Patents by Inventor Jeff Glen

Jeff Glen 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).

  • Terminal block and function plugs
    Patent number: 5641312
    Abstract: A terminal block with a plastic housing and insulation displacement contact elements provided therein for incoming and outgoing conductors. In order to simplify the termination of the conductors at the insulation displacement contact elements and to permit a protection of the conductors against surge voltages and surge currents, it is provided that the insulation displacement contact elements are disposed separately from each other in the plastic housing, and that each insulation displacement contact element is provided with a center tapping. The spaced center tappings opposedly disposed in the plastic housing can be connected with each other by different function plugs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Krone Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Hans-Dieter Bippus, Rafik Munshi, Jeff Glen