Electricity: conductors and insulators inventions 11/07

20070272427 - Wire hiding device and electric apparatus having the same: A wire hiding device includes an accommodating part for accommodating an electric wire, and a transparent cover part provided around the accommodating part, the transparent cover part being provided with an opening at a rear portion, through which an image at the rear portion of the transparent cover part is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070272424 - Systems for safe securement of saddle items to electrical structures: An animal deterrent system to be placed on structures such as electrical apparatus to deter and protect birds, wildlife and other animals. Specifically, a perching deterrent having a saddle made to fit over any desired member of a structure and deterrent extensions may be used separately or in combination. The... Agent: Santangelo Law Offices, P.C.

20070272425 - Multidimensional compliant thermal cap for an electronic device: A method for fabricating a thermal cap for cooling an electronic device includes steps of: machining a main housing of the thermal cap from a single element of a thermally conducting material; and fabricating a top plate including a centered intact area within the main housing by machining orifices around... Agent: Michael Buchenhorner, P.A.

20070272426 - Impact resistant cable: A cable for use in a predetermined voltage class includes at least one conductor; at least one extruded insulating layer surrounding the conductor, the insulating layer being made from a non-crosslinked insulating material having at least one thermoplastic polymer and at least one dielectric liquid, the insulating layer having a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070272428 - Electric field control material: The invention relates to an electric field control material comprising a polymer matrix with a nonlinear charge dispersed therein, said charge having nonlinear electric resistance properties. The invention is characterised in that the nonlinear charge comprises at least 97 wt.-% zinc oxide in the form of homogenous powder and less... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20070272429 - Cable entry device for easy installation: A cable entry device (500, 600) for providing sealing in a space between a cable (1) and a surrounding material. The device comprises a covering (400, 510, 620) having sealing members (420, 430) for receiving said material therebetween. The sealing members are formed by a recess (410) in the covering.... Agent: Potomac Patent Group PLLC

20070272430 - Asymmetric communication cable shielding: An asymmetric composite cable shield for use in communications cable that includes a protective layer clad with inner and outer layers of copper or a copper alloy, in which the inner layer is thicker than the outer layer.... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070272431 - Structure of gas sensor ensuring stability of electical connection: A gas sensor includes a sensor element, a housing, a hollow porcelain insulator, electrical contacts, a holder, and an air cover. The sensor element is retained inside the housing through the porcelain insulator. The electrical contacts are retained firmly within the porcelain insulator in electrical connection with the sensor element.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070272432 - Bushing: A bushing for an electrical device including an insulating core, where at least a part of the insulating core includes a continuous diffusion barrier with firm adhesion to the insulating core. The bushing is manufactured by coating at least a part of the insulating core with the continuous diffusion barrier.... Agent: Venable LLP

20070272433 - Electrical assembly: An electrical assembly including a substantially planar substrate having at least one recess therein and a plurality of electrical components. The electrical components are positioned in the at least one recess and include a first electrical component and a second electrical component. Each of the electrical components has a body... Agent: Attention: Lisa M. Soltis Illnois Tool Works Inc.

20070272434 - Printed circuit board and manufacturing method thereof: A printed circuit board has a bending portion and a non-bending portion. A base insulating layer is provided over the bending portion and the non-bending portion. A plurality of conductor patterns are formed on the insulating layer. A cover insulating layer is formed on the insulating layer to cover the... Agent: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld L.L.P.

20070272435 - Microelectronic substrates with thermally conductive pathways and methods of making same: This disclosure suggests microelectronic substrates with thermally conductive pathways. In one implementation, such a substrate includes a body and a thermally conductive member. The Body has a first surface that includes a microelectronic component mounting site, a second surface separated from the first surface by a thickness, and an opening... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20070272437 - Printed circuit board and semiconductor package using the same: In a printed board having a wiring pattern and an NSMD type land, the present invention prevents disconnection between the land and the wiring pattern and separation of the land from the printed board. The printed circuit board has a main wiring pattern, a protective film covering the main wiring... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20070272436 - Printed circuit board unit: A depression is formed in a first surface of a printed wiring board. A through hole penetrates through the printed wiring board from the bottom surface of the depression to a second surface of the printed wiring board. The second surface is the opposite surface of the first surface. A... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20070272438 - 3d checkerboard perforation pattern for increased shielding effectiveness: An improved electromagnetic radiation (EMR) shield that has minimal airflow resistance is presented. The EMR shield includes: a base plate; and plurality of columns that project away from the base plate, wherein each of the columns has a first end that is attached to the base plate, a second end... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20070272439 - Ink-based electromagnetic-wave shielding film for display device: An electromagnetic-wave shielding film of a display panel and a plasma display device are manufactured by transcribing a conductive ink material onto a substrate by an off-set process, and firing the conductive ink material to form a conductive material.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20070272440 - Enclosure for housing communications equipment: An enclosure for housing communications equipment at a subscriber premises includes at least one cable port for receiving a service provider cable, a subscriber cable, and a ground cable. The enclosure further includes a housing having a base and an outer cover movably attached to the base between an opened... Agent: Corning Cable Systems LLC

