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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8153896 | Electrical-wire support apparatus An electrical-wire support structure (30) is disposed at a rotary connection portion of a device and connects first and second portions (11, 12) of the device. The second portion being rotatable about at least two rotational axes. The electrical-wire s... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8124874 | Insulator disk for supporting a linear conductor, and an electrical assembly including such a disk An electrical insulator disk has central recesses and peripheral recesses to enable the disk to be mounted floatingly relative to flanges between which the disk is held and to a linear conductor that extends through the disk. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8106296 | Electrical component comprising a hotmelt element An electrical component having at least one cable element, at least one solder joint, at least one hotmelt element and at least one substrate element. The cable element is connected with the substrate element by the solder joint. The at least one solder joint is not... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7994425 | Flexible wiring cable A flexible wiring cable includes a first wiring assembly connected to a load, a second wiring assembly connected to the first wiring assembly and extending toward an external signal source, and a circuit element mounted on the first wiring assembly to drive the load... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7439446 | Cable-routing device The invention relates to a cable-routing device including links that are open at the ends, joined together in pivoting fashion and can be angled-relative to each other in at least two directions, said links being arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal dir... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7369739 | Fiber optic cable protective apparatus A rigid casing provides support and protection for two separate fiber optic jumper cables of a fiber optic test set and which may be wound on two separate spools for extension and retraction relative to the casing. A selected length of one of the cables may be exten... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368162 | Aluminum conductor composite core reinforced cable and method of manufacture This invention relates to an aluminum conductor composite core reinforced cable (ACCC) and method of manufacture. An ACCC cable having a composite core surrounded by at least one layer of aluminum conductor. The composite core comprises at least one longitudinally o... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7339112 | Electric supply device An electric supply device includes: a protector arranged in a slide structure; and a wiring harness guided out being bent from a harness fixing part situated in the protector toward a fixed structure, wherein the harness fixing part is situated in an opening directi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7339116 | High performance data cable The present invention is for a high performance data cable which has an interior support or star separator. The star separator or interior support extends along the longitudinal length of the data cable. The star separator or interior support has a central region. A... | 03/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7323641 | Wired circuit board holding sheet and production method thereof A wired circuit board holding sheet that can permit easy judgment on whether a cutting notch formed has a predetermined depth, and a production method of the wired circuit board holding sheet that can produce the wired circuit board holding sheet simply and easily. ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7285726 | Subsea power cable A subsea power cable includes a conductor encompassed by a layer of high voltage insulation material including inner and outer semiconducting layers. The insulated conductor is encompassed by a number of armouring elements each consisting of fibers enclosed within a... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7278614 | Cable mount and fixture having electrical switch assembly A cable mount and fixture system is disclosed. The system includes a mounting fixture, a cable mount insertable into the mounting fixture, and a switch assembly connected to the mounting fixture. The switch assembly includes an actuating signal that verifies that th... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7279638 | Harness structure for a sliding door A wiring harness is horizontally swingably arranged from the sliding door to a vehicle body. A resilient member arranged at the sliding door energizes the wiring harness toward the vehicle body when the sliding door is fully closed, and energizes to bend the wiring ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7271602 | Probe card assembly and method of attaching probes to the probe card assembly A probe card assembly is provided. The probe card assembly includes a substrate layer defining a plurality of apertures and a plurality of probes. Each of the probes has a base and a tip. The base of each probe is configured to be at least partially inserted within ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7250572 | Cable clamp member for cable protective guide device The present invention provides a cable clamp member capable of reducing the providing cost or manufacturing cost of a device and surely clamping stored cables to a moving end or a fixed end flexibly in conformation to the size or layout of stored cables. The cable c... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7239781 | Composite fiber radial compression members in an umbilical The present inventions relate generally to umbilicals comprising at least one inner tube and at least one composite fiber element to provide greater resistance to radial compressive forces. Such umbilicals may be used in subsea hydrocarbon production applications. | 07/03/2007 |
| 7223111 | Electrical connector An electrical connector that has an array of conductors each having a contact point to make contact with a mating conductive surface. Upon engaging the contact points in a sliding manner with the mating surface, the conductors are displaced, which, in turn, tensions... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7190587 | Fanless high-efficiency cooling device using ion wind Disclosed herein is a fanless high-efficiency cooling device that is applicable to electronic products having heat sources, such as plasma display panel (PDP) televisions, liquid crystal display (LCD) televisions, and liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors. The fanle... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185850 | Cut to fit powered seat track cover A seat track cover for transferring at least one of electrical power and data between two seats. The cover has a housing and a cable. The housing is sized to extend between a first seat leg assembly of a first seat and a second seat leg assembly of a second seat. Th... