Pipe Or Cable Patents (Class 248/49)
  • Patent number: 8757558
    Abstract: A cable tray is provided. The cable tray may include first and second side rails with a rung located therebetween. The rung may be attached to the first side rail by way of a first clinching connection. The rung may be attached to the second side rail by way of a second clinching connection. In accordance with other embodiments, first and second lancing connections may be used instead of or in addition to the clinching connections. A method of constructing a cable tray is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: MP Husky, LLC
    Inventor: Michael Ernest Pollard, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8757559
    Abstract: A cable routing system formed from a tray with a plurality of transverse wires and a plurality of longitudinal wires. The transverse wires form a generally flat top portion with downwardly extending sidewalls. The longitudinal wires are positioned underneath the top portion, side longitudinal wires are positioned adjacent the downwardly extending sidewalls and bottom longitudinal wires are positioned at an end of each of the downwardly extending sidewalls. The transverse wires and the longitudinal wires form a grid with a plurality of openings for routing a plurality of cables. The cable routing system also includes a sidewall removablely secured to the tray to retain cables routed thereon and a corner radius device removablely secured to the tray to provide bend radius control to cables routed along intersecting cable trays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: David R. Davis, Shaun P. Brouwer, Dennis J. Waszak, Samuel C. Ramey, Scott R. Hartman, Robert Nicoli
  • Publication number: 20140166823
    Abstract: A cable clamp includes a clamping member for clamping cables and a space-infilling board mounted to the clamping member. The board includes a number of detachable portions to provide adjustability of the overall size of the board, and to allow for the creation of additional cable slots if any are required.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: XIAN-XIU TANG
  • Publication number: 20140166824
    Abstract: An adjustable support may have one or more screw piles at its base. The bottom side of a bottom plate may be welded to the screw pile. A top plate may be positioned on top of the bottom plate. A threaded stud is then placed over a nut/bushing affixed to the top side of the top plate and threaded into and through the nut/bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Concrete Alternatives & More, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert G. Tarapchak
  • Patent number: 8745965
    Abstract: A flexible cable guide is provided that includes, but is not limited to a first chain link with a first longitudinal axis, a front region and a tubular first inner surface that extends in longitudinal direction, and a second chain link with a second longitudinal axis, a rear region and a tubular second inner surface that extends in longitudinal direction. The front region of the first chain link is connected to the rear region of the second chain link pivotably about a pivoting axis that extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axes of the chain links, such that it can be pivoted leftward and rightward referred to the first longitudinal axis up to a maximum pivoting angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Detlef Tiegs, Sten Gatzke
  • Patent number: 8746631
    Abstract: An article carrier robot includes: a horizontal base; a horizontally movable unit supported by the horizontal base so as to be movable in a horizontal direction; a robot main body supported by the horizontally movable unit; at least one of wiring and piping introduced into the robot main body from the horizontal base; and a restriction unit supported by the horizontally movable unit so as to be swayable about a pivot provided to the horizontally movable unit. The restriction unit is configured to restrict deformation of a part of the at least one of wiring and piping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Hashimoto, Toshiaki Yoshida, Tetsuya Yoshida
  • Publication number: 20140151513
    Abstract: The invention relates to a section of cable tray, which can be connected to other sections without using additional accessories, allowing the connection of anchoring elements located at one end of the walls of each tray section. The aforementioned anchoring elements take the form of rods bent to form a V-shape that extends into straight extensions which are installed between longitudinal rods. In addition, turns are provided in the aforementioned rods between the straight zones and the V-shape, one turn towards the interior of the tray and another turn towards the exterior. Sections are coupled by sliding the sides of the first transverse rod of the tray section to be joined through the V-shape, such that they remain trapped between the inner turns and the sides of the last transverse rod of the receiving tray section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventor: Justo Manuel Valdes Colina
  • Publication number: 20140154139
