Patents by Inventor Frederic Chazottes
Frederic Chazottes 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).
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Patent number: 8241061Abstract: The subject of the invention is a plug for a socket of a connector housing including a sealing front part with a mat-seal equipping the rear of connector housing, and a rear part defining a zone for holding the plug in a rear passage of the connector housing, front part and rear part being connected by a transition zone.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2006Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: FCI Automotive HoldingInventors: Frédéric Chazottes, Christian Campfort
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Patent number: 7922530Abstract: This grommet-type joint includes a plug member, and a plurality of through passages for wires, said passages extending in an axial direction (X), and at least one peripheral flange, which projects outwards from said plug member, said flange being provided to sealingly engage a peripheral inner surface of a connector housing. Said flange axially projects rearwards from the rear side of the plug member, whereby the contact area of the flange with said inner surface is at least partially offset with respect to said rear side in the axial direction (X).Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2005Date of Patent: April 12, 2011Assignee: FCIInventors: Frédéric Chazottes, Christian Campfort
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Patent number: 7914309Abstract: The electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a rear skirt extending rearward with respect to the rear face of the insulative housing, a mat seal disposed in the rear skirt against the rear face, a rear grid, disposed in the rear skirt, against the mat seal. The electrical connector includes a mobile part, a guide rail that is transverse to the front-rear direction (XX?), for transversally guiding the mobile part, and a ramp system such that, when the mobile part is guided by the guide rail, the ramp system pushes the rear grid against the mat seal so as to compress the mat seal.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2007Date of Patent: March 29, 2011Assignee: FCIInventors: Frédéric Chazottes, Christian Campfort, Thierry Leguay, Michel Aeschbacher
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Patent number: 7905740Abstract: The invention proposes an assembly for an electrical connector including: —a resilient sealing mat seal having two main surfaces and a plurality of channels extending between said two main surfaces, each channel being intended to receive a respective electrical wire, and wherein a annular sealing lip is provided within each channel and extends from the channel wall towards a center axis of said channel; and —at least one sealing sleeve entirely surrounding a portion of an electrical wire to be introduced in one of said channels and tightly maintained on said wire; wherein the sealing sleeve has at least a portion with a smooth outer surface and an outer cross-section of said portion chosen such that said portion of the sealing sleeve and the channel lip are in tight engagement with each other when the wire provided with said sealing sleeve is positioned in its respective channel.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2006Date of Patent: March 15, 2011Assignee: FCIInventors: Frédéric Chazottes, Christian Campfort, Michel Aeschbacher
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Patent number: 7854628Abstract: This connector includes an insulative housing having a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers, a grommet formed with a plurality of cable passages, a grid having a plurality of passages in correspondence with the passages and a closing member mounted at the rear side of the grid for selectively closing the passage to a first predetermined group of chambers, said closing member including a plate, which is formed with through-holes in correspondence with a second predetermined group of chambers. The closing member further includes at least one plug projecting from the plate in correspondence with the first group of chambers, said plugs being provided to be inserted in the respective passages of the seal, and thus sealingly close said passages.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2006Date of Patent: December 21, 2010Assignee: FCIInventors: Frédéric Chazottes, Michel Aeschbacher
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Patent number: 7785146Abstract: The invention relates to a device for locking a cap onto a contact-carrier module, wherein said cap has a bearing for locking the contact disposed in the contact-carrier module is assembled on the coupling face of module in such a way that the cap and the module form a first connector element which includes a latch for latching the cap on the module in a longitudinal contact locking position and a removable stop preventing the coupling of the connector element with a complementary connector element until the cap is latched on the module in the contact locking position.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2005Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: FCIInventors: Frédéric Chazottes, Claude Casses
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Publication number: 20100075524Abstract: The electrical connector includes an insulative housing having a rear skirt extending rearward with respect to the rear face of the insulative housing, a mat seal disposed in the rear skirt against the rear face, a rear grid, disposed in the rear skirt, against the mat seal. The electrical connector includes a mobile part, a guide rail that is transverse to the front-rear direction (XX?), for transversally guiding the mobile part, and a ramp system such that, when the mobile part is guided by the guide rail, the ramp system pushes the rear grid against the mat seal so as to compress the mat seal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2007Publication date: March 25, 2010Inventors: Frederic Chazottes, Christian Campfort, Thierry Leguay, Michel Aeschbacher
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Patent number: 7654865Abstract: The electrical connector includes an electrical terminal, a housing delimiting a chamber for receiving the terminal along a reception direction (X), successively at a reception position and at a retained position, a pawl hinged to one amongst the housing and the terminal, and a stop fixed to the other amongst the housing and the terminal. Said pawl and stop cooperate for retaining the terminal at its retained position, and said housing includes a guiding wall with guiding surface on which the terminal is pushed against by the pawl being elastically pushed back. The guiding surface comprises a raising slope inclined toward the inside of the chamber along the reception direction (X) 1 the slope being located to be climbed on by the terminal pushed from its reception position to its retained position. Application in the automotive industry.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2006Date of Patent: February 2, 2010Assignee: FCIInventors: Frédéric Chazottes, Christian Campfort
