Patents Represented by Attorney Karl D. Kovach, Esq.
  • Patent number: 6012935
    Abstract: A clockspring connector is provided comprising a housing defining a chamber, including a carrier member having a first roller associated with a first turned-back loop of a first flat conductor cable and a second roller associated with a second turned-back loop of a second flat conductor cable wherein said first and second flat conductor cables are alternatingly coiled at an inner diameter of the chamber adjacent the hub or along said outer diameter of the chamber adjacent the housing wall. The clockspring connector includes a complaint roller member providing compression forces against the flat ribbon cable during rotation of the clockspring connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2000
    Assignee: Methode Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick Bolen, Gary Best