Patents by Inventor Robert J. Shiley

Robert J. Shiley 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: 5921784
    Abstract: A card edge connector comprising a housing, signal contacts and a ground contact. The housing has a card edge receiving area. The signal contacts are connected to the housing. The ground contact is connected to the housing and generally surrounds a corresponding signal contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1999
    Assignee: Framatome Connectors USA Inc.
    Inventors: Carl C. Petersen, Ronald P. Sidor, Robert J. Shiley, II
  • Patent number: 5919049
    Abstract: A card edge connector having a housing, signal contacts and a four bladed ground contact. The housing has a card edge receiving area. The signal contacts are connected to the housing and the four bladed ground contact is also connected to the housing. The four bladed ground contact has a one piece frame with two pairs of opposing contact blades on opposite sides of the card edge receiving area in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Framatome Connectors USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Carl C. Petersen, Ronald P. Sidor, Robert J. Shiley, II
  • Patent number: 5645456
    Abstract: An electrical connector with a frame and an electrical contact mounted to the frame. The frame has a general clamshell design adapted to surround a portion of a cable to mechanically connect the frame to the cable. The frame has an elongate C-shaped member with an outer section and an inner section. The contact is sandwiched between the two sections. The contact has a curved busing strip with contact terminals extending in opposite directions from the busing strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: Burndy Corporation
    Inventors: Carl C. Petersen, Robert J. Shiley, II, Frederick D. J. Hooper
  • Patent number: 5586912
    Abstract: A filtered electrical connector includes a housing, filter contacts, and a ground plane member. The filter contacts include a contact member and, a tubular capacitor connected to the contact member. The capacitor is mounted over the contact member and sandwiched between a ledge of the contact member and an end of a crimping sleeve with conductive elastomeric washers compressed therebetween. The ground plane member has receiving apertures to receive and make contact with the filter contacts and, contact legs. A separate contact leg is provided for each receiving aperture. Each of the legs makes contact with the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Assignee: Burndy Corporation
    Inventors: Robert A. Eslampour, Robert J. Shiley, II, Allan W. Hendry
  • Patent number: 5573409
    Abstract: A connector is described, of the type that has rows of contacts at each of its opposite mating face, with each contact at one face connected to a contact at the other face. In a connector that has at least three rows of contacts at each face, the contacts are connected through a flexible circuit board arrangement that has circuit board conductors. First and second groups of conductors (70, 76 in FIG. 4) that connect rows at the opposite faces extend in a zig-zag pattern along a first face of the flexible circuit board. A third group of conductors (84, FIG. 5) extend along a second face of the circuit board. The flexible circuit board has first and second end portions connected to the contacts and has a middle therebetween, with the middle (114, FIG. 2) curved along substantially half a cylinder around one side (110) of a spacer (66).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: ITT Corporation
    Inventors: Robert J. Shiley, Gary C. Bethurum
  • Patent number: 5066237
    Abstract: Eyelets are described that project through holes in the legs of a connector and through plated holes of a circuit board, to hold the connector to the board until they can be soldered together. When the eyelet is fully installed, a cap 56 (FIG. 3) at its top rests against a leg 30 of a plastic connector body, while a tubular portion of the eyelet projects through the leg 40 of a metal connector shell and into the plated hole 20 of the circuit board. The tubular portion of the eyelet has upwardly extending tines 66 that each has a contact part 78 (FIG. 8) lying a distance below the cap equal to the combined thickness T (FIG. 3) of the connector body and shell legs, so the contact part lies adjacent to the shell leg 40 to solder to it. The diameter of the shell hole 46 is smaller than the diameter of the circuit board hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1991
    Assignee: ITT Corporation
    Inventor: Robert J. Shiley
  • Patent number: 4998892
    Abstract: A connection system is provided of the type wherein a plug connector must be accurately guided to mate with a receptable connector, which minimizes the space coupled by guiding apparatus and which enables the guiding apparatus to electrically ground portions of the two connectors. The plug connector (12, FIG. 4) includes an insulative body (40) with small holes that hold signal contacts (24), the body also having larger holes (42) that hold guide pins (30) that project rearwardly further than the signal contacts to guide the connectors so they properly mate. The receptable connector (14, FIG. 5) has larger socket contacts (60) with through holes therein, which initially receive rearward guide parts (56) of the guide pins to provide the guiding function, and which then receive greater diameter contacting parts (58) of the guide pins which make good electrical contact with the socket contacts. Each guide pin has a forward contacting end (82, FIG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1991
    Assignee: ITT Corporation
    Inventor: Robert J. Shiley