Patents by Inventor Richard Earl Gipe

Richard Earl Gipe 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).

  • Method of making two-piece electrical contact
    Patent number: 4031614
    Abstract: The invention concerns the manufacture of two-piece electrical contacts. The contacts produced by the present invention are adapted for electrically interconnecting an electrical wire with either a male pin or a female contact. The invention as described features a pair of forming steps to form each of the pieces and a step to join said pieces at the desired location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 28, 1977
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
    Inventor: Richard Earl Gipe
  • Apparatus and method for providing an electrical contact with a tip portion substantially free of burrs
    Patent number: 4014199
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing an electrical contact with a tip portion substantially free of burrs during the manufacture of said contact. The strip from which the contact is produced is positively engaged at two separate but adjacent locations, heat is applied to a third location between the two, and the two adjacent locations separated a pre-established distance until the third location becomes severed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert Arthur Coons, Richard Earl Gipe, Richard Lee Marks