Patents Represented by Attorney Stephen Z. Weiss

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  • Grounding electrical connector
    Patent number: 5102350
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for mounting to a substrate such as a printed circuit board or the like. The connector includes an insulative housing having a top, opposite sides and a base portion which is mountable to the printed circuit board. A conductive shield is positionable about at least a portion of the housing. A unitary conductive ground strap is mounted on the housing in engagement with the shield and includes a pair of legs depending along the opposite sides of the housing. The legs have tail portions at the distal ends thereof projecting beyond the base portion of the housing for insertion into holes in the printed circuit board to ground the shield to appropriate ground traces on the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Kenneth F. Janota, Michael J. Miskin
  • Electrical connectors
    Patent number: 5102353
    Abstract: An electrical connector is disclosed which includes a dielectric housing with passages for receiving a plurality of signal terminals. A common ground member is disposed in the dielectric housing with portions thereof disposed between the individual signal terminals. The ground member has a passage for receiving a ground terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: David L. Brunker, John E. Lopata
  • Filter connector
    Patent number: 5102354
    Abstract: A filter connector is provided with a housing and at least one electrically conductive terminal on the housing. A ground plate is provided on the housing in spaced relationship to the terminal. A capacitor is electrically connected to the ground plate. An electrically conductive spring is coupled between the terminal and the capacitor. The spring is mounted for free movement relative to the housing to isolate the capacitor from terminal vibrations or shocks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Burke J. Crane, Jeffrey J. Pawlicki, Timothy R. Ponn
  • Electrical connector for S terminal for use with video equipment
    Patent number: 5102344
    Abstract: An electrical connector for connecting a cable having a pair of coaxial lines each including a core wire and an outer sheath wire to electrical equipment. The connector includes a dielectric holder housing therein a pair of core wire terminals and a pair of sheath wire terminals. A conductive pipe surrounds the holder and an electrical connection is established between the conductive pipe and the sheath wire terminals via a resilient member extending from the sheath wire terminals.Core wires of the coaxial lines are connected mechanically and electrically to the core wire terminals and the sheath wires of the coaxial lines are connected mechanically and electrically to the conductive pipe which provides an electrical connection path to the sheath wire terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Shinichi Tadokoro, Hiroyuki Hagita
  • Electrical connector
    Patent number: 5100341
    Abstract: An electrical connector for terminating the conductors of an electrical cable and including a terminal receiving body having a front mating end and a rear conductor receiving end. A flexible strain relief boot is disposed about at least a portion of the cable at the rear conductor receiving end of the terminal receiving body. The strain relief boot includes a plurality of discrete recesses which progressively increase in size in a rearward direction to increase the flexibility of the strain relief boot progressively toward the rear thereof. The discrete recesses also are more closely spaced in a progressive manner rearwardly of the boot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Anthony Czyz, Robert A. Miller
  • Shrouded electrical connector
    Patent number: 5098320
    Abstract: A male terminal is provided with a male contact portion and a shroud portion disposed about the male contact portion. The male contact portion is integral with and folded into the interior of the shroud portion whereby the shroud portion protects the male contact portion. An electrical connector assembly includes a female connector having a housing which includes channels for receiving the shroud portion of the male terminal, and a female terminal in the housing mates with the male contact portion of the male terminal when the shroud is received in the channels of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen A. Colleran, Lawrence E. Geib, Fred L. Krehbiel
  • Electrical connector employing terminal pins
    Patent number: 5094634
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having at least one through hole. A terminal pin is inserted into the through hole and includes an enlarged retention portion and an enlarged stabilizing portion spaced longitudinally of the pin from the enlarged retention portion. Both the retention portion and the stabilizing portion are located in the through hole and at least the enlarged retention portion is sized to establish an interference fit with the housing within the hole. The enlarged retention portion is located adjacent a mid-point of the through hole, and the enlarged stabilizing portion is located adjacent one end of the through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel A. Dixon, Hsin Lee, John E. Lopata
  • Metal latch for SIMM socket
    Patent number: 5094624
