Patents by Inventor Patrice Retho

Patrice Retho 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: 20220271461
    Abstract: A female electrical contact for an electrical connector includes a conductive socket for a male electrical contact, including an opening, a peripheral wall and a bottom; and a stamped crown including a plurality of stamped conductive beams, the plurality of beams substantially regularly located along the peripheral wall in the socket, each beam having a main direction of extension substantially from the opening to the bottom of the socket, and including a plurality of corrugations along the main direction of extension, the corrugations including summits towards inside the socket and valleys towards the peripheral wall, wherein each beam is configured to elastically deform when coming into contact with the male contact on relative displacement of the male contact towards the bottom of the socket, and to contact the male electrical contact on a plurality of the summits of the corrugations when the male electrical contact is inserted in the socket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventor: Patrice RÉTHO
  • Patent number: 9397428
    Abstract: An electric connector includes a base adapted to receive a plug, which is able to be plugged into the base along a longitudinal direction in the plugged position. The base and the plug define together an interstitial space. The connector also includes a contact member adapted to radially extend into the interstitial space when the plug is in the plugged position. The contact member is able to ensure electric contact between the plug and the base and includes a metal wire folded back on itself so as to form turns around the longitudinal direction. The turns are in a number of less than or equal to five. A set of electric connectors can include the electric connector and the plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: HYPERTAC SA
    Inventor: Patrice Retho
  • Patent number: 9350096
    Abstract: A contact member establishes an electrical contact between a substrate and a first device. The contact member includes: a base extending substantially along a plane (P) and having a first surface that can be fixed on to the substrate, and a second surface (68) opposite the first surface along a normal direction (N) substantially perpendicular to the said plane. The second surface can be located face-to-face with the first device. At least one tongue can be integrally attached to the base. The tongue is flexible between a rest position, in which a distal end of the tongue is located at a distance away from the base on the side of the second surface along the normal direction, and a flexed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: HYPERTAC SA
    Inventor: Patrice Retho
  • Publication number: 20150064986
    Abstract: An electric connector includes a base adapted to receive a plug, which is able to be plugged into the base along a longitudinal direction in the plugged position. The base and the plug define together an interstitial space. The connector also includes a contact member adapted to radially extend into the interstitial space when the plug is in the plugged position. The contact member is able to ensure electric contact between the plug and the base and includes a metal wire folded back on itself so as to form turns around the longitudinal direction. The turns are in a number of less than or equal to five. A set of electric connectors can include the electric connector and the plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Patrice Retho
  • Publication number: 20150037987
    Abstract: A contact member establishes an electrical contact between a substrate and a first device. The contact member includes: a base extending substantially along a plane (P) and having a first surface that can be fixed on to the substrate, and a second surface (68) opposite the first surface along a normal direction (N) substantially perpendicular to the said plane. The second surface can be located face-to-face with the first device. At least one tongue can be integrally attached to the base. The tongue is flexible between a rest position, in which a distal end of the tongue is located at a distance away from the base on the side of the second surface along the normal direction, and a flexed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Patrice Retho