Patents by Inventor Roland C. D. Moreno

Roland C. D. Moreno 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).

  • Method and apparatus for electrically connecting a removable article, in particular a portable electronic card
    Patent number: 4404464
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and an apparatus for connecting in particular a portable electronic card.The connector comprises in particular:means 5a and 5b for bringing the contact surfaces 1a and 3a to face one another;means 15 and 18 for displacing in a relative fashion the two contact surfaces towards one another in a direction having one component at least normal to their contact surface;means 13, 5a and 5b for displacing in an oscillatory fashion, around a median point, the contact surfaces with respect to one another in a tangential direction.The connector has in particular the advantage of facilitating the rapid placement in contact of the contact surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1983
    Inventor: Roland C. D. Moreno