    Abstract: A SIMM socket with a metal latch for retaining a SIMM therein is provided. The socket includes a housing having a SIMM receiving slot and a plurality of terminals with contact beams extending into the slot. The SIMM is inserted into the slot in a first angular alignment with minimal insertion forces, and is rotated into a second alignment for achieving high quality electrical connection with the contact beams of the respective terminals. A metal latch is provided for releasably retaining the SIMM in the preferred angular alignment within the socket. The latch is stamped and formed from a unitary piece of metallic material and includes a housing engaging portion and a deflectable SIMM engaging portion. The housing includes walls for controlling the types and ranges of deflection that are permitted for the SIMM engaging portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Patrick D. Bakke, Anthony M. DiViesti, Kent E. Regnier, Masanori Yagi, Shoji Yamada, Alan Walse
  • Shielded electrical connector
    Patent number: 5092794
    Abstract: A shielded electrical connector includes an insulating housing having a front mating end and a rear conductor receiving end, with conductor receiving passages extending between the ends. A metal shell is disposed about the insulating housing between its ends. A metal shield is adapted to engage the shell and enclose at least the rear conductor receiving end of the housing. The shield may be made up of two halves which are interconnected by snap latch detents when moved together in a direction generally transverse of the connector. The shield is interconnected to the shell by snap latch devices when the shield and the shell are moved together in a direction generally axially of the connector. The snap latch devices are configured to prevent disconnection of the shield and the shell once the shield and shell are interconnected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Jerry D. Kachlic
  • Connector for electric cables and a tool for assembling the connector
    Patent number: 5092792
    Abstract: The invention concerns a connector for a multiwire electric cables and comprises two elongate covers inside of each there is located a cable wire conduit on which incoming and outgoing wires, respectively, are secured. A coupling plate is disposed between the two wire conduits for interconnecting the incoming and outgoing wires. The interconnection is made by utilizing insulation displacement contacts having slots extending inward from both ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Uno Nilsson
  • Board-to-board connecton type electric connector
    Patent number: 5088929
    Abstract: Disclosed is an improvement of board-to-board connection type electric connector which comprises: a terminal housing having terminals laterally arranged and fixed at regular intervals with two contact legs of each terminal exposed from the housing; a connector casing to accommodate the terminal housing loosely; means to hold the underlying printed board in contact with the lower contact legs of the terminals; and means to retain resiliently the overlying printed board in the contact position with upper contact legs of the terminals. Thus, a required electrical connection can be made without soldering numerous small terminals of the connector to printed circuits. Therefore, arrangement of numerous small terminals at narrow intervals will cause no difficulty in making a required electrical connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 18, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Masahiro Enomoto
  • Shielded electrical connector
    Patent number: 5085596
    Abstract: A shielded electrical connector is formed by the mating of upper and lower housing covers and is used with twisted pair cables, each of which includes a pair of signal wires and a drain wire enclosed within an outer insulation. Each pair of terminated signal wires is disposed in a contact module which is positioned in one of a plurality of shielded compartments formed between adjacent separating walls extending from the outer housing covers when the covers are mated with each other. Each of the separating walls has a positioning slot into which a positioning rib on the contact modules may be disposed in order to properly position and retain the contact module in one of the shielded compartments. A ferrule assembly is crimped about the end of the insulation of each of the cables and is coupled to the drain wire of the twisted pair cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: David C. Bowen, Philip J. Dambach, Joseph W. Nelligan, Jr., Irvin R. Triner
  • Method for facilitating removal of insulation from wires
    Patent number: 5085114
    Abstract: An apparatus for placing slits in wire insulation including a pair of opposed cutting blade assemblies moveable toward the wire to penetrate the wire insulation down to the conductor. The cutting blade assemblies are configured to create one or more sections of the insulation which will completely separate from the wire conductor, or which will be held together remaining in contact with the wire conductor with a small unslit insulation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert W. DeRoss, Ronald Dudek, Dennis Stanhibel
  • Electrical conductor trap terminal and connector
    Patent number: 5083947
