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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178781 | Apparatus for protecting cable trays, conduits and/or cables An enclosure apparatus for protecting cable trays, electrical cables, pipes and/or includes other control equipment. The enclosure apparatus includes one or more linear sections and/or elbow or corner sections. The sections are configured to be joined together to fo... | 05/15/2012 |
| 7420120 | Flexible conduit and cable A flexible conduit or cable for electrical wiring having at least one break location along the length of the conduit or cable that is visible on an outer surface of the conduit or cable. The break location enables the conduit or cable to be broken. Also provided is ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418980 | Vacuum cleaner hose The present invention relates to a vacuum cleaner hose manufactured by continuously spirally winding one row or two rows of band-shaped materials extruded with an electric wire inserted therein. The vacuum cleaner hose is formed by spirally winding and sticking a ba... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7390968 | Power-supplying device for sliding structure There is provided a power-supplying device for a sliding structure including a wiring harness being arranged between a base and the sliding structure slidably mounted on the base, a protector mounted on the sliding structure for bending the wiring harness in a loop ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7339112 | Electric supply device An electric supply device includes: a protector arranged in a slide structure; and a wiring harness guided out being bent from a harness fixing part situated in the protector toward a fixed structure, wherein the harness fixing part is situated in an opening directi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7307217 | Locking structure for protector and wire harness A bundle 11 of electric wires is contained in a protector (20) which is a tubular body formed by assembling a main body (21) and a cover (22) together, and the main body (21) and the cover (22) are fixed to each other by mea... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7279638 | Harness structure for a sliding door A wiring harness is horizontally swingably arranged from the sliding door to a vehicle body. A resilient member arranged at the sliding door energizes the wiring harness toward the vehicle body when the sliding door is fully closed, and energizes to bend the wiring ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7271346 | Window seal with electrical raceway The present invention provides a device which permits the passage of an electrical cords or wires through an open window or door into a building while providing a weather proof seal for the opening and preventing the entry of carbon monoxide and other fumes into the... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7250573 | Automotive cable holding system The present invention relates to an automotive cable holding system for securing a vehicle body to a cable which is connected at one end to a locking mechanism for a rear seat backrest and at the other end to a releasing mechanism. The automotive cable holding syste... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7112746 | Data transmission cable There is provided a cable for data transmission which can be wired and constructed without damaging a surface of a wall, ceiling, floor or the like, without using any clamps and which does not degrade appearance of a wired space, and further, allows the wiring const... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7087839 | Slack-based method for determining wire harness tolerance A slack-based method for determining fastener placement tolerances for a wire harness relative to a vehicle mounting point layout. The method uses a determination of maximum permissible slack between pairs of adjacent mounting points to calculate tolerances for each... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7004641 | Submersible fiber optic lighting system A support stand intended to support a terminus of fiber optic cable includes: a base member, a ferrule-receiving member, and a connector that connects the ferrule-receiving member to the base member. Kits including a light source, a lighting grade fiber optic cable ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6924432 | Firewall damper for sleeves having data transmission lines A firewall damper fitting for data transmission lines having a damper body and a vertically sliding cover plate. The cover plate and the damper body having protruding lip portions which allow removable access to data lines while providing an effective damper which r... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6918794 | Modular jack having an anti-mismating member to prevent incorrect insertion of a smaller sized plug A modular jack (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a plug-receiving cavity (10), a number of conductive terminals (322) and an anti-mismating member (2) received in the housing (1) and a metal shell (4) sh... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6903274 | Harness protector and structure for supplying electric power using the protector A harness protector for accommodating a wire harness in a protector main body in a curved shape includes a friction member for holding the wire harness in the accommodating state temporarily. The friction member abuts resiliently on the wire harness. The harness pro... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6844493 | Raceway for providing power and communications connectivity The present invention introduces a raceway for association with a floor and a support of a structure to provide power or communications connectivity between the support and a location on the floor. The raceway includes a housing and a fastener. The housing, that is ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6806427 | Transparent protective tube for external cable A cable protecting tube having high transparency and allowing the filling condition of mortar therein to be visually observed from the outside as well as exhibiting high pressure resistance is provided. A cable protecting tube for accommodating a cable and fo... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6727427 | Electrical wiring channel An electrical wiring channel is installed beneath a wallboard, and includes a wiring channel member, a wiring faceplate, and a baseboard. The electrical wiring channel can be retrofit into existing buildings, by removing existing molding, and removing a portion of t... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6504101 | Clip for flat harness A clip for a flat harness is provided that includes an upper plate, a stem portion extending from a vicinity of an end in a longitudinal direction of the upper plate, and at least one projecting portion provided on an outer peripheral surface of the stem ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6487091 | Method and apparatus for supplying data and power to panel-supported components A technique for supplying power and data signals to panel-mounted components includes distribution of power and data conductors in a trunk wireway and further distribution to component locations via drop cable assemblies disposed in drop wireways. The dro... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6417452 | Wiring harness bending mechanism A wiring harness bending mechanism is provided, which includes: a wiring harness; and first and second link arms each having a tubular portion to put the wiring harness therethrough, wherein a pair of convexities are formed on the first link arm and a pai... | 07/09/2002 |
