Patents by Inventor Robert Correll, Jr.

Robert Correll, 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).

  • Ribbon cable connector with ground bus
    Patent number: 6638100
    Abstract: An electrical connector for terminating flat cable of the type having a plurality of signal and ground conductors in parallel alignment comprises a housing which holds a plurality of signal contacts and a ground bus. Each of the signal contacts has a signal conductor termination slot configured for insulation displacement termination of a respective said signal conductor. The ground bus has a plurality of ground conductor termination slots each configured for insulation displacement termination of a respective said ground conductor, and at least one bypass slot configured to permit at least one of said signal conductors to pass through said ground bus without termination thereto. The signal conductor termination slots, the ground conductor termination slots and the at least one bypass slot are arranged such that the plurality of signal and ground conductors reside in a common plane in the connector after termination thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Warren Fogg, Mai-Loan Thi Tran, Benjamin Howard Mosser, III, Robert Correll, Jr.
  • Ribbon cable connector with ground bus
    Patent number: 6368148
    Abstract: An electrical connector for terminating flat cable of the type having a plurality of signal and ground conductors in parallel alignment comprises a housing which holds a plurality of signal contacts and a ground bus. Each of the signal contacts has a signal conductor termination slot configured for insulation displacement termination of a respective said signal conductor. The ground bus has a plurality of ground conductor termination slots each configured for insulation displacement termination of a respective said ground conductor, and at least one bypass slot configured to permit at least one of said signal conductors to pass through said ground bus without termination thereto. The signal conductor termination slots, the ground conductor termination slots and the at least one bypass slot are arranged such that the plurality of signal and ground conductors reside in a common plane in the connector after termination thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Warren Fogg, Mai-Loan Thi Tran, Benjamin Howard Mosser, III, Robert Correll, Jr.
  • Ribbon cable connector with ground bus
    Patent number: 6033238
    Abstract: An electrical connector for terminating flat cable of the type having a plurality of signal and ground conductors in parallel alignment comprises a housing which holds a plurality of signal contacts and a ground bus. Each of the signal contacts has a signal conductor termination slot configured for insulation displacement termination of a respective said signal conductor. The ground bus has a plurality of ground conductor termination slots each configured for insulation displacement termination of a respective said ground conductor, and at least one bypass slot configured to permit at least one of said signal conductors to pass through said ground bus without termination thereto. The signal conductor termination slots, the ground conductor termination slots and the at least one bypass slot are arranged such that the plurality of signal and ground conductors reside in a common plane in the connector after termination thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Warren Fogg, Mai-Loan Thi Tran, Benjamin Howard Mosser, III, Robert Correll, Jr.