Patents by Inventor Christopher F. Schwartz

Christopher F. Schwartz 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).

  • Wire bundle twister and comber
    Patent number: 8181674
    Abstract: A wire harness bundle twister and comber employs a comber plate having a plurality of apertures receiving a plurality of wire bundles in sliding engagement with handles extending from the comber plate for rotation of the plate to twist the wire bundles into a consolidated wire harness. To allow removal of the wire bundles from the bundle twister and comber without withdrawing the wire bundles to an end the comber plate incorporates an upper outer plate element and a lower outer plate element concentric with and separable from a first inner or center element to separate the apertures into segments for removal of the wire bundles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Christopher F. Schwartz
  • WIRE BUNDLE TWISTER AND COMBER
    Publication number: 20090065091
    Abstract: A wire harness bundle twister and comber employs a comber plate having a plurality of apertures receiving a plurality of wire bundles in sliding engagement with handles extending from the comber plate for rotation of the plate to twist the wire bundles into a consolidated wire harness. To allow removal of the wire bundles from the bundle twister and comber without withdrawing the wire bundles to an end the comber plate incorporates an upper outer plate element and a lower outer plate element concentric with and separable from a first inner or center element to separate the apertures into segments for removal of the wire bundles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Christopher F. Schwartz