    Abstract: An exhaust aftertreatment system for a diesel-powered genset includes a Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) injection system, a housing, a Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) section disposed within the housing and a support configured to support the exhaust aftertreatment system. The DEF injection system includes a housing having an inlet region and an outlet region. A stationary upstream mixer increases turbulence of exhaust entering the inlet region. A stationary downstream mixer increases turbulence of exhaust exiting the outlet region. The DEF injection system includes a DEF injector. The SCR section includes a housing having an inlet and outlet, an SCR catalyst mounted in the housing, and a diameter that is greater than a diameter of the DEF injection section housing. A Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) section can be disposed within the housing between the DEF injection section and the SCR section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventors: Herman Van Niekerk, Farzan Roshdieh, Mark Yragui
  • Patent number: 8739507
    Abstract: A convertible interlocking cable track system for receiving and handling a flexible member for use in a longwall mining operation. The cable track system includes a series of links adapted to retain the flexible member, each of the links including a single pull link adapted to interconnect with adjacent links, wherein the single pull link is configured to cooperate with a cable control member to form an opening for receiving and handling the flexible member. The cable control member comprises either a shaped rod to form a single pull cable track system, or an outer link to convert the single pull link to a twin pull link in order to satisfy certain loading requirements. The cable track system also includes a securing arrangement for securing the cable control member to the single pull link and an interlocking system for joining the series of links to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Inventor: Ceiriog Hughes
  • Patent number: 8742254
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are apparatus, methods, and systems for grounding outdoor light poles, as well as other structures, which may be exposed to lightning or other adverse electrical effects and may require a low impedance path to ground. Inventive aspects include a combination of apparatus integral to the pole or other structure and installation considerations whereby the ease of installation, reduction of onsite installation error, and reduction of impedance may be tailored to each installation. An apparatus can include a pre-installed earth grounding electrode at the lower end of the pole or structure to be inserted into the earth. A method can include installing an earth grounding electrode to/on/in a lower end of a pole or structure prior to insertion into the earth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Musco Corporation
    Inventors: Myron Gordin, David L. Barker, Gabriel P. Gromotka, Gregory N. Kubbe
  • Patent number: 8733077
    Abstract: A transmission line guide chain includes a plurality of connected chain links that define a through-passage to receive transmission lines. The chain links include a first chain link that defines a through-hole that forms a portion of the through-passage. A first divider is disposed in the through-hole and a second divider is removably seated on the first divider to provide a stack of dividers in the through-hole. The stack of dividers divides the through-hole into a plurality of compartments that can each receive at least one transmission line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Daniel Gutiérrez García, Lorena Fernández Llorens, Ignacio Picatoste Olloqui
  • Patent number: 8727287
    Abstract: A fitting assembly adapted for securing an elongate member to a bracket having an open-ended slot into which the fitting assembly is received. The fitting assembly includes a first fitting member adapted for attachment to the elongate member and having an axis and a second fitting member adapted for receipt into the open end of the slot and fixed engagement with the bracket through relative movement between the second fitting member and the bracket solely in a direction substantially lateral to the axis. The first and second fitting members are connected together and have first and second positions relative to each other in a direction substantially lateral to the axis and are constrained against relative movement substantially along the axis. The first and second fitting members are substantially immovable relative to each other in a direction substantially lateral to the axis in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Kongsberg Driveline Systems I, Inc
    Inventors: Damien Trouvé, Harry Edward Koontz, Joseph Matthew Laperriere, III
  • Publication number: 20140131525
    Abstract: A cross arm is provided, for use in a support structure for conductors within an electrical grid. The cross arm is made of weather resistant glass fibre reinforced two component polyurethane based polymers and has a “C” cross sectional shape typically arranged in a double configuration. Pairs of the cross arms are attached to utility poles in a parallel position on opposite sides of the utility pole to meet predefined design conditions. Alternatively, a single cross arm may be attached to a utility pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicants: British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, FRP Transmissions Inc.
