Patents by Inventor Robert F. Evans

Robert F. Evans 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
    Patent number: 4068915
    Abstract: An edge board connector including terminals, each with a dual-beam contact at one end and a wire-terminating contact at its other end. The dual-beam contacts are positioned to engage pads on a printed circuit board inserted into the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1978
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventor: Robert F. Evans
  • Connector block
    Patent number: 3941448
    Abstract: A connector block having a first slot extending from one face in a direction for receiving the edge of a circuit board, a second slot extending from a second face in a direction opposite to the first slot and past the first slot for receiving a nose with a ribbon cable wrapped around the nose, openings in the body portion between the slots and contact terminals confined within such openings such that insertion of the nose and ribbon cable into the second slot and insertion of the circuit board into the first slot stresses the contacts between the nose and board and forms electrical interconnections therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1976
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company
    Inventor: Robert F. Evans