IP Library Granted Patent US 6,897,375
Granted Patent B2
US 6,897,375 · App. 10/756,186 · Granted May 24, 2005

Protective device for elongated objects

Assignee: FFA Automotive AG
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Patent No.
US 6,897,375
App. No.
10/756,186
Granted
May 24, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a protective device for elongated objects, and in particular a protective device for electrical wiring, fluid lines and the like in motor vehicles, having a corrugated tube ( 1 ) for receiving the elongated object, a textile layer ( 3 ) arranged on the exterior of the corrugated tube ( 1 ), as well as a metallic layer ( 5 ) arranged on the outside of the textile layer ( 3 ).

Claims (21)

1. A protective device for elongated objects, comprising:

a corrugated tube for receiving an elongated object;

a textile layer arranged on an exterior of the corrugated tube; and

a metallic layer arranged radially outside of the textile layer;

wherein the textile layer comprises a glass filament hose.

2. The device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the corrugated tube comprises at least one of the group consisting of: polyamide, polyolefin, polyester, aramide, other plastic materials, plastic laminates, armored plastic or plastic laminates, metal, and combinations thereof.

3. The device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the textile layer comprises a braided, knit, non-woven or woven hose.

4. The device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the textile layer comprises a monofilament or a multifilament.

5. The device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the textile layer is glued onto the corrugated tube.

6. The device in accordance with claim 5 , further comprising an adhesive between the corrugated tube and the textile layer for gluing the textile layer onto the corrugated tube.

7. The device in accordance with claim 6 , wherein the adhesive is present in the form of a convolution or a helix on the surface of the corrugated tube.

8. The device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the textile layer comprises a coated or sheathed filament.

9. The device in accordance with claim 8 , wherein the filament is coated with or sheathed in at least one of the group consisting of plastic, wax, a fluid, oil, and a metal.

10. The device in accordance with claim 8 , wherein a metal is vapor-deposited on the filament.

11. The device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the outer metallic layer comprises at least one metal foil web, which is wound on the textile layer in the form of a convolution or a helix.

12. The device in accordance with claim 11 , wherein the at least one foil web is overlappingly wound on the textile layer.

13. The device in accordance with claim 12 , wherein the at least one foil web is wound on the textile layer in such a way that a double- or multi-layered structure of the metal foil is formed by the overlap.

14. The device in accordance with claim 11 , wherein the at least one metal foil web comprises several layers of foils of at least one metal placed on top of each other.

15. The device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the outer metallic layer comprises at least one of the group consisting of at least one metal vapor deposit, at least one galvanized metal layer, and combinations thereof, arranged on a substrate.

16. The device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the outer metallic layer comprises a polyethylene terephthalate foil, on which a metal has been vapor-deposited.

17. The device in accordance with claim 16 , wherein the metal that has been vapor-deposited on the polyethylene terephthalate foil comprises aluminum.

Assignments (6)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 31, 2015
From: FRANKISCHE ADVANCED SOLUTIONS AG; JUNEDA AG
To: FRANKISCHE CABLE MANAGEMENT AG
Reel/Frame 036514/0983 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 31, 2015
From: FRANKISCHE CABLE MANAGEMENT AG
To: FRANKISCHE INDUSTRIAL PIPES GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 036515/0047 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 31, 2009
From: FFA AUTOMOTIVE AG
To: FRANKISCHE ADVANCED SOLUTIONS AG
Reel/Frame 023163/0506 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2005
From: VERTA AG
To: FFA AUTOMOTIVE AG
Reel/Frame 016115/0729 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2004
From: LINDNER, MICHAEL
To: VERTA AG
Reel/Frame 015481/0640 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2004
From: LINDNER, MICHAEL
To: VERTA AG
Reel/Frame 015482/0431 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 103 00 921 · Jan 13, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040222013A1 · Nov 11, 2004