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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7282639 | Ignition wire having low resistance and high inductance An ignition wire having low resistance and high inductance includes a ferrite core, a coiled wire surrounding the core, and an insulating sheath, where the high voltage ignition wire exhibits a resistance of 130-210 Ohms/ft and an inductance of 44-104 μH. The coile... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7148422 | Ignition wire with grafted coating and method of making An ignition wire includes a conductive core, an insulation layer surrounding the core, an insulating jacket surrounding the insulation layer and a coating layer which is grafted and bonded to at least a portion of an exterior surface of the insulating jacket. The co... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6328176 | Multifunctional protective component Subject of the present invention is multifunctional protective component. This new component provides simultaneous protection against voltage strokes and against both high and low frequency disturbances. It is composed of two discrete chip components, nam... | 12/11/2001 |
| 5875543 | Coil type noise suppressing high voltage resistant wire A coil type, noise suppressing high voltage resistor wherein, without applying a releasing agent to the coil core, the adhesiveness of the fluorocarbon polymer in its unvulcanized state is reduced sufficiently so that unwinding of the unvulcanized core, f... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5843567 | Electrical component containing magnetic particles There is disclosed an electrical component having an axial direction and two ends for making electrical contact with another component comprising a plurality of electrically conductive fibers in a matrix, the plurality of the fibers being oriented in the ... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5824958 | Noise suppressing, coil-type electrical cable resistant to high voltage A noise-suppressing, coil-type, electrical cable which is resistant to high voltage includes an elongated core and a helically wound resistance wire. An insulation layer is provided over the resistance wire on the core. The wire has a tensile strength of ... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5196822 | Stacked termination resistance A resistance stack for terminating a data bus cable includes a stack of resistor chips, each having two conductively plated through holes. The resistance elements are kept in alignment and electrically connected to leads of the data bus cable by elongated... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5139862 | Pultruded electronic device An electronic device for conducting electric current has two contacting components at least one of which is a nonmetallic electronic contact in the form of a pultruded composite member made of a plurality of small generally circular cross section conducti... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5101190 | Non-metal high resistance electric cable A non-metal controlled high resistance electric cable formed by wrapping a center strength member of insulating microporous polytetrafluoroethylene with a narrow strip of conductive carbon-filled microporous polytetrafluoroethylene and jacketing the wrapp... | 03/31/1992 |
| 5059938 | Wire wound ignition cable and method for making same An ignition cable having a resistance wire helically wound around a strength member to form a conductive core. A very thin adhesive layer is applied over the conductive core and is overlaid with a semi-conductive layer of a cross-linked thermosetting mate... | 10/22/1991 |
| 5057812 | Noise-suppressing high-tension resistance cable A high-tension resistance cable capable of maintaining a distributed capacitance not greater than 80 pF/m while having an outer diameter not greater than 5 mm includes a central resistance conductor which is no more than 0.8 mm in diameter. In one embodim... | 10/15/1991 |
| 5034719 | Radio frequency interference suppression ignition cable having a semiconductive polyolefin conductive core An ignition cable having a layer of semi-conductive cross-linkable polyolefin extruded over a nonmetallic strength member to form a conductive core. An insulating layer is extruded over the conductive core and overlaid with a braid of glass yarn. A final ... | 07/23/1991 |
| 4998090 | Engine ignition cable for preventing unwanted interference due to high frequency noise An engine ignition cable in which carbon fiber is mixed with conductive rubber or synthetic resin, to provide a conductive portion in which the resistance value is readily adjusted. The conductive element of the cable is made of carbon fiber of polyacrylo... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4970488 | Noise-suppressing high voltage cable and method of manufacturing thereof A high voltage cable having a wound conductor made by winding a metallic wire around a ferrite rubber covered reinforcing core, in which the ferrite rubber layer is additionally provided with conductive particles or fibers in order to improve noise suppre... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4780700 | Noise prevention high voltage resistive wire and method of manufacturing the same To prevent generation of corona discharge at terminals of high voltage resistive wires used as ignition cords, a metallic cap is fixed to at least one exposed core wire end by a bonding agent, and further a metallic terminal is fitted to the metallic cap ... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4748436 | Noise prevention high voltage resistance wire To reduce resistance change due to heat and external force, the noise prevention high-voltage resistance wire comprises a non-metallic reinforcing core wire; a conductive composite including gaseous phase growth carbon fiber, in particular; and at least o... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4704596 | Extrusion coated ignition wire Automotive ignition wire with a high temperature rating, excellent electrical insulating properties, heat resistance, oil resistance and abrasion resistance is described. The wire utilizes a conductor made up of a glass fiber-cotton fiber braid on a graph... | 11/03/1987 |
| 4700171 | Ignition wire Automotive ignition wire with a high temperature rating, excellent electrical insulating properties, heat resistance, oil resistance and abrasion resistance is described. The wire utilizes a conductor made up of either a helically wound metal conductor on... | 10/13/1987 |
| 4689601 | Multi-layer ignition wire Automotive ignition wire with a high temperature rating, excellent electrical insulating properties, heat resistance, oil resistance and abrasion resistance is described. The wire utilizes a conductor made up of either a helically wound metal conductor on... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4677418 | Ignition cable An ignition cable in which a thin tape or film of ethylene terephthalate is wrapped tightly around an inner layer of rubber insulation, coaxial with the core and inside the outer insulating jacket.... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4562317 | Automotive-type distributor rotor with built-in suppressor resistor To increase the resistance against high-voltage flash-over or arc-over of a distributor rotor with a built-in radio noise suppression resistor (5), the radio noise suppression resistor (5) is formed together with the distribution terminal (1) and a centra... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4456900 | High frequency coil A high frequency coil including an inductance device formed by fitting a pair of electrode caps at both ends of a ferrite magnetic core wound by a winding on a peripheral surface of the core; a heat resistant electric insulating coated layer formed on the... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4435692 | Low electrostatic capacity wire-wound type ignition cable An ignition cable for supplying voltage to the spark plugs of an internal combustion engine, the cable having a low electrostatic capacity such that it does not produce noise in an FM radio frequency band. A central reinforcing string made of aramido-type... | 03/06/1984 |
| 4431982 | Electrically conductive polydiorganosiloxanes Compositions which cure to electrically conductive silicone elastomers containing greater than 2 percent by weight of phenyl radicals, are disclosed. The compositions comprise a mixture of polydiorganosiloxane and greater than 15 percent by weight of elec... | 02/14/1984 |
| 4393282 | Electrode for ignition systems The part of the distributor electrode in the breakdown region has a resistance of at least 400 ohms per millimeter. The total resistance of the electrode is in the range of between 0.5 and 1.0 kilo-ohms. The material is a mixture of a resistive ceramic ma... | 07/12/1983 |
| 4378550 | Process for forming ignition cable core and product of the process A process for forming ignition cable core and a product of the process are described wherein multiple strength filaments are individually coated with an electrically conductive, curable elastomeric material, a common overcoating surrounding the mixture, t... | 03/29/1983 |
| 4375632 | Ignition cables A high voltage ignition cable is described comprising a resistive-conductor core, an insulator layer, and a jacket, wherein the resistive-conductor core comprises a tension member, a semiconductive internal layer, a semiconductive external layer, and a st... | 03/01/1983 |
| 4369423 | Composite automobile ignition cable A composite electrically conductive cable assembly for use as an ignition cable or the like. The assembly comprises an electrically conductive core comprising a plurality of mechanically and electrically continuous graphite filaments, and an electrically ... | 01/18/1983 |
| 4366464 | Ignition cables A high voltage ignition cable is described comprising a resistive-conductor core, an insulator layer provided thereon, and a jacket, wherein said insulator layer comprises a cross-linked product of a polymer composition consisting of crystalline polyethyl... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4363019 | Ignition cables A high voltage ignition cable having low capacitance comprising a resistive-conductor core, an insulator layer, and a jacket, wherein the resistive-conductor core comprises a tension member prepared by intertwining a plurality of polyaramide fiber bundles... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4270114 | Energy transmission devices A device for inclusion in the ignition current circuit of internal combustion engines in which a body of electrically conductive, irregularly shaped metal granules forms a flowpath in the form of a labyrinth between a pair of end terminals. Compaction pre... | 05/26/1981 |
| 4004183 | Resistor built-in spark plug A resistor built-in spark plug comprising an insulator formed therein with an axially extending bore, a terminal nut fitted in an upper end portion of the bore, a center electrode fitted in a lower end portion of the bore, a resistor arranged in a central... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3965879 | Radio frequency interference suppression apparatus An ignition wiring system having the leads formed as a wire coil about a magnetizable core defines a distributed constant resistive-inductive series impedance. A metal shield is located over the spark plug proper and electrically connected to the engine g... | 06/29/1976 |
| 3967230 | Resistor built-in spark plug A resistor built-in spark plug comprises an insulator formed with an axially extending inner hole, a stem fitted in the upper part of said hole in said insulator, a center electrode fitted in the lower part of said hole, a resistor disposed in the central... | 06/29/1976 |
