Patents by Inventor Christopher S. Gieski

Christopher S. Gieski 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 connector
    Patent number: 9130311
    Abstract: An electrical connector including electrical terminals, and a housing. The housing includes a first housing member and a second housing member. The second housing member includes terminal receiving areas which house the electrical terminals. The second housing member includes projections into the terminal receiving areas to limit forward movement of the electrical terminals in the terminal receiving areas. The first housing member includes a plurality of projections respectively extending into each of the terminal receiving areas to limit rearward movement of the electrical terminals in the terminal receiving areas. The electrical terminals float in the terminal receiving areas between the projections of the first housing member and the projections of the second housing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. Gieski, Hung V. Ngo
  • REPLACEMENT ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS
    Publication number: 20150056833
    Abstract: In accordance with one embodiment, an electrical connector can be mounted to a first printed circuit board to obtain a first current capacity, and the electrical connector can be mounted to a second printed circuit board to obtain a second current capacity that is lower than the first current capacity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Thomas Brungard, Michael Percherke, Christopher J. Kolivoski, Christopher S. Gieski, Nazareth Eppley, Charles Copper, Thierry Goossens
  • Electrical terminal
    Patent number: D665360
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventor: Christopher S. Gieski
  • Electrical terminal
    Patent number: D668621
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology LLC
    Inventor: Christopher S. Gieski
  • Electrical connector housing
    Patent number: D742836
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Christopher S. Gieski, William E. Tanis, Gregory A. Hull