Patents by Inventor Michael Patrick Higgins

Michael Patrick Higgins 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: 6045388
    Abstract: A connector position assurance system is provided for an electrical connector adapted for mating with another mateable connecting device. The connector includes a housing having a guideway and a stop surface near the guideway. A primary flexible locking arm on the housing includes a latch for mechanically interlocking with a cooperating latch of the mateable connecting device. A connector position assurance (CPA) device is slidable along the guideway between a first position allowing movement of the locking arm and mating of the connector with the mateable connecting device, and a second position blocking movement of the locking arm away from a latched position. The CPA device includes a flexible stop arm engageable with the stop surface on the housing to prevent the CPA device from moving from its first to its second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael Patrick Higgins, Clarence Robert Moon, III, Anthony J. Pill