Patents by Inventor Lynn Wilson Abernethy

Lynn Wilson Abernethy 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: 5931688
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly for mounting an electrical component, such as a radio, on a panel. The connector assembly permits blind mating of a radio in a dash. A header on the radio is mated to a plug connector on a wiring harness. The plug connector is mounted on a mounting member on a panel. When the component is inserted through an opening, such as an opening in an automobile dash, the plug connector can shift into alignment with a header on the component. Ramps on the header and on the plug connector cam the mating connectors into alignment permitting movement in a plane perpendicular to the mating direction. Alignment and movement in the mating direction is permitted by springs holding the plug connector on the housing. Metal springs exerting a mating force when deflected can be use. Alternatively molded cantilever latches can be deflected. The mated connectors can still move in the axial direction after mating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1999
    Assignee: The Whitaker Company
    Inventors: Richard Eric Hasz, Lynn Wilson Abernethy, David Maurice Wolla, John Rudell Bussard, Donald Robert Worthington, Bruce Edwin Chapman