Patents by Inventor Matthew Edward Mostoller
Matthew Edward Mostoller 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).
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Publication number: 20240088682Abstract: A supply charging device for a mobile device includes a supply power connector having a supply housing having a mating end at the front mated with a receive power connector of the mobile device along a mating axis. The supply power connector has a cable end at the bottom. A supply contact chamber is at the mating end and a supply cable chamber is at the cable end. The supply power connector includes supply power contacts and a data communication module at the mating end. The supply charging device includes a cable assembly extending from the cable end at the bottom of the supply housing. The supply power cables extend along cable axes oriented non-parallel to the mating axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Christopher George Daily
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Publication number: 20230344164Abstract: A supply charging device includes a supply power connector having a supply housing coupled to a panel having a guide member configured to engage a guide feature of a receive power connector to guide mating. The supply power connector includes a door closing a supply contact chamber holding supply power contacts. The supply charging device includes a float element engaging the panel to allow floating of the supply power connector relative to the panel for aligning the mating end of the supply power connector with the receive power connector. A sealing boot is coupled to the housing and the panel to provide an environmental seal between the supply power connector and the panel. The sealing boot is flexible to maintain sealing as the supply power connector floats relative to the panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Christopher George Daily
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Publication number: 20230253727Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a hermaphroditic mating interface configured to be mated with a mating electrical connector having an identical mating interface. The housing a contact shroud at the mating end with openings at the front. A contact assembly is received in the contact cavity with mating ends of contacts aligned with corresponding openings and defining a hermaphroditic contact interface. The electrical connector includes a retractable cover located at the contact shroud to close the openings that is movable relative to the housing between a closed position and an open position. A cover actuator is coupled to the housing including a pusher and an actuation element operably coupled to the retractable cover. The pusher is configured to interface with a complimentary actuation element of the mating electrical connector to actuate a retractable cover of the mating electrical connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2022Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Christopher George Daily, Matthew Edward Mostoller
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Patent number: 11699878Abstract: A power connector includes a terminal block holding terminals in terminal channels with terminating ends configured to be electrically coupled to corresponding wires at separable interfaces. The power connector includes a rear insert covering the terminating ends of the terminals having wire ports configured to receive the corresponding wires during a wire poke-in process. The power connector includes biasing members associated with the terminals each including a pusher configured to be biased against the wire to push the wire into direct physical contact with the separable interface of the corresponding terminal. The power connector includes a release mechanism includes a plurality of pusher release elements. The release mechanism is actuated to release the pushers of each of the biasing members from the corresponding wires.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbHInventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Christopher George Daily
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Publication number: 20230100671Abstract: An electrical connector system includes a receptacle connector assembly and a header connector assembly mated with the receptacle connector assembly. The receptacle connector assembly includes a receptacle connector housing holding receptacle contacts in a plurality of rows. The header connector includes a header connector housing holding header contacts in a plurality of rows. The contacts are laterally offset and longitudinally staggered in the rows to provide spacing between the contacts.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Inventors: Christopher George Daily, Matthew Edward Mostoller, James Paul Scholz
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Patent number: 11588256Abstract: A power input terminal block includes terminals received in terminal channels of a housing each having a main body defining a wire pocket receiving a supply wire and a take-off tab electrically connected to the main body. The power input terminal block includes clamp contacts coupled to the take-off tabs each having a base, a spring beam extending from the base, and a cap extending from the spring beam having a poke-in window configured to receive a take-off wire. An edge defining the poke-in window engages the take-off wire and pulls the take-off wire against the wire side of the take-off tab. The power input terminal block includes release levers coupled to the housing to move the spring beam to an extended position to allow loading and removal of the take-off wire from the clamp contact and the take-off tab.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbHInventors: Justin Latorre, Matthew Edward Mostoller
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Patent number: 11579021Abstract: A charging device for charging a mobile device using a charging component includes a power connector and a thermal monitoring device. The power connector includes a housing having an end wall between a front and a rear. The housing includes power contact channels with power contacts received therein. The thermal monitoring device is coupled to the end wall of the housing. The thermal monitoring device includes a substrate, a mating connector mounted to the substrate, and a temperature sensor mounted to the substrate. The temperature sensor is electrically connected to the mating connector being positioned in close proximity with at least one of the power contacts such that the temperature sensor is in thermal communication with the power contact for monitoring the temperature of the power contact.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbHInventors: Christopher George Daily, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
