Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm F. L. Hart
  • Terminal end of a connector on an optical fiber
    Patent number: 6361220
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for finishing the terminal end of a connector assembly which has a ferrule fixedly connected to a plastic optic fiber. The apparatus precisely maintains the connector assembly against transverse movement during cutting operations and a diamond cutting element precisely finishes the terminal end of the connector assembly relative to the connector assembly axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Inventors: Paul M. Mulligan, Carl W. Lindenmeyer
  • Collapsible hoist for a truck bed
    Patent number: 4930970
    Abstract: A hoisting apparatus for the use in trucks has frame members 26, 28, 30, 32, 34 which are pivotally moveable and slidable connected to one another such that the apparatus can be assembled and disassembled by a single person and placed in a transporting position along the edges of the truck bed thereby occupying a very small portion of the load carrying space of the truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Inventor: Nita K. Sunderland