Patents by Inventor Christopher G. Daily
Christopher G. Daily 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).
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Patent number: 8550838Abstract: An electrical connector is provided including a housing having a receptacle for receiving a wire. A fixed contact is positioned within the housing and has a termination contact configured to electrically couple to a signal path. A moveable contact is electrically coupled to the fixed contact. The moveable contact has a contact interface for engaging the wire. The contact interface is moveable between a connection position, wherein the contact interface engages the wire, and a release position, wherein the contact interface is disengaged from the wire to enable the wire to be removed from the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Osenaga Jerry Osagle, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Ricky Edward Brown, Ronald Martin Weber, Christopher G. Daily
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Publication number: 20130029529Abstract: An electrical connector is provided including a housing having a receptacle for receiving a wire. A fixed contact is positioned within the housing and has a termination contact configured to electrically couple to a signal path. A moveable contact is electrically coupled to the fixed contact. The moveable contact has a contact interface for engaging the wire. The contact interface is moveable between a connection position, wherein the contact interface engages the wire, and a release position, wherein the contact interface is disengaged from the wire to enable the wire to be removed from the receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: OSENAGA JERRY OSAGIE, MATTHEW EDWARD MOSTOLLER, RICKY EDWARD BROWN, RONALD MARTIN WEBER, CHRISTOPHER G. DAILY
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Patent number: 8232724Abstract: An end cap assembly for a light tube that has a circuit board with one or more solid state lighting devices mounted thereto and a lens covering the circuit board includes an end cap body having a lens engagement surface configured to engage the lens and an external mating interface configured to mate with a socket connector of a fixture. An end cap connector extends from the end cap body. The end cap connector holds contacts having first mating portions configured to be electrically connected to the circuit board and second mating portions configured to be electrically connected to the socket connector.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Charles Raymond Gingrich, III, Christopher G. Daily, Ronald Martin Weber, Ricky Edward Brown
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Patent number: 8187017Abstract: Electrical connectors and contacts for transmitting power are provided. One power contact embodiment includes a first plate that defines a first non-deflecting beam and a first deflectable beam, and a second plate that defines a second non-deflecting beam and a second deflectable beam. The first and second plates are positioned beside one another to form the power contact.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLCInventors: Christopher G. Daily, Wilfred J. Swain, Stuart C. Stoner, Christopher J. Kolivoski, Douglas M. Johnescu
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Publication number: 20120045915Abstract: Electrical connectors and contacts for transmitting power are provided. One power contact embodiment includes a first plate that defines a first non-deflecting beam and a first deflectable beam, and a second plate that defines a second non-deflecting beam and a second deflectable beam. The first and second plates are positioned beside one another to form the power contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: February 23, 2012Inventors: Christopher G. Daily, Wilfred J. Swain, Stuart C. Stoner, Christopher J. Kolivoski, Douglas M. Johnescu
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Patent number: 8062046Abstract: Electrical connectors and contacts for transmitting power are provided. One power contact embodiment includes a first plate that defines a first non-deflecting beam and a first deflectable beam, and a second plate that defines a second non-deflecting beam and a second deflectable beam. The first and second plates are positioned beside one another to form the power contact.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2010Date of Patent: November 22, 2011Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLCInventors: Christopher G. Daily, Wilfred J. Swain, Stuart C. Stoner, Christopher J. Kolivoski, Douglas M. Johnescu
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Publication number: 20110097918Abstract: Electrical connectors and contacts for transmitting power are provided. One power contact embodiment includes a first plate that defines a first non-deflecting beam and a first deflectable beam, and a second plate that defines a second non-deflecting beam and a second deflectable beam. The first and second plates are positioned beside one another to form the power contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2010Publication date: April 28, 2011Inventors: Christopher G. Daily, Wilfred J. Swain, Stuart C. Stoner, Christopher J. Kolivoski, Douglas M. Johnescu
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Patent number: 7862359Abstract: Electrical connectors and contacts for transmitting power are provided. One power contact embodiment includes a first plate that defines a first non-deflecting beam and a first deflectable beam, and a second plate that defines a second non-deflecting beam and a second deflectable beam. The first and second plates are positioned beside one another to form the power contact.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2009Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLCInventors: Christopher G. Daily, Wilfred J. Swain, Stuart C. Stoner, Christopher J. Kolivoski, Douglas M. Johnescu
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Patent number: 7775822Abstract: Preferred embodiments of power contacts have alignment features that can maintain conductors of the power contacts in a state of alignment during and after insertion of the power contacts into a housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2008Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.Inventors: Hung Viet Ngo, Wilfred James Swain, Christopher G. Daily
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Publication number: 20100201239Abstract: An end cap assembly for a light tube that has a circuit board with one or more solid state lighting devices mounted thereto and a lens covering the circuit board includes an end cap body having a lens engagement surface configured to engage the lens and an external mating interface configured to mate with a socket connector of a fixture. An end cap connector extends from the end cap body. The end cap connector holds contacts having first mating portions configured to be electrically connected to the circuit board and second mating portions configured to be electrically connected to the socket connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: MATTHEW EDWARD MOSTOLLER, CHARLES RAYMOND GINGRINCH, III, CHRISTOPHER G. DAILY, RONALD MARTIN WEBER, RICKY EDWARD BROWN
