Patents by Inventor Morley Scott MacKenzie

Morley Scott MacKenzie 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
    Patent number: 3960431
    Abstract: A connector for electrically connecting electrical conductors having a housing within which is a holding member containing a preloaded spring, with an insulating cutting edge on the spring and an insulation cutting edge on the holding member, the cutting members acting in opposition on a conductor. Release of the spring, as by flexing the housing causes the cutting edges to cut through the insulation, into electrical contact with the conductor. A similar arrangement of cutting edges is provided for each conductor and a conductive path from one conductor to another is via the spring and/or holding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1976
    Assignee: Nothern Electric Company Limited
    Inventors: Morley Scott MacKenzie, Louis Donald Charron, Andrew Philip Charles Dooley, John Davidson Lee