Patents by Inventor Michael D. Patzer

Michael D. Patzer 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).

  • Electrosurgical method and apparatus for establishing an electrical discharge in an inert gas flow
    Patent number: 4060088
    Abstract: An electrosurgical method and apparatus for coagulating by fulguration where the electrical discharge is established through a formation of flowing inert gas where the formation may either be a diffuse blanket of the flowing gas or a well defined column thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1977
    Assignee: Valleylab, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles F. Morrison, Jr., Frank W. Harris, Michael D. Patzer
  • Electrical connector
    Patent number: 4030796
    Abstract: A single or multichannel electrical connector including a male connector having at least two prongs depending resiliently from a base, the prongs each having defined in the outer edge thereof a notch with at least one of the notches having at least one conductor exposed at the bottom portion of the notch, the conductor extending internally through the prong, the prongs also having end portions with outwardly facing mutually inclined surfaces, the male connector being adapted to fit a female connector having an opening defined therethrough and configured to receive the prongs with the sides of the notches engaging the front and back endwalls of the female connector adjacent the opening and the connector in the bottom of the notch engaging a contact in a sidewall of the opening in the female connector such that the male connector may be inserted by engaging the opposed inclined planes of the prongs within the opening of the female connector, deforming the prongs towards one another to pass through the female co
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1977
    Assignee: Valleylab, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael D. Patzer
  • Electrical connector
    Patent number: 4029381
    Abstract: A single or multichannel electrical connector including a male connector having at least two prongs depending resiliently from a base, the prongs each having defined in the outer edge thereof a narrow notch with at least one of the notches having at least one conductor exposed at the bottom portions of the notch, the conductor extending internally through the prong, the prongs also having end portions with outwardly facing mutually inclined surfaces, the male connector being adapted to fit a female connector having an opening defined therethrough the configured to receive the prongs with the sides of the notches and the connector at the bottom of the notch engaging a protruding contact in a sidewall of the opening in the female connector such that the male connector may be inserted by engaging the opposed inclined planes of the prongs within the opening of the female connector, deforming the prongs towards one another to pass through the female connector thereupon again expanding the prongs to bring the conta
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1977
    Assignee: Valleylab, Inc.
    Inventors: Mahone T. Tarrall, Michael D. Patzer