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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7624503 | Method for manufacturing wire harness branching portion Manufacturing is carried out while including the steps of: from a trunk line 12, drawing out electric wires 13a to be a branch line 14 longer than a required length of the branch line 14; forming a branch line portion 17 by ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7426782 | Methods and apparatus for connecting conductors using a wedge connector A method for connecting first and second elongate conductors using a wedge connector includes: providing a wedge connector including a sleeve member, a wedge member, and a lubricant coating disposed on at least one of the sleeve member and the wedge member, the slee... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7404252 | Method for fastening two coplanar edges without a weld A method and apparatus for fastening two substantially coplanar edges without a weld is disclosed. The method includes: configuring a dovetail feature on a first edge; configuring a complementary dovetail feature receptacle on a second edge to receive the dovetail f... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7334919 | LED device and the manufacturing method thereof Disclosed are a LED device and the manufacturing method thereof, the device comprises a LED, which is composed of a LED chip and bonded wires, both connected to a plurality of lead frames and enveloped by a lamp cap, wherein one end of the lead frames emerges from t... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334321 | Wire loader An automated wire harness machine is capable of manufacturing a wire harness in an automated process. The wire harness is generally a plurality of bundled, preferably un-stripped, insulated wires. Each un-stripped end portion of each wire is preferably terminated by... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7332677 | Multiconductor cable assemblies and methods of making multiconductor cable assemblies A multiconductor cable assembly and a method of making a multiconductor cable assembly are disclosed. The multiconductor cable assembly comprises a conductor and a covering comprising a thermoplastic composition. The thermoplastic composition comprises a poly(arylen... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322220 | Apparatus for manufacturing trapezoidal wire using two-set shaping rollers An apparatus for manufacturing a trapezoidal wire using two-set shaping rollers has a body rotating about a central axis at a predetermined speed, a plurality of first shaping roller sets installed along an outer circumference of the body, each first shaping roller ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7304234 | Covering sheet and method of bending linear member with the same A covering sheet for being wound around a linear member includes a flat surface portion. A plurality of easily expandable/contractible portions are formed on the flat surface portion, and are arranged along an extending direction of an axis of the linear member.... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7257439 | Brain-machine interface systems and methods A system and method for interfacing a brain with a machine. An exemplary embodiment of the present invention employs a vascular approach in which one or more nano-electrodes are deployed in vasculature having a close geometric relationship with proximal innervation.... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7243987 | Apparatus and method for noise reduction in a vehicle An area-reducing surface texture applied to a noise-prone portion of a vehicle panel or part where it makes contact with an unsecured length of wire harness, duct or other conduit. A plurality of small spaced structures is formed on or in the surface with their dist... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7228627 | Method of manufacturing a high strength aluminum-clad steel strand core wire for ACSR power transmission cables A manufacturing method is provided to form an overhead transmission cable having an elongated stranded steel core, and at least one layer of conductor wires generally encircling the stranded steel core. Each conductor wire includes a circumferentially extending, met... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225534 | Telecommunications cable jacket adapted for post-extrusion insertion of optical fiber and methods for manufacturing the same The present disclosure relates to a telecommunications cable having a jacket including a feature for allowing post-extrusion insertion of an optical fiber or other signal-transmitting member. The present disclosure also relates to a method for making a telecommunica... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7199487 | Modular wiring harnesses A system for making up wiring harnesses includes a base harness having a set of flexible multi-conductor cables and a set of supplementary wiring harnesses adapted to connect in a particular location of said base harness. The connection area does not have a multi-co... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197809 | Method for fabricating an helical stranded cable, particularly for mechanical motion transmission, and cable produced by that method A method for fabricating a stranded cable particularly for mechanical motion transmission, which cable is composed of multiple strands or wires, helically wound around a common longitudinal axis, including the steps of: a—winding... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7188414 | Method of assembling a flat electrical cable A flat electrical cable and a modular rotary anvil for assembling a flat electrical cable wherein the flat cable includes an upper and lower layer. The upper layer has ribs protruding along its length that are substantially parallel to one another, and continuous su... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7176402 | Method and apparatus for processing electronic parts An electronic part processing method for peeling off a resin coating of an electronic part having a terminal section. The method includes a step of irradiating, with plasma, a coated wire having copper as a principal constituent and a surface coated with a resin. | 02/13/2007 |
| 7168159 | Wire termination apparatus In a wire termination apparatus, an anvil for placing a terminal thereon is mounted on a base plate, corresponding in position to a crimper of a ram. The terminal is crimped by a crimping portion, which includes the crimper and the anvil. An elongate link piece is m... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7155819 | System for making a conductive circuit on a substantially non-conductive substrate A method for forming a conductive circuit on a substantially non-conductive substrate includes indenting a major surface of a substrate with a plurality of features, plating the major surface and the indentations formed with a conductive layer, and removing a portio... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7132696 | Intermeshed guard bands for multiple voltage supply structures on an integrated circuit, and methods of making same The present invention is generally directed to intermeshed guard bands for multiple voltage supply regions or structures on an integrated circuit, and methods of making same. In one illustrative embodiment, an integrated circuit is provided that comprises a pluralit... