Patents by Inventor Stuart Wallace Thorn

Stuart Wallace Thorn 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).

  • Flat wire extension cords and extension cord devices
    Patent number: 8237051
    Abstract: A flat wire extension cord includes an elongated cord, a first connected attached to a first end of the elongated cord, and a second connected attached to an opposite end of the elongated cord. The elongated cord includes at least one electrifiable conductor for delivering electrical power, first and second insulating layers formed on opposing sides of the at least one electrifiable conductor, and first and second return conductors formed on the first and second insulating layers, respectively, such that said at least one electrifiable conductor is at least substantially entrapped by said first and second return conductors. The first connector is operable to connect the conductors of the elongated cord to a line side input, and the second connector is operable to connect the conductors of the elongated cord to a load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignees: Newire, Inc., Southwire Company
    Inventors: Robert Jay Sexton, Fred Lane Martin, Charles Alexander Garris, III, Stuart Wallace Thorn
  • FLAT WIRE EXTENSION CORDS AND EXTENSION CORD DEVICES
    Publication number: 20090124113
    Abstract: Flat wire extension cords and extension cord devices are provided. A flat wire extension cord includes an elongated cord, a first connected attached to a first end of the elongated cord, and a second connected attached to an opposite end of the elongated cord. The elongated cord includes at least one electrifiable conductor for delivering electrical power, first and second insulating layers formed on opposing sides of the at least one electrifiable conductor, and first and second return conductors formed on the first and second insulating layers, respectively, such that said at least one electrifiable conductor is at least substantially entrapped by said first and second return conductors. The first connector is operable to connect the conductors of the elongated cord to a line side input, and the second connector is operable to connect the conductors of the elongated cord to a load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: May 14, 2009
    Applicants: NEWIRE, INC., SOUTHWIRE COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert Jay Sexton, Fred Lane Martin, Charles Alexander Garris, III, Stuart Wallace Thorn