Patents by Inventor Gerard Mulot

Gerard Mulot 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).

  • Publication number: 20150333434
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical connector device comprising a terminal carrier including at least one contact cavity having a front stop, a multi-contact rear body having at least one back support , a terminal incorporated in the contact cavity of the terminal carrier and assembled to an electrical wire, and -a sealing member provided in the contact cavity of the terminal carrier. The sealing member extends from the front stop of the contact cavity to the back support of the multi-contact rear body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2012
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: ARNAUD DUQUESNE, GERARD MULOT
  • Patent number: 8944860
    Abstract: An electrical female terminal, manufactured from a single metal sheet, comprising a crimping portion and a contact portion adapted to mate with a corresponding male terminal to be inserted therein, the contact portion comprising an outer frame having a top wall, a bottom wall parallel and opposed to the top wall, and two side walls, an inner frame encased in the outer frame, a first elastic contact member extending from the inner frame, and bearing on an inner portion of the bottom wall, a second elastic contact member extending from the inner frame and bearing on an inner portion of the top wall. The first and second elastic contact members have a convex shape oriented toward one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Delphi International Operations Luxembourg, S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Gerard Mulot, Arnaud Duquesne, Dominique Rozet
  • Patent number: 8597062
    Abstract: The electrical contact includes a wire crimping portion receiving an electrical wire, a cylindrical power contact portion for connection with a complementary contact. The power contact portion comprises includes a body mechanically retained on the wire crimping portion and spring legs depending from the body and to be contacted with the complementary contact. The electrical contact further includes an electrically insulating cover covering the spring legs. The cover additionally includes fool proof features to prevent incorrect assembly of the cover into passages of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Delphi International Operations Luxembourg, S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Patrice Cappe, Jean-Paul David, Gerard Mulot
  • Publication number: 20130225016
    Abstract: An electrical female terminal, manufactured from a single metal sheet, comprising a crimping portion and a contact portion adapted to mate with a corresponding male terminal to be inserted therein, the contact portion comprising an outer frame having a top wall, a bottom wall parallel and opposed to the top wall, and two side walls, an inner frame encased in the outer frame, a first elastic contact member extending from the inner frame, and bearing on an inner portion of the bottom wall, a second elastic contact member extending from the inner frame and bearing on an inner portion of the top wall. The first and second elastic contact members have a convex shape oriented toward one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: FCI AUTOMOTIVE HOLDING
    Inventors: Gerard Mulot, Arnaud Duquesne, Dominique Rozet
  • Patent number: 8241052
    Abstract: The present relates to an electrical connector system which includes a first connector assembly having a first connector and a second connector to be coupled one to the other; a second connector assembly having a third connector and a housing contiguous to the first connector, the housing having an open connecting face for receiving within a complementary part of the third connector so as to perform a coupling one to the other. This connector system may include a movable element which is movable between two positions, i.e.: a “first position” in which it masks at least partially the open connecting face, so that it makes impossible the coupling with the third connector; a “second position” in which it does not mask the front open connecting face, so that it makes possible the coupling with the third connector; the movable element being able to be moved into the “second position” only when said first and second connectors are fully coupled together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: FCI Automotive Holding
    Inventors: Gérard Mulot, Claude Casses
  • Publication number: 20110177722
    Abstract: The electrical contact includes a wire crimping portion receiving an electrical wire, a circumferential power contact portion for connection with a complementary contact. The power contact portion includes a body mechanically retained on the wire crimping portion and spring legs extending from the body and to be contacted with the complementary contact. The electrical contact further includes an electrically insulating cover covering said spring legs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2008
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Patrice Cappe, Jean-Paul David, Gerard Mulot
  • Publication number: 20100317214
