Patents by Inventor Ivan P. Kerns

Ivan P. Kerns 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).

  • Electrical connector with improved contact retention
    Patent number: 5403215
    Abstract: A contact (10) has an intermediate body portion (11) provided with respective side edges (14, 15) formed with a protruding convex portion (16) and a recessed concave portion (17), respectively. The contacts (10) are slidably inserted into respective channels (22) in the insulated housing (21) of an electrical connector (20), the channels (22) being separated by respective walls (23). When the contacts (10) are thus inserted into the channels (22), the convex portion (16) of one contact (10) cooperates with the concave portion (17) of an adjacent contact (10) to trap and deform the wall (23) therebetween, thereby exerting a resilient biasing force for retaining each contact (10) in its respective channel (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Randolph L. Buchter, Timothy L. Kocher, Ronald W. Brennian, Jr., Ivan P. Kerns, Edmund F. Shultz, Jr.