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Patent number: 11552488Abstract: A supply charging device includes a supply power connector having a housing with a mating end and a flange configured to be mounted to a panel. The housing includes power contact channels extending through a base receiving power contacts. The housing includes a guide member engaging a guide feature of a mobile device to locate a receiver power connector relative to the supply power connector. The supply charging device includes a retaining plate securing the housing to the panel. The supply charging device includes a mounting spring extending from the housing and received in the panel cutout. The mounting spring engages the panel to allow the supply power connector to float relative to the panel within the panel cutout for aligning the mating end of the supply power connector with the receiver power connector.Type: GrantFiled: May 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbHInventors: Christopher George Daily, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
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Patent number: 11482817Abstract: A twist-lock connector system includes a first twist-lock connector including a first connector housing holding first twist-lock contacts at a first rotate-to-mate interface. The first twist-lock connector includes a first high speed electrical connector. The first high speed electrical connector is movable relative to the first connector housing between a home position and a rotated position. The first twist-lock connector includes a biasing member coupled to the first high speed electrical connector to bias the first high speed electrical connector to the home position. The twist-lock connector system includes a second twist-lock connector having a second connector housing holding second twist-lock contacts and a second high speed electrical connector at a mating interface.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbHInventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
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Publication number: 20220149566Abstract: A power connector includes a terminal block holding terminals in terminal channels with terminating ends configured to be electrically coupled to corresponding wires at separable interfaces. The power connector includes a rear insert covering the terminating ends of the terminals having wire ports configured to receive the corresponding wires during a wire poke-in process. The power connector includes biasing members associated with the terminals each including a pusher configured to be biased against the wire to push the wire into direct physical contact with the separable interface of the corresponding terminal. The power connector includes a release mechanism includes a plurality of pusher release elements. The release mechanism is actuated to release the pushers of each of the biasing members from the corresponding wires.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Inventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Christopher George Daily
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Patent number: 11204142Abstract: A street light fixture includes a street light pole having a base and a head end opposite the base supporting a street light head. The street light fixture includes a light fixture assembly having a head assembly, a base assembly and a wire assembly. The head assembly is received in the street light head and includes a light engine. The base assembly is received in a base cavity of the base of the street light pole and includes a power controller that receives power from power feed wires. The wire assembly has power supply wires extending between the street light head and the base of the street light pole. The power supply wires are coupled to the power controller and are coupled to the light engine to supply power from the power controller to the light engine.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbHInventors: Ronald Martin Weber, Matthew Edward Mostoller
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Patent number: 11187404Abstract: A lighting receptacle assembly includes a receptacle assembly housing having a base and a head with a cavity. The head has an upper surface defining a mating interface for mating with a sensor connector and a seal configured to be sealed against the fixture housing. An index mounting ring is coupled to the fixture housing from an interior of the fixture housing and includes indexing features interfacing with housing indexing features. A spring holder plate is coupled to the head and holds a spring biasing the receptacle assembly housing in a holding direction toward the index mounting ring to engage the housing indexing features and the indexing features.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbHInventors: Edward John Howard, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Christopher George Daily
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Publication number: 20210359475Abstract: A twist-lock connector system includes a first twist-lock connector including a first connector housing holding first twist-lock contacts at a first rotate-to-mate interface. The first twist-lock connector includes a first high speed electrical connector. The first high speed electrical connector is movable relative to the first connector housing between a home position and a rotated position. The first twist-lock connector includes a biasing member coupled to the first high speed electrical connector to bias the first high speed electrical connector to the home position. The twist-lock connector system includes a second twist-lock connector having a second connector housing holding second twist-lock contacts and a second high speed electrical connector at a mating interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
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Publication number: 20210333156Abstract: A charging device for charging a mobile device using a charging component includes a power connector and a thermal monitoring device. The power connector includes a housing having an end wall between a front and a rear. The housing includes power contact channels with power contacts received therein. The thermal monitoring device is coupled to the end wall of the housing. The thermal monitoring device includes a substrate, a mating connector mounted to the substrate, and a temperature sensor mounted to the substrate. The temperature sensor is electrically connected to the mating connector being positioned in close proximity with at least one of the power contacts such that the temperature sensor is in thermal communication with the power contact for monitoring the temperature of the power contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2020Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Christopher George Daily, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
