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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316246 | Hose assembly A hose assembly comprising a flexible hose and at least one co-extending flexible member. The hose and the member are secured together for tandem movement by means of at least one intermediate resilient mounting means. In operation tension and/or compression induced... | 01/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7145082 | Flexible electrical line A flexible electric line with at least one electrical conductor is provided having a high tensile, nonmetallic element and a plurality of highly conductive metal wires arranged around it. The flexible electric line has a high tensile element that is a loose composit... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7030829 | Transmission line conductor for log-periodic dipole array A conductive member may include a conductor having a pair of opposed parallel surfaces and a cable guide arranged inside the conductor. In another embodiment, a conductive member may include a conductive bar having a pair of opposed parallel surfaces and a convex su... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7015395 | Composite reinforced electrical transmission conductor A composite reinforced electrical transmission conductor primarily designed for transmission of electrical signals. The conductor is comprised of a reinforced plastic composite inner core along with an outer highly electrically conductive sheath therearound. In this... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6677912 | Transmission line conductor for log-periodic dipole array A conductive member may include a conductor having a pair of opposed parallel surfaces and a cable guide arranged inside the conductor. In another embodiment, a conductive member may include a conductive bar having a pair of opposed parallel surfaces and ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6504101 | Clip for flat harness A clip for a flat harness is provided that includes an upper plate, a stem portion extending from a vicinity of an end in a longitudinal direction of the upper plate, and at least one projecting portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the stem ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6448493 | Suspension device having a cable carriage integral therewith The present invention relates to a combined cable suspension device and cable carriage. To enable a cable suspension device (1) to be used also as a cable carriage, the suspension device has been provided with a rotatable cable support (2) which can be mo... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6369328 | Heat dissipating device for transmission line, transmission line with heat dissipating device, and method for fitting heat dissipating device to transmission line The present invention realizes an increase of the capacity of a power transmission wire without replacing an already strung aerial power transmission wire. For this purpose, a braided heat conducting wire heat dissipating belt (1) treated to blacken its s... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6222968 | Cable fitting for a light waveguide cable, which is secured to a cable of a high-voltage overhead line The invention provides a cable fitting which receives light waveguide cables, which are supported by high-voltage overhead lines, or their light waveguide splices and excess lengths. The light waveguide cables are secured to a ground cable or a phase cabl... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6198048 | Device for mounting a cable A device for mounting a cable in a cable protection sleeve that makes use of a disc (101;102). Among the disc's various structural features, the disc has a front face or surface, that is, one which is intended to face towards the outside of the sleeve. Th... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6111194 | Electrical and/or fluid power transmitting assembly in a manipulative robot A power transmitting elongate assembly transmits electrical or fluid power in a manipulative robot. At least one power transmitting elongate element has a longitudinal axis. Each elongate element is configured as an electrical cable or a fluid hose. A pro... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5745627 | Composite cable for fiber-to-the-curb architecture using centralized power A composite distribution cable for connection to a customer's premises has a fiber optic cable, twisted voice band pairs, copper power cables, and a coaxial cable within a common sheath. Water blocking members within the cable fill the voids between the c... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5727106 | Suspended line for an optical fibre unit An installation 10 comprising a line 12 extending between and suspended from a plurality of spaced apart aerial suspension locations 14 defines a passage for an optical fiber unit. The line comprises a plurality of elongate tensile resistant tubes 18 conn... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5694510 | Tub-aggregated optical cable A tube sheet is formed by integrating a plurality of tubes into the form of a sheet. The tube sheet is constricted in junction portions of the respective tubes so that the tube sheet is deformed in these junction portions. At least one such tube sheet is ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5606636 | Optical cable for avoiding dry-band arcing An optical cable for use in an overhead optical transmission system in which the cable is supported along the route of the system by means of towers, masts or other upstanding supports that are also employed to support electrical power cables, includes on... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5544270 | Multiple twisted pair data cable with concentric cable groups A high-speed data communications cable has concentric groupings of twisted pair wires. A first grouping is formed about a filler and enclosed within a thermoplastic jacket. A secondary grouping is formed in a single layer about the thermoplastic jacket of... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5502454 | Electrical conducting sheel structure for coaxial collinear array antenna A shell structure for a collinear coaxial element array antenna is made of electrical conducting material and includes first and second circular sections separated by a web. The first circular section has an inner diameter that is slightly larger than the... | 03/26/1996 |
| 5448670 | Elliptical aerial self-supporting fiber optic cable and associated apparatus and methods An aerial self-supporting fiber optic cable includes a pair of longitudinal strength members extending along respective opposite sides of a core, and a jacket surrounding the core and strength members, wherein the jacket has a generally elliptical outer c... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5266741 | Unitary cable closure A unitary cable closure for telecommunication cables includes a tubular housing having a seamless top that provides a weather-tight enclosure for telecommunication cable splices and repair openings. The closure is hinged along a top edge so that its botto... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5155304 | Aerial service wire An aerial service wire (20) includes a jacket (40) having a generally rectangularly shaped cross section and comprising a polyvinyl chloride plastic material. Enclosed by the jacket are two groups of strength members (36--36) each of which includes a plur... | 10/13/1992 |
