Electricity: conductors and insulators inventions 03/07

20070068694 - Cable or the like protection and guide device: A cable or the like protection and guide device is disclosed in which inadvertent disconnection in a coupling portion of a side plate due to the repetition of flexional movements is avoided. Stress concentration is reduced in a flexion portion during restriction of flexional movements whereby excellent endurance on repeated... Agent: Woodling, Krost, & Rust (kenneth L. Mitchell)

20070068695 - Electric wire material protective structure: An electric wire material protective structure is disclosed, which includes a flexible plastic layer surrounding the core member of the electric wire material to be protected, and a hard plastic layer surrounding the core member of the electric wire material, wherein an end portion of the hard plastic layer covers... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20070068697 - Coiled electronic article surveillance (eas) cable: An electrical cable bulk which can be coiled includes a jacket; a first wire assembly and a second wire assembly. The first wire assembly includes a shield conductor member at least partially shielding a first wire set. The first wire set includes a pair of insulated conductors disposed contiguously within... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP Suite 225

20070068696 - Differential signal transmission cable: A differential signal transmission cable has four stranded cores, each formed of an inner conductor covered with an insulation of fluorocarbon resin; an outer conductor being spirally wrapped around the four stranded cores in the opposite direction to a stranding direction of the cores; and a sheath formed around the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070068698 - Flexible flat cable, method and apparatus for assembling the same: A flexible flat cable and an apparatus for assembling the flexible flat cable are provided. The flexible flat cable has a conductive wire group including conductive wires disposed parallel to each other and arranged in a synthetic resin cover, in which both end portions and of the conductive wire group... Agent: The Rafferty Patent Law Firm

20070068699 - Ac coupling of power plane sections using improved capacitance stitching material: An information handling system has a printed circuit board with a split power plane having a plurality of sections that may be used for distributing different voltages on a single conductive foil layer of the printed circuit board to components on the printed circuit board. Capacitive coupling of the split... Agent: Baker Botts, LLP

20070068700 - Electric contact and method for producing the same and connector using the electric contacts: A board consisting of a polyimide layer and copper foils is worked from one direction by etching to form through-holes, and the copper foils and inside of the through-holes are plated with copper, or the board is worked by etching or laser machining to form blind holes to expose the... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070068701 - Air trapped circuit board test pad via: A circuit board with vias that are suitable for use as test pads can be made according to a method whereby a first end of a via is blocked prior to heating solder paste that covers the opposite end of the via. As a result, air is trapped in the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP (microsoft Corporation)

20070068702 - Two-piece pass-through grommet for a motor vehicle wiring harness: A wiring harness grommet (46) composed of first and second grommet halves (54, 56) cooperatively forming a walled through-passage (48) for a wire bundle of a wiring harness. Respective walled cavity halves (58, 60) are telescopically fit together for capturing the wire bundle between respective mutually confronting throats in the... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20070062716 - Method of improving interior environment and grounding electrode device: To maintain an interior environment in an environment in which negative ions are abundant, and to stably maintain the environment at a higher level with maintaining an efficacy of the charcoal included in a paint containing a charcoal powder applied to a wall face in a room, a floor face... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070062717 - Device for junction box: A method of installing a junction box for electrical conductors and any other cables in a concealed installation in a building component such as a wall, a ceiling or a floor. a) First, the junction box is attached to the building structure in the normal manner. The junction box has... Agent: Sierra Patent Group, Ltd.

20070062718 - Electrical connector: A splice electrical connector for connecting core members of two cable conductors to each other is provided. The connector include two end members. Each end member comprises a first coupler end and a second wedge contact end. A splice coupler connects the first coupler ends of the two end members... Agent: Harrington & Smith, LLP

20070062719 - Electrically conducting-inorganic substance-containing silicon carbide-based fine particles, electromagnetic wave absorbing material and electromagnetic wave absorber: Silicon carbide-based fine particles containing an electrically conducting inorganic substance and a electromagnetic wave absorbing material, which are fine particles comprising a particle inner portion of a silicon carbide-based material and a surface layer formed of an electrically conducting inorganic substance mainly comprising carbon, wherein a gradient layer with the... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20070062720 - Reduced alien crosstalk electrical cable with filler element: An electrical cable includes a cable jacket defining a central longitudinal axis and a plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors oriented longitudinally within the cable jacket. Each of the twisted pairs of insulated conductors has a width. A filler element is disposed in the cable jacket and is located... Agent: Blank Rome LLP

