Patents by Inventor Zachary W. Taylor

Zachary W. Taylor 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: 11069997
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes conductive male and female contacts and insulating inner and outer sleeves, and connects first and second electrical wires end-to-end. The contacts can be attached to corresponding conductors of the first and second wires. The male contact includes an elongated pin; the female contact includes a receptacle. Inserting the pin into the receptacle results in mechanical engagement of, and electrical continuity between, the assembled contacts. The assembled contacts can be positioned within the compressible inner sleeve, which extends beyond the ends of the assembled contacts. The inner sleeve, with the assembled contacts therein, can be positioned within the rigid outer sleeve, which extends at least as far as the inner sleeve. Compression of the inner sleeve by the ends of the outer sleeve frictionally engages the ends of the inner sleeve with the corresponding wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: GLENAIR, INC.
    Inventors: Zachary W. Taylor, Robert T. Johnson, Daniel M. Mitchell
  • Patent number: 9419370
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprises front and rear connector bodies, a wire grommet with wire passages, and a nut. Tightening the nut forces a rearward portion of the grommet into a tapered segment of a passage through the rear connector body and a forward portion of the rear connector body into a front passage of the front connector body, thereby radially compressing the grommet and sealing the wires passing therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: GLENAIR, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron N. Keep, Zachary W. Taylor, Jameson S. Mora
  • Patent number: 9413116
    Abstract: A termination ring for an electrical connector has slots for receiving multiple inner conductive shields of a cable. The shields pass through the slots, are folded back onto a rear portion of the termination ring, and are clamped onto the termination ring. After assembling a backshell onto the connector over the termination ring, a void remains between the interior surface of the backshell and the clamped inner conductive shields, thereby enabling proper mechanical engagement of the connector, termination ring, and backshell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Glenair, Inc.
    Inventors: Pedro L. Villasenor, James G. Plessas, Zachary W. Taylor
  • Patent number: 9368903
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprises front and rear connector bodies, a wire grommet with wire passages, and a nut. Tightening the nut forces a rearward portion of the grommet into a tapered segment of a passage through the rear connector body and a forward portion of the rear connector body into a front passage of the front connector body, thereby radially compressing the grommet and sealing the wires passing therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: GLENAIR, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron N. Keep, Zachary W. Taylor, Jameson S. Mora
  • Patent number: 9356387
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprises front and rear connector bodies, a wire grommet with wire passages, and a nut. Tightening the nut forces a rearward portion of the grommet into a tapered segment of a passage through the rear connector body, thereby radially compressing the grommet and sealing the wires passing therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: GLENAIR, INC.
    Inventors: Zachary W. Taylor, Chris H. McDonald, Aaron N. Keep, Mehrdad Ghara