John E Hess

US Patent:

6398591, Jun 4, 2002

Filed:

Apr 27, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/299898

Inventors:

John Matthew Hess - Dallastown PA
Ronald P. Locati - York PA
Jason R. Cartwright - Dallastown PA
Jeffrey Wallace Fleming - York PA

Assignee:

Stewart Connector Systems, Inc. - Glen Rock PA

International Classification:

H01R 2400

US Classification:

439676, 439 79, 439606

Abstract:

A modular jack for tubular enclosures including an elongate housing formed of dielectric material having a front end, a rear end and a body extending longitudinally between the front and rear ends, at least a portion of the body having a longitudinally extending cylindrical outer surface defining an outer cylindrical boundary envelope of the jack. The body includes a forward body portion adjacent the front end having a longitudinally extending side wall with outer and inner surfaces and a rearward body portion adjacent the rear end having an outer surface. The inner surfaces define a plug-receiving receptacle. The jack also includes a plurality of elongate contact/terminal members formed of conductive material, each contact/terminal member including a contact portion extending through the plug-receiving receptacle, a terminal portion mounted in the rearward body, and an intermediate bridging portion. The contact/terminal members are in their entirety recessed inwardly within the outer cylindrical boundary envelope of the jack.

US Patent:

6428361, Aug 6, 2002

Filed:

May 24, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/317249

Inventors:

Derek Imschweiler - Dallastown PA
John Hess - Dallastown PA
Ronald Locati - York PA

Assignee:

Stewart Connector Systems, Inc. - Glen Rock PA

International Classification:

H01R 2400

US Classification:

439676, 439620, 439490

Abstract:

Connector assembly including a jack defining a plug-receiving receptacle and a shield arranged around the jack. The jack includes a printed circuit board component including a printed circuit board, a first set of contacts each including a contact portion arranged in the receptacle and a board portion connected to the printed circuit board, and a second set of contacts each including a terminal portion adapted for mounting to a planar surface of a substrate and a board portion connected to the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes a wiring pattern for electrically coupling the first and second sets of contacts. The terminal portions extend rearwardly and downward from the jack and have a co-planar portion. The jack may include an LED arranged proximate the printed circuit board, in which case the jack also includes a light pipe element that can transmit light from the LED to be visible from a front face of the jack, or adjacent the front face of the jack, in which case electrical leads connect the LED to the printed circuit board. The jack can also include electrical signal processing components, such as toroids for filtering applications, which may be mounted on the printed circuit board.

US Patent:

6554638, Apr 29, 2003

Filed:

Oct 14, 1999

Appl. No.:

09/417644

Inventors:

John Hess - Dallastown PA
Derek Imschweiler - Dallastown PA
Jeffrey Wallace Fleming - York PA
Patrick Hulbert - New Providence PA
Ronald Janz - York PA
David Givens - Red Lion PA
Ronald Locati - York PA

Assignee:

Stewart Connector Systems, Inc. - Glen Rock PA

International Classification:

H01R 300

US Classification:

439490, 439676

Abstract:

A connector assembly for mounting on a main printed circuit board, comprising a jack defining a plug-receiving receptacle and including an outer housing part and an inner housing part, circuit coupling means including contact portions arranged in said receptacle and adapted to engage contacts of a mating plug when situated in said receptacle and terminal portions adapted to engage the main printed circuit board and being electrically coupled to said contact portions, a light pipe element arranged in said jack being visible from a front face of said jack, and light generating means for generating light and being arranged such that light generated by said light generating means is transmitted through said at least one light transmitting section to said front face of said jack. The circuit coupling means further comprising an internal printed circuit board arranged in said jack and including filtering components mounted thereon, said internal printed circuit board including a wiring pattern for electrically coupling a first set of contacts, a second set of contacts and filtering components together.