20070062721 - Braided cord with conductive foil: A braided cord is provided comprising a conductive foil made of aluminum or copper or similar good electrically conductive materials. The foil is wrapped around the line (hot) and neutral wires of a cord. Over the foil is the braid made of copper strands. Due to the conductive foil underneath... Agent: James G. Coplit, Esq. Grimes & Battersby, LLP

20070062722 - Hinge board and method for producing the same: A hinge board having a hinge bending part and a rigid part includes: not less than two flexible wiring boards including a polyimide sheet layer, a conductor layer having a circuit formed on both sides or one side of the polyimide sheet layer, and a coverlay film layer covering the... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070062723 - Method of forming circuit pattern on printed circuit board: A method of forming circuit patterns on a printed circuit board is disclosed. The method of forming circuit patterns on a printed circuit board comprising: (a) applying etchant on portions of an insulation substrate where the circuit patterns are to be formed, (b) curing the etchant by adjusting curing conditions,... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070062724 - Printed wiring board and method for manufacturing the same: A printed circuit board is by formed by laminating an interlaminar insulating layer on a conductor circuit of a substrate, in which the conductor circuit is comprised of an electroless plated film and an electrolytic plated film and a roughened layer is formed on at least a part of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070062725 - Embedded capacitor core having a multiple-layer structure: An embedded capacitor core includes a first set of capacitors, a second set of capacitors, and an inter-layer dielectric film between the first set of capacitors and the second set of capacitors. The first set of capacitors includes: a first conductive pattern comprising at least two conductive electrodes; a second... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070062726 - Embedded capacitor device having a common coupling area: An embedded capacitor device within a circuit board having an integrated circuitry thereon is provided. The circuit board has a common coupling area under the integrated circuitry. The embedded capacitor device includes a first capacitor section providing at least one capacitor to a first terminal set of the integrated circuitry... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070062727 - Three-dimensional printed circuit board: A three-dimensional PWB is provided that may include two or more layers stacked together forming a top surface, a bottom surface, and one or more side surfaces, and one or more solder pad situated on at least one of the one or more side surfaces. The one or more solder... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20070062728 - Printed wiring board and method for manufacturing the same: A printed circuit board is by formed by laminating an interlaminar insulating layer on a conductor circuit of a substrate, in which the conductor circuit is comprised of an electroless plated film and an electrolytic plated film and a roughened layer is formed on at least a part of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070062729 - Printed wiring board and method for manufacturing the same: A printed circuit board is by formed by laminating an interlaminar insulating layer on a conductor circuit of a substrate, in which the conductor circuit is comprised of an electroless plated film and an electrolytic plated film and a roughened layer is formed on at least a part of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070062730 - Controlled depth etched vias: A printed circuit board (20) includes a sub-assembly having dielectric (22) and conductive layers (24). A hole (26) extends into the sub-assembly. Metal plating (32) is applied on a barrel (27) of the hole (26). A conductive layer (32) and an etch resist (34) are applied to a first photoresist... Agent: Marsteller & Associates, P.C.

20070062731 - Process for creating a durable emi/rfi shield between two or more structural surfaces and shield formed therefrom: A method for producing a durable electromagnetic and radio frequency interference shield between two or more structural members of a wall or enclosure and a shielded shelter produced using the method. In one embodiment, joints between structural members are preferably filled with an electrically conductive filler. A base coat of... Agent: John P. O'banion O'banion & Ritchey LLP

20070062733 - Automatic pool cleaner power conduit including stiff sections: An improved power conduit for use with automatic pool cleaners particularly configured to avoid the formation of persistent coils and/or knots. Embodiments in accordance with the invention are characterized by the use of at least one axially stiff elongate member together with axially flexible and axially swivelable means for coupling... Agent: Arthur Freilich

20070062732 - Raceway for electrical cables: Raceway for electrical cables having a channel-shaped base element made up of a flat bottom wall, and two side walls which form with the flat bottom wall respective blunt edges and which have a plurality of narrow cut-outs that are parallel and extend perpendicular to the flat bottom wall and... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070062734 - Plug connections for connecting modules of a motor vehicle cockpit to a main cable harness: Plug connections used to connect at least two modules of a motor vehicle cockpit to a main cable harness each comprise a first plug element and a second plug element which is designed as a suitable mating piece for the first plug element. Each of the first plug elements is... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070062735 - Removable electrical outlet protective cover: This invention relates to a removable cover for an electrical outlet. A base plate is coupled to the wall. The base plate contains one or more slots for receiving a protective cover. The protective cover has tabs thereon whose location correspond to the location in the base plate. The protective... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070056761 - Parked aircraft power cable protection system and method: A power delivery system for parked aircraft includes protective rings on the power cords. These protective rings protect the power cord jackets from wear and facilitate movement of the power cords across the ground. The rings may be configured for securement to the cable so as to compress the insulative... Agent: Patrick S. Yoder Eletcher Yoder

