Patents by Inventor Isabelle Quesse

Isabelle Quesse 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).

  • Method and apparatus for crimping a contact
    Patent number: 7484294
    Abstract: This contact includes a closed-section crimp barrel, which is crimped by deforming the section thereof from an initial generally convex shape to a final crimping shape in which it is compression-necked onto the strands of the cable. At least one section of the crimped barrel has, in its thickness, at least two adjacent indentations, which extend along the outer periphery of said section and which are directed inward. The invention also relates to a method of crimping such a contact and to a corresponding crimping tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: FCI
    Inventors: Mark De Keyser, Isabelle Quesse, Flavio Fantini
  • Crimped electric contact with a closed barrel, method of crimping such a contact, and corresponding crimping tool
    Publication number: 20070155235
    Abstract: This contact includes a closed-section crimp barrel, which is crimped by deforming the section thereof from an initial generally convex shape to a final crimping shape in which it is compression-necked onto the strands of the cable. At least one section of the crimped barrel has, in its thickness, at least two adjacent indentations, which extend along the outer periphery of said section and which are directed inward. The invention also relates to a method of crimping such a contact and to a corresponding crimping tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Publication date: July 5, 2007
    Inventors: Mark De Keyser, Isabelle Quesse