Patents by Inventor Steven P. Bishop

Steven P. Bishop 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).

  • Break-away cable connector
    Patent number: 10044137
    Abstract: An electric vehicle charging station having a console, a cable and a vehicle connector. The cable is connected with a break-away system that allows for a controlled structural failure of one of the cable connections when the vehicle connector is pulled away from the console with a critical level of force. The break-away system could be a body positioned along the length of the cable, and could be a connection between the cable and either the console or the vehicle connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Inventors: Gregory A. Petrie, Steven P. Bishop, Davy Ta-Yuan Tong, Atulkumar M. Patel
  • Break-away cable connector
    Publication number: 20130187601
    Abstract: An electric vehicle charging station having a console, a cable and a vehicle connector. The cable is connected with a break-away system that allows for a controlled structural failure of one of the cable connections when the vehicle connector is pulled away from the console with a critical level of force. The break-away system could be a body positioned along the length of the cable, and could be a connection between the cable and either the console or the vehicle connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Inventors: Gregory A. Petrie, Steven P. Bishop, Davy Ta-Yuan Tong, Atulkumar M. Patel
  • Aquarium
    Patent number: D397522
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Inventor: Steven P. Bishop