Patents by Inventor James D. Priest

James D. Priest 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).

  • Intermediate electrical component for a molded plug
    Patent number: 4897052
    Abstract: An intermediate electrical component for an electrical connector has a body portion and a cap portion interfitted therewith. A plurality of terminal elements having stranded conductors connected to them are positioned in the body portion and substantially enclosed by the cap portion to prevent strays from escaping from the body portion and the cap portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Priest, Douglas D. Duffield
  • Guide device for use in elongate filament dispensing package and the like
    Patent number: 4274607
    Abstract: A reusable guide device for use in guiding elongate filament such as wire from a coil contained within a package or carton, the guide device including a tubular guide member adapted to be inserted radially into the coil and having means for securing an outer end of the guide member within an opening in the carton so that the elongate filament may be paid out from the coil through the guide member. Restraint means in the form of a plurality of finger barriers are provided within the guide member and cooperate with the elongate filament to prevent its retraction or withdrawal back into the package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1979
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1981
    Assignee: Belden Corporation
    Inventor: James D. Priest
  • Molded plug
    Patent number: D332937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: James D. Priest, Shakil U. Qureshi