Conduits, Cables Or Conductors Patents (Class 174/68.1)
  • Patent number: 6747209
    Abstract: A clamp has an annular strap section enclosing an interior space and defining an opening between opposite ends of the strap section. A pair of insertion engagement sections are at opposite ends of the strap section. The insertion engagement sections stand outwardly and oppose each other at opposite ends of the opening. Each insertion engagement section includes an axle plate portion projecting from an end of the opening. A wing portion is bent down from a distal end of the axle plate portion. A stepped latching portion is formed on a distal end of the wing portion. A dimension of the opening is set to be narrower than a diameter of a wire harness to be contained in the interior space. The clamp contains the wire harness in the interior space while the annular strap section is elastically bent outwardly to widen the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshimi Uchida, Takeharu Ito
  • Patent number: 6747204
    Abstract: An apparatus for positioning power or telecommunications outlets in furniture and wall systems. The apparatus cooperates with a wall, partition or furniture system to repositionably support a cable suitable for transmitting telecommunications data and/or electrical power. The apparatus includes an outlet box and a conduit or channel for receiving the cable. Means for removably attaching the apparatus to the system are provided so that the apparatus can be removably attached to the system in a plurality of positions. The system may include a base and a support frame forming a plurality of mounting positions. A removable cover may fit over at least a portion of an open side of the conduit or channel for restricting access to the interior of the channel. A method for repositionably supporting a cable in a modular construction system forming a plurality of mounting locations is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: L & P Property Management Company
    Inventor: Martin L. DeLand
  • Patent number: 6747208
    Abstract: In a slack absorber of wire harness structured such that a leaf spring (29) to which a proximal portion (129) is mounted and a wire harness (32) arranged along the leaf spring (29) within a protector case (21), a support portion (26) having a clamp groove (26a) to which the proximal portion (129) of the leaf spring (29) is inserted is provided in a protector base (23), a pressing-portion (27) pressing a proximal portion (29a) of the leaf spring (29) which is clamped by the support portion (26) is provided in a protector cover (24), and the proximal portion (29a) of the elastic member (29) is fixed to the support portion (26) and the pressing portion (27) in a state in which the protector base (24) and the protector cover (23) are combined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masaji Miyamoto, Hiroyuki Wakamatsu, Tadashi Muraoka
  • Patent number: 6743976
    Abstract: A conduit channel is recessed in an aircraft cabin floor, extends longitudinally along the cabin, and receives electrical devices and conductor lines of an in-flight entertain system. The conduit channel is formed by a cover plate and a Z-sectional member including a vertical middle web and horizontal upper and lower flanges projecting in opposite directions from upper and lower edges of the middle web. The lower flange is supported on a floor crossbeam. The upper flange is supported on a side flange of a longitudinal seat mounting rail. An edge rim of the cover plate rests on the upper flange and has keyhole-shaped cable pass-through openings spaced along the longitudinal direction. A cable guide element is mounted on a selected pass-through opening to guide a cable out of the channel. Unused pass-through openings are closed by blind inserts. The devices and conductor lines can be variably arranged in the channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Airbus Deutschland GmbH
    Inventor: Daniel Motzigkeit
  • Patent number: 6740814
    Abstract: A wiring connection method includes the steps of connecting a bus bar for wiring inside an electronic apparatus and a harness for leading out wiring to outside, placing the bus bar and the harness connected together on a notch portion of a housing, and filling a resin to fix the harness in the notch portion of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Fujitsu Ten Limited
    Inventors: Takashi Ohta, Hiroshi Moriguchi
  • Patent number: 6740817
    Abstract: A cord storage/organizer includes a container having paired, opposed open ends having an opposed opening of a size sufficient for urging insertion and removal of the cord. The container includes a continuous internal wall for urging retention of the cord. The internal wall further includes a first wall thickness at the open ends that is less than a second wall thickness located in a middle region of said container. The container further includes a label area disposed on the outer periphery of the arcuate continuous wall allowing identification of the cord stored in the container. The container also includes notches on at least one of said open ends of sufficient size to enable the user to grab the plug head and pull the cord out of the cord container with ease. The container includes at least one flexible baffle located on the inner portion of the side wall for urging the cord to remain in the stored condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Inventor: Rosamond Anderson
