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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7266886 | Method of continuously fabricating a corrugated coaxial cable The invention relates to a method of continuously fabricating a coaxial cable in which ring-shaped corrugations are imparted to a conductor of the cable in a corrugator. The corrugator is made to operate at constant speed. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7084343 | Corrosion protected coaxial cable A corrosion-resistant radio-frequency coaxial cable includes an inner conductor, a layer of dielectric material surrounding the inner conductor and an outer conductor comprising a laminate surrounded by at least one braided aluminum wire sheath. The laminate include... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7044223 | Heater cable and method for manufacturing A method for manufacturing an electrical cable provides an electrical cable suitable for use in heating wells. An elastomeric jacket is extruded over insulated conductors. A stainless steel plate is rolled around the jacket to form a cylindrical coiled tubing having... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6902639 | Seaming plastic film using solvent-based adhesive bead A solvent-based adhesive is used to form a continuous, adhesively bonded and welded seam at the longitudinal edge portions of plastic film which have been overlapped. First, a bead of the adhesive is disposed on the edge portion of a web of film passing over an appl... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6881290 | Process and device for the production of labels and label obtainable by this process The printed web of paper, from which label booklets are formed, is provided in a punching unit with punch cuts, which form at least one row of punched areas and non-punched areas, wherein the punched areas remain joined to the non-punched areas respectively along a ... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6637488 | Tape-sheathing device for an electric wire A tape-sheathing device is provided to eliminate peeling of a tape adhered to an electric wire, in which a first die, a second die and a third die having tapered holes are serially arranged. An electric wire fed by a feed roller and a tape are inserted to... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6367332 | Triboelectric sensor and methods for manufacturing Triboelectric sensors which generate electrical signals in response to mechanical disturbances creating relative motion of conducting and dielectric components of the sensor are fabricated from thin metal foil which is plastic-coated on one side and which... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6103031 | Continous power/signal conductor and cover for downhole use Conductors are placed in insulator which acts as a spacer/centralizer for the conductors, which are in turn mounted within tubing. The void spaces between the insulator and the tubing inside wall can be filled with a sealing material. Alternatively, the v... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5976285 | Method of manufacturing a downhole electrical cable A method of manufacturing a downhole electrical cable is described. The method comprises arranging an elongate member adjacent to a flat elongate sheet of material, where the length of the elongate member is greater than the length of the flat elongate sh... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5975404 | Apparatus for manufacturing an optical cable from a metal tube In a method and apparatus for manufacturing an optical fiber cable, a metal band is gradually shaped into a lengthwise slotted tube, the optical fibers are introduced into the still open slotted tube, the lengthwise slot of the tube is welded and the outs... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5926949 | Method of making coaxial cable A method of making a flexible coaxial cable is provided. The method comprises advancing a cable core comprising a conductor and an expanded foam dielectric surrounding the conductor along a predetermined path of travel, directing an elongate strip of copp... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5861071 | Electrically insulated magnet wire and method of making the same A method of forming electrically insulated magnet wire and a coil formed therefrom. The method involves feeding a flexible electrical insulation tape along a path which converges with a path along which the wire to be wrapped is conveyed. Along the tape t... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5802715 | Method of sealing an elongate cable splice A method and apparatus provides for the sealing of an elongate splice of an electrical cable. A central extent of the splice is enclosed in a cylindrical enclosure tube so as to define exposed lateral splice extents on each side thereof. Sealing dams are ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5620540 | Method and a machine for manufacturing a sheathed bundle of thread-like elements In the method and the machine for manufacturing a bundle (33) of thread-like elements such as tubes or electric cables of finite length and including at least one junction point for a branch, and in which the elements of the bundle are covered by a tape (... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5532429 | Composite shield jacket for electrical transmission cable A composite shield jacket and woven electrical transmission cable assembly is disclosed wherein the shield jacket comprises an outer elastomeric cover and a metalized backing on the interior side of the cover which advantageously may comprise a thin flexi... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5521331 | Shielded electric cable A shielded electric cable having a core including an insulated conductor. A first shielding member formed of an elongated ribbon of insulating material and a pair of elongated metal foil strips arranged in a parallel relationship with the ribbon and bonde... | 05/28/1996 |
| 5451718 | Mechanically bonded metal sheath for power cable A power cable for use in high moisture and chemically corrosive environments has a longitudinally-folded sheath for encapsulating one or more electrical conductors. A plurality of overlapping folds at the longitudinal edges of the sheathing material creat... | 09/19/1995 |
| 5431759 | Cable jacketing method An electrical cable and a method for manufacturing the electrical cable are provided in which a plurality of insulated conductors have a protective jacket extruded thereabout, the protective jacket having an exterior ribbed surface which includes a plural... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5414213 | Shielded electric cable A shielded electric cable having a core including an insulated conductor. A first shielding member formed of an elongated ribbon of insulating material and a pair of elongated metal foil strips arranged in a parallel relationship with the ribbon and bonde... | 05/09/1995 |