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Publication number: 20090305539Abstract: The invention proposes an assembly for an electrical connector including:—a resilient sealing mat seal having two main surfaces and a plurality of channels extending between said two main surfaces, each channel being intended to receive a respective electrical wire, and wherein a annular sealing lip is provided within each channel and extends from the channel wall towards a center axis of said channel; and—at least one sealing sleeve entirely surrounding a portion of an electrical wire to be introduced in one of said channels and tightly maintained on said wire; wherein the sealing sleeve has at least a portion with a smooth outer surface and an outer cross-section of said portion chosen such that said portion of the sealing sleeve and the channel lip are in tight engagement with each other when the wire provided with said sealing sleeve is positioned in its respective channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2006Publication date: December 10, 2009Inventors: Frédéric Chazottes, Christian Campfort, Michel Aeschbacher
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Publication number: 20090305569Abstract: The subject of the invention is a plug for a socket of a connector housing including a sealing front part with a mat-seal equipping the rear of connector housing, and a rear part defining a zone for holding the plug in a rear passage of the connector housing, front part and rear part being connected by a transition zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2006Publication date: December 10, 2009Inventors: Frédéric Chazottes, Christian Campfort
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Publication number: 20090298317Abstract: This grommet-type joint includes a plug member, and a plurality of through passages for wires, said passages extending in an axial direction (X), and at least one peripheral flange, which projects outwards from said plug member, said flange being provided to sealingly engage a peripheral inner surface of a connector housing. Said flange axially projects rearwards from the rear side of the plug member, whereby the contact area of the flange with said inner surface is at least partially offset with respect to said rear side in the axial direction (X).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2005Publication date: December 3, 2009Inventors: Frédéric Chazottes, Christian Campfort
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Publication number: 20090215298Abstract: This connector includes an insulative housing having a plurality of terminal accommodating chambers, a grommet formed with a plurality of cable passages, a grid having a plurality of passages in correspondence with the passages and a closing member mounted at the rear side of the grid for selectively closing the passage to a first predetermined group of chambers, said closing member including a plate, which is formed with through-holes in correspondence with a second predetermined group of chambers. The closing member further includes at least one plug projecting from the plate in correspondence with the first group of chambers, said plugs being provided to be inserted in the respective passages of the seal, and thus sealingly close said passages.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2006Publication date: August 27, 2009Inventors: Frederic Chazottes, Michel Aeschbacher
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Publication number: 20090042429Abstract: The invention concerns an electrical connection device including a connector having electrical contacts, a connector counterpart having complementary electrical contacts, designed to be coupled to the connector along a coupling axis (X-X), an annular seal. The connector counterpart includes a support for said electrical contacts onto which the seal is fitted and a housing for receiving at least one part of the support, and the housing and the connector each have a peripheral support surface onto a first area and onto a second area of said seal, which areas are adjacent. The invention also concerns a connector counterpart.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2006Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Frederic Chazottes, Christian Campfort
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Publication number: 20090042434Abstract: The electrical connector includes an electrical terminal, a housing delimiting a chamber for receiving the terminal along a reception direction (X), successively at a reception position and at a retained position, a pawl hinged to one amongst the housing and the terminal, and a stop fixed to the other amongst the housing and the terminal. Said pawl and stop cooperate for retaining the terminal at its retained position, and said housing includes a guiding wall with a guiding surface on which the terminal is pushed against by the pawl being elastically pushed back. The guiding surface comprises a raising slope inclined toward the inside of the chamber along the reception direction (X) 1 the slope being located to be climbed on by the terminal pushed from its reception position to its retained position. Application in the automotive industry.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2006Publication date: February 12, 2009Inventors: Frederic Chazottes, Christian Campfort
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Publication number: 20080153356Abstract: This electric connector including an insulating casing furnished with cavities for receiving respective contacts connected to cables; a cap, which forms a guide for the cables and is arranged and fixed onto the casing; an operating element, which is movably mounted on the assembly formed by the casing and the cap and is intended for interactive engagement with a complementary element disposed on the matching part for the connector in order to ensure the coupling or the decoupling of the connector and its matching part. The operating element is movably mounted on the cap. The invention also relates to a method for assembling said connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2006Publication date: June 26, 2008Inventor: Frederic Chazottes
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Publication number: 20080070441Abstract: The invention relates to a device for locking a cap onto a contact-carrier module, wherein said cap has a bearing for locking the contact disposed in the contact-carrier module is assembled on the coupling face of module in such a way that the cap and the module form a first connector element which includes a latch for latching the cap on the module in a longitudinal contact locking position and a removable stop preventing the coupling of the connector element with a complementary connector element until the cap is latched on the module in the contact locking position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2005Publication date: March 20, 2008Inventors: Frederic Chazottes, Claude Casses