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  • Sealed electrical connector assembly
    Patent number: 9356387
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprises front and rear connector bodies, a wire grommet with wire passages, and a nut. Tightening the nut forces a rearward portion of the grommet into a tapered segment of a passage through the rear connector body, thereby radially compressing the grommet and sealing the wires passing therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: GLENAIR, INC.
    Inventors: Zachary W. Taylor, Chris H. McDonald, Aaron N. Keep, Mehrdad Ghara
  • Sealed electrical connector assembly
    Patent number: 9368903
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprises front and rear connector bodies, a wire grommet with wire passages, and a nut. Tightening the nut forces a rearward portion of the grommet into a tapered segment of a passage through the rear connector body and a forward portion of the rear connector body into a front passage of the front connector body, thereby radially compressing the grommet and sealing the wires passing therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: GLENAIR, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron N. Keep, Zachary W. Taylor, Jameson S. Mora
  • Sealed electrical connector assembly
    Patent number: 9419370
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprises front and rear connector bodies, a wire grommet with wire passages, and a nut. Tightening the nut forces a rearward portion of the grommet into a tapered segment of a passage through the rear connector body and a forward portion of the rear connector body into a front passage of the front connector body, thereby radially compressing the grommet and sealing the wires passing therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: GLENAIR, INC.
    Inventors: Aaron N. Keep, Zachary W. Taylor, Jameson S. Mora
  • Connector with spring-locked swing arms
    Patent number: 9627800
    Abstract: A low-profile, pivotable backshell adapter assembly having flexible arms that are independently adjustable to various angles for providing strain relief to cable bundles of different sizes. The flexible arms are spring-locked into position and are adjustable without the use of tools or the removal of components. And the flexible arms apply equal inward centering force on opposing sides of an accommodated cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Glenair, Inc.
    Inventors: Zachary Wade Taylor, Aaron Nathan Keep, James Gus Plessas
  • Slotted, clamped termination ring for an electrical connector assembly
    Patent number: 9413116
    Abstract: A termination ring for an electrical connector has slots for receiving multiple inner conductive shields of a cable. The shields pass through the slots, are folded back onto a rear portion of the termination ring, and are clamped onto the termination ring. After assembling a backshell onto the connector over the termination ring, a void remains between the interior surface of the backshell and the clamped inner conductive shields, thereby enabling proper mechanical engagement of the connector, termination ring, and backshell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Glenair, Inc.
    Inventors: Pedro L. Villasenor, James G. Plessas, Zachary W. Taylor
  • G-load coupling nut
    Patent number: 6602085
    Abstract: A backshell adapter assembly includes an adapter body, a coupling nut and a one-piece shuttle mechanism. The one-piece shuttle mechanism is formed as a tubular member and is adapted to be received in a retaining groove on the adapter body. The one piece shuttle mechanism includes a thrust bushing and one or more concentrically formed spring arms that are adapted to provide axial loading in the direction of an electrical connector shell when the basketball adapter assembly is assembled to an electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Glenair, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Frederic Young, Nestor Fuertes, David W. Tonkiss
  • Advanced panel mount connector and method
    Patent number: 10734743
    Abstract: A panel mount connector and method involve a connector shell assembly that is configured to be received in an opening that is defined by a panel with the connector shell defining a through passage. A flexible circuit board is supported within the through passage and defines a first external connection interface at one end for external electrical access from one side of the panel when the connector shell assembly is installed in the panel and at least the first external connection interface is supported for independent movement relative to the connector shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Glenair, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald T. Logan, Jr., Sean Zargari, Mehrdad Ghara, Huan Do
  • Advanced fiber-optic contact and method
    Patent number: 9297972
    Abstract: An opto-electronic contact, method and connection system can utilize an active opto-electronic converter configured for removable optical engagement with an opposing contact. A barrel housing defines an interior cavity to capture the converter in the interior cavity for external optical engagement to the opposing contact via the first barrel opening for relative movement of the converter axis along the elongation axis, transverse thereto, and oblique thereto to accommodate mating tolerances responsive to engaging the opposing contact. A flexible circuit board assembly can be used to externally electrically interface the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Glenair, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald T. Logan, Jr., Sean Zargari, Mehrdad Ghara, Huan Do
  • Advanced panel mount connector and method
    Patent number: 9819107
