Patents by Inventor Thomas D. Moyer

Thomas D. Moyer 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: 6354850
    Abstract: An insulative housing for an electrical connector, including: a base; and at least one aperture extending through said base for receiving a contact. The aperture has an enlarged opening at one end adapted to receive a fusible element for securing the connector to a substrate. The enlarged portion has a cross-sectional area, in one orientation, that can be larger than the cross-sectional areas of other orientations. An electrical connector housing, including: a base; and a plurality of apertures in the base for receiving a contact. Each aperture has a recess for receiving a portion of a fusible element therein. Each recess has a characteristic, with the characteristic of a portion of the recesses being different than the characteristic of the other recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald K. Harper, Jr., Thomas D. Moyer, James A. Kopec
  • Patent number: 4144950
    Abstract: A bearing lubrication system for use in a gas turbine engine which utilizes empellers on the drive shaft to pump a lubricant into a lubricant transfer housing. At least one passageway is formed in the transfer housing which directs the lubricant from the pump to a bearing. The lubricant passes through the bearing and thereafter is returned to the pump for the beginning of a new lubrication cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1979
    Assignee: Teledyne Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas D. Moyer, Raymond Smith, Aldo J. Urbani, Harley D. Greenburg, Glenn W. Hamburg, Francis X. Marsh, Robert S. Van Huysen