Patents by Inventor Charles Forrest Mountford

Charles Forrest Mountford 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).

  • PCMCIA card connector that minimizes bent contact pins
    Patent number: 5860828
    Abstract: A PCMCIA card connector that minimizes bent pins by employing a U-shaped outer guide rail, having a plurality of rigidly fixed pins, having at least one movable release pin, and having at least one alignment recess; a U-shaped inner guide rail, where the inside surface of the inner guide rail is shaped like a sideways flat-bottomed "V," having at least one alignment projection, and having a plurality of apertures; at least one guide spring; and at least one U-shaped release spring so that the PCMCIA card is aligned to the fixed pins of the connector prior to insertion of the pins into the PCMCIA card and the fixed pins are supported during insertion into the PCMCIA card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: United States of America
    Inventors: Christopher Scott Anderson, Gary Sturgill Clevinger, Jr., Donald Lee Knapp, Charles Forrest Mountford