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7179522 | Aluminum conductor composite core reinforced cable and method of manufacture This invention relates to an aluminum conductor composite core reinforced cable (ACCC) and method of manufacture. An ACCC cable has a composite core surrounded by at least one layer of aluminum conductor. The composite core comprises a plurality of fibers from at le... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174075 | Integrated arrangement of optical fibers in a conductor An electrical conductor and in particular a conductor bar of an electrical machine, particularly a generator or transformer, in which an optical measuring device can be integrally arranged. A measuring unit includes an electrical conductor and an optical measuring d... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7172155 | Seat interface for powered seat track cover A power supply system operable to supply power and/or data to aircraft passenger seats that eliminates the need to extend individual cables to each seat and eliminates the need to rewire the passenger cabin when the seats are moved. The system includes a first conne... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7156692 | Eye grounding controller A lifting and anti torque lifting means to be attached to a clamp or other end termination of a temporary conductor. In power distribution services the most common use of such a temporary conductor is a grounding set which is used to provide a conductive path betwee... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156125 | Coaxial hose assembly and method of making same The present invention, there is provided a hose assembly having a tubular first layer containing therein multiple compartments 11 for carrying fluids in an automobile. Also disclosed is a method of making a hose assembly by forming a multiple compartment first layer... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154042 | Electrical connector with snap fit retainer ring constructed to enhance the connection of the connector to an electrical box An electric connector assembly disclosing various embodiments, each of which includes a connector body having a frustro-conically shaped outlet end portion that converges toward the outlet opening and having a complementary frustro conically shaped retainer ring cir... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151464 | Drive device with radio frequency control A drive device with radiofrequency control includes a motor, a radiofrequency receiver for receiving radiofrequency signals and for controlling the motor. Electrical conductors provide power for both the motor and the radiofrequency circuit. The antenna is connected... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151223 | Snap fit electrical connector assembly with outer frustro conical retainer ring and internal unidirectional snap fit wire conductor retainer Various embodiments of electric connector assemblies, each of which includes a connector body having a frustro-conically shaped outlet end portion that converges toward the outlet opening with a complementary frustro-conically shaped external ring circumscribing the... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7151222 | Adjustable wire shield A wire shield has a first tubular section for attachment to a fixed component. A second tubular section is integrally joined to the first tubular section along a common longitudinal axis. The second tubular section has an outer diameter with an outer surface. A smal... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7140578 | Cable duct with punchouts A ducting system for managing fiber optic, or other sorts of cabling. The duct has perforated circular punchouts in its sides. To drop cables to equipment below, the user simply punches out one of the circular perforated sections in the duct. This will leave a hole,... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7132602 | Cable or the like clamp member for cable or the like protection and guide device The present invention provides a cable or the like clamp member 120 to guide and protect a flexible cable or the like. The cable or like guide and protection is flexible and the clamp member 120 is adaptable to adjust to the thicknesses, number, and la... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7079734 | Fiber optic drop cables suitable for fiber to the subscriber applications A fiber optic drop cable is disclosed that includes at least one optical waveguide disposed within a tube, a first and second strength assembly, and a cable jacket. Each strength assembly includes a strength component and a plurality of strength members, wherein the... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7075015 | Wildlife guard for electrical power distribution and substation facilities The present disclosure provides a wildlife guard for electrical power equipment including a disc having a central opening for fitting onto the equipment. The disc includes an electrically insulating material with a conductive filler material in quantity sufficient f... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7060903 | Feeder assembly The present invention is to provide a smooth swing of a wiring harness without interference when a moving structure, such as a sliding door, moves. A feeder assembly includes an inner member having a wiring harness fastener and a wiring harness outlet in succession ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057107 | Snap fit electrical connector assembly with conical outer snap fit retainer and externally mounted internal wire retainer An electric connector assembly having a connector body defining an inlet end portion and an outlet end portion interconnected by a through bore wherein the outlet end portion is provided with a tapering frustro conical surface that is circumscribed by an external re... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7054531 | High density fiber optic premises cable with easy open units A unitized fiber optic cable 10 includes a plurality of unit cables 20, each of which also includes a plurality of tight buffered optical fibers 30. The unit cables 20 aid in segregating and identifying individual tight buffered optical f... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7052768 | Solid insulator and method for manufacturing a solid insulator Solid insulator for gas-insulated encapsulated high voltage installations with an insulator body, which is supporting at least one central conductor that is provided for carrying high voltage and that is arranged in an outer enclosure. The insulator body comprises a... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7029316 | Eye grounding controller A lifting and anti torque bracket to-be-attached to a clamp or other end termination of a temporary conductor In power distribution services the most common use of such a temporary conductor is a grounding set which is used to provide a conductive path between power... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7020995 | Deterrent strip for repelling birds and other pests A deterrent strip for repelling birds and other pests includes two electrical wire support members separated by spaces extending across the strip to allow bending. Connectors are attached to the wire support members to resist lengthwise stretching of the strip, the ... | 04/04/2006 |
