Patents by Inventor Alexander Michael Sharf

Alexander Michael Sharf 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).

  • Connector module with cable exit region gasket
    Patent number: 9543710
    Abstract: A connector module includes a housing and a gasket. The housing is defined by a first shell and a second shell that mate at a seam. The housing includes a cable exit region extending along a cable axis. A passage through the cable exit region has an elliptical cross-section along a plane perpendicular to the cable axis. The gasket is within the passage of the cable exit region. An outer perimeter of the gasket in an uncompressed state has a non-elliptical cross section along a plane perpendicular to the cable axis. The gasket has an outer side engaging the inner surface of the cable exit region and an inner side configured to engage at least one cable received within the cable exit region. As the shells are mated, the gasket is sandwiched in a compressed state between the at least one cable and the cable exit region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Steven David Dunwoody, Richard James Long, Alexander Michael Sharf
  • CONNECTOR MODULE WITH CABLE EXIT REGION GASKET
    Publication number: 20160056585
    Abstract: A connector module includes a housing and a gasket. The housing is defined by a first shell and a second shell that mate at a seam. The housing includes a cable exit region extending along a cable axis. A passage through the cable exit region has an elliptical cross-section along a plane perpendicular to the cable axis. The gasket is within the passage of the cable exit region. An outer perimeter of the gasket in an uncompressed state has a non-elliptical cross section along a plane perpendicular to the cable axis. The gasket has an outer side engaging the inner surface of the cable exit region and an inner side configured to engage at least one cable received within the cable exit region. As the shells are mated, the gasket is sandwiched in a compressed state between the at least one cable and the cable exit region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Steven David Dunwoody, Richard James Long, Alexander Michael Sharf