Patents by Inventor Thomas Edward Musser

Thomas Edward Musser 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: 5743756
    Abstract: A mated assembly (100) includes a sealed connector subassembly (10), a cap housing (20), a contact retention insert (30), a wire seal (40), a seal cover (50), a jack screw (60), and a header housing (70). Jack screw (60) is used to matably join the subassembly (10) with the header (70). Subassembly (10) comprises a cap housing (20) which includes a cavity (23) wherein the contact retention insert (30) is disposed along with a blanket type seal (40) for receiving electrical contacts that will electrically mate with respective pins of contact array (72). The contact retention insert (30) is advantageously connected to the cap housing (20) by way of insert retaining clip (32), and the bolt (60) is free to rotate but is axially trapped within cap housing (20) between washer (61) and bolt retaining clip (63).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Eric Hasz, Gary Ray Marpoe, Jr., Thomas Edward Musser