    Abstract: A panel mount connector and method involve a connector shell assembly that is configured to be received in an opening that is defined by a panel with the connector shell defining a through passage. A flexible circuit board is supported within the through passage and defines a first external connection interface at one end for external electrical access from one side of the panel when the connector shell assembly is installed in the panel and at least the first external connection interface is supported for independent movement relative to the connector shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Glenair, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald T. Logan, Jr., Sean Zargari, Mehrdad Ghara, Huan Do
  • Advanced fiber-optic contact and method
    Patent number: 10379305
    Abstract: An opto-electronic contact, method and connection system can utilize an active opto-electronic converter configured for removable optical engagement with an opposing contact. A barrel housing defines an interior cavity to capture the converter in the interior cavity for external optical engagement to the opposing contact via the first barrel opening for relative movement of the converter axis along the elongation axis, transverse thereto, and oblique thereto to accommodate mating tolerances responsive to engaging the opposing contact. A flexible circuit board assembly can be used to externally electrically interface the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Glenair, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald T. Logan, Jr., Sean Zargari, Mehrdad Ghara, Huan Do
  • Advanced fiber-optic contact and method
    Patent number: 10782494
    Abstract: An opto-electronic contact, method and connection system can utilize an active opto-electronic converter configured for removable optical engagement with an opposing contact. A barrel housing defines an interior cavity to capture the converter in the interior cavity for external optical engagement to the opposing contact via the first barrel opening for relative movement of the converter axis along the elongation axis, transverse thereto, and oblique thereto to accommodate mating tolerances responsive to engaging the opposing contact. A flexible circuit board assembly can be used to externally electrically interface the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Glenair, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald T. Logan, Jr., Sean Zargari, Mehrdad Ghara, Huan Do
  • Advanced fiber-optic contact and method
    Patent number: 9946041
    Abstract: An opto-electronic contact, method and connection system can utilize an active opto-electronic converter configured for removable optical engagement with an opposing contact. A barrel housing defines an interior cavity to capture the converter in the interior cavity for external optical engagement to the opposing contact via the first barrel opening for relative movement of the converter axis along the elongation axis, transverse thereto, and oblique thereto to accommodate mating tolerances responsive to engaging the opposing contact. A flexible circuit board assembly can be used to externally electrically interface the converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: Glenair, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald T. Logan, Jr., Sean Zargari, Mehrdad Ghara, Huan Do
  • Electrical connector for high-speed transmission using twisted-pair cable
    Patent number: 9257796
    Abstract: An electrical connector for a shielded, twisted-pair cable comprises a conductive isolator body, multiple conductive contacts, inner and outer insulators, and inner and outer ferrules. The isolator provides electrical shielding and isolation for the contacts and untwisted portions of the wires connected to the contacts. The inner and outer insulators prevent contact between the contacts and between the contacts and the isolator, an outer shell, or a connector insert. The inner ferrule maintains electrical contact between the isolator and the shielding sheath of the cable. The outer ferrule retains the inner ferrule in place and can establish continuity between the isolator and the outer shell or connector insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: Glenair, Inc.
    Inventor: Phong Dang
  • Strain relief for electrical connectors
    Patent number: 6419519
    Abstract: A backshell adapter assembly includes a clamp body and one or more extending strain relief arms, pivotably connected to the clamp body. The strain relief arms are adapted to receive a pair of opposing saddle clamps or cable tie to provide radial clamping of a wire bundle relative to the backshell adapter assembly to prevent axial movement of the cable in response to axial forces thereupon. The extending strain relief arms are adapted to be rotated between various positions including −90° to +90°. Provisions may be provided for securing the extending arms at various detent positions relative to the axis of the clamp body. As such the need for separate tooling for different configurations is eliminated, thus lowering the cost of the device. In addition, the use of such backshell adapter assemblies is greatly simplified.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Glenair Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Frederic Young
  • Redundant fuse wires in a hold-down release apparatus
    Patent number: 10062537
    Abstract: A release apparatus includes a coiled restraining wire with each end attached to a corresponding fuse wire. The fuse wires are supplied with respective actuation electric currents by respective independent current sources. Flow of actuation current through a fuse wire causes that fuse wire to break; breakage of either one or both fuse wires allows the restraining wire to partially uncoil and allow the release apparatus to transition from a retained condition to a released condition, by allowing disengagement of retention members from a release member that can then move out of the release apparatus. The release apparatus can be employed to attach a deployable component to a satellite or spacecraft, and can be readily repaired, refurbished or reset for repetitive ground testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Glenair, Inc.
