Patents by Inventor George Harold Douty
George Harold Douty 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: 8197262Abstract: An electrical contact is provided for an electrical connector that is mounted on a printed circuit. The electrical contact includes a mating segment having a mating interface configured to engage a mating contact of another connector. The electrical contact also includes a tail segment having a mounting interface configured to be mounted to the printed circuit. An intermediate segment extends between and interconnects the mating and tail segments. The intermediate segment includes a base wall extending a length from the tail segment to the mating segment. The intermediate segment further includes a side wall extending outwardly from the base wall along at least a portion of the length of the base wall. The side wall extends outwardly at a non-parallel angle relative to the base wall for affecting at least one of an impedance, an insertion loss, or a reflection of the electrical contact.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2010Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Tyco Electronic CorporationInventors: Hung Thai Nguyen, Matthew R. McAlonis, Kenneth Paul Dowhower, Dustin Carson Belack, George Harold Douty
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Patent number: 8137138Abstract: An electrical connector system includes a header connector that includes a header housing and a header contact. The header housing includes a header base and a header shroud extending from the header base. The header base includes a header contact opening. The header contact is held by the header base within the header contact opening. The system also includes a receptacle connector configured to mate with the header connector. The receptacle connector includes a receptacle housing and a receptacle contact that engages the header contact when the header and receptacle connectors are mated together. The receptacle housing includes a receptacle base and a receptacle shroud extending from the receptacle base. The receptacle base includes a receptacle contact opening. The receptacle contact is held by the receptacle base within the receptacle contact opening. The receptacle contact opening has a common size and shape to the header contact opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Kenneth Paul Dowhower, George Harold Douty, Matthew Richard McAlonis
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Publication number: 20110237137Abstract: An electrical contact is provided for an electrical connector that is mounted on a printed circuit. The electrical contact includes a mating segment having a mating interface configured to engage a mating contact of another connector. The electrical contact also includes a tail segment having a mounting interface configured to be mounted to the printed circuit. An intermediate segment extends between and interconnects the mating and tail segments. The intermediate segment includes a base wall extending a length from the tail segment to the mating segment. The intermediate segment further includes a side wall extending outwardly from the base wall along at least a portion of the length of the base wall. The side wall extends outwardly at a non-parallel angle relative to the base wall for affecting at least one of an impedance, an insertion loss, or a reflection of the electrical contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2010Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicant: Tyco Electronic CorporationInventors: Hung Thai Nguyen, Matthew R. McAlonis, Kenneth Paul Dowhower, Dustin Carson Belack, George Harold Douty
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Publication number: 20110092103Abstract: An electrical connector system includes a header connector that includes a header housing and a header contact. The header housing includes a header base and a header shroud extending from the header base. The header base includes a header contact opening. The header contact is held by the header base within the header contact opening. The system also includes a receptacle connector configured to mate with the header connector. The receptacle connector includes a receptacle housing and a receptacle contact that engages the header contact when the header and receptacle connectors are mated together. The receptacle housing includes a receptacle base and a receptacle shroud extending from the receptacle base. The receptacle base includes a receptacle contact opening. The receptacle contact is held by the receptacle base within the receptacle contact opening. The receptacle contact opening has a common size and shape to the header contact opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Kenneth Paul Dowhower, George Harold Douty, Matthew Richard McAlonis
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Publication number: 20090126966Abstract: A wire management transition system configured for placement in a floor panel of an aircraft system, and to be secured beneath a tracking strip. The system is configured to secure both data and power cables without damage to the wires. A top portion and bottom portion interconnect and are configured with grooves to secure both the data cables and power cables and prevent the cables from damage and external forces.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2007Publication date: May 21, 2009Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Robert Charles Flaig, Kenneth Paul Dowhower, George Harold Douty, William Henry Bernhart
