| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 174072000 |
Multi-duct conduit and/or plural branch
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| 174071000 |
Bus bars | 4 |
| 20100012372 | Wire Beam - Manufacturing a wire beam ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100059274 | ELECTRODE SYSTEM AND LEAD ASSEMBLY FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING - The present invention provides an electrode system and lead assembly for linking one or more electrodes to a physiological monitoring device. In general, the lead assembly comprises one or more lead sets and one or more lead links. The lead set generally comprises one or more leads each coupled at one end to a set connector, and at an other end, each coupled or adapted to be coupled to a respective electrode of the electrode system. The lead link generally comprises a link connector and one or more link leads operatively coupled thereto, each set lead being operatively coupleable to a corresponding link lead via direct or indirect operative coupling of the set connector and the link connector. Each link lead is further adapted to be coupled to one or more physiological monitoring devices, either by direct connection via a common or distinct connector(s) integral to the lead link, or by indirect connection via one or more additional connectors. The invention also provides for a lead set for linking multiple electrodes to a physiological monitoring device via an intermediary link, the lead set comprising multiple leads each adapted for operative coupling to a respective one the multiple electrodes and a connector adapted for connection to the intermediary link wherein each of said leads is operatively coupled to said connector and operatively coupleable to the monitoring device via connection of said connector to the intermediary link. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100263926 | WIRE HARNESS FOR AUTOMOBILE - A wire harness having a flat portion which holds a plurality of round wires arranged in parallel in a flat shape and a circular portion which holds the plurality of round wires, that have been converged to have a circular section, to have a circular section are provided continuously while being located in different areas along the length direction of the wire harness. The flat portion is provided in any one of the moving area, the curved area, the cross routing area between the body portions, or the routing area to a flat space of the wire harness, and the circular portion is provided in any one of the routing area about the axis, the twisted routing area, or an area other than the flat portion of the wire harness when the wire harness is routed in the automobile. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110162884 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF A NETWORK IN HVAC AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - A system and method for connecting a number of network devices together in a daisy chain configuration is disclosed. A connector device comprising a number of cable interfaces for a cable is used to allow a number of network devices connected to a network to be connected in a free-form manner, yet still maintain a daisy chain configuration. A cable comprising at least two conductors, wherein the conductors are preferably a twisted pair of copper wire, is used to connect the network devices, so that each network device only has a single cable connected to it. Additional network devices can be added to the network by simply connecting the additional network device into the existing network with the use of an additional cable and an additional connector device. Wherever the additional network device is added to the existing network, the network will be maintained in a daisy chain configuration. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110180321 | EXTRUDED CABLE STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - A headset can include a cable structure connecting non-cable components such as jacks and headphones. The cable structure can include several legs connected at a bifurcation. An extrusion process can be used to manufacture legs of a multi-segment cable structure. As material is processed by an extruder, one or more system factors of the extruder can be dynamically adjusted to change a diameter of the resulting leg (e.g., to provide a smooth leg having a changing size). Once the leg is extruded, portions of the leg can be reformed to create undercuts used to connect the legs at a bifurcation region. In some cases, an extrusion process can be used to construct a jointly formed multi-leg cable structure having an integral bifurcation region and split. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110209915 | PULSE OXIMETRY SYSTEM WITH LOW NOISE CABLE HUB - A pulse oximetry system for reducing the risk of electric shock to a medical patient can include physiological sensors, at least one of which has a light emitter that can impinge light on body tissue of a living patient and a detector responsive to the light after attenuation by the body tissue. The detector can generate a signal indicative of a physiological characteristic of the living patient. The pulse oximetry system may also include a splitter cable that can connect the physiological sensors to a physiological monitor. The splitter cable may have a plurality of cable sections each including one or more electrical conductors that can interface with one of the physiological sensors. One or more decoupling circuits may be disposed in the splitter cable, which can be in communication with selected ones of the electrical conductors. The one or more decoupling circuits can electrically decouple the physiological sensors. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110226529 | Industrail adhesive tape and its use - The invention relates to an industrial adhesive tape. The tape includes a tape-shaped textile dyed backing and an adhesive coating, in particular a pressure sensitive adhesive coating applied to at least one side of the textile dyed backing. To achieve significantly reduced inherent discoloration or decolorization and also reduced discoloration of the wrapped materials, and hence improved compatibility of the adhesive tape with the materials to be adhered together, such as cablesets, the textile backing is fabricated from spun-dyed threads or fibers. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20120012386 | LAYING NETWORK CABLES IN WATER SUPPLY PIPES - A network and method of laying network cables in water supply pipes is disclosed. A building is situated near a roadway along which is laid a trunk cable. A water supply pipe branches off the water main to enter the building. A water supply pipe is provided at the time of construction of the building and is an underground pipe. It is conventional to provide a dedicated (and usually underground) conduit for a branch cable, which is expensive and disruptive. In the present invention the branch cable is laid along water supply pipe, enabling the cable to cross between the trunk cable and the building with minimal disturbance of the ground therebetween. This is achieved by introducing cable to pipe by use of a suitable Y-junction at location and removing the cable from the pipe by use of a second such Y-junction at location. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120279780 | POWER CABLE HAVING SECURITY FEATURE - Apparatus that may help identify unauthorized removal of goods while maintaining a pleasing physical appearance, avoiding theft misidentifications, and allowing a high degree of customer interaction. One example may provide a signal path for conveying a signal that is active when a good or device is removed from a retail or other environment in an authorized manner. The signal path may be wired or wireless. In another example, a signal path for a sensor may be inconspicuously combined with a power cable. In another example, theft misidentifications may be prevented by not relying on connections that a customer is likely to interact with to detect a theft. Another example may provide a security device that may allow a high degree of customer interaction by unobtrusively attaching a sensor to the back of a good to be protected. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130025934 | ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - An apparatus, such as an electrical distribution system, is provided. The apparatus can include a first conductor and a second conductor. Multiple conduction paths can form parallel electrical connections along a connection span between the first and second conductors, with each of the conduction paths having a respectively similar nominal electrical resistance. The first and second conductors can have respective cross-sectional areas that decrease in opposing directions along said connection span. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130092433 | UNDERWATER APPARATUS - There is provided an underwater apparatus that includes a housing including a certain device, a pair of cable couplings including gimbals through which tail cables extends from the device to the outside of the housing pass, and the pair of cable couplings that connect the tail cables passing through the gimbals to a submarine cable, and a connecting holder configured to include gimbal rings fitted to the gimbals and to connect the pair of cable couplings to the housing via the gimbal rings so that the pair of cable coupling is rotatable relative to the housing, the connecting holder including an opening from which the gimbals are introduced toward the gimbal rings, wherein the connecting holder includes notches provided in an edge of the opening and the notches are formed so that the pair of cable coupling is rotatable relative to the housing. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20140138150 | EARPHONE CABLE STRUCTURE - An earphone cable structure includes a first connection sleeve, a primary cable, a first branch cable, a second branch cable and a thin-type bridging section. The first connection sleeve includes a first end and a second end. The primary cable is connected to the first end, and includes first core lines and second core lines. The first branch cable is connected to the second end, and includes third core lines connected to the first core lines. The second branch cable is connected to the second end, and includes fourth core lines connected to the second core lines. The axial cross-sectional width of the primary cable is equal to the axial cross-sectional width of the first branch cable plus that of the second branch cable. The thin-type bridging section is connected between the first branch cable and the second branch cable. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140138151 | SHIELDED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR FURCATION ASSEMBLY - A furcation assembly for electrical conductors of an electro-optical cable with electrical conductors and optical conductors has an inner tube surrounded by a metallic shield layer and a polymer jacket surrounding the metallic shield layer. The inner tube may have a circular or a generally ovalaid cross section inner diameter. A transition housing may be applied over an interconnection between the metallic shield layer and a metallic shield of the electro-optical cable. A pull strand may be provided in the inner tube inner diameter, for ease of insertion of the electrical conductors and/or additional water proofing characteristics. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140305696 | CABLE BRANCHING STRUCTURE - An electric wire branching structure ( | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150310964 | UNITARY FURCATING HYBRID FIBER OPTIC AND POWER CABLE - Cable assemblies, premises and wireless cabling systems utilizing such assemblies, and cable units found within such cable assemblies are described. More particularly, cable assemblies that can be furcated and include both optical fibers and electrical conductors are described. Such assemblies can include a plurality of cable units disposed within a primary jacket that surrounds the cable units, with at least some units including optical fibers and at least some units including electrical conductors that may have a conductivity of greater than 1 e | 10-29-2015 |
