Patents by Inventor BRIAN SKOLNIK

BRIAN SKOLNIK 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 distribution center assembly having a terminal stabilizer plate
    Patent number: 8926344
    Abstract: An electrical distribution center assembly having a connector including a plurality of terminals and a terminal stabilizer plate engaging the tips of the terminals to hold the terminals in position and resist bending prior to inserting a mating connector into the electrical distribution center assembly. The terminal stabilizer plate is held in a ready position by a releasable latch means until an axial force applied to the releasable latch means by the mating connector body exceeds a force threshold, whereby the terminal stabilizer plate is released from the ready position and is moved to a seated position. The releasable latch means may include a flexible beam or other resilient member to hold the terminal stabilizer plate in the ready position until it is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Joseph Jozwiak, Grant Michael Wheeler, Jesus R. Morales, Brian Skolnik
  • ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION CENTER ASSEMBLY HAVING A TERMINAL STABILIZER PLATE
    Publication number: 20140199891
    Abstract: An electrical distribution center assembly having a connector including a plurality of terminals and a terminal stabilizer plate engaging the tips of the terminals to hold the terminals in position and resist bending prior to inserting a mating connector into the electrical distribution center assembly. The terminal stabilizer plate is held in a ready position by a releasable latch means until an axial force applied to the releasable latch means by the mating connector body exceeds a force threshold, whereby the terminal stabilizer plate is released from the ready position and is moved to a seated position. The releasable latch means may include a flexible beam or other resilient member to hold the terminal stabilizer plate in the ready position until it is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: ANDREW JOSEPH JOZWIAK, GRANT MICHAEL WHEELER, JESUS R. MORALES, BRIAN SKOLNIK