Patents by Inventor Walter F. Bishop

Walter F. 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).

  • Patent number: 4245874
    Abstract: A flexible connector assembly for coupling, both mechanically and electrically, sections of electrical distribution track in a track lighting system includes first and second connector segments each having at a first end, a plug-in type tapping mechanism for joining the segments mechanically and electrically to sections of electrical distribution track. A flexible and expandible member formed of a pair of conductive, coiled, wire elements concentrically wrapped in opposite directions with respect to each other, is joined at opposite ends at the second ends, respectively, of the connector segments. The coiled wire elements define a tubular passageway for electrical conductors coupling the connector segments electrically and the member itself provides a ground connection between the connector segments and corresponding track sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1981
    Assignee: McGraw-Edison
    Inventor: Walter F. Bishop