  • Patent number: 6737585
    Abstract: A wire harness 10 includes sharable housings Ha to Hg which enable insertion of terminals either insulation displacement terminals Ta and crimp terminals Tb; a first sub-harness formed by inserting the insulation displacement terminals Ta into the sharable housings Ha to Hg; a second sub-harness 10b formed in the same manner as the first sub-harness 10a; and an after-insertion electric wire WR having the crimp terminals Tb crimped at both ends. The crimp terminals Tb of the after-insertion electric wire WR is inserted into a sharable housing H, thereby connecting the sub-harnesses 10a and 10b. The crimp terminals Tb are used for only terminal hardware to be connected to the after-insertion electric wire WR which requires adhesion strength between an electric wire and terminal hardware. The majority of remaining terminal hardware pieces are embodied as the insulation displacement terminals Ta.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2004
    Assignees: Autonetworks Technologies, Ltd., Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Aoyama, Yasushi Saitoh
  • Patent number: 6734358
    Abstract: A holder for electro-pneumatic components for vehicles provides for a base plate with fastening elements for fastening the holder in the vehicle. Holding elements for releasable holding the electro-pneumatic components are connected to the base plate. The fixing elements each have two holding arms designed as click-in elements. Further, a fixing element in the form of a small elastic plate, such as a rubber disc, is provided. The fixing element presses the electro-pneumatic component against an abutment for a vibration-resistant fixation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Pierburg, GmbH
    Inventors: Albert Denne, Rolf Dohrmann, Janust Zurke
  • Patent number: 6727434
    Abstract: The trunking accessory makes up trunking including two or more juxtaposed lengths with different heights each including a base section with two parallel lateral flanges. The accessory includes two or more cheeks adapted to be attached to the lateral flanges, and each cheek includes members for mounting a length of cover section that extend along a line with two or more opposite curves to establish continuity between members for mounting a length of cover section situated at two different heights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignees: Legrand, Legrand SNC
    Inventors: Alain Jadaud, Raphaël Decore
  • Patent number: 6727427
    Abstract: An electrical wiring channel is installed beneath a wallboard, and includes a wiring channel member, a wiring faceplate, and a baseboard. The electrical wiring channel can be retrofit into existing buildings, by removing existing molding, and removing a portion of the wallboard below level of the molding to leave a gap or recess within which the wiring channel member can be inserted. The wiring channel member is C-shaped and has a female fastener member with a bore therein for receiving a male fastener member of the wiring faceplate. A new baseboard can be adhered to the wiring faceplate. Additional variations can include a right-angled channel portion for use with interior wall corners, exterior wall corners, or with door frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Inventor: Bruce Gutman
  • Publication number: 20040074664
    Abstract: The invention relates to an energy transfer system for three-phase current in the average and a high tension range, comprising at least one conductive piece which has at least three cylindrical conductors which are electrically insulated from each other and arranged in a concentric manner. The aim of the invention is to produce an energy transfer system which does not produce magnetic fields in an external area and which has low installation costs. According to the invention, at least one connector part can be connected to the at least one conductive part, in order to link or branch said conductive parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2003
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventors: Jens-Peter Jensen, Dieter Konig, Josef Hanson, Frank Hoertz
  • Patent number: 6723923
    Abstract: A wire harness slack absorbing that includes a slack-portion accommodating part for accommodating a slack portion (24) of a wire harness (22), which is bent to have an annular shape in a view, and to be able to freely decrease and increase the diameter thereof, and a contract restraining part (32) provided in the slack-portion accommodating part (31) having an end portion, which comes in contact with the slack portion (24) to thereby provide a distance between segments of an intersection part (45) of the slack portion (24). The contact restraining portion (32) has elasticity. An end part of the contact restraining portion (32) has a groove (42) for preventing a contact part from slipping from the slack portion (24). The contact restraining portion (32) has a slope (43) provided between an end portion thereof and a base portion opposite to the end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Masashi Tsukamoto
