Patents by Inventor Velmurugan Kandasamy
Velmurugan Kandasamy 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).
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Publication number: 20240222907Abstract: An electrical connector assembly terminal modules configured to contain electrical terminals connected to one or more electrical cables, an inner module frame in which terminal modules are secured, and an outer housing having cantilevered locking arms with primary surfaces and secondary surfaces on inner sides of the locking arms to secure the inner module frame to the female outer housing. Latch surfaces of the inner module frame engage the primary surfaces when the inner module frame is inserted within the female outer housing. The female outer housing receives a header having side walls surrounding mating electrical terminals. The locking arms define ramp features on outer sides of the locking arms that push the locking arms inwardly when the side walls contact the ramp features of the locking arms as the header is inserted within the outer housing. A method of assembling such an electrical connector is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2023Publication date: July 4, 2024Inventors: Rangarajan Sundarakrishnamachari, Velmurugan Kandasamy, Dineshkumar Manoharan, John R. Morello
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Publication number: 20240145976Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes several electrical terminals. Each electrical terminal has a connection portion extending along a first axis and an attachment portion extending along a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis. The electrical connector assembly further includes a connector housing having terminal cavities in which the electrical terminals are disposed and a wire dress cover slidably attached to the connector housing. The wire dress cover is moveable in a direction substantially parallel to the second axis from a pre-staged position to a staged position. The wire dress cover defines a locking feature to secure the electrical terminals within the terminal cavities when in the staged position and to inhibit movement of the wire dress cover from the pre-staged position to the staged position when one of the electrical terminals is in an unseated condition within one of the terminal cavities.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2022Publication date: May 2, 2024Inventors: Arturo Casares Valdes, Duane Brantingham, Eduardo Daniel Alvarez Valdez, Velmurugan Kandasamy
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Patent number: 11837822Abstract: A connector comprises a connector body having a mating interface configured to engage a complementary mating connector, a first indicator feature carried by the connector body, the first indicator feature having a first partial visual identifier disposed thereon, and a second indicator feature carried by the connector body having a second partial visual identifier disposed thereon, wherein the first and second indicator features are movable relative to each other between a separated position and a joined position, characterized in that the first and second indicator feature form a complete visual identifier only when in the joined position, wherein the first and second indicator features are in the separated position when the connector body is not fully mated relative to the mating connector, and wherein the first and second indicator features are in the joined position responsive to the connector body being fully mated to the mating connector.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: APTIV TECHNOLOGIES LIMITEDInventors: John D. Schneider, Rangarajan Sundarakrishnamachari, Velmurugan Kandasamy
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Publication number: 20220209464Abstract: A connector comprises a connector body having a mating interface configured to engage a complementary mating connector, a first indicator feature carried by the connector body, the first indicator feature having a first partial visual identifier disposed thereon, and a second indicator feature carried by the connector body having a second partial visual identifier disposed thereon, wherein the first and second indicator features are movable relative to each other between a separated position and a joined position, characterized in that the first and second indicator feature form a complete visual identifier only when in the joined position, wherein the first and second indicator features are in the separated position when the connector body is not fully mated relative to the mating connector, and wherein the first and second indicator features are in the joined position responsive to the connector body being fully mated to the mating connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: Aptiv Technologies LimitedInventors: John D. Schneider, Rangarajan Sundarakrishnamachari, Velmurugan Kandasamy
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Patent number: 11296462Abstract: A connector comprises a connector body having a mating interface configured to engage a complementary mating connector, a first indicator feature carried by the connector body, the first indicator feature having a first partial visual identifier disposed thereon, and a second indicator feature carried by the connector body having a second partial visual identifier disposed thereon, wherein the first and second indicator features are movable relative to each other between a separated position and a joined position, characterized in that the first and second indicator feature form a complete visual identifier only when in the joined position, wherein the first and second indicator features are in the separated position when the connector body is not fully mated relative to the mating connector, and wherein the first and second indicator features are in the joined position responsive to the connector body being fully mated to the mating connector.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: Aptiv Technologies LimitedInventors: John D. Schneider, Rangarajan Sundarakrishnamachari, Velmurugan Kandasamy
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Publication number: 20210111519Abstract: A connector comprises a connector body having a mating interface configured to engage a complementary mating connector, a first indicator feature carried by the connector body, the first indicator feature having a first partial visual identifier disposed thereon, and a second indicator feature carried by the connector body having a second partial visual identifier disposed thereon, wherein the first and second indicator features are movable relative to each other between a separated position and a joined position, characterized in that the first and second indicator feature form a complete visual identifier only when in the joined position, wherein the first and second indicator features are in the separated position when the connector body is not fully mated relative to the mating connector, and wherein the first and second indicator features are in the joined position responsive to the connector body being fully mated to the mating connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: April 15, 2021Applicant: Aptiv Technologies LimitedInventors: John D. Schneider, Rangarajan Sundarakrishnamachari, Velmurugan Kandasamy
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Patent number: 10897103Abstract: An electrical connector includes first and second housing portions that are secured to one another and respectively provide an aperture and a hole. The aperture is configured to receive a terminal of a wire. The hole is configured to receive the wire. The first housing portion includes a face that is configured to mate with another connector that carries another terminal that is engageable with the terminal. A seal is captured between the first and second housing portions and is configured to engage the other connector.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Inventors: Rangarajan Sundarakrishnamachari, Velmurugan Kandasamy
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Patent number: 10079446Abstract: An electrical connector includes a first-housing, a second-housing, a slideable-skirt, and a terminal-lock. The second-housing is configured to mate with the first-housing along a longitudinal-mating-axis. The second-housing defines a slot in a top-side of the second-housing extending along a lateral-axis orthogonal to the longitudinal-mating-axis. The slideable-skirt is mounted to the second-housing and is moveable from a pre-stage position to a seated-position along the longitudinal-mating-axis. The slideable-skirt overlays a portion of a perimeter of the second-housing and defines cam-slots on a first-side and a second-side of the slideable-skirt. The terminal-lock is disposed within the slot and is moveable from a terminal insertion position to a locking position. The terminal-lock includes cam-posts extending from a first-end and a second-end of the terminal-lock disposed within the cam-slots.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2017Date of Patent: September 18, 2018Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Rangarajan Sundarakrishnamachari, Sivakumar Niranjan, Velmurugan Kandasamy, John Schneider