Patents by Inventor Lori Ann Mayer

Lori Ann Mayer 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).

  • Publication number: 20020187687
    Abstract: An electrical contact assembly is provided that includes insolated blade and receptacle connector housings mateable with one another while moved from initial to final mating positions. A blade contact is provided with a support section that is securely mounted within the insulated connector housing. The blade contact further includes a contact knife projecting from the support section. A receptacle contact is provided having a base section that is securely mounted in the insulated receptacle housing. The receptacle contact includes at least one contact spring projecting from the base section. The blade and receptacle contacts are joined in a mating operation while moved from initial to final mating positions. Blade and receptacle mating zones are defined on the blade and receptacle contacts respectively. The mating zones electrically engage one another when in the final mating position to maintain a primary electrical interface between the blade and receptacle contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Steven Andrew Weller, Lori Ann Mayer
  • Patent number: 6488549
    Abstract: An electrical contact assembly is provided that includes insolated blade and receptacle connector housings mateable with one another while moved from initial to final mating positions. A blade contact is provided with a support section that is securely mounted within the insulated connector housing. The blade contact further includes a contact knife projecting from the support section. A receptacle contact is provided having a base section that is securely mounted in the insulated receptacle housing. Arcing zones are defined on the blade and receptacle contacts that are located separate and apart from mating zones. The arcing zones electrically engage one another only when the blade and receptacle contacts are located in the initial mating position to provide a temporary electrical interface for discharging arcs between the blade and receptacle contacts. After which, the arcing zones disengage one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Andrew Weller, Lori Ann Mayer
  • Patent number: 6056599
    Abstract: An electrical connector which comprises a circular shell (20) in which a dielectric housing (44) having rows of electrical contacts (50) mounted therein is to be positioned, the electrical contacts including receptacle sections (52), matable electrical contacts (63, 81) having contact sections for matable engagement with the receptacle sections (52) and terminating sections for electrical connection to electrical conductors (54) of a cable (12), and dielectric contact-mounting members (67, 85, 87, 89) on which the matable electrical contacts (63, 81) are mounted whereby the matable electrical contacts are arranged in rows so that the contact sections of the matable electrical contacts (63, 81) of each row are electrically connected with the respective receptacle sections (52) of the electrical contacts (50) in the corresponding row of electrical contacts in the dielectric housing (44).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2000
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Lee Flickinger, Lawrence Se-Jun Oh, Lori Ann Mayer, James Francis McIntire, Hans Arie Blom