Patents by Inventor Erwin L. Baumann

Erwin L. Baumann 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: 4178627
    Abstract: A lamp assembly in which the lamp housing has a plurality of light bulb sockets and a slot for receiving an electric ribbon cable. The ribbon cable consists of a laminate of dielectric material having a plurality of electrical conductors embedded therein, the conductors having contact surfaces exposed through strategically placed windows in the dielectric material of the ribbon cable. Contact means retained within the housing extend from the exposed contact surface on a specific conductor to a specific light bulb socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1979
    Assignee: Ford Aerospace & Communications Corp.
    Inventor: Erwin L. Baumann
  • Patent number: 4084146
    Abstract: A fuse assembly having a dielectric base plate and a fuse strip laminated to the base plate. The fuse strip comprises a bus bar and one or more spaced contact portions each joined by a fuse link to the bus bar. At the end of each fuse link the laminate is apertured to receive a fuse clip. The fuse clip is insertable in the aperture and is constructed and arranged to have clamping engagement with the base plate and fuse strip. The fuse clips associated with each fuse link are provided with aligned fuse retention means adapted to receive a substitute fuse link device for electrically bypassing an open fuse link in the fuse strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1978
    Assignee: Ford Aerospace & Communications Corporation
    Inventor: Erwin L. Baumann