Patents by Inventor James D. Throne

James D. Throne 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).

  • Comb means for connecting station
    Patent number: 4095336
    Abstract: Comb means for continually directing a multiplicity of wires to the connecting station of a multiwire connecting apparatus for locking a multiplicity of wires in a multiwire connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1977
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1978
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: James D. Throne
  • Universal connector
    Patent number: 4026625
    Abstract: A spring compression reserve contact element is used in both the female connector and the male connector of a standard type male-female telephone cable connector having parallel wire support channels. The contact element has an elongate wiping contact body and a bifurcate insulation and conductor connection end connected to the contact body coplanar with the adjoining portion thereof, parallel to the contact body and offset from the contact body a distance equal to one-half of the spacing between adjacent wire support channels of the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1977
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Russell A. Roiko, James D. Throne