Patents by Inventor William Arthur Northey

William Arthur Northey 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 attachment
    Patent number: 7104838
    Abstract: An electrical connector including a housing; electrical contacts connected to the housing; and a shield connected to the housing. The shield includes connection sections which are adapted to extend through holes in a substrate and be deformed to fixedly and stationarily mount the shield and the housing to the substrate. A spring can be provided between the shield and the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: William Arthur Northey
  • Connector assembly
    Patent number: 5860819
    Abstract: A connector assembly 10 includes a receptacle 12 and a pin header 14 adapted to mate with the receptacle. A row of resilient enhancement contacts 18 extend through a backplane 16 and is held in place in fixed relation to the receptacle. The receptacle and pin header each comprise an insulative body portion 20, 19, respectively. The receptacle 12 comprises contact pins extending through body portion 20 and arranged in three rows of thirty-two pins per row (3.times.32). The pin header 14 likewise comprises contact pins extending through body portion 19 and arranged in three rows of thirty-two pins per row. The pin header 14 includes a row of contact strips 24 disposed on an outer surface of body portion 19. The contact strips are preferably of uneven lengths to provide for stage mating between the contact strips 24 and corresponding enhancements pins 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1999
    Assignee: BERG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: William Arthur Northey, James R. Koser
  • Method for enhancing the signal carrying capability of an electrical connector
    Patent number: 5681173
    Abstract: A connector assembly 10 includes a receptacle 12 and a pin header 14 adapted to mate with the receptacle. A row of resilient enhancement contacts 18 extend through a backplane 16 and is held in place in fixed relation to the receptacle. The receptacle and pin header each comprise an insulative body portion 20, 19, respectively. The receptacle 12 comprises contact pins extending through body portion 20 and arranged in three rows of thirty-two pins per row (3.times.32). The pin header 14 likewise comprises contact pins extending through body portion 19 and arranged in three rows of thirty-two pins per row. The pin header 14 includes a row of contact strips 24 disposed on an outer surface of body portion 19. The contact strips are preferably of uneven lengths to provide for stage mating between the contact strips 24 and corresponding enhancements pins 18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Berg Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: William Arthur Northey, James R. Koser