Patents by Inventor Ronald D. Williams

Ronald D. Williams 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).

  • Electric cable joints
    Patent number: 4714438
    Abstract: An electric cable joint (including a termination) comprises at least one inner component heat-shrunk onto a cable or on to at least one part of a cable and at least one outer component of resilient material which is an interference fit with the inner component(s). The heat-shrink component takes up considerable variation in the size of the underlying cable (or part thereof) so that a range of cable sizes can be accommodated by a much smaller number of inner component sizes than in a purely "slip-on" range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1987
    Assignee: BICC Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Ronald D. Williams
  • Serial multi-drop data link
    Patent number: 4608700
    Abstract: A digital data link for communication between distributed components including at least two serial paths, a data path and a control path, and a port associated with each component, the ports serving to arbitrate link access requests, permit dialog with minimal addressing between components and promote effective utilization of the data path bandwidth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1986
    Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Inventors: James L. Kirtley, Jr., Thomas L. Sterling, Ronald D. Williams