Patents by Inventor William F. O'Shea

William F. O'Shea 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: 5121957
    Abstract: An accident victim protection procedure and protector protect a vehicle accident victim from shards of glass and other debris generated during rescue and extrication of the victim from a vehicle within which the accident victim is trapped as a result of the accident, the vehicle having at least one glazed window in the form of a windshield, sidelights or a backlight, and surrounding structure, such as a dashboard and a steering column projecting adjacent the dashboard, the protector including a sheet of stowable pliable material which is essentially impervious to the shards of glass and other debris and which is to be deployed over the area of the one glazed window and secured in place between the one glazed window and the victim such that the victim is shielded by the sheet from shards of glass and other debris emanating from the one glazed window and the surrounding structure of the vehicle during rescue and extrication of the victim from the vehicle, and the procedure including deploying and securing the s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1992
    Inventor: William F. O'Shea
  • Patent number: 4418977
    Abstract: A connector structure for making electrical connection to a plurality of individual conductors contained within a flat wire cable has a plurality of fixed length flexible contact members assembled in parallel relationship in an insulation base. Each of the contact members has a nose portion at one end extending through the base and a piercing tail at the other end extending above the base and contained in a slot formed in a side extending from the base. A flexible connection region connects the piercing tail to the nose. The flexible connection region of each contact is bendable to accommodate a variable lateral spacing between the piercing and nose portions of each contact element. Alternatively, the contacts may be designed to bend in the same direction during installation. The central region of each contact is engaged by a contact locking plug which is frictionally held in the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1983
    Assignee: Continental-Wirt Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: William F. O'Shea, Jr.