447results about "Extensible conductors" patented technology

MRI / RF compatible leads include at least one conductor, a respective conductor having at least one segment with a multi-layer stacked coil configuration. The lead can be configured so that the lead heats local tissue less than about 10 degrees Celsius (typically about 5 degrees Celsius or less) or does not heat local tissue when a patient is exposed to target RF frequencies at a peak input SAR of at least about 4 W / kg and / or a whole body average SAR of at least about 2 W / kg. Related leads and methods of fabricating leads are also described.

A support slide assembly for a cable management arm is coupled with two slide assemblies. Two ends of the cable management arm are connected to one of the two slide assemblies. The support slide assembly includes a sliding member provided between the two ends of the cable management arm and sustained by the support slide assembly to travel in relation to the support slide assembly. Two ends of the support slide assembly respectively connected to the two slide assemblies. The support slide assembly includes a first rod and a second rod sliding into each other to become one retractable piece, allowing change of its total length. The two rods of the support slide assembly each is pivoted to a sliding block.

To provide a closed cable drag chain, which is capable of preventing the contact wear powder generated in holding and guiding the cable or the like from being scattered by reliably closing the cable or the like, and wherein the assembling, maintenance and repair are easy while having light weight and low noise. In a closed cable drag chain into which a cable or the like is inserted to be held and guided in conditions where a number of intermediate frames (10) are articulately connected to each other, an outer frame (20) including a removable opening / closing frame structure fit-covers a coupling portion of the adjacent intermediate frames (10) to close the coupling gaps S respectively thereby coupling it in a tubular shape, the intermediate frame (10) comprises an intermediate frame body and an opening / closing lid member (12) fitted into the intermediate frame body (11), and the intermediate frame body (11) includes lower open end surfaces (11b), which abut with each other on the chain bend inner peripheral side to hold a required bending position of the chain and upper open end surfaces (11c), which abut with each other on the chain bend outer peripheral side to hold a straight extended position of the chain.

An adjustable cable management arm devise. The device includes a pair of cable arms, pivotal pins, an adjustable arm, and an adjusting member. A first end of a first cable arm is connected to an end of a second cable arm, which is capable of folding each other, so as to form a combination of cable arms. The adjustable arm is inserted into an end of the combination of the cable arms and adapted to receive the pivotal pin. The adjustable arm is adapted to adjust a horizontal angle of a cable arm with respect to a wall bracket, so as to allowing the pivotal pin being smoothly rotated between the adjustable arm and the wall bracket.

The retractable cord assembly (26) comprises a cable (28) having a central carrier and plural conductors helically wrapped about the central carrier. The assembly further includes a grommet for connecting the cable (28) to a device, the grommet having a head and stem, with a passage throught he head and stem for receiving the cable (28). The passgae is tapered to provide an enlarged proximal end when installed. The assembly further includes a flexible metal conduit (30) through which the cable slides. The cable outer surface is nylon braid and the conduit inner surface is a nickel plated to minimize friction therebetween.

This application generally relates to deformable elastomeric conductors and differential signaling transmission techniques. According to one embodiment, a deformable elastomeric conductor is configured to transmit electrical signals. It comprises: an elastomeric polymer matrix; and conductive filler material uniformly dispersed in the elastomeric polymer matrix sufficient to render the material electrically conductive. The conductive filler material may include substantially non-entangled particles having an aspect ratio sufficiently large to enable the particles to substantially remain in contact and / or in close proximity with adjacent particles so as to maintain conductive pathways in the material when the material is subjected to deformation up to and exceeding 10% strain. Thus, over a transmission distance of an electrical signal through the conductor, the transmission does not suffer greater than about 3 dB of signal attenuation when subjected to the deformation.

A support slide assembly for a cable management arm is coupled with two slide assemblies. Two ends of the cable management arm are connected to one of the two slide assemblies. The support slide assembly includes a sliding member provided between the two ends of the cable management arm and sustained by the support slide assembly to travel in relation to the support slide assembly. Two ends of the support slide assembly respectively connected to the two slide assemblies. The support slide assembly includes a first rod and a second rod sliding into each other to become one retractable piece, allowing change of its total length. The two rods of the support slide assembly each is pivoted to a sliding block.

