Patents by Inventor Robert Leroy Sten

Robert Leroy Sten 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: 6086434
    Abstract: An electrical connector system including an electrical female terminal an electrical contact portion for making electrical contact with either a round or square type male pin with chamfered corners. The contact portion including first, second and third finger each having a first end connected to a bridge and the second finger having a first end connected an outer barrel portion, and the first and third fingers having free ends. The electrical contact portion is received in and enclosed by the outer barrel portion and so that the other barrel portion has an open end to allow a male pin to be inserted therein and to make electrical contact with the first, second and third fingers. The terminal is a one piece tangless female terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Marco Rollero, Mario Aimasso, Robert Leroy Sten
  • Patent number: 5720634
    Abstract: An electrical female terminal of a one-piece construction is provided including a contact portion at one end and an attachment portion at an opposite end for attaching the terminal to a cable; the contact portion including a split outer barrel that is attached to the attachment portion by an intermediate neck of reduced diameter; the outer barrel having a pair of longitudinal edges defining the split and an annular lip at its front end defining an entrance for plugging a mating terminal pin into the outer barrel; the contact portion also including a connection strap joined to the outer barrel along the front end of the outer barrel generally opposite the longitudinal edges defining the splits, the connection strap being folded rearward into the outer barrel; and the contact portion further including two spring contact beams juxtaposed by the connection strap, the spring contact beams and connection strap being formed into an inner barrel encircled by the outer barrel, the spring contact beams having front edg
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Leroy Sten