Title:
LOW-PROFILE PROTECTIVE SHEATH WITH CORRUGATIONS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2003102972
Kind Code:
B1
Abstract:
A low-profile sheath (10) for protecting elongated items (24) is disclosed having a pair of substrates (12, 14) formed from flexible thermoset sheet material with opposite edges paired together to position the substrates in overlapping alignment. One pair of edges is flexibly attached together by a hinge (22) allowing the substrates to pivot between an open and a closed position for receiving and capturing the items. The substrates are corrugated. The hinge is formed from a plurality of thinned sheet regions which alternate between being oriented in the plane of the sheet and perpendicular to it. The alternating orientation reduces the imbalance of shear stiffness between the hinge connected edges and the free edges of the substrates. An apparatus for forming the sheath having intermeshing gears with beveled teeth and facing edge surfaces is also disclosed.
Inventors:
JAMES BENJAMIN B (US)
FATATO FRANCIS B (US)
FREDERICK MATTHEW P (US)
FATATO FRANCIS B (US)
FREDERICK MATTHEW P (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2003/005761
Publication Date:
February 12, 2004
Filing Date:
February 25, 2003
Export Citation:
Assignee:
FEDERAL MOGUL POWERTRAIN INC (US)
JAMES BENJAMIN B (US)
FATATO FRANCIS B (US)
FREDERICK MATTHEW P (US)
JAMES BENJAMIN B (US)
FATATO FRANCIS B (US)
FREDERICK MATTHEW P (US)
International Classes:
H01B1/00; B60R16/02; H02G3/02; H02G3/04; (IPC1-7): H01B7/08; H02G15/02; H02G15/08
Download PDF: