Patents by Inventor Robert Pust

Robert Pust 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 with terminal position assurance device
    Patent number: 6935893
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a front mating end, a rear terminating end and at least one terminal-receiving passage extending in a direction defining an insertion axis extending between the ends. The passage has a rear open end communicating with the rear terminating end of the housing. A TPA device is engageable with the housing at the front mating end thereof in a pre-load position. The TPA device includes a through passage communicating with the terminal-receiving passage in the housing. The TPA device is movable rearwardly from the pre-load position to a locking position. A terminal is insertable through the rear terminating end of the housing into the rear open end of the terminal-receiving passage along the insertion axis and into the through passage in the TPA device. The terminal moves conjointly with the TPA device from the pre-load position to the locking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert J. Flowers, Robert Pust, Yves LePottier, Vijy Koshy
  • ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH TERMINAL POSITION ASSURANCE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20050176298
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a front mating end, a rear terminating end and at least one terminal-receiving passage extending in a direction defining an insertion axis extending between the ends. The passage has a rear open end communicating with the rear terminating end of the housing. A TPA device is engageable with the housing at the front mating end thereof in a pre-load position. The TPA device includes a through passage communicating with the terminal-receiving passage in the housing. The TPA device is movable rearwardly from the pre-load position to a locking position. A terminal is insertable through the rear terminating end of the housing into the rear open end of the terminal-receiving passage along the insertion axis and into the through passage in the TPA device. The terminal moves conjointly with the TPA device from the pre-load position to the locking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Flowers, Robert Pust, Yves LePottier, Vijy Koshy