Patents Assigned to FCI Technology, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20060178037
    Abstract: Strain relief devices for electrical connectors are disclosed and include an insert for insertion into a housing. The insert may include spring beams that deflect during insertion into the strain relief housing. When the insert is fully received in the housing, a slot in the housing may be shaped such that the spring beams return to a relaxed state, locking the insert in the housing. Alternatively, an end of a strain relief insert may be inserted into the housing until beams on the strain relief insert abut shoulders in the slot in the housing. The end may protrude beyond the housing, creating a tab that may be deformed or bent to prevent the insert from moving in a direction opposite the direction of insertion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: FCI Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Hung Ngo
  • Publication number: 20040248453
    Abstract: An electrical connector including a housing; electrical contacts connected to the housing; and a connector position assurance (CPA) member movably attached to the housing. The housing includes a deflectable latch for latching with a mating electrical connector. The CPA member includes two deflectable side arms and a center section located between the side arms. The CPA member is movable between a first position and a second position. The first position has the center section spaced from the deflectable latch and outwardly extending portions of the side arms extending through first holes in the housing to an exterior side of the housing. The second position comprises a portion of the center section being located beneath a portion of the latch with the latch to prevent the latch from being deflected inward, and the outwardly extending portions being moved out of the first holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: December 9, 2004
    Applicant: FCI Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Bruce McLauchlan, Gregory David Leece
  • Publication number: 20040157494
    Abstract: An electrical filter connector assembly including a housing, electrical contact terminals, and a capacitive filter circuit. The housing is sized and shaped to be plugged into a socket of a gas generator. The housing includes at least one contact receiving hole. The electrical contact terminals each have a wire connection section and a female connection section. The terminals are located in the at least one contact receiving hole. The capacitive filter circuit is connected on the wire connection section of a first one of the terminals for providing electromagnetic induction suppression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2003
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Applicant: FCI Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: George H. Williamson, Richard A. Schmidt
  • Patent number: 6554643
    Abstract: An electrical connector apparatus and method adapted for locating and mechanically supporting a connector to a substrate, such as a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), in a manner that allows for a nominal insertion force, while at the same time a sufficient retention force to hold the connector on the PCB. The connector has a plurality of mounting projections extending downward from a bottom mounting surface of the connector housing that are adapted for connection to a corresponding plurality of holes formed in the PCB. The projections have one or more ribs extending outward along the longitudinal length of the projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: FCI Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: David E. Whiting