Patents by Inventor Gordon Udall

Gordon Udall 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).

  • Termination assembly formed by diverse angularly disposed conductors and termination method
    Patent number: 6547606
    Abstract: A clock spring wiring harness for an automotive steering apparatus has a resilient flexible flat cable containing flat conductors and terminated at its opposite ends by lead conductors. The flat cable is connected between a reel about which it is spirally wound and a fixed housing which supports the reel for rotation therein. The flat conductor/lead conductor terminations are formed by assembly of a stepped series of cradle assemblies integrally formed on and contained within terminal block ultrasonically welded together in assembly while subjected to a predetermined compressive force. Each lead conductor is normal to and continuously biased into direct electrical contacting engagement with an associated flat conductor in a region of termination defined by an associated one of the cradle assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Methode Development Company
    Inventors: James J. Johnston, Gordon Udall
  • TERMINATION ASSEMBLY FORMED BY DIVERSE ANGULARLY DISPOSED CONDUCTORS AND TERMINATION METHOD
    Publication number: 20030068912
    Abstract: A clock spring wiring harness for an automotive steering apparatus has a resilient flexible flat cable containing flat conductors and terminated at its opposite ends by lead conductors. The flat cable is connected between a reel about which it is spirally wound and a fixed housing which supports the reel for rotation therein. The flat conductor/lead conductor terminations are formed by assembly of a stepped series of cradle assemblies integrally formed on and contained within terminal block ultrasonically welded together in assembly while subjected to a predetermined compressive force. Each lead conductor is normal to and continuously biased into direct electrical contacting engagement with an associated flat conductor in a region of termination defined by an associated one of the cradle assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: James J. Johnston, Gordon Udall