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Patent number: 5727964Abstract: A system for latching and delatching a first article (14) to and from respectively of a second article (12), having a latch member (18,20) with an elongated shaft (28) and an actuator (34) at a trailing end (36) and a latch (30) projecting laterally from a leading end (32). The leading end (32) extends beyond the end of a passageway (64,66) containing the shaft (28) to cooperate with a ledge (40) of the second article for latching. Manipulation of the actuator (34) at the rearward end (26) of the first article (14) enables latching and delatching of the latch (30) with the ledge (40), thereby enabling remote latching and delatching of said first article with and from said second article.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1996Date of Patent: March 17, 1998Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: George Harold Douty, John Michael Landis, Hurley Chester Moll, Jr., Michael David Long
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Patent number: 5727961Abstract: An electrical connector (10) includes a row of contact blade portions (26) alternating with contact receptacle portions (20) all oriented orthogonally to said row, with the receptacle portions disposed in slots (22) of projections (24) of the housing (12) and adapted to receive corresponding blade portions into the slots of the projections from either side thereof. Each blade portion (26) is disposed in a recess (28) between adjacent projections (24) with the recess being slightly wider than a projection. The connector (10) is hermaphroditic and matable with another like connector (10A) by being moved transversely relative to the other with the blade portions (26) entering slots (22) of the other to be mated with receptacle portions (20) therein.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 1996Date of Patent: March 17, 1998Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: John Michael Landis, George Harold Douty
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Patent number: 5704805Abstract: An electrical connector (1,100) for a DIN rail (2) with rail flanges (6), including a body (3,102), a carrier (16,104) vertically movable with respect to the body (3,102), an actuator (14,110) and a pair of clamp members (5,106,108) having rail-engageable hook portions (26,148). At least one of the clamp members (5,106,108) is movable toward the other by the carrier (16,104) upon actuation for mechanically and electrically clamping onto a respective rail flange (6). A pair of such clamp members (5) may be cammed inwardly and upwardly along slots (30) in side walls (9) of body (3) upon actuation, or the clamp members (106,108) may include flanges (158) pivotably held in body side wall holes (162) for rotating the hook portions (148) inwardly and upwardly against the rail flanges (6). Such connector (1,100) is adapted to be mounted beneath a circuit board (10) prior to being clamped onto the DIN rail (2).Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 1996Date of Patent: January 6, 1998Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: George Harold Douty, John Michael Landis, Charles Harry Weidler
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Patent number: 4108527Abstract: An improved strain relief assembly is disclosed for use with cables of a wide variety of cross-sectional areas. The assembly includes a pair of hermaphroditic housing members each of which receives therein one of a plurality of cable engaging members having a profiled cable engaging face and being of such dimension as to provide, in combination with another member, a wide variety of cable receiving openings. In an alternate embodiment, the cable engaging members include a resilient portion whereby the members are self biasing. The housing members have intermating latching members to secure them together in an assembled condition. The housing members also include a profiled forward end having connector housing engaging means whereby the strain relief assembly may be secured to a known connector.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1977Date of Patent: August 22, 1978Assignee: AMP IncorporatedInventors: George Harold Douty, John Edward Lucius, Larry Leon Leitzel
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Patent number: RE35735Abstract: An electrical connector (20) for mounting to a printed circuit board (24) includes a boardlock (22) secured thereto by an interference fit. The boardlock (22) has a first portion (58) including means for securing the boardlock (22) to the connector housing (26) and a second portion (68). The second portion (68) comprises spring means (72,74) extending from the first portion (58) to an end (80) beyond the mounting face (30) for reception in a boardlock receiving aperture (56) in the printed circuit board (24). The spring means (72,74) have a slot (70) therebetween and barb means (84) thereon with the barb means (84) positioned along the spring means (72,74) between the first portion (58) and the end (80) to engage wall means (92) of the boardlock receiving aperture (56).Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 1994Date of Patent: February 17, 1998Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: George Harold Douty, David James Fabian, Joseph Robert Reagan