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20130214220 | Stringing Messenger Clamp and Methods of Using the Same - A stringing messenger clamp for use in overhead transmission and distribution systems and method of installing a messenger cable is provided. The stringing messenger clamp includes a bracket and an assembly body supported by the bracket, wherein the assembly body has a cable channel sized to receive a portion of a messenger cable. An assembly clamp is movable with respect to the assembly body and closable upon the cable channel. When the assembly clamp is in a closed position, it retains in place the portion of the messenger cable within the cable channel. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214222 | Wire Stringing Angle Clamp - A stringing angle clamp device and methods associated therewith are provided. The stringing angle clamp device has a pulley wheel rotatable about an axle. A connecting structure has at least a first end and a second end, wherein the first end rotatably is affixed to the axle and the second end is sized to connect to a utility pole. A first guide arm and a second guide arm are each rotatably affixed to the axle. A first wire clamping structure is affixed to the first guide arm and a second wire clamping structure is affixed to the second guide arm. | 08-22-2013 |
20130214223 | Roll-By Spacer and Trolley System for Use with a Wire and Methods Thereof - A roll-by spacer and trolley system for use with a wire and method thereof is provided. The system includes a trolley having at least one rotatable wheel. The rotatable wheel has a first wire contact surface positioned to contact and roll along the wire. A spacer is suspended from the trolley with a connecting element between the trolley and the spacer. The connecting element has a first position wherein the trolley and spacer are connected and a second position wherein the trolley and spacer are disconnected. A wire engagement structure is connected to the spacer. The wire engagement structure has a second wire contact surface that contacts the wire when the connecting element is in the second position. The second wire contact surface is positioned above first wire contact surface when the connecting element is in the first position. | 08-22-2013 |
20140367623 | Wire Stringing Angle Clamp - A stringing angle clamp device and methods associated therewith are provided. The stringing angle clamp device has a pulley wheel rotatable about an axle. A connecting structure has at least a first end and a second end, the first end rotatably affixed to the axle and the second end sized to connect to a utility pole. A first guide arm is rotatably affixed to the axle, wherein the first guide arm further comprises a first arm half and a second arm half, wherein the first arm half is mechanically fastened to the second arm half with at least one removable mechanical fastener positioned through each of the first and second arm halves. A first wire clamping structure is affixed to the first guide arm. | 12-18-2014 |
20150060634 | Impact-Absorbing Wire and Cable Fixture, Sytem, and Related Methods - An impact-absorbing wire and/or cable fixture, system, and related methods are disclosed. The impact-absorbing wire fixture apparatus includes a substantially rigid bracket having at least a first arm and a second arm, wherein the first arm is connectable to a utility support structure. A twisted portion is positioned within the second arm, wherein the twisted portion is at least a 90° rotation of the second arm, wherein the twisted portion of the second arm has a width that exceeds a thickness. A fixturing portion is positioned at a distal end of the second arm. | 03-05-2015 |
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20090075073 | Light weight concrete product containing synthetic fibers - A method is provided for producing a light weight, low to medium density product from gasified or aerated liquids and gels, such as air-entrained concrete. The method includes mixing cement, aggregate, water, air bubbles, a foam stabilizing agent and a plurality of suspension elements together to form a concrete mixture, pouring the mixture into a form and allowing the mixture to harden in the form. The suspension elements include synthetic fibers, such as polyolefin, nylon or polyester monofilaments, wherein each monofilament has a denier of less than 15 and a length of greater than 0.635 cm to 1.905 cm (¼ inch to ¾ inch). | 03-19-2009 |
20140274815 | MODIFIED DEFORMED REINFORCEMENT FIBERS, METHODS OF MAKING, AND USES - The invention relates to modified reinforcement fibers for use in a variety of applications. The modification includes crimping linear or straight reinforcement fibers to create a deformed or different shaped reinforcement fiber. Examples of the shaped fibers resulting from crimping include w-shaped, s-shaped, z-shaped and wedge-shaped. | 09-18-2014 |
20140275350 | REINFORCEMENT FIBER COATING COMPOSITIONS, METHODS OF MAKING AND TREATING, AND USES FOR IMPROVED ADHESION TO ASPHALT AND PORTLAND CEMENT CONCRETE - The invention relates to coating compositions, treated reinforced fibers, reinforced asphalt and portland cement concrete and methods for producing the same. The coating compositions include monomer, prepolymer or mixtures thereof, and graft initiator. The monomer and/or prepolymer include at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl, carboxyl, amino and ester. The graft initiator includes metallic salt. | 09-18-2014 |
