Patents for July/August 2023
USPTO Wire & Cable Industry Patents as compiled by the editors of WCTI
Method for Applying Labels to Cable or Conduit
US Patent 11673702
Published June 13, 2023
Inventors: Mark D. Bennett, Bonham, TX, USA; William T. Bigbee, Jr., Melissa, TX, USA; and Stephen S.
Griffin, McKinney, TX, USA
Assignee: Encore Wire Corporation, McKinney, TX, USA
A method for applying labels to a cable or conduit with a known circumference, the method including
supplying at least one label, wherein the at least one label has a known label height, the label height is
greater than the known circumference of the cable or conduit, and the label has a bottom, middle, and
top portions, providing at least one tamping device, tamping the middle portion of the at least one label
to the cable or conduit with the at least one tamping device, wherein the middle portion of the at least
one label adheres to the cable or conduit, providing a guide shoe assembly, pressing the top portion of
the at least one label against the cable or conduit with the guide shoe assembly, and pressing the bottom
portion of the at least one label against the cable or conduit with the guide shoe assembly, wherein the
top portion of the at least one label and the bottom portion of the at least one label overlap after pressed
onto the cable or conduit. Further, wherein the step of providing a guide shoe assembly includes
providing at least one guide shoe connected to a support mount and providing a rounding member.
Winged Cable Mount
US Patent 11677222
Published June 13, 2023
Inventors: David J. Sylvester, Manhattan, IL, USA; and Rodney G. Rouleau, Manhattan, IL, USA
Assignee: Panduit Corp., Tinley Park, IL, USA
A winged cable mount that secures a cable or a cable bundle positioned on the mount. The winged cable
mount includes a round base and side supports extending from the base. Each side support includes a
main member and a tab positioned at a distal end of the main member. The side supports wrap around
the cable or cable bundle positioned on the mount. The round base includes aligned slots positioned
opposite each other for receiving a cable tie to secure the cable or cable bundle positioned on the
mount.
Process for Making Crosslinked Cable Insulation Using High Melt Strength Ethylene- Based Polymer Made
in Tubular Reactor and Optionally Modified with a Branching Agent
US Patent 11674028
Published June 13, 2023
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Inventors: Bharat I. Chaudhary, Collegeville, PA, USA; Christopher R. Eddy, Freeport, TX, USA; Sarat
Munjal, Freeport, TX, USA; Kalyan Sehanobish, Midland, MI, USA; Hayley Brown, Freeport, TX, USA; John O.
Osby, Freeport, TX, USA; and Jose Ortega, Freeport, TX, USA
Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Midland. MI, USA
An insulated wire or cable is made by a process comprising the steps of: (A) extruding onto a covered or
uncovered metal conductor or optical fiber a composition having a DF measured at 130°C (60 Hz, 2 kV) or
120°C (60 Hz, 8 kV) or 100°C (60 Hz, 8 kV) of ≤0.5% and comprising: (1) a high melt strength ethylenebased polymer made in a tubular reactor, and (2) a peroxide and (B) crosslinking the high melt strength
ethylene-based polymer.
Signal Transmission Cable
US Patent 11678472
Published June 13, 2023
Kazufumi Suenaga, Tokyo, Japan; Takahiro Sugiyama, Tokyo, Japan; and Hideyuki Sagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Assignee: Proterial, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
A signal transmission cable includes a signal line, an insulation layer covering the signal line, and a shield
layer covering the insulation layer. A first oxygen amount A1 on an outer peripheral surface of the
insulation layer is 1.2 times or greater than a second oxygen amount A2 inside the insulation layer or a
contact angle on the outer peripheral surface the insulation layer is 130° or less or an adhesion-wetting
surface energy on the outer peripheral surface the insulation layer is 27 mJ/m2 or greater, or a first
amount of a hydroxy group on the outer peripheral surface of the insulation layer is greater than a
second amount of a hydroxy group inside the insulation layer.