    Inventor: Edwin E. Vega
  • Connector coupling
    Patent number: 7837491
    Abstract: An electrical power connector is disclosed, configured as either a plug connector or a receptacle connector, which includes at least one retractable lever that provides a mechanical advantage to the user to facilitate the coupling and uncoupling of a plug connector to a receptacle connector. The retractable lever is suitable for applications in which space is relatively limited. The plug connector and the receptacle connector are each connected to an electrical cable on one end. The opposing ends of the plug connector and the receptacle connector are configured to mate with each other so that there is a continuous electrical current path from the cable connected to the plug connector to the cable connected to the receptacle connector. In accordance with an important aspect of the invention, the retractable lever is rotatably connected to one or the other of the plug connector or the receptacle connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Glenair, Inc.
    Inventor: Edwin J. Collin
  • Hold-down release apparatus and methods incorporating a fuse wire
    Patent number: 9761401
    Abstract: A hold-down release apparatus includes a housing, a reciprocating retention member, a release member, bias member(s), and a fuse wire. The retention member moves between retention and release positions and is biased toward the release position. With the retention member in the release position, the release member can move out of the housing; with the retention member in the retention position, the retention member obstructs the release member from moving out of the housing. The fuse wire obstructs movement of the retention member to the release position and holds the retention member in the retention position against the bias force. With an actuation current flowing through the fuse wire, the bias force breaks the fuse wire, allowing the retention member to move to the release position in response to the bias force, and the release member to move out of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Glenair, Inc.
    Inventor: Edwin E. Vega
  • Strain relief cable clamp
    Patent number: 5211576
    Abstract: A cable clamp relieves stress between a cable and a connector with which the cable is associated. The cable clamp includes a body defining a passage way through which a cable may pass and having threads. A strain relief clamp is position internal to the body for clamping a cable relative to the body when the cable is passed through the body. A clamp actuator assembly is threaded onto the threads of the body to actuate the strain relief clamp. Serrations are provided for inhibiting unthreading of the clamp actuator element. In an alternative embodiment of the cable clamp, the clamp actuator assembly may include a non-rotating element floating with respect to a clamp nut and engaging the strain relief clamp such that as the clamp nut is threaded onto the body, the clamp clamps the cable more tightly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignee: Glenair, Inc.
    Inventors: David W. Tonkiss, Nestor R. Fuertes, Kevin T. Healy
  • High-power electrical feeder connector
    Patent number: 11069997
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes conductive male and female contacts and insulating inner and outer sleeves, and connects first and second electrical wires end-to-end. The contacts can be attached to corresponding conductors of the first and second wires. The male contact includes an elongated pin; the female contact includes a receptacle. Inserting the pin into the receptacle results in mechanical engagement of, and electrical continuity between, the assembled contacts. The assembled contacts can be positioned within the compressible inner sleeve, which extends beyond the ends of the assembled contacts. The inner sleeve, with the assembled contacts therein, can be positioned within the rigid outer sleeve, which extends at least as far as the inner sleeve. Compression of the inner sleeve by the ends of the outer sleeve frictionally engages the ends of the inner sleeve with the corresponding wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: GLENAIR, INC.
    Inventors: Zachary W. Taylor, Robert T. Johnson, Daniel M. Mitchell
  • Retention sleeve with rolling bearings in a hold-down release apparatus
    Patent number: 10029809
    Abstract: A release apparatus includes a coiled restraining wire with at least one end attached to a fuse wire. Actuation current through the fuse wire causes it to break; breakage of the fuse wire allows the restraining wire to partially uncoil and allow the release apparatus to transition from a retained condition to a released condition, by allowing disengagement a sleeve from retention members and disengagement of retention members from a release member that can then move out of the release apparatus. The sleeve isolates the restraining wire and fuse wire from load forces on the release member. Rolling bearings within the sleeve against the retention members reduces resistance to disengagement of the sleeve. The release apparatus can be employed to attach a deployable component to a satellite or spacecraft, and can be readily repaired, refurbished or reset for repetitive ground testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: GLENAIR, INC.
    Inventor: Edwin E. Vega
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