Patents by Inventor Mark C. Meredith

Mark C. Meredith 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: 5655936
    Abstract: A terminal assembly for a threaded stud or the like which can be tightened onto the stud in a one-handed operation and which promotes constant tightening force. The terminal assembly comprises a bowed washer-like terminal adapted to be connected to, for example, a battery cable and having an aperture therein which permits the terminal to be placed in surrounding relationship to the stud. A nut has an external, axially extending sleeve concentric with the central threaded aperture which extends through the aperture in the terminal and is flanged so as to be retained in loose relationship with the terminal. Tightening the nut on the stud tends to flatten the terminal against the reaction surface immediately around the base of the stud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventor: Mark C. Meredith