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7121001 | H-tap compression connector A compression connector for securing wires therein is disclosed. The compression connector comprises a first body portion connected to a second body portion, each of the first and second body portions having two pairs of leg portions extending therefrom to form two ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7116486 | Cylindrical optical devices and method of manufacture A lens assembly and method for manufacture. The lens assembly includes at least one lens element, with multiple sawn planar faces formed parallel to an optical axis and spaced equidistantly from the optical axis so the lens element has a polygonal cross section. Eac... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7090796 | Semiconductive coating and application process for shielded elastomeric electrical cable accessories A method is provided for manufacturing a semiconductive insulating shield for an electrical cable accessory. The method includes providing a substrate having a desired contour in relation to the electrical cable accessory. The substrate is then coated with an elasto... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7087839 | Slack-based method for determining wire harness tolerance A slack-based method for determining fastener placement tolerances for a wire harness relative to a vehicle mounting point layout. The method uses a determination of maximum permissible slack between pairs of adjacent mounting points to calculate tolerances for each... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7040014 | Method of producing a helical coil chip An object of the present invention is to provide a coil chip having a structure with which downsizing of the coil chip can be realized and a high inductance and a high Q can be obtained and to provide a method of producing such a coil chip. In order to attain the ob... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7024341 | Methods and apparatus for electronically modeling aircraft engine harnesses A modeling system that converts a three-dimensionally defined aircraft engine harness in a two-dimensional electronic model, a process known as unfolding, is described. The modeling system electronically unfolds the three-dimensionally defined harness to create a tw... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6997604 | Temperature sensor A temperature sensor comprising: a housing; a thermo-sensitive element housed in the housing for outputting electric characteristics varying with a temperature, as an electric signal; and a pair of lead wires connected at their one-side ends with the thermo-sensitiv... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6995039 | Method and apparatus for electrostatically aligning integrated circuits One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that uses electrostatic forces to align semiconductor chips relative to each other. The system operates by fabricating a first set of conductors on the top surface of a first chip and fabricating a correspond... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6976308 | Method for conductively connecting first and second electrical conductors A method for conductively connecting first and second electrical conductors is described which consist of different materials. In carrying out the method the ends of the first and second conductors are brought into mechanical contact with each other in an overlappin... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6973721 | Tension-resistant connection between a shielded heating cable and a power supply cable An electrical and mechanical connection between (a) a first shielded cable including a metal sheath and electrical conductors and (b) a second cable including a ground conductor and electrical conductors, comprises a zone of interconnection between the first and sec... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6970755 | Method, computer program and system for designing a wiring harness assembling table An electronic information on a wire layout path is obtained based on an information on the shape of a wiring harness developed in a 2D plane; assisting jigs suited to the wire layout path are selected; an assembling table suited to the wire layout path is selected; ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6967287 | Water cutoff structure of covered wire In a water cutoff structure of a covered wire, a water cutoff portion of an upper side member of a water cutoff member is formed in a recessed shape which is a shape of a curved face along an outer shape of the covered wire. Further, a water cutoff portion of a lowe... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6958572 | Controlled non-normal alignment of catalytically grown nanostructures in a large-scale synthesis process Systems and methods are described for controlled non-normal alignment of catalyticaly grown nanostructures in a large-scale synthesis process. A method includes: generating an electric field proximate an edge of a protruding section of an electrode, the electric fie... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6953143 | Explosion welded design for cooling components A method and apparatus are described for making a coldplate. A first component of, for example copper, is explosion welded to a second component of, for example aluminum. The first metal component has a top surface opposite the second metal component and at least on... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6948241 | Corrugated tube-mounting structure A corrugated tube includes a tubular body, formed with a slit extending in an axial direction of the tubular body; a plurality of ridge portions, formed on an outer periphery of the tubular body and arranged side by side in the axial direction; and a lap portion, pr... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6935551 | Ultrasonic bonding method of coated electric wires and ultrasonic bonding apparatus using same Intersected portions (C) of coated electric wires 20 and (21) are sandwiched and pressurized between a horn-side chip (11) and an anvil-side chip (12) (sandwiching step). Ultrasonic vibration force determined by a first vibration conditio... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6927982 | Method of connecting a device to a support, and pad for establishing a connection between a device and a support In a method of connecting a device to a support, in which method the device comprises at least a first terminal region, and in which method the support comprises at least a second terminal region, electrically conductive, flexible microparticles are initially produc... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6766578 | Method for manufacturing ribbon cable having precisely aligned wires A method of manufacturing a ribbon cable, comprising providing a set of insulated wires and aligning said insulated wires in a predetermined arrangement. The insulated wires are warmed sufficiently for said insulation to be become soft and adhesive, are pressed toge... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6735862 | Method of making electrical cable A method of making an electrical cable, the method comprising: bonding a plurality of electrical conductors to respective neighboring ones of the electrical conductors to form a ribbon, the electrical conductors being electrically insulated from the respective neigh... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6705008 | System and method for sleeving a lead wire A system and method for sleeving a lead wire of a stator is provided. The stator includes a metal core and a plurality of lead wires extending from the metal core for providing electrical power and control signals to the stator. A gathering system is used to group t... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6662445 | Method of connecting covered wires In this method, a ground wire 2 is overlaid on a shield wire 1 in cross. Next, overlapping portions of the shield wire 1 and the ground wire 2 are interposed between an upper resin tip 13 and a lower resin tip 14. By executing a first ultrasonic oscillati... | 12/16/2003 |
