Patents by Inventor Mario Aimasso

Mario Aimasso 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: 6086434
    Abstract: An electrical connector system including an electrical female terminal an electrical contact portion for making electrical contact with either a round or square type male pin with chamfered corners. The contact portion including first, second and third finger each having a first end connected to a bridge and the second finger having a first end connected an outer barrel portion, and the first and third fingers having free ends. The electrical contact portion is received in and enclosed by the outer barrel portion and so that the other barrel portion has an open end to allow a male pin to be inserted therein and to make electrical contact with the first, second and third fingers. The terminal is a one piece tangless female terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Marco Rollero, Mario Aimasso, Robert Leroy Sten
  • Patent number: 5403212
    Abstract: An electric connector comprising an outer casing; a terminal block housed inside the casing and having a number of through cavities arranged in two parallel rows adjacent to the lateral walls of the terminal block; and a number of electric terminals housed inside respective cavities and retained therein by respective primary retaining means and by secondary retaining means consisting of a pair of movable elements integral with the lateral walls of the terminal block, connected to the terminal block by an elastic hinge, and having a number of teeth cooperating, in an assembly position, with respective electric terminals; snap-on means being provided for mutually engaging the lateral walls of the terminal block and the movable elements for maintaining the movable elements stably in the aforementioned assembly position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Inventor: Mario Aimasso
  • Patent number: 5282760
    Abstract: An electric connector comprising an outer casing; a terminal block housed inside the casing and having a number of through cavities arranged in two parallel rows adjacent to the lateral walls of the terminal block; and a number of electric terminals housed inside respective cavities and retained therein by respective primary connecting means and by secondary retaining means consisting of a pair of comb elements having teeth cooperating with respective terminals; the comb elements being integral with the terminal block and connected to it by an elastic hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 1, 1994
    Assignee: Framatome Connectors Italia S.p.A.
    Inventor: Mario Aimasso