| 20130240264 | PERMANENT ELECTRICAL CONTACT APPLICABLE TO THE WEB OF RAILS AND THE LIKE - A permanent electrical contact applicable to the web of rails. The contact comprises a bush in electrically conductive material having a tubular stem suitable for inserting in a hole in the web of a rail, a flanged head radially widened compared to the stem and suitable for engaging in abutment with a portion surrounding the hole, and an axial through hole in which a punch can be inserted to expand the tubular stem radially and join a radially outer surface of the stem closely with the hole. At least a portion of the outer surface of the stem is substantially made of a first conductive metal and at least a portion of the flanged head is substantially made of a second conductive metal different from the first conductive metal. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130306369 | PLUG-IN TYPE BUS BAR - A plug-in type busbar for connecting with a relay or a breaker includes an insulating housing and a plurality of conductive busbar parts insulated from each other in the insulating housing. Two interface sets are provided on two ends of the busbar respectively. One interface set on one end of one busbar can be inserted in the other interface set of the other bus bar. The busbar is connectable with adjacent busbars through the interface sets at both ends thereof. At least an electrical connection is formed between the adjacent two busbars after the adjacent two busbars are inserted each other. When a longer busbar is demanded, an extended structure can be obtained by simply connecting two busbars together, and a connection of the busbars can be completed by connecting the insulating housing in a plugged manner, thus avoiding a demand of an insulating process after the busbars are connected. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140000960 | BUS BAR AND ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX HAVING THE SAME | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140138149 | BUS SYSTEM CONNECTING BUS BARS AND A METHOD OF CONNECTING BUS BARS - According to an aspect of the disclosure, there is provided an electrical distribution bus system that includes first and second bus bars, a dielectric insulator, and at least one fastener coupling the bus bars and dielectric insulator. Each of the bus bars includes an elbow portion from which a pair of straight portions extends at elbow angles, the straight portions being disposed at right angles to each other. The dielectric insulator has a length and a width, the width being no greater than twice the length, the length extending perpendicularly between the elbow portions. The fastener couples the dielectric insulator between the bus bars, the dielectric insulator electrically insulating the first and second bus bar from one another. | 05-22-2014 |
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| 20100012372 | Wire Beam - Manufacturing a wire beam ( | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100059274 | ELECTRODE SYSTEM AND LEAD ASSEMBLY FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORING - The present invention provides an electrode system and lead assembly for linking one or more electrodes to a physiological monitoring device. In general, the lead assembly comprises one or more lead sets and one or more lead links. The lead set generally comprises one or more leads each coupled at one end to a set connector, and at an other end, each coupled or adapted to be coupled to a respective electrode of the electrode system. The lead link generally comprises a link connector and one or more link leads operatively coupled thereto, each set lead being operatively coupleable to a corresponding link lead via direct or indirect operative coupling of the set connector and the link connector. Each link lead is further adapted to be coupled to one or more physiological monitoring devices, either by direct connection via a common or distinct connector(s) integral to the lead link, or by indirect connection via one or more additional connectors. The invention also provides for a lead set for linking multiple electrodes to a physiological monitoring device via an intermediary link, the lead set comprising multiple leads each adapted for operative coupling to a respective one the multiple electrodes and a connector adapted for connection to the intermediary link wherein each of said leads is operatively coupled to said connector and operatively coupleable to the monitoring device via connection of said connector to the intermediary link. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100263926 | WIRE HARNESS FOR AUTOMOBILE - A wire harness having a flat portion which holds a plurality of round wires arranged in parallel in a flat shape and a circular portion which holds the plurality of round wires, that have been converged to have a circular section, to have a circular section are provided continuously while being located in different areas along the length direction of the wire harness. The flat portion is provided in any one of the moving area, the curved area, the cross routing area between the body portions, or the routing area to a flat space of the wire harness, and the circular portion is provided in any one of the routing area about the axis, the twisted routing area, or an area other than the flat portion of the wire harness when the wire harness is routed in the automobile. