Ronald A Abraham

US Patent:

46959238, Sep 22, 1987

Filed:

Aug 28, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/901235

Inventors:

Ronald F. Abraham - Phoenix AZ

Assignee:

Honeywell Information Systems Inc. - Phoenix AZ

International Classification:

H02B 120

US Classification:

361361

Abstract:

A bolt-on configuration of a power distribution system utilizes an apparatus which connects a first element to a second element, the second element having a hole, such that a minimum predetermined force exists at the connection between the first element and the second element. The apparatus comprises a shaft, having a first, second, and third diameter along the axis of the shaft, thereby forming a first, second, and third shaft, respectively, the first diameter being the smallest diameter and the third diameter being the largest diameter. The first shaft is threaded, for mating with the second element. A spring, having an inside diameter smaller than the diameter of the third shaft and having a length approximately equal to the length of the first and second shaft is coaxially positioned over the first and second shaft. When the first element is placed in contact with the second element, there is applied a minimum predetermined force between the first and second element by the action of the spring when the first shaft is inserted into the hole of the second element to the point where the base of the second shaft contacts the surface of the first element.

US Patent:

46620672, May 5, 1987

Filed:

Apr 7, 1986

Appl. No.:

6/849085

Inventors:

Ronald F. Abraham - Phoenix AZ

Assignee:

Honeywell Information Systems Inc. - Phoenix AZ

International Classification:

H01R 466
H01R 4304

US Classification:

29861

Abstract:

A connector for providing electrical connections for a coax cable harness, the coax cable harness including a plurality of coax cables, each coax cable having a wire encased in a dielectric and having a drain wire. The connector comprises an insulation displacement connector having a plurality of insulation displacement contacts set in a top surface of the insulation displacement connector. Each insulation displacement contact engages a corresponding wire encased in the dielectric, the insulation displacement contact piercing the dielectric thereby providing the electrical connection for the wire of the coax cable. An orientation bar positions the coax cables to be in line with the corresponding insulation displacement contact, the coax cables resting on a top surface of the orientation bar. The orientation bar is positioned next to the insulation displacement connector such that a side surface of the insulation displacement connector is in contact or nearly in contact with the orientation bar. The orientation bar further has a plurality of holes from the top surface which extend to a bottom surface of the orientation bar, each hole being positioned under the corresponding coax cable in order to permit the corresponding drain wire of the coax cable to be inserted through the hole with the end portion of drain wire bent across the bottom surface of the orientation bar.