Patents by Inventor CHRISTOPHER RYAN RAYBOLD
CHRISTOPHER RYAN RAYBOLD 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: 11909141Abstract: A connector comprises a housing defining a receptacle sized to receive a flat flexible cable. A conductive terminal is arranged within the receptacle and adapted to contact an exposed conductor of the flat flexible cable received within the receptacle. A seal is positioned in contact with a front end of the housing and defines a cable receiving slot therethrough aligned with the receptacle. A cover is arranged over the seal and includes a slotted opening aligned with the cable receiving slot of the seal and the receptacle. The cover selectively fixed to the front end of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbHInventor: Christopher Ryan Raybold
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Publication number: 20230344165Abstract: A connector comprises a housing defining a receptacle sized to receive a flat flexible cable. A conductive terminal is arranged within the receptacle and adapted to contact an exposed conductor of the flat flexible cable received within the receptacle. A seal is positioned in contact with a front end of the housing and defines a cable receiving slot therethrough aligned with the receptacle. A cover is arranged over the seal and includes a slotted opening aligned with the cable receiving slot of the seal and the receptacle. The cover selectively fixed to the front end of the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbHInventor: Christopher Ryan Raybold
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Publication number: 20230299519Abstract: A cable housing for a flat flexible cable includes a first cable housing having a first orientation guide and a second cable housing having a second orientation opening. A plurality of flat conductors exposed in a window extending through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable are disposed between the first cable housing and the second cable housing. The first orientation guide abuts a pair of flat conductors of the plurality of flat conductors and rotates a rotated portion of each of the flat conductors to a rotated orientation when the first orientation guide moves into the second orientation opening and the first cable housing is in a mated position with the second cable housing. The rotated orientation of the rotated portion is disposed at an angle with respect to a planar portion of each of the flat conductors in the insulation material.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2022Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbHInventor: Christopher Ryan Raybold
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Patent number: 11581676Abstract: A pin terminal assembly includes a pin terminal having a retention section and a cavity adaptor formed of a non-conductive material and engaging the retention section. The cavity adaptor has an outer shape corresponding to a cavity of a housing in which the pin terminal is inserted. The cavity adaptor retains the pin terminal in the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Inventors: Christopher Ryan Raybold, John Mark Myer
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Patent number: 11296446Abstract: A connector for a flat flexible cable includes a cable housing and a contact having an elastic portion. The cable housing includes a first housing having a termination passage extending through the first housing and a second housing mated with the first housing. A flat conductor exposed in a window extending through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable is held between the first housing and the second housing. The elastic portion extends through the termination passage and elastically bears against the flat conductor to electrically connect the contact to the flat conductor.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Inventor: Christopher Ryan Raybold
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Publication number: 20220077619Abstract: A pin terminal assembly includes a pin terminal having a retention section and a cavity adaptor formed of a non-conductive material and engaging the retention section. The cavity adaptor has an outer shape corresponding to a cavity of a housing in which the pin terminal is inserted. The cavity adaptor retains the pin terminal in the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2020Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: TE Connectivity Services GmbHInventors: Christopher Ryan Raybold, John Mark Myer
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Publication number: 20220006219Abstract: A connector for a flat flexible cable includes a cable housing and a contact having an elastic portion. The cable housing includes a first housing having a termination passage extending through the first housing and a second housing mated with the first housing. A flat conductor exposed in a window extending through an insulation material of the flat flexible cable is held between the first housing and the second housing. The elastic portion extends through the termination passage and elastically bears against the flat conductor to electrically connect the contact to the flat conductor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2020Publication date: January 6, 2022Applicant: TE Connectivity Services GmbHInventor: Christopher Ryan Raybold
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Patent number: 11211733Abstract: An electrical contact a mating portion for mating with a mating contact. The mating portion has a contact portion and a retention portion. The mating portion has a mating portion bottom wall, a mating portion top wall and mating portion side walls. A respective mating portion side wall has an upper portion which extends beyond the top wall. The retention portion has a retention portion top wall, a retention portion side wall and a retention portion back wall. The retention portion back wall is configured to approximate the space provided between the mating portion top wall, the upper portion of the respective mating portion side wall, the retention portion top wall and a retention portion side wall. The retention portion back wall prevents damage or deformation of the retention portion as a force applied to the retention portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Inventors: Christopher Ryan Raybold, Forrest Irving Kinsey, Jr., Ryan David Hetrick, John Mark Myer
