Patents by Inventor MICHAEL WILBOURN

MICHAEL WILBOURN 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).

  • Contact assembly for electrical connector
    Patent number: 8460024
    Abstract: A contact assembly includes a contact organizer having a central axis. A plurality contacts are secured to the contact organizer. The contacts are arranged as differential pairs. The contacts have mating segments and termination segments extending from the mating segments. The mating segments extend along the central axis. The termination segments are configured to terminate to corresponding wires. The mating segments of each differential pair of contacts are radially offset from the central axis of the contact organizer. Wire holders are coupled to the contact organizer. The wire holders have openings extending therethrough and are configured to receive wires. The wire holders are configured to terminate the wires to the termination segments of the contacts when the wire holders are coupled to the contact organizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kasthuri Damodharan, Michael Wilbourn
  • CONTACT ASSEMBLY FOR ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20120238126
    Abstract: A contact assembly includes a contact organizer having a central axis. A plurality contacts are secured to the contact organizer. The contacts are arranged as differential pairs. The contacts have mating segments and termination segments extending from the mating segments. The mating segments extend along the central axis. The termination segments are configured to terminate to corresponding wires. The mating segments of each differential pair of contacts are radially offset from the central axis of the contact organizer. Wire holders are coupled to the contact organizer. The wire holders have openings extending therethrough and are configured to receive wires. The wire holders are configured to terminate the wires to the termination segments of the contacts when the wire holders are coupled to the contact organizer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: KASTHURI SANKAR DAMODHARAN, MICHAEL WILBOURN