Patents by Inventor Andrew B. Matus

Andrew B. Matus 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: 10243307
    Abstract: A wafer assembly for an electrical connector, and method for making, that has a first and second wafers configured to interlock with one another. Each of the wafers has at least one contact that has a body portion with a mating end for coupling to a mating contact and a tail end opposite the mating end for engaging a printed circuit board where the mating and tail ends extend from opposite sides of the wafer. A conductive spring member is sandwiched between the first and second wafers. The wafer assembly can include one or more electronic components in electrical contact with the spring member and one of the contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Zlatan Ljubijankic, Andy Toffelmire, Peter E. Jay, Barbara H. Marten, Valeria Caraiani, Andrew B. Matus
  • Publication number: 20190067888
    Abstract: A wafer assembly for an electrical connector, and method for making, that has a first and second wafers configured to interlock with one another. Each of the wafers has at least one contact that has a body portion with a mating end for coupling to a mating contact and a tail end opposite the mating end for engaging a printed circuit board where the mating and tail ends extend from opposite sides of the wafer. A conductive spring member is sandwiched between the first and second wafers. The wafer assembly can include one or more electronic components in electrical contact with the spring member and one of the contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Zlatan LJUBIJANKIC, Andy Toffelmire, Peter E. Jay, Barbara H. Marten, Valeria Caraiani, Andrew B. Matus
  • Patent number: 9991642
    Abstract: A wafer assembly for an electrical connector that has a first and second wafers configured to interlock with one another. Each of the wafers has at least one contact that has a body portion with a mating end for coupling to a mating contact and a tail end opposite the mating end for engaging a printed circuit board and an overmold covering the body portion such that the mating and tail ends extend from opposite sides of the overmold. A conductive elongated spring member is sandwiched between the first and second wafers. The wafer assembly can include one or more filter components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Zlatan Ljubijankic, Andy Toffelmire, Peter E. Jay, Barbara H. Marten, Valeria Caraiani, Andrew B. Matus
  • Patent number: 9362638
    Abstract: A contact wafer that has a plurality of contacts. Each of the contacts has a body portion with a mating end and an opposite tail end. The mating end is configured to couple to a mating contact and the tail end is configured to engage a printed circuit board. An overmold surrounds the body portions of the contacts such that the mating ends and the tails ends of the contacts are exposed and extend from opposite ends of said overmold. The overmold has a first side that includes a plurality of recessed surfaces. Each recessed surface is between adjacent body portions of the contacts and sized to receive a corresponding portion of an overmold of another contact wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Zlatan Ljubijankic, Barbara H. Marten, Karen A. Gibson, Andrew B. Matus
  • Publication number: 20160064842
    Abstract: A contact wafer that has a plurality of contacts. Each of the contacts has a body portion with a mating end and an opposite tail end. The mating end is configured to couple to a mating contact and the tail end is configured to engage a printed circuit board. An overmold surrounds the body portions of the contacts such that the mating ends and the tails ends of the contacts are exposed and extend from opposite ends of said overmold. The overmold has a first side that includes a plurality of recessed surfaces. Each recessed surface is between adjacent body portions of the contacts and sized to receive a corresponding portion of an overmold of another contact wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Zlatan Ljubijankic, Barbara H. Marten, Karen A. Gibson, Andrew B. Matus