Patents by Inventor Henry Otto Hermann, Jr.

Henry Otto Hermann, Jr. 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).

  • Contact for error resistant coupling of electrical signals
    Patent number: 6802729
    Abstract: A signal connector assembly with a plug contact within a plug having a high resistive portion. When the plug of the assembly first makes contact with the electrical receptacles within a mating receptacle, the high resistive portion prevents a current surge. As the plug is further inserted into the receptacle, the energy passing from the plug to the receptacle is gradually increased. Eventually, the receptacle contacts within the receptacle pass the high resistive portion and make contact with the conductive portion of the plug contact, thereby permitting transmission of valid signals without the generation of spurious errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2004
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Henry Otto Hermann, Jr., Marjorie Kay Myers
  • Contact for error resistant coupling of electrical signals
    Patent number: 6296499
    Abstract: A signal connector assembly with a plug contact within a plug having a high resistive portion. When the plug of the assembly first makes contact with the electrical receptacles within a mating receptacle, the high resistive portion prevents a current surge. As the plug is further inserted into the receptacle, the energy passing from the plug to the receptacle is gradually increased. Eventually, the receptacle contacts within the receptacle pass the high resistive portion and make contact with the conductive portion of the plug contact, thereby permitting transmission of valid signals without the generation of spurious errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Henry Otto Hermann, Jr., Marjorie Kay Myers