Patents by Inventor Daniel G. Eaby

Daniel G. Eaby 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: 4986764
    Abstract: A pair of small diameter lead assemblies as a complete electrically and environmentally sealed matable high voltage connection suitable for use under rugged environmental conditions, have a plug element and a receptacle conditions, have a plug element and a receptacle element physically matable therewith. The lead assemblies can each include annular retention clips therearound enabling insertion into and retention within passageways of matable housings of a multi-terminal hybrid connector assembly, to enable certain existing connectors to be converted into use as high voltage connector assemblies for rugged conditions without housing modification. The plug has a small diameter dielectric annular shell with a socket terminal in an internal passageway; and the receptacle has a small diameter dielectric annular shell having a pin terminal in its internal passageway which is matable with the socket terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 22, 1991
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel G. Eaby, James P. Scholz, David T. Shaffer, Walter C. Shatto, Jr., Brent D. Yohn
  • Patent number: 4443052
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a connector plug part and a connector receptacle part, each part comprising a molded insert and a metal cylindrical shell within which the insert is fitted and retained. The insert of the receptacle part has passageways therethrough in which are secured electrical pin terminals and an integral hood which extends beyond the mating face of the receptacle insert and the shell of the receptacle part also has a hood which extends forwardly beyond the insert hood. The plug part comprises an insert in which passageways extend therethrough in which are secured electrical receptacle terminals and a shell which has an internal surface that is radially spaced from the external surface of the plug insert so that when the two parts are mated, the hood of the receptacle insert will be received between the external surface of the plug insert and the internal surface of the plug shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 1982
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1984
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel G. Eaby, John R. Shuey
  • Patent number: 4437725
    Abstract: A junction connector and a tap connector for a modular wiring system are disclosed. The junction connector has oppositely directed faces which receive cable connectors on the ends of the distribution cables of the system. Feed-through conductors in the junction connector are mated directly with terminals in the cable connectors. The tap connector is dimensioned to be mounted in a standard circular hole in a panel and has a mating face which is against a tap connector receiving face of the junction connector when the parts are mated. The terminals in the tap connector are arranged as a non-linear cluster in order that they might be all contained within the cylindrical tap connector housing. The feed-through conductors in the junction connector are in side-by-side coplanar relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 20, 1984
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel G. Eaby, William B. Long, John R. Shuey
  • Patent number: 4408820
    Abstract: A T-shaped electrical junction connector having improved feed-through conductors and tap conductors therein is disclosed. The feed-through conductors comprise stamped rectangular plates each of which has three aligned openings extending therethrough. An elongated slot is formed in the feed--through conductors which intersects the openings. The metal of the conductor on each side of the slot is coined outwardly from the plane of the feed-through conductor to form a cylindrical surface which merges with one surface of the conductor. The tap conductors each comprise a cylindrical rod which is dimensioned to be inserted through one of the openings in the feed-through conductor and have an interference fit. The coined portions of the feed-through conductor are stressed in torsion when the tap conductor is inserted through the opening to enhance the contact force at the electrical interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1983
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel G. Eaby, William B. Long, John R. Shuey
  • Patent number: 4405192
    Abstract: Multi-contact electrical connector comprises an insulating housing having contact terminals therein. The housing has oppositely facing endwalls on each of which there is provided a latching means for latching the connector to a complementary connecting device. Each latching means comprises a latch arm which extends forwardly beyond the mating end of the connector and a latching ear which cooperates with a latch arm on the complementary connecting device. The latch arms on the two endwalls are located on one side of a medial reference plane and the latch ears on the other side of the reference plane. The reference plane extends normally on the endwalls of the housing and parallel to the sidewalls. When the connector is coupled to an identical connector or other complementary connecting device, each terminal in the connector is coupled with a terminal in the complementary connecting device which occupies the same position in the complementary device as the terminal in the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1983
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel G. Eaby, John R. Shuey
  • Patent number: 4068324
    Abstract: A hip joint prosthesis consisting of an artificial femur head and an artificial acetabular socket. The femur head includes a ball head which is received in the acetabular socket, a neck connecting the ball head to a platform and an arcuate stem which is T-shaped in cross section and extends from the platform for insertion into the medullar cavity in a femur. A recess located on the lateral portion of the platform and several steps located along the medial portion of the stem are further provided to securely anchor the prosthesis when it is cemented into the medullar cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1978
    Assignee: Bio-Dynamics Inc.
    Inventors: Charles O. Townley, Allan Vegell, Daniel G. Eaby