Patents Represented by Attorney Russell J. Egan

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  • Electrical connector cover kit
    Patent number: 4380361
    Abstract: A cover kit is disclosed for use in enclosing an open portion of a housing for a known electrical connector. The cover kit includes a first cover member one end of which engages one side of an elongated connector housing with the other end extending across the rear edge of the housing and a second mating cover member selected from a group of cover members each having distinguishing features. The second cover members each have a first end which engages the opposite side of the connector housing and a second end which engages the other end of the first cover member to securely enclose the connector housing. The second cover members provide keying, polarization, profile alteration, and latching for the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1983
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: John C. Asick, Donald A. Berry, John E. Lucius
  • Method and apparatus for measuring normal contact forces in electrical connector
    Patent number: 4380171
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the contact force of a terminal mounted in a multi-terminal circuit board connector, the measured force being applied normal to the surface of a circuit board received in the connector, has a transducer employing four strain gauges connected in a bridge arrangement with pairs of the gauges being positioned at opposite ends of a fully supported beam. The strain at the end points of the beam are averaged by the strain gauges so that no matter where the forces are applied normal to the beam by the terminal being measured, the deflection is always negligible and the area of the beam upon which the contact force is applied is not critical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1983
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventor: Terry J. Smith
  • Terminal insertion tool
    Patent number: 4380118
    Abstract: A hand tool is disclosed for separately inserting individual replacement terminals into a board mounted connector, the terminals having an active portion for electrically and mechanically engaging the board. The tool has an insertion head with a trident profile formed by two slots between three tines. One tine engages the connector housing and serves as a guide, another tine engages a shoulder of the terminal to apply insertion force, and the last tine engages the free end of the terminal to hold it in a preloaded condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1983
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Donald E. Driver, John W. Kaufman
  • Cartridge, holder and connector system
    Patent number: 4380360
    Abstract: A cartridge, cartridge holder and connector system are disclosed formed primarily of two components, namely, an electronic component carrying cartridge and an assembly for receiving the cartridge and interconnecting it as an addition to existing equipment. The holder assembly includes a housing of rigid insulative material defining a cartridge receiving cavity and including means for interconnecting the cartridge to a circuit board or the like. The holder also includes a profiled and polarized entry leading to the cassette cartridge cavity. The cartridge is formed by a pair of mating housing members which enclose a circuit board having a plurality of components mounted thereon. An edge portion of the circuit board is accessible from one end of the cartridge so that when the cartridge is inserted into the cavity of the holder there is an electrical interconnection effected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1983
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Kenneth R. Parmer, William J. Stape
  • Cartridge holder and connector system
    Patent number: 4379606
    Abstract: A cartridge holder and interconnect system is disclosed formed primarily of two components, namely, a cartridge and an assembly for receiving and holding the cartridge. The holder assembly includes a housing of rigid insulative material and a connector member adapted to engage a circuit board or the like and to engage the cartridge. The holder assembly also has a replaceable face plate profiled for polarizing and keying reception of an appropriate cartridge in the housing. The face plate is detachably secured to the housing so that by simply replacing the face plate the housing can be adapted to receive different cartridges. The housing is also adapted to be situated spaced above a circuit board so as to accommodate components thereunder thereby preserving the available surface of circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1983
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard P. Clark, Robert H. Frantz, Gary W. Hawk, John A. Root
  • Mounting means for magnetic read head
    Patent number: 4375071
    Abstract: An improved means for mounting a magnetic read head in a card reader is disclosed. The subject mounting means is simpler in construction and requires both fewer parts and smaller space in which to operate than previous mounting means. The subject mounting means allows the magnetic read head to move to conform to the plane of a magnetic stripe on a card as the card is passed beneath the read head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1983
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Crowley Daniel J., Jon D. Stine
  • Tilt latch zero insertion force connector assembly
    Patent number: 4372634
    Abstract: A connector assembly is disclosed having both the capability of being mass terminated and for effecting zero insertion force mating with conductive holes of a printed circuit board or the like. The subject connector system includes a pair of identical housing members, each of which receives a plurality of terminals therein, and a pair of hermaphroditic cover members. Each housing member is an elongated member of insulative material having a mating face and a plurality of terminal receiving passages opening onto the mating face. The terminals each have a first end lying within the housing and capable of effecting mass termination of individual conductors by insulation displacing means and a second end extending from the mating face of the housing in resilient cantilever beam fashion. Each of the hermaphroditic/cover members encloses a respective one of the housing members to form a complete subassembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Leon T. Ritchie, Clair W. Snyder, Jr., Thurston H. Toeppen, John A. Woratyla
  • High voltage flame retardant EPOM insulating compositions
    Patent number: 4373048
    Abstract: An ethylene propylene diene terpolymer composition is suitable for use as an insulator in high voltage electrical connector applications, said insulator being characterized by excellent flame retardancy and resistance, low cost, excellent tensile strength, elongation and Shore "A" Hardness with good flow during molding, the insulator comprising a cured and molded product formed from a composition comprising ethylene propylene diene terpolymer, fillers, a synergistic mixture of flame retardant agents comprising at least a brominated organic flame retardant, a hydrated alumina, antimony oxide, and a flow improver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul C. Schubert, Anil C. Thakrar
  • Connector latching mechanism
    Patent number: 4367003
    Abstract: A latching mechanism is disclosed for use with almost any known electrical connector. The subject latching mechanism is operable by one hand from one end of the connector. Thus, the subject latching mechanism is suitable for use in high density arrays of connectors where there is access to only one end portion of the connector and yet latching on both ends is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1983
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventor: Robert H. Frantz
  • Strain relief cover
    Patent number: 4367005
    Abstract: A strain relief cover is disclosed formed of a pair of mating hermaphroditic members of molded plastics material. Each cover member has a plurality of discrete digits which extend forwardly from a mating end to interengage with appropriate terminal recesses in an associated connector housing to secure one end of each cover member thereto. Each cover member also includes a profiled cable gripping portion having interdigitated integral teeth which form a tortuous path for a cable and/or conductors to securely grip them therebetween. The cover members further include latching arms and shoulders towards an opposite rear end which interengage to secure the cover members together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1983
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: George H. Douty, Clair W. Snyder, Jr.
