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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8101034 | Method for extending long-term electrical power cable performance An improved method for imparting excellent long-term dielectric performance to an in-service electrical cable section having a stranded conductor surrounded by a conductor shield encased in a polymeric insulation and having an interstitial void volume in the region ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 7658808 | Method for extending long-term electrical power cable performance An improved method for imparting excellent long-term dielectric performance to an in-service electrical cable section having a stranded conductor surrounded by a conductor shield encased in a polymeric insulation and having an interstitial void volume in the region ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7373055 | System and method for providing a buffer tube including a jet A system and method for providing a buffer tube. The system includes a crosshead that coats at least one optical fiber with a buffer tube coating; a vat that includes a fluid, the fluid within the vat cooling the buffer tube coating to form a buffer tube, and the va... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7343077 | Fiber optic drop wire splice kit The present invention features a system and method for securely holding a fiber optic drop cable splice in place and for creating a watertight splice by encapsulating two or more fiber optic cables having one or more spliced fiber optic strands in an enclosure with ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7335836 | Power supply wire, wire grip, electric appliance suspending device, and electric appliance suspending method The electrical apparatus suspension unit 1 is provided with two power supply wires 20-1 and 20-2 by which the electrical apparatus 3 is conducted and suspended from the ceiling 5. Each of the wires 20 is connec... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7303639 | Method for producing Z-axis interconnection assembly of printed wiring board elements A method of forming a member for joining to form a composite wiring board. The member includes a dielectric substrate. Adhesive tape is applied to at least one face of said substrate. At least one opening is formed through the substrate extending from one face to th... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7282644 | Aerial cable splice closure When making splices of communication cables above ground, a protective closure can be placed around the cable at the location of the splice, thereby protecting the splice from the elements. Rubber walls at either end of the protective closure, which otherwise form a... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7257889 | Method for inserting wires through braided shielding A method for feeding wires through a braided shield, comprises steps of wrapping the ends of the wires with tape to create a plug end; inserting the plug end into a flexible tube that is mounted to an insert tool having a tapered end; feeding the insert tool through... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7256350 | Fluid reservoir for a cable span Embodiments of a fluid storage and introduction device 20 constructed in accordance with aspects of the present invention are provided. One embodiment of the device 20 includes an inner assembly 24 and an outer housing 26. When assembled,... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7235205 | Integrated flange seal electrical connection Disclosed herein are a method and an apparatus for providing a high efficiency seal in an electrical connector. The seal provides an impediment to the passage of fluid at one end of the electrical connector to the environment at the other end of the electrical conne... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7208192 | Thermally or electrically-conductive form-in-place gap filter Application of a thermally and/or electrically conductive compound to fill a thermal and/or EMI shielding gap between a first and a second surface. A supply of a fluent, form-stable compound is provided as an admixture of a cured polymer gel component, and a particu... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204896 | Electrical cable with self-repairing protection and apparatus for manufacturing the same An electrical cable includes a conductor, an outer sheath, and a self-repairing material layer between the conductor and outer sheath. The self-repairing material layer is distributed around the conductor in a discontinuous manner. An anchor portion is formed betwee... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7201867 | Method of installing circuit member in resin-molded panel A method includes a first, a second and a third step, and a circuit member is installed in a resin-molded panel simultaneously when this resin-molded panel is vacuum formed. In the first step, the circuit member to be installed is placed on an upper surface of a cir... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7160146 | Connector insulating boot for different sized conductors and associated methods An electrical connector may include a conductive body having a conductor receiving passageway therein to receive the conductor of a cable end. The conductive body may also have a fastener receiving passageway intersecting the conductor receiving passageway, and a fa... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7112745 | Protector cover for terminal group A protector cover that protects multiple collected wire terminal group splices while reducing the space occupied by the wire harness by locating the protector cover on the wire harness. The protector cover encloses solder joined terminal group splices formed at the ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7090796 | Semiconductive coating and application process for shielded elastomeric electrical cable accessories A method is provided for manufacturing a semiconductive insulating shield for an electrical cable accessory. The method includes providing a substrate having a desired contour in relation to the electrical cable accessory. The substrate is then coated with an elasto... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7080486 | Pass-through firestop device A cast-in-place pass through firestop device for providing a passage in a partition in a structure through which wires, cables, pipes, and the like are run includes a housing having a riser portion with frangible connections that define removable bands that can be r... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7076853 | Method for infusing potting compound into strands of a cable A process for producing a potting transition which is more nearly planar and which is more repeatable from assembly to assembly. Devices for carrying out the process are also disclosed. A stranded cable comprising a containment jacket is stripped of its containment ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070229 | Underhood electronic interior integration An electronic system generally includes a flatwire electronic site and a flatwire bus electronically connecting the flatwire electronic site to an electronic device in the engine compartment. The flatwire electronic site has a flexible substrate with electronic comp... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7050693 | Optical fiber holder and optical fiber holding method An improved optical fiber holder is provided, including: a tubular member (3) for fitting over an optical fiber bundle (1) consisting of a bundle of plural optical fibers (11) to prevent the optical fibers (11) from separating from each o... