Patents by Inventor Joseph R. Caprio

Joseph R. Caprio 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: 4684196
    Abstract: An electrical clamp connector with first and second half portions connected together and providing at least two mating grooves for electrical conductors to be electrically bridged. Bridging plates extend transverse to the grooves in one half portion and oppose corresponding bridging plates in the other half portion. Each bridging plate has first and second sets of piercing teeth to pierce the conductors at the grooves. The second half portion has substantially greater depth than the first half portion. Improved high real torque connecting means are provided by a bolt, a threaded upstanding tubular pipe in the second half portion, a first threaded cylindrical passage underlying the tubular pipe, a flat or curved metal plate with a threaded passage and encapsulated in the second half portion substantially above the bottom of the second half portion, and a second cylindrical passage below the metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1987
    Assignee: Kupler Corporation
    Inventors: Philip L. Smith, Joseph R. Caprio
  • Patent number: 4427253
    Abstract: Fully insulated clamp connectors for electrically joining insulated wires include molded top and bottom insulating halves bolted together, longitudinal mating grooves in each half for the insulated wires, bridging plates with insulation piercing teeth inserted in slots in each half with the teeth protruding at the grooves, the bridging plates having ramps to lock into the slot sides to prevent removal for safety reasons, and the slots having aligning ridges for the bridging plates. The bridging plates are spaced a distance to maximize the number of strands of insulated wire contacted by the teeth in the connector. Side male-female loosely interfitting parts are on opposite connector halves and dimensioned to allow a degree of rocking of one half with respect to the other to accommodate various sizes of conductors while maintaining full side insulation and long side leakage paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Assignee: Kupler Corporation
    Inventors: Philip L. Smith, Joseph R. Caprio