    Inventors: Grant Robert Lockhart, Ralph Walter Ulm, Adelana Gilpin-Jackson, Janos Csaba Toth
  • Patent number: 8720178
    Abstract: A component for a line routing system including at least one line routing device having at least one section of the surface of the component that is flocked. The component of line routing device is at least one of a chain link, a chain link plate of a chain link, a transverse web of a chain link, a cover of a chain link, a dividing web of a chain link, a guide element, a housing, a line, and a hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Tsubaki Kabelschlepp GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Wendig, Werner Eul
  • Publication number: 20140117171
    Abstract: A cable holder which can securely hold cables is provided. The cable holder for holding cables comprises a base, a cable hole drilled into the base to hold the cables, a holding hole drilled into the base to hold holding objects, a first passage formed in an outer peripheral part of the base surrounding the holding hole to connect between outside and the holding hole, and a second passage formed between the holding hole and the cable hole to connect between the holding hole and the cable hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: ROLAND CORPORATION
    Inventor: YOSHIAKI MORI
  • Patent number: 8708291
    Abstract: A shim for placement under plumbing fixtures is made of a series of shim members aligned according to height, whereby they form a wedge-shaped member. The shim is inserted between a plumbing fixture base and installation surface until one of the shim members supports the fixture. The shim members are connected by tabs designed to disengage from the shims on the side facing out from the plumbing fixture in a manner so that when separated, the tabs remain affixed to the portion of the shim removed from under the plumbing fixture. Each shim member also comprises a trough-shaped surface to accommodate curvature on the underside of the plumbing fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Inventor: Michael E. Christeson
  • Patent number: 8707670
    Abstract: A cable protection and guide device is capable of preventing noise and abrasion powder generated by a flexion outer circumferential connecting arm and avoiding disconnection of the arm. The device includes: a number of link frame bodies each having link side plates each having a front side plate portion connected longitudinally to a preceding link side plate to form a cable flexion inner circumferential side; a rear side plate portion connected longitudinally to a succeeding link side plate to form a cable flexion outer circumferential side; and, a flexible linkage portion interposed between the front and rear side plate portions. The link frame body also includes a flexion outer circumferential-side connecting arm whose flexion outer circumferential-side surface is provided so as to be closer to the cable flexion inner circumferential side than a flexion outer circumferential edge of the rear side plate portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Tsubakimoto Chain Co.
    Inventor: Shoichiro Komiya
  • Patent number: 8708603
    Abstract: An aeration and drainage system includes an aeration & drain pipe which contains slots on its upper surface, a stand which holds said aeration & drain pipe above a bottom surface, an air and liquid transfer element attached to the aeration & drain pipe and positioned over said slots. Additionally the air and liquid transfer element extends upward from the slots, and the air and liquid transfer element contains openings on its top to allow fluids to flow into the air and liquid transfer element and through the slots in the aeration & drain pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Buildworks Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Dirk M. Kerkhoff, J. Cornelis Kerkhoff
  • Publication number: 20140112749
    Abstract: An industrial machine includes a frame supporting a boom having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, an arm movably coupled to the boom and including a first end and a second end, an attachment coupled to the first end of the arm, a conduit extending from the frame to a position adjacent the attachment, a first member coupled to the boom, and a second member spaced apart from the first member. The first member supports a portion of the conduit as the arm moves relative to the boom. The second member supports a portion of the conduit as the arm moves relative to the boom. The second member is movable relative to the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Robert Doll, Christopher S. Jones, Jesse Knoble, Matthew Loew, Douglas Maki, Bernard Pusheck
  • Publication number: 20140097302
    Abstract: A cable catching device, for installation on a crane boom to catch at least one cable, suspended above at least part of the device when the device is deployed by the crane boom, in the event that the cable falls downwardly, the device having: a base operable with connectors to releasably engage with the crane boom; a post having: a lower end engaged with the base; and an upper end extending beyond the base; a yoke having at least two arms extending upwardly from the upper end of the post, each arm having an upper end laterally spaced apart from the upper end of any adjacent arm, thereby defining an upwardly open yoke mouth between the upper ends of the arms, the yoke mouth being deployed adjacent an underside of the suspended cable wherein the arms are disposed a distance from the suspended cable; and each arm having an arm roller with an outer cable contact surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: MAMMOET CANADA HOLDINGS INC.
    Inventor: Ken MUSSELMAN
  • Patent number: 8684319
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a wall mount bracket that supports a cable tray in a cable routing system. The wall mount bracket includes a back wall and a sidewall. The back wall has a top, a bottom, sides and mounting holes positioned therebetween. The sidewall extends outwardly from one side of the back wall. The longitudinal wires of the cable tray are positioned on the sidewall of the wall mount bracket. The sidewall also has a distal end with an engaging member that receives a bottom longitudinal wire of the sidewall of the cable tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Shaun P. Brouwer, David R. Davis, Dennis J. Waszak, Samuel C. Ramey, Scott R. Hartman, Robert Nicoli
  • Publication number: 20140077041
    Abstract: A cable organization box includes a box with two side panels, a cover, at least one link unit and at least one damping device. The cover is mounted to the box. The at least one link unit is a Z-shaped unit and located between the side panels and the cover. The first end of the at least one link unit is pivotably connected to the cover and the second end of the link unit is connected to the at least one damping device. The at least one damping device makes the cover to slowly close and quickly open relative to the box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: LEGEND OFFICE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Chao-lin Chen
  • Publication number: 20140077042
    Abstract: A chain link assembly, a cable chain assembly and a mining system. The cable handler individual links may include an enclosed section for the fiber optic cable separate from other services for the machine. A flexible material or other structure may assemble the fiber optic cable in the cable handler in a manner in which it “snakes” about the centerline to provide ample slack in the fiber optic cable to, for example, prevent over tension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: Joy MM Delaware, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward F. Niederriter, Shawn W. Franklin, James E. Haughey
  • Publication number: 20140070057
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electric cable (10) with at least four, preferably exactly four, wires (A, B, C, D) arranged in a first and a second pair, wherein each of the pairs comprises a first (A, B) and a second wire (C, D) each, wherein the wires (A, C) belonging to the first pair are arranged parallel to each of her on a first plane at least in a first (11) and a third longitudinal section (13), and the wires (B, D) belonging to the second pair are arranged parallel to each other on a second plane and the two planes intersect in a line of intersection, wherein the line of intersection runs parallel to the wires (A, B, C, D) and the distances between one wire (A, B, C, D) each and the line of intersection are identical, wherein the angle of intersection (?) between the planes is 90° in at leas(the first longitudinal section (11) and wherein the first wire (A) of the first pair is transposed with the first wire (B) of the second pair and the second wire (C) of the first pair is transposed with the second w
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: MC TECHNOLOGY GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Pyczak, Thomas Renz, Rolf Sticker
  • Patent number: 8668172
    Abstract: A holding device (1) for a sprinkler nozzle (17) of a sprinkler system is provided, wherein the holding device has a first bracket (2) and a second bracket (3) that are connected to each other at one of their ends and that extend parallel to each other at least in an assembled state of the holding device (1). Each bracket has a structure (10, 11) for receiving a sprinkler nozzle (17), and the receiving structures (10, 11) are formed for receiving the sprinkler nozzle (17) oriented perpendicular to the two brackets (2, 3). The two brackets (2, 3) have, at their free ends opposite the one end, complementary catch structures (5, 6) by which the two brackets (2, 3) can be locked with each other in the assembled state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignee: Witzenmann GmbH
    Inventors: Gerd Paulig, Jochen Schmitt
  • Publication number: 20140063771
    Abstract: A mount base includes: a rotary seat rotatably provided against a stand unit by a shaft member, the shaft member being fixed to the stand unit; a rotary prop that rotates along with the rotary seat; and a cable that goes through a fixing portion provided on the rotary prop and a holding portion provided on the shaft member, and connects a first electronic device attached to a tip side of the rotary prop to a second electronic device attached to the stand unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Inventor: MAKOTO BANDO
  • Publication number: 20140054425
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembling channel of a supporting tool, including: a steel plate which is bent in three layers to configure a central supporting plate, and a wide-width supporting plate and a small-width plate configured at both sides of the central supporting plate; coupling holes formed on each of the supporting plates; cutting portions configured at equal interval on a bent portion, wherein the cutting portions located at both ends are always located toward the central supporting plate in opened states thereof such that firm assembly by using only bolts and nuts after overlapping connective parts without additional connective brackets during assembling of the supporting tool using the channels as well as rapid assembly of the supporting tool can be performed thereby.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Inventor: Gyu Cheol Jang
  • Patent number: 8656697
    Abstract: A steerable multi-linked device. The device includes a first multi-linked mechanism and a second multi-linked mechanism. At least one of the first and second multi-linked mechanisms is steerable and includes a modular link assembly at an end thereof. The modular link assembly includes a base, and a tip removably connected to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Carnegie Mellon University
    Inventors: Brett Zubiate, Howard M. Choset, Amir Degani, Michael Schwerin
  • Patent number: 8651436
    Abstract: A holding device has an elastic locking piece having an extending part extending to the outside from a locking claw part. The contact part of an unlocking operating piece contacts the outside of the extending part to reduce the unlocking force of the unlocking operating piece. A sawtooth-form part is in a locked state when a locking piece of an elastic locking piece enters the sawtooth-form part. The elastic locking piece has the extending part extending outside from the locking claw part. The unlocking operating piece has a contact part for contacting with the extending part. The contact part contacts the outside of the extending part when the unlocking operating piece is pressed, the locking claw part of the elastic locking piece is ejected from the indented part of the sawtooth-form part by the contact, and the locked state between the sawtooth-form part and the locking claw part is unlocked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Nifco Inc.
