Patents by Inventor Sheila Katherine Strong

Sheila Katherine Strong 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).

  • Power connector having a touch safe shroud
    Patent number: 10431945
    Abstract: A power connector includes a housing having a first terminal channel and an opening to the first terminal channel. The power connector includes a first power terminal received in the first terminal channel having a base configured to be coupled to a power element and contacts extending from the base for mating with a bus bar. The base is aligned with the opening to receive a fastener. The power connector includes a shroud slidable along the housing between an unactuated position and an actuated position. The shroud exposes the opening and the fastener in the unactuated position and covers the fastener in the actuated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Robert Baechtle, Sheila Katherine Strong, Howard Wallace Andrews, Jr.