coupled to and encases the conductive cable core and the filter. The cable shield extends longitudinally from the first end over the filter and terminating prior to the second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Andrew M. Cherniski, Kevin Smith