Patents by Inventor Michael J. Lait

Michael J. Lait 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).

  • Cable handling and preparation apparatus
    Patent number: 5247732
    Abstract: Cable handling and preparation apparatus comprising a cable source (12), cable stripping and crimping means (14), length determining means, robotic control means (13), cable guidance (43) and marking (11) means and cable conveying means (16). The arrangement is such that at least one cable or possibly more can be selectively drawn from a source comprising several powered cable reels (18) holding cables of different size by the robotic control means (13), subjected to processing by the stripping and crimping means (14) and subjected to marking, preferably laser marking, along its length, the prepared cable simultaneously and progressively being conveyed from the apparatus by the conveying means (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1993
    Assignee: British Aerospace Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Michael J. Lait, Timothy D. Hall, William J. Harrison, Graham S. Gutsell, Adam Kruczynski