Patents by Inventor Judith J. Swearingen

Judith J. Swearingen 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 grid anchor and method of making the same
    Patent number: 7048596
    Abstract: An electrical connector and method of making same includes a bore extending from an open first end of a housing to an opposed second end. An electrical contact formed of a plurality of contact strips with opposed angularly offset ends and fixedly secured in electrical contact with the housing in the angularly offset position by an internal end anchor and an external end anchor. In one aspect, detents are formed in at least one of the contact strips to engage a complimentary recess in a conductive member insertable into the bore and contact to releasably retain the conductive member in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Assignee: KonneKtech, Ltd.
    Inventors: Judith J. Swearingen, legal representative, Michael E. Uppleger, Dean D. Swearingen, deceased
  • Radially resilient electrical connector with welded grid
    Patent number: 6899571
    Abstract: An electrical connector and method of making the same includes a radially resilient, cylindrical electrical contact member having a plurality of spaced strips extending between opposite ends of a sleeve. The ends of the strips are welded in the sleeve in an angularly offset, end-to-end position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2005
    Assignee: KonneKtech Ltd.
    Inventors: Joseph J. Koch, Michael E. Uppleger, Judith J. Swearingen, Dean D. Swearingen
  • Radially resilient electrical connector and method of making the same
    Patent number: 6837756
    Abstract: A radially resilient electrical connector includes a cylindrical sleeve with spaced notches at one end circumferentially offset from or axially aligned with spaced notches at an opposed second end. A contact member has ends on contact strips engaged with the notches at the ends of the sleeve to axially offset the ends of the contact strips from each other and to form each contact strip into a hyperbolic shape. The ends of the contact strips are fixedly mounted in the notches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Amphenol Corporation
    Inventors: Judith J. Swearingen, Dean D. Swearingen
  • Electrical connector grid anchor and method of making the same
    Publication number: 20030077950
    Abstract: An electrical connector and method of making same includes a bore extending from an open first end of a housing to an opposed second end. An electrical contact formed of a plurality of contact strips with opposed angularly offset ends and fixedly secured in electrical contact with the housing in the angularly offset position by an internal end anchor and an external end anchor. In one aspect, detents are formed in at least one of the contact strips to engage a complimentary recess in a conductive member insertable into the bore and contact to releasably retain the conductive member in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventors: Dean D. Swearingen, Judith J. Swearingen
  • Radially resilient electrical connector and method of making the same
    Publication number: 20030068931
    Abstract: A radially resilient electrical connector includes a cylindrical sleeve with spaced notches at one end circumferentially offset from or axially aligned with spaced notches at an opposed second end. A contact member has ends on contact strips engaged with the notches at the ends of the sleeve to axially offset the ends of the contact strips from each other and to form each contact strip into a hyperbolic shape. The ends of the contact strips are fixedly mounted in the notches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Dean D. Swearingen, Judith J. Swearingen