Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Richard Ruth

Jeffrey Richard Ruth 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).

  • Patent number: 10957992
    Abstract: An electrical contact assembly having a braided Litz wire and an electrical contact. The electrical contact has a contact portion and a Litz wire termination portion. The contact portion is configured to make an electrical connection with a mating contact. The Litz wire termination portion has serrations which engage the braided Litz wire. The Litz wire termination portion has a length to allow the Litz wire termination portion to make an electrical connection with each individual wire of the Litz wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: TE Connectivity Services GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Allan Randolph, Jeffrey Richard Ruth, Paul Walter McDowell
  • Publication number: 20200076093
    Abstract: An electrical contact assembly having a braided Litz wire and an electrical contact. The electrical contact has a contact portion and a Litz wire termination portion. The contact portion is configured to make an electrical connection with a mating contact. The Litz wire termination portion has serrations which engage the braided Litz wire. The Litz wire termination portion has a length to allow the Litz wire termination portion to make an electrical connection with each individual wire of the Litz wire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Kurt Allan RANDOLPH, Jeffrey Richard RUTH, Paul Walter MCDOWELL
  • Patent number: 9343820
    Abstract: Cable assembly including an electrical wire and a crimp contact engaged to a terminal end of the electrical wire. The crimp contact has a centerline and first and second sidewalls that extend from the centerline in opposite directions. The centerline extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of the crimp contact. Each of the first and second sidewalls has a base section and a leg section. The leg section extends a lateral distance from the centerline to a longitudinal edge of the leg section. The base section extends a lateral distance from the centerline to a longitudinal edge of the base section. The lateral distance of the leg section is greater than the lateral distance of the base section for each of the first and second sidewalls. The leg sections of the first and second sidewalls are located opposite the base sections of the second and first sidewalls, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter DeSantis, Jeffrey Richard Ruth
  • Patent number: 9147957
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided that includes a housing, terminals, and a stuffer. The housing has a plurality of terminal channels extending from a rear to a front of the housing. The front of the housing is configured to interface with a mating connector. The terminals are loaded into corresponding terminal channels from the rear of the housing. The terminals extend along a terminal axis between a mating end and a terminating end. The terminating end includes at least one tab that protrudes radially outward from the terminal axis. The stuffer is coupled to the rear of the housing. The stuffer includes multiple teeth received in corresponding terminal channels. When one terminal is not fully loaded in the terminal channel, the corresponding tooth engages one or more of the at least one tab of the terminal and forces the terminal further into the terminal channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kurt Allan Randolph, Jeffrey Richard Ruth, Richard Benjamin Emenheiser
  • Publication number: 20150200484
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided that includes a housing, terminals, and a stuffer. The housing has a plurality of terminal channels extending from a rear to a front of the housing. The front of the housing is configured to interface with a mating connector. The terminals are loaded into corresponding terminal channels from the rear of the housing. The terminals extend along a terminal axis between a mating end and a terminating end. The terminating end includes at least one tab that protrudes radially outward from the terminal axis. The stuffer is coupled to the rear of the housing. The stuffer includes multiple teeth received in corresponding terminal channels. When one terminal is not fully loaded in the terminal channel, the corresponding tooth engages one or more of the at least one tab of the terminal and forces the terminal further into the terminal channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kurt Allan Randolph, Jeffrey Richard Ruth, Richard Benjamin Emenheiser
  • Publication number: 20140199897
    Abstract: Cable assembly including an electrical wire and a crimp contact engaged to a terminal end of the electrical wire. The crimp contact has a centerline and first and second sidewalls that extend from the centerline in opposite directions. The centerline extends parallel to a longitudinal axis of the crimp contact. Each of the first and second sidewalls has a base section and a leg section. The leg section extends a lateral distance from the centerline to a longitudinal edge of the leg section. The base section extends a lateral distance from the centerline to a longitudinal edge of the base section. The lateral distance of the leg section is greater than the lateral distance of the base section for each of the first and second sidewalls. The leg sections of the first and second sidewalls are located opposite the base sections of the second and first sidewalls, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: July 17, 2014
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter DeSantis, Jeffrey Richard Ruth