Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Clerkin

Thomas M. Clerkin 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).

  • Apparatus and Method for Forming Wire
    Publication number: 20140367146
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming a single strand wire with improved flexibility and a stranded cable from a single strand wire. In one embodiment, the flexible single strand wire has a solid, single strand wire body and at least one helical groove formed on an outer circumferential surface of the wire body. The stranded cable includes a plurality of strands. In one embodiment, one of the strands has a planar surface that extends along a longitudinal axis of the cable body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventor: THOMAS M. CLERKIN
  • Apparatus and method for forming wire
    Patent number: 8826945
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming a single strand wire with improved flexibility and a stranded cable from a single strand wire. In one embodiment, the flexible single strand wire has a solid, single strand wire body and at least one helical groove formed on an outer circumferential surface of the wire body. The stranded cable includes a plurality of strands. In one embodiment, one of the strands has a planar surface that extends along a longitudinal axis of the cable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Inventor: Thomas M. Clerkin
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING WIRE
    Publication number: 20110061894
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming a single strand wire with improved flexibility and a stranded cable from a single strand wire. In one embodiment, the flexible single strand wire has a solid, single strand wire body and at least one helical groove formed on an outer circumferential surface of the wire body. The stranded cable includes a plurality of strands. In one embodiment, one of the strands has a planar surface that extends along a longitudinal axis of the cable body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Inventor: THOMAS M. CLERKIN
  • Apparatus and method for forming wire
    Patent number: 7617847
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for forming a single strand wire with improved flexibility and a stranded cable from a single strand wire. In one embodiment, the flexible single strand wire has a solid, single strand wire body and at least one helical groove formed on an outer circumferential surface of the wire body. The stranded cable includes a plurality of strands. In one embodiment, one of the strands has a planar surface that extends along a longitudinal axis of the cable body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2009
    Inventor: Thomas M. Clerkin