Patents by Inventor Padrig McDaid

Padrig McDaid 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).

  • Board mounted electrical connector with improved ground terminals
    Patent number: 6638111
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board and includes an elongated dielectric housing having a front mating end and a rear terminating end. A plurality of signal terminals are mounted on the housing and are spaced longitudinally thereof. Each signal terminal includes a contact portion at the mating end of the housing and a tail portion at the terminating end of the housing. A plurality of ground plates are mounted on the housing between at least some of the signal terminals. Each ground plate includes a body portion, a front portion and a tail portion. The signal terminals are disposed substantially within the longitudinal profiles of the body portions and front portions of the ground plates in a direction longitudinally of the housing, with the tail portions of the ground plates projecting rearwardly of the profiles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Padrig McDaid, Kent D. Waddell, Denise Brennan, Eugene Folan, John M. Horgan, Enda Kelly, Joseph McCarthy, Brian Murphy, John Wallace