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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7432448 | Low cost aircraft structures and avionics manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials Aircraft structures and avionics are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resi... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7322595 | Electrically insulated fixing device for an airbag module A fastening arrangement for an airbag module in motor vehicles wherein the gas generator is fastened by means of at least one stay bolt and nut screwed thereupon. The bolt is designed for the gas generator and penetrating through at least one hole of a retaining mem... | 01/29/2008 |
| 6479590 | Electrical insulating resin material, electrical insulating material, and electric wire and cable using the same The present invention relates to a resin material for an electrical insulating material, an electrical insulating material and electric wire and cable using the same. A resin material for an electrical insulating material according to present invention is... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6436536 | Electric cable coated with polyolefin and polymer with ester and epoxy groups A polymeric composition for coating electric cables for power transmission at medium/high voltage, having an improved resistance against the formation of the so-called water trees, comprises a polymeric polyolefin base including, in parts by weight to the... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6403503 | Fiberglass cloth resin tape insulation An improved electrical insulation tape is formed from a sheet of fiberglass cloth having a layer of thermoplastic resin bonded thereto. The thermoplastic resin layer is applied to the fiberglass sheet by melting the resin while contacting the fiberglass, ... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6274240 | 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... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6245426 | Electric device with a porous conductor insulation impregnated with a dielectric fluid exhibiting a rheologic transition point An electric device comprising a conductor and a porous conductor insulation impregnated with a dielectric fluid. Where the dielectric fluid comprises; a polymer; and a hydrocarbon-based fluid. The dielectric fluid being composed such that a part of the polymer ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6228494 | Method to reduce partial discharge in high voltage stator coil's roebel filler A filler material for the exterior surface of a high voltage coil having Roebeled strands is described. The filler material comprises an epoxy resin impregnated felt which is wrapped in a low resistance conductive tape. The conductive tape reduces potenti... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6143822 | Polyethylene crosslinkable composition A composition comprising: (a) polyethylene; (b) as a scorch inhibitor, 1,1-diphenylethylene, substituted or unsubstituted; (c) optionally, a cure booster; and (d) an organic peroxide.... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6127482 | Crosslinkable polyethylene composition A composition comprising: (a) polyethylene; (b) a cure booster selected from the group consisting of 3,9-divinyl-2,4,8,10-tetra-oxaspiro[5.5]undecane (DVS); a copolymer of ethylene and DVS; and an ethylene homopolymer or copolymer having DVS grafted there... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6103971 | Cleaner hose with internal spiral wound steel and resin fibers Two hard steel wire-made reinforcing wires and two synthetic resin wires which are harder than a soft synthetic resin pipe wall are alternately wound spirally on an inner side of the synthetic resin pipe wall while keeping predetermined intervals.... | 08/15/2000 |
| 5989702 | Sandwich insulation for increased corona resistance A sandwich type insulation for electrical machinery comprising a laminate of a polymeric material such as polyimide which contains particles of an inorganic corona resistant material, said polymeric material being bonded to mica paper consisting of mica, ... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5919565 | Tree resistant cable A cable comprising one or more electrical conductors or a core of one or more electrical conductors, each conductor or core being surrounded by an insulating composition comprising a mixture of (i) about 20 to about 50 percent by weight of a homogeneous polyet... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5912436 | Co-extruded electric conductor cable in three insulating layers of low humidity absorption electric method low smoke and toxic gas emission flame retardant A coextruded triple layer electric conductor for cable insulation having low humidity absorption, low emission of toxic gases, low smoke emission and high flame retardance comprising a first layer comprising polyvinyl chloride as a base over an electric c... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5861578 | Electrical conductors coated with corona resistant, multilayer insulation system Electrical conductor coated with a corona-resistant, multilayer insulation system comprising first, second, and third insulation layers. The first insulation layer is disposed peripherally around the electrical conductor, the second layer is disposed peri... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5733402 | Method for producing electrically insulated coils In the production of electrically insulated coils which make up insulating layers, insulating material is wound around an electric conductor to form an insulating substrate, then impregnating varnish consisting of thermosetting resin is applied to the ins... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5705009 | Process for producing an insulation system This invention relates to a process for producing an insulation system (1) for an electrically conductive component (10). Use is made of an insulating material (5) which is protected against damage by the partial discharge of electric fields. To produce t... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5654095 | Pulsed voltage surge resistant magnet wire A pulsed voltage surge resistant magnet wire comprising a conductor, a continuous and concentric and flexible uniform coat of base insulation material superimposed on the conductor and an essentially continuous and concentric and uniform pulsed voltage su... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5635677 | Series of parallel electrical conductors held together by interwoven braiding A flat cable comprises a series of parallel electrical conductors (1 to 6) each carrying a spiral-wound tape insulation layer (30). The conductors are held together by braiding formed of a plurality of tapes (10 to 22) or fibres interwoven between the con... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5614319 | Insulating composition, insulated plenum cable and methods for making same There is disclosed an insulating composition comprising a mixture of a polyolefin, such as polyethylene or polypropylene, and a partially fluorinated copolymer such as ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE) or ethylene-trifluoroethylene (ETFE) in an amo... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5562957 | Multilayer fire protective coating A fire safety coating, particularly intended for application to hydrocarbon-conducting steel pipes (1) in the splash zone underneath oil plants at sea, consists of at least three layers, where the outer layer (5) is a mechanical protecting layer of rubber... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5399434 | High temperature polyimide-fluoropolymer laminar structure Laminar structures having a polyimide core layer, inner fluorinated ethylenepropylene copolymer (FEP) layers, intermediate polytetrafluoroethylene homopolymer (PTFE) and fluorinated ethylenepropylene copolymer (FEP) blend layers and outer fluorinated ... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5330809 | Thermal protection sleeve for reducing overheating of wire bundles utilized in aircraft application An electrical cable having a wire bundle core surrounded by a thermal protection sleeve, the thermal protection sleeve consisting of a sandwich structure of outer acrylic adhesive layer and a silicone foam core.... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5326604 | Thermal protection sleeve for reducing overheating of wire bundles utilized in aircraft application An electrical cable having a wire bundle core surrounded by a thermal and chafe protection sleeve, the thermal and chafe protection sleeve consisting of a sandwich structure having an additional outer layer of fiberglass lacing tape and a fluorosilicone f... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5310964 | Electric and communication cables A cable comprising a core enclosed in an external sheath of a char-forming low-smoke-and-fume composition is characterized by a tape of flexible mineral material, preferably a woven glass-fiber tape, wrapped round the core and by an adhesive bonding the t... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5304740 | Fusible link wire A fusible link wire for use in an electric circuit comprising a fusible conductor for opening the circuit in response to a given current level, an inner electrical insulation layer surrounding the fusible conductor, a braided sheath positioned over the in... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5275885 | Piezoelectric cable A piezoelectric cable for use in detecting under water acoustic wave while being trailed by a boat is disclosed, which includes a core electrode, an outer electrode surrounding the core electrode, a piezoelectric layer disposed between the core electrode ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5274196 | Fiberglass cloth resin tape insulation An improved electrical insulation tape is formed from a sheet of fiberglass cloth having a layer of thermoplastic resin bonded thereto. The thermoplastic resin layer is applied to the fiberglass sheet by melting the resin while contacting the fiberglass, ... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5105057 | Insulated magnet wire and method of forming the same Magnet wire is insulated with a paper insulation sheet which is longitudinally wrapped onto the wire. The paper sheet is precoated on one side with a layer of resinous adhesive dielectric material such as a thermoplastic polyester. The outside surface of ... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5089329 | Expandable tape for cables, the use thereof, and cables This invention relates to an expandable tape for use in making cables. The expandable tape comprises a carrier material carrying thermally expanding microcapsules therein or thereon. The invention also relates to the use of the tape in the manufacture of ... | 02/18/1992 |
| 4994632 | Electric cable with laminated tape insulation A paper-polymeric material, laminated tape, an electric cable insulated with such tape and a method of making the tape. The tape includes a film of polymeric material to at least one surface of which a paper tape comprising cellulose fibers is bonded by c... | 02/19/1991 |
| 4892683 | Flame retardant low smoke poly(vinyl chloride) thermoplastic compositions Flame retardant low smoke PVC-based thermoplastic compositions for use in wire insulation and cable jacketing. The compositions include poly(vinyl chloride), an additional chlorinated resin, tribasic lead sulfate, a molybdenum-containing smoke suppressing... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4869848 | Flame-retardant composition and flame-retardant cable using same A flame-retardant composition is prepared by mixing 100 parts by weight of a rubber or plastics free from any halogen with about 50 to about 200 parts by weight of magnesium hydroxide having an average particle diameter of about 0.3 to about 2 μm and abo... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868035 | Electrical insulating materials made partly or wholly of polyester film Improved electrical insulating tapes are disclosed having a poly(ethylene terephthalate) film component. The film has one amorphous surface and an opposite crystalline surface. In a preferred embodiment, a composite insulating material is provided having ... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4836769 | Water-cooled winding for electromagnetic stirrer Disclosed is a water-cooled winding for an electromagnetic stirrer, which comprises a coil including a plurality of wound flat type wires having a wire-insulating turn insulation, and a porous polyamide fiber having an air permeation rate not higher than ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4818909 | Insulated coil assembly An insulated coil assembly for use in electrical apparatus includes a coil of conductive wire formed in a predetermined configuration around selected portions of which is disposed an insulating layer comprised of a cured resin impregnated, close woven, he... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4810834 | Tensionproof cable The disclosed communications cables have tensionproof jackets which consist of tensionproof and axial-compression-resistant tape and an outer plastic covering extruded over the tape. The tape includes lengthwise threads of aramid or glass, lengthwise thre... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4761520 | Spiral wrapped insulated magnet wire Magnet wire substrates (1) are described having a layer of glass fiber (2) wrapped thereon, which has a layer of spirally wrapped and bonded polyester insulation tape (3) as the outermost layer. The resulting insulated magnet wire in addition to having th... | 08/02/1988 |
| 4711811 | Thin wall cover on foamed insulation on wire This invention relates to the use of ethylene/tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) or ethylene/chlorotrifluoroethylene (ECTFE) polymers to produce a foamed coating of insulation over wire and used as wire pairs for transmitting electronic signals, in which the foam... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4710594 | Telecommunications cable A telecommunications cable having no metal sheath, but having a plurality of equally pre-tensioned and inextensible tensile members embedded in the cable jacket. These members are spaced apart around the core and extend longitudinally of the cable to appl... | 12/01/1987 |