Patents by Inventor Gary A Conn

Gary A Conn 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: 7223133
    Abstract: An electrical conductor splice for connecting at least two electrical conductors. The splice includes a connector shell having a generally elongate open first lateral side; and two wedges adapted to be located in the shell at longitudinally spaced positions from each other inside opposite ends of the shell. Each wedge has a first side with a conductor contact surface and an opposite second side with a shell contact surface. The shell includes a conductor contact section for contacting the conductors. The conductor contact section is adapted to receive two of the conductors into the shell from opposite directions in generally coaxially aligned positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2007
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary A. Conn, Jennifer M. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20060148334
    Abstract: An electrical conductor splice for connecting at least two electrical conductors. The splice includes a connector shell having a generally elongate open first lateral side; and two wedges adapted to be located in the shell at longitudinally spaced positions from each other inside opposite ends of the shell. Each wedge has a first side with a conductor contact surface and an opposite second side with a shell contact surface. The shell includes a conductor contact section for contacting the conductors. The conductor contact section is adapted to receive two of the conductors into the shell from opposite directions in generally coaxially aligned positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Gary Conn, Jennifer Peterson
  • Patent number: 7070462
    Abstract: An electrical connector including two tube sections which are open at a first end of the connector; and a connecting section connecting the two tube sections to each other. The tube sections and the connecting section form a conductor receiving area which is open at the first end of the connector. The tube sections are adapted to be expanded towards each other to capture the conductor. An electrical connector attachment tool is provided for the connector which includes a stationary section and a movable section which can exert a compressive force to an electrical connector positioned between the movable section and the stationary section. At least one of the stationary section and movable section includes a connector wedge. The connector wedge includes two wedge shaped projections extending in a same direction and a conductor guiding channel between the two wedge shaped projections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Gary A Conn
  • Publication number: 20050118885
    Abstract: An electrical connector including two tube sections which are open at a first end of the connector; and a connecting section connecting the two tube sections to each other. The tube sections and the connecting section form a conductor receiving area which is open at the first end of the connector. The tube sections are adapted to be expanded towards each other to capture the conductor. An electrical connector attachment tool is provided for the connector which includes a stationary section and a movable section which can exert a compressive force to an electrical connector positioned between the movable section and the stationary section. At least one of the stationary section and movable section includes a connector wedge. The connector wedge includes two wedge shaped projections extending in a same direction and a conductor guiding channel between the two wedge shaped projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Gary Conn