Patents by Inventor Joseph A. Mauney

Joseph A. Mauney 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: 9160109
    Abstract: A connector assembly having a first connector portion, which has a lever that is configured to slide a pair of cam track structures, and a second connector portion that includes a plurality of cam followers that are received into cam tracks in the cam track structures. The lever can be operated to draw the first connector portion toward the second connector portion to couple first and second terminals together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Mauney, Conrad Naegelin, Chris W. Stock, Jeffrey L. Liu
  • Publication number: 20150171553
    Abstract: A connector assembly having a first connector portion, which has a lever that is configured to slide a pair of cam track structures, and a second connector portion that includes a plurality of cam followers that are received into cam tracks in the cam track structures. The lever can be operated to draw the first connector portion toward the second connector portion to couple first and second terminals together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Mauney, Conrad Naegelin, Chris W. Stock, Jeffrey L. Liu
  • Patent number: 8573987
    Abstract: A power distribution box assembly having a power distribution box, a plurality of wire assemblies, a holder and a plurality of sets of resilient fingers. The power distribution box having a housing, which defines a plurality of terminal cavities, and a plurality of conductive busbars, each of which terminating at a busbar terminal that is received in a corresponding one of the terminal cavities. The wire assemblies are coupled to the busbar terminals and extending from a rear side of the housing. The holder is received in the rear side of the housing and engaged to the housing in a snap-fit manner. The holder has a plurality of wire channels, each of which receiving an associated one of the wires. Each set of resilient fingers has at least one finger that is resiliently coupled to the holder and configured to engage an associated one of the wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian C. Schweitzer, Joseph A. Mauney
  • Publication number: 20130280928
    Abstract: A power distribution box assembly having a power distribution box, a plurality of wire assemblies, a holder and a plurality of sets of resilient fingers. The power distribution box having a housing, which defines a plurality of terminal cavities, and a plurality of conductive busbars, each of which terminating at a busbar terminal that is received in a corresponding one of the terminal cavities. The wire assemblies are coupled to the busbar terminals and extending from a rear side of the housing. The holder is received in the rear side of the housing and engaged to the housing in a snap-fit manner. The holder has a plurality of wire channels, each of which receiving an associated one of the wires. Each set of resilient fingers has at least one finger that is resiliently coupled to the holder and configured to engage an associated one of the wires.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Brian C. Schweitzer, Joseph A. Mauney
  • Patent number: 6679708
    Abstract: A junction box assembly for a vehicle having a junction box, a positive conductive terminal, a bus bar and a conductive jump-start terminal that are coupled to a battery cable in a manner wherein high-current electrical energy does not flow though the junction box during a jump-start event. The jump-start terminal is configured with a blade portion that provides the user of the vehicle with a convenient point to which the positive lead of a jumper cable may be attached during jump-starting operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
    Inventors: Charles P. Depp, J. Patrick Dunbar, Jr., Bernadette Y. Palmer, John M. King, Joseph A. Mauney