Patents by Inventor Grant Webb

Grant Webb 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).

  • Conduit supported swivel tube
    Patent number: 6189408
    Abstract: The assembly is characterized by simultaneously molding the support fitting (18) and the swivel tube (20) of an organic polymeric material to be bonded to the conduit which extends between the support fitting (18) and the swivel tube (20) to allow the swivel tube (20) to oscillate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Teleflex Incorporated
    Inventors: Matthias Scheidling, Arndt Bürger, Grant Webb
  • Cable length adjustment mechanism
    Patent number: 5709132
    Abstract: A motion transmitting remote control assembly (10) comprises a protective tubular conduit (12) and a flexible motion transmitting core element (14) slidably disposed in the conduit (12) for conveying longitudinal forces. A length adjuster (18) adjusts the longitudinal length of the core element (14). The length adjuster (18) includes a housing (20) having a plurality of transverse teeth (22), and a slider (26) which is longitudinally moveable within a track (24) of the housing (20) between maximum and minimum length adjusted positions. A toothed interlock (36) is transversely movable relative to the slider (26) between a shipping condition in which its teeth (44) are disengaged from the teeth (22) of the housing (20) and an engaged condition in which its teeth (44) engage the teeth (22) of the housing (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: Telefex Incorporated
    Inventors: Allen G. Irish, Grant Webb