Patents by Inventor Steven Lee Fickinger

Steven Lee Fickinger 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).

  • Electrical connector having a dielectric insert for retaining an electrical contact
    Patent number: 7887368
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a mating interface and an interior chamber, an electrical contact having a terminating segment and a mating segment, and a dielectric insert held within the interior chamber of the housing. The dielectric insert includes a contact channel and a resilient finger extending into the contact channel. The terminating segment of the electrical contact extends within the contact channel of the dielectric insert. The resilient finger is engaged with the terminating segment of the electrical contact to retain the electrical contact within the interior chamber of the housing such that the mating segment of the electrical contact extends along the mating interface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jared Evan Rossman, Steven Lee Fickinger, Phillip Clay Brandberg