Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Varatta

Thomas R. Varatta 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).

  • Premolding electrical receptacles
    Patent number: 6767226
    Abstract: A premold for a receptacle for an electrical male plug includes valving means on particular contact cooperative valving portions and through ground pin receptacle expansion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: ETCO Incorporated
    Inventor: Thomas R. Varatta
  • Premolding electrical receptacles
    Publication number: 20030162423
    Abstract: A premold for a receptacle for an electrical male plug includes valving means on particular contact cooperative valving portions and through ground pin receptacle expansion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventor: Thomas R. Varatta
  • Range plug
    Patent number: 6517393
    Abstract: Range plug blades with integral conductor-accepting cups bisected by planes parallel with the blades are inserted into plug die slots, following which conductors are crimped into the cups, after which plastic is introduced into the die and hardened into a range plug holding the blades, cups, and conductors in predetermined positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: ETCO Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen A. Blanche, Thomas R. Varatta
  • Clamp for battery booster cable
    Patent number: 4826457
    Abstract: A clamp for a battery booster cable that includes pivotally connected clamp members, each of which includes a handle portion to which a jaw portion is joined, the jaw portions of the clamp members being normally biased to a closed position and being movable to an open position for being mounted in clamping engagement on a terminal of a battery, the jaw portions of the clamp members being angularly disposed relative to the handle portions thereof, wherein the jaw portions are more easily clamped to a terminal of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1989
    Assignee: Carol Cable Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas R. Varatta