Patents by Inventor Lawrence D. Kroeger

Lawrence D. Kroeger 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: 5243502
    Abstract: A high-mounted brake lamp is provided which can be conveniently installed in a vehicle prior to the installation of the vehicle's rear window and which can be easily and quickly adjusted, without the need for installation tools, to ensure that the brake lamp is firmly secured against the rear window after the rear window has been installed, due to a ratcheting mechanism which allows slidable movement towards the rear window only. In this manner, the brake lamp is firmly locked into the correct position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1993
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Michael R. Cappuccitti, Lawrence D. Kroeger
  • Patent number: 4915647
    Abstract: A stamped and formed, unitary, metal wire trap speaker terminal used in coupling a speaker wire extending from an audio speaker to a lead wire for an audio system of an entertainment appliance includes a base portion and a wire trap receiving portion. The base portion to which is coupled the speaker wire has wings or arms that are adapted to be wrapped about a thin, rectangularly shaped insulator that is affixed to a frame member of the audio speaker. The wire trap receiving portion extends from one edge of the base portion, preferably at an angle of about 150 degrees, and has a wire receiving cavity so that a stripped end portion of the lead wire may be inserted through a wire receiving or entry port having divergently extending wire guides to aid the assertion of the stripped end portion of the lead wire into the wire receiving cavity. A cam contact beam is formed from one of the walls forming the wire receiving cavity and obliquely extends into the wire receiving cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 10, 1990
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard R. Edgley, Lawrence D. Kroeger, Daniel M. Palmieri