Patents by Inventor Raymond S. Zebley

Raymond S. Zebley 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).

  • Package and apparatus for dispensing electrical connectors
    Patent number: 4763780
    Abstract: A package for connectors and an apparatus for dispensing them. The package comprises an elongated tape or pair of tapes and a plurality of elongated connector tubes secured to and extending across the tape or tapes. The apparatus comprises a stand having upper and lower support members, a slide extending downwardly from the lower support member to a perch and a stepping device for advancing successive tubes along with support members to the slide. The connectors are removed from the tubes, descend the slide, and are picked up from the perch by a robot and installed in a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1988
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Raymond S. Zebley, James H. Nichols, Jr., Bernard M. Ciosek, Jr.
  • Package and apparatus for dispensing electrical connectors
    Patent number: 4690302
    Abstract: A package for connectors and an apparatus for dispensing them. The package comprises an elongated tape or pair of tapes and a plurality of an elongated connector containing tubes secured to and extending across the tape or tapes. The apparatus comprises a stand having upper and lower support members, a slide extending downwardly from the lower support member to a perch, and a stepping device for advancing successive tubes along the support members to the slide. Connectors are removed from the tubes descend the slide and are picked up from the perch by a robot and installed in a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Raymond S. Zebley, James H. Nichols, Jr., Bernard M. Ciosek, Jr.