    Inventor: Yasuhiko Inoue
  • Publication number: 20140042280
    Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a cable support member having high durability and excellent manufacturing performance. A cable support member of the invention includes: a plurality of holding members; and an elastic member. Each holding member has an elastic member insertion passage through which the elastic member is inserted, and has joint surfaces enabling a rotation of the holding member with coming into contact with the adjacent holding members at both sides in the longitudinal direction. The elastic member is inserted through the elastic member insertion passages in the holding members so as to align and maintain the holding members, and exerts a compression force on the holding members. With such a configuration, a neutral state where the cable support member is substantially in a linear fashion and a curved state where the cable support member is bending-deformed are obtainable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: JUNKOSHA INC.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Takeuchi, Akira Kubota, Yasuhiro Misu
  • Patent number: 8646731
    Abstract: A workpiece support assembly includes workpiece supporting roller assemblies each including a roller rotatably attached to an end of a swing arm. The roller assemblies are mounted to a frame forming a space between the rollers. A workpiece is positioned within the space and is supported in rolling contact by the rollers for rotation about its long axis. The space between the rollers is increased or decreased to support workpieces of various diameters by rotating the swing arms. The position of the rollers, and thus the distance therebetween are maintained or held by a swing arm lock that engages each swing arm and restrains the swing arms against rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Inventor: Grant Burles
  • Publication number: 20140021306
    Abstract: Support stands for screening terminals are disclosed, such as a support stand having a main body comprised of a receiving device for a bus bar and a fixing device for fixing the bus bar in the receiving device. According to illustrative implementations, the main body can be latched onto a mounting rail in such a way that, when the bus bar is fixed in the receiving device by the fixing device, the longitudinal extension of the mounting rail is parallel to a longitudinal extension of the bus bar. In further implementations, the receiving device and the fixing device may be designed in conjunction with the bus bar to achieve various configurations and/or arrangements having specified angular position(s) of the bus bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: Phoenix Contact GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Klaus Eisert
  • Publication number: 20140013571
    Abstract: A web restraint system for use in securing temporary flow lines that include multiple pipe sections, each pair of pipe sections connected together with a coupling such as a hammer joint coupling. The system includes one or more elongated spines, each spine having end portions that are secured to provided anchors. A webbing is sized and shaped to envelope a coupling or hammer joint connection (and preferably each). The webbing or netting has peripheral loops which enable a technician to secure the spine to the webbing loops. A second plurality of loops can be used to secure the webbing to the ends of the pipe sections that are connected together with a said coupling or hammer joint connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: GULFSTREAM SERVICES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert BOND, III, Michael MIRE
  • Publication number: 20140014785
    Abstract: An organiser for an electrical plug and cable extending away from the plug includes a body having a first surface and a three-dimensional second surface. The first surface includes a plurality of openings for receiving the pins of a plug, the openings arranged to permit the reception of the pins of more than one standard plug type. The second surface is configured to allow the cable to be wound therearound and retaining means is provided for holding the cable in its wound condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventor: Peter Lee
  • Publication number: 20140008499
    Abstract: A ladder top for a stepladder includes a plane having a front and a rear. The plane has a bin for holding small parts and having a shape to hold a propane tank adjacent the front of the plane. The plane has at least one screwdriver hole. The plane has a drill holster. The plane has a hammer/pipe wrench hole. The plane has a channel lock slot. The plane has a pipe holder extending along the length of the pipe for holding pipe. A method for using a ladder top for a stepladder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: WERNER CO.