  • Patent number: 6717049
    Abstract: The raceway system gives the appearance of decorative molding such as used not only baseboard, but also as genuine chair rail molding. Also disclosed are decorative rosette blocks, and plinth blocks, that are coordinated with this decorative molding. At least some of these blocks are hollow and communicate with recesses in the adjacent molding trim pieces so that they can function as hidden electrical switches, outlet devices, and lights. Each such block has a base and a hinged or slidable cover that provides the outward appearance of a decorative rosette or plinth block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: The Wiremold Company
    Inventor: Mark Makwinski
  • Patent number: 6710244
    Abstract: A system for installing wiring and cable in new and existing buildings has a tray member which will be coupled to a bottom section of a wall and run a length of the wall. A plurality of perforated knock-outs are located in an interior section of the tray member. A plurality of retaining clips are coupled to the interior section of the tray member. At least one electrical box is coupled to the tray member. An electrical accessory is coupled to the electrical box. A cover is coupled to the tray member for covering the wiring and the cables in the system. A face plate is coupled to the electrical box which mounts flush to and matches the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Inventor: James S. Pferschy
  • Patent number: 6710250
    Abstract: Steel trunking is provided for housing transmission cables particularly in areas where hygiene and sterility is important. The invention provides lengths of hollow conduit which are secured together by push-on connectors in the form of sleeves. There is also provided a transmission cable outlet device 20 comprising a hollow body member terminating in an end plate 33. The end plate 33 carries glands 34 which grip and hold cables so as to provide a clean and efficient take-off from the trunking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2004
    Inventors: Donal Joseph Dunne, Patrick Joseph Reidy, John Anthony Hennessy
  • Patent number: 6706970
    Abstract: A cable strain relief is provided that includes a cable retention member and a cable support member matable with one another. The cable retention member has a retention body and at least one ribbed arm. The cable retention member also includes a cable grip configured to engage a cable. The cable support member has a support body that is configured to receive a cable along a cable retention passage therethrough. The channel in the cable support member frictionally receives and retains the arm on the cable retention member when the cable retention and support members are joined with one another. The cable grip is configured to securely engage at least a jacket of the cable to resist movement of the cable with respect to the cable support and retention members. Alternatively, different structures and positions for the cable grip may be provided. The cable grip may include a punch-out pattern of teeth in the retention body of the cable retention member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Michael F. Laub, John P. Huss, Jr., Hurley C. Moll, Charles R. Malstrom, Gregory T. Pawlikowski
  • Patent number: 6700060
    Abstract: A wiring trough provides ease of installation onto a wide variety of metered panelboards, while also providing attractive aesthetics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Eaton Corporation
    Inventor: Jeffrey L. Johnson
  • Patent number: 6686541
    Abstract: A cable management device includes a cable management channel having a cable rest slot for routing a cable into and out of the cable management channel and a mounting bracket coupled to the cable management channel for fastening the cable management channel to a surface, such as an equipment enclosure rail, and for moving the cable management channel and the cable between a first position and a second position. The cable management channel may be advantageously released from the mounting bracket for moving the cable management channel between the first position and the second position to service an area of the equipment enclosure normally covered by the cable management channel. Alternatively, the cable management channel may be rotated on the mounting bracket to move the cable management channel away from the area of the equipment enclosure normally covered by the cable management channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: I-Bus Corporation
    Inventor: Johni Chan
  • Publication number: 20040016562