20070056762 - Electrical power cable having expanded polymeric layers: A cable comprises at least two cores stranded together, an expanded inner jacket layer, a substantially circular metallic armor partially contacting the inner jacket to form unfilled interstices outside the inner jacket, and a polymeric outer jacket. The expanded inner jacket substantially takes the shape of the periphery of the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070056763 - Cable containment system: A cable containment box that is constructed to minimise waste. It comprises one or more pieces of sheet material (5a, 5b, 5c; 105) adapted to be folded or otherwise configured to form a container having a first shape (1) for accommodating cable for storage and transportation purposes, means (3) being... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070056764 - Transmission line apparatus: A transmission line apparatus includes: a substrate 101 with a ground conductor plane; and first and second signal strips 102a, 102b supported on the substrate 101 in parallel with each other. The apparatus further includes at least one additional capacitance element 301 that connects the first and second signal strips... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070056765 - Printed circuit board: A printed circuit board including a substrate, a plurality of traces on the substrate and a solder mask over the conductive traces. Apertures in the mask expose a plurality of connective pads on the substrate. The mask creates grooves which surround the mounting pads.... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20070056766 - Electronic component embedded board and its manufacturing method: A second substrate 12 is provided above a first substrate 11, and an electronic component 13 is arranged between the first substrate 11 and the second substrate 12 so that between the first substrate 11 and the second substrate 12, the electronic component 13 is sealed and a photosensitive resin... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070056767 - Printed wiring board and method for manufacturing the same: A printed circuit board is by formed by laminating an interlaminar insulating layer on a conductor circuit of a substrate, in which the conductor circuit is comprised of an electroless plated film and an electrolytic plated film and a roughened layer is formed on at least a part of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070056768 - Apparatus for minimizing electromagnetic interferences: An apparatus for minimizing electromagnetic interferences, comprising a top shielding on which a trench with a predetermined depth is formed; an elastomer disposed in the trench with a predetermined thickness greater than the predetermined depth of the trench; and a conductive film, with at least one side of which is... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20070056769 - Composite polymeric material for emi shielding: An EMI shielding material is provided for making EMI shielding gaskets, coating and other articles. The EMI shielding material includes a non-conductive polymer, an inherently conductive polymer and a conductive metal powder. These components are intimately combined to prepare EMI shielding materials having superior electrical and mechanical performance when used... Agent: Gosz And Partners, LLP

20070051523 - Coaxial cable for exterior use: A coaxial cable for outdoor use having at least one center conductor, at least one dielectric around the conductor with enhanced Structural Return Loss features, a woven braided shield wrapped around the dielectric with superior BNC connector pull testing features, a substantially water-proof insulating jacket wrapped around the shield, and... Agent: Matthew E. Burr Lake Austin Marina

20070051524 - Process and apparatus for manufacturing structures guiding electromagnetic waves: A process for manufacturing structures for guiding electromagnetic waves, such as telecommunication cables, comprising a least a conductive layer for transmission of radio frequency waves, said conductive layer being formed by means of cold gas spraying techniques. An apparatus for manufacturing structures for guiding electromagnetic waves and a cable manufactured... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20070051525 - Bay-filling member for electronic device: The invention provides a bay-filling member for an electronic device employed to fill-in empty, currently unused bays of the electronic device in which such bay have at least first and second securing portions, wherein the bay-filling member has a casing, a third securing portion correspondingly coupled to the first securing... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070051526 - Electric connection box: In an electric connection box, even if accuracy of a relative position between a first screw passage hole and a first screw hole, as well as accuracy of a relative position between a second screw passage hole and a second screw hole, is low, the relative positional relation between the... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070051527 - Method for manufacturing electrical boxes: The present invention is directed to a method of manufacturing an electrical box to reduce the amount of scrap material therefrom. More particularly, the present invention provides a metallic electrical outlet box that is formed from a sheet of material and folded into an electrical box.... Agent: Hoffman & Baron, LLP

