Patents by Inventor Jim Cahaly

Jim Cahaly 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 arrangement for knife contacts
    Patent number: 7648371
    Abstract: An electrical connecting arrangement includes a locator device mounted on a photovoltaic panel for relatively positioning a connector housing such that a resilient contact on the connector housing is arranged for electrical connection with a stationary rigid contact on the photovoltaic panel that extends in space relation within a chamber contained in the locator device, connection being made via an access opening contained in the locator device. Preferably, the stationary contact is a knife contact having a rectangular configuration defining a pair of parallel end edges that are supported by a pair of support slots defined in the opposed walls of the access opening, thereby to support the stationary contact during the engagement thereof by the resilient contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: Weidmuller Interface GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Boensch, Thorsten Beck, Klaus Pueschner, Klaus Holterhoff, Jim Cahaly
  • Electrical connector arrangement for knife contacts
    Publication number: 20080248681
    Abstract: An electrical connecting arrangement includes a locator device mounted on a photovoltaic panel for relatively positioning a connector housing such that a resilient contact on the connector housing is arranged for electrical connection with a stationary rigid contact on the photovoltaic panel that extends in space relation within a chamber contained in the locator device, connection being made via an access opening contained in the locator device. Preferably, the stationary contact is a knife contact having a rectangular configuration defining a pair of parallel end edges that are supported by a pair of support slots defined in the opposed walls of the access opening, thereby to support the stationary contact during the engagement thereof by the resilient contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2008
    Publication date: October 9, 2008
    Inventors: Matthias Boensch, Thorsten Beck, Klaus Pueschner, Klaus Holterhoff, Jim Cahaly