Patents by Inventor Bruce N. Sech

Bruce N. Sech 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: 5147230
    Abstract: An electrical female terminal of two piece construction comprising a base terminal and a spring member. The base terminal is stamped and formed from a blank strip of relatively soft copper alloy and includes a round, smooth, protrusion-free contact end in the form of a rolled socket that is attached to conventional crimp wings by an intermediate cylindrical neck of a rolled cylindrical form. The rolled socket has an annular lip at its front end defining an entrance for plugging a terminal pin into the socket and a pair of contacts near the front end that are formed from the material of the socket. The spring member is stamped and bent from a sheet of spring material into a generally T-shaped configuration comprising a spring finger that is attached to the middle of a c-shaped support at one end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Robert G. Plyler, Bruce J. Serbin, Bruce N. Sech