Patents by Inventor Robert Michael Barlow

Robert Michael Barlow 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 connector having a plug and a socket with electrical connection being made while submerged in an inert fluid
    Patent number: 9088094
    Abstract: A high-voltage power connector comprising mating plug and socket assemblies. The socket assembly can include a hollow core surrounded by a bellows assembly filled with an inert liquid that eliminates arcing when an electrical connection is formed or broken. Embodiments of the plug and socket assemblies can include multiple contacts that first couple in air before an electrical circuit is formed and as the plug and socket are mated additional contacts inside the socket assembly mate while surrounded by an inert arc-suppressing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: BAE Systems Land & Armaments L.P.
    Inventors: Hari Iyer, Robert Michael Barlow, Patrick J. Dolan