US Patent:

6579127, Jun 17, 2003

Filed:

Mar 22, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/816731

Inventors:

John Matthew Hess - Dallastown PA
David Henry Gutter - Elizabethtown PA
Ted R. Meckley - Seven Valleys PA
Robert Colantuono - Dover PA
Leonard K. Espenshade - Harrisburg PA

Assignee:

Stewart Connector Systems, Inc. - Glen Rock PA

International Classification:

H01R 2400

US Classification:

439676, 439941

Abstract:

A high frequency modular electrical connector assembly including contact/terminal members arranged in such a manner to reduce crosstalk during use. The connector assembly includes a dielectric housing having a receptacle and an insert assembly arranged therein. The insert assembly includes an insert housing and first, second and preferably third sets of contact/terminal members, each contact/terminal member including a contact portion situated in the receptacle, a terminal portion extending beyond the bottom surface of the insert housing and an intermediate portion interconnecting the contact portion and the terminal portion. The contact/terminal member(s) in each set are geometrically different than the contact/terminal members in the other set(s) and are arranged substantially parallel to one another. The insert housing has passageways in each of which a respective contact/terminal member is received. To reduce crosstalk, the contact/terminal members are arranged such that each contact/terminal member is different from any adjacent contact/terminal member(s).

US Patent:

6676423, Jan 13, 2004

Filed:

Apr 28, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/560990

Inventors:

Richard D. Marowsky - York PA
Derek Imschweiler - Dallastown PA
John Matthew Hess - Sparks MD
Len Espenshade - Harrisburg PA
Ronald Locati - York PA

Assignee:

Stewart Connector Systems, Inc. - Glen Rock PA

International Classification:

H01R 1353

US Classification:

439181, 439188, 439670, 439673

Abstract:

An electrical connector assembly adapted to be mounted on a substrate having a ground region including a jack defining a plug-receiving receptacle, at least one contact having a contact portion situated in the receptacle, a shield surrounding at least a portion of the jack and a shorting bar arranged in electrical connection with the contact(s) for discharging static charge from a plug upon its insertion into the receptacle and contact between the plug and the contact(s). The shorting bar is arranged in a channel in an outer housing part of the jack and in engagement with end portions of contacts received in slots in a comb portion of the outer housing part. The shield is adapted to be connected to the ground region of the substrate whereby the shorting bar is electrically connected to the shield. In use, prior to insertion of a mating plug into the receptacle, the end portions of the contacts engage the shorting bar and as the plug is inserted into the receptacle, static charge built up on the cable to which the plug is connected is transmitted through contacts to the shorting bar, from the shorting bar to the shield and from the shield to the ground on the printed circuit board on which the connector assembly is mounted.

US Patent:

56009283, Feb 11, 1997

Filed:

Jul 27, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/508179

Inventors:

John C. Hess - Lititz PA
William R. Walter - Bancroft MI
Edwin F. Trautman - Bethlehem PA

Assignee:

UC Industries, Inc. - Parisppany NJ

International Classification:

E04C 232
E04C 220

US Classification:

523094

Abstract:

An extruded foam polystyrene sheet is formed into a roof vent panel for a sloping roof at the eaves. The panel has flanges and an offset wall and is formed into through troughs end-to-end which are divided by truncated triangular ridges extending from the offset wall. The ridge is reinforced by gussets and saddles which are formed as sets along the ridges. The gussets extend from the offset wall to the ridge side walls and the saddles connect the ridge side walls below the truncated apex of the ridge. The gussets on each side wall are spaced and paired with one of each pair at the end of a saddle.

US Patent:

6196879, Mar 6, 2001

Filed:

May 28, 1999

Appl. No.:

9/322449

Inventors:

John Matthew Hess - Dallastown PA
Derek Imschweiler - Dallastown PA
Jeffrey Fleming - Felton PA

Assignee:

Stewart Connector Systems, Inc. - Glen Rock PA

International Classification:

H01R 2400

US Classification:

439676

Abstract:

A connector assembly for surface mounting on a substrate including a jack and an optional shield surrounding the jack. The jack includes a housing defining a plug-receiving receptacle, contact/terminal members having a contact portion situated in the receptacle, a terminal portion extending from the housing and adapted to be surface mounted to the substrate, and an intermediate portion between the contact portion and the terminal portion. The intermediate portions of the contact/terminals members are retained or entrapped in the housing in fixed positions such that the terminal portions of the contact/terminals members extend downward and rearward from the housing in a common plane. To this end, the housing includes channels in which the intermediate portions of the contact/terminal members are placed such that the terminal portions extend from the channels at an angle to a bottom surface of the housing. Each intermediate portion has a first surface contacting a surface of the inner or outer housing part at a first location and a second surface opposite to the first surface contacting a surface of the other of the inner and outer housing parts at a second location.