Patents by Inventor Robert E. Gross, Jr.

Robert E. Gross, 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).

  • Electrical contact with assist spring
    Patent number: 4583812
    Abstract: A stiff assist spring is secured around a receptacle contact having opposed spaced contact arms extending forward from a body portion thereof to receive a plug terminal insertably therebetween, said assist spring having spring arms coextensive with and outside said contact arms and extending from base sections interconnected by an integral bridge section straddling said contact arms proximate said body portion, such that said spring arms resist the widening of the contact arms by the insertion of said plug terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1986
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert E. Gross, Jr., Teresa K. Heck, William P. Sturner, Yew-Thye Yeow