Patents by Inventor Michael Edward Uppleger

Michael Edward Uppleger 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: 20240429636
    Abstract: An electrical socket includes a socket body defining a longitudinal axis and including a plurality of contact beams that are spaced from each other and that extend between a first end section and a second end section, the plurality of contact beams including a middle section positioned between the first end section and the second end section. Each of the plurality of contact beams has a contour extending between the first end section and the second end section such that a cross-section of the middle section of the plurality of contact beams taken in a plane oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis has a curved shape extending toward an interior of the socket body. The socket body is configured to receive a mating pin. The middle section comprises an inner contact area configured to contact the mating pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventor: Michael Edward Uppleger
  • Publication number: 20190305455
    Abstract: An electrical socket and method of making an electrical socket. The socket has a cylindrical body defining a longitudinal axis and having opposite first and second end rings, a spaced contact beams, and an inner receiving area for accepting a mating pin. The first and second end rings being rotatably offset from one another with respect to the longitudinal axis, thereby twisting the contact beams into a hyperbolic geometry. Each beam has a middle section between first and second end sections and each contact beam has a generally teardrop shape. The middle section of each contact beam has a contour that defines an inner contact area such that the middle section extends further into the inner receiving area than the first and second end sections and such that the inner contact areas are positioned for contact with the mating pin when inserted into the inner receiving area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Michael Edward Uppleger