Patents by Inventor Lawrence A. Robert

Lawrence A. Robert 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).

  • Printed circuit card edge connector with normalling contacts
    Patent number: 4087151
    Abstract: An edge connector for a printed circuit card that includes normalling contacts. The connector is designed to make circuit with the printed circuit card before breaking the normalling contacts by having two springable contacts positioned so that the printed circuit card must pass between them and against a first set of contact surfaces before it can reach and separate the normalling or second set of contact surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 2, 1978
    Assignee: Magnetic Controls Company
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Robert, Richard A. Gunderson