Patents by Inventor Kurt HUTCHISON

Kurt HUTCHISON 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: 11509088
    Abstract: A dual row low profile high voltage connector, having a minimal height and meeting high voltage requirements and a method of assembling thereof, includes a male housing and a female housing, and further includes a terminal position assurance (TPA) device and a connector position assurance (CPA) device, the TPA device ensuring that a terminal, housed within the female housing, provides a secondary lock, so as to ensure that the terminal is secured or locked within the female housing. The CPA device assures that the male and female housings remain locked. The terminal is housed within the female housing to meet a minimal height requirement and having dual rows of terminals inserted therein the female. The TPA device and the CPA device function in pre-lock or full-lock positions. A method also improves clearance and creepage by allowing a clearance or electrical path to extend around an inserted TPA between terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: J.S.T. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hua Sheng Soh Sheng, Minguang Eu, Gwendolyn Upson, Kurt Hutchison
  • Patent number: 11456553
    Abstract: A low profile high voltage connector, having a minimal height and meeting high voltage requirements and a method of assembling thereof, includes a male housing and a female housing, and further includes a terminal position assurance (TPA) device and a connector position assurance (CPA) device, the TPA device ensuring that a terminal, housed within the female housing, provides a secondary lock, so as to ensure that the terminal is secured or locked within the female housing. The CPA device assures that the male and female housings remain locked and inseparable from each other. The terminal is housed within the female housing in such a way as to have the female housing, engaged within the male housing, to meet a minimal height requirement. Each of the TPA device and the CPA device functions in a pre-lock position or a full-lock position when engaging with the low profile high voltage connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: J.S.T. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hua Sheng Soh, Minguang Eu, Gweldolyn Upson, Kurt Hutchison
  • Publication number: 20220285884
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided. The electrical connector can include a female housing and a connector position assurance member forming a pre-installed assembly. A male housing of the electrical connector can receive the assembly. Coupling of the assembly and the male housing can permit movement of the connector position assurance member to a final lock position, thus providing connector position assurance to the electrical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Ping CHEN, Kurt HUTCHISON
  • Publication number: 20210091501
    Abstract: A low profile high voltage connector, having a minimal height and meeting high voltage requirements and a method of assembling thereof, includes a male housing and a female housing, and further includes a terminal position assurance (TPA) device and a connector position assurance (CPA) device, the TPA device ensuring that a terminal, housed within the female housing, provides a secondary lock, so as to ensure that the terminal is secured or locked within the female housing. The CPA device assures that the male and female housings remain locked and inseparable from each other. The terminal is housed within the female housing in such a way as to have the female housing, engaged within the male housing, to meet a minimal height requirement. Each of the TPA device and the CPA device functions in a pre-lock position or a full-lock position when engaging with the low profile high voltage connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: J.S.T. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soh Hua SHENG, Eu MINGUANG, Gweldolyn UPSON, Kurt HUTCHISON
  • Publication number: 20210091502
    Abstract: A dual row low profile high voltage connector, having a minimal height and meeting high voltage requirements and a method of assembling thereof, includes a male housing and a female housing, and further includes a terminal position assurance (TPA) device and a connector position assurance (CPA) device, the TPA device ensuring that a terminal, housed within the female housing, provides a secondary lock, so as to ensure that the terminal is secured or locked within the female housing. The CPA device assures that the male and female housings remain locked. The terminal is housed within the female housing to meet a minimal height requirement and having dual rows of terminals inserted therein the female. The TPA device and the CPA device function in pre-lock or full-lock positions. A method also improves clearance and creepage by allowing a clearance or electrical path to extend around an inserted TPA between terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: J.S.T. CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soh Hua SHENG, Eu MINGUANG, Gweldolyn UPSON, Kurt HUTCHISON
  • Patent number: D975025
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: J.S.T. Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Blankinship, Ping Chen, Kurt Hutchison, Gwendolyn Upson
  • Patent number: D1013642
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: J.S.T. Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Blankinship, Ping Chen, Kurt Hutchison, Gwendolyn Upson