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7018136 | Method installing a duct, device for carrying out said method, and a tape-shape element for use with said method Method for installing a duct where an existing longitudinal member is present along a section over which the duct is to be installed. The longitudinal member is utilized as a guide for the duct. The tape-shaped element is closed around the longitudinal element throu... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6971897 | Gel-filled telephone jack An improved gel-protected registered telephone jack includes a cavity in a housing, and a rear opening to the cavity that permits positioning an insert that connects permanent telephone wires to spring connectors. A front opening receives a plug to make contact betw... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6969436 | Method and structure for producing Z-axis interconnection assembly of printed wiring board elements A method of forming a member for joining to form a composite wiring board. The member includes a dielectric substrate. Adhesive tape is applied to at least one face of said substrate. At least one opening is formed through the substrate extending from one face to th... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6960380 | Cable sealing A flexible wrap (10) for enclosing a cable splice (20) without external heating includes a gel layer (1) and a support layer (2). The wrap has sufficient flexibility to be manually gathered into wrinkles around the smaller parts of the ca... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6960724 | Dual stress member conductive cable A dual stress member electrical cable includes an electrically conductive, load-bearing core, an insulating layer surrounding the core, and an electrically conductive, outer load-bearing member surrounding the insulating layer. The core may be formed of a solid wire... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6573456 | Self-sealing electrical cable having a finned inner layer An electrical cable and a method for manufacturing the electrical cable are provided in which a plurality of conductors have an inner protective layer extruded thereabout, a ribbed or finned surface exterior thereto which includes a plurality of longitudi... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6521481 | Method for controlling adhesive distribution in a flip-chip semiconductor product A method for controlling the adhesive distribution in a flip-chip semiconductor product has steps: (a) providing a substrate with a flip-chip electrically mounted on the substrate via multiple bumps, (b) providing an dam along an edge of the flip-chip, an... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6521065 | Method of applying a material to wires of a wire group A sealant applicator 1 is provided for applying a waterproofing treatment to a wire assembly, a plurality of wires are aligned in a line according to their diameters in a holder 4 provided on a wire laying board 3. Positioning members 21 of a main unit 2 ... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6514376 | Thermal control apparatus for inductively coupled RF plasma reactor having an overhead solenoidal antenna The invention is embodied in a plasma reactor including a plasma reactor chamber and a workpiece support for holding a workpiece near a support plane inside the chamber during processing, the chamber having a reactor enclosure portion facing the support, ... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6391447 | Method for manufacturing an electric device having an insulation system impregnated with a dielectric fluid A method for manufacture of an electric device having at least one conductor and a porous, fibrous and/or laminated electrically insulating dielectric system comprising a solid electrically insulating part impregnated with a dielectric fluid and a porous,... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6302980 | Method for forming a water-tight section in a predetermined area of a multi-conductor wiring system A method for forming a longitudinally water-tight section in a predetermined area of a multi-conductor wiring system. The multi-conductor wiring system has a plurality of individual conductors, each individual conductor being encased in an insulative shea... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6296173 | Method and apparatus for soldering ball grid array modules to substrates A method and device for attaching a module having a ball grid array or column grid array of solder material thereon arranged in a given pattern or footprint to a substrate having an array of connector pads arranged in the same pattern is provided. A prefo... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6180226 | Method of forming a monolayer of particles, and products formed thereby The present invention provides a number of interrelated methods for the production of random and ordered arrays of particles and recesses as well as films containing such arrays and recesses. The present invention also relates to the random and ordered ar... | 01/30/2001 |
| 6154138 | Alarm device for clothes and method and use of a label The Invention relates to a device (1) for clothes (2) and others which device after activation is arranged to function as protection against theft of the object in question by cooperation with an alarm indicator gate, a hand scanner or any similar control... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6096978 | Flat cable and method for its manufacture A flat cable having a metal conductors enclosed by a flexible insulation sheath. The conductors are flat and in a side by side orientation in the lateral direction and the conductors are provided with bends which enable a substantial increase in the lengt... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6037043 | UV-hardenable and thermally hardenable epoxy resins for underfilling electrical and electronic components UV-hardenable and thermally hardenable epoxy resins for the underfilling process in electrical and electronic components are provided. A new casting resin component has an increased storage stability at room temperature of at least 6 months and improved c... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5993579 | High performance electrical cable and method of manufacture A composite cable has a reinforcing layer with conductors disposed on opposed planar surfaces. Dielectric film layers electrically separate the conductors on the planar reinforcing layer from respective layers of additional conductors. The flexible cable ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5972138 | Process to make miniaturized multipolar flame-propagation-resistant cables having a reduced emission of toxic and noxious gases and cables obtained thereby The process of the invention to make miniaturized multipolar cables includes the steps of combining together a plurality of individually insulated conductors, inserting a filling in a pasty state and containing mineral fillers into the gaps existing betwe... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5888323 | Waterproof cable and method of manufacture thereof A waterproof cable having a plurality of conductive strands which are twisted together to form a wire core which is surrounded by an insulation layer. A water-absorptive swellable powder is applied to the individual strands prior to twisting and thereby i... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5876528 | Apparatus and method for precluding fluid wicking A method and a resulting cable (10) is disclosed which precludes fluid wicking within the interior of the cable (10) by impregnating the cable (10) with a sealing composition and curing the sealing composition therein. The cable (10) includes an ultimate ... | 03/02/1999 |
