Patents by Inventor Jordan Marshall Cole
Jordan Marshall Cole 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: 7997938Abstract: An electrical connector for mating with a mating connector includes a housing having a mating face and a guide member. The guide member includes a receptacle and a guide wall. The guide wall includes an interior surface that at least partially defines the receptacle. The interior surface includes a guide feature. The receptacle is configured to receive a plug of a mating housing of the mating connector therein. An electrical power contact includes a mating end held within the receptacle of the guide member. The guide wall of the guide member extends at least partially around the mating end of the electrical power contact.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2009Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Brian Patrick Costello, Jordan Marshall Cole
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Patent number: 7993147Abstract: A connector assembly includes a housing and contacts. The connector includes a mounting face and a mating face disposed transverse to one another. The mounting face is used to mount the connector to a substrate. The mating face has an elongated slot that is configured to receive a mating edge of a card edge module. The contacts extend between opposite contact tips at each of the mounting face and the mating face. The contact tips at the mounting face are configured to electrically couple the connector with the substrate. The contact tips at the mating face are configured to electrically couple the connector with the card edge module. The card edge module is oriented transverse to the substrate when the card edge module mates with the connector.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2009Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Jordan Marshall Cole, Brian Patrick Costello
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Publication number: 20110097945Abstract: An electrical connector for mating with a mating connector includes a housing having a mating face and a guide member. The guide member includes a receptacle and a guide wall. The guide wall includes an interior surface that at least partially defines the receptacle. The interior surface includes a guide feature. The receptacle is configured to receive a plug of a mating housing of the mating connector therein. An electrical power contact includes a mating end held within the receptacle of the guide member. The guide wall of the guide member extends at least partially around the mating end of the electrical power contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2009Publication date: April 28, 2011Inventors: Brian Patrick Costello, Jordan Marshall Cole
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Patent number: 7918678Abstract: A connector assembly for mating with a pluggable module includes a receptacle assembly for receiving the pluggable module and an interface electrical connector defining a back of the receptacle assembly. The interface electrical connector is configured to mate with the pluggable module. A guide rail defines a side of the receptacle assembly. The guide rail is configured to guide the pluggable module within the receptacle assembly. The guide rail has a rail body having a cavity and the rail body having a side wall opening open to the cavity. A latch assembly is received in the cavity. The latch assembly includes a latch movable between a latched position and an unlatched position. The latch is configured to extend through the side wall opening to engage the pluggable module when the latch is in the latched position. The latch assembly further includes an actuator that forces the latch from the latched position to the unlatched position.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2008Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Jordan Marshall Cole, Robert Paul Nichols, Brian Patrick Costello, Edward John Bright, Harold William Kerlin
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Publication number: 20100210123Abstract: A connector assembly includes a housing and contacts. The connector includes a mounting face and a mating face disposed transverse to one another. The mounting face is used to mount the connector to a substrate. The mating face has an elongated slot that is configured to receive a mating edge of a card edge module. The contacts extend between opposite contact tips at each of the mounting face and the mating face. The contact tips at the mounting face are configured to electrically couple the connector with the substrate. The contact tips at the mating face are configured to electrically couple the connector with the card edge module. The card edge module is oriented transverse to the substrate when the card edge module mates with the connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2009Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicant: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Jordan Marshall Cole, Brian Patrick Costello
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Patent number: 7733652Abstract: A heat sink assembly includes a base frame and a heat sink having a module engagement surface configured to be in thermal communication with an engagement surface of a pluggable module. The heat sink assembly also includes transfer links extending between the heat sink and the base frame. The transfer links are movable to transfer the heat sink with respect to the base frame. The heat sink is movable between a recessed position and an elevated position, wherein the transfer links maintain the heat sink in a predetermined orientation with respect to the engagement surface of the pluggable module as the heat sink is transferred, between the recessed position and the elevated position.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2008Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Brian Patrick Costello, Jordan Marshall Cole
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Patent number: 7713069Abstract: An electrical connector configured to interconnect first and second electrical components. The connector includes a connector housing that is coupled to the first electrical component. The connector housing has a mating face that extends substantially in an axial direction and includes a slot opening. The connector also includes a connector contact that extends through the connector housing and the slot opening. The connector contact has a base portion located a depth within the connector housing and a curved portion formed along and protruding through the slot opening and beyond the mating face. The connector contact is configured to pivot about the base portion when a mating contact of the second electrical component is moved alongside the mating face in the axial direction and engages the curved portion. The curved portion is movable within and along the slot opening in the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2008Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Assignees: Tyco Electronics Corporation, Tyco Electronics Singapore Pte. Ltd.Inventors: Jordan Marshall Cole, Brian Patrick Costello, Yun Jaan See
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Publication number: 20100067196Abstract: A heat sink assembly includes a base frame and a heat sink having a module engagement surface configured to be in thermal communication with an engagement surface of a pluggable module. The heat sink assembly also includes transfer links extending between the heat sink and the base frame. The transfer links are movable to transfer the heat sink with respect to the base frame. The heat sink is movable between a recessed position and an elevated position, wherein the transfer links maintain the heat sink in a predetermined orientation with respect to the engagement surface of the pluggable module as the heat sink is transferred between the recessed position and the elevated position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2008Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: BRIAN PATRICK COSTELLO, JORDAN MARSHALL COLE
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Publication number: 20100068912Abstract: A connector assembly for mating with a pluggable module includes a receptacle assembly for receiving the pluggable module and an interface electrical connector defining a back of the receptacle assembly. The interface electrical connector is configured to mate with the pluggable module. A guide rail defines a side of the receptacle assembly. The guide rail is configured to guide the pluggable module within the receptacle assembly. The guide rail has a rail body having a cavity and the rail body having a side wall opening open to the cavity. A latch assembly is received in the cavity. The latch assembly includes a latch movable between a latched position and an unlatched position. The latch is configured to extend through the side wall opening to engage the pluggable module when the latch is in the latched position. The latch assembly further includes an actuator that forces the latch from the latched position to the unlatched position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2008Publication date: March 18, 2010Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: JORDAN MARSHALL COLE, ROBERT PAUL NICHOLS, BRIAN PATRICK COSTELLO, EDWARD JOHN BRIGHT, HAROLD WILLIAM KERLIN
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Publication number: 20090275219Abstract: An electrical connector configured to interconnect first and second electrical components. The connector includes a connector housing that is coupled to the first electrical component. The connector housing has a mating face that extends substantially in an axial direction and includes a slot opening. The connector also includes a connector contact that extends through the connector housing and the slot opening. The connector contact has a base portion located a depth within the connector housing and a curved portion formed along and protruding through the slot opening and beyond the mating face. The connector contact is configured to pivot about the base portion when a mating contact of the second electrical component is moved alongside the mating face in the axial direction and engages the curved portion. The curved portion is movable within and along the slot opening in the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2008Publication date: November 5, 2009Applicant: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Jordan Marshall Cole, Brian Patrick Costello, Yun Jaan See