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20110162884 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROL OF A NETWORK IN HVAC AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - A system and method for connecting a number of network devices together in a daisy chain configuration is disclosed. A connector device comprising a number of cable interfaces for a cable is used to allow a number of network devices connected to a network to be connected in a free-form manner, yet still maintain a daisy chain configuration. A cable comprising at least two conductors, wherein the conductors are preferably a twisted pair of copper wire, is used to connect the network devices, so that each network device only has a single cable connected to it. Additional network devices can be added to the network by simply connecting the additional network device into the existing network with the use of an additional cable and an additional connector device. Wherever the additional network device is added to the existing network, the network will be maintained in a daisy chain configuration. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110180321 | EXTRUDED CABLE STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAKING THE SAME - A headset can include a cable structure connecting non-cable components such as jacks and headphones. The cable structure can include several legs connected at a bifurcation. An extrusion process can be used to manufacture legs of a multi-segment cable structure. As material is processed by an extruder, one or more system factors of the extruder can be dynamically adjusted to change a diameter of the resulting leg (e.g., to provide a smooth leg having a changing size). Once the leg is extruded, portions of the leg can be reformed to create undercuts used to connect the legs at a bifurcation region. In some cases, an extrusion process can be used to construct a jointly formed multi-leg cable structure having an integral bifurcation region and split. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110209915 | PULSE OXIMETRY SYSTEM WITH LOW NOISE CABLE HUB - A pulse oximetry system for reducing the risk of electric shock to a medical patient can include physiological sensors, at least one of which has a light emitter that can impinge light on body tissue of a living patient and a detector responsive to the light after attenuation by the body tissue. The detector can generate a signal indicative of a physiological characteristic of the living patient. The pulse oximetry system may also include a splitter cable that can connect the physiological sensors to a physiological monitor. The splitter cable may have a plurality of cable sections each including one or more electrical conductors that can interface with one of the physiological sensors. One or more decoupling circuits may be disposed in the splitter cable, which can be in communication with selected ones of the electrical conductors. The one or more decoupling circuits can electrically decouple the physiological sensors. | 09-01-2011 |
| 20110226529 | Industrail adhesive tape and its use - The invention relates to an industrial adhesive tape. The tape includes a tape-shaped textile dyed backing and an adhesive coating, in particular a pressure sensitive adhesive coating applied to at least one side of the textile dyed backing. To achieve significantly reduced inherent discoloration or decolorization and also reduced discoloration of the wrapped materials, and hence improved compatibility of the adhesive tape with the materials to be adhered together, such as cablesets, the textile backing is fabricated from spun-dyed threads or fibers. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20120012386 | LAYING NETWORK CABLES IN WATER SUPPLY PIPES - A network and method of laying network cables in water supply pipes is disclosed. A building is situated near a roadway along which is laid a trunk cable. A water supply pipe branches off the water main to enter the building. A water supply pipe is provided at the time of construction of the building and is an underground pipe. It is conventional to provide a dedicated (and usually underground) conduit for a branch cable, which is expensive and disruptive. In the present invention the branch cable is laid along water supply pipe, enabling the cable to cross between the trunk cable and the building with minimal disturbance of the ground therebetween. This is achieved by introducing cable to pipe by use of a suitable Y-junction at location and removing the cable from the pipe by use of a second such Y-junction at location. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120279780 | POWER CABLE HAVING SECURITY FEATURE - Apparatus that may help identify unauthorized removal of goods while maintaining a pleasing physical appearance, avoiding theft misidentifications, and allowing a high degree of customer interaction. One example may provide a signal path for conveying a signal that is active when a good or device is removed from a retail or other environment in an authorized manner. The signal path may be wired or wireless. In another example, a signal path for a sensor may be inconspicuously combined with a power cable. In another example, theft misidentifications may be prevented by not relying on connections that a customer is likely to interact with to detect a theft. Another example may provide a security device that may allow a high degree of customer interaction by unobtrusively attaching a sensor to the back of a good to be protected. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130025934 | ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - An apparatus, such as an electrical distribution system, is provided. The apparatus can include a first conductor and a second conductor. Multiple conduction paths can form parallel electrical connections along a connection span between the first and second conductors, with each of the conduction paths having a respectively similar nominal electrical resistance. The first and second conductors can have respective cross-sectional areas that decrease in opposing directions along said connection span. