ELECTRICAL COUPLER
    1.
    发明公开
    ELECTRICAL COUPLER 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240258732A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-08-01

    申请号:US18289701

    申请日:2022-07-02

    发明人: Richard Schneider

    摘要: A coupler for connection to a substrate for mounting electronic devices. The coupler includes a coupling contact formed from metal and having opposing planar surfaces. The coupling contact includes a body having a pair of arms and a pair of legs joined thereto. The coupling contact is pivotally mounted to a frame formed from metal. The frame includes a body having a center plate with front and rear appendages joined thereto. The center plate has a top edge about which the coupling contact may pivot. The frame further includes a pair of holders having holding slots formed therein, respectively. The holders are disposed on opposing sides of the center plate, respectively, whereby portions of the arms are disposed in the holding slots, respectively.

    Non-Tangling Canted Coil for Connecting Together Electrical Conductors

    公开(公告)号:US20240014580A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-11

    申请号:US18214407

    申请日:2023-06-26

    发明人: Richard Schneider

    IPC分类号: H01R4/58 H01R4/48

    CPC分类号: H01R4/58 H01R4/48

    摘要: A canted coil for use in a connector to make an electrical connection between conductors to form a conductor assembly. The canted coil includes a substantially cylindrical body formed from at least one length of conductive wire and having a series of adjacent loops with gaps in-between. The body has opposing first and second end portions. A blocking bar extends through the body of the canted coil, between the first and second end portions of the body.

    Multi-part contact
    3.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11824298B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-11-21

    申请号:US17427632

    申请日:2020-02-07

    发明人: Richard Schneider

    摘要: An electrical contact is provided for connecting together substrates. The electrical contact has a longitudinal axis and includes first and second structures that are connected together to prevent relative movement between each other. The first structure extends along the longitudinal axis and has a rigid construction. The second structure includes a spring portion and a mounting portion. The spring portion is resiliently deflectable in the direction of the longitudinal axis. The mounting portion is adapted for securement to one of the substrates. A press-fit portion is provided that extends along the longitudinal axis and is adapted for press-fit insertion into a hole of the other one of the substrates. The press-fit portion may be part of the first structure or the second structure. In addition, the first structure may be composed of metal or plastic.

    FLEXIBLE JUMPER WITH A MOUNTING FRAME
    4.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230209714A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-29

    申请号:US17920960

    申请日:2021-04-26

    摘要: A jumper assembly for connecting together first and second circuit boards. The jumper assembly includes a frame secured to a flexible circuit having a plurality of conductive traces. The frame includes a bridge that connects together first and second side structures, each having a window and a moveable lever. The first side structure is secured over the first circuit board and the second side structure is secured over the second circuit board. First end portions of the traces of the flexible circuit are secured to contact pads of the first circuit board, while second end portions of the traces of the flexible circuit are secured to contact pads of the second circuit board. The bridge of the frame is removed after the jumper assembly is secured to the first and second circuit boards.

    Electrical connector
    7.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10784623B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-22

    申请号:US16673298

    申请日:2019-11-04

    摘要: A connector for connecting together rigid structures. The connector includes a stack of coupling contacts pivotably disposed within a housing. Each coupling contact is generally H-shaped and defines opposing first and second spaces. The first and second spaces are aligned to form first and second receiving grooves in the stack, respectively. The connector may also include one or more mounting contacts partially disposed within the housing. Each mounting contact has one or more fastening structures joined to a bar section. The fastening structures are adapted for securement to the substrate and the bar section is disposed in the second receiving groove of the stack of coupling contacts.

    Electrical connector
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10763607B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-01

    申请号:US16324642

    申请日:2017-08-21

    发明人: Richard Schneider

    摘要: A connector for connection to a substrate for mounting electronic devices. The connector includes a plurality of coupling contacts pivotably disposed within a housing. Each coupling contact is generally H-shaped and defines opposing first and second spaces. The connector also includes one or more mounting contacts partially disposed within the housing. Each mounting contact has a fastening structure joined to a bar section. The fastening structure is adapted for securement to the substrate and the bar section is disposed in a second space of at least one of the coupling contacts.

    Connector housing
    9.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US10700462B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-30

    申请号:US16250052

    申请日:2019-01-17

    发明人: Richard Schneider

    摘要: A connector housing is provided for an electronic/electrical device, which may include a printed circuit board. The connector housing includes a header connector secured to an enclosure. The header connector includes a plastic mounting block defining a plurality of slots. A plurality of contacts is at least partially disposed in the slots of the mounting block, respectively. The contacts each have a first section and a second section. The first section includes a connector end and the second section includes a plurality of retention tabs and a tail end for connection to the electronic/electrical device. The retention tabs extend in the lateral direction and engage the mounting block to help secure the contacts to the mounting block. A keeper is connected to the mounting block such that the tail ends of the contacts protrude from an outer surface of the keeper.

    Method of manufacturing a press-fit contact

    公开(公告)号:US11431141B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-30

    申请号:US16984807

    申请日:2020-08-04

    发明人: Richard Schneider

    IPC分类号: H01R13/05 H01R43/16

    摘要: An electrically conductive contact and a method of forming the same. A precursor configuration is formed in a metal work piece. The precursor configuration has a precursor retention portion that includes a pair of precursor beams separated by a precursor slot. Forces are applied to deform the precursor configuration and thereby form a fastening section of the contact. The fastening section has a retention portion that includes a pair of finished beams separated by a finished slot. The retention portion has a different configuration than the precursor configuration.