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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7893357 | Roebel winding with conductive felt A conductive filler comprising a conductive felt and a non-conductive resin for use in a Roebel bar or winding and the manufacture of the conductive filler and Roebel bar or winding. ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7435909 | Low cost, high performance flexible reinforcement for communications cable A low cost, high performance flexible reinforcement member that can be used for both optical and copper communications cable. The reinforcement members made according to the preferred process are more rigid than known reinforcement members, but are less rigid than g... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7417187 | Composite cable and composite cable processed product A composite cable includes at least two flexible resin tubes through which a refrigerant flows, and a plurality of signal lines or a plurality of signal line units including a plurality of signal lines. The plurality of signal lines or the plurality of signal line u... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411132 | Water blocking electrical cable An electrical cable for shipboard use that can block water is disclosed. The electrical cable includes conductors, water swellable tapes, water swellable yarns, solid fillers, and a jacket. Each conductor is substantially wrapped with water swellable tape. The condu... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7349607 | Optical transmission element Between an optical fiber (LF11, LFB12, LFB13) and a surrounding core covering (AH11, AH12, SB13) of an optical transmission element (OE11 to OE13) there is at least one dry and compressible fixating element (FE... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7336873 | Optical tube assembly having a dry insert and methods of making the same An optical tube assembly having at least one optical waveguide, at least one dry insert, and a tube. In one embodiment, the dry insert has a first layer and a second layer. The first layer is a polyurethane foam and the second layer is a water-swellable layer, where... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7316585 | Reducing suck-out insertion loss An electrical connector including a lead frame assembly of a first dielectric material that includes a pocket filled with a second dielectric material. A first ground reference, which may be either a ground contact or conductor or a virtual ground defined between si... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7293895 | Modular lighting system and method of installation A modular lighting system is formed of tubular fluorescent lamps mounted within adjustable fixtures. The fixtures are composed of rigid and flexible elements and can conform to the shape of almost any size or shape of lamp. The lamps may be of any variety of pre-det... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7277615 | Fiber optic cable having a dry insert and methods of making the same A fiber optic cable and a method of making the same include at least one optical waveguide, at least one dry insert and a cable jacket. The at least one optical waveguide and at least one dry insert are at least partially disposed within a cavity of the cable jacket... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7254302 | Optical tube assembly having a dry insert and methods of making the same An optical tube assembly having at least one optical waveguide, at least one dry insert, and a tube. The at least one optical waveguide is disposed within the tube and generally surrounds the at least one optical waveguide. In one embodiment, the dry insert has a fi... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7254303 | Optical tube assembly having a dry insert and methods of making the same An optical tube assembly and method of manufacture include at least one optical waveguide, at least one dry insert that generally surrounds the at least one optical waveguide, and a tube. The dry insert includes a tape and at least one filament attached to the tape,... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247797 | Communication cable A communication cable (K) with a large number of conductor cores (2) includes insulated conductors in which the conductor cores (2) are stranded with one another to form stranded elements (1). A large number of the stranded conductor cores are c... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7236670 | Optical tube assembly having a dry insert and methods of making the same An optical tube assembly and methods of manufacturing the same include a tube, at least one optical waveguide, and a dry insert. In one embodiment, the dry insert generally surrounds the at least one optical waveguide and forms a core that is disposed within the tub... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7235743 | Resilient electrical cables Compression, stretch, and crush resistant cables which are useful for welibores. The cables include insulated conductors, a compression and creep resistant jacket surrounding the insulated conductors, a filler material and compression resistant filler rods placed in... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7231119 | Dry fiber optic assemblies and cables A tube assembly of the present invention has at least one subunit with at least one dry insert generally surrounding the subunit which may be disposed within a tube, thereby forming a tube assembly. The subunit includes a fiber optic ribbon and a sheath, wherein the... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7214883 | Electrical signal cable The present invention provides an electrical cable having two or more conductors, one or more multistrip insulators separating the two or more conductors from one another, and a protective cover formed around the two or more conductors and one or more multistrip ins... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206482 | Protective casings for optical fibers Disclosed is a fiber optic drop cable including at least one optical waveguide, at least one roving, and a cable jacket. In one embodiment, the at least one roving includes a resin matrix having a water-based acrylic composition that includes an ethylene-acrylic aci... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7184634 | Fiber optic drop cables suitable for outdoor fiber to the subscriber applications A fiber optic drop cable including at least one optical waveguide, at least one roving, and a cable jacket. In one embodiment, the at least one roving includes a resin matrix having a water-based acrylic composition that includes an ethylene-acrylic acid and a water... