Patents by Inventor Ralph E. Huntosh, Jr.

Ralph E. Huntosh, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 4431248
    Abstract: A connector for making interconnection between the conductors in a flat cable and a terminal post grid on a printed circuit board has a molded plastic contact carrier in which the wire connection ends of the contacts exit from one surface of the carrier and the wiping blades exit from the opposite surface. The wiping blades are progressively further spaced from the center of the carrier than their associated wire connection ends progressing from the center toward both ends of the carrier to leave space at the ends of the carrier on the wire contact surface for cover latching members for latching a cover over a flat cable with its conductors electrically connected to the wire connection ends of the contact elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1984
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Ted R. Huntley, Ralph E. Huntosh, Jr.