Patents by Inventor Michael A. Helms

Michael A. Helms 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).

  • Connector grommet
    Patent number: 6323433
    Abstract: A one piece grommet for accommodating a variety of wire sizes in an operable environment to substantially preclude travel of environmental parameters along a length of the wire passing the grommet is disclosed. The grommet has an outer annulus and a radially inwardly spaced inner annulus, connected by a neck, wherein the outer annulus has a sufficient rigidity to substantially preclude inversion of the grommet upon translation of the wire in an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.
    Inventors: John T. Mahaney, Dejan Radosavljevic, Michael A. Helms