Patents by Inventor Mark Molinaro
Mark Molinaro 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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Publication number: 20120170286Abstract: An integral lamp assembly and method of construction thereof is provided. The integral lamp assembly includes a bulb and a plurality of terminals fixed to the bulb. The assembly further includes a socket having at least one through passage wherein the terminals extend through the at least one through passage. The assembly also includes a housing overmolded in bonded relation to at least one of the socket and the terminals such that the housing prevents the bulb from being removed from the socket and prevents the socket from being removed from the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventors: Jack Bodem, David E. Ramey, Johnny D. Bryant, Jeffrey D. Simchak, Mark Molinaro
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Patent number: 7931506Abstract: A wiring system that allows easy installation into a vehicle and includes a connector that allows functional signals to perform a function in a connector while passing through the connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2010Date of Patent: April 26, 2011Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.Inventors: Robert H. Owen, Sr., John A. Forish, Mark Molinaro, Antonio Nuevo
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Publication number: 20100159726Abstract: A wiring system that allows easy installation into a vehicle and includes a connector that allows functional signals to perform a function in a connector while passing through the connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2010Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Robert H. Owen, SR., John A. Forish, Mark Molinaro, Antonio Nuevo
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Patent number: 7690950Abstract: A wiring assembly that allows easy installation into a vehicle and includes a connector that allows functional signals to perform a function in a connector while passing through the connector.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2007Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.Inventors: Robert H. Owen, Sr., John A. Forish, Mark Molinaro, Antonio Nuevo
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Patent number: 7618275Abstract: A lamp and socket assembly (10) comprises a housing (12) including a socket cavity (25). The socket cavity (25) is defined by side walls and a bottom wall (80). A vent hole (82) passes though the bottom wall (80) of the socket cavity. A lamp (16) has a lamp base (17). A lamp socket (14) is disposed in the socket cavity (25) and includes a through passage (42) for receiving the lamp base (17) and at least one retaining finger (38a, 38b) for retaining the lamp base (17) in the through passage (42). An electrical contact insert (26) is received in the socket cavity (25). A plurality of electrical contacts (28) are received in and retained by the contact insert (26). A plurality of blade terminals (46) are interlocked with the contact insert (26), with respective ones of the contacts (28), and with the housing (12).Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2007Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: Federal Mogul CorporationInventors: Robert H. Owen, Sr., Mark Molinaro
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Patent number: 7604386Abstract: A lamp socket for an automotive exterior lamp assembly that can be used with a replaceable incandescent bulb. The lamp socket comprises a plastic socket made from nylon 4,6. The lamp socket exhibits reduced outgassing that would otherwise result from photo-oxidative degradation of the polymers in the plastic socket. This helps prevent fogging of the lamp assembly lens and/or reflector for improved performance and aesthetic appearance over the life of the lamp assembly. The incandescent bulb used in the assembly can include a press-sealed end having a sleeve attached over the press-sealed end, and the sleeve can be made from at least one of nylon 4,6, PEI and PPA. The incandescent bulb may also have a molded plastic base, and the base can also be made from at least one of nylon 4,6, PEI and PPA.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2006Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Federal-Mogul World Wide, IncInventors: Lindsay Rawlings, Mark Molinaro
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Publication number: 20080113523Abstract: A lamp and socket assembly (10) comprises a housing (12) including a socket cavity (25). The socket cavity (25) is defined by side walls and a bottom wall (80). A vent hole (82) passes though the bottom wall (80) of the socket cavity. A lamp (16) has a lamp base (17). A lamp socket (14) is disposed in the socket cavity (25) and includes a through passage (42) for receiving the lamp base (17) and at least one retaining finger (38a, 38b) for retaining the lamp base (17) in the through passage (42). An electrical contact insert (26) is received in the socket cavity (25). A plurality of electrical contacts (28) are received in and retained by the contact insert (26). A plurality of blade terminals (46) are interlocked with the contact insert (26), with respective ones of the contacts (28), and with the housing (12).Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2007Publication date: May 15, 2008Inventors: Robert H. Owen, Mark Molinaro
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Publication number: 20080090469Abstract: A wiring assembly that allows easy installation into a vehicle and includes a connector that allows functional signals to perform a function in a connector while passing through the connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2007Publication date: April 17, 2008Applicant: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.Inventors: Robert H. Owen, John A. Forish, Mark Molinaro, Antonio Nuevo
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Publication number: 20070139948Abstract: A lamp socket for an automotive exterior lamp assembly that can be used with a replaceable incandescent bulb. The lamp socket comprises a plastic socket made from nylon 4,6. The lamp socket exhibits reduced outgassing that would otherwise result from photo-oxidative degradation of the polymers in the plastic socket. This helps prevent fogging of the lamp assembly lens and/or reflector for improved performance and aesthetic appearance over the life of the lamp assembly. The incandescent bulb used in the assembly can include a press-sealed end having a sleeve attached over the press-sealed end, and the sleeve can be made from at least one of nylon 4,6, PEI and PPA. The incandescent bulb may also have a molded plastic base, and the base can also be made from at least one of nylon 4,6, PEI and PPA.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2006Publication date: June 21, 2007Applicant: Federal-Mogul World Wide, Inc.Inventors: Lindsay Rawlings, Mark Molinaro
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Publication number: 20050181635Abstract: A wiring junction block, e.g. for taillamp pigtails in a vehicle lighting system. The wiring junction block includes a body having an input end including a first set of electrical terminals for receiving electrical power from a vehicle wiring harness. The body also has an output end including a second set of electrical terminals for supplying the received electrical power to one or more vehicle lamps. The second set of terminals includes at least one group of two or more terminals that are electrically shorted to each other. The number of terminals in the first set is less than the number of terminals in the second set. A mounting feature is located on the body and is adapted to enable mounting of the body to a vehicle support structure, e.g. apertured panel. The input and output terminals may be electrically connected by stamped circuit traces or a printed circuit board.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2005Publication date: August 18, 2005Applicant: Federal-Mogul CorporationInventors: Mark Molinaro, John Forish