A cable management system for a component mounted in a rack includes a cable management arm and a bracket. The cable management arm may include a rear link attached to the rack and a forward link coupled to the rear link. The bracket may be attached to the component. A hanger pin may provided on the forward link. The hanger pin may couple with the bracket in a slot in the bracket. The hanger pin may apply a force to the bracket such that the hanger pin carries a portion of the weight of the forward link. In some embodiments, the cable management arm includes a pivot pin. The pivot pin may couple with a second aperture in the bracket. The hanger pin may ride along a slot as the forward link is rotated about the pivot pin with respect to the bracket.

A lead assembly includes an outer insulative body, a conductor, and at least one electrode electrically coupled with at least one conductor. A flexible portion for example having a bellows portion is disposed along the lead body.

A power / security cord for use in a retail display includes the combination of at least one spring steel strand and at least one conductor coiled into the shape of a “curly-Q” cord. The steel strand provides a physical barrier against cutting the cord. The conductor provides wiring for power.

Systems and apparatuses are provided for cable management. One apparatus embodiment includes an arm having an open and a closed position and two arm portions. Each arm portion has two ends and a bend formed at one end. The ends of each arm portion having the bend are hinged together.

A cable winder is disclosed. The winder takes into consideration the minimum-bending radius of the optical fiber cables and minimizes cable attenuation when optical fiber cables are being stored. The winder allows only one end of the cable to be extended and rewind, while the other end of the cable, which operatively connects to the retractable cable, remains stored inside the cable winder without being damaged by the axial twist resulted from the winding action of the retractable cable. The winder enables a user to pre-determine the dimension of cable length and cable efficiency in order to maximize operation effectiveness.

An electric connector assembly disclosing various embodiments, each of which includes a connector body having a frustro-conically shaped outlet end portion that converges toward the outlet opening and having a complementary frustro conically shaped retainer ring circumscribing the outlet end portion wherein the retainer ring is integrally formed with a locking tang and ground tangs arranged to be snap fitted to a knock-out hole of an electric box. The latest embodiment includes a frustro-conical retainer ring having an auxiliary tang arranged to permit the connector assembly to be obliquely inserted and locked to a knock-out hole of an electric box using a minimum of applied force for effecting a snap fit connection to both lock and electrically ground the connector assembly to the electric box and a method of installing the associated connector body to an electric box.

According to an example embodiment, the multilayer stretchable cable includes a multilayer stretchable film and a plurality of conductive lines in the stretchable film. The conductive lines are in at least two different layers of the multilayer stretchable film in a thickness direction of the stretchable film, at least one conductive line is a signal line and at least one other conductive line in a layer adjacent to the signal line is a ground line. The signal line and the ground line are in zigzag patterns and are parallel to a width direction of the multilayer stretchable film.

A wire harness is slidably arranged between a vehicle body and an opening / dosing member of the vehicle. A grommet is fitted onto one end of a wire harness, which is arranged in the opening / closing member and is pulled out toward the vehicle body. The grommet has a diaphragm portion that can swing, extend and contract. A tube having a predetermined length is fitted onto the wire harness. A first end of the tube is fitted onto the grommet, while a second end is fixed to the wire harness, so that the tube can be slidably received in a guiding portion provided in the opening / closing member. A surplus length portion is provided in the wire harness, which is pulled out from the tube, so that the wire harness can follow opening / closing operations of the opening / closing member. The surplus length portion is received in the surplus length absorbing space provided in the guiding portion, while the wire harness is locked onto the opening / closing member at an exit of the surplus length absorbing space.

