Patents by Inventor Alain Buhr

Alain Buhr has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5306180
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a plurality of contacts (6) held in respective housings (5) in an insulating body (4), interconnections being provided to electrically interconnect respective lengths (7) of the contacts (6) that are electrically insulated from the respective contact bodies. The interconnections comprise contact rings (8) surrounding the respective contact lengths (7) and made of an elastically-deformable conductive material, each of the rings being helically wound over at least half a winding turn around the corresponding length and being resiliently clamped thereon; two rigid plates (9) at least one of which is made of a conductive material and which are pierced by a multiplicity of holes (10) through which the contacts (6) of the connector can slide freely, the plates being disposed on either side of the contact rings; and clamping means (11, 12) for clamping the two plates together and resiliently compressing the contact rings in the longitudinal direction of the contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1994
    Assignee: Framatome Connectors International
    Inventor: Alain Buhr