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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, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jiri V Pazdirek, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Ernst Matthew Gaertner, Arlington Heights, IL (US);
Michael T Burzawa, Harwood Heights, IL (US);
Assignee:
MacLean-Fogg Company, Wheeling, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05G / ; F16L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
7457 / ; 74586 ; 174 47 ; 57230 ;
Abstract
A composite link includes a fiberglass body. The body is formed by coating glass fibers with a liquid resin and winding the fibers around a plurality of end pieces or bushings. The end pieces have transition sections for smoothly changing the shape of the composite link and the path of the fibers. The fibers are wound in two layers, a first extending longitudinally of the body and the second transversely and around the first. A shield layer is placed over the fiberglass body.