Patents by Inventor Vincent Regnier

Vincent Regnier 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).

  • Plug connector having a secondary locking device
    Patent number: 6530799
    Abstract: A plug connector (1) is disclosed having a secondary locking device (8) with legs (10), which fix the locking arms (5) of the plug connector (1) in their final locked position in a socket (16). The secondary locking device (8) also has a spring arm (12) with a step (13), which is supported on a locking projection (15) formed on the housing (2) of the plug connector (1), which holds the secondary locking device (8) in a pre-locked position, where the step (13) is only lifted from the locking projection (15) during the insertion of the plug connector (1) into the socket (16). Thereafter, the secondary locking device (8) can be locked into the final locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Framatome Connectors International
    Inventors: Vincent Regnier, Michael Gunreben
  • Plug connector with strain relief clamp
    Publication number: 20020115336
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plug connector with a first lower housing part in which contact ends are arranged in a plug, crimp plates to the back end of which a flat conductor strip is crimped and the front end of which is connected with the contact ends, possibly with the interposition of a choke or another electronic component, a second housing part which is inserted as a cover on the first housing part and a third housing part inserted on the first housing part on the side of the cable. According to the invention, a strain relief clamp is provided, which clamps the flat conductor strip essentially in the shape of a U, on the end of the housing part on the side of the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2002
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: Michael Gunreben, Vincent Regnier, Bernhardt Kuhnel
  • Plug connector having a secondary locking device
    Publication number: 20020081888
    Abstract: A plug connector (1) is disclosed having a secondary locking device (8) with legs (10), which fix the locking arms (5) of the plug connector (1) in their final locked position in a socket (16). The secondary locking device (8) also has a spring arm (12) with a step (13), which is supported on a locking projection (15) formed on the housing (2) of the plug connector (1), which holds the secondary locking device (8) in a pre-locked position, where the step (13) is only lifted from the locking projection (15) during the insertion of the plug connector (1) into the socket (16). Thereafter, the secondary locking device (8) can be locked into the final locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Inventors: Vincent Regnier, Michael Gunreben