Patents by Inventor James Douglas Fair

James Douglas Fair 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).

  • Electrical connector with a contact holder having transverse openings to receive fasteners
    Patent number: 10950968
    Abstract: A receptacle and/or a plug of an electrical connector includes a proximal body portion defining transverse alignment slots extending through a side of the proximal body portion for contacts. A plug of an electrical connector includes a safety disk. The safety disk includes a hollow stem having at least one prong slidably inserted through a groove and captured within a central axial passage of a housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: James Douglas Fair, Eric Cheney, Vinod Manohar Shet
  • ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH A CONTACT HOLDER HAVING TRANSVERSE OPENINS TO RECEIVE FASTENERS
    Publication number: 20200274284
    Abstract: A receptacle and/or a plug of an electrical connector includes a proximal body portion defining transverse alignment slots extending through a side of the proximal body portion for contacts. A plug of an electrical connector includes a safety disk. The safety disk includes a hollow stem having at least one prong slidably inserted through a groove and captured within a central axial passage of a housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: James Douglas Fair, Eric Cheney, Vinod Manohar Shet
  • Potting boot and in-line electrical connector assembly including the same
    Patent number: 10665983
    Abstract: An in-line electrical connector includes a potting boot. The potting boot includes longitudinal ribs are spaced apart from one another about a longitudinal axis of a boot body. Internal thread members project radially inward from an interior surface of the boot body relative to the longitudinal axis. The thread members have arcuate lengths extending about the longitudinal axis of the boot body. Each longitudinal rib has an associated one of the internal thread members that radially overlaps an entirety of the width of the longitudinal rib relative to the longitudinal axis of the boot body. An electrical connector threadably mates to the internal thread members of the potting boot. The electrical connector electrically couples to another electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Eaton Intelligent Power Limited
    Inventors: James Douglas Fair, Kent Brownell Hambly
  • POTTING BOOT AND IN-LINE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20190356081
    Abstract: An in-line electrical connector includes a potting boot. The potting boot includes longitudinal ribs are spaced apart from one another about a longitudinal axis of a boot body. Internal thread members project radially inward from an interior surface of the boot body relative to the longitudinal axis. The thread members have arcuate lengths extending about the longitudinal axis of the boot body. Each longitudinal rib has an associated one of the internal thread members that radially overlaps an entirety of the width of the longitudinal rib relative to the longitudinal axis of the boot body. An electrical connector threadably mates to the internal thread members of the potting boot. The electrical connector electrically couples to another electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: James Douglas Fair, Kent Brownell Hambly