Patents by Inventor Robert O. Wendt

Robert O. Wendt 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).

  • Patent number: 5772159
    Abstract: A conduit fitting for passage of a conduit through an opening in a mounting wall that includes a tubular body having an internal through-passage for receiving a conduit, an external axially oriented wall surface, and an external circumferential channel axially spaced from the external wall surface. A clip ring is received in the body channel, and has a radially outwardly oriented surface that axially tapers narrowingly away from the wall surface of the tubular body. A circumferential rib extends radially inwardly from the body of the clip ring to engage a bottom surface of the channel at the narrow end of the ring. When the body and ring are inserted through the mounting wall opening, the wide end of the ring is cammed radially inwardly about the rib into the channel on the tubular body, and then expands radially outwardly to capture the mounting wall between the ring and the axially oriented wall surface on the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: FKI Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert O. Wendt
  • Patent number: 4963050
    Abstract: A spring clip cable support assembly for use with a cable comprising of an outer conduit and an inner flexible strand extending through the conduit comprising an inner tubular body having an opening therethrough and a radial flange thereon, a tubular spring clip pressed about a portion of the body, a collar extending about a portion of the spring clip and having a first end engaging the radial flange and second end adapted to engage one side of a support. The spring clip includes spring fingers adapted to engage the other side of the support. The lengths of the contacting portions of body and the spring clip are such that the free edge of the spring clip is spaced from the radial flange and is adapted to be positioned in a plurality of longitudinal positions during assembly to accommodate supports of different thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Assignee: Babcock Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Robert O. Wendt, Steven T. Holt, Gordon L. Schneider