    Abstract: The present relates to an electrical connector system which includes a first connector assembly having a first connector and a second connector to be coupled one to the other; a second connector assembly having a third connector and a housing contiguous to the first connector, the housing having an open connecting face for receiving within a complementary part of the third connector so as to perform a coupling one to the other. This connector system may include a movable element which is movable between two positions, i.e.: a “first position” in which it masks at least partially the open connecting face, so that it makes impossible the coupling with the third connector; a “second position” in which it does not mask the front open connecting face, so that it makes possible the coupling with the third connector; the movable element being able to be moved into the “second position” only when said first and second connectors are fully coupled together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2008
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventors: Gérard Mulot, Claude Casses
  • Patent number: 7794257
    Abstract: Electrical contact having a longitudinal axis along which a first central body and at least one first blade are produced, characterized in that this electrical contact is intended to be mated with a complementary electrical contact which itself has a second central body and at least one second blade, extending generally in the longitudinal direction of the second contact, so that when the contact and the complementary contact are mated the first blade is in electrical contact with the second central body and the second blade is in electrical contact with the first central body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: FCI
    Inventors: Dominique Rozet, Claude Casses, Gerard Mulot
  • Patent number: 7744411
    Abstract: This connector part includes an insulating housing provided with a plurality of sockets for receiving a contact, which have a rear contact insertion end; a joint, which is provided with a plurality of cable passages corresponding to the sockets and which is placed in said housing behind the sockets; and a cable-guiding grid, which is fixed in the housing behind the joint, supporting the latter, said grid being provided with a plurality of cable passages corresponding to the sockets. It also includes a member for blocking the passages of the grid, which is fixed on said grid and is designed for being pierced selectively for the insertion of contacts into a predetermined group of sockets. The invention also relates to a piercing tool, which is designed for being used with one such connector part, and to a corresponding wiring method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2010
    Assignee: FCI
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Gérard Mulot, Thierry Colinmaire, Jean-François Clerc
  • Publication number: 20090311898
    Abstract: Electrical contact having a longitudinal axis along which a first central body and at least one first blade are produced, characterized in that this electrical contact is intended to be mated with a complementary electrical contact which itself has a second central body and at least one second blade extending generally in the longitudinal direction of the second contact, so that when the contact and the complementary contact are mated the first blade is in electrical contact with the second central body and the second blade is in electrical contact with the first central body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2007
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Dominique Rozet, Claude Casses, Gerard Mulot
  • Publication number: 20080280497
    Abstract: This connector part includes an insulating housing provided with a plurality of sockets for receiving a contact, which have a rear contact insertion end; a joint, which is provided with a plurality of cable passages corresponding to the sockets and which is placed in said housing behind the sockets; and a cable-guiding grid, which is fixed in the housing behind the joint, supporting the latter, said grid being provided with a plurality of cable passages corresponding to the sockets. It also includes a member for blocking the passages of the grid, which is fixed on said grid and is designed for being pierced selectively for the insertion of contacts into a predetermined group of sockets. The invention also relates to a piercing tool, which is designed for being used with one such connector part, and to a corresponding wiring method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2005
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Applicant: FCI
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Gerard Mulot, Thierry Colinmaire, Jean-Francois Clerc
  • Patent number: 7338319
    Abstract: The invention concerns a sealing system for a multiterminal electrical connector (1) comprising a multiterminal seal (10) with several through-holes (11) passing right through the seal and each one designed to receive an electrical connection wire (5) and a tubular single-unit seal (20) partly enclosing the connection wire and inserted, at least partly, in one of the through-holes of the multiterminal seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Assignee: FCI
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Gérard Mulot
  • Patent number: 7252556
