Patents by Inventor Donald Everett Wood

Donald Everett Wood 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: 8202105
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for mounting on a printed circuit. The electrical connector includes a housing having a mating face, a mounting face, and an interior cavity. The mounting face is configured to be mounted on the printed circuit. A port extends through the mating face into the interior cavity. The interior cavity is defined by an interior wall of the housing. An electrical contact is held by the housing. The electrical contact includes a mating segment and a mounting segment. The mating segment extends within the interior cavity of the housing. The mating segment includes an exterior surface and a mating interface positioned proximate the port. At least a portion of the mounting segment extends along the mounting face of the housing for engagement with the printed circuit. A clearance exists between the exterior surface of the mating segment and the interior wall of the housing. The mating segment is movable within the interior cavity relative to the housing via the clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hung Wei Lord, George Richard Defibaugh, Donald Everett Wood
  • Publication number: 20120021620
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for mounting on a printed circuit. The electrical connector includes a housing having a mating face, a mounting face, and an interior cavity. The mounting face is configured to be mounted on the printed circuit. A port extends through the mating face into the interior cavity. The interior cavity is defined by an interior wall of the housing. An electrical contact is held by the housing. The electrical contact includes a mating segment and a mounting segment. The mating segment extends within the interior cavity of the housing. The mating segment includes an exterior surface and a mating interface positioned proximate the port. At least a portion of the mounting segment extends along the mounting face of the housing for engagement with the printed circuit. A clearance exists between the exterior surface of the mating segment and the interior wall of the housing. The mating segment is movable within the interior cavity relative to the housing via the clearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: HUNG WEI LORD, GEORGE RICHARD DEFIBAUGH, DONALD EVERETT WOOD
  • Patent number: 8092235
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a housing and a plurality of contacts. The housing has a plurality of channels that extend between a housing mating end and an opposing back end. The housing mating end is configured to mate with a mating connector. The contacts each have a plurality of contact mating ends and a plurality of contact mounting ends. Each of the contact mating ends extends through one of the channels and is configured to provide a plurality of electrical connections with the mating connector. The contact mounting ends of each contact are arranged in a group and configured to be mounted to a circuit board. The contact mating ends are separated from one another by a first pitch and the contact mounting ends within each group are separated from one another by a second pitch that is smaller than the first pitch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Albert Washington Frantum, Jr., Michael Allen Blanchfield, Richard Wayne Grzybowski, Donald Everett Wood
  • Publication number: 20100022140
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a housing and a plurality of contacts. The housing has a plurality of channels that extend between a housing mating end and an opposing back end. The housing mating end is configured to mate with a mating connector. The contacts each have a plurality of contact mating ends and a plurality of contact mounting ends. Each of the contact mating ends extends through one of the channels and is configured to provide a plurality of electrical connections with the mating connector. The contact mounting ends of each contact are arranged in a group and configured to be mounted to a circuit board. The contact mating ends are separated from one another by a first pitch and the contact mounting ends within each group are separated from one another by a second pitch that is smaller than the first pitch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: ALBERT WASHINGTON FRANTUM, JR., MICHAEL ALLEN BLANCHFIELD, RICHARD WAYNE GRZYBOWSKI, DONALD EVERETT WOOD
  • Patent number: 7465177
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a mating end, a rear end opposite the mating end, and first and second openings each extending from the mating end to the rear end. An electrical contact is held at least partially within the first opening. A fluid coupling is held at least partially within the second opening. The fluid coupling includes a body having a fluid passageway extending therethrough. The fluid passageway is configured to carry flow of a fluid between the mating and rear ends of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2008
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Donald Everett Wood
  • Publication number: 20080139036
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a housing base configured to be mounted on a substrate and an upper housing configured to be joined to the housing base. The housing base and the upper housing cooperate to define a contact cavity. The housing base includes plated conductive surfaces that provide a conductive path from the contact cavity to an electrical path on the substrate. A contact is held in the contact cavity. The contact is configured to mate with a contact in a mating connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Inventors: Philip Clay Brandberg, Peter P. Wilson, Donald Everett Wood
  • Publication number: 20080085620
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a mating end, a rear end opposite the mating end, and first and second openings each extending from the mating end to the rear end. An electrical contact is held at least partially within the first opening. A fluid coupling is held at least partially within the second opening. The fluid coupling includes a body having a fluid passageway extending therethrough. The fluid passageway is configured to carry flow of a fluid between the mating and rear ends of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2006
    Publication date: April 10, 2008
    Inventor: Donald Everett Wood