Patents by Inventor Claude Casses

Claude Casses 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: 10109960
    Abstract: An attachment device for cables is described herein. This attachment device includes a central body formed of a plastic material and defining a cavity configured to receive a temperature probe and a plurality of straps extending from the central body, each strap of the a plurality of straps configured to secure a cable to the central body, wherein the central body defines a wall having a first side configured to be in contact with the temperature probe and a second side in contact with a cable. This attachment device may notably be used in an electrical connection assembly having a connector, a temperature sensor disposed within the device, and at least two cables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Delphi International Operations Luxembourg SARL
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Gaelle Le Saux
  • Publication number: 20170346241
    Abstract: An attachment device for cables is described herein. This attachment device includes a central body formed of a plastic material and defining a cavity configured to receive a temperature probe and a plurality of straps extending from the central body, each strap of the a plurality of straps configured to secure a cable to the central body, wherein the central body defines a wall having a first side configured to be in contact with the temperature probe and a second side in contact with a cable. This attachment device may notably be used in an electrical connection assembly having a connector, a temperature sensor disposed within the device, and at least two cables.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Gaelle Le Saux
  • Patent number: 9728891
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cable clamping device, for example for an electrical connector, comprising at least one bushing and a clamping ring. The bushing and the clamping ring both comprise an opening for the passage of a cable. A bushing has a number of bushing portions which, joined together, form a sleeve about the cable. Two flanges bear the bushing portions and are articulated to a casing so as to pivot between an unclamped position of each bushing, in which the cable can be moved, and a clamped position, in which each bushing is kept clamped to the cable by the clamping ring. Locking means keep the clamping ring in the position in which the cable is clamped by the bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Delphi International Operations Luxembourg, Sarl
    Inventor: Claude Casses
  • Publication number: 20160308302
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cable clamping device, for example for an electrical connector, comprising at least one bushing and a clamping ring. The bushing and the clamping ring both comprise an opening for the passage of a cable. A bushing has a number of bushing portions which, joined together, form a sleeve about the cable. Two flanges bear the bushing portions and are articulated to a casing so as to pivot between an unclamped position of each bushing, in which the cable can be moved, and a clamped position, in which each bushing is kept clamped to the cable by the clamping ring. Locking means keep the clamping ring in the position in which the cable is clamped by the bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Inventor: Claude Casses
  • Patent number: 9425521
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical assembly comprising a first element having a first connection portion and a second element having a second connection portion, and an electrical connection device having an electrical member comprising a connection part with a first portion and a second portion. The electrical member of the electrical connection device is at least partly inserted in a first opening section of the first connection portion and a second opening section of the second connection portion along an inserting axis. The first portion of the connection part is in electrical connection with the first connection portion of the first element and the second portion of the connection part is in electrical connection with the second connection portion of the second element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: DELPHI INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS LUXEMBOURG S.A.R.L., RENAULT S.A.S.
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Marc Henri Giraud, Sebastien Lipetit, Stephane Josse
  • Patent number: 9059540
    Abstract: The electrical connector assembly includes a first connector having a first housing, a second connector having a second housing, and a cover movably mounted on the housing. The housing of the second connector is movably mounted on the housing of the first connector. A lock that may be actuated is movably mounted on one of the housings. In the initial position of the cover, the cover covers or shields the lock. In the final position of the cover, the cover does not shield the lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Frederic Menez, Claude Casses, Paulo De Matos
  • Patent number: 9017096
    Abstract: Connector assembly for electrical power supply or transmission in vehicles, comprising first and a second connector devices to be mated according to a mating axis. The first connector device comprises at least one spring device terminated by at least one electrically conductive head, movable in a spring load direction. The second connector device comprises at least one interlock terminal including an electrical conductor and an insulation cap arranged in such a way that, during the mating sequence, the at least one head touches first the insulation cap on one or several insulating areas and then contacts the electrical conductor on one or several conducting areas. Each of the one or several insulating areas is offset laterally with respect to each of the one or several conducting areas, according to a lateral direction perpendicular to the mating axis and to the spring load direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Frederic Menez, Stephane Trancart
  • Patent number: 8992242
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly including a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a socket and the second connector including a sleeve, the socket being adapted to surround the sleeve. A sealing system includes a frontward portion surrounding the sleeve and a rearward portion surrounding a rear housing of the second connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi Intellectual Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Frederic Menez, Stephane Trancart
  • Patent number: 8992268
    Abstract: A connecting bus includes an electrically conductive bar comprising two electrical connector assemblies. At least one of the two electrical connector assemblies includes a female connector having at least one electrically conductive spring tongue. For each of the electrical connection assemblies included in the connecting bus, the electrically conductive bar includes a corresponding non-isolated zone surrounding the electrical connection assembly. The electrically conductive bar further includes an outside electrically insulating layer surrounding the whole electrically conductive bar apart from the non-isolated zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Jean Pierre Jarnoux
  • Patent number: 8926370
    Abstract: Electrical connector including at least one electrical power contact having a cross-section larger than 8 mm2 and adapted to mate with a complementary connector. The at least one power contact includes a front end adapted to be electrically connected with a first complementary contact of said complementary connector. The at least one electrical power contact includes a back pin having a back pin extremity located at the opposite end of the power contact with respect to the front end and adapted to be electrically connected with a second complementary contact of a second connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Davide Testa