| 6410852 | Continuously-threaded PVC electrical conduit A conduit to house electrical wires is provided between two electrical service boxes. The conduit includes a length of continuously-threaded Schedule 80 PVC tubing which has a first end and a second end. The tubing is externally threaded from the first en... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6392147 | Protector that snaps over routed parts A routed part protector for protecting cables, wires, hoses, tubing and the like having a closed slot extending to a central aperture for inserting routed parts to be maintained in the aperture forming an assembly. The assembly can be attached to a vehicl... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6259843 | Optical cable, a method of laying an optical cable, and a data transfer system using the optical cable In an optical cable, at least one optical fiber is enclosed in a cover. The cover has an outer surface which in cross-section is in the shape of a trapezium formed by removing the right-angled isosceles corner region from a right-angled isosceles triangle... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6252168 | Modular cable guide system The invention relates to a modular cable guide system for use in an injection moulding apparatus including at least one first cable guide conduit, at least one connector having a sleeve for fitting around a first end of the first cable guide conduit, clamping ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6215681 | Bus bar heat sink A multiple current path device, for carrying electric current to and conducting heat from an electronic circuit, comprising an optional heat sink, a plurality of conducting substrates forming several electrically insulated current conductors, a thermally ... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6184469 | Two joined insulated ribbon conductors A folded insulated ribbon conductor having a pair of joined twice folded conductors. The folded insulated ribbon conductor has an outer layer of a thin flexible length of insulative material. A thin flexible conductive ribbon is adhered to one side of the... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6107576 | Hinged top lid for cable channel A cable channel and lid assembly including an elongate cable channel for supporting wire and/or optical cable therein and defining outwardly facing grooves adjacent the top edge of each side wall. A hinged top lid is provided including two opposing side w... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6096975 | Split grooved sheath and method and apparatus for making same A grooved tubular protective sheath (10) with a slot and a longitudinal flange. In particular, the flange (24) is provided on one edge (16) of the slot substantially at the bottom of the grooves (12) and positionable under the other slot edge (17). The gr... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6043433 | Cable clamp with universal positioning A clamping mechanism for mounting a circuit conditioning monitoring device to electrical cables of various diameters includes a fixed sleeve and a movable sleeve positioned within the fixed sleeve. Both sleeves include gaps whereby an electrical cable may... | 03/28/2000 |
| 5723819 | Conductor channel for installing insulated electrical conductors A conductor channel is used for the laying of insulated electrical conductors (3) in an air- or spacecraft, whereby the channel can be integrated into a conductor channel system. The conductor channel is made of at least one open hollow section (2), where... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5514834 | Flanged conduit and insulation for electric wires and method of use Flanged conduit and flanged insulation for anchoring electric wires along a wall and floor is shown for use by inserting the flange into a preexisting gap.... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5185501 | Cable shield strip A Cable shield strip made of a flexible plastic, shaped as H, U or G and having a horizontal shield strip with a layer of adhesive on its bottom surface to flexibly wrap up a cable and two fixing strips fused with both ends of the shield strip and having ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5160811 | Duct transition converter and flexible connectors including same A universal flexible transition connector for connecting the ends of spaced apart wiring ducts is described. The connectors are flexible along six axes of change to provide a single fitting capable of making any number of gradually curved interconnections... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5151037 | Transparent contact rail A contact rail with two conductors that are arranged on opposite sides of a transparent isolated support member and can be tapped from the outside. The support member is preferably made of glass material.... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5113036 | Modular cable An undercarpet cable (40) includes a plurality of longitudinally extending interlocking segments (42--42). The segments are designed each to have an optical fiber (33) housed therein or when interlocked in an assembly to provide a longitudinally extending... | 05/12/1992 |
| 4990098 | Current bar arrangement A current bar arrangement includes a flat, two-wire, flexible cable (2) provided with a rubber-like insulation (2.3). The cable has a plurality of holes (2.4) stamped in the insulation at a mutual distance between the two wires (2.1, 2.2). The two wires a... | 02/05/1991 |
| 4924036 | Multi-purpose apparatus for distributing wires The multi-purpose apparatus for distributing wires mainly comprises a strip member having at one lateral wall a longituidnal opening with flanges respectively formed on opposite edges thereof, and a plurality of single units each having along its length a... | 05/08/1990 |
| 4861273 | Low-voltage miniature track lighting system A low voltage track lighting system includes a flexible power track and one or more light fixtures removably attachable to the track for energization. The track has an elongated support member of an electrical insulating material, the support member being... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4801764 | Cable assembly for use under carpeting A thin, relatively flat cable assembly for laying under carpet. The cable assembly includes an insulative central region and at least one conductor held in the central region. The conductor is of the type able to undergo only limited bending without damag... | 01/31/1989 |