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Patent number: 11092317Abstract: A lighting receptacle assembly for mounting to a fixture housing of a light fixture and for mating with a sensor connector having a photocontrol component includes a receptacle connector, a base seal, a mounting nut, a mounting plate, a seal bushing and a locking washer. The receptacle connector including a base holding receptacle contacts and a threaded shaft. The base seal is coupled to the base and the mounting nut is threadably coupled to the threaded shaft. The mounting plate has an opening receiving the threaded shaft. The seal bushing has an opening receiving the threaded shaft being compressed between the mounting plate and the fixture housing. The locking washer has an opening receiving the threaded shaft configured to engage the fixture housing and including a locking feature configured to resist rotation of the lighting receptacle assembly relative to the fixture housing.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbHInventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard
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Patent number: 11095248Abstract: A solar junction box for a solar panel having at least one photovoltaic cell and a foil electrically connected to the at least one cell including a housing having a base and a cover coupled to the base. The base and the cover define a cavity. The base has a mounting wall including a mounting surface configured to be mounted to the solar panel including a foil opening at the mounting surface. A contact assembly is received in the cavity having a terminal including a foil contact configured to be terminated to the foil. The foil contact has a transition leg transitioning into the foil opening to interface with the foil and a mating leg configured to be mated with the foil. The mating leg extends at or beyond the mounting wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GmbHInventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Christopher George Daily
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Publication number: 20210234288Abstract: A power input terminal block includes terminals received in terminal channels of a housing each having a main body defining a wire pocket receiving a supply wire and a take-off tab electrically connected to the main body. The power input terminal block includes clamp contacts coupled to the take-off tabs each having a base, a spring beam extending from the base, and a cap extending from the spring beam having a poke-in window configured to receive a take-off wire. An edge defining the poke-in window engages the take-off wire and pulls the take-off wire against the wire side of the take-off tab. The power input terminal block includes release levers coupled to the housing to move the spring beam to an extended position to allow loading and removal of the take-off wire from the clamp contact and the take-off tab.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2021Publication date: July 29, 2021Inventors: Justin Latorre, Matthew Edward Mostoller
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Publication number: 20210108788Abstract: A lighting receptacle assembly includes a receptacle assembly housing having a base and a head with a cavity. The head has an upper surface defining a mating interface for mating with a sensor connector and a seal configured to be sealed against the fixture housing. An index mounting ring is coupled to the fixture housing from an interior of the fixture housing and includes indexing features interfacing with housing indexing features. A spring holder plate is coupled to the head and holds a spring biasing the receptacle assembly housing in a holding direction toward the index mounting ring to engage the housing indexing features and the indexing features.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Inventors: Edward John Howard, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Christopher George Daily
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Publication number: 20200412073Abstract: High-speed connectors are identically configured each comprising a housing with a first interconnection feature at one location of the housing and a second interconnection feature at another location of the housing with a channel interposed between the first and second interconnection features. The first interconnection feature of the connector is configured to attach with the second interconnection feature of an identical connector and vise versa. The housing channel includes opposed wall sections with shields attached thereto that connect with one another when the connectors are combined. A plurality of electrical terminals is disposed within each housing channel and extend a length from a channel floor to a channel opening. The electrical terminals form an electrical/mechanical contact between interconnecting electrical terminal pairs when the connectors are joined together. In an example, two or more points of electrical/mechanical contact are formed between interconnecting electrical terminal pairs.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2019Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: TE Connectivity CorporationInventors: Christopher George Daily, Matthew Edward Mostoller
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Publication number: 20200400287Abstract: A lighting receptacle assembly for mounting to a fixture housing of a light fixture and for mating with a sensor connector having a photocontrol component includes a receptacle connector, a base seal, a mounting nut, a mounting plate, a seal bushing and a locking washer. The receptacle connector including a base holding receptacle contacts and a threaded shaft. The base seal is coupled to the base and the mounting nut is threadably coupled to the threaded shaft. The mounting plate has an opening receiving the threaded shaft. The seal bushing has an opening receiving the threaded shaft being compressed between the mounting plate and the fixture housing. The locking washer has an opening receiving the threaded shaft configured to engage the fixture housing and including a locking feature configured to resist rotation of the lighting receptacle assembly relative to the fixture housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Inventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Edward John Howard