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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7371300 | Adhesive composition comprising thermoexpandable microcapsules The invention relates to a composition, its use and a method of its use as a glazing adhesive. The composition comprises an adhesive agent with thermoexpandable microcapsules which act as pressure actuators dispersed therein. The microcapsules are heat triggered so ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7368663 | Anaerobic wire connector sealant and moisture resistant wire connector containing the same A waterproof electrical connection includes a wire connector including a housing having a cavity and an insert having a surface adapted for receiving at least two metallic wires disposed within the cavity of the housing; at least two metallic wires having exposed me... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7364454 | Cable end fastening device and method The invention relates inter alia to a device for connecting two or more cable ends, which device comprises: —an insertion bush for inserting the two core ends, wherein in use the insertion bus provides conductive contact between the two cores; —an insulator arra... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7333708 | Multi-port optical connection terminal A multi-port optical connection terminal for use as a branch point in a fiber optic communications network at a distance from a mid-span access location provided on a distribution cable having a plurality of optical fibers. The multi-port terminal includes a base an... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7290367 | Tear resistant gel articles for various uses A soft gelatinous elastomer composition and article useful as fishing bait, floss, liner and other uses formed from one or a mixture of two or more of a one or a mixture of two or more of a hydrogenated controlled distribution styrene block copolymer(s) and one or m... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7262363 | Electric wire protective cap The present invention is to provide an electric wire protective cap. The protective cap can be formed easily by a resin molding and prevents a seal material from leaking and improves waterproof. The protective cap includes a cap main body with a bottom, and a cover ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258754 | Method of fabricating a bare aluminum conductor A method of fabricating a bare aluminum electrical conductor including a step of heat treating the conductor while wound on a winding form. The method comprises the step of coating the outer surface of the aluminum conductor with an inorganic powder material prior t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7234560 | Inflatable restraint cushions and other uses A vehicular safety system comprising an inflatable restraint gel cushion having a gel rigidity of from about 50 gram Bloom to about 1,200 gram bloom. ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226484 | Tear resistant gels and articles for every uses Soft, tear resistant gel, gel composites and gel articles for various uses formed from one or a mixture of two or more block copolymers with or without one or more selected other polymers and additives in combination with one or more selected plasticizers being in s... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222380 | Tear resistant gels, composites, and cushion articles SEEPS gel and gel foam molded shape articles for use in medical and sport health care, such use include therapeutic hand exercising grips, dental floss, crutch cushions, cervical pillows, bed wedge pillows, leg rest, cushions, mattress, bed pads, elbow padding, derm... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7219478 | Concrete reinforcement structure This invention relates to a reinforcement structure which is used in providing cementitious mixtures supplemental support and strength upon setting, and more particularly, to a reinforcement structure which comprises a plurality of oriented reinforcing fibrous and/o... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219424 | Method for temporary repair of the overbraid for metal overbraided wiring harnesses A method for the repair of the overbraid for metal overbraided wiring harness is provided. The method requires no special wiring harness design, uses readily available materials and can be accomplished without removing the wiring harness. The method involves trimmin... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216719 | Field weldable connections An apparatus includes a weld coupling and a thermal insulator. The weld coupling is adapted to be welded to an outer housing of a first cable segment to couple the first cable segment to a second cable segment. The thermal insulator is adapted to prevent thermal dam... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7208184 | Gelatinous food elastomer compositions and articles for use as fishing bait A soft gelatinous food elastomer composition and article useful as fishing bait formed from one or a mixture of two or more of a thermoplastic elastomer block copolymers) and one or more plasticizers and a food or components of food. The plasticizers being in suffic... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7193002 | Adherent gels, composites, and articles Adherent gels and adherent gel composites which can be made by applying an adherent gel onto one or more selected substrates of foam, plastic, fabric, metal, concrete, wood, wire screen, refractory material, glass, synthetic resin, synthetic fibers, and the like. Su... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7170005 | Direct bury connector A direct bury twist-on wire connector for securing an electrical connection having a tube with an integral twist-on wire connector graspable from outside the tube while the inside of the tube and the inside of the twist-on wire connector carry a sealant therein and ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166805 | Cable harness breakout and method for its assembly A cable assembly includes a plurality of electrical or fiber-optic cables, a spacer, and a collar. The cables are arranged lengthwise in a bundle, which includes a segment having a cross-sectional arrangement organized into a plurality of columnar sections of contig... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7157035 | Method of forming a respiratory conduit The present invention relates to delivery conduits used in systems that provide positive pressure ventilation therapy. In particular, the present invention relates to a sleeve that allows flexible conduits to be joined and sealed to a thermoplastic connector, allowi... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7138328 | Packaged IC using insulated wire A packaged IC including insulated wire for electrically connecting conductive structures of the packaged IC. In some embodiments, the packaged IC includes an IC die attached to a package substrate, where bond pads of the IC die are electrically connected to bond fin... