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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7312399 | Device for fastening elongate elements to a structure A device (1) for fastening elongate elements (2) such as cables or bundles of cables or the like to a structure (S) includes at least a first flexible self-gripping strip (3) having a loop-closure system on a first face (30) and a second ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7205481 | Stackable rack cable manager A cable manager includes a first cable management section having a plurality of open-ended, U-shaped troughs separated by fingers. A second cable management section has a plurality of open-ended, U-shaped troughs separated by fingers. The second cable management sec... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7090175 | Insulating wire separator apparatus for piping systems An insulating wire separator for piping systems which protects buried pipes and cable from becoming damaged or melted from an accidental electrical charge, or caused by a lightning strike. The insulating wire separator is a multi-purpose clip device used to connect ... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7054147 | Double articulated hinge mechanism for electronic devices The present invention relates to hinge mechanisms for electronic devices with folding casings and to a double articulated hinge mechanism for aforesaid electronic devices offering advantageous characteristics for electric conductors to be passed through the inventiv... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7017867 | Wheel-like wire holder To firmly hold a high-voltage wire apart from its surroundings, and hold some nearby lead wires apart from the high-voltage wire, a wheel-like wire holder includes a ring, a central hub, and a plurality of spokes connecting the central hub to the ring. The central h... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6875929 | Method of producing a composite high-voltage insulator, high-voltage insulator and plastic material for use in the inventive method, and method of producing a non-cylindrical component The invention relates to a method of producing a high-tension insulator including an elongated central solid or hollow body (1), a synthetic material shield layer (6) and one or more synthetic material weathersheds (3) by the following steps: | 04/05/2005 |
| 6465741 | Spacer apparatus for high voltage lead A spacer apparatus (10) for spacing a high voltage lead (25) from other components in an electrical device includes a hub (11), a plurality of spokes (15-18) extending radially outwardly from the hub (11), and first and second spacer rim segments (19, 20)... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6265670 | Grommet for plurality of cable exits of an enclosure A grommet (150) is securable to and along an edge (46) of a wall (36) of an enclosure (10) to provide sealing about lengths of cable extending through recesses (48) along the edge (46). Grommet (150) includes a cable-receiving section (152) having a diaph... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6248956 | Insulated electrical equipment An annular guard (20) for mounting on a high voltage insulator extends laterally thereof for a sufficient distance so as to prevent small wildlife such as squirrels from forming a short circuit between the opposing ends of the insulator at high voltage an... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6239371 | Cable splice closure A cable splice closure is provided including first and second casing parts, opposing edges of which may be brought together to close the closure, and a series of protrusions extending along the exterior of the first casing part adjacent to the edge of the... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6020560 | Flashover protection cover for electrical power lines Flashover protection covers are provided in a continuous length for covering power line spans between supporting structures. A flexible panel includes an inner surface and generally parallel opposite edge portions configured to be joined together to form ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 5796032 | Electric wire insulating cover inspection device A device for opening of an electrical wire insulating cover allowing access to the interior walls of the insulating cover for purposes of inspection or cleaning. A preferred embodiment teaches a one piece rigid structure formed from a first wall having a ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5675128 | Cable terminal An improvement for a cable terminal which includes a terminal carrier 1 and a terminal clamp 12 tracked in the carrier where a flexible locking tooth 8 on the terminal carrier 1 works in conjunction with a toothed rack 24 on the terminal clamp 12. In this... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5672847 | Computer cable bender A computer cable bender which has two haves that are coupled together. The halves are supported by a base and have arcuate channels of circular cross section to surround the cable. The cable is redirected from a vertical orientation to a horizontal orient... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5545854 | Grommet for wire sealing A novel grommet assembly for securely sealing a wire harness or cable to an automotive panel opening is achieved with separate, identical grommet halves whose components are axially assembled. The assembled grommet halves are radially mated over the cable... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5243138 | Device for securing a plurality of individual electrical conductors in a bundle to form a cable A plurality of individual electrical conductors are held together in a bundle to form a power supply cable, for example, for installation in an aircraft. For this purpose a conductor securing device has a disk divided into two half disk sections interconn... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5087002 | Anchoring apparatus for telephone wire Disclosed herein is a novel and heretofore never anounced anchoring apparatus for telephone wire comprising a thickish plate-like base body of small size having a T-shaped suspending rod member protruded upwardly and forwardly from the upper side of the b... | 02/11/1992 |
