Patents Assigned to Northrop Grumman Component Technologies
  • Insulator coring and contact configuration to prevent pin stubbing in the throat of tuning fork socket connector contacts
    Publication number: 20020146941
    Abstract: A socket connector for a pin connector including a module body with a plurality of slots is described. A plurality of wafers are installable in a corresponding plurality of slots in the module body and each wafer has multiple offset tuning forks. The module body has a coring wall with multiple wedge shaped protrusions for each of the offset tuning forks of the wafer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Publication date: October 10, 2002
    Applicant: Northrop Grumman Component Technologies
    Inventor: Robert M. Bradley