  • Modular connector for flat flexible cable
    Patent number: 4359257
    Abstract: An improved electrical connector is disclosed for terminating multi-conductor flat flexible cable. The connector includes a housing which is pre-loaded with a plurality of terminals, each having an insulation displacing portion extending from a mating face, and a cover which is adapted to be held on the housing in a spaced position, in an unterminated condition, and which fully seats against the housing upon termination. The cover further includes both cable stop means and conductor positioning means. The connector further can include a snap-in handle member which makes it easier to remove the assembled connector from an associated header.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1982
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Edward J. Lopinski, Kenneth R. Parmer
  • Board mount zero insertion force connector
    Patent number: 4350402
    Abstract: A board mounted zero insertion force connector is disclosed. The connector has an actuator plate carrying a cam, a cam follower adjacent the actuator plate and responsive to movement of the cam, a terminal housing moved by the cam follower and carrying a plurality of terminals, and an outer housing against which contact arms of the terminals act and which holds the actuator plate in a fixed position against movement of the cam. The connector operates to spread the contact arms of the terminals carried thereby to allow mating with a plurality of fixed pins. The connector cam can either be directly actuated or remotely actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1982
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: George H. Douty, John M. Landis, Leon T. Ritchie
  • Integrated circuit package connector
    Patent number: 4349238
    Abstract: A connector is disclosed for mounting integrated circuit packages onto a printed circuit board or the like. The connector has a housing which is mounted on the printed circuit board and secured thereto by the terminals it carries in at least one row of aligned and spaced apart terminals. A terminal actuating insert is mounted in the housing for each row of terminals and positioned to act directly upon the terminals of that row. The connector also includes an actuating retainer or cover member which is applied after the integrated circuit package is placed into the housing. The actuating retainer or cover member acts on the inserts to cause the terminals to be closed about the leads of the integrated circuit package and also rests against the integrated circuit package to secure it in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1982
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert L. Showman, Patrick F. Yeager
  • Connector for mass terminating individual conductors
    Patent number: 4344665
    Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed having the capability of mass terminating a plurality of individual conductors. The connector includes a housing having a plurality of terminals positioned therein in at least one row. Each terminal has a mating end directed toward a mating front face of the housing and an insulation displacing, conductor engaging portion which lies in an exposed rear portion of the housing. A cover member associated with the housing overlies the conductor engaging portion of the terminals and receives and drives the conductor into a respective terminal and to effect engagement of the terminal and the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1982
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: John J. Racilla, Robert N. Weber
  • Pre-assembly and terminating apparatus
    Patent number: 4344225
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for pre-assembling a connector housing, which is pre-loaded with a plurality of terminals, with a respective connector cover and subsequently applying the pre-assembled connector to terminate a multi-conductor flat cable. The pre-loaded connector housings and the covers are separately fed to the apparatus by magazines. Each cover is positioned with respect to a housing and applied thereto with the assembly thereafter being rotated and moved to a termination station where a multi-conductor flat cable is terminated by the connector. The feed arrangement assures that only a single cover and connector will be fed from the respective magazines for each pre-assembly operation thereby obviating the possibility of jamming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1982
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Keith Johnson, Jr., Robert A. Long
  • Connector assembly for mass termination
    Patent number: 4343085
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for effecting mass insulation displacing termination of a plurality of conductors by a like plurality of terminals which have been pre-loaded into a housing. The housing has a plurality of terminal passageways therein opening onto a mating face and each passageway receives a terminal with a matable portion directed toward the mating face and an insulation displacing conductor engaging portion which lies in a rear portion of the passage having an opening to the side of the housing. The housing further includes a pair of hermaphroditic cover members which enclose the rear portion of the housing and also provide a strain relief function for the conductors when assembled on the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1982
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: John E. Lucius, Leon T. Ritchie
  • Modular interconnect system
    Patent number: 4343528
    Abstract: An interconnect system is disclosed which enables the interconnection of a plurality of modules, each terminating a different cable, in a single connector. Each module can be used to terminate an individual cable and an assembly of modules are secured together in a single interconnect housing. Thus it is possible, with this connector, to intermix cables of different types such as ribbon cable, jacketed cable, etc., as well as cables of different numbers of conductors and cables having different wire sizes and wire types, for example stranded or solid conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1982
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: John E. Lucius, Leon T. Ritchie
  • Double entry crimp terminal
    Patent number: 4342495
    Abstract: An improved double entry crimp terminal is disclosed. The subject terminal has a receptacle portion on each end thereof and a crimp barrel intermediate the ends so that the terminal can be crimp connected to a conductor and one receptacle used as the main mating portion with the oppositely directed receptacle providing the ability to probe the terminal when in a mounted and mated condition within an electrical connector system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1982
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Benny M. Bennett, Timothy L. Kocher, David M. Little
  • Strain relief
    Patent number: 4341431
    Abstract: An improved strain relief device is disclosed for use in cooperation with a known electrical connector of the type having at least two parallel spaced rows of terminals separated by a slot. The subject strain relief device is snapped into the slot in the connector and has the conductors of the respective rows secured to the opposite sides thereof by means of a known bundle tie passing around the conductors and through a slot in the strain relief device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1982
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventor: John A. Woratyla
  • Switched adapter for electrical connector
    Patent number: D268262
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1983
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventor: Robert H. Frantz