20070272441 - Palladium-plated lead finishing structure for semiconductor part and method of producing semiconductor device: A highly reliable plated lead finishing structure for a semiconductor part using a Pd film or a Pd alloy film, instead of a traditional solder plating material, as a brazing metal, without causing a problem of short-circuits between terminals due to whiskers, is provided. In the plated lead finishing structure... Agent: Chadbourne & Parke LLP

20070267209 - Component-based utility supply apparatus: A component-based utility supply apparatus includes a wall-mounting bracket, a utility distribution unit mounted to the wall mounting bracket and an equipment management rail. The wall mounting bracket includes a longitudinally extending wall mounting flange and a support bracket having an upper supporting flange and a lower supporting flange that... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070267210 - Article and method for providing a seal for an encapsulated device: An article for providing a sealing engagement between an electronic component and an encapsulate material is provided, wherein the electronic component extends from the encapsulate material. The article includes a housing including at least one opening for receiving the electronic component. The housing is filled with an encapsulate material such... Agent: Cook, Alex, Mcfarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler Ltd

20070267211 - Harness wiring structure: A harness wiring structure includes a first link that has a first fixing member, a second link that has a second fixing member, and a shaft portion that swingably connects the first link to the second link. When the first link and the second link are extended to each other,... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20070267219 - Component-based utility supply apparatus: A component-based utility supply apparatus includes a wall mounting bracket, a utility distribution unit mounted to the wall mounting bracket and an equipment management rail. The wall mounting bracket includes a longitudinally extending wall mounting flange and at least one longitudinally extending supporting flange. The utility distribution unit can comprise... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070267213 - Multi-channel signal acquisition probe: A multi-channel signal acquisition probe has a ribbon cable with ganged coaxial signal cables. The coaxial signal cables are separated into individual cables at one end of the ribbon cable. A junction box is mounted the ribbon cable with the individual cables extending through apertures in a front face of... Agent: Thomas F. Lenihan Tektronix, Inc.

20070267214 - Conductor raceway separator: A divider for keeping current-carrying conductors separated transversely in raceways, such as walker ducts and cable trays, in which multiple conductors extend, in order that air can flow around the conductors and cool the conductors. The divider is mounted in the raceway to form passages through which some of the... Agent: Kremblas, Foster, Phillips & Pollick

20070267208 - Shield wire: Providing a shield wire, which can be manufactured at low cost and have a good flexibility, the shield wire is structured by one covered wire, a metal foil shield wound around the covered wire, and a sheath covering around the metal foil shield. In the metal foil shield, slits 41... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070267212 - Wiring harness for motor vehicles: A method for operating a directory assistance system responsive to Voice over IP device requests includes the steps of receiving a directory assistance request from at least one Voice over IP device and identifying the requested information for delivery to the Voice over IP device. The requested information is formatted... Agent: Sofer & Haroun

20070267215 - Plastic compound, product composed of said compound and use of said compound: A plastic compound includes at least one polymer and at least one organic starting compound having a decomposition temperature Tz and formed of at least one ceramic material comprising a glass and/or a starting material of glass. Also, the plastic compound includes at least one glass material for forming a... Agent: Bsh Home Appliances Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20070267216 - Base of a circuit board with a heat dissipating capability: A base for a circuit board has a body made of metal material with a high heat conduction and an isolated heat conduction layer mounted on the body for preventing short circuit from occurring. Hence, the heat-generated by an electrical component can be effectively dissipated via the isolated heat conduction... Agent: Frenkel & Associates, P.C. Suite 330