20160068735 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR FIBER-CONTAINING GROUT - The invention relates to cementitious or grout compositions and drilling fluids including reinforcement fibers and methods relating thereto. The cementitious or grout compositions include dry blend material and reinforcement fibers. Each of the fibers can have one or more of a pre-selected mean length, denier, diameter and aspect ratio to improve dispersion in dry blending the cementitious or grout compositions. | 03-10-2016 |
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20140102184 | PORTABLE BRINELL HARDNESS TESTER - A portable Brinell metal hardness tester has a test head mounted in a carriage, movable vertically along elevating screws, and includes an adjustable valve for relieving hydraulic pressure within the test head where the valve includes a stem, an interior member, and an intermediate member. | 04-17-2014 |
20140230529 | PORTABLE BRINELL HARDNESS TESTER - A portable Brinell metal hardness tester has a test head mounted in a carriage, movable vertically along elevating screws, and includes an adjustable valve for relieving hydraulic pressure within the test head where the valve includes a stem, an interior member, and an intermediate member. | 08-21-2014 |
20150362416 | PORTABLE BRINELL HARDNESS TESTER WITH STENTED THROUGH BORE PUMPING CHAMBER - A portable Brinell metal hardness tester has a test head mounted in a carriage, movable vertically along elevating screws, and includes a reciprocable pumping rack movable in response to manual movement of a pumping lever, for pumping hydraulic fluid into a passageway of the tester to increase hydraulic fluid pressure in the tester to a level required for metal hardness testing; and a stent located in the passageway for permitting pumped hydraulic fluid to flow through the passageway into a test head portion of the tester to apply hydraulic fluid to the ball contacting the test piece and interferingly stopping the rack upon movement of the rack into the passageway by a preselected amount. | 12-17-2015 |
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20130312642 | Frame Type Workstation Configurations - A furniture assembly comprising a first frame structure having front and rear portions and including at least a first leg member and a first rail member supported by the at least a first leg member where the first rail member has a first length dimension, second rail member supported by the at least a second leg member spaced apart from the first rail member wherein an assembly space includes the space between the first and second rail members, a first furniture sub-assembly having first and second ends, having a first depth dimension and a second furniture sub-assembly having first and second ends, a second depth dimension, wherein the combined first and second depth dimensions are less than the first length dimension. | 11-28-2013 |
20130320727 | Stool with Tilted Orientation - An article of furniture is disclosed. The article of furniture comprises a stool configured to be used on a generally horizontal surface such as a floor. The stool comprises a seat and a base comprising a rounded bottom surface configured to rest upon the floor. A mass is positioned beneath the seat so that the base is at equilibrium in a first tilted orientation relative to the floor. The base can be tilted to second tilted orientation relative to the floor by tilting the rounded bottom surface of the base relative to the floor. | 12-05-2013 |
20150250310 | FRAME TYPE WORKSTATION CONFIGURATIONS - A furniture assembly comprising a first frame structure having front and rear portions and including at least a first leg member and a first rail member supported by the at least a first leg member where the first rail member has a first length dimension, second rail member supported by the at least a second leg member spaced apart from the first rail member wherein an assembly space includes the space between the first and second rail members, a first furniture sub-assembly having first and second ends, having a first depth dimension and a second furniture sub-assembly having first and second ends, a second depth dimension, wherein the combined first and second depth dimensions are less than the first length dimension. | 09-10-2015 |
20150320220 | SEATING UNIT WITH AUXETIC USER SUPPORT - A seating unit includes a generally horizontal seat portion and a generally upright back portion. The back portion includes a flexible membrane or mesh extending in first and second directions. The mesh defines a generally upright user support surface. At least a portion of the mesh comprises an auxetic material having a negative Poisson's ratio whereby stretching of the auxetic portion of the mesh in at least one of the first and second directions causes the mesh to expand in the other of the first and second directions. | 11-12-2015 |
20150335148 | FRAME TYPE WORKSTATION CONFIGURATIONS - A furniture assembly comprising a first frame structure having front and rear portions and including at least a first leg member and a substantially horizontal first rail member supported by the at least a first leg member where the first rail member has a first length dimension, a substantially horizontal second rail member supported by the at least a second leg member spaced apart from the first rail member wherein an assembly space includes the space between the first and second rail members, a front portion of the assembly space adjacent the front portion of the first frame structure and a rear portion of the assembly space adjacent the rear portion of the first frame structure, a first furniture sub-assembly having first and second ends, having a first depth dimension and supported within the assembly space by the first and second rail members and a second furniture sub-assembly having first and second ends, a second depth dimension and supported within the assembly space by the first rail member and a rail member of another frame structure, wherein the combined first and second depth dimensions are less than the first length dimension. | 11-26-2015 |
