Patents by Inventor Dumitru Cotoara

Dumitru Cotoara 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: 5868584
    Abstract: A method and connector to connect a first shielded cable to another electrical element, such as a second shielded cable, is disclosed. The first and second shielded cables comprise a cable shield applied over an insulated conductor. The connector comprises a contractible opening with a shield connector, such as a spring clip, located on the inner surface of the opening and contractible therewith. The opening can be resiliently deformable from a biased position, which permits easy insertion of the first cable, to an unbiased or contracted position, which can frictionally hold the first cable. To insert the first cable, the opening is biased to the biased position. Upon insertion of the cable to an inserted position, the opening is allowed to resiliently deform about the first cable, such that the first cable is frictionally held in the opening and the shield connector is in electrical contact with the cable shield of the first cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: Amerace Ltd.
    Inventors: Wayne G. Cook, Dumitru Cotoara
  • Patent number: 4205366
    Abstract: An emergency warning lamp comprising a base, a mounting plate mounted on the base, and an electric motor mounted on the plate having an output shaft extending upwardly through the plate. A bushing is disposed centrally of the base on the plate, and a plastic gear is rotatably mounted on the bushing. A pinion meshes with the gear and is fixed to the shaft of the motor. A lamp bulb is mounted on the bushing. A heat shield overlies the gears and is supported by one of the gears for rotation. A reflector is mounted on the heat shield for rotation therewith. Electrical leads extend from a source of power, one of the leads comprising a ground lead and the others comprising power leads. One of the power leads extends through the bushing to the lamp. The other of the power leads extends to the winding of the motor. The housing of the motor is grounded to the metal plate and the ground lead is connected to the metal plate. The current flows through the bulb to the bushing and in turn to the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1980
    Assignee: Dominion Auto Accessories Limited
    Inventors: Arthur F. Bleiweiss, Dumitru Cotoara, Robert J. Willkes