Patents by Inventor Donald Knowlden

Donald Knowlden 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 contacts with solder members and methods of attaching solder members to electrical contacts
    Patent number: 7837522
    Abstract: An electrical contact including a head, a tail including an opposing pair of major surfaces and a hole, a body connected at one end thereof to the head and at another end thereof to the tail, a peg arranged adjacent to the hole and to extend perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to one of the opposing pair of major surfaces and including at least one beveled side, and a solder member attached to the tail such that the peg creates and fits in a protrusion in a surface of the solder member when the solder member is attached to the tail, such that a portion of the solder member extends into the hole, and such that the solder member engages the at least one beveled side of the peg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Samtec, Inc.
    Inventors: David Hoover, John Mongold, Donald Knowlden