Patents by Inventor Roberto Bortoloni

Roberto Bortoloni 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: 6062898
    Abstract: An electrical connector for a flexible circuit comprising a number of side by side conducting tracks between a pair of insulating layers; an insulating casing with an inner end seat for receiving one end of the flexible circuit; a number of electrical terminals housed inside the casing and presenting contact portions cooperating with respective tracks of the flexible circuit by slitting the insulating layers; and a safety element, which snaps inside the seat and presents walls for gripping the contact portions of the terminals onto the flexible circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Framatome Connectors International S.A.
    Inventor: Roberto Bortoloni
  • Patent number: 6050861
    Abstract: An electric connector (1) presenting an insulating casing (2) with a number of axial cavities (3); a number of electric terminals (4) housed inside respective cavities (3); primary retaining means (17) for retaining the terminals (4) inside the cavities (3); and a secondary retaining device (26) in turn presenting a movable element (27) which snaps on to the casing (2) into an activating position of the secondary retaining device (26); the casing (2) and the movable element (27) being formed in one piece in the deactivating position of the secondary retaining device (26), and being connected integral with each other by yielding means (28); and the movable element (27) being movable between the deactivating and activating positions by means of a straightforward translatory movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2000
    Assignee: Framatome Connectors International
    Inventors: Alessandro Genta, Roberto Bortoloni