| 5410901 | Method and apparatus for forming overlapped tape Provided is a method and apparatus employing stepped overlap apertures disposed in adjacent overlap rings. The rings are arranged so that the diameters of the stepped apertures are sequentially decreasing. The apertures form a generally flat advancing met... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5389736 | Power and control cable with a two layer metallic sheath for marine applications In known cables, the cable core is surrounded by a metallic inner layer of a sheath, and the inner layer is enclosed by a corrugated metallic outer layer of the sheath. In these cables, a high resistance against corrosion and high temperatures at a good s... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5334271 | Process for manufacture of twisted pair electrical cables having conductors of equal length A process for obtaining a twisted pair electrical signal cable having conductors of equal physical length and equal signal transmitting properties by passing a parallel pair of adhered insulated conductors of equal length through a closely-fitting die and... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5321202 | Shielded electric cable A shielded electric cable having a core including an insulated conductor. A first shielding member formed of an elongated ribbon of insulating material and a pair of elongated metal foil strips arranged in a parallel relationship with the ribbon and bonde... | 06/14/1994 |
| 5254806 | Insulated magnet wire, method of forming the same, and transformer windings formed therefrom A magnet wire of modified cross-section is electrically insulated by adhering thereto an insulation tape which does not require a high temperature adherance step. The insulation tape has a pressure-sensitive adhesive coating which, prior to application to... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5254188 | Coaxial cable having a flat wire reinforcing covering and method for making same A coaxial cable of the type used for a drop cable for cable television includes flat reinforcing wires forming a reinforcing covering for a foil shield. The coaxial cable includes an elongate center conductor, a surrounding dielectric material, and an out... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5197182 | Apparatus for manufacturing an electric cable An apparatus for manufacturing an electric cable comprises a flexible belt on which a plurality of longitudinal projections are formed, a motor to move the flexible belt at the same speed as a cable core covered with an insulating layer, and a forming uni... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5181316 | Method for making flexible coaxial cable An improved method of making a flexible coaxial cable (10) having a dielectric core (12) comprising an inner conductor (14) and a dielectric (16) surrounding the inner conductor (14), and a corrugated outer conductive sheath (18, 20) having a plurality of... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5180885 | Electrostatic charge dissipating electrical wire assembly and process for using same An electrostatic charge dissipating protective jacket for bundles of wire made from a polyether-based polyurethane sheet encircling the bundle with the overlapping edges bonded together by an adhesive under pressure at room temperature and containing an e... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5122209 | Temperature compensated wire-conducting tube and method of manufacture A method and apparatus for manufacturing a continuous metal tube having a plurality of electrical conductors disposed therein, by using a spring member to depress the electrical conductors while a flat metal strip is formed into a tubular member and welde... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5111002 | Method of fabricating thermocouple cable and the cable resulting therefrom An improvement in the method for preparing diffusion resistant clad thermocouple cable by placing the thermocouple wires in MgO powder or pellets on a strip of metal cladding material and longitudinally bending the strip of cladding material around the th... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5023395 | Cable shielding tape A cable shielding tape is produced by laminating a single layer of an insulating material film which may be plastic to a conducting layer which may be of metallic foil with one edge of the conducting layer offset laterally with respect to said insulating ... | 06/11/1991 |
| 5018268 | Apparatus for forming metal shield from tape Forming a metal shield on a cable core in which a frusto-conical forming surface for the shield has a plurality of former sections disposed side-by-side from a downstream end of the former. The sections are removable, in order, from the downstream end to ... | 05/28/1991 |
| 4984357 | Method and apparatus for forming metal shield from tape Forming metal shield for cable core in which a metal tape is moved along a passline over a concave forming surface which tapers in a downstream direction. A convex rotating roller lying parallel to an adjacent region of the forming surface urges the tape ... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4954213 | Wrap-around recoverable sleeve A wrap-around sleeve for environmental sealing of cables etc. comprises a first web of shrinkable material, preferably electrically-heatable and having closure rails at opposing edge portions which can be held together to maintain the sleeve in a wrapped ... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4943341 | Device with contrarotating knives for severing filter cigarette uniting bands from webs in automatic filter tipping machines A device with contratrotating knives for severing filter cigarette uniting bands from webs for filter cigarette assemblies in automatic filter tipping mahines, in which the knives are carried by drums in arrays with their cutting edges meeting with tangen... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4920234 | Round cable having a corrugated septum A cable structure in round or flat form is characterized by a corrugated septum disposed intermediate an inner and an outer sheath. The septum contacts the sheaths to define tubular envelopes extending axially along the length of the cable. Each of the en... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4898640 | Cable shielding tape and cables incorporating such tape A cable shielding tape is produced by laminating a single layer of an insulating material film which may be plastic to a conducting layer which may be of metallic foil with one edge of the conducting layer offset laterally with respect to said insulating ... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4863535 | Electrical environmental sealant and method A method and arrangement are provided to generate an environmental seal around a connection such as an electrical junction. The arrangement comprises a pad arrangement having a substrate and a sealant pad associated therewith. The sealant pad comprises a ... | 09/05/1989 |
| 4859534 | Method and apparatus for repairing a cable The invention provides a laminated wrap for repairing an electrical cable, the wrap being adapted to be stretched around the cable with the longitudinal sides of the wrap overlapping one another. The outer layer of the wrap is of a wear and fire resistant... | 08/22/1989 |
| 4855534 | Cable shielding tape and cables incorporating such tape A cable shielding tape is produced by laminating a single layer of an insulating material film which may be plastic to a conducting layer which may be of metallic foil with the conducting layer offset laterally with respect to said insulating layer, leavi... | 08/08/1989 |