    Abstract: A harness protector for accommodating a wire harness in a protector main body in a curved shape includes a friction member for holding the wire harness in the accommodating state temporarily. The friction member abuts resiliently on the wire harness. The harness protector is provided on a sliding member or a fixed member. The wire harness is wired from the harness protector to the sliding member and the fixed member. The friction member temporarily prevents the wire harness from being removed while the sliding member moves. An spring member for biasing the wire harness in a direction where the wire harness is accommodated is provided in the harness protector. The wire harness compresses the spring member to the maximum at a first moving end of the sliding member. The friction member is disposed a position so as not to interfere with a restoring of the spring member during moving the sliding member from the first moving end to a second moving end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tohru Aoki, Tsukasa Sekino, Mitsunori Tsunoda
  • Patent number: 6677526
    Abstract: A protector (10) is secured to a vehicle body member by clips (12). A wire harness is inserted into a protector body (11) having a concave configuration in cross section and an opening at an upper side. At least one of the clips (12) is separate from the protector body (11). The clip (12) includes a base plate (12e), a pole (12d) projecting from the base plate (12e), and a pair of engaging wings provided on the top of the pole (12d). The protector body (11) includes a guide frame (17) having a U-shaped cross section on each of its opposite sidewalls. The guide frames (17) oppose one another. The opposite ends of the base plate (12e) of the clip (12) are slidably inserted into the guide frames (17). The ends close the opening in the protector body (11) and adjust a position of the clip with respect to an engaging hole in the vehicle body member. The protector (10) includes a plurality of thin hinges (16) so that the protector (10) can be bent at plural positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Hidenori Kishizawa
  • Patent number: 6677517
    Abstract: A lightning suppression system for a power supply line including an enclosure with an interior volume, a first coil positioned within the interior volume of the enclosure, a second coil positioned within the interior volume of the enclosure, and a third coil positioned within the interior volume of the enclosure. The power supply line is connected to the leads of the first, second and third coils. A conductive grit fills a portion of the interior volume of the enclosure. A grounding rod is connected by a conductive line to the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventors: William J. Fowler, Benjamin P. Fowler
  • Patent number: 6674004
    Abstract: A wire harness has a trunk line, a branch line and a wire tie member. The trunk line includes a bundle of wires. The branch line branches from the trunk line at a branch portion, and has at least one wire. The wire tie member has a tie strap and a buckle. A non-tying portion of the tie strap passes through and extends beyond the buckle. A tying portion of the tie strap encircles and holds the bundle of wires of the trunk line adjacent the branch portion. The branch line is disposed along and is tightly secured to the non-tying portion of the strap. The non-tying portion supports the branch line in a predetermined routing orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takeharu Ito, Mikio Uchida
  • Patent number: 6672801
    Abstract: A submarine apparatus is laid undersea by a submarine-cable laying device. The submarine apparatus comprises a cylindrical body performing a signal processing, a conical boot arranged at each of both ends of the body so as to fix an end of a submarine cable, and a gimbal joint provided on each of both ends of the body so as to support an end of an arm portion extending from the boot. The diameter of an end of the boot is smaller than a diameter of each of both ends of the body. A spacer mechanism is provided between the body and the boot so as to occupy a part of a space therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Makoto Hayakawa, Shuichi Watanabe, Taiichi Takeda
  • Publication number: 20030234116
    Abstract: A clamp has an annular strap section enclosing an interior space and defining an opening between opposite ends of the strap section. A pair of insertion engagement sections are at opposite ends of said strap section. The insertion engagement sections stand outwardly and oppose each other at opposite ends of the opening. Each insertion engagement section includes an axle plate portion projecting from an end of the opening. A wing portion is bent down from a distal end of the axle plate portion. A stepped latching portion is formed on a distal end of the wing portion. A dimension of the opening is set to be narrower than a diameter of a wire harness to be contained in the interior space. The clamp contains the wire harness in the interior space while the annular strap section is elastically bent outwardly to widen the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Inventors: Yoshimi Uchida, Takeharu Ito
  • Patent number: 6667098