    Inventor: Kyle G. Astor
  • Patent number: 8624115
    Abstract: A wire harness is provided. A bent portion is formed into a bent shape corresponding to a bent shape of a wire harness arrangement path on a vehicle body panel. An insulating coating of a plurality of wires constituting the bent portion or at least one of the wires has such a flexural rigidity that the bent portion has a rigidity for maintaining the bent shape thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Miyoshi Mabuchi
  • Publication number: 20140001314
    Abstract: A cable management apparatus includes two mounting brackets, a cable management arm connected between the two mounting brackets and slidable vertically, and two elevating mechanisms. Each of the elevating mechanisms includes opposite sides respectively rotatably connected to one of the mounting brackets and abutting a bottom of the cable management arm. When the elevating mechanisms are rotated relative to the mounting brackets, the elevating mechanisms drive the cable management arm to slide vertically. The cable management arm defines a number of positioning holes. Each of the elevating mechanisms includes a locating pin to be operable to engage in one of the corresponding positioning holes to prevent the rotation of the elevating mechanisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: XIN-HU GONG, JU-WEN DAI, WEI-FEI DING
  • Patent number: 8613411
    Abstract: A retainer for retaining an elongate flexible element on a support and comprising a perimeter wall defining an interior, with the perimeter wall having opposite ends each having end edges defining end openings. A capture slot extends between the opposite ends of the perimeter wall. The capture slot is defined by a pair of slot edges on the perimeter wall, and the slot edges extend from a first one of the end edges to a second one of the end edges. The capture slot extends along a convoluted path between the opposite ends that requires forming at least one bend in the flexible element to move the element through the capture slot and into the interior of the perimeter wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: C & B Manufacturing
    Inventors: Brad Mohns, Jason Rosenberg
  • Publication number: 20130327256
    Abstract: A beltway system for modular furniture assembly is configured to connect to two or more workstations. The beltway system includes a main body including a first end and a second end opposing the first end and a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The first side faces a first of the two or more workstations and the second side faces a second of the two or more workstations. The beltway system includes a data trough configured to provide data connection to the two or more workstations. The data trough extends between the first end and the second end. The beltway system also includes at least one power block spatially separated a distance above the data trough. The power block includes a first power receptacle facing the first side and a second power receptacle facing the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: MAYLINE COMPANY LLC
    Inventor: Robert J. Glenn, II
  • Publication number: 20130327898
    Abstract: A cold-insulated pipe support for a pipeline comprising a receiving space for a pipe portion, a heat insulating layer of solid insulating material, that surrounds the receiving space, an outer protective casing, a vapor barrier arranged between the heat insulating layer and the outer protective casing, two part-circular support shells The support shells are of a shorter configuration at both support ends in the axial direction than the other support portions, wherein there remains a free support portion. Provided in the region of the free support portions at the two ends are contact elements which bear directly against the ends of the support shells. The contact elements are fixed by means of radially screwed-in headed screws which are anchored through the protective casing and the vapor barrier in the solid heat insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventor: Lisega SE
  • Publication number: 20130322800
    Abstract: A temporary support member for a sensor unit of a bearing assembly having a first part for accommodating at least a part of a sensor body of the sensor unit, a second part for accommodating, in a coiled configuration, a cable connected to the sensor body and a third part for accommodating a connector mounted at a free end of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: AKTIEBOLAGET SKF
    Inventors: Loic Abgrall, Alexandre Taillepied, Olivier Verbe
  • Publication number: 20130320149
    Abstract: A routing support (64) for a conduit line fastened in openings and the line includes a plurality of conduits connected end-to-end along a longitudinal axis. The routing support (64) incorporates an outer body (66) with a structure (68) for fastening the body in an opening. The routing support also includes a housing structure to accommodate the ends of two conduits in an end-to-end arrangement and the structure may include two separate structures (one for each conduit end (72)) or a single common structure (accommodating respective ends of the two conduits). The routing support also includes a flexible interface (74) connecting the housing structure (70) to the outer body (66). In addition, the flexible interface (74) and the outer body (66) and the housing structure (70) are integral. Embodiments include a line for transporting fuel with this routing support, and an aircraft wing in which such a line/support transports fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS (SAS)
    Inventors: Damien FRAYSSE, Christophe CASSE
  • Publication number: 20130313374
    Abstract: A clamp comprises a fastener, a clamp body, and a clamp leg. The clamp body comprises a housing including a cavity and a housing cavity; and a curved arm extending from the housing. The clamp leg comprises a leg body including a leg cavity, and a foot member. The clamp body and the clamp leg are attachable to and detachable from each other, and a portion of the leg body can be inserted into or removed from the housing cavity, and when the portion of the leg body is inserted into the housing cavity, the cavity and the leg cavity form a passageway for the fastener so that threads of the fastener are not externally exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: THOMAS & BETTS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Joey D. Magno, JR.
