Patents by Inventor Ellen Buell Throdahl

Ellen Buell Throdahl 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: 8403699
    Abstract: A strain relief electrical cable connector for facilitating ready connection and disconnection of non-metallic, sheath cables and capable of withstanding a 60 pound pull force for 5 minutes without the assistance of terminals or additional hardware. The connector includes a pair of identical, interlocking connector portions, each having a cover and pivotally connected housing. Each cover including a pair of integrally formed, spaced apart projections having inwardly directed, angularly disposed strain relief fingers and further including inwardly directed, angularly disposed wire support standoffs which are provided with a serrated cam exterior portion. The covers also provide wire guide means and a guide post intermediate the guide means and the serrated cam portion. Each housing is provided with terminal retention channels and terminals received therein for connection at one end with the cable wiring and at the other end with associated terminals of the interlocking connector portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: John J. MacNeil, Ellen Buell Throdahl, John Hackney, Bruce Boyer, Robert DeRoss
  • Patent number: 6811045
    Abstract: A shelf for a refrigerator includes a plate, a cross support, a side support, and a frame. The plate includes first and second surfaces. The frame is adhered to a first surface of the plate and forms a sealed spill containment area. The second surface of the plate adhered to a cross support or side support for an easily manufactured and assembled spillproof shelf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Wayne Masker, Richard Anthony Stich, Milton Edward Rickert, Richard Alan Dillingham, Ellen Buell Throdahl, Lisa Carol Steelsmith