    Abstract: A cable comprising an electrical conductor with insulating and protecting layers surrounding the conductor is described. The cable is characterised in that at least one layer selected from said insulating and protecting layers consists of a crosslinked ethylene-alkyl (meth)acrylate-unsaturated silane terpolymer composition wherein the alkyl (meth)acrylate comonomer comprises more than 5 mole % and the terpolymer composition has a tensile modulus, determined according to ISO 527-2 (1 mm/min) of less than 100 MPa. Preferably, the crosslinked ethylene-alkyl (meth)acrylate polymer is a moisture curable ethylene-alkyl (meth)acrylate-vinyl trialkoxysilane terpolymer, wherein the trialkoxysilan termonomer comprises 0.2-5% by weight of the polymer composition. The polymer composition may include from 0 up to 50% by weight of a plasticiser, up to 60% by weight of a filler, and up to 10% by weight of an additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Borealis Technology Oy
    Inventors: Hans Eklind, Bill Gustafsson, Ola Fagrell
  • Patent number: 6667443
    Abstract: Single-sided conductor patterned films are prepared, each of which has a conductor pattern formed only one side of a resin film and via hole filled with conductive paste. A single-sided conductor patterned film which has a conductor pattern formed only one side of a resin film and an opening formed in the resin film so as to expose an electrode is laminated on the single-sided conductor patterned films. Moreover, a cover layer with an opening to expose an electrode is laminated on a bottom surface of the single-sided conductor patterned films to form a laminate. Then, by pressing while heating the laminate, a multilayer substrate having the electrodes at both sides thereof can be produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Denso Corporation
    Inventors: Koji Kondo, Tetsuaki Kamiya, Toshikazu Harada, Ryuichi Onoda, Yasutaka Kamiya, Gentaro Masuda, Yoshitaro Yazaki, Tomohiro Yokochi
  • Patent number: 6660938
    Abstract: A mounting rail with a C-shaped cross-section extends in a length dimension (L) and has a rear or second wall (2) with side walls (1a, 1b) extending at right angles to the second wall. Each side wall (1a, 1b) has on its exterior surface (5) a recess (3) running in the length dimension (L), whose cross-section is essentially rectangular. To assure optimum stability of the mounting rail, the depth (t) of the recess (3) is less than the wall thickness (d) of the side walls (1a, 1b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2003
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Armin Herb, Armin Hoffman, Stefan Unverzagt
  • Patent number: 6653568
    Abstract: A flexible harness wrap for protecting bundles or cables laid therein is disclosed. The harness wrap includes a first row having a first plurality of slots and a second row having a second plurality of slots. A method of making a flexible harness wrap for protecting bundles or cables laid therein is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventor: David R. Davis
  • Publication number: 20030196827
    Abstract: A method impedes transverse relative displacements of a pipe (2) and at least one cable (3) which extends in this pipe (2), and doing so with a certain transverse play (4). The method has the steps of: selecting at least one portion (8), of a predetermined longitudinal dimension (L8), of pipe (2), and, then, with the cable (3) inserted in the pipe (2), locally constructing between the cable (3) and said pipe (2) at least one wedging element (9) adapted to suppress the transverse play (4) existing between the cable (3) and the pipe (2) in said at least one selected pipe portion (8).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2003
    Publication date: October 23, 2003
    Applicant: VSL International AG
    Inventor: Pelle Gustafsson
  • Patent number: 6632994
    Abstract: The present invention provides a containment apparatus for cables, wires, and other cylindrical objects. The containment apparatus includes a channel member adapted to be attached to a clip member, the clip member is adapted to receive the channel member and is adapted to be mounted to a surface such as an exterior wall or a pole. The channel member is made of a rigid to semi-rigid material which can flex and can resile or can be urged back into its original position whereby the channel member is fixedly attached to the clip member. Multiple channel members can be adapted to be connected, one to another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2003
    Inventor: Peter G. Mangone, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20030183410
    Abstract: On order to provide a flexible oxide superconducting cable which is reduced in AC loss, tape-shaped superconducting wires covered with a stabilizing metal are wound on a flexible former. The superconducting wires are preferably laid on the former at a bending strain of not more than 0.2%. In laying on the former, a number of type-shaped superconducting wires are laid on a core member in a side-by-side manner, to form a first layer. A prescribed number of tape-shaped superconducting wires are laid on top of the first layer in a side-by-side manner, to form a second layer. The former may be made of a metal, plastic, reinforced plastic, polymer, or a composite and provides flexibility to the superconducting wires and the cable formed therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Inventors: Uday K. Sinha, Raburn L. Hughey, Jerry Tolbert, Michael J. Gouge, J.W. Lue
  • Publication number: 20030173102
