Patents by Inventor Raymond B. McLauchlan

Raymond B. McLauchlan 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: 6835089
    Abstract: An electrical wiring harness assembly including a flex cable comprising electrical conductors; and a plurality of insulation displacement connection (IDC) terminals connected to the conductors of the flex cable. The IDC terminals each include a base section, wire insulation displacement sections connected to the base section and having insulation displacement slots, and sets of teeth extending from the base section which extend through the conductors and are outwardly deformed on an opposite side of the flex cable from the base section. The IDC terminals are adapted to connect electrical wires directly to the conductors of the flex cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Earl J. Hayes, Michael J. Alloway, Raymond B. McLauchlan
  • Publication number: 20040102079
    Abstract: An electrical wiring harness assembly including a flex cable comprising electrical conductors; and a plurality of insulation displacement connection (IDC) terminals connected to the conductors of the flex cable. The IDC terminals each include a base section, wire insulation displacement sections connected to the base section and having insulation displacement slots, and sets of teeth extending from the base section which extend through the conductors and are outwardly deformed on an opposite side of the flex cable from the base section. The IDC terminals are adapted to connect electrical wires directly to the conductors of the flex cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2002
    Publication date: May 27, 2004
    Applicant: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Earl J. Hayes, Michael J. Alloway, Raymond B. McLauchlan
  • Patent number: 6488520
    Abstract: An electrical connector including a housing; electrical contacts connected to the housing; and electrical shorting members connected to the housing. Each contact includes a male contact area to form a male electrical connector. Each shorting member is adapted to electrically connect at least two of the contacts to each other. Each one of the contacts is connected to at least one other contact of the contacts in the connector by the shorting member. The shorting members are each movable to a position spaced from the contacts. The contacts are aligned in an array of at least two rows with multiple ones of the contacts in each row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Earl J. Hayes, Raymond B. McLauchlan