Patents by Inventor Matthew Richard McAlonis
Matthew Richard McAlonis 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: 20130303003Abstract: A system for communicating between multiple electrical components includes a first printed circuit board (PCB) having first and second opposed layers and a plurality of plated through-holes extending between the first and second opposed layers. The system also includes a plurality of mating contacts, wherein each of the plurality of mating contacts is retained within one of the plurality of plated through-holes. Each of the plurality of mating contacts may include a first end portion that outwardly extends from the first layer, and a second end portion that outwardly extends from the second layer. The system may also include a first connector assembly having a plurality of interconnecting contacts retained therein. The plurality of interconnecting contacts mate with the first end portions of the plurality of mating contacts when the first connector assembly connects to the first PCB.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2012Publication date: November 14, 2013Applicant: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: ALBERT TSANG, NICHOLAS PAUL RUFFINI, KEVIN MICHAEL THACKSTON, MATTHEW RICHARD MCALONIS
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Publication number: 20130252464Abstract: An RF module includes a contact insert having a separable shielding body retaining an RF contact. The RF contact includes an RF mating tip connected to a signal tail. The mating tip and the signal tail extend out of shielding body. The shielding body includes first and second body members. The RF contact is positioned within the first body member and the second body member is removably secured to the second body member so that at least a portion of the RF contact is contained between the first and second body members. The RF module may also include a grounding block. The contact insert may be removably secured within the grounding block.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: MATTHEW RICHARD MCALONIS, CHONG HUN YI, STEPHEN THOMAS MORLEY, THOMAS GREGORY GARTLAN
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Publication number: 20130252477Abstract: An assembly is configured to retain a plurality of electrical modules and mate with a shroud having a plurality of connecting interfaces configured to mate with the plurality of electrical modules. The assembly includes a frame having at least one shroud-securing bracket and at least one bay configured to retain at least one of the plurality of electrical modules, and at least one keying insert retained within at least one insert passage of the at least one shroud-securing bracket. The at least one keying insert includes at least one adjustable keying feature that is configured to be adjusted to different positions in order to accommodate a reciprocal alignment post of the shroud.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: MATTHEW RICHARD MCALONIS, CHONG HUN YI, ALBERT TSANG, DUSTIN CARSON BELACK, KEVIN MICHAEL THACKSTON
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Patent number: 8465332Abstract: An electrical contact assembly is provided. The assembly includes a contact hood having a body including an axis and an opening extending through the body along the axis. The opening has an inner surface. The contact hood is configured to be received in an opening of a connector housing. At least two protrusions are formed on the inner surface of the contact hood opening. An electrical contact is provided having a body including a contact end and a socket end. The socket end is inserted axially into the opening of the contact hood. The contact end of the electrical contact is configured to extend from a mating end of the connector housing. At least two apertures are formed on the socket end of the electrical contact. The at least two protrusions are received in the at least two apertures to secure the electrical contact within the contact hood.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2011Date of Patent: June 18, 2013Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Kevin Matthew Hogan, Dwight David Zitsch, Matthew Richard McAlonis, Albert Tsang
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Patent number: 8313354Abstract: A header connector includes a housing extending along a longitudinal axis between mating and mounting ends. The housing has contact channels open between the mating and mounting ends, and the housing has air pockets provided between selected ones of the contact channels to control an impedance of socket contacts received in the contact channels. Socket contacts are loaded into the contact channels, with each socket contact including a contact body extending along a longitudinal axis between mating and mounting ends. The contact body has a box-shaped socket at the mating end that defines a reception area configured to receive a mating contact. The box-shaped socket is configured to engage four different sides of the mating contact.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2010Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Matthew Richard McAlonis, Graham Henry Smith, Jr., Dustin Belack, Hung Thai Nguyen
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Patent number: 8292629Abstract: A header connector includes socket contacts having a socket portion extending along a longitudinal axis that defines a reception area configured to receive a mating contact. A housing extends along a central axis between mating and mounting ends and has contact channels open between the mating and mounting ends that receive the socket contacts. The housing has a primary plane and a secondary plane with the contact channels being arranged symmetrically about the primary plane and the secondary plane such that the housing is configured to be mated with a receptacle connector in a first orientation and a second orientation different than the first orientation.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Matthew Richard McAlonis, Craig Allen Clingan, Dustin Belack, Thomas Gregory Gartlan
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Patent number: 8241051Abstract: A connector assembly includes a connector having a connector housing including a flange and a mating end. The flange has a flange surface. The mating end has an opening extending therethrough. A flange seal extends along the flange surface. A mating end seal extends around the mating end of the connector housing. The connector housing is configured to couple to a panel so that a flange side of the panel is positioned adjacent the flange surface of the connector housing. The mating end of the connector housing is configured to extend through an opening formed in the panel. The flange seal is configured to be positioned between the flange surface of the connector housing and the flange side of the panel. The mating end seal is configured to be positioned between the panel and the mating end of the connector housing to seal the opening of the panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2010Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Chong Hun Yi, Matthew Richard McAlonis
