Patents by Inventor Roland Etzkom

Roland Etzkom 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: 6716060
    Abstract: An electrical connector is constructed for ease of fixing a sheet metal solder plate (25) to the bottom surface portion (70) of the connector insulator frame (12), so the solder plate can be soldered to one or more traces on a circuit board to hold down the frame. The frame has downwardly extending pegs (33-35) and the solder plate has corresponding peg-receiving holes (28-30). The mount plate forms at least one tongue (48, 49) at each of its holes, each tongue projecting against one of the pegs to form an interference fit against the peg that prevents removable of the solder plate from the insulator pegs. Each peg has a vertical slot (38, 39) that receives a nose (50, 51) at the end of the tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Gollhofer, Roland Etzkom, Wolfgang Zeeb, Wolfgang Hutt, Michael Stache
  • Publication number: 20030040218
    Abstract: An electrical connector is constructed for ease of fixing a sheet metal solder plate (25) to the bottom surface portion (70) of the connector insulator frame (12), so the solder plate can be soldered to one or more traces on a circuit board to hold down the frame. The frame has downwardly extending pegs (33-35) and the solder plate has corresponding peg-receiving holes (28-30). The mount plate forms at least one tongue (50, 51) at each of its holes, each tongue projecting against one of the pegs to form an interference fit against the peg that prevents removable of the solder plate from the insulator pegs. Each peg has a vertical slot (38, 39) that receives a nose (50, 51) at the end of the tongue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Martin Gollhofer, Roland Etzkom, Wolfgang Zeeb, Wolfgang Hutt, Michael Stache