Patents by Inventor Edward John Howard

Edward John Howard 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: 11579021
    Abstract: A charging device for charging a mobile device using a charging component includes a power connector and a thermal monitoring device. The power connector includes a housing having an end wall between a front and a rear. The housing includes power contact channels with power contacts received therein. The thermal monitoring device is coupled to the end wall of the housing. The thermal monitoring device includes a substrate, a mating connector mounted to the substrate, and a temperature sensor mounted to the substrate. The temperature sensor is electrically connected to the mating connector being positioned in close proximity with at least one of the power contacts such that the temperature sensor is in thermal communication with the power contact for monitoring the temperature of the power contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Christopher George Daily, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
  • Patent number: 11552488
    Abstract: A supply charging device includes a supply power connector having a housing with a mating end and a flange configured to be mounted to a panel. The housing includes power contact channels extending through a base receiving power contacts. The housing includes a guide member engaging a guide feature of a mobile device to locate a receiver power connector relative to the supply power connector. The supply charging device includes a retaining plate securing the housing to the panel. The supply charging device includes a mounting spring extending from the housing and received in the panel cutout. The mounting spring engages the panel to allow the supply power connector to float relative to the panel within the panel cutout for aligning the mating end of the supply power connector with the receiver power connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Christopher George Daily, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
  • Patent number: 11482817
    Abstract: A twist-lock connector system includes a first twist-lock connector including a first connector housing holding first twist-lock contacts at a first rotate-to-mate interface. The first twist-lock connector includes a first high speed electrical connector. The first high speed electrical connector is movable relative to the first connector housing between a home position and a rotated position. The first twist-lock connector includes a biasing member coupled to the first high speed electrical connector to bias the first high speed electrical connector to the home position. The twist-lock connector system includes a second twist-lock connector having a second connector housing holding second twist-lock contacts and a second high speed electrical connector at a mating interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Inventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
  • Patent number: 11187404
    Abstract: A lighting receptacle assembly includes a receptacle assembly housing having a base and a head with a cavity. The head has an upper surface defining a mating interface for mating with a sensor connector and a seal configured to be sealed against the fixture housing. An index mounting ring is coupled to the fixture housing from an interior of the fixture housing and includes indexing features interfacing with housing indexing features. A spring holder plate is coupled to the head and holds a spring biasing the receptacle assembly housing in a holding direction toward the index mounting ring to engage the housing indexing features and the indexing features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbH
    Inventors: Edward John Howard, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Christopher George Daily
  • Publication number: 20210359475
    Abstract: A twist-lock connector system includes a first twist-lock connector including a first connector housing holding first twist-lock contacts at a first rotate-to-mate interface. The first twist-lock connector includes a first high speed electrical connector. The first high speed electrical connector is movable relative to the first connector housing between a home position and a rotated position. The first twist-lock connector includes a biasing member coupled to the first high speed electrical connector to bias the first high speed electrical connector to the home position. The twist-lock connector system includes a second twist-lock connector having a second connector housing holding second twist-lock contacts and a second high speed electrical connector at a mating interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
  • Publication number: 20210333156
    Abstract: A charging device for charging a mobile device using a charging component includes a power connector and a thermal monitoring device. The power connector includes a housing having an end wall between a front and a rear. The housing includes power contact channels with power contacts received therein. The thermal monitoring device is coupled to the end wall of the housing. The thermal monitoring device includes a substrate, a mating connector mounted to the substrate, and a temperature sensor mounted to the substrate. The temperature sensor is electrically connected to the mating connector being positioned in close proximity with at least one of the power contacts such that the temperature sensor is in thermal communication with the power contact for monitoring the temperature of the power contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Christopher George Daily, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
  • Patent number: 11092317
    Abstract: A lighting receptacle assembly for mounting to a fixture housing of a light fixture and for mating with a sensor connector having a photocontrol component includes a receptacle connector, a base seal, a mounting nut, a mounting plate, a seal bushing and a locking washer. The receptacle connector including a base holding receptacle contacts and a threaded shaft. The base seal is coupled to the base and the mounting nut is threadably coupled to the threaded shaft. The mounting plate has an opening receiving the threaded shaft. The seal bushing has an opening receiving the threaded shaft being compressed between the mounting plate and the fixture housing. The locking washer has an opening receiving the threaded shaft configured to engage the fixture housing and including a locking feature configured to resist rotation of the lighting receptacle assembly relative to the fixture housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbH
    Inventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
  • Publication number: 20210108788
    Abstract: A lighting receptacle assembly includes a receptacle assembly housing having a base and a head with a cavity. The head has an upper surface defining a mating interface for mating with a sensor connector and a seal configured to be sealed against the fixture housing. An index mounting ring is coupled to the fixture housing from an interior of the fixture housing and includes indexing features interfacing with housing indexing features. A spring holder plate is coupled to the head and holds a spring biasing the receptacle assembly housing in a holding direction toward the index mounting ring to engage the housing indexing features and the indexing features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: April 15, 2021
    Inventors: Edward John Howard, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Christopher George Daily
  • Publication number: 20200400287
    Abstract: A lighting receptacle assembly for mounting to a fixture housing of a light fixture and for mating with a sensor connector having a photocontrol component includes a receptacle connector, a base seal, a mounting nut, a mounting plate, a seal bushing and a locking washer. The receptacle connector including a base holding receptacle contacts and a threaded shaft. The base seal is coupled to the base and the mounting nut is threadably coupled to the threaded shaft. The mounting plate has an opening receiving the threaded shaft. The seal bushing has an opening receiving the threaded shaft being compressed between the mounting plate and the fixture housing. The locking washer has an opening receiving the threaded shaft configured to engage the fixture housing and including a locking feature configured to resist rotation of the lighting receptacle assembly relative to the fixture housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
  • Publication number: 20200389039
    Abstract: A supply charging device includes a supply power connector having a housing with a mating end and a flange configured to be mounted to a panel. The housing includes power contact channels extending through a base receiving power contacts. The housing includes a guide member engaging a guide feature of a mobile device to locate a receiver power connector relative to the supply power connector. The supply charging device includes a retaining plate securing the housing to the panel. The supply charging device includes a mounting spring extending from the housing and received in the panel cutout. The mounting spring engages the panel to allow the supply power connector to float relative to the panel within the panel cutout for aligning the mating end of the supply power connector with the receiver power connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher George Daily, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
  • Patent number: 10330301
    Abstract: A light sensor assembly includes a receptacle connector configured to be mounted to a light fixture and configured to receive a sensor connector having a photocontrol component including a housing, a spring element and a housing retainer. The housing has a base extending through a fixture housing. The housing has locating features configured to engage a locating feature of the fixture to hold a rotational position of the housing. The housing retainer is positionable on the interior of the fixture housing on the base engaging the spring element. The housing is rotatably positionable on the fixture by lifting upward on the housing to compress the spring element to disengage the locating features of the housing from the locating feature of the fixture and rotating the housing to a new position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Edward John Howard, Christopher George Daily, Matthew Edward Mostoller
  • Patent number: 9748708
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having contact channels with electrical contacts received therein each having a poke-in spring beam configured to engage an electrical wire when poked-in to the housing. The electrical contact is movable between a resting position when no wire is present in the wire channel and a clearance position where the electrical contact allows the electrical wire to be removed from the wire channel. Pivot levers are held by the housing and are coupled to corresponding electrical contacts with a pivot end pivotably coupled to the housing and a push button end having a push button pressed to move the corresponding electrical contact to the clearance position. When the electrical wire is loaded into the wire channel, the electrical contact is positioned in a pinching position in which the spring beam pinches against the electrical wire in physical contact with the electrical wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard, Christopher George Daily, David J. Emmons, Travis Read, Steven L. Wolff, Eric Barton
  • Patent number: 9692152
    Abstract: A wall plate connector system includes a wall plate terminal block extending from a wall plate base. The wall plate terminal block includes a terminal block body having a front, a rear, a first end and a second end. The terminal block body has contact channels and wire channels open to corresponding contact channels to receive electrical wires during a poke-in termination. Terminal contacts are received in corresponding contact channels and each include a poke-in spring beam and a header beam. A header assembly is removably coupled to the wall plate terminal block and includes header contacts configured to be terminated to a control circuit board. Each header contact has a mating beam. At least one of the mating beam and the header beam is a resiliently deflected spring beam configured for repeated mating and unmating at separable mating interfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher George Daily, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
  • Publication number: 20170141491
