Patents by Inventor Donald L. Pfendler

Donald L. Pfendler 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: 4262987
    Abstract: An electrical contact 47 includes a tubular liner 1 stamped and rolled from a sheet of an electrically conductive material with an annular connector retention recess 13 provided in the external surface thereof between a mating end and a wire receiving end. One or more sleeves 21, 27 are telescoped over the liner 1 with at least one sleeve deformed in place into the annular recess 13. One of the sleeves 21 can be axially aligned preparatory to deforming it into the recess by an internal projection 25 which engages an annular groove 19 on the liner 1. A second sleeve can be axially aligned by lancing it to the liner 1 and by prick-punching the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1981
    Assignee: The Bendix Corporation
    Inventors: David O. Gallusser, Donald L. Pfendler, Herbert K. Uhlig, David L. Frear, Valentine J. Hemmer, Gary C. Toombs