Patents by Inventor Peter S. Willcox

Peter S. Willcox 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).

  • Apparatus and process for producing shaped metal parts
    Patent number: 4569218
    Abstract: Shaped metal parts are produced on a continuous basis from a semisolid metal preform. A plurality of freestanding metal preforms are sequentially heated in an induction heating zone to the semisolid level and transferred without substantial deformation or heat loss to a press where they are shaped in a semisolid state into a shaped metal part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1986
    Assignee: Alumax, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert L. Baker, Lester P. Chin, James A. Courtois, Lawrence J. Pionke, Ralph M. Sharp, Peter S. Willcox
  • Contact retention clip and method of inserting same in an insulator
    Patent number: 4241976
    Abstract: A contact retention clip is provided with a B-stage epoxy resin coating. The clip is installed in the contact cavity of a plastic body under heat and pressure to cause the coating to form its final resin. The resin becomes impregnated into the wall of the cavity to seal micro cracks in the wall which otherwise may lead to voltage breakdowns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Assignee: International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
    Inventors: Leland W. Oliver, John R. Moore, Peter S. Willcox, James L. von Harz, Robert J. Trivison