Patents by Inventor Robert D. Gracey

Robert D. Gracey 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 for making same potential block
    Patent number: 6772516
    Abstract: A main body includes a plurality of holes formed therein a main clip and includes an exterior contact portion positioned exterior to the main body, a first carrier strip connected to the exterior contact portion and located within the main body and a plurality of clips extending from this carrier strip, each position within a corresponding hole formed in the main body. A slave clip includes a carrier strip located within the main body and a plurality of clips extending from the carrier strip, each positioned within a corresponding hole of the main body to make the corresponding one of the clips of the main clip. The pair of the clips formed within each hole form a terminal to allow terminal portions of a grounding wire to be connected therein. A cap having a plurality of holes corresponding in position and size to the holes formed in the main body may be frictionally engaged in a hollow portion of the main body to complete the assembly. The same potential block (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Array Connector Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph A. Lomastro, Santiago Llano, Peter J. Dutton, Thomas D. Ratzlaff, Robert D. Gracey
  • Same potential block such as a grounding block and method for making an improved same potential block
    Publication number: 20010053637
    Abstract: A main body includes a plurality of holes formed therein a main clip and includes an exterior contact portion positioned exterior to the main body, a first carrier strip connected to the exterior contact portion and located within the main body and a plurality of clips extending from this carrier strip, each position within a corresponding hole formed in the main body. A slave clip includes a carrier strip located within the main body and a plurality of clips extending from the carrier strip, each positioned within a corresponding hole of the main body to make the corresponding one of the clips of the main clip. The pair of the clips formed within each hole form a terminal to allow terminal portions of a grounding wire to be connected therein. A cap having a plurality of holes corresponding in position and size to the holes formed in the main body may be frictionally engaged in a hollow portion of the main body to complete the assembly. The same potential block (e.g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Applicant: Array Connector Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph A. Lomastro, Santiago Llano, Peter J. Dutton, Thomas D. Ratzlaff, Robert D. Gracey
  • Same potential block such as a grounding block and method for making an improved same potential block
    Patent number: 6290550
    Abstract: A main body includes a plurality of holes formed therein a main clip and includes an exterior contact portion positioned exterior to the main body, a first carrier strip connected to the exterior contact portion and located within the main body and a plurality of clips extending from this carrier strip, each position within a corresponding hole formed in the main body. A slave clip includes a carrier strip located within the main body and a plurality of clips extending from the carrier strip, each positioned within a corresponding hole of the main body to make the corresponding one of the clips of the main clip. The pair of the clips formed within each hole form a terminal to allow terminal portions of a grounding wire to be connected therein. A cap having a plurality of holes corresponding in position and size to the holes formed in the main body may be frictionally engaged in a hollow portion of the main body to complete the assembly. The same potential block (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Array Connector Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph A. Lomastro, Santiago Llano, Peter J. Dutton, Thomas D. Ratzlaff, Robert D. Gracey