Multi-Core Optical Fiber and Multi-Core Optical Fiber Cable
US Patent 11675121
Published June 13, 2023
Inventor Tetsuya Hayashi, Osaka, Japan
Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan
This MCF ensures sufficient manufacturing tolerance, is excellent in mass productivity, and is also
capable of suppressing degradation of splice loss. The MCF includes four cores and a common cladding.
Each core has adjacent relationships with two cores of remaining cores, an adjacent core interval Λ is
from Λnominal−0.9 μm to Λnominal+0.9 μm, a common cladding diameter is from 124 μm to 126 μm, an
MFD, λcc and dcoat at a wavelength of 1310 nm satisfy a predetermined relationship, the MFD is from a
MFD-reference-value−0.4 μm to the MFDreference- value+0.4 μm with the MFD-reference-value of from
8.6 μm to 9.2 μm, a zero-dispersion wavelength is from a wavelength-reference-value−12 nm to the
wavelength-reference- value+12 nm with the wavelength-reference-value of from 1312 to 1340 nm, a
dispersion slope at a zero-dispersion wavelength is 0.092 ps/(nm2·km) or less, λcc is 1260 nm or less, and
a predetermined structural condition and an optical condition are satisfied.
Braided Electronic Device Cable, Braiding Machine and Method
US Patent 11674245
Published June 13, 2023
Inventors: Robert V. Weber, Redwood City, CA, USA; Min Chul Kim, San Jose, CA, USA; and Jay E. Sha,
Menlo Park, CA, USA
Assignee: Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA
This application relates to cable assemblies with an outer (exterior) layer formed from braiding materials
together. To achieve a desired pattern, a machine tool forming the outer layer undergoes several
modifications. For a machine tool with two tracks (e.g., inner and outer track) with multiple carriers of
material to be braided, each carrier position may include multiple bobbins, with each bobbin carrying a
spool/ coil of the material. During a braiding operation performed by the machine tool, each track rotates
in opposite directions. Moreover, some bobbins include an arm that guides the material in a particular
manner. For example, during rotation of the track, the arm provides a swinging motion, causing the
material carried by the arm to move in a periodic (e.g., sinusoidal) motion. An additional track may be
used to guide the arms.
Cable Made from Crosslinkable Composition with Antioxidant and Beneficial Methane Formation
Us Patent 11674017
Published June 13, 2023
Inventors: Villgot Englund, Stenungsund, Sweden; Virginie Eriksson, Stenungsund, Sweden; Daniel
Nilsson, Stenungsund, Sweden; and Annika Smedberg, Stenungsund, Sweden
Assignee: Borealis AG, Vienna, Austria
The invention relates to a cable comprising layer(s), which layer(s) is/are obtained from a polymer
composition comprising a polyethylene, a crosslinking agent and antioxidant(s), characterized in that the
polymer composition contains a total amount of vinyl groups which is B vinyl groups per 1000 carbon
atoms, and B1≤B, wherein B1 is 0.12, when measured prior to crosslinking according to method ASTM
D6248-98, the crosslinking agent is present in an amount which is Z wt %, prior to crosslinking, based on
the total amount (100 wt %) of the polymer composition, and Z1≤Z≤Z2, wherein Z1 is 0.005 and Z2 is 2.0,
and that the antioxidant(s) is/ are nitrogen containing antioxidant(s) being present in an amount which is
W wt%, prior to crosslinking, based on the total amount (100 wt%) of the polymer composition, and
W1≤W≤W2, wherein W1 is 0.005 and W2 is 1.0, the cable, e.g. a power cable, and processes for producing
the cable; the cable useful in different end applications, such as wire and cable applications.
Insulated Wire Material and Method of Manufacturing the Same, and Coil and Electrical/Electronic
Equipment
US Patent 11670436
Published June 6, 2023
Inventors: Akira Tachibana, Tokyo, Japan; Daisuke Muto, Tokyo, Japan; and Hirofumi Oshima, Tokyo,
Japan
Assignee: Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
Provided are an insulated wire material including: a conductor including a single core conductor or a
plurality of divided conductors placed in parallel to each other or helically placed; a peripheral insulating
layer with which a periphery of the conductor is coated; and a welding member provided at least one end
portion of the conductor and joined, via a welded portion welded to the single core conductor or divided
conductors, to at least a peripheral surface of the welded portion, a manufacturing method thereof, a coil
including the insulated wire material, and electrical/electronic equipment including the coil.