The invention discloses a liquid metal electric wire and a manufacturing method therefor. The liquid metal electric wire comprises an elastic silicone tube (1); conductive terminals (2) are fixed in tube orifices in the two ends of the elastic silicone tube (1); the tubes are filled with liquid conductive metal liquid (3); the liquid conductive metal liquid (3) is in contact with the conductive terminals (2) extending into the inner end of the tube; and the liquid conductive metal liquid (3) enables the conductive terminals (2) at the two ends of the elastic silicone tube (1) to be conductive. The liquid metal electric wire is simple in structure; the liquid metal electric wire can be stretched on the basis of the inherent length; the stretched liquid metal electric wire is retractable due to the inherent attribute of the elastic silica gel, so that the length of the liquid metal electric wire can be adjustable; and therefore, the liquid metal electric wire is applicable to various domestic appliances, industrial appliances and the like.

A structure of installing a wire harness for a sliding door includes a harness protective tube 2 in which electric wires are contained to compose the wire harness. The harness protective tube 2 is curved at the sliding door side and installed at a vehicle body side. The harness protective tube 2 has an oval shape in cross section, and is curved in a direction of its longer diameter portions 3 at the sliding door side so that the longer diameter portions are positioned in a vertical direction, whereby harness slack absorbing function is imparted to the harness protective tube. The longer diameter portions 3 are supported by a support part 11 at the sliding door side, and the harness protective tube 2 is curved in a direction of the longer diameter portions extending from the support part to the vehicle body side. There is provided a protector 5 in which the support part 11 is positioned, and the harness protective tube 2 is contained in a curved state in a direction of the longer diameter portions 3. The longer diameter portions 3 in a curved section 2a of the harness protective tube 2 are urged upward by an elastic member 7.

Elastic conductors made of ribbons of aligned carbon nanotubes embedded in a matrix of poly(dimethylsiloxane) exhibit a stabilized resistance after several cycles of stretching and releasing. The elastic conductors were prepared by drawing a ribbon of carbon nanotubes from an aligned array of carbon nanotubes and positioning on cured poly(dimethylsiloxane). After providing each end of the ribbon with an electrode, a film of uncured poly(dimethylsiloxane) was cast on the ribbon and electrodes. After curing the film an elastic conductor was produced. The electrical resistance of this elastic conductor became stable after a few cycles of stretching and releasing to strains up to 100%.

The present invention generally relates to deformable polymer composites, and more particularly to, deformable polymer composites with controlled electrical performance during deformation through tailored strain-dependent conductive filler contact. According to embodiments, a deformable elastomeric conductive material includes: an elastomeric polymer matrix; and conductive filler material uniformly dispersed in the elastomeric polymer matrix sufficient to render the material electrically or thermally conductive. The conductive filler material comprises a plurality of substantially non-entangled particles having an aspect ratio sufficiently large to enable the particles to substantially remain in contact and / or in close proximity with adjacent particles so as to maintain conductive pathways in the material when the material is subjected to deformation up to and exceeding 10% strain.

Providing a power supply apparatus for a sliding structure, which can be arranged in a small space in the sliding structure, the power supply apparatus includes a wiring harness having a vertical path portion; a harness fixing member for fixing one end of the vertical path portion of the wiring harness on the sliding structure; a fixed base fixed on the sliding structure for holding the other end of the vertical path portion; and a swing member mounted on the fixed base to swing freely in a horizontal plane for allowing the vertical path portion to be twisted along a circumferential direction of itself and leading a part of the wiring harness continued to the vertical path portion toward a fixed structure. Instead of the fixed base, a movable base 5′, and a guide rail to be engaged with the movable base can be applied.

A radio tag communication apparatus having a broad communicable range and a simple arrangement, is provided. Since there are provided a transmission antenna selection control portion for selecting a single transmission-reception antenna element to transmit a transmission signal, from a plurality of transmission-reception antenna elements, and a reception signal synthesizing portion for synthesizing respective reception signals received by the plurality of transmission-reception antenna elements, with each other, a communicable range of the radio tag communication apparatus can be broadened by transmitting the transmission signal from a diversity antenna having a simple arrangement, and a reception sensitivity of the radio tag communication apparatus can be enhanced by synthesizing the reception signals received by the plurality of transmission-reception antenna elements, with each other.