    Abstract: A protector 10 is secured to a vehicle body member by clips 12. A wire harness is inserted into a protector body 11 having a concave configuration in cross section and an opening at an upper side. At least one of the clips 12 is separate from the protector body 11. The clip 12 includes a base plate 12e, a pole 12d projecting from the base plate 12e, and a pair of engaging wings provided on the top of the pole 12d. The protector body 11 includes a guide frame 17 having a U-shaped cross section on each of its opposite sidewalls. The guide frames 17 oppose one another. The opposite ends of the base plate 12e of the clip 12 are slidably inserted into the guide frames 17. The ends close the opening in the protector body 11 and adjust a position of the clip with respect to an engaging hole in the vehicle body member. The protector 10 includes a plurality of thin hinges 16 so that the protector 10 can be bent at plural positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Inventor: Hidenori Kishizawa
  • Publication number: 20030169179
    Abstract: The invention consists of a downhole data transmission line, and a method of making the same, having at least one polymeric or glass fiber, a first containment tube surrounding the fiber, a conductive material wrapped or braided around the first tube, a layer of insulating material covering the conductive material, and a second containment tube surrounding the insulating material. The downhole transmission line preferably uses optical fibers, a stainless steel first and metal alloy second tubes, copper braiding for the conductive material, thermoplastic for the insulating material, and a protective layer surrounding the outer second tube. A well for producing oil or gas from an oil or gas reservoir that includes the data transmission line and a system for sensing and recording physical parameters over an extended distance that includes the data transmission line are described. The invention also includes methods of using the data transmission line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventor: Jewell D. James
  • Publication number: 20030155148
    Abstract: An apparatus connects a pair of open-ended electrical conduits together end-to-end. Each conduit has a channel portion with an open side and a cover portion for closing the open side of the channel portion. The apparatus includes a channel-shaped connector structure having an open side. The connector structure is receivable in an installed position engaging the open ends of the conduits, with the open side of the connector structure aligned with the open sides of the conduits. A fastener structure is mounted on the connector structure for movement with the connector structure relative to the conduits upon movement of the connector structure toward and into its installed position, and to restrain removal of the connector structure from its installed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventor: Walter G. Lockard
  • Patent number: 6603075
    Abstract: A universal electrical connector is incorporated into the electric power distribution network of a motor control center, switchboard, or switchgear between vertical bus conductors and the power line inlet. The connector in the form of substantially a single metal casting is configured to connect the power line with the control center internal electrical distribution conductors without requiring additional connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gilbert Anthony Soares, Richard Emery Bernier, James Brown Hestetune
  • Patent number: 6596941
    Abstract: An a.c. electrical power delivery system for installation into a utility box attached to the bed of a pickup truck. This system delivers a.c. electrical power for operating light-duty equipment including power hand tools and electrical equipment to an included a.c. outlet connectable to a side wall of the utility box. An electrical power inverter is provided of the type which converts incoming d.c. electrical power to a.c. electrical power. The inverter is installable into the utility box in proximity to, and having an a.c. power output in electrical communication with, the a.c. outlet. This system may also include a separate d.c. electrical power storage battery or utilize the battery of the pickup truck. A wiring harness is connectable at one end thereof to a d.c. input of the inverter and extendable along the body of the pickup truck and connectable at another end of the wiring harness to the d.c. storage battery whereby d.c.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Inventor: Salvatore M. Tripoli
  • Patent number: 6590161
    Abstract: An electrical cable for the transmission of high-frequency signals via signal lines (6, 7, 6A, 7A) in the cable has a dielectric profile (1A) for receiving strip-shaped conductors (6, 7, 6A, 7A) in the longitudinal direction of the cable as the signal lines. The strip-shaped conductors have main contours in cross section that extend partially around effective centers of the magnetic fields created by electric currents through the signal lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: LK A/S
    Inventor: Masud Bolouri-Saransar
  • Publication number: 20030121692
