Patents by Inventor Charles M. Dahlem

Charles M. Dahlem 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: 5575673
    Abstract: A panel mount system includes an electrical connector for mounting in an aperture in a panel. The connector has a mounting flange for interfacing with the panel, and a pair of cantilevered latch structures. Each latch structure includes a base arm projecting from the mounting flange and one locking arm deflectably cantilevered at one side of the base arm from an end thereof remote from the mounting flange. The locking arm extends angularly from the end of the base arm and from the one side thereof back towards the mounting flange. The other side of the base arm opposite the locking arm is substantially rigid. The maximum cross-sectional dimensions of one of the latch structures and its adjacent portion of the mounting aperture is different from the maximum cross-sectional dimensions of the other latch structure and its adjacent portion of the mounting aperture to provide polarization for the connector relative to the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Charles M. Dahlem, Paul Murphy, Joseph W. Nelligan, Jr., Paul A. Reisdorf, Stephen A. Sampson