Patents by Inventor Jerry M. Presson

Jerry M. Presson 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: 6293812
    Abstract: A contact member or bridge for an electrical connector includes a bridge strap with a base plate and an abutment member coupled to and extending from the bridge strap. The base plate extends substantially perpendicular to the bridge strap and has an internally threaded bore. An abutment member extends adjacent a side edge of the base plate, and has planar surface extending perpendicularly to and facing the base plate. A clamping plate overlies the base plate, has a substantially straight side edge adjacent the planar surface and has a through bore. A screw extends through the bore in the clamping plate and threadedly engages the threaded bore in the base plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2001
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen R. Ewer, Jerry M. Presson, Mark S. Bicks
  • Patent number: 6126478
    Abstract: An electrical wiring device having strain relief assemblies for gripping an electrical cord and the individual conductors extending from the end of the cord. The electrical wiring device has a set of gripping members for providing strain relief between the electrical conductors of the electrical cord and the terminals of the electrical device. The electrical wiring device also includes a pair of housing halves which support an additional set of gripping members for engaging the electrical cord upon installation therein. The housing halves also support the set of gripping members for the conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Hubbell Incorporated
    Inventors: Jerry M. Presson, Willaim C. Boteler
  • Patent number: 6071044
    Abstract: A polymeric landscaping structure, for uses such as retaining walls and landscape edging, that may be co-aligned without an exposed end. The structure has a U-shaped exterior with exterior end walls. The U-shaped exterior forms a cavity in which an interior wall is disposed such that when the structure is cut to a predetermined length, the interior wall will be exposed and form an exterior end wall. The structure has premolded bores which can be co-aligned for various lengths of structures required for multi-structure installations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Selectech, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas E. Ricciardelli, Jerry M. Presson