    Abstract: A device for absorbing harness slack is disclosed wherein a leaf spring (resilient member) 37 is provided with a harness-guide member 34 which supports a curved portion 33 of a wire harness 32 slidably. The harness-guide member 34 has an upper surface (harness-support member) 38 curved throughout its length toward the curved portion 33. Alternatively, the leaf spring 37 may be provided with the curved harness-guide member 34 rotatably through a coupling member 36. Also alternatively, a protector protecting the curved portion 33 of the wire harness 32 may be provided with the curved harness-guide member 34 rotatably, and the leaf spring 37 may urge the harness-guide member 34 through such as a cap in a direction of absorbing harness slack slidably. Also alternatively, the upper surface 38 may compose a groove curved in a circumferential direction of the wire harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Mitsunobu Kato, Makoto Sunohara
  • Patent number: 6586673
    Abstract: Service loop tray assembly provides aesthetic organized service loop for a large or small amount of low voltage cables. In data center, a series of channel-shaped cable trays hold sets of cables. Each cable tray has a substantially u-shaped cross section and is mounted to a ladder rack at a series of junctures. The cable tray includes a substantially level service loop section, a cable access ramp and a cable drop lip, the service loop section connected to a cable access ramp and to a cable drop lip, the cable drop lip positioned to guide a first set of cables resting on the first cable tray into a data cabinet under the ladder rack containing termination points for cables. Cable access ramp of each cable tray rises sufficiently to avoid interference with a further set of cables that continues to a further cable tray at further junctures along ladder rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Inventor: Hernan F. Socarras
  • Publication number: 20030111251
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method of producing a cable protecting material. The method can include mixing and kneading an olefin-type polymer and suitable additives to prepare an olefin-type polymer composition, transforming the composition into pellets, and extruding the pellets at a temperature of from about 190° C. to about 250° C. The cable protecting material has a smoothly flowing skin and a well balanced material distribution. The cable protecting material also has good wear resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoko Arai
  • Publication number: 20030111257
    Abstract: A wire member adapted to be used in a detection coil of an NMR spectrometer's probe. The wire member comprises 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: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2002
    Publication date: June 19, 2003
    Applicant: JEOL Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Kida, Ryoji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 6576834
    Abstract: A system for building at least one electrical device into a wiring conduit whose depth is less than the depth of the device includes at least one support which can be fixed in the conduit and receives the electrical device(s) so that a front face of the device or each device is flush with a front face of the conduit via an opening formed in corresponding relationship therein. The system further includes at least one pattress which is passed through an opening formed in corresponding relationship to it in the bottom of the conduit to form therein a recess for accommodating a rear part of the device. The pattress is separate from the support and has its own means for fixing it to the conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Planet Wattohm
    Inventors: Régis Coutant, Frédéric Xerri
  • Patent number: 6576839
    Abstract: A unique bond-ply structure and associated processes for processing of the bond-ply structure and for joining together circuit layer pairs which makes it possible to create a bond-ply having raised structures of conductive material which compensate for shrinkage during sintering thus creating a stress-free and void-free electrically conductive junction between layer-pairs in an interconnect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Pommer, Scott Zimmerman, Brad Banister
  • Patent number: 6573451
    Abstract: A protective guide for cables and the like, in which a synthetic flexible tube 10 connected between a movable end portion 10a of the cable and a fixed end portion 10b of the cable and incorporating a plurality of cables and the like includes a bellows-shaped tubular peripheral wall 11, and a large number of bending-limiting units 20 surrounding by and fitted onto the bellows-shaped tubular peripheral wall 11 of said synthetic flexible tube 10 at desired intervals includes bending-holding portions 20a, which hold a required bending position of said synthetic flexible tube 10 while abutting with each other on a bending inner peripheral side, and bending-suppressing portions 10, which hold a linearly extended position of said synthetic flexible tube 10 while abutting with each other on a bending outer peripheral side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.
