Patents by Inventor Joseph Howard

Joseph Howard 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).

  • Swage lock for coupling substrates together
    Patent number: 5801335
    Abstract: A first electrical insulation substrate having a pin and a second electrical insulation substrate having a hole formed therethrough for receiving the pin is provided. The pin is designed to control and limit the flow of the pin material to an upper portion of the pin during a cold forming process to avoid cracking the pin. This is accomplished by making a lower portion of the pin resistant to flow and the upper portion of the pin susceptible to flow. The lower portion of the pin may have a greater cross sectional area than the upper portion thus making the lower portion resistant to flow and the upper portion of the pin susceptible to flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Stacy Ann Brussalis, Joseph Howard Gladd, Aaron Dillon Monroe
  • Press fit stamped buss
    Patent number: 5709567
    Abstract: An assembly for conveying electricity comprising a stamped electrical buss plate having a slot formed therein, and an electrical terminal having a body portion and an upwardly extending prong portion, said body portion having raised features, said terminal being inserted in said stamped electrical buss plate slot so that said raised features engage the edges of said buss plate defining said slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1998
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Howard Gladd, Frederick Edward Mlakar