Samuel C Ramey, 58Lincoln, NE

6371813, Apr 16, 2002

Apr 18, 2001

09/837120

Samuel C. Ramey - Louisville KY
Alexander W. Barr - Louisville KY
Kevin R. Meredith - Louisville KY
Johannes Petrus Maria Kusters - New Albany IN

Robinson Nugent, Inc. - New Albany IN

H01R 13648

439608, 439609

An electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of horizontal shields and connector modules configured for insertion into the housing. Each connector module includes an insulated material encasing a plurality of conductive paths, each coupled to a forwardly-extending receptacle contact. The receptacle contacts are formed to have a plurality of horizontally-extending slots to receive the horizontal shields when the connector modules are inserted into the housing.

6431886, Aug 13, 2002

Jun 29, 2000

09/606801

Samuel C. Ramey - Louisville KY
Kevin R. Meredith - Louisville KY

Robinson Nugent, Inc. - New Albany IN

H01R 466

439101, 439378, 439947

An electrical connector is provided having a first portion and a second portion for coupling a first printed circuit board to second printed circuit board. The first portion of the connector has board contacts for mechanically and electrically coupling to the first printed circuit board, electrical contacts coupled to the board contacts and a first alignment feature electrically and mechanically coupled to the first printed circuit board. The second portion of the connector has board contacts for mechanically and electrically coupling to the second printed circuit board, electrical contacts coupled to the board contacts and a second alignment feature electrically and mechanically coupled to the second printed circuit board. The first and second alignment portions cooperate to properly align the electrical contacts of the first and second board portions for electrical coupling upon mating of the connector portions. Upon mating the alignment features are electrically coupled.

6478624, Nov 12, 2002

Jun 22, 2001

09/887890

Samuel C. Ramey - Naperville IL
Johannes Petrus Maria Kusters - Sellersburg IN

Robinson Nugent, Inc. - New Albany IN

H01M 13648

439608, 4397331

A connector includes a plurality of horizontally-spaced contacts arranged in a row with each contact having a forwardly-extending contact portion configured to engage a corresponding contact in a mating connector, an intermediate portion and a rearwardly-extending tail portion. An insulative housing encases the intermediate portions of the contacts. The housing has horizontally-spaced, vertical slots between the contact intermediate portions. A shield is provided for each contact. Each shield has a vertical flange portion for insertion into a vertical slot and an upper horizontal portion extending along and above the intermediate portion of the adjacent contact. The insulative housings with contacts and shields assembled therein are configured to be inserted into horizontally-extending slots in a connector housing.

6479765, Nov 12, 2002

Jun 22, 2001

09/887815

Samuel C. Ramey - Naperville IL
Alexander W. Barr - Louisville KY

Robinson Nugent, Inc. - New Albany IN

H01R 909

174262, 174263, 29852, 361795

A method is disclosed for establishing signal contacts on a multilayer printed circuit board having alternating ground and signal layers in a stack-up configuration. The signal layers have signal pads and conductive traces leading away from the pads. The method comprises the steps of: a) drilling blind signal holes in the printed circuit board down to signal pads on successive signal layers, b) filling the blind signal holes with conductive material, and c) removing strips of the printed circuit board nearly down to successive signal layers to provide on each signal layer a strip of exposed signal contacts for the conductive traces thereon.

6711814, Mar 30, 2004

Jun 18, 2001

09/883876

Alexander W. Barr - Louisville KY
Samuel C. Ramey - Naperville IL
Larry Edward Moser - Marysville IN

Robinson Nugent, Inc. - New Albany IN

H01K 310

29852, 29847, 29853, 174262, 174266, 361767

A method for increasing the impedance of a via for providing a conductive path through a printed circuit board is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of forming a conductive pad on the printed circuit board, forming a non-threaded opening extending through the conductive pad and through the printed circuit board to form an annular conductive pad surrounding the non-threaded opening, forming a conductive metal barrel lining the inner wall of the non-threaded opening connected to the annular conductive pad, and cutting material from the metal barrel to leave at least one conductive strip extending axially along the inner wall of the opening without cutting material from the annular conductive pad so that the at least one conductive strip is connected to an undivided annular conductive pad.

7014118, Mar 21, 2006

Oct 9, 1998

09/529032

Samuel C. Ramey - Louisville KY, US
Johannes Petrus Maria Kusters - New Albany IN, US
John Paul Brainard - Louisville KY, US

Robinson Nugent, Inc - New Albany IN

G06K 7/00

235486, 235483, 235479, 439159, 439160

A header connector apparatus () is configured to receive an electronic card (). The apparatus () includes a body () having first and second spaced apart side arms () formed integrally with the body () and configured to receive the card () therebetween. The first side arm () has a longitudinally extending first dovetail member (). The apparatus () also includes an actuator button () having a longitudinally extending second dovetail member () configured to mate with the first dovetail member () to allow the button () to move longitudinally relative to the body (), and an ejector mechanism () coupled to the body () and the button (). The ejector mechanism () is configured to eject the card () from the body () upon longitudinal movement of the button () relative to the body ().

7094062, Aug 22, 2006

Jul 24, 2003

10/626223

Samuel C. Ramey - Naperville IL, US
Lily T. C. Chang - Lisle IL, US
Yew Teck Yap - Naperville IL, US

Molex Incorporated - Lisle IL

H01R 12/00

439 66, 439862

A land grid array connector includes a housing having a plurality of passageways therethrough and a conductive contact provided in each passageway. A recess is formed in each passageway. Each contact has a deformable portion having a tip provided at an end thereof. The deformable portion is capable being in an undeformed position and in a deformed position. When a lateral force is placed on the deformable portion of each contact, at least a portion of the tip is maintained within the recess. The recess is sized and configured to limit lateral deflection of the tip upon deformation of the deformable portion in a lateral direction.

8424814, Apr 23, 2013

May 17, 2011

13/109648

David R. Davis - Richton Park IL, US
Shaun P. Brouwer - St. John IN, US
Dennis J. Waszak - Wheaton IL, US
Samuel C. Ramey - Naperville IL, US
Scott R. Hartman - Oak Forest IL, US
Robert Nicoli - Glenwood IL, US

Panduit Corp. - Tinley Park IL

F16L 3/00

248 49, 248 58

The present invention is directed to a cable routing system with a drop down cable routing device that routes cables from the cable routing system. The drop down cable routing device is attached to a cable tray of the cable routing system. The drop down cable routing device includes an outer shell and an inner core. The outer shell has downwardly extending sides. A bottom of each side of the outer shell includes a mating flange extending therefrom. The inner core is positioned within the outer shell. The inner core has a base with sides and mating flanges extending downwardly from the sides. The mating flanges of the outer shell engage the mating flanges of the inner core to secure the outer shell and the inner core together.