Patents by Inventor Otoniel Hinojosa

Otoniel Hinojosa 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 with combined terminal retainer and circuit component
    Patent number: 6109973
    Abstract: An electrical connector has a plurality of internal chambers containing wiring harness terminals for making connection with terminals of a mating wiring harness connector, and a locking wedge receptacle adjacent the terminal chambers having a plurality of electrical component terminals in communication therewith. Latch members separate the terminal chambers from the locking wedge receptacle and have nubs formed thereon which engage the terminals to retain them in their respective chambers. An electrical circuit component such as a fuse, resistor, capacitor or diode is sized to fit snugly within the locking wedge receptacle and has contacts which make electrical connection with the electrical component terminals when inserted therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventors: William Gronowicz, Jr., Otoniel Hinojosa, Joseph Stanley Warner