20070051528 - Novel decorative cover plates: An assembly for covering the receptacle head of a receptacle containing a wall-mounted, button-operated GFI electrical outlet, comprising a cover plate having a front side and a rear side; a plurality of blade apertures extending through the cover plate through the front and back surfaces and positioned in the cover... Agent: Joseph E. Mueth, Esq. Joseph E. Mueth Law Corporation

20070051529 - Programming template for a control device: A wallplate for an electrical device includes instructions for operating the device. The wallplate may be mounted over the device with either a first surface or a second surface visible to a user The first surface is a finished surface and is intended ordinarily to be visible. The wallplate is... Agent: Paul J. Sutton, Esq., Barry G. Magidoff, Esq. Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070051530 - Power and/or telecommunications cable with a crosslinked thermoplastic polyurethane cladding: The present invention relates to a power and/or telecommunications cable. The cable includes at least one cladding made by crosslinking a composition comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane, a polyisocyanate, as well as a reactive compound provided with at least one hydroxyl function and with at least one acrylate function.... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20070051531 - Drug eluting coatings for a medical lead and method therefor: A medical lead including a lead body extending from a first end portion to a second end portion and a coating disposed along a portion of the lead, wherein the coating includes at least one matrix polymer layer, at least one anti-inflammatory agent and at least one anti-proliferative agent.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.a.

20070051532 - Electrical connector and conductor assembly cover: An electrical connector and conductor assembly cover is provided including a main housing section and a magnifying window section. The main housing section forms a connector receiving area. The connector receiving area is sized and shaped to house an electrical connector therein. The magnifying window section in the main housing... Agent: Harrington & Smith, LLP

20070051533 - Optical electronics integrated semiconductor package: An optical electronics integrated semiconductor package is proposed. A circuit board with at least one through opening and at least one optical component with an active surface and a non-active surface opposite to the active surface are provided. The active surface has an optical activated area facing the through opening... Agent: Sawyer Law Group LLP

20070051534 - Wired circuit board: The invention provides a wired circuit board that can prevent deterioration of a conductive pattern and short-circuiting of the conductive pattern. The wired circuit board is presented herein in the form of a suspension board with circuit which comprises an insulating base layer formed on a metal supporting board, a... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070051535 - Circuit board assembly and electronic device utilizing the same: An electronic device includes an electronic component (40), a first printed circuit board (PCB) (100) and a second printed circuit board (200). The electronic component includes a first pin (A1) and a second pin (A2). The first PCB and a second PCB, respectively including first conductor trace lines (102) and... Agent: Pce Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070051536 - Foldable raceway assembly: This invention relates to a flat molded article which is capable of being folded into a rectangular or square tube-like structure useful as a raceway for protecting and concealing electrical or electronic wires. A series of locking mechanisms prevent the structure from being opened once assembled and corresponding stabilizers eliminate... Agent: B2 Patent Services

20070051537 - Garage door drive: The present disclosure relates to a garage door drive comprising a covering hood covering the drive unit, with at least one recess being cut-out in the covering hood which can be covered via a panel which can be placed onto the covering hood.... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070044986 - Electrical box for concrete walls: An electrical outlet box for accommodating an electrical fixture comprising a generally rectangular box having a back wall, a perimetrical side wall surrounding said back wall defining an open front face and a box interior, said side wall comprised of a first and second set of generally parallel spaced apart... Agent: Hoffman & Baron, LLP

20070044985 - Electrical box roller to facilitate wire pulling: A roller is provided in combination with an electrical junction box to facilitate pulling of wires through the box. The roller has a spring mounted plunger on one end adapted to be received within a pre-existing hole in a side wall of the box, and a press-fit stud on the... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20070044989 - Corrugate tube and harness structure using the same: In a corrugate tube as a flexible tube formed of ridges and grooves alternately arranged in a line, a rib is extended across the grooves in a longitudinal direction of the corrugate tube. A curved wall is formed on both sides of the ribs in each groove. A curved bottom... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070044987 - Metal raceway system: The present invention is directed to a raceway system including a base, at least two covers and a faceplate. The base includes sidewalls having a top wall with a flange member. The covers include a top portion having two ends with a flange member at each end. The flange members... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20070044988 - Metal raceway system: The present invention is directed towards a metal raceway system. The metal raceway system includes a metal raceway and a coupling fitting. The metal raceway snaps onto the coupling fitting to mount the metal raceway to the fitting. The metal raceway has a channel defined by a top wall, side... Agent: Panduit Corp.

