Patents by Inventor Mike Massucco

Mike Massucco 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).

  • Electrical connector with flexible blade shaped handle
    Patent number: 8246376
    Abstract: The flexible electrical connector is designed to facilitate electrical connections between a power receiving device, such as an at least partially electric vehicle, and a power supplying device, such as an electric vehicle charging station. The flexible electrical connector has a blade shaped housing attached to a power cord that extends to the power supplying device. The blade shaped housing has a substantially rigid end portion with an electrical interface configured to detachably mate with a corresponding electrical interface on the power receiving device. The blade shaped housing also has a handle portion made of a substantially flexible material such which is configured to flex about the rigid end portion along an arc in a single plane. As such, the flexible handle can absorb impacts it receives rather than transferring them to the rigid and breakable electrical interface components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Better Place GmbH
    Inventors: Gad Amit, Inbal Etgar, Chadwick John Harber, Mike Massucco
  • Electrical connector with a flexible blade-shaped housing with a handle with an opening
    Patent number: 7972167
    Abstract: The flexible electrical connector is designed to facilitate electrical connections between a power receiving device, such as an at least partially electric vehicle, and a power supplying device, such as an electric vehicle charging station. The flexible electrical connector has a blade shaped housing attached to a power cord that extends to the power supplying device. The blade shaped housing has a substantially rigid end portion with an electrical interface configured to detachably mate with a corresponding electrical interface on the power receiving device. The blade shaped housing also has a handle portion made of a substantially flexible material such which is configured to flex about the rigid end portion along an arc in a single plane. As such, the flexible handle can absorb impacts it receives rather than transferring them to the rigid and breakable electrical interface components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Better Place GmbH
    Inventors: Gad Amit, Inbal Etgar, Chadwick John Harber, Mike Massucco
  • Flexible Electric Connector for Electric Vehicles
    Publication number: 20110097920
    Abstract: The flexible electrical connector is designed to facilitate electrical connections between a power receiving device, such as an at least partially electric vehicle, and a power supplying device, such as an electric vehicle charging station. The flexible electrical connector has a blade shaped housing attached to a power cord that extends to the power supplying device. The blade shaped housing has a substantially rigid end portion with an electrical interface configured to detachably mate with a corresponding electrical interface on the power receiving device. The blade shaped housing also has a handle portion made of a substantially flexible material such which is configured to flex about the rigid end portion along an arc in a single plane. As such, the flexible handle can absorb impacts it receives rather than transferring them to the rigid and breakable electrical interface components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Gad Amit, Inbal Etgar, Chadwick John Harber, Mike Massucco
  • AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH A FLEXIBLE BLADE-SHAPED HOUSING WITH A HANDLE WITH AN OPENING
    Publication number: 20110065305
    Abstract: The flexible electrical connector is designed to facilitate electrical connections between a power receiving device, such as an at least partially electric vehicle, and a power supplying device, such as an electric vehicle charging station. The flexible electrical connector has a blade shaped housing attached to a power cord that extends to the power supplying device. The blade shaped housing has a substantially rigid end portion with an electrical interface configured to detachably mate with a corresponding electrical interface on the power receiving device. The blade shaped housing also has a handle portion made of a substantially flexible material such which is configured to flex about the rigid end portion along an arc in a single plane. As such, the flexible handle can absorb impacts it receives rather than transferring them to the rigid and breakable electrical interface components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventors: Gad AMIT, Inbal ETGAR, Chadwick John HARBER, Mike MASSUCCO