Patents by Inventor David Murray Little

David Murray Little 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).

  • Strain relief cover for flat flexible cable connector
    Patent number: 4111512
    Abstract: An improved strain relief device is disclosed incorporated to a cover of a multi-conductor flat flexible cable connector. The connector includes a plurality of insulation piercing contacts which engage in the respective conductors of the cable and latchingly secure the cover to the connector housing. The cover also provides a tortuous path for the cable thereby providing a strain relief function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Kenneth Ronald Parmer, David Murray Little
  • Polarized connector
    Patent number: 3966290
    Abstract: Two dielectric housings are mounted respectively to printed circuit boards. When the housings are mated together the two printed circuit boards will be connected electrically together with pins on the one board within receptacles of the other board. One of the housings is connected to an edge margin of the board and is provided with a chamfered lip which covers the edge of the board and provides a polarizing structure to permit interconnection between the two housings when oriented as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1976
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: David Murray Little, Gary Lee Zimmerman