Robert N Mulfinger

7780462, Aug 24, 2010

Oct 17, 2008

12/253899

John Joseph Consoli - Harrisburg PA, US
Robert Neil Mulfinger - York Haven PA, US
Richard Elof Hamner - Hummelstown PA, US

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Berwyn PA

H01R 4/66

439108, 439 95, 4396071

An electrical connector assembly includes a dielectric housing having an interface being configured to receive a mating end portion of a mating connector. A plurality of receptacles is held by the housing. Each of the receptacles includes a ground shield and a center contact. Each center contact is configured to engage a corresponding electrical contact of the mating connector. An electrically conductive shell surrounds at least a portion of the housing. An electrostatic discharge (ESD) contact is held by the housing. The ESD contact includes a shell contact member and a plurality of ground contact members. The shell contact member is electrically connected to the shell. Each ground contact member is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the ground shields of the receptacles.

7789669, Sep 7, 2010

Apr 23, 2009

12/428851

Scott Stephen Duesterhoeft - Etters PA, US
Jason M'Cheyne Reisinger - Carlisle PA, US
Robert Neil Mulfinger - York Haven PA, US

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Berwyn PA

H01R 9/09

439 65, 439260, 439 67

A removable card connector assembly configured to be inserted into and engage an electrical system. The card connector assembly includes a circuit board that has a surface extending along a board plane in a longitudinal direction. The card connector assembly also includes an electrical connector assembly that is coupled to the surface of the circuit board. The electrical connector assembly includes a flexible circuit and a moveable contact array of mating contacts that are coupled to the flexible circuit. The moveable contact array is configured to engage a system contact array of mating contacts in the electrical system. The card connector assembly also includes a coupling mechanism that is configured to move the moveable contact array between retracted and engaged positions. The mating contacts of the moveable contact array are arranged along a contact plane that extends in the longitudinal direction when in the engaged position.

7789701, Sep 7, 2010

May 28, 2008

12/128551

Keith McQuilkin Murr - York PA, US
Scott S. Duesterhoeft - Etters PA, US
Robert N. Mulfinger - York Haven PA, US
Lee Jacobo Jose Roitberg - Austin TX, US

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Berwyn PA

H01R 13/73

439552

A connector assembly adapted for mounting to a panel having a cutout includes a connector having a body including sides defining a perimeter configured to fit within the cutout. The connector includes a flange extending outward from one of the sides of the body, and the flange is configured to engage a front surface of the panel to define a stop against the panel when the connector is in a mated position. The connector is configured to be one of either front loaded through the cutout from a front of the panel to the mated position or rear loaded through the cutout from a rear of the panel to the mated position.

7789703, Sep 7, 2010

Oct 21, 2008

12/254990

Robert Neil Mulfinger - York Haven PA, US
John Joseph Consoli - Harrisburg PA, US
Chad William Morgan - Mechanicsburg PA, US
James Charles Shiffler - Hummelstown PA, US
Kenneth William Ellis - Etters PA, US
Keith McQuilkin Murr - York PA, US

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Berwyn PA

H01R 9/01

439585, 439581

A connector assembly includes a cable, a connector and a resistance weld. The cable includes a conductor and a cable shield. The connector includes a contact and a shield. The shield includes conductive walls and a cradle. The walls extend from a mating interface to the cradle and at least partially surround the contact to shield the contact from electromagnetic interference. The mating interface is configured to receive a mating connector to mate the connector and mating connector. The cradle includes sidewalls interconnected by a coupling wall. The sidewalls and coupling wall extend from a loading interface toward the mating interface and are shaped to receive the cable through the loading interface. The resistance weld is between the cable shield and the cradle to electrically couple the shield to the cable shield. The shield is electrically connected to the electrical ground by the resistance weld and the cable shield.

7878830, Feb 1, 2011

Jul 22, 2008

12/177705

Scott Stephen Duesterhoeft - Etters PA, US
Robert N. Mulfinger - York Haven PA, US
Keith McQuilkin Murr - York PA, US

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Berwyn PA

H01R 13/64

439248, 439247

An electrical connector assembly includes a housing, a receptacle and a receptacle contact. The housing has an interior chamber between a cable end and an interface of the housing. The interface is configured to receive a mating end of a mating electrical connector. The receptacle contact is disposed within a slot of the receptacle and is configured to engage a corresponding contact in the mating electrical connector. The receptacle contact is pivotally mounted in the receptacle and configured to pivot about a pitch axis and along the slot of the receptacle to align with the corresponding contact in the mating electrical connector. Optionally, the receptacle is mounted so as to pivot in the interior chamber and is configured to pivot about a yaw axis within the interior chamber over a predetermined limited range of travel to align the receptacle contact with the corresponding contact in the mating electrical connector.

7909645, Mar 22, 2011

Jun 24, 2008

12/145128

Robert Neil Mulfinger - York Haven PA, US
Steven David Dunwoody - Middletown PA, US

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Berwyn PA

H01R 9/05

439578

A housing is provided for a coaxial cable connector that terminates a coaxial cable. The housing includes a cable-receiving end portion configured to engage an insulating cover of the coaxial cable, a mating end portion configured to engage another coaxial connector, and a base extending between the cable-receiving end portion and the mating end portion. The base is configured to engage an outer electrical conductor of the coaxial cable. The housing also includes an electrical contact. The electrical contact includes an extension extending outwardly from the electrical contact, wherein the extension is configured to engage the outer electrical conductor of the coaxial cable.

7918683, Apr 5, 2011

Mar 24, 2010

12/730958

Richard Elof Hamner - Hummelstown PA, US
Robert Neil Mulfinger - York Haven PA, US
Jason M'Cheyne Reisinger - Carlisle PA, US

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Berwyn PA

H01R 13/64

439377, 439 64

A connector assembly including a connector that has a mating surface with an array of connector terminals thereon. The mating surface interfaces with a side surface of a daughter card assembly when the daughter card assembly is moved to an engaged position. The array of connector terminals are configured to engage an array of card terminals of the daughter card assembly. The connector assembly also includes a guide assembly that has a guide channel and a cam member that slidably engages the guide channel to direct the daughter card assembly to an offset position. In the offset position, the side and mating surfaces form a non-orthogonal angle with respect to each other. The guide channel is configured to permit the daughter card assembly to be rotated about an axis of rotation so that the daughter card assembly moves from the offset position to the engaged position.

8033835, Oct 11, 2011

Dec 18, 2009

12/642056

Robert Neil Mulfinger - York Haven PA, US
Jason M'Cheyne Reisinger - Carlisle PA, US
Richard Elof Hamner - Hummelstown PA, US
Steven J. Millard - Mechanicsburg PA, US

Tyco Electronics Corporation - Berwyn PA

H01R 12/00
H05K 1/00

439 66, 439 91, 439591

An interconnect assembly for interconnecting first and second electrical components includes a substrate having opposed first and second surfaces and a first array of contacts on the first surface for engaging corresponding elements on the first electrical component. The first array of contacts defines a compressible interface that mates with the first electrical component. The first array of contacts includes signal contacts transferring data signals across the compressible interface and the first array of contacts includes a combination of power contacts that jointly convey power across the compressible interface. The interconnect assembly also includes a second array of contacts on the second surface for engaging corresponding elements on the second electrical component. The second array of contacts having signal contacts electrically connected to the signal contact of the first array of contacts and power contacts electrically connected to the power contacts of the second array of contacts.