Patents by Inventor Dean Rudisill Frey

Dean Rudisill Frey 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: 4099822
    Abstract: A family of connectors is described for splicing, half-tapping, bridging and terminating multiple insulated wires. The connectors are particularly suitable to telephone central office applications requiring limited numbers of conductor reconnections. The basic connector consists of a mandrel around which the wires of a wire group are looped, a mandrel holder which retains the wires in loop-around configuration; and a contact module containing double-ended split beam contacts. Physical connection between wires mounted on two mandrels is made by inserting the mandrels into respective holders; and then mounting the two resulting assemblies on respective sides of a contact module. Advantageously, each mandrel holder may be double-sided to receive two mandrels. Correspondingly, the contact module may be designed to mount double-sided mandrel holders. A stack consisting of mandrels in their holders alternating between contact modules can provide for multiple appearances of wires in a given wire set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1977
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Arthur Wallace Carlisle, Dean Rudisill Frey