Patents by Inventor Crystal F. Krompegel

Crystal F. Krompegel 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: 10770840
    Abstract: A shielded electrical connector assembly is presented herein. The shielded electrical connector assembly includes a shield terminal having an attachment portion configured to be connected to a shield conductor of a coaxial cable and a connection portion configured to be received within a mating shield terminal and a contact cage surrounding a forward segment of the connection portion and slideably attached to the shield terminal. The contact cage defines a plurality of arcuate contact arms configured to be in intimate compressive contact with a mating shield terminal inner wall which causes the contact cage to extend rearwardly when the shield terminal is inserted within the mating shield terminal. Methods of forming and interconnecting a shielded electrical connector assembly are also presented herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED
    Inventors: Erika M. Garver, Crystal F. Krompegel, James M. Rainey, John Kountz, Jared Bilas
  • Patent number: 10355379
    Abstract: An assembly includes an elongate conductor, such as a coaxial electrical cable, having a generally circular cross section and a generally cylindrical seamless outer ferrule having a ferrule radius surrounding a portion of the conductor. The outer ferrule is deformed to define four indentations and four projections that are evenly spaced about a circumference of the outer ferrule. The four indentations have a consistent indentation radius that is less than the ferrule radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan D. Lewis, Michael D. Messuri, Shae R. McGarvey, Crystal F. Krompegel, Michael J. Demonica
  • Patent number: 9960550
    Abstract: A coaxial connector assembly is described herein. The coaxial connector assembly includes an inner contact that is configured to terminate a center conductor of a coaxial cable, an insulative inner sleeve holding the inner contact, a tubular outer contact surrounding the inner sleeve and the inner contact, said outer contact configured to terminate a shield braid of the coaxial cable and an insulative cylindrical outer sleeve defining a central cavity extending longitudinally therethrough in which said outer contact is disposed. The cavity has an opening configured to receive a corresponding coaxial connector. A lip on a forward end of the outer sleeve extends into the opening such that a forward edge of the outer contact is not exposed within the opening. The coaxial connector assembly may be configured to meet the FAKRA connector standards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Cory R. Ensley, John R. Morello, Michael Jerry Demonica, Matthew L. Penn, James M. Rainey, Geronimo Mauricio De La Torre, Crystal F. Krompegel
  • Publication number: 20180026408
    Abstract: A coaxial connector assembly is described herein. The coaxial connector assembly includes an inner contact that is configured to terminate a center conductor of a coaxial cable, an insulative inner sleeve holding the inner contact, a tubular outer contact surrounding the inner sleeve and the inner contact, said outer contact configured to terminate a shield braid of the coaxial cable and an insulative cylindrical outer sleeve defining a central cavity extending longitudinally therethrough in which said outer contact is disposed. The cavity has an opening configured to receive a corresponding coaxial connector. A lip on a forward end of the outer sleeve extends into the opening such that a forward edge of the outer contact is not exposed within the opening. The coaxial connector assembly may be configured to meet the FAKRA connector standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Cory R. Ensley, John R. Morello, Michael Jerry Demonica, Matthew L. Penn, James M. Rainey, Geronimo Mauricio De La Torre, Crystal F. Krompegel