    Abstract: A wall plate connector system includes a wall plate terminal block extending from a wall plate base. The wall plate terminal block includes a terminal block body having a front, a rear, a first end and a second end. The terminal block body has contact channels and wire channels open to corresponding contact channels to receive electrical wires during a poke-in termination. Terminal contacts are received in corresponding contact channels and each include a poke-in spring beam and a header beam. A header assembly is removably coupled to the wall plate terminal block and includes header contacts configured to be terminated to a control circuit board. Each header contact has a mating beam. At least one of the mating beam and the header beam is a resiliently deflected spring beam configured for repeated mating and unmating at separable mating interfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher George Daily, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
  • Patent number: 9595788
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing holding power terminals and having a mating end with a flexible latch configured to engage a latch of a mating connector. The flexible latch includes a pull hook extending therefrom. A release collar is slidably coupled to the housing in an axial direction between a forward position and a rearward position. The release collar has an actuator ramp facing the pull hook. The actuator ramp engages the pull hook to actuate the flexible latch to release the flexible latch from the latch of the mating connector as the release collar is moved to the rearward position. The housing includes a locking finger engaging the release collar to lock the release collar in the forward position. The release collar is unlocked from the locking finger to move to the rearward position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2017
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marek Tadeusz Luksic, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
  • Patent number: 9419361
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and an electrical contact held by the housing. The electrical contact includes opposing spring beams configured to receive an electrical wire therebetween. The spring beams have conductor interfaces configured to engage in physical contact with the electrical wire such that the electrical wire is captured between the spring beams with a compliant pinch connection. A pivot block is held by the housing, includes a receptacle for receiving the electrical wire, and is pivotable between an open position and a closed position. The pivot block is configured to be pivoted from the open position to the closed position to move the electrical wire into engagement in physical contact between the conductor interfaces of the spring beams such that the electrical wire is captured between the spring beams with the compliant pinch connection and thereby electrically connected to the electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher George Daily, Edward John Howard, Matthew Edward Mostoller
  • Patent number: 9347822
    Abstract: A photocell receptacle includes a base configured to be fixedly mounted to a housing of a light fixture. The base has an opening providing access to the interior of the housing of the light fixture. The base has a base locking feature. The photocell receptacle includes a cap having a cap locking feature. The cap locking feature operably engaging the base locking feature to secure the cap to the base. The cap is variably positionable at different angular positions relative to the base. The cap has contact channels holding electrical contacts configured to be electrically connected to corresponding contacts of a photocell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Christopher George Daily, Edward John Howard
  • Publication number: 20160104981
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having contact channels with electrical contacts received therein each having a poke-in spring beam configured to engage an electrical wire when poked-in to the housing. The electrical contact is movable between a resting position when no wire is present in the wire channel and a clearance position where the electrical contact allows the electrical wire to be removed from the wire channel. Pivot levers are held by the housing and are coupled to corresponding electrical contacts with a pivot end pivotably coupled to the housing and a push button end having a push button pressed to move the corresponding electrical contact to the clearance position. When the electrical wire is loaded into the wire channel, the electrical contact is positioned in a pinching position in which the spring beam pinches against the electrical wire in physical contact with the electrical wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard, Christopher George Daily
  • Publication number: 20160087363
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and an electrical contact held by the housing. The electrical contact includes opposing spring beams configured to receive an electrical wire therebetween. The spring beams have conductor interfaces configured to engage in physical contact with the electrical wire such that the electrical wire is captured between the spring beams with a compliant pinch connection. A pivot block is held by the housing, includes a receptacle for receiving the electrical wire, and is pivotable between an open position and a closed position. The pivot block is configured to be pivoted from the open position to the closed position to move the electrical wire into engagement in physical contact between the conductor interfaces of the spring beams such that the electrical wire is captured between the spring beams with the compliant pinch connection and thereby electrically connected to the electrical contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher George Daily, Edward John Howard, Matthew Edward Mostoller
  • Publication number: 20150323380
    Abstract: A photocell receptacle includes a base configured to be fixedly mounted to a housing of a light fixture. The base has an opening providing access to the interior of the housing of the light fixture. The base has a base locking feature. The photocell receptacle includes a cap having a cap locking feature. The cap locking feature operably engaging the base locking feature to secure the cap to the base. The cap is variably positionable at different angular positions relative to the base. The cap has contact channels holding electrical contacts configured to be electrically connected to corresponding contacts of a photocell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Christopher George Daily, Edward John Howard