Patents by Inventor Robert Stephen Orbanic

Robert Stephen Orbanic 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: 4106838
    Abstract: A stackable connector assembly adapted to receive a flat cable having a plurality of aligned conductors and to be plugged into an array or grid of conductor pins and to interconnect the cable conductors and pin conductors, comprises a top body mounting two rows of contacts on its lower face wherein the conductor-engaging portions of the contacts are offset by rows and a bottom body having openings therein configured to receive a portion of the contacts upon assembly of the connector. The upper face of the bottom body is configured to position the flat cable so that when the top and bottom bodies are assembled the tubular bodies of the contacts in each row will spread and pass between adjacent conductors in the cable, and an offset contact receiving portion having a slot into which the conductor bared of insulation comes to rest will conductively engage them in alternating succession.Interconnection is achieved by passage of the conductor pins in the grid through the tubular bodies of the contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1978
    Assignee: GTE Sylvania Inc.
    Inventors: Max Leroy Jayne, Robert Stephen Orbanic, Scott Jack Lapraik