Patents by Inventor Frank Goto

Frank Goto 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: 8011936
    Abstract: An electrical center includes a housing and a relay module that is disposed in a well of the housing. The relay module has a base, a printed circuit board assembly, plug in electronic components, a cover and means of coupling and latching of the base to the well in the housing. The base includes a tray having a depending shroud at one end portion. The end portion of the tray that has depending shroud has a plurality of apertures that extend through tie end portion of the tray. A plurality of terminals have first end portions that engage the printed circuit board for electrical connection to the plurality of relays and second end portions that plug into the apertures and terminate in free ends disposed in the space inside the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Frank Goto
  • Publication number: 20100323539
    Abstract: An electrical center includes a housing and a relay module that is disposed in a well of the housing. The relay module has a lower base, a printed circuit board assembly, plug in electronic components and a cover. The lower base includes a tray having a depending shroud at one end portion and a pair of laterally spaced couplers that are integrally attached to an end wall of the tray. The end portion of the tray that has the depending shroud has a plurality of apertures that extend through the end portion of the tray for receiving terminal portions that extend through the apertures. An opposite end portion of the tray has an upper pedestal that is part of a connector body that extends through the tray to a lower socket. The printed circuit board assembly has a printed circuit board that is attached to the top of the tray near a side edge, a plurality of relays that are attached to an upper portion of the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventor: Frank Goto