Patents by Inventor L. Scott Farley

L. Scott Farley 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: 6010371
    Abstract: A connector is provided for terminating a multi-conductor, flexible cable of the flat ribbon type which has a plurality of conductors in side-by-side parallel, spaced relationship within a web of encapsulating insulation from which projects a pre-stripped, bare, distal end portion of each conductor. The connector includes a housing defining a passage extending from an open first end to an open second end. The housing includes divider walls defining a plurality of slots each opening outwardly and each communicating with the passage at the second end. The housing has a support wall defining a bottom in each slot. An insulated length of cable can extend through the open first end of the housing passage toward the open second end where each bare, distal end portion of the conductor can be exposed and bent in one of the slots around the support wall adjacent a bottom of a slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: L. Scott Farley, Dean T. Farrish, Russell D. Heyborne, Kevin H. Johnson, Michael S. Nielson, Steven B. Shannon