Patents by Inventor Leslie B. Shutts

Leslie B. Shutts 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: 7040007
    Abstract: A crimping tool is provided for connecting a modular plug connector with a telephone/data cable, and an axial connector with a coaxial cable, including a pair of operating arms pivotally connected intermediate their ends to define on opposite sides of the pivot axis a pair of operating end portions and a pair of crimping end portions, respectively, a pair of crimping dies being connected between the crimping end portions and containing first recesses for defining a first crimping chamber adjacent the end extremities of the crimping end portions, the adjacent surfaces of the crimping dies containing opposed second recesses cooperating to define a second crimping chamber arranged between the first crimping chamber and the pivot axis of the operating arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Connectool Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie B. Shutts, Yin Ho Cheng, Huang De Sei
  • Publication number: 20040200060
    Abstract: A crimping tool is provided for connecting a modular plug connector with a telephone/data cable, and an axial connector with a coaxial cable, including a pair of operating arms pivotally connected intermediate their ends to define on opposite sides of the pivot axis a pair of operating end portions and a pair of crimping end portions, respectively, a pair of crimping dies being connected between the crimping end portions and containing first recesses for defining a first crimping chamber adjacent the end extremities of the crimping end portions, the adjacent surfaces of the crimping dies containing opposed second recesses cooperating to define a second crimping chamber arranged between the first crimping chamber and the pivot axis of the operating arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Applicant: CONNECTOOL INC.
    Inventors: Leslie B. Shutts, Yin Ho Cheng, Huang De Sei
  • Patent number: 6526661
    Abstract: A versatile hand-held scissors-type cutting and stripping tool includes a pair of pivotally connected handle members, a cutting and stripping blade carried by one of the handle members for cutting flat and round insulated conductors, and for stripping insulation from round insulated conductors, and a pair of flat stripping blades for stripping the outer insulation layer from a flat thin multi-conductor cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Connectool Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie B. Shutts, Yin Ho Cheng, Huang De Sei
  • Patent number: 6138346
    Abstract: A portable hand-held battery-powered crimping tool includes a gear housing containing a through bore receiving a driven gear having a crank arm that is connected by a drive link with the common pivot axis of a toggle device that pivots a pair of crimping jaws from an open released position toward a crimping position. The gear is driven by a reversible direct-current motor that is supported on the hand-held handle together with a battery pack. A releasable overrunning clutch is operated by a push button on the handle to disengage the motor drive from the drive link, whereupon the crimping jaws are pivoted toward the open released position by a biasing spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: connectool Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie B. Shutts, Guenter G. Fietzke, David L. Kountz
  • Patent number: D464242
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Connectool Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie B. Shutts, Yin Ho Cheng, Huang De Sei
  • Patent number: D475593
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Connectool, Inc.
    Inventor: Leslie B. Shutts
  • Patent number: D484377
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Connectool Inc.
    Inventor: Leslie B. Shutts