  • Publication number: 20140106591
    Abstract: The electrical connector assembly includes a first connector having a first housing, a second connector having a second housing, and a cover movably mounted on the housing. The housing of the second connector is movably mounted on the housing of the first connector. A lock that may be actuated is movably mounted on one of the housings. In the initial position of the cover, the cover covers or shields the lock. In the final position of the cover, the cover does not shield the lock.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Delphi International Operations Luxembourg S.A.R.L
    Inventors: Frederic Menez, Claude Casses, Paulo De Matos
  • Patent number: 8597062
    Abstract: The electrical contact includes a wire crimping portion receiving an electrical wire, a cylindrical power contact portion for connection with a complementary contact. The power contact portion comprises includes a body mechanically retained on the wire crimping portion and spring legs depending from the body and to be contacted with the complementary contact. The electrical contact further includes an electrically insulating cover covering the spring legs. The cover additionally includes fool proof features to prevent incorrect assembly of the cover into passages of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Delphi International Operations Luxembourg, S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Patrice Cappe, Jean-Paul David, Gerard Mulot
  • Publication number: 20130303006
    Abstract: Connector assembly for electrical power supply or transmission in vehicles, comprising first and a second connector devices to be mated according to a mating axis. The first connector device comprises at least one spring device terminated by at least one electrically conductive head, movable in a spring load direction. The second connector device comprises at least one interlock terminal including an electrical conductor and an insulation cap arranged in such a way that, during the mating sequence, the at least one head touches first the insulation cap on one or several insulating areas and then contacts the electrical conductor on one or several conducting areas. Each of the one or several insulating areas is offset laterally with respect to each of the one or several conducting areas, according to a lateral direction perpendicular to the mating axis and to the spring load direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: FCI AUTOMOTIVE HOLDING
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Frederic Menez, Stephane Trancart
  • Publication number: 20130143450
    Abstract: Connecting bus including an electrical conductive bar including two electrical connection means. At least one of the two electrical connection means includes a female connector including one or several electrically conductive spring tongues.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: FCI Automotive Holding
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Jean Pierre Jarnoux
  • Publication number: 20130137313
    Abstract: Electrical connector including at least one electrical power contact having a cross-section larger than 8 mm2 and adapted to mate with a complementary connector. The at least one power contact includes a front end adapted to be electrically connected with a first complementary contact of said complementary connector. The at least one electrical power contact includes a back pin having a back pin extremity located at the opposite end of the power contact with respect to the front end and adapted to be electrically connected with a second complementary contact of a second connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: FCI Automotive Holding
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Davide Testa
  • Publication number: 20130130530
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly including a first connector and a second connector. The first connector includes a socket and the second connector including a sleeve, the socket being adapted to surround the sleeve. A sealing system includes a frontward portion surrounding the sleeve and a rearward portion surrounding a rear housing of the second connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Frederic Menez, Stephane Trancart
  • Patent number: 8241052
    Abstract: The present relates to an electrical connector system which includes a first connector assembly having a first connector and a second connector to be coupled one to the other; a second connector assembly having a third connector and a housing contiguous to the first connector, the housing having an open connecting face for receiving within a complementary part of the third connector so as to perform a coupling one to the other. This connector system may include a movable element which is movable between two positions, i.e.: a “first position” in which it masks at least partially the open connecting face, so that it makes impossible the coupling with the third connector; a “second position” in which it does not mask the front open connecting face, so that it makes possible the coupling with the third connector; the movable element being able to be moved into the “second position” only when said first and second connectors are fully coupled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Automotive Holding
    Inventors: Gérard Mulot, Claude Casses
  • Patent number: 8192212
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for unmating an electrical connector assembly wherein the movement for unmating the first and second connectors is temporarily blocked after interlocking contacts are disconnected and before the power contacts are disconnected. The invention also relates to a connector system and a connector assembly offering such functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Automotive Holding
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Patrice Cappe, Stephane Trancart, Thomas Pabst, Rainer Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8043130
    Abstract: The invention relates to a female electrical contact including a housing which is cut and folded from a metal strip and which includes at least one contact plate which extends along the longitudinal axis (A) of the housing and which is equipped with a section that is in contact with a complementary contact pin. According to the invention, the contact plate includes part for connecting to the housing and a free end. The invention also includes a spring element which is cut from the extension of the contact plate prior to folding, such as to form a counter plate after folding. The spring element and the plate are provided, for example, on either side of the above-mentioned connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: FCI Automotive Holding
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Dominique Rozet
  • Publication number: 20110177722
    Abstract: The electrical contact includes a wire crimping portion receiving an electrical wire, a circumferential power contact portion for connection with a complementary contact. The power contact portion includes a body mechanically retained on the wire crimping portion and spring legs extending from the body and to be contacted with the complementary contact. The electrical contact further includes an electrically insulating cover covering said spring legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Patrice Cappe, Jean-Paul David, Gerard Mulot