Patents by Inventor Peter J. Drayton

Peter J. Drayton 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 fuses and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 5198792
    Abstract: A miniature electrical fuse has electrical lead wires (8) to permit the fuse to be connected into a circuit without use of a fuse holder. Wires (8) are resistance welded to electrically conductive end caps (4) closing off the end of a non-conductive tubular housing (3) containing a fusible element (1). Element (1) is connected to the caps (4) by solder joints (7) and caps (4) are connected to housing (3) by solder joints (6). The solder is a lead/tin alloy of high melting point. The end walls of the caps (4) are comparatively thick in relation to their side walls in the range 1.3 to 1 and 2.1 to 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin D. Bacon, Peter J. Drayton, Rognvald R. Peterson