Patents by Inventor Dale P. Brauer

Dale P. Brauer 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).

  • Electrical connector having an extensible, collapsible insulative sleeve
    Patent number: 4195902
    Abstract: An electrical connector adapted to be mechanically joined to the stripped end of a wire for completing an electrical connection between the wire and another circuit component. The connector includes a metallic connector element and an insulative sleeve formed of heat shrinkable material. The connector element has a connector portion for mechanical connection to the circuit component and a wire-receiving portion spaced from the connector portion for accepting the wire and having a part for being mechanically joined to the wire. One end of the sleeve is disposed about and held by the connector portion with the other end of the sleeve disposed between the one end of the sleeve and the part of the wire-receiving portion of the element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 1, 1980
    Assignee: Panduit Corp.
    Inventors: Jack E. Caveney, Dale P. Brauer, William G. Cesaro, John J. Bulanda