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20080261448 | Extension/expansion to Universal Serial Bus connector - An extension to USB includes an insulative tongue portion and a number of contacts held in the insulative tongue portion. The contacts have four conductive contacts and two pairs of differential contacts for transferring differential signals. The four conductive contacts consist of a power contact, a ground contact, a − data contact and a + data contact. One pair of the differential contacts is located between the power contact and the − data contact and the other pair of the differential contacts is located between the power contact and the + data contact. The four conductive contacts are for USB protocol and arrangement of the four conductive contacts with the insulative tongue portion is compatible to the standard USB connector. The two pairs of differential contacts are for non-USB protocol. The extension to USB is capable of mated with a commentary standard USB connector and a commentary extension to USB, alternatively. | 10-23-2008 |
20080311801 | Extension to Universal Serial Bus connector with improved contact arrangement - An extension to USB includes an insulative tongue portion and a number of contacts held in the insulative tongue portion. The contacts have four conductive contacts and a plurality of differential contacts for transferring differential signals located behind/forward the four standard USB contacts along a front-to-rear direction. The four conductive contacts are adapted for USB protocol and the plurality of differential contacts are adapted for non-USB protocol. The extension to USB is capable of mating with a commentary standard USB connector and a commentary extension to USB, alternatively. | 12-18-2008 |
20090130906 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH IMPROVED WIRE TERMINATION ARRANGEMENT - An electrical connector ( | 05-21-2009 |
20100055980 | Extension to version 2.0 universal serial bus connector with additional contacts - An extension to USB includes an insulative tongue portion and a number of contacts held in the insulative tongue portion. The contacts have four conductive contacts and a plurality of differential contacts for transferring differential signals located behind/forward the four standard USB contacts along a front-to-rear direction. The four conductive contacts are adapted for USB 2.0 protocol and the plurality of differential contacts are adapted for non-USB 2.0 protocol. The extension to USB is capable of mating with a complementary standard USB 2.0 connector and a non-USB 2.0 connector, alternatively. | 03-04-2010 |
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20110195601 | EXTENSION TO VERSION 2.0 UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS CONNECTOR WITH ADDITIONAL CONTACTS - An extension to USB includes an insulative tongue portion and a number of contacts held in the insulative tongue portion. The contacts have four conductive contacts and a plurality of differential contacts for transferring differential signals located behind/forward the four standard USB contacts along a front-to-rear direction. The four conductive contacts are adapted for USB 2.0 protocol and the plurality of differential contacts are adapted for non-USB 2.0 protocol. The extension to USB is capable of mating with a complementary standard USB 2.0 connector and a non-USB 2.0 connector, alternatively. | 08-11-2011 |
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20130056253 | VIA STRUCTURE FOR TRANSMITTING DIFFERENTIAL SIGNALS - A printed circuit board includes first and second signal pads located on a top surface of the printed circuit board and arranged to transmit a first differential signal, first and second signal vias extending through the printed circuit board and arranged to transmit the first differential signal, a first signal trace located on the top surface of the printed circuit board and connecting the first signal pad and the first signal via, and a second signal trace located on the top surface of the printed circuit board and connecting the second signal pad and the second signal via. The first and second signal vias are located on opposite sides of a line connecting the first and second signal pads. | 03-07-2013 |
20130056254 | VIA STRUCTURE FOR TRANSMITTING DIFFERENTIAL SIGNALS - An electrical system including (1) a printed circuit board including first and second signal pads located on a top surface of the printed circuit board and arranged to transmit a first differential signal, first and second signal vias extending through the printed circuit board and arranged to transmit the first differential signal, a first signal trace located on the top surface of the printed circuit board and connecting the first signal pad and the first signal via, and a second signal trace located on the top surface of the printed circuit board and connecting the second signal pad and the second signal via; and (2) a connector including first and second signal contacts arranged to transmit the first differential signal. The first differential signal transmitted through the printed circuit board and the connector has a common central axis. | 03-07-2013 |
