Patents by Inventor John Fred Wassam

John Fred Wassam 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).

  • Fiber optic lighting-inline connector
    Patent number: 5796895
    Abstract: The invention includes male and female fiber optic inline connectors constructed to be mated together. Each connector includes a cable passage extending through the connector for receiving one or more fiber optic cables. Flexible alignment fingers extend from a connector housing and are constructed and arranged to engage the sides of a fiber optic cable and properly align the cable with respect to the center of the cable passage to greatly reduce or eliminate the effects of tolerance stack up and associated loss of light. The flexible alignment fingers are generally spaced apart and radially positioned symmetrically with respect to the center of the cable passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1998
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kurt Lynn Jennings, John Fred Wassam