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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. 14, 1993
Filed:
May. 15, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Warren Mang, Haddonfield, NJ (US);
Charles P Marino, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Kevin P Kray, Phoenixville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Markel Corporation, Norristown, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16C / ; H01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
745025 ; 745005 ; 7450 / ; 1741 / ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a flexible cable assembly for reliably transmitting motion along a predetermined path in high temperature environments. The assembly comprises a flexible tubular conduit, a crosslinked polyethylene tubular liner for the conduit and a core member movably contained within the conduit for transmitting force or torque along the predetermined path. The assembly preferably exhibits a fictional efficiency of at least about 80% over 500,000 cycles of the 200.degree. F. S-test.