Patents by Inventor Ashika Pandankeril Shaji

Ashika Pandankeril Shaji 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).

  • Electrical connector having ground structure
    Patent number: 11626695
    Abstract: A contact assembly includes signal contact modules and ground contact modules arranged in a contact module stack. Each ground contact module includes a ground leadframe having a ground plate and a dielectric body holding the ground plate. The ground plate includes skewer pockets and spring fingers extending into the corresponding skewer pocket. The contact assembly includes ground skewers extending across the contact module stack. The ground skewers are received in corresponding skewer pockets. The spring fingers engage the ground skewers to electrically connect the ground plate to the ground skewers. Each ground plate is coupled to each of the ground skewers. The ground skewers electrically common each of the ground plates together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: John Eugene Westman, Michael Eugene Shirk, Ashika Pandankeril Shaji
  • ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING GROUND STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20230028835
    Abstract: A contact assembly includes signal contact modules and ground contact modules arranged in a contact module stack. Each ground contact module includes a ground leadframe having a ground plate and a dielectric body holding the ground plate. The ground plate includes skewer pockets and spring fingers extending into the corresponding skewer pocket. The contact assembly includes ground skewers extending across the contact module stack. The ground skewers are received in corresponding skewer pockets. The spring fingers engage the ground skewers to electrically connect the ground plate to the ground skewers. Each ground plate is coupled to each of the ground skewers. The ground skewers electrically common each of the ground plates together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: John Eugene Westman, Michael Eugene Shirk, Ashika Pandankeril Shaji