    Inventors: Shoichiro Komiya, Takayuki Matsuda
  • Publication number: 20030098595
    Abstract: A modular vehicle window assembly is provided which has attached thereto interior vehicle accessories. In a preferred embodiment, the window panel assembly includes a window panel disposed within or covering a window opening formed in the vehicle. The window panel may optionally contain a conventional gasket or sealing structure to provide a weather-tight seal in the window opening. Supported on and interconnecting to the interior surface of the window panel are any one of a number of different accessory configurations, including centerline, island, and peninsular overhead consoles providing storage space, overhead lighting, and air conditioning vents for use by the occupants. Other accessories which may be used include an instrument display assembly, a control assembly, a window shade assembly, and a hand-hold assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2002
    Publication date: May 29, 2003
    Applicant: Donnelly Corporation, a Michigan corporation
    Inventors: John W. Carter, Jeffrey A. Lewno, Daniel J. Fisher, Joseph D. Rankin
  • Publication number: 20030070830
    Abstract: In a first flat harness, a plurality of first conductive wires are covered with a first insulating cover. In a second flat harness, a plurality of second conductive wires are covered with a second insulating cover. The second flat harness is intersectingly superposed on the first flat harness. Each second conductive wire is welded to one of the first conductive wires at one of intersecting points of each second conductive wire and the first conductive wires, through the first insulating cover and the second insulating cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Kondo, Haruhiko Sato
  • Patent number: 6541704
    Abstract: A housing has second and third bays, where each bay receives equipment therein. The housing also has a plurality of lines traveling therein from a site such as a first bay to the second bay and the third bay. A line routing device is positioned above the second and third bays and routes the lines from the site to the second and third bays. Each line is secured at a common securing point above the second and third bays, and each of the second and third bays has a vertical down-channel at one side thereof. Each line extends from the securing point, through the line routing device, and down one of the down-channels such that the line when positioned to hang in either down-channel hangs substantially the same length within such down-channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: BellSouth Intellectual Property Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Levenson, Glenn M. Mahony
  • Publication number: 20030056969
    Abstract: An electrical cable of all textile construction includes a first conductor of conductive textile material, a first insulator of braided insulating textile material, a second conductor of braided conductive textile material and a second insulator of braided insulating textile material. Such a cable, through being of an all textile construction makes it particularly suitable for incorporation in items such as garments, fashion accessories, upholstered article and other soft furnishings as it can be made very flexible, soft to the touch and of a required color. Furthermore, by making the cables using textile materials that have been developed for use in garments, the cables are capable of being subjected to standard garment care techniques such as machine washing in the home or dry cleaning. This means items, such as garments, that include these cables can be placed in the washing machine for cleaning, with no added risk to the wire, garment or washing machine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2002
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: David A. Eves, Philippa C. Wagner
  • Publication number: 20030047342
    Abstract: A computer network that utilizes an Ethernet protocol. The computer network includes a first network device, a second network device, a first cable assembly coupling the first and second network devices to one another and facilitating data transmission from the first network device to the second network device, and a second cable assembly coupling the first and second network devices to one another and facilitating data transmission from the second network device to the first network device. Each of the first and second cable assemblies consists essentially of a cable, a first contact assembly and a second contact assembly. The cable is formed with a pair of wires that are twisted about one another and shielded by at least one shield conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2001
    Publication date: March 13, 2003
    Inventors: Phillip R. Rotta, John G. MacDuff
  • Patent number: 6528726
    Abstract: An assembly for cable conduits of workstation furniture, having a plurality of different profile sections which can be inserted into one another. Connecting elements are shaped on or in the inner and/or outer side of the profile sections. The assembly has three different profile sections which can be easily assembled in order to construct vertical cable conduits which can be connected to a column of the furniture frame, thus offering attachment possibilities for additional structures in or on the inner and outer sides of the cable conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Otto Lampertz GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ala Jauch, Markus Schmidt, Werner-Josef Kaiser