  • Publication number: 20130306804
    Abstract: A pipe mat is provided for use with a tubing tray for receiving, organizing and storing drill pipe tripped out of a drill string on a drilling rig, the pipe mat having a plurality of substantially parallel and spaced-apart support rails to form a plurality of drain channels disposed between adjacent pair of support rails, a plurality of substantially parallel and spaced-apart nub rails disposed on the plurality of support rails, the nub rails substantially orthogonal to the support rails thereby form a lattice structure having openings disposed between the nub rails that are in communication with the drain channels, and a plurality of spaced-apart pipe nubs extending upwardly from the nub rails, which are configured to hold a drill pipe in place when an end of the drill pipe is placed onto one of the pipe nubs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Katch Kan Holdings Ltd.
    Inventors: Quinn A.J. Holtby, Dallas Laird Greenwood
  • Publication number: 20130294018
    Abstract: A cable holder includes a holder body, and first and second arm sections that extend from the holder body, and extend in mutually approaching, intersecting directions so as to enclose a housing space for housing a cable. The first arm section has a first oblique section at a tip part thereof, and the second arm section has a second oblique section at a tip part thereof. The first and second oblique sections are inclined in mutually reverse directions, face each other, and are arranged with a gap therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: NEC Display Solutions Ltd
    Inventors: Yoshihito Mochizuki, Hsi-ming Chen
  • Patent number: 8575487
    Abstract: A first trunk line of a wire harness is inserted into a wire harness insertion space of a protector main body, and branch lines pulled out and branching to the left and right from the outlet are respectively bound to a second trunk line routed in left and right directions to form a triangular space enclosed by the left and right branch lines and the second trunk line. An elongated portion projecting to a position covering the triangular space is provided to the lid which makes a lock connection to close an opening of the protector main body, and while a male engagement portion protrudes on the elongated portion, a female engagement portion to which the male engagement portion engages and latches is provided from the bottom wall of the protector main body, and the lid connects to the protector main body in the triangular space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventor: Narihiro Agusa
  • Patent number: 8575486
    Abstract: The invention relates to a guide conduit for a cable receptacle with a support device for the upper strand, and is designed so that the support device has an essentially flat running surface on the top side of a body which is movable solely by gravity and/or by the elastic force thereof from one position, in which the support device does not protrude significantly over the inner lateral surface of the guide conduit, to a position in which the body opposite the lateral wall protrudes into the interior of the guide conduit, and to the final position, in which the support device extends through an opening in the respective lateral wall of the guide conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Igus GmbH
    Inventors: Thilo-Alexander Jaeker, Harald Nehring
  • Patent number: 8573562
    Abstract: A manipulator for separating sub-conductors in an energized single phase bundle includes a rigid support member and first and second actuators mounted on the support member, wherein each actuator is independently actuable of the other. Insulators are mounted on each actuator. A selectively releasable coupler is mounted on each insulator for selectively releasable coupling of each insulator to a corresponding sub-conductor. The actuators extend corresponding insulators independently of one another from the support member to thereby separate from each other by an optimized separation distance the distal ends of each insulator. When the corresponding sub-conductors of the single phase bundle are releasably coupled to the corresponding distal ends of the insulators the surge impedance loading of the single phase bundle may be improved by separation of the corresponding distal ends of the insulators and the sub-conductors by the optimized separation distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Quanta Associates, L.P.
    Inventors: Clifford William Devine, Daniel Neil O'Connell
  • Publication number: 20130284860
    Abstract: A wheel assembly includes a rigid wheel with a plurality of circumferentially spaced radially outermost mounting elements and a flexible tire mounted on the wheel. The tire engages the mounting elements such that portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements are separated radially from the wheel by a space, the portions of the tire not engaging the mounting elements being configured to flex inwardly toward the wheel when subject to ground engaging pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: LINDSAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas J. Korus, Jochen Pfrenger
  • Publication number: 20130284861
    Abstract: A wheel assembly is disclosed, the wheel assembly including a rigid wheel including a radially outer rim wall presenting a polygonal shape with a plurality of outermost vertices connecting a plurality of planar faces, and a flexible tire mounted on the outer rim wall. The tire is supported by the vertices of the rim wall and is separated from the rim faces by a space, portions of the tire located between the vertices being configured to flex inwardly when subject to ground engaging pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: LINDSAY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas J. Korus, Jochen Pfrenger