Patents by Inventor Chris Harold McDonald

Chris Harold McDonald 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).

  • Modular high density connector
    Patent number: 6971929
    Abstract: A connector includes sheet metal contacts (40, 42) with termination ends (60, 62) for terminating to wires and with mating ends (70, 72) for mating to other contact devices such as circuit board pads. Each terminating end includes a wide groove part (90) with a groove bottom (94) that receives the wire insulation and with a pair of wide groove part wings (96, 98) that are crimped around the insulation. Each termination end also includes a narrow groove part (100) for receiving a bared conductor of the wire, the narrow groove part having a bottom (104) that is offset from the wide groove part bottom (94), and the narrow groove part having a pair of narrow groove part wings (106, 108) that are crimped around the wire conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Sohrab Safai, Carl Rodney Bunke, Chris Harold McDonald, Rene Augusto Mosquera