Patents by Inventor Raghunandan S. Shanbhag

Raghunandan S. Shanbhag 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).

  • Publication number: 20230223227
    Abstract: A contactor includes a housing and first and second fixed contacts coupling to the housing having mating ends received in the cavity of the housing and terminating ends outside of the housing. A movable contact is movable within the cavity between a mated position and an unmated position that engages the mating end of the second fixed contact in the mated position and is separated from the second fixed contact in the unmated position. A flexible busbar is coupled to the first mating end and coupled to the movable contact. The flexible busbar electrically connects the first fixed contact and the movable contact in both the mated position and the unmated position. A coil assembly in the cavity operates to move the movable contact between the unmated position and the mating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Raghunandan S. Shanbhag, Rakshit R. Baliga, Xiaobao Geng, Amadeu Luiz Fazani Cavallieri
  • Patent number: 10446969
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and a terminal position assurance (TPA) member. The housing defines cavities that extend from a cable end of the housing parallel to a cavity axis and hold corresponding terminals therein. The housing includes first and second walls defining a TPA slot therebetween that is open to the cavities. The TPA member is mounted to the housing within the TPA slot such that a front side of the TPA member engages the first wall and a rear side of the TPA member engages the second wall. The TPA member is movable relative to the housing between an unlocked position and a locked position along an actuation axis perpendicular to the cavity axis. The TPA member in the locked position extends into the cavities, and the front side of the TPA member engages the terminals to retain the terminals within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: TE Connectivity India Private Limited, TE Connectivity Brasil Industria De Electronics
    Inventors: Gajanan Bhat, Fabio Fortunato Christiano, Raghunandan S. Shanbhag, Tejus Kiran Salaka
  • Publication number: 20190173220
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and a terminal position assurance (TPA) member. The housing defines cavities that extend from a cable end of the housing parallel to a cavity axis and hold corresponding terminals therein. The housing includes first and second walls defining a TPA slot therebetween that is open to the cavities. The TPA member is mounted to the housing within the TPA slot such that a front side of the TPA member engages the first wall and a rear side of the TPA member engages the second wall. The TPA member is movable relative to the housing between an unlocked position and a locked position along an actuation axis perpendicular to the cavity axis. The TPA member in the locked position extends into the cavities, and the front side of the TPA member engages the terminals to retain the terminals within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Gajanan Bhat, Fabio Fortunato Christiano, Raghunandan S. Shanbhag, Tejus Kiran Salaka