| US 7,370,465 B2 | ||
| Cover for an energy conveying chain, in addition to chain link and energy conveying chain | ||
| Erwin Eckl, Siegen (Germany); Heiner Samen, Marienheide (Germany); and Herbert Wehler, Neunkirchen (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Kabelschlepp GmbH, Siegen (Germany) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/568,839 PCT Filed Aug. 06, 2004, PCT No. PCT/EP2004/008810 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Sep. 07, 2006, PCT Pub. No. WO2005/021997, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 10, 2005. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 103 38 358 (DE), filed on Aug. 21, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0032140 A1, Feb. 08, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. F16G 13/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 59—78.1 [59/900; 248/49; 248/51] | 31 Claims |
| 1. A cover for an energy guide chain, wherein the cover comprises:
a first end region;
a second end region; and
an elastic section between the first end region and the second end region; wherein the cover has an initial length and a second
length when subjected to tension to define an actual length change S, and wherein the following ratio applies:
ΔL/S<1
where ΔL is a length change of the cover with a length L0 due to a force according to Hooke's law, and S is the actual length change of the cover due to the force.
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