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130092433 | UNDERWATER APPARATUS - There is provided an underwater apparatus that includes a housing including a certain device, a pair of cable couplings including gimbals through which tail cables extends from the device to the outside of the housing pass, and the pair of cable couplings that connect the tail cables passing through the gimbals to a submarine cable, and a connecting holder configured to include gimbal rings fitted to the gimbals and to connect the pair of cable couplings to the housing via the gimbal rings so that the pair of cable coupling is rotatable relative to the housing, the connecting holder including an opening from which the gimbals are introduced toward the gimbal rings, wherein the connecting holder includes notches provided in an edge of the opening and the notches are formed so that the pair of cable coupling is rotatable relative to the housing. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20140138150 | EARPHONE CABLE STRUCTURE - An earphone cable structure includes a first connection sleeve, a primary cable, a first branch cable, a second branch cable and a thin-type bridging section. The first connection sleeve includes a first end and a second end. The primary cable is connected to the first end, and includes first core lines and second core lines. The first branch cable is connected to the second end, and includes third core lines connected to the first core lines. The second branch cable is connected to the second end, and includes fourth core lines connected to the second core lines. The axial cross-sectional width of the primary cable is equal to the axial cross-sectional width of the first branch cable plus that of the second branch cable. The thin-type bridging section is connected between the first branch cable and the second branch cable. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140138151 | SHIELDED ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR FURCATION ASSEMBLY - A furcation assembly for electrical conductors of an electro-optical cable with electrical conductors and optical conductors has an inner tube surrounded by a metallic shield layer and a polymer jacket surrounding the metallic shield layer. The inner tube may have a circular or a generally ovalaid cross section inner diameter. A transition housing may be applied over an interconnection between the metallic shield layer and a metallic shield of the electro-optical cable. A pull strand may be provided in the inner tube inner diameter, for ease of insertion of the electrical conductors and/or additional water proofing characteristics. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20140305696 | CABLE BRANCHING STRUCTURE - An electric wire branching structure ( | 10-16-2014 |
| 20150310964 | UNITARY FURCATING HYBRID FIBER OPTIC AND POWER CABLE - Cable assemblies, premises and wireless cabling systems utilizing such assemblies, and cable units found within such cable assemblies are described. More particularly, cable assemblies that can be furcated and include both optical fibers and electrical conductors are described. Such assemblies can include a plurality of cable units disposed within a primary jacket that surrounds the cable units, with at least some units including optical fibers and at least some units including electrical conductors that may have a conductivity of greater than 1 e | 10-29-2015 |
| 20130240264 | PERMANENT ELECTRICAL CONTACT APPLICABLE TO THE WEB OF RAILS AND THE LIKE - A permanent electrical contact applicable to the web of rails. The contact comprises a bush in electrically conductive material having a tubular stem suitable for inserting in a hole in the web of a rail, a flanged head radially widened compared to the stem and suitable for engaging in abutment with a portion surrounding the hole, and an axial through hole in which a punch can be inserted to expand the tubular stem radially and join a radially outer surface of the stem closely with the hole. At least a portion of the outer surface of the stem is substantially made of a first conductive metal and at least a portion of the flanged head is substantially made of a second conductive metal different from the first conductive metal. | 09-19-2013 |
| 20130306369 | PLUG-IN TYPE BUS BAR - A plug-in type busbar for connecting with a relay or a breaker includes an insulating housing and a plurality of conductive busbar parts insulated from each other in the insulating housing. Two interface sets are provided on two ends of the busbar respectively. One interface set on one end of one busbar can be inserted in the other interface set of the other bus bar. The busbar is connectable with adjacent busbars through the interface sets at both ends thereof. At least an electrical connection is formed between the adjacent two busbars after the adjacent two busbars are inserted each other. When a longer busbar is demanded, an extended structure can be obtained by simply connecting two busbars together, and a connection of the busbars can be completed by connecting the insulating housing in a plugged manner, thus avoiding a demand of an insulating process after the busbars are connected. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140000960 | BUS BAR AND ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX HAVING THE SAME | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140138149 | BUS SYSTEM CONNECTING BUS BARS AND A METHOD OF CONNECTING BUS BARS - According to an aspect of the disclosure, there is provided an electrical distribution bus system that includes first and second bus bars, a dielectric insulator, and at least one fastener coupling the bus bars and dielectric insulator. Each of the bus bars includes an elbow portion from which a pair of straight portions extends at elbow angles, the straight portions being disposed at right angles to each other. The dielectric insulator has a length and a width, the width being no greater than twice the length, the length extending perpendicularly between the elbow portions. The fastener couples the dielectric insulator between the bus bars, the dielectric insulator electrically insulating the first and second bus bar from one another. | 05-22-2014 |
