Patents by Inventor Derrick Dieterle

Derrick Dieterle 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: 7494362
    Abstract: A connector plug assembly includes a body member, a first threaded shaft portion, a second threaded shaft portion, an electrically-conductive inner sleeve and an electrically-insulative outer sleeve. The body member extends along and about a longitudinal axis and has a first body member end surface, an opposite second body member end surface and an outer surface disposed between the first and second body member end surfaces. The first threaded shaft portion projects from the first body member end surface and the second threaded shaft portion projects from the second body member end surface. The first and second threaded shafts extend along and about the longitudinal axis. The inner sleeve extends along and about the longitudinal axis and the inner sleeve is connected to and surrounds the body member. The outer sleeve extends along and about the longitudinal axis and the outer sleeve is connected to and surrounds the inner sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: J.S.T. Corporation
    Inventors: Derrick Dieterle, Ralph Erskine, Ping Chen
  • Publication number: 20080268695
    Abstract: A connector plug assembly includes a body member, a first threaded shaft portion, a second threaded shaft portion, an electrically-conductive inner sleeve and an electrically-insulative outer sleeve. The body member extends along and about a longitudinal axis and has a first body member end surface, an opposite second body member end surface and an outer surface disposed between the first and second body member end surfaces. The first threaded shaft portion projects from the first body member end surface and the second threaded shaft portion projects from the second body member end surface. The first and second threaded shafts extend along and about the longitudinal axis. The inner sleeve extends along and about the longitudinal axis and the inner sleeve is connected to and surrounds the body member. The outer sleeve extends along and about the longitudinal axis and the outer sleeve is connected to and surrounds the inner sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: J.S.T. Corporation
    Inventors: Derrick Dieterle, Ralph Erskine, Ping Chen
  • Patent number: 7431605
    Abstract: A connector position assurance apparatus includes a header part, an electrically-conductive element connected to the header part and a connector part. As the connector part is received by an interior connector-receiving chamber of the header part, a pair of polarity tabs contact an electrical contact portion of the electrically-conductive element causing the electrical contact portion to move from a relaxed state to a stressed state while a latch member slides onto and over a catch projecting from the header part causing the latch member to pivotably move from a relaxed condition to a flexed condition and then back to the relaxed condition again when a catch-receiving chamber formed in the latch member receives the catch thereby releasably locking the connector part and the header part together while the pair of polarity tabs retain the electrical contact portion in the stressed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: J.S.T. Corporation
    Inventors: Derrick Dieterle, Ping Chen
  • Publication number: 20080139034
    Abstract: A connector position assurance apparatus includes a header part, an electrically-conductive element connected to the header part and a connector part. As the connector part is received by an interior connector-receiving chamber of the header part, a pair of polarity tabs contact an electrical contact portion of the electrically-conductive element causing the electrical contact portion to move from a relaxed state to a stressed state while a latch member slides onto and over a catch projecting from the header part causing the latch member to pivotably move from a relaxed condition to a flexed condition and then back to the relaxed condition again when a catch-receiving chamber formed in the latch member receives the catch thereby releasably locking the connector part and the header part together while the pair of polarity tabs retain the electrical contact portion in the stressed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2006
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: J.S.T. Corporation
    Inventors: Derrick Dieterle, Ping Chen