20070267217 - Method for manufacturing a miniaturized three-dimensional electric component: Manufacturing of miniaturised three-dimensional electric components are presented, as well as components manufactured by the methods. The manufacturing methods comprise micro-replication of at least one master structure, e.g. via a mould structure, in at least one polymer layer onto which layer at least one conductive path is provided.... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20070267218 - Multilayer electronic component, electronic device, and method for manufacturing multilayer electronic component: A multilayer electronic component having a ceramic substrate and a resin layer mounted on a mounting substrate. Recess portions are formed at an outside-facing major surface side of the resin layer. In the resin layer, columnar conductors are disposed so that axis line directions thereof are aligned in a thickness... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20070261876 - Seal for cable splice closures: The present invention provides a splice closure for covering an elongate cable splice including a splice cover sheet having opposed longitudinal ends. The sheet is wrapped about the cable splice with the ends being overlapped. A sealant strip is positioned to overlie the cable splice and the one end of... Agent: Hoffman & Baron, LLP

20070261872 - Shaped wall plate for wiring device: There is disclosed a wall plate for a wiring device. The wall plate has a single opening for receiving one or a gang of two or more wiring devices within the single opening. The wall plate has along its vertical axis, a surface of positive first differential and zero second... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20070261873 - Sheet metal housing: A sheet metal housing is disclosed for housing measurement and control devices. The sheet metal housing comprises a cover plate, a baseplate, two lateral walls and a back wall, to accommodate rail-mounted, plug-in modules, the front panels of which are embodied to together form a closed front. The housing can... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070261874 - Personal computer wire management system: A wire management system is provided to neatly and efficiently assembly the many wires of an electronic component system such as a personal computer without tangling and intertwining. The system utilizes a container having axially aligned upright posts with hooks at their upper ends to keep wires wound around the... Agent: John Tomaszewski

20070261875 - Ceiling fitting or cover: A ceiling fitting or cover for covering a connection of an electrical cord to a ceiling surface includes a hollow body having upper and lower circumferential edges. The body has an over-all configuration tapering from the upper to the lower edge, with an inner surface facing an inner space defined... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070261877 - Electrical wire and method of making an electrical wire: An electrical wire and a method of making an electrical wire are disclosed. The electrical wire comprises a conductor and a covering. The covering comprises a thermoplastic composition comprising a poly(arylene ether), a polyolefin and a polymeric compatibilizer. The thermoplastic composition may further comprise a flame retardant.... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Ge Plastics-noryl

20070261878 - Flame retardant thermoplastic composition and articles comprising the same: A flame retardant thermoplastic composition comprising a poly(arylene ether), a block copolymer, a liquid polyolefin, and a flame retardant additive composition. The flame retardant additive composition comprises a metal hydroxide, an organic phosphate, and a phosphoric acid salt selected from the group consisting of melamine phosphate, melamine pyrophosphate, melamine orthophosphate,... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - Ge Plastics-noryl

20070261879 - Heavily filled halogen-free flame-resistant wrapping foil: A halogen-free, flame-resistant wrapping foil, characterized in that the wrapping foil is composed of polyolefin and contains more than 120 phr of metal hydroxide, preferably aluminum hydroxide and more preferably magnesium hydroxide.... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, Pa

20070261880 - Cable gripping device for a cable closure or terminal: A telecommunications enclosure for housing lines of a telecommunications cable. The telecommunications cable includes a sheath surrounding the telecommunications lines. The enclosure includes a housing for retaining telecommunication lines therein, the housing including at least one inlet/outlet port to receive a telecommunications cable. The enclosure further includes a cable gripping... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070261881 - Apparatus for securing a line such as a cable: An apparatus for securing a line such as, for example, a cable or the like, thereto is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the apparatus is coupled to an electrical box into which the cable extends.... Agent: King & Spalding LLP

20070261882 - Printed circuit board and heat dissipating metal surface layout thereof: In a printed circuit board and its heat dissipating metal surface layout, a layer of copper foil is coated onto the printed circuit board for dissipating heat, and the surface of the copper foil is covered by an insulating coating, and a bare copper is formed on the surface of... Agent: Hdsl

