3m Innovative Properties Company

Inficon Gmbh

Trepton Research Group, Inc.

Duane T Smith

Harry A Loder

Rodney Herman

James D Spain

Ching-Long Tsai

Randolph D Schueller

Terry R Turner

Robert Travis Smith

Kirk A Halliburton

Terry A Turner

A clamp assembly for bringing an RF sensor into electrical contact with an RF current carrier is provided herein. The clamp assembly () comprises a first wedge-shaped element (), and a second wedge-shaped element () which is slidingly engaged with said first wedge-shaped element. Preferably, the clamp assembly also comprises a collar () within which the first and second wedge-shaped elements are disposed. The clamp assembly preferably further comprises a fastener (), such as a screw, which adjoins the first and second elements, in which case the clamp assembly is adapted such that, as the screw is rotated in a first direction, at least one of the first and second elements expands against the collar and/or the RF current carrier.

RF sensor clamp assembly

A bend radius control member for controlling the bend radius of an optical fiber cable including a deformation resistant heat shrunk outer jacket wrapped around the optical fiber cable. The heat shrunk outer jacket has a desired bend radius curvature.

Apparatus and method for controlling the bend radius of an optical fiber cable

A cap can comprise an aperture, and an attenuator may block the aperture during at least one point in time. In one embodiment, the attenuator can include a cover that may be displaced by a spring. In another embodiment, such as an electron gun, may comprise a support cap with an aperture, a displaceable cover that may cover the aperture, and a spring. A material attached to the spring and acting as a fuse may release the spring and expose the aperture after an electrical current blows the 'fuse'. In yet another embodiment, a method for using a tube may comprise evacuating the tube while a cover covers an aperture in the support cap of a electron gun that is at least partially in the tube and moving the cover to expose the aperture after the tube is sealed.

Apparatus with a cap and cover assembly, an electron gun with a cap assembly, and a method of using a tube

Optical fiber connector system

A furcation apparatus for a multi-conductor cable of the type having reinforcing fibers for longitudinal strength. The furcation apparatus includes a furcation spacer having a plurality of passages extending through an interior of the furcation spacer from a first end to a second end. Each passage is of a size sufficient to receive a furcation tube having reinforcing fibers, and each furcation tube is of a size sufficient to receive one of the plurality of conductors of the cable. The furcation tube reinforcing fibers approach the furcation spacer from the second end and are anchored adjacent the first end, and the cable reinforcing fibers approach the furcation spacer from the first end and are anchored adjacent the second end, such that tensioning the furcation tube reinforcing fibers and cable reinforcing fibers places the furcation spacer under compressive stress.

Furcation apparatus for optical fibers

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Round Rock, TX, United States of America

Duane T Smith