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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 7178776 | Mounting device for sensors A mounting device for contactlessly-operating proximity switches includes a continuous cylindrical or cuboidal recess for holding the proximity switch which is formed by at least two legs. The mounting device can also include at least one through pocket, connected t... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7164100 | High-frequency de-icing of cableways High-frequency AC voltage with a frequency in a range of from 60 to 100 kHz supplied from a power source at 3 to 15 kV is applied to an electrical conductor within about 30 cm of a cableway. The high-frequency AC voltage generates an alternating electric field. Capa... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7164079 | Preferential separable overhead electric service drop and associated method An overhead service drop extending between a utility pole and a customer location includes at least one power conductor, a neutral conductor messenger supporting itself and the power conductor, and a separable power connector between the power conductor and a corres... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7161255 | Isolated generator equipment compartment A power plant has a generator that is cooled by hydrogen gas. The power plant has a terminal compartment for housing stator terminals of the generator and conductor connections of a main bus taking electrical power away from the power plant. The power plant has a ge... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7059572 | Enclosure box attachment apparatus, system, and method An apparatus, system, and method for mounting enclosure boxes along a pole includes a receiver bracket independently cinchable along the side of a pole and including a receiver adapted to receive structure of an enclosure box. Once aspect of the invention includes t... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7057103 | Transmission tower devices for reducing longitudinal shock loads A device for reducing a shock load having a longitudinal direction along a power line coupled through an insulator to a crossarm of a transmission tower, comprising: a rotary damper coupled between the insulator and the crossarm for rotating by the insulator in the ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7036954 | Modular candleholder assembly A modular candleholder assembly includes a first candleholder including an elongated plate having a top side having a plurality of wells extending therein. A rod is attached to a bottom side of the plate and has a free end defining a threaded male coupler. A second ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7007438 | Crossarm systems and methods A crossarm system adapted to support power lines from a vertical pole. The crossarm system comprises a wooden crossarm member and first and second nail end plates. The wooden crossarm member defines upper, lower, inner, and outer surfaces and first and second end su... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6965074 | Pole-top insulator A pole-top insulator for carrying overhead electrical cables on pole legs or similar supporting structures located along power lines. One or more self-supporting tubular supporting arms made of electrically insulating composite material to which supporting cables ar... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6950750 | Method of estimating the gas/oil ratio (GOR) in the fluids of a well during drilling A method of evaluating the volume ratio of gas to oil (GOR) in the fluids of a well during drilling by direct or indirect measurement of the volumes of gas and oil in the cuttings. The method includes determining the volume of gas (Vg) contained in the drilling flui... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6545880 | Cryogenic power distribution system for large structure Energy distribution and conversion system suitable for high-rise structures, large building complexes, factories, ships, airplanes, city blocks, etc., based on: High-Temperature Superconductors (HTS) and Cryogenic Power and Energy Conversion (CPEC) using ... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6448493 | Suspension device having a cable carriage integral therewith The present invention relates to a combined cable suspension device and cable carriage. To enable a cable suspension device (1) to be used also as a cable carriage, the suspension device has been provided with a rotatable cable support (2) which can be mo... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6429375 | Safety contact rail or safety contact element A safety contact or switch hose having a plurality of electrically conductive projections which generate a switching pulse when coming into contact with one another.... | 08/06/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6239362 | Device for compensating variations in the length of tensioned cables, with substantially constant traction A device for compensating length variations of tensioned cables, with a substantially constant tension, including a contrast element, which is meant to be interposed between one end of the tensioned cable and an anchoring element and is adapted to generat... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6227749 | Swivel base assembly for connecting insulator to support structure A swivel base assembly for mounting an insulator to a support structure, including a base member having a pair of opposed bearing seats spaced apart from one another in alignment along a bearing axis, and a one-piece coupling member having a first end rec... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6229089 | Inlet power feed for longitudinally slotted current contact lines An inlet power feed for longitudinally slotted current contact lines having conductor rails disposed in a longitudinal direction inside an elongated plastic profile, includes a cover defining an inlet feed region and electrically insulating the inlet feed... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6229086 | Adapter for mounting multiple circuits to utility poles with a pair of cross-arms using candlestick holders An adapter for mounting multiple 3-phrase circuits to a utility pole. The adapter includes a base unit having a centrally positioned, female socket member, and three, angularly offset legs extending radially outwardly from the bottom of the socket member.... | 05/08/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6096970 | Clamp for overhead line having expansion means and cam means A clamp for an overhead line including a clamp body in which a first gripping groove for gripping the overhead line is formed; a clamp cap in which a second gripping groove for gripping the overhead line is formed and which is pivotably attached to the cl... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6078008 | Portable load-breaking and load returning apparatus A load-breaking and load-returning apparatus and method of breaking and returning a load are provided for quickly breaking and returning a load to portions of a power line. The apparatus preferably includes at least one power line jumper cable including f... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6057508 | Sag compensator for suspended lines The invention uses one or more scissor devices, or disks, or cogs such that the axial thermal expansion of a coupling member is amplified such that this amplified movement is used to automatically mitigate the sag of a suspended line; the same ambient tem... | 05/02/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5308923 | Enclosure assembly for telecommunication cables The cover and base of the enclosure of the assembly are releasably connected by latches and flanges integral with the cover and base. A mounting bracket facilitates mounting of the assembly upon a telephone pole or other exposed static structure. Vertical... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5288946 | Strain relief device and closure A strain relief member is provided for use with a closure member, which strain relief is formed with a web having tabs formed therein, each with a fastener receiving slot and each formed to be bent angularly from the plane of the web to aid in nesting the... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5036162 | Triaxial mount A mount for securing a load, for example a strut insulator, to a stationary support has a pair of end parts one of which is fixed to the load and the other of which is fixed to the support and a pair of respective intermediate parts. Respective end pivots... | 07/30/1991 |
| 4774622 | Connecting apparatus for lightning arresters for overhead transmission lines A connecting apparatus includes a connecting conductor for connecting a supporting insulator supporting an overhead transmission line and a lightning arrester through a disconnecting member. The connecting conductor includes at least first and second cond... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4686325 | Catenary sag adjustment using added weights Methods to achieve catenary sag and shape adjustments that can reduce sags and increase clearances at certain locations of overhead flexible conductors, cables, strands, or wires to underlying lands, roads, waters, and other objects by permanently adding ... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4565038 | Yoke for use with guyed structures A guy yoke for use in a guyed structure terminate two support guys coupled to said structure and to transfer loads entered on said supported guys to anchor means, said guy yokes includes two arms pivotally coupled to an anchor plate at one end and coupled... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4485267 | System for the suspension of the conductors of a bundle in very high voltage electric lines The invention relates to a system for the suspension of the conductors of a bundle in very high voltage electric lines, for instance 1000 KV lines, wherein each suspension support consists of a steel tube, or of a pair of steel tubes, parallel to the long... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4458102 | Transmission line composite beam suspension assembly A suspension system supports a plurality of high voltage electrical conductors forming part of a transmission line in a predetermined spaced pattern relative to one another. The system includes a rigid compression strut arranged to extend generally horizo... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4409429 | Overhead electric transmission or distribution system Risk of fracture of an optical fibre in an overhead stranded electric conductor having an optical fibre loosely housed in an elongate compartment extending throughout the length of the conductor when the conductor is subjected to a tensile load greater th... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4409428 | Overhead electric transmission systems In an overhead electric transmission system in which the phase conductors incorporate optical fibres, a joint between optical fibres of two phase conductors or between optical fibres of a phase conductor and an optical cable extending to a sub-station is ... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4323722 | Overhead electric power transmission line jumpering system for bundles of five or more subconductors Jumpering of electric power transmission lines at a dead end tower. Two transmission line conductor bundles each contain five or more spaced apart subconductors (5) arranged in the shape of a cylinder having a circular cross section. The ends of each bund... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4277639 | High-voltage installation including heavy electrical apparatus suspended by insulator means A high-voltage installation comprises a support structure including a supporting member from which at least one electrical high-voltage apparatus, for example a transformer or inductor, is suspended. The apparatus is suspended from the supporting member b... | 07/07/1981 |
| 4121045 | Corona shielding by jumper assembly A corona shield employing a jumper assembly is provided for tension insulator strings which comprises a plurality of jumper wires extending over the energized ends of an insulator string for shielding the ends thereof and line hardware on the energized si... | 10/17/1978 |
| 4071882 | Structure for electrical interface In an electrical substation, the use of separate towers or poles to terminate overhead lines is obviated by using bus duct for this purpose. Isolated phase or metal-clad bus duct is erected to provide not only the electrically conductive path between the ... | 01/31/1978 |
