Patents by Inventor Robert C. Barnick

Robert C. Barnick 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: 5232383
    Abstract: An electrical medical connector having an integrally formed conductive pad including several flexible fingers defined by several radial slots. Each contact finger is flexible radially outward into a conforming recess when a male conductive stud from a contact pad is inserted within the connector. Each flexible finger engages a narrowed portion of the male stud to form a conductive path at a first contact region, wherein a surface of each contact finger engages collar portion of the male stud to provide a second contact region. Due to the redundancy of the first and second contact regions, damage, loss or wear of one contact finger does not result in degraded electrical contact between the connector and the stud, hence, a more reliable connector is established. The conductive pad formed in insulating connector body includes an integrally formed crimp finger which is crimped to a conducting wire. The connecting wire typically is routed to a medical device such as an electrocardiograph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Inventor: Robert C. Barnick