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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183475 | Sealing assembly A sealing assembly having a flexible sleeve and a means for sealing a top portion of the sleeve around a plurality of cables, such as by a hook and loop type fastener attached at the top portion of the sleeve. The sleeve is configured to receive at least one cable t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8148649 | Lead-through The present invention concerns a lead-through, especially a cabinet lead-through used in connection with dishwashers. The lead-through has two parts, a body and a cover. Both the body and the cover have part openings forming cylindrical openings when the cover is re... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8119933 | Duplex electrical connector with frustro-conical retaining ring and crimped inlet end This disclosure is directed to electrical connectors, and more specifically to various types of electrical connectors, including an connector assembly having an integrally formed connector body having opposed end openings provided with an outer surface that slopes d... | 02/21/2012 |
| RE43175 | Toolless, self closing floor grommet closure for cable openings and the like in raised floors of data centers office buildings and other air conditioned structures A floor grommet for use in building and office structures supplied with air conditioning via under floor plenum. Directed flow of conditioned air is optimized by limiting the escape of air from the plenum into the space above the floor by leakage through floor openi... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8093513 | Device for guiding cables or wires A device which is used to guide cables or wires through walls. The device includes a maintaining device which is connected to two or more cable maintaining elements that surround, in a frame-like manner, a mounting area which includes a through-opening, and the cabl... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8084698 | Current leadthrough for cryostat A current lead-through for providing an electrically conductive path between an interior of a vessel and the exterior of the vessel. The electrically conductive path is electrically isolated from the material of the vessel. The current lead-through comprises an elec... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8026452 | Cable coupler for connection of armored cable having armor layer and method of holding the armor layer Disclosed herein is a cable coupler for the connection of an armored cable having an armor layer. The cable coupler of the present invention includes a sleeve, which has an inclined surface, which is brought into contact with the armor layer of the armored cable, an... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8013260 | Electrical bushing, pressure applications, and method for manufacturing such a bushing Electrical bushing, in particular for pressure applications, with a housing with at least one housing passage and with at least one electrical conductor, which is passed through the housing passage, protrudes at both ends on two housing sides, which are spaced apart... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7952034 | Strap type electrical connector with frustro-conical retaining ring and improved clamping strap for either nonmetallic cables or armor or metal clad cables This disclosure is directed to electrical connectors that include a connector body having an inlet end opening and an outlet end portion wherein the outlet end portion is provided with an outer surface that slopes downwardly toward the outlet opening and having a co... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7943869 | Lightning resistive and manufacture procedure A lightning resistive bush body includes a cylindrical bush body. The bush body is composed of an inner insulative layer, a center electric-magnetic absorbing metal layer and an outer insulative layer, wherein the inner insulative layer, the center electric-magnetic... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7939769 | Sensor pass through assembly Contemplated device, assembly and methods include a sensor feed through assembly that protects and seals a set of wires. The assembly has a body, a first seal, a second seal and a cover. The wires thread through a first opening on the body through a second opening o... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7906736 | Sealed wall feedthrough equipped with a penetration module and process of module replacement A sealed wall feedthrough including a cylindrical assembly sleeve fixed and sealed in an opening of the wall, a cylindrical penetration module including joints ensuring the seal arranged on the periphery of its outside face, the module being able to transfer travel ... | 03/15/2011 |
| RE41863 | Toolless, self closing floor grommet closure for cable openings and the like in raised floors of data centers office buildings and other air conditioned structures A floor grommet for use in building and office structures supplied with air conditioning via under floor plenum. Directed flow of conditioned air is optimized by limiting the escape of air from the plenum into the space above the floor by leakage through floor openi... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7820922 | Electrical offset nipple connector with frustro-conical retaining rings This disclosure is directed to electrical connectors, and more specifically to various types of electrical connectors, including an offset nipple connector assembly having an integrally formed connector body having opposed end openings provided with an outer surface... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7781684 | Insulating gasket means for supporting a cable in a housing opening A compressible sealing gasket for supporting a cable in a wall opening contained in a housing wall includes a pair of gasket sections each having a planar surface that contains a recess, and at least one integral compressible sealing projection extending from the pl... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7772506 | Fluid-tight cable duct The invention relates to a fluid-tight cable duct (1) which is used to guide a cable (2) into a chamber (3) which can be impinged upon by pressure, and which comprises a housing (4), at least one cable (2) and one first and one sec... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7745740 | Wire/cable identification device An electric wire identifier that includes an anti-short bushing in the form of an electrical insulating ring-like insert fitted onto the end of a metal or armored clad cable that defines the terminal end of the armored cable or into the end of an electrical connecto... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7737371 | Safety devices for insulative tools Safety devices and methods of use thereof are provided for improving electrical safety of insulative tools. In particular, the present invention provides a safety device for improving safety of an elongated insulative tool of a certain length with a substantially ci... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7728235 | Electrical power feed thru for aircraft fuselages An electrical power feed thru for thin-walled vessels such as aircraft fuselages is disclosed which allows high electrical current power lines, and their associated high operating temperatures, to transition from the inside to the outside of the aircraft. The feed t... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7723622 | Sealing assembly A sealing assembly having a flexible sleeve and a means for sealing a top portion of the sleeve around a plurality of cables, such as by a hook and loop type fastener attached at the top portion of the sleeve. The sleeve is configured to receive at least one cable t... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7645946 | Two-piece pipe escutcheon Two symmetrical pieces form an escutcheon that seals the gap between a pipe or conduit and the surface through which it penetrates and supports the pipe or conduit. The device is surface mounted with threaded mechanical fasteners which can be adjusted to vary the co... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7635816 | Connector / bushing assembly for electrical junction boxes A connector/bushing assembly for electrical junction boxes includes a nut which may receive a male conduit/connector which extends through the wall of a junction box, and a liner situated within the nut. The nut receives the male connector within a nut junction end ... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7615713 | Mounting structure for wiring harness A mounting structure for a wire harness for use in a movable structure, such as a door of a passenger vehicle, is disclosed. The mounting structure may include a mounting frame and a bracket for use in a recess of the movable structure. The mounting structure may be... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7582836 | Core for a cable entry device A core (110, 150) for supporting a covering (200, 510, 620) of a cable entry device (100, 500, 600). The core comprises at least one intermediate portion (111, 151a, 151b) connected to locking means (112, 113 | 09/01/2009 |
| 7579557 | Cable entry device for easy installation A cable entry device (500, 600) for providing sealing in a space between a cable (1) and a surrounding material. The device comprises a covering (400, 510, 620) having sealing members (420, 430) for receiving said material therebetween. T... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7579556 | Cable entry device comprising means for adjustment A cable entry device for providing sealing in a space between a cable and a surrounding material. The cable entry comprises a covering, and a first and a second sealing member for receiving said material therebetween. The first sealing member provides a biasing forc... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7534969 | Carrier with a cable channel for an electric lamp A carrier including a cable channel for an electric lamp. The carrier includes two flat covering layers and one middle layer. The middle layer includes two separate elements parallel to the axis of the cable channel, whose joint layer thickness and mutual distance c... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7446268 | Lead-through component and method This invention relates to a lead-through component for a cable. To achieve a lead-through component suitable for cables having a large diameter, the lead-through component includes a shrinkable sleeve that is to be threaded onto a lead-through bushing and whose inne... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7446267 | Cable transit device A transit device is disclosed for passing at least one elongate line sealingly through an opening in a wall. The device comprises a clamping frame and a number of blocks which together fill-out the frame. At least one of the blocks has a through-penetrating channel ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7442884 | Sealing member for enclosures A seal includes a body having an exterior surface configured for sealing engagement with an entry port of an enclosure. A plurality of passages extend from a first end of the body to a second end of the body. Each of the plurality of passages is configured to receiv... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7432452 | Snap-in connector for electrical junction box In a snap-in electrical connector for attaching helical metal cable and conduit to a junction box or the like, the connector having the locking ring with flexible tabs engageable with the cable/conduit, the improvement wherein the tabs have legs angled inwardly of t... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7423224 | Wire bundle routing assembly and installation method A wire bundle routing assembly for routing and at least partially enclosing and sealing a wire bundle between a a vehicle door frame and a vehicle door body. A door mounting base is slidably receivable in a slot formed in a front wall of a door body and includes a w... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7423223 | Construction to secure a washer tube to a grommet A construction is provided having an expanded diameter tube on at least one end of a small diameter tube through which an electrical wire group of a wire harness passes. In addition, a washer tube is secured to a grommet formed from an elastic body, and a vehicle la... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7420125 | Grommet assembly Provided is a grommet assembly including an elastic grommet main body and hard inner members to be fitted into the collar part of the grommet main body where openings for inserting electric wires are notched in part of the peripheral wall of the inner member. A lid ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7417189 | Connection structure for lead wire and heater wire A connection structure for a lead wire and a heater wire includes a tube member, a body housed in the tube member in a watertight manner, a through hole extending in an axial direction of the tube member in the body, seal members respectively arranged at both sides ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7390969 | Wire harness grommet A wire harness grommet assembly includes a sheet metal panel having a speaker hole and a grommet for supporting a wire harness from an audio speaker disposed in the speaker hole. The sheet metal panel has an emboss formed along a peripheral edge of the speaker hole.... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390979 | Conduit connector assembly A conduit connector assembly which receives an end of a conduit carrying electrical wires includes a body, a grommet and a spring clip. The grommet and the spring clip are each mounted to the body. The spring clip is disposed within an interior bore of the fitting b... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388165 | Cable restraint and radius control apparatus A cable management apparatus includes a cable restraint adapted to provide strain relief to a cable and a radial guide adapted to provide a desired bend radius to a cable. The apparatus may have a compressible body provided with a receiving channel adapted to receiv... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7358448 | Electrical connector assembly with frusto-conical snap fit retaining ring for enhancing electrical grounding of the connector assembly to an electrical box and installation tool therefor An electric connector assembly made up of a connector body having an inlet end portion, an outlet end portion, and a bore communicating the inlet end portion to the outlet end portion; and having a frustro-conical retaining ring mounted on the outlet end portion whe... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7347730 | Grommet A grommet includes an elastic main body that has a through hole through which a shielded cable is passed. An abutment surface is formed within the elastic main body. An end portion of a braid of the shielded cable, which is disposed at a processed portion of the shi... | 03/25/2008 |
