Patents by Inventor Deborah J. Probert

Deborah J. Probert 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).

  • Electrical shield for an electrical connector
    Patent number: 12500359
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a mounting end configured to be mounted to a structure. The electrical connector includes an electrical shield having shield walls surrounding a shield cavity. The shield walls are coupled to the housing and provide electrical shielding for the housing. The electrical shield includes grounding tabs extending from the shield walls. The grounding tabs include teeth having cutting edges. The grounding tabs are received in the opening in the structure. The teeth of the grounding tabs configured to engage the structure to electrically ground the grounding tabs to the structure. The cutting edges configured to cut through a coated surface of the structure to directly engage a conductive layer of the structure to electrically connect the electrical shield to the structure through the coated surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2025
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
    Inventors: David James Rhein, Thomas Robert DeWitte, Zoran Krnetic, Deborah J. Probert
  • ELECTRICAL SHIELD FOR AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20240204427
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a mounting end configured to be mounted to a structure. The electrical connector includes an electrical shield having shield walls surrounding a shield cavity. The shield walls are coupled to the housing and provide electrical shielding for the housing. The electrical shield includes grounding tabs extending from the shield walls. The grounding tabs include teeth having cutting edges. The grounding tabs are received in the opening in the structure. The teeth of the grounding tabs configured to engage the structure to electrically ground the grounding tabs to the structure. The cutting edges configured to cut through a coated surface of the structure to directly engage a conductive layer of the structure to electrically connect the electrical shield to the structure through the coated surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: David James Rhein, Thomas Robert DeWitte, Zoran Krnetic, Deborah J. Probert