Patents by Inventor Craig Yoss

Craig Yoss 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: 7615714
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a cord connector that both seals and provides strain relief automatically upon wire insertion. The cord connector comprises a wire passageway through a pliable shell which seals around both the wire inserted through the passageway as well as the knock-out or wall opening into which the connector is secured. A more rigid skeleton supports this shell and is provided with appendages which permit the wire to pass through the passageway but which block or resist any removal of the wire from the passageway. Preferably the shell is over-molded over the skeleton for ease of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Pyron, Craig Yoss, Andrew C. Cole
  • Patent number: 7332678
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a cord connector that both seals and provides strain relief automatically upon wire insertion. The cord connector comprises a wire passageway through a pliable shell which seals around both the wire inserted through the passageway as well as the knock-out or wall opening into which the connector is secured. A more rigid skeleton supports this shell and is provided with appendages which permit the wire to pass through the passageway but which block or resist any removal of the wire from the passageway. Preferably the shell is overmolded over the skeleton for ease of manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Pyron, Craig Yoss
  • Publication number: 20070254525
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a cord connector that both seals and provides strain relief automatically upon wire insertion. The cord connector comprises a wire passageway through a pliable shell which seals around both the wire inserted through the passageway as well as the knock-out or wall opening into which the connector is secured. A more rigid skeleton supports this shell and is provided with appendages which permit the wire to pass through the passageway but which block or resist any removal of the wire from the passageway. Preferably the shell is over-molded over the skeleton for ease of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: November 1, 2007
    Applicant: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Pyron, Craig Yoss, Andrew Cole
  • Patent number: 7183486
    Abstract: A liquid tight connector for terminating one end of an elongate electrical conductor includes a connector body having a rearward conduit receiving end, an opposed forward end and a central bore therethrough. A gland nut is movably secured to the rearward conduit receiving end of the body for securing the end of the conduit thereto and a sealing ring is interposed between the rearward conduit receiving end of the body and the gland nut and is supported within a receiving chamber defined therebetween. The sealing ring has a generally O-shaped cross section and is formed of resiliently deformable material. The gland nut includes an internal frusto-conical surface, which simultaneously urges the sealing ring radially inward toward the conduit and forward toward the rearward conduit receiving end of the body so as to deformably fill the receiving chamber upon the movable securement of the gland nut onto the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: Thomas & Betts International, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Pyron, Craig Yoss
  • Publication number: 20070026735
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a cord connector that both seals and provides strain relief automatically upon wire insertion. The cord connector comprises a wire passageway through a pliable shell which seals around both the wire inserted through the passageway as well as the knock-out or wall opening into which the connector is secured. A more rigid skeleton supports this shell and is provided with appendages which permit the wire to pass through the passageway but which block or resist any removal of the wire from the passageway. Preferably the shell is overmolded over the skeleton for ease of manufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Roger Pyron, Craig Yoss
  • Publication number: 20070017688
    Abstract: A liquid tight connector for terminating one end of an elongate electrical conductor includes a connector body having a rearward conduit receiving end, an opposed forward end and a central bore therethrough. A gland nut is movably secured to the rearward conduit receiving end of the body for securing the end of the conduit thereto and a sealing ring is interposed between the rearward conduit receiving end of the body and the gland nut and is supported within a receiving chamber defined therebetween. The sealing ring has a generally O-shaped cross section and is formed of resiliently deformable material. The gland nut includes an internal frusto-conical surface, which simultaneously urges the sealing ring radially inward toward the conduit and forward toward the rearward conduit receiving end of the body so as to deformably fill the receiving chamber upon the movable securement of the gland nut onto the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2006
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: Roger Pyron, Craig Yoss