Patents by Inventor Joseph M. Senk

Joseph M. Senk 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: 7868251
    Abstract: An electric cable assembly may include an electric cable and a conductive contact. The electric cable has a conductive core, an inner insulation jacket surrounding the conductive core, a conductive layer surrounding the inner insulation jacket, and an outer insulation jacket surrounding the conductive layer. The conductive contact is injection molded around the conductive layer at a prepared section of the electric cable so that the conductive contact can conduct electric current from the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph H. Gladd, Joseph M. Senk, William C. Ketterer
  • Publication number: 20090250235
    Abstract: An electric cable assembly may include an electric cable and a conductive contact. The electric cable has a conductive core, an inner insulation jacket surrounding the conductive core, a conductive layer surrounding the inner insulation jacket, and an outer insulation jacket surrounding the conductive layer. The conductive contact is injection molded around the conductive layer at a prepared section of the electric cable so that the conductive contact can conduct electric current from the conductive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Joseph H. Gladd, Joseph M. Senk, William C. Ketterer
  • Patent number: 7241156
    Abstract: An electrical connector has a connector body that is equipped with a cam lever that is pivotally attached to the connector body for movement between a transit position and a lock position. The electrical connector has a retainer to prevent detachment of the cam lever from the connector body during transit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher A. Margrave, Robert S. Lesigonich, Joseph M. Senk
  • Patent number: 7094081
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electrical connector assembly and a method of mating the same. The electrical connector assembly includes a panel sub-assembly which mates to at least one electrical connector body. Preferably two cam leveraging devices which rotate in opposing directions are mounted rotatably to the panel sub-assembly for sliding engagement of respective cam studs engaged rigidly to the electrical connector body. Opposing rotations of the cam leveraging devices along respective and parallel rotation axes causes the panel sub-assembly to move linearly along a mating axis disposed orthogonally to the rotation axes and toward the electrical connector body to a staged position. During linear panel sub-assembly movement from the disconnected position to the staged position, the cam studs slide against a first portion of a track carried by respective cam levers and which generally spirals radially inward toward the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph M. Senk, Patrick J. Reedy, Raymond J. Blasko, Barry M. Daggett
  • Patent number: 5145402
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprising a multiple terminal connector body has a sturdy and easily installed end cap that is secured to the connector body for sealing the cable end. The end cap includes a seal chamber that is disposed in a common cavity at the cable end of the connector body and contains a compliant sealing material which seals the open ends of the terminal cavities and encapsulates projecting ends of the electric terminals and trailing portions of the electric cables. The end cap is configured to maintain the integrity of the seal chamber, to permit the electric cables to pass out of the common cavity at the cable end of the connector body, to assure that the electric terminals are properly located in the terminal cavities of the connector body and to provide a strain relief in cooperation with portions of the connector body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Robert G. Plyler, Joseph M. Senk