Patents by Inventor Eldon E. Moodie

Eldon E. Moodie 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).

  • Connection insulators
    Patent number: 4533587
    Abstract: Connection insulators having a plurality of insulating compartments for electrically isolating electrical connections formed from strips of insulating material of indeterminate length. In one embodiment, a first strip of insulating material is supplied to a securing station at a predetermined average rate of supply and a second strip of insulating material is supplied to a forming station at a predetermined average rate of supply greater than the predetermined average rate of supply of the first strip with the pliability of the second strip being enhanced by heating the strip for aiding the deformability characteristics of the second strip. The second strip of insulating material is deformed into predetermined patterns at the forming station and then moved into position adjacent to the first strip of insulating material at the securing station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1985
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eldon E. Moodie, Richard D. Burns
  • Methods for making connection insulators
    Patent number: 4436585
    Abstract: Connection insulators having a plurality of insulating compartments for electrically isolating electrical connections formed from strips of insulating material of indeterminate length. In one embodiment, a first strip of insulating material is supplied to a securing station at a predetermined average rate of supply and a second strip of insulating material is supplied to a forming station at a predetermined average rate of supply greater than the predetermined average rate of supply of the first strip with the pliability of the second strip being enhanced by heating the strip for aiding the deformability characteristics of the second strip. The second strip of insulating material is deformed into predetermined patterns at the forming station and then moved into position adjacent to the first strip of insulating material at the securing station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1984
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eldon E. Moodie, Richard D. Burns
  • Apparatus for making connection insulators
    Patent number: 4356051
    Abstract: Connection insulators having a plurality of insulating compartments for electrically isolating electrical connections formed from strips of insulating material of indeterminate length. In one embodiment, a first strip of insulating material is supplied to a securing station at a predetermined average rate of supply and a second strip of insulating material is supplied to a forming station at a predetermined average rate of supply greater than the predetermined average rate of supply of the first strip with the pliability of the second strip being enhanced by heating the strip for aiding the deformability characteristics of the second strip. The second strip of insulating material is deformed into predetermined patterns at the forming station and then moved into position adjacent to the first strip of insulating material at the securing station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1982
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Eldon E. Moodie, Richard D. Burns