Patents by Inventor L. Herbert King

L. Herbert King 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).

  • Molded twist-on wire connector
    Patent number: 7351369
    Abstract: A wire connector wherein the wire engaging core and electrically insulated housing are molded with an exterior surface of a molded wire engaging core used as a mold surface as the electrically insulated housing is molded around the wire engaging core to provide a wire connector with a molded housing and a molded wire engaging core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2008
    Assignee: King Technology
    Inventor: L. Herbert King, Jr.
  • Method of making twist-on connector
    Patent number: 7086150
    Abstract: A connector with a dip-molded housing and a method for forming a twist-on wire connector with a dip-molded housing. To dip-mold a covering or housing on a twist-on wire connector either a mandrel carrying a twist-on wire coil, a mandrel having the a shape of a spiral coil or a twist-on wire connector are dipped into a bath of an in situ solidfiable dip-moldable material such as liquid plastic. The dip-moldable solidified material solidifies to form a dip-molded shell on the wire connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: The Patent Store LLC
    Inventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., Michael Belgeri, James Keeven
  • Soft grip drain
    Patent number: 6886585
    Abstract: A tool having a hand gripping region for rotational attachment to an irrigation system with the tool having soft bumps thereon spaced from each other and affixed to the hand gripping region to cushion the user's hand as an irrigation component is field attached to an irrigation system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2005
    Assignee: The Patent Store LLC
    Inventors: L. Herbert King Jr., Glenn Hoffman
  • Method and apparatus for making sealant containing wire connectors
    Patent number: 5771578
    Abstract: A system and method for automatically assembling capped, sealant containing, twist-on wire connectors with the system interruptible if the components are not available for assembly, but allowing for the carrying of faultily assembled components through the assembly process without further assembly thereon, so that the improperly assembled components can be delivered to the proper recycling bin to assure that only the properly assembled capped, sealant containing, twist-on wire connectors are sent to packaging for shipment to a customer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: King Technology of Missouri, Inc.
    Inventors: L. Herbert King, Jr., Kerry Graham, Douglas L. Kirk