Patents by Inventor Patrick Andrew Phillips

Patrick Andrew Phillips 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).

  • Electrical header with improved post retention
    Patent number: 5921788
    Abstract: An electrical header comprises a dielectric housing having cavities and contact posts held in the cavities. The contact posts extend beyond a first face of the housing for attachment to a substrate and extend beyond a second face of the housing for engagement with contacts of a mating electrical connector. Each of the contact posts has an enlargement in a vicinity of the second face. Each of the enlargements has a width which is greater than a width of its corresponding cavity for preventing the housing from being pulled off of the contact posts when the contact posts are attached to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Dwayne Wilson, Patrick Andrew Phillips, Richard Devowe Hutchinson, Jr., Carlos Ruben Chavez, Peter Gedde Nielsen