Richard E Walter

US Patent:

6790067, Sep 14, 2004

Filed:

Dec 17, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/322065

Inventors:

George H. Douty - Mifflintown PA
Richard P. Walter - Elizabethtown PA
Ronald M. Weber - Annville PA

Assignee:

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Middletown PA

International Classification:

H01R 1328

US Classification:

439284, 439285, 439680, 439681, 439682, 439683, 439595, 439603

Abstract:

A hermaphroditic connector is provided having a housing with a rear end configured to receive a cable. A socket is provided on the front end of the housing and extends forwardly therefrom. The socket includes a shroud and a socket tongue formed on the housing and defining a pocket opening onto a front face of the socket. The shroud and socket tongue are configured to mate with another hermaphroditic connector having a similar shape. The socket includes at least one blocking member in the opening in the front face to interfere with foreign objects that may inadvertently come into contact with the enclosed conductive member. The blocking member may include ribs and/or beveled corner inserts provided in the pocket and extending at least partially along the length of the socket. A contact is held within the pocket and is configured to join a power, signal or ground cable. The bottom surface of the socket includes one or more grooves and/or chamfered edges configured to align with ribs and/or beveled corner cutouts on a mating connector.

US Patent:

7172467, Feb 6, 2007

Filed:

Nov 22, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/284447

Inventors:

Brent David Yohn - Newport PA, US
William Henry Bernhart - Monroe WA, US
Richard Paul Walter - Elizabethtown PA, US

Assignee:

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Middletown PA

International Classification:

H01R 13/502

US Classification:

439686, 439744

Abstract:

An electrical contact assembly includes a contact, a front shell member, and a rear shell member. The front shell member has a core with a front contact passage therethrough to receive the contact. The core is formed with a shroud extending from a front end of the front shell member, and the shroud surrounds and defines a cavity. The front shell member is formed of an integral single piece of non-conductive material. The rear shell member has a core with a rear contact passage therethrough to receive the contact. The rear shell member is coupled to the front shell member such that the front and rear contact passages are substantially aligned along a contact passage axis. The rear shell member is formed of an integral single piece of non-conductive material.

US Patent:

7494377, Feb 24, 2009

Filed:

Jul 21, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/186500

Inventors:

Brent David Yohn - Newport PA, US
William Henry Bernhart - Monroe WA, US
Richard Paul Walter - Elizabethtown PA, US

Assignee:

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Middletown PA

International Classification:

H01R 13/40

US Classification:

439599, 439598, 439589, 439695, 439686

Abstract:

An electrical connector includes a plurality of contacts, and an outer shell having a cavity formed therein. The cavity extends between a loading end and a mating end of the outer shell, and the mating end is configured to join with a mating connector. A front dielectric member includes a base portion and an appendage extending from a rear end of the base portion. The base portion and the appendage have contact passages receiving the contacts. A rear dielectric member includes a hollow interior and contact passages extending between front and rear ends of the rear dielectric member and defining the hollow interior. The front end of the rear dielectric member contacts the rear end of the front dielectric member such that the appendage is positioned within the hollow interior of the rear dielectric member. The contact passages of the appendage and the rear dielectric member cooperate to surround the contacts.

US Patent:

8460006, Jun 11, 2013

Filed:

Sep 19, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/236330

Inventors:

Kimberly Ann Debock - Hummelstown PA, US
David James Fabian - Mount Joy PA, US
Richard P. Walter - Elizabethtown PA, US

Assignee:

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Berwyn PA

International Classification:

H01R 33/00

US Classification:

439 37

Abstract:

A connector for an e-textile having a conductive layer that includes conductors includes a terminal and a base separately provided from the terminal. The terminal has a mating end and a mounting end. The mounting end is terminated to the e-textile's conductors. The mating end is configured to be mated with a mating contact of a mating component. The terminal has a body and a plurality of tines extending from the body. The base is arranged opposite the body of the terminal such that the e-textile's conductors are positioned between the base and the body of the terminal. The terminal is crimped to electrically connect the terminal and the base to the e-textile's conductor. The tines are folded against the base to electrically connect the terminal to the base. The body of the terminal and the base engage the e-textile's conductors.

US Patent:

20090130918, May 21, 2009

Filed:

Nov 20, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/943183

Inventors:

Hung Thai Nguyen - Harrisburg PA, US
Richard P. Walter - Elizabethtown PA, US
John A. Fulponi - Harrisburg PA, US

Assignee:

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Middletown PA

International Classification:

H01R 9/22

US Classification:

439709

Abstract:

A terminal module for assembly into a high speed electrical connector. The module includes an electrically insulated housing, a first contact portion and a second contact portion. The second contact portion is in electrical communication with the first contact portion via a contact interconnection. The contact interconnection is at least partially disposed within the insulated housing. At least one of the first contact portion or the second contact portion includes a contact selected from the group consisting of a mesh contact element, a socket configured to receive a mesh contact element and combinations thereof.