    Abstract: A front end 7 of a locking arm 4 provided on a rear holder 1 is inserted into a hole portion 25 formed in a main housing 21, and the locking arm 4 is supported like as a bridge. The main housing 21 is inserted into a hood portion 44 of a cooperating housing 41 and connecting terminals are connected to each other to establish the electrical connection. A locking claw 5 formed on the locking arm 4 is once resiliently moved downward to pass through a locking claw 43 of the cooperating housing 41 and is then restored into an original posture to engage the locking claw 5 with the locking claw 43. Once the main housing 21 is engaged with the cooperating housing 41, these housings could not be released accidentally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignees: FCI, Mitsubishi Cable Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsugio Anbo, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Tetsu Hirose, Gerard Mulot, Claude Casses
  • Publication number: 20060281373
    Abstract: A front end 7 of a locking arm 4 provided on a rear holder 1 is inserted into a hole portion 25 formed in a main housing 21, and the locking arm 4 is supported like as a bridge. The main housing 21 is inserted into a hood portion 44 of a cooperating housing 41 and connecting terminals are connected to each other to establish the electrical connection. A locking claw 5 formed on the locking arm 4 is once resiliently moved downward to pass through a locking claw 43 of the cooperating housing 41 and is then restored into an original posture to engage the locking claw 5 with the locking claw 43. Once the main housing 21 is engaged with the cooperating housing 41, these housings could not be released accidentally.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2004
    Publication date: December 14, 2006
    Inventors: Tsugio Anbo, Yoshikazu Tanaka, Tetsu Hirose, Gerard Mulot, Claude Casses
  • Patent number: 7140915
    Abstract: The invention relates to a retaining device for maintaining an electric contact (24) in the connector socket (22) of a connection box (20). The inventive device comprises a bearing surface (50) interacting with a shoulder (52) which is arranged on the level of said contact (24) and is characterised in that the bearing surface and the shoulder (52) are provided with supplementary nonplanar profiles in such a way that the thus obtained contact plane has a larger contact surface than the contact planes having the equal size across the width thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2006
    Assignee: FCI
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Gérard Mulot
  • Patent number: 7137854
    Abstract: The invention relates to a female electrical contact terminal obtained from a single plate of electrically conductive metal including a rear part making possible a crimped connection with an electrical wire, a front part including a cage 4a consisting of a bottom, a top, two sides, at least one strip ensuring a contact with a complementary male contact terminal, a transition part linking the front part with the rear part, an extension leg at least traversing the transition zone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: FCI
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Gérard Mulot
  • Publication number: 20060141873
    Abstract: The invention relates to a female electrical contact terminal obtained from a single plate of electrically conductive metal: including a rear part making possible a crimped connection with an electrical wire, a front part including a cage 4a consisting of a bottom, a top, two sides, at least one strip ensuring a contact with a complementary male contact terminal, a transition part linking the front part with the rear part, an extension leg at least traversing the transition zone.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2003
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Gerard Mulot
  • Publication number: 20060128234
    Abstract: The invention concerns a sealing system for a multiterminal electrical connector (1) comprising a multiterminal seal (10) with several through-holes (11) passing right through the seal and each one designed to receive an electrical connection wire (5) and a tubular single-unit seal (20) partly enclosing the connection wire and inserted, at least partly, in one of the through-holes of the multiterminal seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2003
    Publication date: June 15, 2006
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Gerard Mulot
  • Patent number: 7059921
    Abstract: The invention relates to a one-piece female electrical contact (1) which is cut and folded and which comprises, longitudinally, a rear area for connecting to an electrical conductor, a protective cage, which consists of a floor (4), two lateral walls (5, 6) and at least one ceiling element, and, on the front, a termination which is in contact with a complementary male contact. Said contact termination consists of at least one elastic contact blade (8, 9) comprising a blade which is connected to the rear of at least one ceiling element (22) and which extends towards the rear before folding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: FCI
    Inventor: Gerard Mulot
  • Publication number: 20060035519
    Abstract: The invention relates to a retaining device for maintaining an electric contact (24) in the connector socket (22) of a connection box (20). The inventive device comprises a bearing surface (50) interacting with a shoulder (52) which is arranged on the level of said contact (24) and is characterised in that the bearing surface and the shoulder (52) are provided with supplementary nonplanar profiles in such a way that the thus obtained contact plane has a larger contact surface than the contact planes having the equal size across the width thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2003
    Publication date: February 16, 2006
    Inventors: Claude Casses, Gerard Mulot