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Shielded conduit
Assignee: Raychem Corp
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Filing: 1980-09-16
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Granted: 1983-03-08
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Expires: 2000-09-16
Abstract
Abstract Flexible electrical shielding conduit and method for making same wherein the conduit comprises multiple layers including a flexible conduit tubing outer layer, an electrical shielding layer disposed within the tubing and in contact with the conduit layer, and a woven retaining layer inside the shielding layer, said woven retaining layer expanding radially outwardly when compressed axially continuously forcing the shielding layer into contact with the conduit tubing to provide an unobstructed passageway therethrough. An alternative embodiment and the method for making same wherein the electrical shielding layer and the retaining layer are combined to form an integral inner layer having the properties as described above.
Inventors
- 👤 Frederick E. Maul
- 👤 Edward P. Goett
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 05:06
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02G; H02G3/00; H02G3/02; H02G3/04; H02G3/0462; H02G3/0468; F; F16; F16L; F16L11/00; F16L11/04; F16L11/11
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
Flexible electrical shielding conduit comprising: flexible conduit tubing having an internal cross-section; a generally tubular flexible electrical shielding means having a predetermined thickness disposed within the conduit tubing; and axially compressible radially expansible retaining means for forcing the shielding means into contact with the tubing disposed inside the shielding means and in contact therewith, the external cross-section of retaining means being preset in axial compression at least as great as the internal cross-section of the conduit tubing less twice the thickness of the electrical shielding means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
86 words
Flexible electrical shielding conduit comprising: flexible conduit tubing having an internal cross-section; a generally tubular flexible electrical shielding means having a predetermined thickness disposed within the conduit tubing; and axially compressible radially expansible retaining means for forcing the shielding means into contact with the tubing disposed inside the shielding means and in contact therewith, the external cross-section of retaining means being preset in axial compression at least as great as the internal cross-section of the conduit tubing less twice the thickness of the electrical shielding means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
92 words
Flexible electrical shielding conduit comprising: flexible conduit tubing having an internal cross-section, a generally tubular flexible electrical shielding means having a predetermined thickness disposed within the tubing; and axially compressible radially expansible retaining means for forcing the shielding means into contact with the tubing disposed within the shielding means and in contact therewith, the retaining means being operatively interconnected with the conduit tubing and maintaining the retaining means in axial compression at least as great as the internal cross-section of the conduit tubing less twice the thickness of the electrical shielding means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
92 words
Flexible electrical shielding conduit comprising: flexible conduit tubing having an internal cross-section, a generally tubular flexible electrical shielding means having a predetermined thickness disposed within the tubing; and axially compressible radially expansible retaining means for forcing the shielding means into contact with the tubing disposed within the shielding means and in contact therewith, the retaining means being operatively interconnected with the conduit tubing and maintaining the retaining means in axial compression at least as great as the internal cross-section of the conduit tubing less twice the thickness of the electrical shielding means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
The conduit as set forth in claim 1 or 2 wherein the retaining means comprises a plurality of woven filaments.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The conduit as in claim 1 or 2 wherein the retaining means and shielding means are integral.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
48 words
The conduit as set forth in claim 4 wherein the integral electrical shielding means and retaining means comprises a composite weave including a plurality of electrically conductive filaments and at least one elastically deformable filament, the filaments woven into a braid which is axially compressible and radially expansible.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
54 words
The conduit as set forth in claim 4 wherein the integral electrical shielding means and retaining means comprises an axially compressible and radially expansible elastic woven retaining means having an unrestrained external cross-section of at least the tubing internal cross-section and wherein the retaining means is coated with a layer of electrical shielding material.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
The conduit as set forth in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein there are a plurality of layers of the integral electrical shielding means and retaining means.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
The conduit as set forth in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the shielding means comprises a plurality of shielding layers.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
20 words
The conduit as set forth in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the conduit tubing comprises elastically deformable conduit tubing.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
The conduit as set forth in claim 1 or claim 2 wherein the conduit tubing has a convoluted shape.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
The conduit as set forth in claim 10 wherein the tubing convoluted shape comprises alternating annular rings.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
14 words
The conduit as set forth in claim 11 wherein conduit tubing is electrically insulating.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
15 words
The conduit as set forth in claim 12 wherein the conduit tubing comprises CONVOLEX* tubing.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
15 words
The conduit as set forth in claim 3 wherein the retaining means comprises EXPANDO™ braid.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
41 words
The conduit as set forth in claim 1 wherein the retaining means is radially expanded on a mandrel and heated until the retaining means has a preset normal external cross-section at least equal to the internal cross-section of the conduit tubing.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
27 words
The conduit as set forth in claim 1 wherein the preset external cross-section of the retaining means is greater than the internal cross-section of the conduit tubing.
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