Patents by Inventor Daniel Robert Ringler

Daniel Robert Ringler 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: 6039583
    Abstract: An electrical connector 10 having a configurable ground plane 60 is provided. The connector 10 features an insulative housing 20 having an upright section 30 and a board receiving section 28. The board receiving section has open top and bottom outer surfaces 29, 27 for allowing insertion of contacts 50, 52 into contact receiving passages 34, 32. The ground plane 60 is disposed over the top set of contacts 50 and is profiled to engage selected ones of the contacts 50 in the upright section of the passages 34. The ground plane 60 is configurable in that it can be easily adapted to achieve various signal to ground contact ratios by locating contacts 92, 94 at selected positions on fingers 88 which extend into the upright section of the passages 34.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Iosif Korsunsky, Dimitry Grabbe, Alex Hasircoglu, Richard Schroepfer, Daniel Robert Ringler