Patents by Inventor Thomas E. Lazor

Thomas E. Lazor 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: 4564258
    Abstract: A prepared ribbon cable is mass terminated to a preloaded electrical connector by wave soldering techniques. The preloaded connector comprises a housing and a plurality of terminals. The housing has an anvil in the form of a flange at the conductor end of the housing and a plurality of fins projecting from the conductor end to isolate the conductor attaching means of the terminals from each other. The terminals are inserted into cavities through openings at the mating end of the housing, retained by solder tabs which are bent over against the flange, and form part of the conductor attaching means. The conductor attaching means further includes slotted terminal portions which receive the conductors and position the ends of the conductors on the bent solder tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1986
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jay H. Garretson, Thomas E. Lazor, John J. Merva, Charles R. Nestor, Robert G. Plyler, Raymond C. Seiffert, Jeffrey L. Ziegler