Patents by Inventor Ivar V. Owen

Ivar V. Owen 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).

  • Patent number: 6780021
    Abstract: A cable retracting device including a housing with an interior space bounded in part by a side wall. A spindle projects into the interior space from the side wall and rotatably supports a spindle. A number of electrically conductive rings are affixed to the side wall and are concentrically arranged around the spindle. A number of electrical leads are connected to the rings and extend outwardly from the housing. A number of electrical contacts protrude from one side of the spool. Each of the contacts slidably engages a respective one of the rings. Another number of electrical leads is wound about the spool, each of which is also connected at one end thereof to a respective one of the electrical contacts. The leads wound on the spool have another end extending from the housing that can be selectively pulled from the spool. A coiled spring connected to the spool rewinds the leads on the spool in the event that they become unwound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Inventor: Ivar V. Owen