Patents by Inventor James R. Savich

James R. Savich 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).

  • Electrical sleeve terminal
    Patent number: 5181867
    Abstract: An electrical sleeve terminal of one piece construction comprises a split sleeve for engaging a mating terminal and a crimp barrel for attaching the terminal to an electric cable. The split sleeve has six circumferentially spaced beams that have contact dimples in an alternatively staggered arrangement to biasingly engage the mating terminal in two planes. The split sleeve has flanges at the respective edges of the split that are securely fastened together. The crimp barrel is an integral extension of one flange and a separate finger that is an integral extension of the other flange is fixed in the crimp barrel to engage the conductor of the electric cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew F. Rodondi, Kenneth P. Cope, Joseph H. Gladd, James R. Savich