Patents by Inventor Raymond A. Maga

Raymond A. Maga 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 connector with connector position assurance device
    Patent number: 4946395
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises a socket connector body which has a flexible lock arm and connector position device slideably retained on it. The connector position assurance device moves from a rearward release position when the flexible lock arm flexes outwardly to engage a lock shoulder of a mating connector body to a forward lock position where the flexible lock arm is blocked against outward movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth P. Cope, Raymond A. Maga, Teddy L. Hall
  • Electrical component packaging assembly
    Patent number: 4679885
    Abstract: An electrical component packaging assembly in which the same structure and operation that makes electrical contact between a pair of terminals and a pair of leads of the component also serves to simultaneously mechanically lock the terminals to the assembly. The component leads are fitted within aligned slots in the terminals and in a housing to lock the terminals against withdrawal from the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1987
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Charles R. Nestor, Raymond A. Maga, Gregory L. Bensing