Patents by Inventor Benjamin Allen Bass

Benjamin Allen Bass 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).

  • Cable payout tube
    Patent number: 5979811
    Abstract: A cable payout tube having a large diameter cable entrance end and an even larger cable exit end, for accommodating stiff cable without kinking thereof. The interior of the tube has cable gripping chambers extending along at least a portion of the length thereof, the chambers being tapered to allow wedging of the end of a cable therein. A flange and locking tabs enable mounting the tube in an opening in a carton containing the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1999
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin Allen Bass, John Francis May