Patents by Inventor John C. Linton

John C. Linton 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: 5300913
    Abstract: A contact spring clip for a cartridge fuse blown fuse light indicator wherein the spring clip is manually squeezable for the installation and removal of the clip on the barrel of a cartridge fuse. The spring clip is provided with a track for holding an electrical contact assembly connected to the ferrules of the cartridge and which can either be connected to a blown fuse light indicator positioned at a location remote from the fuse, or connected to a blown fuse light indicator mounted on the electrical contact assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1994
    Assignee: FIC Corporation
    Inventor: John C. Linton
  • Patent number: 5287080
    Abstract: A blown fuse indicator for a cartridge fuse wherein conductive brackets are mounted between electrical insulating end caps and the ends of a tube housing a lamp and associated resistors. Each conductive bracket includes a disc portion having a polygonal aperture for receiving a sleeve integral with the cap, the sleeve having a polygonal cross-sectional configuration corresponding to the disc aperture. The free ends of the lamp and resistor leads extend through the disc portion of the conductive bracket and are pressed and gripped between the cap and conductive bracket. The conductive bracket also includes a blade portion which may have a planar surface, a corrugated surface or a reversely bent portion to provide direct and positive contact with the end walls of the fuse ferrules, whether they be flat, concave or convex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 15, 1994
    Assignee: FIC Corporation
    Inventors: John C. Linton, William Gingras
  • Patent number: 4749821
    Abstract: An EMI/RFI shield cap assembly retrofitted to standard military and/or commercial, panel mounted, indicating and non-indicating fuse holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1988
    Assignee: FIC Corporation
    Inventors: John C. Linton, William Gingras
  • Patent number: D261261
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Assignee: FIC Corporation
    Inventor: John C. Linton
  • Patent number: D261262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1981
    Assignee: FIC Corporation
    Inventor: John C. Linton
  • Patent number: D337991
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: FIC Corporation
    Inventors: John C. Linton, William Gingras