20070261883 - Methods for improving the flux compatibility of underfill formulations: In accordance with the present invention, it has been discovered that the addition of one or more cationic catalyst(s), such as onium salts as defined herein, provides improved flux compatibility of underfill formulations in the presence of flux, flux residues and/or reaction products thereof. Accordingly, there are provided methods for... Agent: Loctite Corporation

20070261884 - Two-piece pipe escutcheon: Two symmetrical pieces form an escutcheon that seals the gap between a pipe or conduit and the surface through which it penetrates and support the pipe or conduit. The device is surface mounted with threaded mechanical fasteners which can be adjusted to vary the compression of the sealing gaskets. The... Agent: Jeffrey M. Smith

20070256850 - Tamper resistant electrical outlet cover assembly: A tamper resistant electrical outlet cover assembly. The assembly includes a solid, rigid, high strength security plate constructed from a durable material and having a size and shape that preferably substantially conforms to the dimensions dictated by standard electrical outlet configurations. The plate essentially completely encloses a typical plastic cover... Agent: John F. Letchford

20070256848 - Telecommunications cable enclosure: An enclosure for use with a telecommunication cable includes a housing for retaining spliced telecommunication lines. At least one of a plurality of connection devices is connected to one of the spliced telecommunication lines within the housing. A primary entrance in the housing allowing simultaneous access to each of the... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070256849 - Mounting tab fastener support apparatus and method: In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a fastener holding bracket is provided. In some embodiments, the fastener holding bracket includes an attaching portion configured to attach the fastener holding bracket to a mounting tab; and a holding structure attached to the bracket configured to hold a fastener... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070256851 - Apparatus and method for concealing conduit: A concealing member for concealing exposed conduit within a building is provided. The concealing member includes a body having a channel formed therein. The channel is adapted to receive the exposed conduit. The concealing member further includes a decorative edge. When the concealing member is secured to a structural member... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070256852 - Tubular cable adapter for joining or terminating a medium-voltage cable: A cold-shrinkable element for joining or terminating electric cables, the element comprising a set of insulating or conductive layers, an outer protective sleeve, and a support element enabling said set of layers to be maintained in a radially-expanded state, the support element being suitable for being withdrawn from said assembly... Agent: Sofer & Haroun LLP.

20070256853 - Shielded cable-grounding structure: In a structure for grounding a shielded cable, a braided wire is extended radially outwardly of core covering portions to form a flange portion, and an associated wire is connected to the flange portion by the use of sleeve members, thereby effecting the grounding.... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070256854 - Method and apparatus for joining ends of wires and the like: A method of joining the interfacing ends of cables, one to another, wherein each comprises a plurality of conductor strands, comprising (i) providing each of the ends with an enlarged terminal portion of greater diameter than the cable adjacent the end, (ii) inserting the ends into a connecting tube having... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter

20070256855 - Multi-conductor electrical connector cable having improved electromagnetic characteristics: A multi-conductor electrical connector member includes a plurality of electrical conductors arranged in a spaced apart and generally parallel side-by-side manner. The plurality of electrical conductors includes a signal source end. At least one electrical discontinuity is formed in a selected subset of the plurality of electrical conductors. The at... Agent: Panasonic Automotive System Company Of America

20070256857 - Conductive paste and flexible printed wiring board produced using the conductive paste: It is an object to provide a conductive paste which has not only sufficient adhesion to a polyimide as a substrate, but also good in both folding endurance and solvent resistance. To achieve the above object, the conductive paste comprises a conductive powder and a binder resin which is characterized... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20070256856 - Terminal portion of flexible print circuit board or flexible flat cable: In a terminal portion according to one embodiment of the present invention, the terminal portion being of a flexible print circuit board or a flexible flat cable and for connecter-fitting, a copper or a copper alloy wiring having a pure tin or a tin alloy plating layer formed thereon is... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070256859 - Ceramic multilayer substrate and its manufacturing method: A ceramic multilayer substrate having excellent migration resistance and high bonding strength between a resin sealing material and a ceramic multilayer substrate body, includes a laminated substrate body having lands, and external electrodes, and covered with a siloxane film formed by a PVD process. The thickness of the siloxane film... Agent: Murata Manufacturing Company, Ltd. C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070256858 - Heat resistant substrate incorporated circuit wiring board: This invention provides a multilayer printed wiring board which achieves fine pitches. A heat resistant substrate is incorporated in a multilayer printed wiring board and interlayer resin insulation layer and conductive layer are placed alternately on the heat resistant substrate. A built-up wiring board in which respective conductive layers are... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070251724 - Cable assembly and method of making the same: An cable assembly (100) includes a cable (3) and a strain relief device (20) molded on an end of the cable. The cable (3) includes a center wire (31), a metal braiding (32) enclosing the center wire and a jacket (35) shielding the metal braiding. The strain relief device (20)... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070251712 - Illuminated power receptacle: The present invention relates to the field of enhanced electrical power receptacles and associated plugs. Specifically it relates to power receptacles that are easy to identify and use. It achieves these features with a receptacle that has the individual prong-holes identified and differentiated with light source or markings in a... Agent: Dennis M. Connolly