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7134236 | Gelatinous elastomer compositions and articles for use as fishing bait A non-tacky fishing bait made from a soft gelatinous elastomer composition comprising one or more of a linear, radial or multiblock copolymer(s) and in combination with one or more of a low and high viscosity plasticizers in sufficient amounts to achieve a gel rigid... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7122742 | Strain relieved wire connector A twist-on wire connector having a housing with a spiral tread for engaging and holding electrical wires in an electrical connection and a chamber for carrying a member having a wire passageway so that the electrical wires can be retained within the connector by a w... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108873 | Gelatinous food elastomer compositions and articles A soft gelatinous food elastomer composition and article useful as simulated food formed from one or a mixture of two or more of a thermoplastic elastomer block copolymer(s) and one or more plasticizers and a food or components of food. The plasticizers being in suf... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7105607 | Tear resistant gels, composites, and articles Novel gelatinous compositions, composites, and articles are formed from an intimate melt blend admixture of one or more of a high viscosity poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene-styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-propylene-styrene), poly(styrene-ethylene-butylene)n... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093316 | Gels for force gauging For effective plaque removal, a combination of a gel force gauging component and a plaque removing gel component are employed to prevent tooth and gum damage over gel rigidity range of from about 75 gram Bloom to about 300 gram bloom. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7093599 | Gels, composites, and health care articles Gel and gel composites health care articles, including masks, pads, blood bags, tubings, male and female tubing connectors, and needle protector sheath. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7067583 | Tear resistant adherent gels, composites, and articles Adherent gels and adherent gel composites which can be made by applying a tear resistant adherent gel of SEEPS onto one or more selected substrates of foam, plastic, fabric, metal, concrete, wood, wire screen, refractory material, glass, synthetic resin, synthetic f... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7044756 | Method of grounding shielded wire and structure for grounding shielded wire In a method of grounding a shielded wire and a structure of grounding a shielded wire, a ring portion is formed in a ring shape by leading a braided wire to or to an opposite side of an insulating outer sheath so as to be separated in an outer circumferential direct... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6971897 | Gel-filled telephone jack An improved gel-protected registered telephone jack includes a cavity in a housing, and a rear opening to the cavity that permits positioning an insert that connects permanent telephone wires to spring connectors. A front opening receives a plug to make contact betw... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6960380 | Cable sealing A flexible wrap (10) for enclosing a cable splice (20) without external heating includes a gel layer (1) and a support layer (2). The wrap has sufficient flexibility to be manually gathered into wrinkles around the smaller parts of the ca... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6919512 | Field weldable connections The present invention provides a field weldable connection. In one embodiment, the field weldable connection is a downhole connector assembly for sealingly attaching a first and a second segment of a control line. The control line has an outer housing that encapsula... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6692622 | Plasma processing apparatus with an electrically conductive wall The plasma processing apparatus comprises a plasma chamber (1) bounded, on at least one side thereof, by an electrically conductive wall (10), said electrically conductive wall comprising one or several apertures (100) for interrupting a current path thro... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6685786 | Wire connecting method, a wire joint detecting method, a wire connecting apparatus and a wire joint detecting apparatus An apparatus and method are provided to improve a cutting reliability, to facilitate automation of the connection of wires and to allow for a reliable detection of wire joints. Ends of wires (a, a') to be connected along their longitudinal directions are ... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6217809 | Methods for splicing dielectric strength tapes utilized in communication cables A method for splicing an improved strength tape having longitudinally extended strands comprises the trimming or patterning of the strands of the respective ends that are to be joined so that the ends can be mated together in a meshing arrangement. The tw... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6143986 | Method and arrangement for easily repairing electrical harness for aircraft jet engine An enhanced electrical harness arrangement for an aircraft engine that is arranged to provide optimum protection of the electrical conductors from extreme thermal, EMI, vibration and chafing problems encountered in service. The harness arrangement provide... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6110395 | Method and structure for controlling plasma uniformity The present invention relates to a method and structure for controlling plasma uniformity in plasma processing applications. Electron thermal conductivity parallel and perpendicular to magnetic field lines differs by orders of magnitude for low magnetic f... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5983494 | Method of switching over telecommunications cables without interruption, and switchover plug for use in the method A changeover plug-in device (50; 60) for a wire connecting strip device (34; 68) for the uninterrupted changeover of wires (26) of a telecommunications cable (24), the wire connecting strip device (34) preferably having a wire connecting strip (36), a bas... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5875547 | Cable sealing method This invention relates to a method for preventing transport of fluids--such as water and/or gas--through a joint between at least two insulated cable conductors (1,2;21,22,23). The method includes provision of a jointing ferrule (3) for insertion of the c... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5802715 | Method of sealing an elongate cable splice A method and apparatus provides for the sealing of an elongate splice of an electrical cable. A central extent of the splice is enclosed in a cylindrical enclosure tube so as to define exposed lateral splice extents on each side thereof. Sealing dams are ... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5800645 | System for encapsulation of electric wire splices A system including the method and apparatus for encapsulating electric wire splices wherein a plurality of electrical conductors in substantially aligned opposed relationship are electrically spliced and an encapsulation mass of thermoplastic dielectric m... | 09/01/1998 |
