Patents by Inventor Eric HEPLER

Eric HEPLER 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).

  • Terminal fitting
    Patent number: 10381766
    Abstract: An electrical terminal fitting includes a body and a covering. The body is formed from a first material and includes a connection section and a contacting section with the contacting section having a flexible contact beam and an opposing stationary beam for receiving a male pin of a mating terminal. The covering is formed from a second material that can have a higher tensile strength than the first material and is secured to the body. The covering includes a stiffening beam and a support beam that engage the flexible contact beam providing increased normal force to the flexible contact beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Dwaraganathan Bhagyanathan Sathianathan, Yves LePottier, Xin Wang, Eric Hepler
  • TERMINAL FITTING
    Publication number: 20180351275
    Abstract: An electrical terminal fitting includes a body and a covering. The body is formed from a first material and includes a connection section and a contacting section with the contacting section having a flexible contact beam and an opposing stationary beam for receiving a male pin of a mating terminal. The covering is formed from a second material that can have a higher tensile strength than the first material and is secured to the body. The covering includes a stiffening beam and a support beam that engage the flexible contact beam providing increased normal force to the flexible contact beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Dwaraganathan Bhagyanathan Sathianathan, Yves LePottier, Xin Wang, Eric Hepler
  • Terminal fitting
    Patent number: 10122108
    Abstract: An electrical terminal fitting includes a body and a covering. The body is formed from a first material and includes a connection section and a contacting section with the contacting section having a flexible contact beam and an opposing stationary beam for receiving a male pin of a mating terminal. The covering is formed from a second material that can have a higher tensile strength than the first material and is secured to the body. The covering includes a stiffening beam and a support beam that engages the flexible contact beam providing increased normal force to the flexible contact beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2018
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Dwaraganathan Bhagyanathan Sathianathan, Yves LePottier, Xin Wang, Eric Hepler
  • TERMINAL FITTING
    Publication number: 20170047677
    Abstract: An electrical terminal fitting includes a body and a covering. The body is formed from a first material and includes a connection section and a contacting section with the contacting section having a flexible contact beam and an opposing stationary beam for receiving a male pin of a mating terminal. The covering is formed from a second material that can have a higher tensile strength than the first material and is secured to the body. The covering includes a stiffening beam and a support beam that engages the flexible contact beam providing increased normal force to the flexible contact beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Dwaraganathan Bhagyanathan Sathianathan, Yves LePOTTIER, Xin WANG, Eric HEPLER