Superconducting Wire
US Patent 11665982
Published May 30, 2023
Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Osaka, Japan; Tatsuoki Nagaishi, Osaka, Japan; Masaya Konishi, Osaka,
Japan; Takeshi Yamana, Osaka, Japan; and Kenji Motoi, Osaka, Japan
Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, Japan
A superconducting wire includes a substrate and a superconducting material layer. The substrate
includes a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. The
superconducting material layer is disposed on the first main surface. Along at least a part of the
superconducting wire in a direction in which the superconducting wire extends, the superconducting
material layer is disposed to cover a side surface of the substrate in a width direction of the substrate
and cover at least a part of the second main surface. A thickness of the superconducting material layer
located on the first main surface varies along the width direction. A maximum thickness of the
superconducting material layer located on the second main surface is smaller than a maximum thickness
of the superconducting material layer located on the first main surface.
Brake Adjusting Device of Cable Reel
US Patent 11661983
Published May 30, 2023
Inventor: Kuei-Hsin Huang, Taipei, Taiwan
A brake adjusting device is mountable to a frame and a rotary disc of a cable reel and includes a rotary
knob mounted to an outside surface of the frame. A first pad is arranged between the frame and the
rotary disc and is coupled to the rotary knob for synchronous rotation therewith and includes pushing
parts in the form of slope. A second pad is arranged between the first pad and the rotary disc and is
provided, on two opposite surfaces thereof, with first and second slope sections and friction plates. The
rotary knob is operable to rotate the first pad for causing the pushing parts to press against first and
second slope sections in order to move the second pad toward the rotary disc and causing the friction
plates to get into tight engagement with the rotary disc to result in a braking effect.
Composite Cable Including Collective Braided Shield
US Patent 11664138
Published May 30, 2023
Inventors: Detian Huang, Tokyo, Japan; Takanobu Watanabe, Tokyo, Japan; and Takanori Komuro, Tokyo,
Japan
Assignee: Proterial, Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
A composite cable includes a signal transmission cable including a pair of signal lines being arranged
parallel to each other in a cable longitudinal direction and contacting to each other and a shield layer
covering the pair of signal lines together, a pair of power supply lines being arranged contacting to each
other and contacting to the shield layer, a collective braided shield covering around a cable core
composed of the signal transmission cable and the pair of power supply lines collectively, a sheath
covering around the collective braided shield. The collective braided shield is configured closely
contacting to the shield layer in accordance with an outer shape of the shield layer.
Cable for a Tire
US Patent 11655586
Published May 23, 2023
Inventors: Fanny Layec, Riom, France; Rèmi Pinaut, Clermont-Ferrand, France; Marie Chassagne, Cebazat,
France; and Laurent Bucher, Greenville, SC, USA
Assignee: Michelin, Clermont-Ferrand, France
A cable as may be used in a tire including a pneumatic tire. The cable is constructed in a manner that can
provide a desired stiffness to a tire as well as a certain amount of structural elongation. The cable can be
provided in a manner that does not necessarily result in an increase in the overall weight of the tire as
would occur by, e.g., increasing the diameter of a conventional cable construction.
High Density Fiber Optic Ribbon Cable
US Patent 11656419
Published May 23, 2023
Inventors: Bradley Jerome Blazer, Granite Falls, NC, USA; David Alan Seddon, Hickory, NC, USA; Rebecca
Elizabeth Sistare, Hickory, NC, USA; and Kenneth Darrell Temple, Jr., Newton, NC, USA
Assignee: Corning Research & Development Corporation, Corning, NY, USA
A fiber optic cable includes a stranded ribbon stack, a sheath extruded around the stranded ribbon stack
to form a subunit, and an extruded foam layer, wherein the foam layer has a minimum inner diameter
that is less than or equal to a maximum stack diagonal dimension of the stranded ribbon stack.
