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US3098115A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Electrical distribution system

Assignee: Atlas Copco AB
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Filing: 1960-04-07
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Granted: 1963-07-16
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Expires: 1980-04-07
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Guarnaschelli Stephen

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 20:34
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02G; H02G3/00; H02G3/02; H02G3/04; H02G3/0462; H02G3/0475

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 219 words
IN AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, A CONDUIT COMPRISING TWO SIMILAR ELONGATED RIBBON-LIKE MEMBERS, EACH HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY CO-PLANAR LONGITUDINALLY-EXTENDING EDGE PORTIONS WHICH ARE INTERCONNECTED BY LONGITUDINALLYSPACED CROSSBANDS SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY LOCATED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE EDGE PORTIONS, THE CROSSBANDS OF EACH MEMBER BEING BOWED OUTWARDLY IN A COMMON DIRECTION FROM THE PLANE OF THE EDGE PORTIONS AND BEING ALSO CURVED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LENGTH OF THE CONUIT AND IN A DIRECTION TO GIVE EACH OF THE CROSSBANDS A CONVEX CURVATUE IN ITS INSIDE SURFACE TO PREVENT INSULATING ON THE PARTS OF AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR FROM CATCHING ON THE EDGES OF THE CROSSBANDS WHEN AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS IS PULLED THROUGH THE CONDUIT AND ACROSS SAID BANDS, AND THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS BEING BOWED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS FROM OHE ANOTHER TO ENCLOSE A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRIAL SPACE THROUGH WHICH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTROS CAN BE PULLED, THE EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID MEMBERS BEING CONNECTED TOGETHER BUT BEING FLEXIBLE ENOUGH WHEN CONNECTED TO THE CONDUIT TO BE BENT IN ONE PLANE TO DESIRED PATHS IN A STRUCTURE WHERE THE CONDUIT IS USED, THE EDGE PORTIONS BEING STIFF IN THE DIRECTIONS OF THE PLANAR EXTENT TO PREVENT BENDING OF THE CONDUIT IN THE PLANE OF SAID EDGE PORITONS, SAID CONDUIT HAVING OPEN ENDS, AND AT LEAST ONE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR WITHIN THE CONDUIT AND EXTENDING LENGTHWISE THEREOF.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 219 words
IN AN ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, A CONDUIT COMPRISING TWO SIMILAR ELONGATED RIBBON-LIKE MEMBERS, EACH HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY CO-PLANAR LONGITUDINALLY-EXTENDING EDGE PORTIONS WHICH ARE INTERCONNECTED BY LONGITUDINALLYSPACED CROSSBANDS SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY LOCATED ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE EDGE PORTIONS, THE CROSSBANDS OF EACH MEMBER BEING BOWED OUTWARDLY IN A COMMON DIRECTION FROM THE PLANE OF THE EDGE PORTIONS AND BEING ALSO CURVED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE LENGTH OF THE CONUIT AND IN A DIRECTION TO GIVE EACH OF THE CROSSBANDS A CONVEX CURVATUE IN ITS INSIDE SURFACE TO PREVENT INSULATING ON THE PARTS OF AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR FROM CATCHING ON THE EDGES OF THE CROSSBANDS WHEN AN ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS IS PULLED THROUGH THE CONDUIT AND ACROSS SAID BANDS, AND THE DIFFERENT MEMBERS BEING BOWED IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS FROM OHE ANOTHER TO ENCLOSE A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRIAL SPACE THROUGH WHICH ELECTRICAL CONDUCTROS CAN BE PULLED, THE EDGE PORTIONS OF SAID MEMBERS BEING CONNECTED TOGETHER BUT BEING FLEXIBLE ENOUGH WHEN CONNECTED TO THE CONDUIT TO BE BENT IN ONE PLANE TO DESIRED PATHS IN A STRUCTURE WHERE THE CONDUIT IS USED, THE EDGE PORTIONS BEING STIFF IN THE DIRECTIONS OF THE PLANAR EXTENT TO PREVENT BENDING OF THE CONDUIT IN THE PLANE OF SAID EDGE PORITONS, SAID CONDUIT HAVING OPEN ENDS, AND AT LEAST ONE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR WITHIN THE CONDUIT AND EXTENDING LENGTHWISE THEREOF.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-07-15 1967-01-14 1967-07-16 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-07-15 1971-01-14 1971-07-16 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
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