Patents by Inventor Paul Dennis Jeffery

Paul Dennis Jeffery 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).

  • Miniature boardlock for an electrical connector
    Patent number: 6074249
    Abstract: An electrical connector for mounting on a substrate, the connector comprising a housing having a base surface and a boardlock for mechanically retaining the connector to the substrate the boardlock having a mounting portion fixed to the housing and a retention member extending outward from the base surface to be received in a hole in the substrate where the connector is characterized in that the retention member includes abutment surfaces that co-operate with the connector to assure the retention members are properly received in the holes of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2000
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Alan John Beken, Michael James Greener, James David Hutchinson, Paul Dennis Jeffery, Frank Michael Reginald Wheeler-King