Patents by Inventor Kasthuri Sankar Damodharan

Kasthuri Sankar Damodharan 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: 9356394
    Abstract: A plug-in connector for connecting to a receptacle includes a housing including tripping structures, electrically conductive terminals partly situated in the housing, latches arranged in the housing, and a slider slidingly coupled to the housing, and further includes blocking structures and trippable structures extending in a mating direction and that cooperate with the tripping structures, and a spring that urges the slider outward away from the housing in the mating direction. The tripping structures are situated to engage with the trippable structures during an initial stage of relative movement between the housing and slider against the spring bias while inward deflection of the latches is allowed. The blocking structures of the slider prevent inward deflection of the latches after a final stage of the relative movement between the housing and slider, and the connector has an electrically interconnected state only when in the final stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: JAE OREGON, INC.
    Inventors: Adam Kennedy, Kasthuri Sankar Damodharan, Katsumasa Okuda, Guy Letourneau
  • Publication number: 20150162706
    Abstract: A plug-in connector for connecting to a receptacle includes a housing including tripping structures, electrically conductive terminals partly situated in the housing, latches arranged in the housing, and a slider slidingly coupled to the housing, and further includes blocking structures and trippable structures extending in a mating direction and that cooperate with the tripping structures, and a spring that urges the slider outward away from the housing in the mating direction. The tripping structures are situated to engage with the trippable structures during an initial stage of relative movement between the housing and slider against the spring bias while inward deflection of the latches is allowed. The blocking structures of the slider prevent inward deflection of the latches after a final stage of the relative movement between the housing and slider, and the connector has an electrically interconnected state only when in the final stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Applicant: JAE OREGON, INC.
    Inventors: Adam KENNEDY, Kasthuri Sankar DAMODHARAN
  • Patent number: 8968021
    Abstract: A plug-in connector for connecting to a receptacle including a housing including fins, at least one electrically conductive terminal at least partly situated in the housing and defining a mating axis and a mating direction, cantilevered locking beams arranged in the housing, a slider slidingly coupled to the housing and including blocking beams extending in the mating direction, a compressive member arranged to urge the slider outward away from the housing in the mating direction. The fins are situated to engage with the blocking beams during an initial stage of relative movement between the housing and the slider against a bias of the compressive member and allow inward deflection of the locking beams. The blocking beams are configured to prevent inward deflection of the locking beams after a final stage of the relative movement between the housing and the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: JAE Oregon, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Kennedy, Katsumasa Okuda, Guy Letourneau, Kasthuri Sankar Damodharan
  • Patent number: 8926357
    Abstract: A plug-in connector for connecting to a receptacle including a housing including fins, at least one electrically conductive terminal at least partly situated in the housing and defining a mating axis and a mating direction, cantilevered locking beams arranged in the housing, a slider slidingly coupled to the housing and including blocking beams extending in the mating direction, a compressive member arranged to urge the slider outward away from the housing in the mating direction. The fins are situated to engage with the blocking beams during an initial stage of relative movement between the housing and the slider against a bias of the compressive member and allow inward deflection of the locking beams. The blocking beams are configured to prevent inward deflection of the locking beams after a final stage of the relative movement between the housing and the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: JAE Oregon, Inc.
    Inventors: Adam Kennedy, Katsumasa Okuda, Guy Letourneau, Kasthuri Sankar Damodharan
  • Publication number: 20120238126
    Abstract: A contact assembly includes a contact organizer having a central axis. A plurality contacts are secured to the contact organizer. The contacts are arranged as differential pairs. The contacts have mating segments and termination segments extending from the mating segments. The mating segments extend along the central axis. The termination segments are configured to terminate to corresponding wires. The mating segments of each differential pair of contacts are radially offset from the central axis of the contact organizer. Wire holders are coupled to the contact organizer. The wire holders have openings extending therethrough and are configured to receive wires. The wire holders are configured to terminate the wires to the termination segments of the contacts when the wire holders are coupled to the contact organizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: KASTHURI SANKAR DAMODHARAN, MICHAEL WILBOURN
  • Publication number: 20120052738
    Abstract: A pluggable connector that includes a connector housing having mating and loading ends and a longitudinal axis extending therebetween. The connector housing includes an insert cavity that opens to the mating end. The pluggable connector also includes a plug insert that is disposed within the insert cavity. The plug insert has an air core that extends in a direction along the longitudinal axis. The pluggable connector also including first and second differential pairs that extend along the longitudinal axis through the plug insert. Each of the first and second differential pairs includes two mating contacts that extend parallel to each other. The air core is located directly between the first and second differential pairs to control the electromagnetic coupling between the first and second differential pairs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: STEVEN J. MILLARD, MEGHA SHANBHAG, BRIAN J. WILLIAMS, KASTHURI SANKAR DAMODHARAN
  • Publication number: 20120043838
    Abstract: An electrical contact is provided. The contact includes a positioning body configured to position the contact in a connector housing, wherein the connector housing is mounted to a housing of the motor. A wire end extends from the positioning body and is configured to be positioned within the housing of the motor. The wire end is configured to connect to a wire of the motor. A termination end extends from the positioning body opposite the wire end. The termination end is configured to be positioned outside the housing of the motor. The termination end is electrically joined to the wire end. A pair of termination prongs is formed at the termination end of the contact. The pair of termination prongs is configured to terminate the wire of the motor. The pair of termination prongs is configured to connect to a power cable of an electrically powered device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: STEVEN LEE FLICKINGER, WILLIAM G. LENKER, KASTHURI SANKAR DAMODHARAN
  • Patent number: 7934961
    Abstract: The invention provides a modular housing assembly system having a first housing assembly and second housing assembly. The first housing assembly has first contacts mounted thereon. The first contacts have elongated contact sections. The second housing assembly has second contacts mounted thereon. Each of the second contacts has more than one resilient contact sections spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis of the second contact. As the first housing assembly and the second housing assembly are moved into engagement, at least one resilient contact section of each of the second contacts are positioned in electrical engagement with the elongated contact sections of the first contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kasthuri Sankar Damodharan, Robert Wayne Walker
  • Publication number: 20090311922
    Abstract: The invention provides a modular housing assembly system having a first housing assembly and second housing assembly. The first housing assembly has first contacts mounted thereon. The first contacts have elongated contact sections. The second housing assembly has second contacts mounted thereon. Each of the second contacts has more than one resilient contact sections spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal axis of the second contact. As the first housing assembly and the second housing assembly are moved into engagement, at least one resilient contact section of each of the second contacts are positioned in electrical engagement with the elongated contact sections of the first contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2009
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kasthuri Sankar DAMODHARAN, Robert Wayne WALKER