Patents by Inventor Floyd R. Ysbrand

Floyd R. Ysbrand has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for producing machine stitched flat wiring harness
    Patent number: 8646397
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a flat wiring harness having discrete wires in a predetermined orientation. The wires are positioned in grooves in a flat form, the grooves having the predetermined orientation and the form having connected thread openings extending therethrough and across the grooves. The wires in the grooves are stitched together by a sewing machine that is programmed to guide a sewing needle and thread through the openings in the form to produce the flat wiring harness having the discrete wires in the predetermined orientation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Midcon Cables Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Floyd R. Ysbrand
  • Method and Apparatus for Producing Machine Stitched Flat Wiring Harness
    Publication number: 20120152160
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a flat wiring harness having discrete wires in a predetermined orientation. The wires are positioned in grooves in a flat form, the grooves having the predetermined orientation and the form having connected thread openings extending therethrough and across the grooves. The wires in the grooves are stitched together by a sewing machine that is programmed to guide a sewing needle and thread through the openings in the form to produce the flat wiring harness having the discrete wires in the predetermined orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventor: Floyd R. Ysbrand
  • Reflecting means for visual inspection of magnetic tape head
    Patent number: 4158870
    Abstract: This invention relates to improvements in magnetic tape transport mechanisms and provides means for facilitating the visual inspection of the magnetic head for use in combination with a flux shield for the magnetic tape. Reflector means is disposed in such a manner that the magnetic head may be easily visually inspected when the flux shield is in a position removed from the vicinity of the magnetic tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1979
    Assignee: Telex Computer Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Floyd R. Ysbrand, Robert L. Crafts