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Publication number: 20210399459Abstract: An electrical contact a mating portion for mating with a mating contact. The mating portion has a contact portion and a retention portion. The mating portion has a mating portion bottom wall, a mating portion top wall and mating portion side walls. A respective mating portion side wall has an upper portion which extends beyond the top wall. The retention portion has a retention portion top wall, a retention portion side wall and a retention portion back wall. The retention portion back wall is configured to approximate the space provided between the mating portion top wall, the upper portion of the respective mating portion side wall, the retention portion top wall and a retention portion side wall. The retention portion back wall prevents damage or deformation of the retention portion as a force applied to the retention portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2020Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Christopher Ryan RAYBOLD, Forrest Irving KINSEY, JR., Ryan David HETRICK, John Mark MYER
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Patent number: 10923846Abstract: A contact assembly for providing high current capabilities between an electrical terminal and a mating terminal. The contact assembly includes a conductive housing and a spring contact element. The spring contact element has first resilient contact arms, second resilient contact arms, and third resilient contact arms. The first resilient contact arms are positioned proximate the inner wall. The second resilient contact arms have second resilient contact portion bent portions which extend over the first end of the housing from the inner wall to the outer wall to retain the spring contact element in position on the housing. The third resilient contact portions have third resilient contact portion bent portions which extend over the second end of the housing from the inner wall to the outer wall to retain the spring contact element in position on the housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2019Date of Patent: February 16, 2021Inventors: Christopher Ryan Raybold, John Mark Myer
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Patent number: 9022666Abstract: An optical communication connector having a connector housing that includes opposite mating and loading sides and a housing cavity that extends therebetween. The optical communication connector also includes an optical module that is positioned within the housing cavity and a biasing element that is positioned between the optical module and the loading side in the housing cavity. The biasing element has a module end, a back end, and a resilient spring portion that extends between the module and back ends. The spring portion includes an elongated body having a plurality of flexible bend segments that wrap back-and-forth within a spring plane. The spring portion is compressible between first and second states during a mating operation between the optical module and an optical connector.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2011Date of Patent: May 5, 2015Inventors: Edmund Joseph Haley, Christopher Ryan Raybold, Evan Charles Wickes, Jared Evan Rossman
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Patent number: 8449321Abstract: A power connector including a connector housing having an interior cavity and a mating face. The connector housing is configured to be mounted to a circuit board. The power connector also includes a contact assembly that has anode and cathode contacts that are configured to electrically engage power contacts of a mating connector. The contact assembly also includes anode and cathode terminals that are disposed in the interior cavity. The anode and cathode terminals are electrically coupled to the anode and cathode contacts, respectively, and are configured to be electrically coupled to the circuit board. The power connector also includes a power cable that has substantially flat anode and cathode conductive layers that are surrounded by an insulative jacket. The anode and cathode conductive layers are electrically coupled to the anode and cathode contacts, respectively, and are electrically parallel to the anode and cathode terminals, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2011Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Christopher Ryan Raybold, Michael Timothy Sykes, Jason M'Cheyne Reisinger, Michael Allen Blanchfield
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Publication number: 20130121645Abstract: An optical communication connector having a connector housing that includes opposite mating and loading sides and a housing cavity that extends therebetween. The optical communication connector also includes an optical module that is positioned within the housing cavity and a biasing element that is positioned between the optical module and the loading side in the housing cavity. The biasing element has a module end, a back end, and a resilient spring portion that extends between the module and back ends. The spring portion includes an elongated body having a plurality of flexible bend segments that wrap back-and-forth within a spring plane. The spring portion is compressible between first and second states during a mating operation between the optical module and an optical connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 16, 2011Publication date: May 16, 2013Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: EDMUND JOSEPH HALEY, CHRISTOPHER RYAN RAYBOLD, EVAN CHARLES WICKES, JARED EVAN ROSSMAN
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Publication number: 20120329294Abstract: A power connector including a connector housing having an interior cavity and a mating face. The connector housing is configured to be mounted to a circuit board. The power connector also includes a contact assembly that has anode and cathode contacts that are configured to electrically engage power contacts of a mating connector. The contact assembly also includes anode and cathode terminals that are disposed in the interior cavity. The anode and cathode terminals are electrically coupled to the anode and cathode contacts, respectively, and are configured to be electrically coupled to the circuit board. The power connector also includes a power cable that has substantially flat anode and cathode conductive layers that are surrounded by an insulative jacket. The anode and cathode conductive layers are electrically coupled to the anode and cathode contacts, respectively, and are electrically parallel to the anode and cathode terminals, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: CHRISTOPHER RYAN RAYBOLD, MICHAEL TIMOTHY SYKES, JASON M'CHEYNE REISINGER, MICHAEL ALLEN BLANCHFIELD