Patents by Inventor Randall Kent Smith

Randall Kent Smith 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).

  • Routed wire electrical center adapter
    Patent number: 6126457
    Abstract: A routed wire electrical center adapter for coupling electrical components having varying terminal footprints with standard electrical center components having a standard terminal footprint through an adapter element within the electrical center including application specific electrical elements for receiving, on a first element end, electrical terminals of a first footprint, and for receiving, on a second element end opposing the first element end, electrical terminals of a second footprint. The first footprint is selected from a wide range of footprints as specified in an application. The second footprint is a standard footprint across a broad range of electrical center applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Randall Kent Smith, Eric Owen Bartlett, Michael Anthony DeAngelis
  • Top down electrical distribution center assembly
    Patent number: 6077102
    Abstract: An electrical distribution center assembly and a method of constructing the same which eliminates the need to flip an electrical distribution center over in order to couple a wire harness connector to the electrical distribution center. The electrical distribution center assembly includes an electrical distribution center, a wire harness connector, and a connector retainer carried by a vehicle for temporarily holding the wire harness connector in position while the wire harness connector is coupled to the electrical distribution center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2000
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James William Borzi, Joseph Matthew Senk, Kevin Paul Phillips, Randall Kent Smith, Frederick Edward Mlakar, Sharon Elizabeth Wingert Arkwright
  • Low profile electrical distribution center and method of making a bus subassembly therefor
    Patent number: 6008982
    Abstract: A low profile electrical distribution center comprises a plurality of thin bus assemblies that are stacked one upon another. Each bus assembly comprises stamped metal circuit components having planar bus portions sandwiched between thin flexible upper and lower sheets of insulation material that are bonded together. The stamped metal circuit components have male blade terminals that extend up or down from the bus portions. The thin flexible sheets of insulation material are die cut to facilitate manufacture and assembly of the stamped metal circuit components from a one piece stamped metal blank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Randall Kent Smith
  • Top down electrical distribution center assembly
    Patent number: 5788529
    Abstract: An electrical distribution center assembly and a method of constructing the same which eliminates the need to flip an electrical distribution center over in order to couple a wire harness connector to the electrical distribution center. The electrical distribution center assembly includes an electrical distribution center, a wire harness connector, and a connector retainer carried by a vehicle for temporarily holding the wire harness connector in position while the wire harness connector is coupled to the electrical distribution center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: James William Borzi, Joseph Matthew Senk, Kevin Paul Phillips, Randall Kent Smith, Frederick Edward Mlakar, Sharon Elizabeth Wingert Arkwright