20070251713 - Meter base bracket apparatus and system: An electric meter base bracket apparatus and system. Embodiments include a meter bracket installed between studs of a dwelling or structure. The bracket includes several holes to install the bracket to the studs as well as feed-through holes for wiring to the dwelling. Bolts are included on the bracket to... Agent: Myers & Kaplan Intellectual Property Law, L.L.C.

20070251714 - Cable outlet element, cable outlet device, cable outlet arrangement, method for producing a cable element and the use of a cable outlet element in an aircraft: A cable outlet element (101) for leading out a cable (106) that can be muted through a raceway arrangement (105) comprises a cable lead-in section (101), a raceway arrangement connection (102), a cable lead-out section (103) and a cable outlet connection (104). The raceway arrangement connection (102) can be connected... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070251715 - Method for protecting a cable or a pipe: the strip is fixed around the cable or pipe. The strip includes a single sheet of at least one layer of nonwoven material. The nonwoven material can be a multilayer material with a central layer of a nonwoven material with a low density and high mechanical strength and at least... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070251717 - Signal transmission cable: A transmission cable includes a cable (20) and a plug (10). The cable includes a communication line (22), a power line (26), a plurality of inner jackets, an outer jacket wrapping the communication line and the power line together, and a metallic jacket for wrapping the communication line. The power... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang Jeffrey T. Knapp

20070251716 - Multipolar cable for transmitting energy and/or signals, method and apparatus for the production thereof: A multipolar cable for transmitting energy and/or signals, as well as an extrusion method and apparatus for the production thereof, is described. The multipolar cable has at least three transmissive elements and a sheath in which at least three longitudinal housings being intended to house respectively the at least three... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070251718 - Compound and hollow insulator and its manufacturing method thereof: This invention involves a compound and hollow insulator and its manufacturing method thereof. The insulator includes a connector, an insulating tube and petticoat. The insulating tube is made by winding epoxy glass fiber. The petticoat is arranged outside the insulating tube. The connector is arranged at the two ends of... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20070251719 - Selective, hermetically sealed microwave package apparatus and methods: A hermetically sealed package for an integrated circuit. In one exemplary embodiment, the package includes a dielectric substrate. At least one conductor is provided having a first conductor surface and a second conductor surface. The second conductor surface is disposed on the dielectric substrate. The first conductor surface comprises at... Agent: Law Office Of Robert E. Kasody, Professional Corporation

20070251720 - Tailoring impedances of conductive traces in a circuit board: An apparatus and method that permits signal traces of different widths and the same impedance to be placed on the same layer of a printed circuit board (PCB). Alternatively, signal traces of different impedances but the same width may be placed on the same layer of the PCB. Ground and... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20070251721 - Insulation material, wiring board, and semiconductor device: In a semiconductor device, the topmost wiring layer of the package board is formed from an insulation material in which the elongation at break is 20% or higher and Young's modulus is 1 GPa or less when the temperature is 10 to 30° C. This insulation material contains a reactive... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070251722 - Conductive ball arraying apparatus: A conductive ball arraying apparatus includes an arraying jig having ball insertion parts at a predetermined array pattern, a ball cup that has an opening part on a lower surface thereof and is capable of housing a plurality of conductive balls, moving means that moves the arraying jig and the... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070251723 - Method and apparatus for a modular fire-barrier system: An apparatus for a modular fire-barrier system and a method for designing a fire-barrier system for specific applications. The fire-barrier system or structure comprises a plurality of fire-barrier modules, two or more support columns and one or more girts. Each of the fire-barrier modules comprises a frame which supports one... Agent: Workman Nydegger