Flexible Power and/or Control Cable for Use on Moving Applications
US Patent 11657926
Published May 23, 2023
Inventors: Ferruccio Garolfi, Caselle Lurani, Italy; Valerio Angelo Brambati, San Giuliano Milanes, Italy; and
Elena Roda, Segrate, Italy
Assignee: Prysmian S.p.A., Milan, Italy
The present disclosure relates to a flexible cable for use in moving applications, comprising: one or more
insulated cores; a filler layer surrounding the one or more insulated cores, having an external surface
defining a filler layer external perimeter substantially forming a closed convex polygonal chain with a
plurality of line segments connecting consecutive vertices; and an outer sheath surrounding the filler
layer and directly applied on the filler layer, having an external surface defining an outer sheath external
perimeter forming a continuous closed curve.
Cable with Semi-Conducting Outermost Layer
US Patent 11651870
Published May 16, 2023
Inventor: Luca Giorgio Maria De Rai, Milan, Italy
Assignee: Prysmian S.p.A., Milan, Italy
A cable includes a transmissive core; a jacket surrounding the transmissive core, which has at least an
outermost polymeric layer; and an external semi-conductive layer around and in direct contact with the
outermost polymeric layer of the jacket. The external semi-conductive layer is made of a composition
comprising a base polymer material and an electrically conductive filler. The electrically conductive filler
includes carbon nanotubes.
Armored Submersible Power Cable
US Patent 11646134
Published May 9, 2023
Inventors: Jason Holzmueller, Lawrence, KS, USA; Jimglei Xiang, Lawrence, KS, USA; Samy A. Madbouly,
Katy, TX, USA; William Goertzen, Lawrence, KS, USA; Varun Vinaykumar Nyayadhish, Lawrence, KS, USA;
and Gregory Howard Manke, Overland Park, KS, USA
Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation, Sugar Land, TX, USA
A method can include extruding polyethylene about a lead (Pb) barrier layer disposed about a conductor
to form an assembly; and armoring at least one of the assemblies with metallic armor to form a cable. A
power cable can include a conductor; a lead (Pb) barrier layer disposed about the conductor; a cushion
layer disposed about the lead (Pb) barrier layer where the cushion layer includes crosslinked
polyethylene (XLPE); and metallic armor wrapped about the cushion layer.
Polymeric Compositions for Optical Fiber Cable Components
US Patent 11643546
Published May 9, 2023
Inventors: Michael Q. Tran, Wayne, PA, USA; and Mohamed Esseghir, Lawrenceville, NJ, USA
Assignees: Union Carbide Corporation, Seadrift, TX, USA; and Rohm and Haas Company, Collegeville, PA,
USA
Polymeric compositions comprising a polybutylene terephthalate; a low-density polyolefin selected from
a low-density polyethylene, a polyolefin elastomer, or combinations thereof; and a maleated ethylenebased polymer. Optical cable components fabricated from the polymeric composition. Optionally, the
polymeric composition can further comprise one or more additives, such as a filler. The optical fiber
cable components can be selected from buffer tubes, core tubes, and slotted core tubes, among others.
Cable Clamping Device of a Processing Machine
US Patent 11642718
Published May 9, 2023
Inventors: Jakob C. Coalmer, Middletown, PA, USA; and Christopher John Karrasch, Middletown, PA, USA
Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Schaffhausen, Switzerland
A cable clamping device includes a pair of grip jaws, a reset mechanism, and a handle connected to the
grip jaws by the reset mechanism. The handle is pivotable about a handle pivot between a first position
in which the grip jaws are in an open position and a second position in which the grip jaws are in a closed
position around a cable. The reset mechanism pivots the handle from the second position to the first
position before moving to a reset position of the reset mechanism that holds the handle in the first
position.
