Patents by Inventor Robert William Baker

Robert William Baker 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: 6872096
    Abstract: An electrical one-piece double-ended receptacle contact includes a first and a second socket contact portion at opposed axial ends of the receptacle contact for receiving a first and a second respective mating pin contact. A compliant middle portion interconnects the two socket contact portions. The tube wall has an axial slot extending over its length. A first and a second circumferential slot divide the tube length. The circumferential slots are axially spaced from each other by a middle section of the tube. Each of the circumferential slots has a first circumferential end between the middle section and the associated one of the socket contact portions, and a closed second circumferential end which has a predetermined circumferential distance from the axial slot so that the remaining wall portion between the axial slot and the closed second circumferential end of the respective circumferential slot forms a web connecting the middle section to the associated one of the socket contact portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2005
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics UK LTD
    Inventor: Robert William Baker
  • Publication number: 20040106327
    Abstract: Electrical one-piece double-ended receptacle contact (11) made from a material having good spring properties, the contact having the form of a tube (13) and comprising a first and a second socket contact portion (25, 27) at opposed axial ends (41, 43) of the receptacle contact (11) for receiving a first and a second, respectively, mating pin contact (29, 33);a compliant middle portion (28) interconnecting the two socket contact portions (25, 27); and a tube wall (15) which is interrupted over its entire length by an axial slot (17); the tube length being divided by a first and a second circumferential slot (19, 20), said circumferential slots (19, 20) being axially spaced from each other by a middle section of the tube (13), each of said circumferential slots (19, 20) having a first circumferential end where the connection between the middle section and the associated one of the socket contact portions is interrupted in a circumferential direction, and a closed second circumferential end which has a predeterm
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Publication date: June 3, 2004
    Inventor: Robert William Baker
  • Patent number: 6080000
    Abstract: A cam-in DIMM card connector comprises camming protrusions provided on flexible side walls that rotationally guide a board into latching engagement with the connector. In the fully latched position the board is levered firmly between a top corner and opposing side wall of the board receiving slot in order to straighten any warping in the board. Greater dimensional tolerance can therefore be supported by the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Robert William Baker, Jim Braithwaite, Robert Scott Turnbull
  • Patent number: 5761052
    Abstract: An interconnection system is for interconnecting sensors, such as temperature gauges for controlling industrial processes, to a bus cable that interconnects the sensors to a central computation unit. The connection assembly comprises edge card connectors for connection to electronic modules having printed circuit boards. The plurality of modules are interconnected to the ribbon cable bus by a printed circuit board, and a connector mounted on the PCB and pluggable with a bus connector terminated to the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Frank Michael Reginald Wheeler-King, Sally Elizabeth Warren, Robert William Baker