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Publication number: 20120184156Abstract: An electrical contact assembly is provided. The assembly includes a contact hood having a body including an axis and an opening extending through the body along the axis. The opening has an inner surface. The contact hood is configured to be received in an opening of a connector housing. At least two protrusions are formed on the inner surface of the contact hood opening. An electrical contact is provided having a body including a contact end and a socket end. The socket end is inserted axially into the opening of the contact hood. The contact end of the electrical contact is configured to extend from a mating end of the connector housing. At least two apertures are formed on the socket end of the electrical contact. The at least two protrusions are received in the at least two apertures to secure the electrical contact within the contact hood.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2011Publication date: July 19, 2012Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: KEVIN MATTHEW HOGAN, DWIGHT DAVID ZITSCH, MATTHEW RICHARD MCALONIS, ALBERT TSANG
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Patent number: 8137138Abstract: An electrical connector system includes a header connector that includes a header housing and a header contact. The header housing includes a header base and a header shroud extending from the header base. The header base includes a header contact opening. The header contact is held by the header base within the header contact opening. The system also includes a receptacle connector configured to mate with the header connector. The receptacle connector includes a receptacle housing and a receptacle contact that engages the header contact when the header and receptacle connectors are mated together. The receptacle housing includes a receptacle base and a receptacle shroud extending from the receptacle base. The receptacle base includes a receptacle contact opening. The receptacle contact is held by the receptacle base within the receptacle contact opening. The receptacle contact opening has a common size and shape to the header contact opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Kenneth Paul Dowhower, George Harold Douty, Matthew Richard McAlonis
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Patent number: 8123560Abstract: A connector system includes a first connector comprising a housing holding a plurality of contacts, a second connector comprising a housing holding a plurality of contacts, and a metal shield having walls defining a shielded chamber. The first and second connectors are configured to be mounted to a circuit board in a stacked arrangement next to one another. The first and second connectors are configured to be arranged in a shielded configuration in which the first and second connectors are positioned within the shielded chamber and mounted to the circuit board with the metal shield. The first and second connectors are also configured to be arranged in an unshielded configuration in which the first and second connectors are mounted to the circuit board without the metal shield.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2010Date of Patent: February 28, 2012Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Matthew Richard McAlonis, William Wade Haymaker, Dustin Belack, Michael James Horning
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Publication number: 20120021631Abstract: A connector assembly includes a connector having a connector housing including a flange and a mating end. The flange has a flange surface. The mating end has an opening extending therethrough. A flange seal extends along the flange surface. A mating end seal extends around the mating end of the connector housing. The connector housing is configured to couple to a panel so that a flange side of the panel is positioned adjacent the flange surface of the connector housing. The mating end of the connector housing is configured to extend through an opening formed in the panel. The flange seal is configured to be positioned between the flange surface of the connector housing and the flange side of the panel. The mating end seal is configured to be positioned between the panel and the mating end of the connector housing to seal the opening of the panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2010Publication date: January 26, 2012Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: CHONG HUN YI, MATTHEW RICHARD MCALONIS
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Patent number: 8083554Abstract: A connector insert includes a unitary body, cavities extending through the body, and contacts. The body extends between mating and loading sides. The loading side is configured to engage a circuit board. The mating side is configured to mate with a peripheral connector to electrically couple the circuit board with the peripheral connector. The cavities extend through the body from the mating side to the loading side. The contacts are held in the cavities of the housing and protrude from each of the mating and loading sides to engage the circuit board and peripheral connector and to provide an electronic signal path between the circuit board and the peripheral connector. The contacts are loaded into the cavities through the loading side and retained in the body by an interference fit between the contacts and the body. The interference fit prevents the contacts from being removed from the body through the mating side.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Matthew Richard McAlonis, Charles Dudley Copper
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Publication number: 20110294337Abstract: A header connector includes socket contacts having a socket portion extending along a longitudinal axis that defines a reception area configured to receive a mating contact. A housing extends along a central axis between mating and mounting ends and has contact channels open between the mating and mounting ends that receive the socket contacts. The housing has a primary plane and a secondary plane with the contact channels being arranged symmetrically about the primary plane and the secondary plane such that the housing is configured to be mated with a receptacle connector in a first orientation and a second orientation different than the first orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Matthew Richard McAlonis, Craig Allen Clingan, Dustin Belack, Thomas Gregory Gartlan