20070044990 - 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 system includes a bracket... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070044991 - Cables with stranded wire strength members: High strength cables formed from strength members. The strength members are formed from bimetallic filament wires which may be encased within a jacket of polymeric material. The bimetallic filament wires wherein the filaments include a high strength core and a corrosion resistant alloy clad forming the outer layer of the... Agent: Schlumberger Ipc Attn: Tim Curington

20070044993 - Resilient electrical cables: Compression, stretch, and crush resistant cables which are useful for wellbores. The cables include belted insulated conductors, a compression and creep resistant jacket surrounding the insulated conductors, a filler material and compression resistant filler rods placed in interstitial spaces formed between the compression and creep resistant jacket and the insulated... Agent: Schlumberger Ipc Attn: Tim Curington

20070044992 - Subsea power cable: A subsea power cable includes a conductor (7) encompassed by a layer of high voltage insulation material (9)—including inner and outer semiconducting layers (8, 10) is proposed. The insulated conductor (7) is encompassed by a number of armouring elements (11) each consisting of fibers (11a) enclosed within a semiconductive layer... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20070044995 - Asymmetrical separator and communication cable having the same: A separator for a communication cable includes a plurality of barriers formed in a radial direction so that at least two pair units, in each of which at least two insulation-coated wires are spirally twisted, are received in spaces formed by the barriers one by one so as to separate... Agent: Jones Day

20070044994 - Communication cable having spacer integrated with separator therein: A communication cable includes a separator prepared in the cable for preventing alien crosstalk, and at least one spacer integrally formed with the separator at a side of the separator contacting with an outside jacket. The spacer forms a protrusion protruded out on the cable, and this protrusion makes the... Agent: Jones Day

20070044996 - Data cable with cross-twist cabled core: Cables including a plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors and a jacket surrounding the plurality of twisted pairs of insulated conductors, the jacket including a plurality of protrusions extending away from an inner circumferential surface of the jacket toward a center of the cable. The plurality of protrusions are... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070044997 - Protective jacket cover for keyless remotes: A protective jacket cover for keyless remotes includes a hollow body formed of a semi-flexible, resiliently deformable sheet material having a front wall, rear wall, side walls, base wall and top wall and at least one button access opening formed on the front wall. A transverse slit is formed in... Agent: Law Offices Of Adam H. Jacobs Patent Attorney

20070044998 - Electronic package and circuit board having segmented contact pads: An electronic package is provided having a circuit board including a substrate electrical circuitry including circuit traces and first and second contacts for connecting to surface mount device(s). The first and second contacts each have multiple components including first and second pads. The first pad is separate from the second... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070044999 - Circuit board and circuit apparatus using the same: A circuit board and a circuit apparatus using the same are provided, which have an improved heat radiation capability near through holes piercing through its metal substrate so as to address a requirement as to heat radiation capability. The circuit apparatus has the circuit board in which a metal substrate... Agent: Mcdermott Will & Emery LLP

20070045000 - Multilayer printed circuit board: A printed circuit board includes improved via for improving signal integrity. The printed circuit board includes a first layer, a second layer, a third layer and a via. The via includes a drill hole, a first pad and a second pad. The first pad is defined in the first layer,... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070045001 - Conformal coverings for electronic devices: Stand-alone conformal coverings for electronic devices and methods of making and using such coverings.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Law Dept. Ab2

20070045002 - Electrical connector and method for connecting it to the glass pane of a motor vehicle: An electrical connector for electrical devices such as heating panels, antennas, or the like that are provided on glass panes on motor vehicles, having at least one soldering area to be soldered onto the glass pane and having a connector area joined electrically conducting thereto, characterized in that provided is... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070045003 - Cable seal assembly and method: A tubular cable seal member of elastomeric material has at least one axial slit for allowing the seal member to be installed transversely over a cable. The seal member is installed in an annular seating cavity in a housing which encloses at least part of the cable, and is squeezed... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070045004 - Electrical connector having an outlet end angularly disposed relative an inlet end with outer retainer ring about the outlet end and internal unidirectional conductor retainer in the inlet end: This disclosure is directed to electrical connectors that include a connector body having an inlet end portion and an outlet end portion and a bore extending therethrough, wherein the outlet end portion is provided with an outer surface that slopes downwardly toward the outlet opening and having a complementary sloping... Agent: Paul A. Fattibene Fattibene & Fattibene