High Performance Differential Cable
US Patent 11646135
Published May 9, 2023
Bhyrav Mutnury, Austin, TX, USA; and Sandor Farkas, Round Rock, TX, USA
Assignee: Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX, USA
A high-performance differential cable comprises a bulk differential cable formed with a dielectric core
having a central cavity and a plurality of wire guides on the outer perimeter. A pair of differential signal
conductors (DSC) may be divided into two sets of wires. The smaller wires provide higher signal
transmission speeds with lower losses. A paddle board at each end of the bulk differential cable
comprises an interconnecting structure for combining signals from the two sets of wires into the two
DSCs.
Electrical Crimp Terminal for Electrical Wire
US Patent 11641068
May 2, 2023
Inventors: Maxine Porte, Nuremberg, Germany and Gert Droesbeke, Erkrath, Germany
Assignee: Aptiv Technologies Limited, St. Michael, Barbados
An electrical crimp terminal for connection with a conductor of an electrical cable has an insulation
surrounding the conductor. The electrical crimp terminal comprises a conductor connection portion,
wherein the conductor connection portion comprises conductor crimp wings for being crimped onto the
conductor of the electrical cable. Each of the conductor crimp wings in the non-crimped state has at least
one progressive portion having a progressively increasing height in a longitudinal direction to a tip of the
conductor to be crimped, wherein the progressive portion extends along the complete length of each
conductor crimp wing.
Communication Cable and Wire Harness
US Patent 11636958
Published April 25, 2023
Inventor: Kosuke Kogo, Shizuoka, Japan
Assignee: Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
A communication cable includes an insulated wire including a conductor and a covering layer covering
the conductor, the covering layer being made of an insulator and a sheath covering an outer
circumferential surface of the insulated wire, the sheath including a resin composition containing a
polyolefin and a thermoplastic elastomer. A tensile modulus of elasticity of the sheath is 500 MPa or less,
and a mass increase rate of the sheath is less than 50% by mass when the sheath is immersed in a
diisononyl phthalate at 100°C for 72 hours.
Cable for Bicycle
US Patent 11634862
Published April 25, 2023
Inventor: Yuan-Hung Wen, Chang Hua County, Taiwan
A cable for a bicycle is provided including: an inner tube, a metal layer, a woven layer and an outer layer.
The metal layer includes at least one metal wire disposed around an outer periphery of the inner tube.
The woven layer is disposed around an outer periphery of the metal layer and includes a plurality of yarn
threads interlaced with one another. The outer layer is disposed around an outer periphery of the woven
layer, and the plurality of yarn threads are partially embedded radially within the outer layer.
CuNiSi Alloy Cable Sheathing
US Patent 11631505
Published April 18, 2023
Inventor: Audun Johanson, Oslo, Norway
Assignee: Nexans, Courbevoie, France
A water blocking layer/ sheathing for subsea power cables made from a CuNiSi-alloy.
Power Cable
US Patent 11629246
Published April 18, 2023
Inventors: Young Eun Cho, Seoul, South Korea; Gi Joon Nam, Seoul, South Korea; Sue Jin Son, Anyang-Si,
South Korea; Min Sang Cho, Seoul, South Korea; and Jung In Shin, Hwaseong-Si, South Korea
Assignee: LS Cable & System Ltd., Anyang-si, South Korea
Provided is a power cable including an insulating material that is environmentally friendly and has not
only high heat resistance and mechanical strength but also excellent flexibility, bendability, impact
resistance, thermal stability, cold resistance, installability, workability, etc., which are trade-off with the
physical prope
Pliant Electrical Interface Connector and Its Associated Method Of Manufacture
US Patent 11394154
Publihsed July 19, 2022
Inventor: Leonard S. Buchoff, Warminster, PA, USA
A connection device for interconnecting electrical components that uses a plurality of contact layers. Each
of the contact layers includes a substrate of dielectric material with a top edge, a bottom edge and side
surfaces. A plurality of conductive elements extends in parallel through the dielectric material. The
various contact layers are stacked. The side surfaces of the contact layers interconnect through a matrix
of connective pillars. The connective pillars provide a network of open spaces between each of the
contact layers. When the overall connection device is compressed, the dielectric material compresses and
widens. The open areas receive the deformation and prevent the deformations from propagating lateral
forces that can act to displace the conducive elements.