20130056255 | VIA STRUCTURE FOR TRANSMITTING DIFFERENTIAL SIGNALS - A printed circuit board including first and second signal pads located on a top surface of the printed circuit board and arranged to transmit a first differential signal, first and second signal vias extending through the printed circuit board and arranged to transmit the first differential signal, and a first ground plane located on a layer below the top surface of the printed circuit board and including an antipad that encompasses the first and second signal pads and the first and second signal vias when viewed in plan. | 03-07-2013 |
20140034363 | MULTI-LAYER TRANSMISSION LINES - A substrate including a first transmission line arranged to transmit electrical signals and including first and second traces and a first dielectric layer. The first and second traces are separated from each other by the first dielectric layer. A printed circuit board includes a first transmission line arranged to transmit electrical signals and including first, second, and third traces; and a first dielectric layer. The first and second traces are separated from the third trace by the first dielectric layer. | 02-06-2014 |
20140034376 | MULTI-LAYER TRANSMISSION LINES - A substrate including a first transmission line arranged to transmit electrical signals and including first and second traces and a first dielectric layer. The first and second traces are separated from each other by the first dielectric layer. A printed circuit board includes a first transmission line arranged to transmit electrical signals and including first, second, and third traces; and a first dielectric layer. The first and second traces are separated from the third trace by the first dielectric layer. | 02-06-2014 |
20140273550 | RIGHT-ANGLE BOARD-MOUNTED CONNECTORS - A connector includes a housing including a conductive material, a base connected to the housing and including a base center hole and a base groove extending from the base center hole to an edge of the base, a center pin including a first portion and a second portion extending perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first portion, and a dielectric. The dielectric includes a first portion extending through the base center hole and including a dielectric center hole through which the first portion of the center pin extends and a second portion extending perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first portion of the dielectric along the base groove and including a dielectric groove along which the second portion of the center pin extends. | 09-18-2014 |
20150229016 | MULTI-LAYER TRANSMISSION LINES - A substrate including a first transmission line arranged to transmit electrical signals and including first and second traces and a first dielectric layer. The first and second traces are separated from each other by the first dielectric layer. A printed circuit board includes a first transmission line arranged to transmit electrical signals and including first, second, and third traces; and a first dielectric layer. The first and second traces are separated from the third trace by the first dielectric layer. | 08-13-2015 |
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20090202763 | Multidirectionally Reinforced Shape Woven Preforms for Composite Structures - The present invention relates to multidirectionally reinforced fiber preforms that conform easily to complex curvatures, such as, composite turbine fan cases, jet engine containment rings, aircraft fuselage frames, aircraft window frames, and flanged rings for attaching nacelles to aircraft engines. The present invention provides multidirectionally reinforced shape woven preforms with improved strength for composite structures that are axisymmetric as well as non-axisymmetric in nature. The invention is a preform used to reinforce a composite structure which includes a contour woven fabric portion, bi-axially braided, tri-axially braided or bias fabric portion, and/or a polar woven fabric portion, and a method of making thereof. The preform may optionally include a three-dimensionally woven portion. The combination of different forms of fabrics allows the preform to be produced without cutting and darting of the individual plies. Eliminating these cuts and darts improves the strength and performance of the resulting structure. | 08-13-2009 |
20120100321 | WOVEN PREFORMS, FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITES, AND METHODS OF MAKING THEREOF - Preforms for use in fiber-reinforced composites, fiber-reinforced composites, and methods for making thereof are disclosed. One method includes interweaving a plurality of warp yarns with a single weft yarn so as to form a tubular woven structure with a central axis. The preform can be woven using an endless or tubular weaving technique, and can be woven so as to have two or more diameters along a length thereof. The preform can include one or more layers of a fabric formed on or attached to one or both surfaces of the tubular woven structure. The end structure can be a part of a window frame, a wheel rim, or a combustor in a jet engine. | 04-26-2012 |
20140014258 | Conformable Braid - A tubular structure which includes a plurality of axial sites in circular relation to one another and a plurality of bias sites that interconnect the axial sites to form the tubular structure. The tubular structure's axial sites have a greater diameter than the structure's bias sites. | 01-16-2014 |
20140311324 | Conformable Braid - A tubular structure which includes a plurality of axial sites in circular relation to one another and a plurality of bias sites that interconnect the axial sites to form the tubular structure. The tubular structure's axial sites have a greater diameter than the structure's bias sites. | 10-23-2014 |