Patents by Inventor Steven G Flint

Steven G Flint 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: 6229107
    Abstract: A safety electrical receptacle is disclosed which eliminates the danger of accidental shock due to inserting a foreign object into the socket of the described device. The safety electrical receptacle body includes cavities and support structures for positioning rotating cams, fixed electrical sockets with integral electrical contacts and movable resilient spring loaded electrical busses with integral electrical contacts. The contacts remain open and electrically inactive when the receptacle is in the normal unused state with the resilient spring bus displacing the rear cam lobe and positioning the front cam lobe directly into the socket opening. When a plug or other object is inserted into the socket it displaces the front cam lobe and the rear cam lobe moves against the spring loaded electrical bus and closes the contact on the opposite socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Inventors: Steven G Flint, Thomas William Shelton