| 5147983 | Six phase distribution powerline Apparatus is provided for six-phase distribution of high voltage electrical power. The invention provides new six phase distribution wiring, using coaxial conductors, that is configured to reduce fringing electric and magnetic fields when used either as p... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5095176 | Aerial metallic shielded cable having waterblocking provisions An aerial cable (20) includes a transmission portion and a supporting portion. The transmission portion includes a core (21) comprising at least one transmission medium enclosed in a relatively flexible dielectric wrapping material (23). The wrapping mate... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5073682 | Telecommunications cable A cable for use as aerial service wire having a core of conductors and a load carrier in the form of a plurality of spaced apart tensile reinforcing members spaced from the core as a group laterally on one side of the core. Part of the jacket surrounds th... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5043037 | Method for making high strain aerial fiber optic cable A method for making an improved all-dielectric, self-supporting (ADSS) fiber optic aerial cable with improved mechanical coupling between the primary and secondary strength elements. The method includes calculating the required degree of mechanical coupli... | 08/27/1991 |
| 4838635 | Metal-free, self-supporting optical cable A metal-free optical cable has a cable core with a plurality of optical fibers in a sheath, which is surrounded by a carrier member in the form of at least one ply of a high-strength film material. The improvement characterized by the filament material be... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4776664 | Optical telephone wire An optical telephone wire comprising an optical conductor having a first covering of rectangular cross-section and a messenger cable having a second covering of rectangular cross-section with one set of sides of the two sets of parallel sides of the secon... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4776665 | Metal-free, self-bearing optical cable for high-tension overhead lines A metal free self-bearing optical cable is provided for use as an overhead cable in the field region between phase wires of a high-tension power line. The cable core is formed of slightly electrically conductive material having series resistances of betwe... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4763983 | Optical transmission cable with messenger An optical transmission cable with messenger being of an all-dielectric construction particularly suitable for use in aerial optical communication applications and comprising a figure-eight optical transmission cable with a messenger having a fiber reinfo... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4723832 | Composite overhead cable structure for electric and optical transmission A composite overhead cable structure for electric and optical transmission comprising a pipe, at least one layer of stranded metallic elongated conductor surrounding the outer periphery of said pipe in close contact with said outer periphery, and an optic... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4717237 | Overhead electric and optical transmission systems In an overhead electric and optical transmission system in which at least one of the overhead electric conductors incorporates an optical guide, the overhead electric conductor is mechanically secured to a tower or other rigid support structure by a mecha... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4674832 | End assembly for connection to end of ground wire with optical fiber An end assembly for connection to a ground wire incorporating an optical fiber cable therein includes a tubular compression sleeve of a plastically deformable material, a protective sleeve received in the compression sleeve and having a bulged portion int... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4650715 | Element for transmission of tractive forces Modern synthetic fibers, e.g. made of aromatic polyamides of high tensile strength have not achieved their potential for use as heavy-duty cables because of their smooth surface which gives rise to considerable difficulties in the transfer of high tensile... | 03/17/1987 |
| 4496796 | Buoyant cable The invention relates to a buoyant cable. The cable sheath (3) is divided into two portions (4 and 5) whereby the cable conductor (1) is placed in one (4) of the portions and the cable float (2) in the other portion (5). Thus, the cable conductor is subst... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4494822 | Overhead electric and optical transmission systems In an inexpensive and simple method of effecting a joint between two overhead electric conductors incorporating optical fibres or between an overhead electric conductor incorporating an optical fibre and an optical cable extending to a sub-station or othe... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4467138 | Plural conductor communication wire A communication wire of flat construction has two or more pairs of communication gage polyolefin insulated wires, twisted along their length, disposed in groups on opposite sides and parallel to a conductive steel wire. The steel wire may be galvanized or... | 08/21/1984 |
| 4449012 | Overhead cable with tension-bearing means In known overhead telephone cables comprising two individual encased and stranded conductors, each consisting of a plurality of copper wires for the transmission of signals, and steel wires for load bearing purposes, the problem of relatively high suscept... | 05/15/1984 |
| 4438293 | Cable with impregnated fiber strength member for non-slip clamping The tendency of modern high strength synthetic fibres, e.g., made of aromatic polyamides, when utilized for tension load-carrying purposes in association with an overhead cable arranged parallel thereto within a common protective covering to slip under lo... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4378462 | Self-supporting aerial cable and method of making same A self-supporting aerial cable includes an undulated core enclosed in an aluminum, inner shield, a plastic inner jacket enclosed in a steel, outer shield having an unjoined longitudinal overlapped seam, and a plastic outer jacket. The outer plastic jacket... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4181815 | Self-floating cable for marine operations An electrical cable of the self-floating type for use in marine environments is provided with elements for taking up mechanical tractive forces. The electrical conductors of the cable are surrounded by an inner friction layer with a low friction coefficie... | 01/01/1980 |