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180000 | Low cost, high performance, flexible, water-swellable reinforcement for communications cable A low cost, high performance, water-swellable, flexible reinforcement member that can be used for both optical and copper communications cable. The water-swellable reinforcement members made according to the preferred process are more rigid than known reinforcement ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7164078 | Abrasion-resistant jacket An abrasion-resistant jacket for a flexible cable with a cable core and a jacket made of an abrasion-resistant thermoplastic material surrounding the cable core, particularly for a drag chain cable or a robot cable. The jacket includes an inner extruded plastic laye... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7097495 | System and methods for connecting electrical components The present disclosure is directed to methods and devices that use a contact interface for establishing an electrical connection with an electrical component. In certain exemplary embodiments, the contact interface of a device includes at least one loading fiber and... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094064 | Multiple-contact woven electrical switches The present disclosure is directed to electrical switches that utilize conductors that are woven onto loading fibers and a mating conductor that has a contact mating surface. Each conductor has at least one contact point. The loading fibers are capable of delivering... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7083427 | Woven multiple-contact connectors A multiple-contact woven connector comprising at least one conductor woven onto a plurality of loading fibers. Each conductor has at least one contact point. The loading fibers are capable of delivering a contact force at the contact points of the conductors. The co... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7053309 | Cable with shielding strip The figure shows an electrical cable with conductors (1) of metal, surrounded by each of an inner conducting layer (2), insulation (3) and an outer conducting layer (4). A moisture barrier (11) with an electrically conducting layer... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6970629 | Optical tube assembly having a dry insert and methods of making the same An optical tube assembly and methods of manufacturing the same include a tube, at least one optical waveguide, and a dry insert. In one embodiment, the dry insert generally surrounds the at least one optical waveguide and forms a core that is disposed within the tub... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6965081 | Cable 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 insulatin... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6951465 | Multiple-contact woven power connectors Multiple-contact woven power connectors are provided that have at least a first set of loading fibers and at least a first set of conductors. When woven onto a set of loading fibers, the conductors define a space. The loading fibers are capable of delivering contact... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6945790 | Multiple-contact cable connector assemblies The present disclosure is directed to electrical cable connector assemblies that have a woven connector element and a cable subassembly. The woven connector element utilizes loading fibers and conductors. Each conductor has at least one contact point. The conductors... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6897382 | Low cost, high performance, rodent resistant, flexible reinforcement for communications cable A low cost, high performance flexible, rodent resistant reinforcement member that can be used for both optical and copper communications cable. The reinforcement members made according to the preferred process are more rigid than known reinforcement members, but are... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6861143 | Cable with recyclable covering A cable includes at least one conductor and at least one covering layer. The at least one covering layer includes a thermoplastic polymer material. The polymer material includes a propylene homopolymer or a copolymer of propylene with an olefin comonomer. The olefin... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6827805 | Method of making a conductive filler A method for producing an electrically conductive filler by placing a web of core material onto an interior surface of a web of conductive layer material. The webs of core material and conductive layer material are directed through a forming station for folding the ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6825419 | Electric cable for connection of mobile electric consumers An electrical cable (K) has at least two strands (1) consisting of insulated conductors (2) stranded together. Insulation on the strands (1) consists of an inner layer in contact with the conductor, and which is softer than an outer layer. The s... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6816655 | Copper and optical fiber cable with improved filling material A copper and optical fiber filling material that comprises a hydrocarbon component, which is semisolid at use temperatures in combination with an antioxidant system comprising of (a) sulfur containing primary phenolic antioxidant; (b) a mixture of mono- and di-alkyl... | 11/09/2004 |
| 6791454 | Cable The present invention relates to a cable (K1, K2) which has integrated identification transmitters (KG1-KG5) for cable-specific data. This data can be checked by using wires or without wires. In this way, for example, extensive details re... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6728384 | Hearing aid connection system A cable incorporates at least one flexible conductor and a non-conductive, elongated, strain relieving member bound mechanically to the conductor. The strain relieving member is mechanically attached between two relatively movable components. The electrical conducto... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6710243 | Structure of signal line A structure of signal line comprising a core portion, a middle filler layer, an obscuring layer and a coating portion, the core portion is a transmission conductor with a rectangular cross section; the obscuring layer has at least a knitted metallic obscuring layer;... | 03/23/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6559384 | Conductive filler An electrically conductive filler. The filler having a substantially non-conductive core and a conductive layer. The conductive layer is wrapped around the core to form a closed loop thereby establishing conductivity from a bottom of the filler to a top o... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6534716 | Fibre channel cable In one embodiment of the present invention, a cable is provided that may be used to transmit signals that may be used to implement two fibre channel arbitrated loops.... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6528730 | Three-core cable A three-core cable, preferably intended for medium-level voltage, is provided with a longitudinal water seal. Three conductors 12' are included inside the sheath and screen, and filler strings (18") are placed in cavities in the longitudinal direction of ... | 03/04/2003 |
