Patents by Inventor Charles W. Herb

Charles W. Herb 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).

  • Closed loop connector
    Patent number: 4744769
    Abstract: Hermaphroditic electrical connector comprises a dielectric housing having terminals therein with resilient contact tongues and shunt means fixed to a dielectric carrier which moves relative to housing in response to mating with a like connector as tongues engage respective like tongues. The shunt means engage portions of the terminals remote from the contact tongues to electrically connect alternate terminals when the connector is in an unmated conditon, the shunt means being in unmated relation with the terminals when the connector is mated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Dimitry G. Grabbe, Charles W. Herb, Iosif Korsunsky
  • Closed loop connector
    Patent number: 4602833
    Abstract: Hermaphroditic electrical connector comprises a dielectric housing having terminals therein with resilient contact tongues and shunt means fixed to a dielectric carrier which moves relative to housing in response to mating with a like connector as tongues engage respective like tongues. The shunt means engage portions of the terminals remote from the contact tongues to electrically connect alternate terminals when the connector is in an unmated condition, the shunt means being in unmated relation with the terminals when the connector is mated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1984
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1986
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Dimitry G. Grabbe, Charles W. Herb, Iosif Korsunsky