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Thomas & Betts International LLC

Gary L Lowery

Julio Filipe Rodrigues

Paul J Bartholomew

Alan E Shluzas

Timothy S Bowman

Wasim Khokhar

Peter M Wells, Jr

Mark A Bordwell

John J Students

Mark A Bailey

Jay C Medeiros

John D Dorian

Gregory Bigham

John A Sehlmeyer

Jon R Conway

Glen Ellis

A device that provides access to a surgical location within a patient has an elongate body that has a proximal end, a distal end, and an inner surface. The inner surface defines a passage that extends through the elongate body. The elongate body is capable of having a configuration when inserted within the patient wherein the cross-sectional area of the passage at a first location is greater than the cross-sectional area of said passage at a second location. The first location is distal to the second location. The passage is capable of having a generally oval shaped cross section between the second location and the proximal end.

Minimally invasive access device and method

A safety mechanism for a utility knife, including a razor blade mounted in a blade holder slideably mounted in a blade chamber in the housing. The blade holder includes a tab protruding therefrom and is adapted to move between a retracted, blade-stowage position in the housing and a deployed position wherein the blade at least partially protrudes from the housing. The safety mechanism comprises a foreshortened safety channel adapted to engagingly receive the blade holder tab when the blade holder is retracted into the stowed position. The motion of the tab is restricted by the safety channel, thereby restricting the motion of the blade holder. The tab may be disengaged from the safety channel by simultaneously pushing it away from the deployed position and into the blade chamber. Once the tab is disengaged, the blade holder may be moved into the deployed position by pushing it towards the deployed position while maintaining the pushing force into the blade chamber.

Safety mechanism for preventing accidental deployment of a utility knife blade

An ultrasonic tying tool for installation of a tape about a bundle of elongate articles. The tool includes an ultrasonic horn wherein the welding tip is moveable between a first position for welding of a tape to secure the tensioned loop about the plurality of articles and a second position wherein the welding tip is translated a distance from the first position to effect cutting of the tensioned loop from the stock of tape and to tack weld the loose cut end to the underlying tape of the loop to eliminate any protruding sharp edges. The tool additionally includes a belt drive mechanism for advancing the tape to the jaw assembly and for tensioning the tape following looping of the tape about the outside.

Ultrasonic tying tool

An electrical splice enclosure for enclosing a splice of an electrical cable. The splice enclosure includes an enclosure housing. The housing is formed of a lower housing portion and a cover portion defining a bounded interior therein. The lower housing portion includes a bottom surface, an upwardly extending wall bounding the bottom surface and an open upper surface opposite the bottom surface. The lower housing portion further includes a cable entry opening through the wall for permitting entry of the cable into the lower housing portion. The cover portion is positionable over the open upper surface of the lower housing portion so as to enclose the cable splice within the enclosure housing. The cover portion and the wall each include an encapsulant fill opening for permitting the housing interior to be gravity filled with a curable encapsulant, with the housing being positioned in multiple different positions.

Cable splice enclosure

An improved electrical outlet box having thin wall construction and localized elements for structurally reinforcing the box. The thin wall outlet box includes a bottom wall and a perimeter wall perimetrically bounding the bottom wall and an open upper end defined by a lip. The perimeter wall comprises a plurality of sidewalls which join together to form corners. Each of the sidewalls has a reinforcement rib longitudinally extending substantially parallel to the lip and projecting inwardly toward the interior of the box. In addition, each of the corners has an outwardly projecting rib which extends downwardly from a point on the corner between the lip and the bottom wall onto the bottom wall.

Thin wall electrical outlet box

An electrical connector is provided for the termination of jacketed multi-conductor electrical cable. The connector includes a connector housing defining a first bounded opening which permits passage of the cable therethrough. The cable strain relief device is positioned adjacent the first bounded opening of the housing. The cable strain relief device includes first and second hermaphroditic strain relief members for securing the cable therebetween. The first strain relief member is fixedly positioned within the housing and the second strain relief member is movably supported with respect to the first strain relief member. The first and second strain relief members define a fully bounded opening surrounding the cable. The first and second strain relief members are movable so as to reduce the size of the seconded bounded opening for frictionally securing the cable thereat.

Electrical connector strain relief

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Southhaven, MS, United States of America

Gary L Lowery