Patents by Inventor Daniel W. Ackerman

Daniel W. Ackerman 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).

  • Circuit board eyelet-type wire gripper
    Patent number: 4585295
    Abstract: An eyelet is mountable to a circuit board by a snap-fit upon insertion into the circuit board from only one side. The eyelet has converging, flexible gripper legs between which a wire or electrical component lead may be inserted and retained in order to connect it mechanically to a conductive portion of the circuit board. More permanent attachment to the circuit board may be achieved by filling the eyelet with solder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 29, 1986
    Assignee: Universal Instruments Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel W. Ackerman
  • Method and apparatus for proper registration of mating parts
    Patent number: 4500032
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for handling a component having a body and one or more members protruding therefrom, such that the protruding members are put in proper, mating registration with corresponding holes of a substrate or the like. The components are handled during transport and insertion by gripping of the bodies thereof, and the method and apparatus of the invention compensates for any offset in X, Y, and .theta. between the profile of the body and a particular pattern or location of the protruding members relative to the profile of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: Universal Instruments Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel W. Ackerman
  • Electrical connector
    Patent number: 4299436
    Abstract: A female contact formed of a unitary piece of metal is provided. The contact includes an opposed pair of cantilevered contact blades so arranged as to preclude overstressing of the blades upon insertion or withdrawal of a mating male pin terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1981
    Assignee: Universal Instruments Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel W. Ackerman
  • Spade terminal
    Patent number: 4260216
    Abstract: An improved spade terminal having two receptacles for use on a printed circuit board, slidingly receives the prongs of spade connectors between flat surfaces. A pair of tabs forming the base of the terminal are inserted into and extend through a hole in a printed circuit board. Each of the tabs is provided with raised abutting means which maintain separation of the tabs after insertion into a circuit board thus allowing automated mechanical clinching of the tabs to firmly hold the terminal on the board prior to soldering. A continuous strip of stamped and formed terminals feed an automatic insertion head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1981
    Assignee: Universal Instruments Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel W. Ackerman
  • Method and apparatus for proper registration of mating parts
    Patent number: RE33641
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for handling a component having a body and one or more members protruding therefrom, such that the protruding members are put in proper, mating registration with corresponding holes of a substrate or the like. The components are handled during transport and insertion by gripping of the bodies thereof, and the method and apparatus of the invention compensates for any offset in X, Y, and .theta. between the profile of the body and a particular pattern or location of the protruding members relative to the profile of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1991
    Assignee: Universal Instruments Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel W. Ackerman