Patents by Inventor Charles Pitman

Charles Pitman 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: 9859662
    Abstract: A connector can include a first shell having at least one first wall made of an electrically conductive material, where the at least one first wall forms a first cavity. The connector can also include an insert disposed within the first cavity. The connector can further include at least one connector pin disposed in and traversing the first shell. The connector can also include an electrically conductive face seal that abuts against a distal end of the insert within the first cavity, where the at least one connector pin traverses at least one first aperture in the electrically conductive face seal. The connector can further include at least one electrically insulating bushing disposed within the at least one first aperture in the electrically conductive face seal, where the at least one electrically insulating bushing is further disposed between the face seal and the at least one connector pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Charles Pitman Fischer
  • Publication number: 20160329661
    Abstract: A connector can include a first shell having at least one first wall made of an electrically conductive material, where the at least one first wall forms a first cavity. The connector can also include an insert disposed within the first cavity. The connector can further include at least one connector pin disposed in and traversing the first shell. The connector can also include an electrically conductive face seal that abuts against a distal end of the insert within the first cavity, where the at least one connector pin traverses at least one first aperture in the electrically conductive face seal. The connector can further include at least one electrically insulating bushing disposed within the at least one first aperture in the electrically conductive face seal, where the at least one electrically insulating bushing is further disposed between the face seal and the at least one connector pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Charles Pitman Fischer
  • Patent number: 9437979
    Abstract: A connector can include a first shell having at least one first wall made of an electrically conductive material, where the at least one first wall forms a first cavity. The connector can also include an insert disposed within the first cavity. The connector can further include at least one connector pin disposed in and traversing the first shell. The connector can also include an electrically conductive face seal that abuts against a distal end of the insert within the first cavity, where the at least one connector pin traverses at least one first aperture in the electrically conductive face seal. The connector can further include at least one electrically insulating bushing disposed within the at least one first aperture in the electrically conductive face seal, where the at least one electrically insulating bushing is further disposed between the face seal and the at least one connector pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Charles Pitman Fischer
  • Publication number: 20150288108
    Abstract: A connector can include a first shell having at least one first wall made of an electrically conductive material, where the at least one first wall forms a first cavity. The connector can also include an insert disposed within the first cavity. The connector can further include at least one connector pin disposed in and traversing the first shell. The connector can also include an electrically conductive face seal that abuts against a distal end of the insert within the first cavity, where the at least one connector pin traverses at least one first aperture in the electrically conductive face seal. The connector can further include at least one electrically insulating bushing disposed within the at least one first aperture in the electrically conductive face seal, where the at least one electrically insulating bushing is further disposed between the face seal and the at least one connector pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 8, 2015
    Applicant: COOPER TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY
    Inventor: Charles Pitman Fischer
  • Patent number: 8808032
    Abstract: A power or signal cable connector for allowing two or more electric devices to be connected to a single socket, the connector comprising: a shell having a first mounting block and a second mounting block; a nose piece assembly fastened to one end of the shell; a handle assembly fastened to an opposite end of the shell; a stud extending from the handle assembly through the nose piece assembly; and one of a cable adaptor and a socket/plug housing fastened to each of the first and second mounting blocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventors: Charles Pitman Fischer, Brian Faucher Miller
  • Publication number: 20140085776
    Abstract: A power or signal cable connector for allowing two or more electric devices to be connected to a single socket, the connector comprising: a shell having a first mounting block and a second mounting block; a nose piece assembly fastened to one end of the shell; a handle assembly fastened to an opposite end of the shell; a stud extending from the handle assembly through the nose piece assembly; and one of a cable adaptor and a socket/plug housing fastened to each of the first and second mounting blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Charles Pitman Fischer, Brian Faucher Miller
  • Publication number: 20070185368
    Abstract: The invention provides brachytherapy applicators and brachytherapy applicator chucks configured to reduce or prevent accumulation of blood and other contaminants therein. The brachytherapy applicator chucks can be disposable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Publication date: August 9, 2007
    Inventors: Laust Pedersen, Jerry Barber, Charles Pitman, Michael Collinson, Russel Redmond, Claude Vidal
  • Publication number: 20050267320
    Abstract: The invention provides magazines for radioactive brachytherapy seeds. The seed magazines provided herein include housing, seed holder, and pusher components, and optionally have a slidable shield to protect a user from radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2005
    Publication date: December 1, 2005
    Inventors: Jerry Barber, Charles Pitman, Laust Pedersen
  • Publication number: 20050075529
    Abstract: The invention provides brachytherapy applicators and brachytherapy applicator chucks configured to reduce or prevent accumulation of blood and other contaminants therein. The brachytherapy applicator chucks can be disposable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Publication date: April 7, 2005
    Inventors: Laust Pedersen, Jerry Barber, Charles Pitman, Michael Collinson, Russel Redmond, Claude Vidal
  • Publication number: 20040007254
    Abstract: The invention features cleaning tools for brachytherapy applicators. In particular, the invention features devices that are useful for flushing areas within and adjacent to a magazine receiving well of a brachytherapy applicator in order to remove debris and contaminants. Such tools can be used to restore the function of magazine retaining structures of brachytherapy applicators.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Laust Pedersen, Charles Pitman
  • Patent number: 6639237
    Abstract: The invention relates to brachytherapy devices, methods for making brachytherapy devices, and methods for using brachytherapy devices. For example, the invention provides brachytherapy devices such as staging-sterilization devices and insert devices that can be used in various brachytherapy procedures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Mentor Corporation
    Inventors: Laust Pedersen, Jerry Barber, Ronald Crouther, Dennis Femrite, Scott Henderson, Charles Pitman, Martin T. Steele, Sr.
  • Publication number: 20030088143
    Abstract: The invention relates to brachytherapy devices, methods for making brachytherapy devices, and methods for using brachytherapy devices. For example, the invention provides brachytherapy devices such as staging-sterilization devices and insert devices that can be used in various brachytherapy procedures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Laust Pedersen, Jerry Barber, Ronald Crouther, Dennis Femrite, Scott Henderson, Charles Pitman, Martin T. Steele
  • Publication number: 20020138414
    Abstract: A system for and method of automation of evaluating, approving, and underwriting loans for a borrower requesting a loan from a lender at a vendor location. The system comprises a computer system having a database that further comprises vendor data, lender data, and at least one loan tier; a data communications network operatively in communications with the computer system; an input terminal; loan processing software operatively resident in the computer system for evaluating the borrower information and information from the one or more sources of financial information according to the approval criteria of at least one lender and approving or rejecting a borrower's request for a loan from the at least one lender; and an output device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Inventor: Charles Pitman Baker