Patents by Inventor Michael John Jepson

Michael John Jepson 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).

  • Method of and a machine for separating and fitting insulated conductors of multi-conductor ribbon cables to connectors in housings
    Patent number: 4040167
    Abstract: Automatic apparatus for fitting a multi-conductor ribbon cable with individual contacts or connectors in which the cable is passed endways between cutting or tearing elements to separate the conductors in the leading cable end, cutting the insulation of each conductor transversely and removing the unwanted terminal insulation portions from the stationary cable, placing a housing carrying suitably positioned contacts over the bare individual conductors, gang-crimping the contacts over the respective conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Assignee: The Breedon Press Limited
    Inventors: Michael John Jepson, Bernard Kilbourne