Patents by Inventor Willem F. Bakker

Willem F. Bakker 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).

  • Quick disconnect connector with positive locking device
    Patent number: 4445743
    Abstract: The disclosed invention improves upon electrical connectors that when mated together provide electrical continuity across the connectors, and that are held mated together by bayonet locking means. A sleeve element is threaded onto an exterior portion of one of the connectors and bottomed upon rotation against the opposite connector and/or support structure for the opposite connector. This bottomed sleeve element maintains the bayonet locking means engaged, and thereby prevents accidental disengagement of the connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: May 1, 1984
    Assignee: Breeze Illinois, Incorporated
    Inventor: Willem F. Bakker