Patents by Inventor Lucius TRAHAN

Lucius TRAHAN 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).

  • Break-away tractor-trailer cable connector
    Patent number: 9819114
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting a tractor-trailer electrical cable to a truck tractor or a trailer electrical system includes a housing defining an interior space and having a mounting flange extending radially therefrom at a head end, at least one locking tab at the head end, and a wall dividing the interior space into a head end space and a foot end space, the wall having a plurality of holes in an array, a plurality of terminal pins secured against movement in the holes in the wall and extending from the foot end space into the head end space and a connector body having an outer wall configured to slide into the head end space of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: VOLVO TRUCK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Russell John McCorkle, Lucius Trahan
  • BREAK-AWAY TRACTOR-TRAILER CABLE CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20160336679
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting a tractor-trailer electrical cable to a truck tractor or a trailer electrical system includes a housing defining an interior space and having a mounting flange extending radially therefrom at a head end, at least one locking tab at the head end, and a wall dividing the interior space into a head end space and a foot end space, the wall having a plurality of holes in an array, a plurality of terminal pins secured against movement in the holes in the wall and extending from the foot end space into the head end space and a connector body having an outer wall configured to slide into the head end space of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: Volvo Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Russell John MCCORKLE, Lucius TRAHAN