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Publication number: 20110294325Abstract: A header connector includes a housing extending along a longitudinal axis between mating and mounting ends. The housing has contact channels open between the mating and mounting ends, and the housing has air pockets provided between selected ones of the contact channels to control an impedance of socket contacts received in the contact channels. Socket contacts are loaded into the contact channels, with each socket contact including a contact body extending along a longitudinal axis between mating and mounting ends. The contact body has a box-shaped socket at the mating end that clergies a reception area configured to receive a mating contact. The box-shaped socket is configured to engage four different sides of the mating contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Matthew Richard McAlonis, Graham Harry Smith, JR., Dustin Belack, Hung Thai Nguyen
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Publication number: 20110294348Abstract: A connector system includes a first connector comprising a housing holding a plurality of contacts, a second connector comprising a housing holding a plurality of contacts, and a metal shield having walls defining a shielded chamber. The first and second connectors are configured to be mounted to a circuit board in a stacked arrangement next to one another. The first and second connectors are configured to be arranged in a shielded configuration in which the first and second connectors are positioned within the shielded chamber and mounted to the circuit board with the metal shield. The first and second connectors are also configured to be arranged in an unshielded configuration in which the first and second connectors are mounted to the circuit board without the metal shield.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2010Publication date: December 1, 2011Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: MATTHEW RICHARD MCALONIS, WILLIAM WADE HAYMAKER, DUSTIN BELACK, MICHAEL JAMES HORNING
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Patent number: 8014165Abstract: A connector for mounting to a panel is provided that includes a housing that has a front edge configured to be located proximate an opening in the panel. The connector also includes a tab that extends from the front edge of the housing where the tab is oriented to engage an outer surface of the panel. A spring member also extends from the front edge of the housing and is positioned to engage an inner surface of the panel. The spring member is flexible toward and away from the tab.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2007Date of Patent: September 6, 2011Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Richard Elof Hamner, Matthew Richard McAlonis
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Publication number: 20110092103Abstract: An electrical connector system includes a header connector that includes a header housing and a header contact. The header housing includes a header base and a header shroud extending from the header base. The header base includes a header contact opening. The header contact is held by the header base within the header contact opening. The system also includes a receptacle connector configured to mate with the header connector. The receptacle connector includes a receptacle housing and a receptacle contact that engages the header contact when the header and receptacle connectors are mated together. The receptacle housing includes a receptacle base and a receptacle shroud extending from the receptacle base. The receptacle base includes a receptacle contact opening. The receptacle contact is held by the receptacle base within the receptacle contact opening. The receptacle contact opening has a common size and shape to the header contact opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2009Publication date: April 21, 2011Inventors: Kenneth Paul Dowhower, George Harold Douty, Matthew Richard McAlonis
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Patent number: 7909668Abstract: A contact includes a conductive portion, a wire-receiving portion and a bundle of wound wires. The conductive portion has a compliant portion extending from a first end thereof. The compliant portion is configured to be positioned in an opening of a panel. The wire-receiving portion has a wire-receiving channel provided thereon. The bundle of wound wires is mounted in the wire-receiving channel and has a contact section which is configured to engage a mating connector.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2008Date of Patent: March 22, 2011Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Matthew Richard McAlonis, Thomas Gartlan, David James Fabian
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Patent number: 7867045Abstract: An electrical connector is provided and includes a housing that has a mating face configured to engage a mating connector. The electrical connector also includes a plurality of conductors that extend through the housing and a plurality of socket members that project from the mating face. Each socket member is electrically coupled to one of the conductors and includes a shaft that is configured to be inserted into a cavity of the mating connector. The shaft forms a passage that is configured to receive an associated mating contact held within the cavity for establishing an electrical connection.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2008Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventor: Matthew Richard McAlonis
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Publication number: 20100311278Abstract: A connector insert includes a unitary body, cavities extending through the body, and contacts. The body extends between mating and loading sides. The loading side is configured to engage a circuit board. The mating side is configured to mate with a peripheral connector to electrically couple the circuit board with the peripheral connector. The cavities extend through the body from the mating side to the loading side. The contacts are held in the cavities of the housing and protrude from each of the mating and loading sides to engage the circuit board and peripheral connector and to provide an electronic signal path between the circuit board and the peripheral connector. The contacts are loaded into the cavities through the loading side and retained in the body by an interference fit between the contacts and the body. The interference fit prevents the contacts from being removed from the body through the mating side.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2009Publication date: December 9, 2010Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: MATTHEW RICHARD MCALONIS, CHARLES DUDLEY COPPER