    Abstract: An electrical wire trap-type terminal includes a pair of terminal arms projecting from a base. The terminal arms are spring loaded whereby, when the terminal arms are moved to a conductor receiving position, the terminal arms will return automatically to a conductor trapping position. The terminal arms define a jaw configured such that relative movement of the terminal arms to the conductor receiving position opens the jaw to receive the conductor, the jaw trapping the conductor when the terminal arms are released and in their conductor trapping position. A housing is provided in conjunction with the terminal and through which the conductor is inserted into the jaw. The housing is effective to open the jaw to the conductor receiving position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incoporated
    Inventors: Bertho Dominique, Matthew Wilhite
  • Wire-trap electrical connector
    Patent number: 5083937
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided of the wire-trap type. The connector includes a housing defining an interior cavity with a passage through the cavity for receiving an in-line conductor. A pair of openings are provided in the housing for receiving the stripped ends of a pair of electrical wires. A generally U-shaped terminal is disposed in the cavity of the housing and includes a pair of leg portions joined by a bight portion. The leg portions have wire-trapping distal ends in registry with the openings for deflectingly engaging and trapping the stripped ends of the electrical wires inserted into the openings. The bight portion has a terminating section in registry with the passage for termination to the in-line conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Steven B. Bogiel, Mark M. Data, Robert DeRoss, David M. Skowronski, Michael J. O'Connell
  • Electrical connector with fully shrouded lock
    Patent number: 5083933
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided with unitarily molded housing and a wire seal cover mounted to the rear end of the housing. A latch extends from a wall of the housing and includes a forwardly projecting locking beam and a rearwardly projecting actuator. The housing further includes a shroud unitarily molded therewith to cover both sides and the top of the locking beam of the latch. The wire seal cover further includes a shroud for protecting the actuator of the latch. However, at least a portion of the shroud on the wire seal cover is open to enable actuation of the latch for unmating the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen A. Colleran, Fred L. Krehbiel, Bill B. Wilson
  • System for curing epoxy in a fiber optic connector
    Patent number: 5080582
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for curing epoxy in a fiber optic connector. An oven has a receptacle for receiving the connector with an exposed length of an optical fiber projecting therefrom. A heat conductive sheath is positionable on the connector about the optical fiber for distributing heat from the oven and for protecting the fiber when the connector is inserted into the receptacle. Sensing elements are located in the path of insertion movement of the fiber optic connector and conductive sheath to be actuated thereby in response to the connector being inserted into the receptacle. A micro-controller is coupled between the sensing elements and audible/visual signals. The micro-controller includes a timer to actuate the audible/visual signals after a predetermined period of time within which the heater is energized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Jose B. Salzberg
  • Piercing insulation displacement board terminal
    Patent number: 5078617
    Abstract: An insulation displacement terminal is provided for strain relief termination with a ribbon cable. The terminal includes a forward mating end and a rearward terminating end. The terminating end includes I.D. termination walls having a pair of spaced-apart insulation piercing points and an ID slot therebetween. Support walls are disposed to prevent deformation of the I.D. termination wall. Pairs of insulation piercing strain relief walls are disposed along opposite sides of the terminal. The insulation piercing strain relief walls are dimensioned and configured for crimping engagement with the insulation surrounding a conductor in the ribbon cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Mark Gutierrez, Timothy R. Ponn
  • Electrical contact socket
    Patent number: 5078618
    Abstract: An electrical contact socket is provided with an open end for receiving a pin to form an electrical connection therewith. The socket has walls provided with at least a pair of inwardly projecting resilient tongues extending axially of the socket and having free ends directed away from the open pin-receiving end of the socket. The free ends of the tongues are formed with V-shaped cut-outs for engaging the pin. The included angle of one of the V-shaped cut-outs is different from the included angle of the other V-shaped cut-out to cause binding between the contact socket and the pin in response to relative rotation therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventor: Kirk B. Peloza
  • Method for forming electrical terminal
    Patent number: 5077893
    Abstract: An electrical terminal having a portion of a contact section overhanging the plane of the stock is made by a method that does not weaken the terminal by the use of a slot or similar structure. A blank is stamped from sheet metal stock. Portions of the blank including the portion to overhang are formed up from the plane of the stock. At least part of the terminal base is formed up from the plane of the stock. The formed base portion is returned to the plane of the stock to rotate the contact section and move the overhanging portion to its final position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Rene A. Mosquera, Jimmy W. Powell, Sr.