Patents by Inventor William E. McClusky

William E. McClusky 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).

  • Method of making an electrical terminal
    Patent number: 5452512
    Abstract: An electrical terminal (10) including a contact section (14) extending from a body section (12), and a pin section (16) extending from the body section to be inserted into a circuit board through hole (20). The pin section (16) is defined by a pair of spaced apart opposing legs (30) each having a compliant portion (42) defined by a pair of arcuate beams (48) spaced apart by a slot (50), the arcuate beam pair at outer edges (54) being larger in dimension than the through hole diameter. Insertion compresses the arcuate beams (48) of each pair together generating force in a first direction, and compresses the legs toward each other generating force in an orthogonal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: William F. Foley, Gregory G. Griffith, David H. Gutter, William E. McClusky, Steve Robbins, Bruce W. Shoemaker
  • Electrical terminal with compliant pin section
    Patent number: 5374204
    Abstract: An electrical terminal (10) including a contact section (14) extending from a body section (12), and a pin section (16) extending from the body section to be inserted into a circuit board through hole (20). The pin section (16) is defined by a pair of spaced apart opposing legs (30) each having a compliant portion (42) defined by a pair of arcuate beams (48) spaced apart by a slot (50), the arcuate beam pair at outer edges (54) being larger in dimension than the through hole diameter. Insertion compresses the arcuate beams (48) of each pair together generating force in a first direction, and compresses the legs toward each other generating force in an orthogonal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: The Whitake Corporation
    Inventors: William F. Foley, Gregory G. Griffith, David H. Gutter, William E. McClusky, Steve Robbins, Bruce W. Shoemaker
  • Sealed metal shell connector and method of molding a plastic insert within a metal shell
    Patent number: 5108317
    Abstract: An article such as an electrical connector (10) formed by molding a plastic septum (50) transversely across an axially extending cavity (22) through a metal shell (20) and about the array of contacts (60) extending axially within the axial shell cavity (22). The metal shell (20) includes a peripheral flange (34) around the inner surface (30) axially at the location (32) of the plastic septum (50), and upon curing and cooling the plastic septum includes portions of solid material axially to each side of the peripheral flange (34). The flange (34) has a dovetail cross-section having undercuts within which solid material of the plastic septum (50) is disposed forming a seal peripherally around the axial cavity (22).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1992
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Ernest L. Beinhaur, William E. McClusky, Daryl L. Stoner