Patents by Inventor Ivan P. Morgan

Ivan P. Morgan 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 having poke-in wire contact
    Patent number: 8882533
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a receptacle that is configured to receive an electrical wire therein along an insertion axis. An electrical contact is held by the housing. The electrical contact includes a contact beam that includes a wire interface that is configured to engage the electrical wire. The contact beam is movable between a closed position and an open position. The wire interface is configured to engage the electrical wire when the contact beam is in the closed position. The wire interface is configured to be disengaged from the electrical wire when the contact beam is in the open position. The contact beam is configured to be slidably engaged by an actuator along an actuation direction that is non-perpendicular to the insertion axis to move the contact beam from the closed position to the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Philip Clay Brandberg, Edward J. Howard, Ivan P. Morgan, Timothy Lee Kocher
  • ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING POKE-IN WIRE CONTACT
    Publication number: 20130316563
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a receptacle that is configured to receive an electrical wire therein along an insertion axis. An electrical contact is held by the housing. The electrical contact includes a contact beam that includes a wire interface that is configured to engage the electrical wire. The contact beam is movable between a closed position and an open position. The wire interface is configured to engage the electrical wire when the contact beam is in the closed position. The wire interface is configured to be disengaged from the electrical wire when the contact beam is in the open position. The contact beam is configured to be slidably engaged by an actuator along an actuation direction that is non-perpendicular to the insertion axis to move the contact beam from the closed position to the open position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Philip Clay Brandberg, Edward J. Howard, Ivan P. Morgan, Timothy Lee Kocher