Patents by Inventor Robert N. Mulfinger

Robert N. Mulfinger 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).

  • Patent number: 7878830
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing, a receptacle and a receptacle contact. The housing has an interior chamber between a cable end and an interface of the housing. The interface is configured to receive a mating end of a mating electrical connector. The receptacle contact is disposed within a slot of the receptacle and is configured to engage a corresponding contact in the mating electrical connector. The receptacle contact is pivotally mounted in the receptacle and configured to pivot about a pitch axis and along the slot of the receptacle to align with the corresponding contact in the mating electrical connector. Optionally, the receptacle is mounted so as to pivot in the interior chamber and is configured to pivot about a yaw axis within the interior chamber over a predetermined limited range of travel to align the receptacle contact with the corresponding contact in the mating electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Scott Stephen Duesterhoeft, Robert N. Mulfinger, Keith McQuilkin Murr
  • Patent number: 7789701
    Abstract: A connector assembly adapted for mounting to a panel having a cutout includes a connector having a body including sides defining a perimeter configured to fit within the cutout. The connector includes a flange extending outward from one of the sides of the body, and the flange is configured to engage a front surface of the panel to define a stop against the panel when the connector is in a mated position. The connector is configured to be one of either front loaded through the cutout from a front of the panel to the mated position or rear loaded through the cutout from a rear of the panel to the mated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Keith McQuilkin Murr, Scott S. Duesterhoeft, Robert N. Mulfinger, Lee Jacobo Jose Roitberg
  • Publication number: 20100022112
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a housing, a receptacle and a receptacle contact. The housing has an interior chamber between a cable end and an interface of the housing. The interface is configured to receive a mating end of a mating electrical connector. The receptacle contact is disposed within a slot of the receptacle and is configured to engage a corresponding contact in the mating electrical connector. The receptacle contact is pivotally mounted in the receptacle and configured to pivot about a pitch axis and along the slot of the receptacle to align with the corresponding contact in the mating electrical connector. Optionally, the receptacle is mounted so as to pivot in the interior chamber and is configured to pivot about a yaw axis within the interior chamber over a predetermined limited range of travel to align the receptacle contact with the corresponding contact in the mating electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: SCOTT STEPHEN DUESTERHOEFT, ROBERT N. MULFINGER, KEITH MCQUILKIN MURR
  • Publication number: 20090298332
    Abstract: A connector assembly adapted for mounting to a panel having a cutout includes a connector having a body including sides defining a perimeter configured to fit within the cutout. The connector includes a flange extending outward from one of the sides of the body, and the flange is configured to engage a front surface of the panel to define a stop against the panel when the connector is in a mated position. The connector is configured to be one of either front loaded through the cutout from a front of the panel to the mated position or rear loaded through the cutout from a rear of the panel to the mated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventors: Keith McQuilkin Murr, Scott S. Duesterhoeft, Robert N. Mulfinger, Lee Jacobo Jose Roitberg