Patents by Inventor Bruce A. Samborski

Bruce A. Samborski 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: 4284318
    Abstract: An electric plug for use with an electrical cord and characterized by a base and cover of separately molded dielectric material, the base having a central cord-receiving opening and having electric conductor prongs extending from one end thereof and having a pair of integral posts extending from the other end thereof and on diametrically opposite sides of the cord opeing, a tubular cover enclosing the base and having an open end closed by said other end of the base and having a closed end with apertures through which the conductor prongs extend, and a pair of cord-clamping members adjustably mounted on the posts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1981
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Roy O. Wiley, Bruce A. Samborski
  • Patent number: 4209762
    Abstract: A ground fault receptacle with improved reset test button for a ground fault receptacle for use in an outlet box characterized by a reset structure comprising a latch member releasably latching a contact carrying latching arm in the contact-closed position, the release structure also comprising a reset button including recess means, the latch member being seated in the recess means and being pivotally movable between latched and unlatched positions of the contact arm, and the reset structure comprising spring means engaging the latch member for holding the latch member in the latched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1980
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Bruce A. Samborski, Roy O. Wiley