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Patent number: 7704082Abstract: A connector assembly is configured to be mounted to a substrate that has an opening extending between a mounting side and an opposite side. The connector assembly includes a housing and one or more contacts. The housing has a front end and a back end, with an interior chamber extending inward from a mating interface. The front end of the housing is configured to be partially inserted through the opening in the substrate until a housing mounting surface engages the mounting side of the substrate. The contact extends between a mating end and a contact mounting surface. The contact mounting surface is configured to be mounted to the mounting side of the substrate. The housing and contact mounting surfaces are substantially coplanar in a mourning plane, and a distance between the mating interface and the mounting plane is at least as great as a thickness of the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2008Date of Patent: April 27, 2010Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Christopher G. Daily, Matthew Mostoller
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Patent number: 7690937Abstract: Electrical connectors and contacts for transmitting power are provided. One power contact embodiment includes a first plate that defines a first non-deflecting beam and a first deflectable beam, and a second plate that defines a second non-deflecting beam and a second deflectable beam. The first and second plates are positioned beside one another to form the power contact.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2008Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.Inventors: Christopher G. Daily, Wilfred J. Swain, Stuart C. Stoner, Christopher J. Kolivoski, Douglas M. Johnescu
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Publication number: 20100048056Abstract: Electrical connectors and contacts for transmitting power are provided. One power contact embodiment includes a first plate that defines a first non-deflecting beam and a first deflectable beam, and a second plate that defines a second non-deflecting beam and a second deflectable beam. The first and second plates are positioned beside one another to form the power contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.Inventors: Christopher G. Daily, Wilfred J. Swain, Stuart C. Stoner, Christopher J. Kolivoski, Douglas M. Johnescu
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Publication number: 20090317989Abstract: A connector assembly is configured to be mounted to a substrate that has an opening extending between a mounting side and an opposing side. The connector assembly includes a housing and one or more contacts. The housing has a front end and a back end, with an interior chamber extending inwards from a mating interface. The front end of the housing is configured to be partially inserted through the opening in the substrate until a housing mounting surface engages the mounting side of the substrate. The contact extends between a mating end and a contact mounting surface. The contact mounting surface is configured to be mounted to the mounting side of the substrate. The housing and contact mounting surfaces are substantially coplanar in a mounting plane, and a distance between the mating interface and the mounting plane is at least as great as a thickness of the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2008Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: CHRISTOPHER G. DAILY, MATTHEW MOSTOLLER
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Patent number: 7547214Abstract: A connector apparatus for connecting at least two electronic component substrates, e.g., printed circuit boards or flex circuits, to one another at the edges thereof, wherein each of the at least two substrates further comprises at least one electrically conductive contact surface, and wherein the connector apparatus further includes: at least one electrically conductive transverse conducting member, wherein a first portion of the at least one transverse conducting member physically touches the contact surface on the first substrate, and wherein a second portion of the transverse conducting member physically touches the contact surface on the second substrate; and mechanical means for securing the at least one transverse conducting member to each of the substrates and to each of the contact surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2007Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Scott S. Duesterhoeft, Christopher G. Daily, Ronald M. Weber, Matthew E. Mostoller
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Patent number: 7513793Abstract: A surface mount poke in connector is disclosed for mounting upon a surface of a printed circuit board, and is particularly applicable for printed circuit boards supporting LEDs. The connector has a securing means for engaging an inserted wire lead without the use of solder.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2006Date of Patent: April 7, 2009Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Sheldon Lynn Horst, Christopher G. Daily
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Publication number: 20090042417Abstract: Preferred embodiments of power contacts have alignment features that can maintain conductors of the power contacts in a state of alignment during and after insertion of the power contacts into a housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2008Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Hung Viet Ngo, Wilfred James Swain, Christopher G. Daily
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Patent number: 7476108Abstract: Electrical connectors can include thermally conductive material in regions proximate contacts residing therein to sink heat away from the contacts. The thermally-conductive materials can be provided in the housing structure of the connectors. The thermally-conductive material can also be provided as a thermally-conductive member distinct from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2005Date of Patent: January 13, 2009Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.Inventors: Wilfred James Swain, Christopher G. Daily, Christopher J. Kolivoski
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Patent number: 7458839Abstract: Preferred embodiments of power contacts have alignment features that can maintain conductors of the power contacts in a state of alignment during and after insertion of the power contacts into a housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2006Date of Patent: December 2, 2008Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.Inventors: Hung Viet Ngo, Wilfred James Swain, Christopher G. Daily
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Publication number: 20080293262Abstract: A connector apparatus for connecting at least two electronic component substrates, e.g., printed circuit boards or flex circuits, to one another at the edges thereof, wherein each of the at least two substrates further comprises at least one electrically conductive contact surface, and wherein the connector apparatus further includes: at least one electrically conductive transverse conducting member, wherein a first portion of the at least one transverse conducting member physically touches the contact surface on the first substrate, and wherein a second portion of the transverse conducting member physically touches the contact surface on the second substrate; and mechanical means for securing the at least one transverse conducting member to each of the substrates and to each of the contact surfaces.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2007Publication date: November 27, 2008Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Scott S. Duesterhoeft, Christopher G. Daily, Ronald M. Weber, Matthew E. Mostoller