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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7367534 | Drop wire clamp A compression-type drop wire clamp that avoids damaging a signal carrying portion of a cable by applying a compressive force primarily to a support portion of a cable is disclosed herein. A plurality of holes may be included in a compression portion of the clamp to ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7368660 | Anti-cascading suspension clamps for overhead power transmission lines A suspension clamp (10) has a stirrup part (12) with an upper end adapted for pivotal connection to a string of insulators (S) of a transmission tower. A clamping part (14) is accommodated within the stirrup part (12) for clamping onto th... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7323636 | Aerial cable spacer with cable retaining arm having non-rectangular plus-shaped cross section and angled pawl locking member An aerial cable spacer is provided with a cable retainer and vertically disposed strengthening tabs or ribs. The cable retainer includes a cable retaining arm. A mid portion of the cable retaining arm has a non-rectangular plus “+” shaped cross section. The plus... | 01/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7293763 | Retaining keeper assembly for a hoisting device A retaining keeper assembly for a hoisting device. A shank has a plurality of circumferential grooves perpendicular to an axis of the shank. A thrust bearing surrounds the shank and is supported by the hoisting device. A split retaining collar having a plurality of ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7285725 | Weatherproof and restraining apparatus for electrical plugs An apparatus having an upper half with at least one upper clasp and a lower half hingedly connected to the upper half. The upper half and the lower half has a connector cavity and a cable channel, configured to receive a cord and a cord plug. The upper half and the ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7256349 | Telecommunications cable enclosure An enclosure for use with a telecommunication cable includes a housing for retaining spliced telecommunication lines. At least one of a plurality of connection devices is connected to one of the spliced telecommunication lines within the housing. A primary entrance ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7177508 | Optical cable having an improved compression strength characteristic An optical fiber having improved compression strength is disclosed. The optical fiber includes a central tension member positioned in the center of the optical fiber and having at least one groove, at least one metal tube seated in the groove and containing at least... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7078626 | Cable apparatus for minimizing skew delay of analog signals and cross-talk from digital signals and method of making same An unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable having a common electrical length among a plurality of twisted pairs for carrying analog signals and a different lay length and lay direction to an additional twisted pair for carrying digital signals is disclosed. The twisted ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7064267 | Gas insulating apparatus and method for locating fault point thereof The present invention combines sensor portions 22, 23 of the device for measuring either current flowing through the line from the power inlet to the power outlet or voltage, or both, and bushings 150, 160 installed at either the power inlet or the pow... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7000905 | Retaining keeper assembly for a hoisting device A retaining keeper assembly for a hoisting device. A shank has a plurality of circumferential grooves perpendicular to an axis of the shank. A thrust bearing surrounds the shank and is supported by the hoisting device. A split retaining collar having a plurality of ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6979775 | Security apparatus and method A security apparatus for enclosing the branch connections of a cable-TV aerial tap unit to prevent unauthorized used thereof including a box like structure mounted on the bottom of the tap unit to enclose the cables and connections thereof and providing a keyed hing... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6963029 | Method and apparatus for housing spliced wires on siding A housing for a spliced wire includes a base, a wall extending from an edge defining a perimeter of the base, and a cavity defined by the wall and base. The wall includes opposing sides each having an opening receptive to a wire therethrough. A cover is pivotally hi... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6894219 | Surface mount cable television jack The cable television (CATV) jack is a surface mount jack and provides an aesthetically pleasing device for routing communications cables. An extra length of cable may be stored inside the jack, and there are multiple ports on the surfaces of the jack to provide seve... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6861583 | Wire protector and related methods A wire protector for protecting a wire during mounting of the wire on a mounting surface includes a retaining member configured to engage the wire. The retaining member includes a top portion and first and second arms extending generally perpendicularly from the top... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6841729 | Self-supporting cable and manufacturing method therefor A self-supporting cable includes a main cable constructed by covering a cable core with an inner cover layer and installing one or more strength members inside the inner cover layer such that they lie on a plane passing through the central axis thereof; a support me... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6818833 | Coiling frame for optical fiber composite ground wire A frame is provided for coiling the surplus length of an overhead cable when two cable sections are spliced in a splicing box. The frame is particularly adapted to be used with Optical Fiber Composite Ground Wires (OPGW) and has a coiling chamber for the coiling of ... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6646200 | Apparatus, systems, and methods for adjusting the position of a hanging aerial terminal Apparatus, systems, and methods provide for a hanging aerial terminal including means to rotationally adjust positions or means to adjust positions in a cantilever fashion. This invention also includes a kit-of-parts for a hanging aerial suspension system... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6556762 | Cable management tie bar and brackets A cable management bar and bracket assembly is mounted within an equipment enclosure. The brackets are supported on and movable along the bar to present cable support positions at various transverse locations. The brackets are of generally U-shaped config... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6545222 | Cable, and method for removing sheath at intermediate part of cable A cable and a cable stripping method which facilities the stripping of an intermediate part of a cable having a cable core covered by a plastic sheath provided around the outer periphery without damaging the cable core. In a cable having a plastic sheath ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6359228 | Splice closure A closure arrangement for cable splice assemblies having two hinged cover members. The cover members are independently hingedly secured to a central spine. The spine, in turn, is affixed to a portion of the frame of the splice assembly. In operation, the ... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6337438 | Casing structure of communication equipment A casing structure for a communication equipment in which panels mounted in the casing are electrically insulated from a messenger wire. When the casing of the communication equipment is mounted on the messenger wire, the insulation prohibits impediments ... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6303856 | Aerial cable spacer with anti-dislodging cable retainer An aerial cable spacer is provided with an anti-dislodging cable retainer. The anti-dislodging cable retainer includes a cable seat. Adjacent the cable seat on one side are ratchet teeth and a guide. Adjacent the cable on the opposite side is a slot. The ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6284972 | Splitter box A distributor including a plurality of connection points interconnected by jumpers. The distributor further includes: cable terminations each of which is provided with a plurality of connection strips, each strip being designed to receive one or more conn... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6204445 | Aerially installed communications cable A communications cable is provided having a support strand and at least one coaxial cable helically wound around the support strand. The coaxial cable includes an inner conductor, a dielectric surrounding the inner conductor, an outer tubular metallic she... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6201184 | Overhead electrical power line suspension For locally supporting an overhead electrical power line, a suspension includes a suspension clamp, the bottom part of which is open laterally and forms a cradle which is associated with a pivoting clamping assembly. The suspension clamp includes, in addi... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6127625 | Transmission conduit and method of installation of same A tubular channeling unit including a grounded external metal sheathing and an internal longitudinal cavity, and method for laying such a tubular channeling unit by suspension on a high voltage aerial power line system including at least two towers suppor... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6127626 | Method for installing a telecommunication cable on a supporting cable and arrangement produced thereby The invention concerns a method of installing a telecommunication cable (3) on a supporting cable (1), particularly on a ground or phase cable of a high voltage overhead line, whereby the telecommunication cable (3) is laid along the supporting cable (1) ... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6085008 | Aerial cable and tension clamp assembly An assembly comprising a self supporting aerial cable and tension clamp means including gripping means for gripping the cable, the gripping means comprising at least one helically wound rod fitted over the cable's outer sheath, wherein ##EQU1## ... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6066801 | Cable television/telephone tap There is provided a cable television/telephone tap, which can be set at a given position on a coaxial cable, and which is capable of practically and economically supplying a telephone service simultaneously with a cable television service, and also of qui... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5897081 | Method of replacing a telephone pole and suspension bracket useable therefor A method of replacing an existing telephone pole having a terminal box mounted thereto is disclosed. The terminal box is dismounted from the existing telephone pole. The terminal box is then permanently suspended from at least one overhead cable. A new te... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5789701 | Drop cable A drop cable arrangement in which a carried line (9) is supported by a strength member (3), the carried line being attached to the strength member via a tubular member (7) that is a sufficiently loose fit around the strength member to permit relative long... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5777535 | Coaxial cable with integrated ground discharge wire A coaxial cable comprising a coaxial portion, an integrally formed messenger wire and an integrally formed antenna ground discharge wire is disclosed. The two additional wires are encased in webs formed from the same material used to jacket the coaxial me... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5461200 | Compliant stiffener for long flexible members Long flexible members such as hoses, electric cords and cables tend to be springy and elastic. They are not easily coiled and stored. They tend to straighten out when bent into a desired shape. They tend to tangle and interfere with operations. The invent... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5408051 | Sun shield for aerial cable The failure of the joints of electric power cables due to heating from incident sunlight is greatly reduced by providing a special sun shield for the joint. The sun shield is comprised of a plastic body having an inverted semi-circular transverse cross se... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5322132 | Twin drop wire clamp assembly and method A drop wire clamp assembly is disclosed which is particularly suited for clamping twin or "figure eight" drop wires having a conducting line and adjacent a support line. The support line is sandwiched between bail housing and a slide wedge assembly. The c... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5322973 | Aerial closure An aerial closure for protecting an electrical or optical cable splice from weathering forces is provided. The aerial closure has a central header portion and wing-like housing segments that may enclose a cable splice. The wing-like housing segments may b... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5293721 | Horizontal cable animal barrier A horizontal cable animal barrier for mounting on a cable to deter animal passage including a plurality of roller elements each having a central hole for rotatably mounting on a cable and a spacer element between each pair of roller elements and also havi... | 03/15/1994 |
| 5279485 | Cable clamp and spacer assembly An elongate spine plate is arranged to include a support block at its first end, with the support block having a first semi-cylindrical recess spaced from and parallel to a second semi-cylindrical recess to position and secure first and second cables. The... | 01/18/1994 |
| 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 |
