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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:
Apr. 21, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles J Brown, Harlow, GB;
Assignee:
STC PLC, London, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D02G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
57213 ;
Abstract
A stranded wire strength member (2, 3) has a cable locking element (4) lying in the interstice between adjacent wires of the strength member. The locking element is of mild steel and has a surface coating (4a) of carbide grit which locks the adjacent wires of the strength member together in the region of a welded joint, to improve the load sharing capacity of the wires of the strength member.