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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 1989
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frank R Kinnan, Camas Valley, OR (US);
Assignee:
Underground Technologies, Inc., Byron, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B / ; F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
174 47 ; 174 / ;
Abstract
A cable used with a subsoil penetrating tool which contains a plurality of tubes and hoses used to transport all operational fluids and a plurality of electrical conducting wires used to transmit power ane electrical impulses for information. A unique internal structure reduces the rotation of the cable as the tool advances and provides rigidity to the cable to allow for the transmission of compressional forces along the cable to be applied to the advancing tool.