| 4919372 | Transit for cables and pipes The invention concerns a lead-through transit for cables 3 or pipes of the kind having a frame 1 of the opening 2 is filled by a series of modular resilient lead-through blocks 4 and blank blocks 5 arranged in rows separated by stayplates 6 with a compres... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4822951 | Busbar arrangement for a switchgear assembly In a busbar arrangement for a switchgear assembly where the load buses pass through apertures in riser supply buses the load buses are supported by the supply buses by insulating grommet blocks occupying the space between the load buses and the inner edge... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4808774 | Strain relief device A strain relief device is disclosed which is adapted to receive wires which extend into an aperture of a service box. The device comprises a structure formed of a cylindrical segment and a conical segment. The cylindrical segment is disposed at the base o... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4719321 | Wire locator and strain relief device A wire locator and strain relief device comprises a pair of plastic strip members. Locking means hold the strip members together, the strip members together defining a plurality of parallel, coplanar channels, each for receiving separate, insulated wires,... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4703136 | Sealing body for feedthrough for at least one conducting member through a wall opening A feedthrough for a conductor in a wall opening which may be subjected to fire comprises to elastomeric parts including a hard part fitted into a soft part and together defining a conductor passage. The soft part presses against the wall opening. The hard... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4660790 | Cable support with tines A cable support with tines has a first tined member including open chambers between its tines. Each chamber receives one cable. To hold the individual cables tightly independently of their dimensional deviations, a second tined part with an identical tine... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4611868 | Lead wire holder A lead wire holder including a first holding member and a second holding member. The first and second holding members are interconnected so that both can be folded and put together through a connecting portion. The holding members are provided on the insi... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4555589 | Lead wire retainer A lead wire retainer comprises a pair of half rings, retaining means for holding a given lead wire in place, and elastic supporting means for elastically supporting the retaining means. The lead wire retainer is constructed so that the pair of retaining m... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4517408 | Self-centering cable fastener A bipartite cable fastener in which abutting faces of the respective parts are provided with complementary camming surfaces extending in orthogonal directions to center the body parts both axially and transversely during movement of the faces together. A ... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4406917 | Insulator for electrical heating element assembly An insulator for an electrical heating element includes an inner section and an outer section removably disposed thereabout. The electrical heating element is removably and loosely received within at least one of the sections. Several of these insulators ... | 09/27/1983 |
| 4401846 | Device adapted for supporting conductors, and the combination of the conductors and the supporting device An insulating support device for supporting at least one conductor having a hole therein, including at least two hollow tubular insulating support members each including a partition having a circular hole concentric with the tubular support member, wherei... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4289924 | Injectable grommet assembly An injectable grommet assembly for passing a bundle of insulated electric wires through a bulkhead comprises a pair of assembled shells having complementary grommet and flange segments. The grommet segments form an annular seal chamber which surrounds the... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4263476 | Insulation spacer for gas-insulated transmission line with improved outer rim structure An insulation spacer for supporting a high voltage conductor within a flexible housing which is filled with electronegative gas has a central insulation hub and a concentric outer rim which are joined by a thin web. A plurality of tapered ribs extend from... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4219694 | Insulated mounting for live rails A mounting structure is provided for mounting one or more live rails in a bank of such rails, the mounting structure providing simple means for including additional rails in the bank. The structure comprises a plurality of identical mounting halves, two o... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4205198 | Bus structure comprising an insulating support and a coated electric bus bar This electric bus structure comprises a bus bar having a coating of insulating material, an insulator for supporting the bus bar, and a bracket of insulating material having a U-shaped cross-section mounted on the insulator and having a pair of spaced-apa... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4178470 | Insulator for electrical conductors and method of stringing such conductors on insulators This disclosure is directed to an insulator for clamping and holding an electrical conductor above the ground for aerial power distribution and transmission. The insulator includes a body member, first jaw means integral with one end of the body member, s... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4138185 | Electric cord clamp device Two separate but identically shaped sections cooperate to form an electrical cord gripping device when they are brought together. The sections are insertable into recesses in cooperating halves of an electrical housing, by wedging or snapping them into pl... | 02/06/1979 |
| 4118838 | Pipe clamp A pipe clamp for use on pipe, cable or the like consists of a U-shaped base part forming an opening therethrough and a U-shaped fastening clip insertable into the opening through the base part. Toothed strips are provided on the interior surfaces of the b... | 10/10/1978 |
| 4071688 | Method and article for protecting a precipitator discharge electrode Discharge electrodes in electrostatic precipitators are protected from erosion caused by power arcs in the area along their length which is closest to the ground electrode plates by a shroud of high temperature insulating plastic such as Teflon. The shrou... | 01/31/1978 |
| 4022967 | Clamping holder for busbars A clamping holder for busbars includes a base member having at least one projection, opening and clamping surface all located and shaped for reversible positioning of a pair of the base members with the projection on each received in the opening in the ot... | 05/10/1977 |
