ALAN LEE ROATH
Pilots at Frd Rd, Madison, OH

8525034, Sep 3, 2013

Feb 28, 2011

13/036064

Alan L. Roath - Madison OH, US
Corinne W. Baumann - Mentor OH, US

Ohio Associated Enterprises, LLC - Painesville OH

H01B 7/00, H02G 3/04, H02G 3/00, H05K 1/00, H01R 43/00

174135, 174 681, 174 70 R, 174250, 29868

A cable guide is used to constrain and locate wires or cables for preparation for and for connection to a circuit board or connector, for termination. The cable guide has openings that receive and secure wires during the termination process. A shaft of the cable guide may be used to secure, in a repeatable manner, a predetermined length of the wires with ends offset from a cable jacket, or other reference on or near the end of the cable. The cable guide and the cable/wires may be secured in a fixture that allows the wire ends to be repeatably scored to remove insulation.

5664964, Sep 9, 1997

Apr 10, 1996

8/630518

Larry M. Crofoot - Perry OH
Alan L. Roath - Madison OH

Ohio Associated Enterprises, Inc. - Painesville OH

H01R 907

439495

A termination for a plurality of electrical conductors of a substrate includes a strain relief frame molded to the substrate, a connector housing having a plurality of electrical terminals positioned with respect to the frame to orient the terminals with respect to the conductors, and a plurality of the terminals being electrically connected to respective electrical conductors, the connections being made subsequent to the molding of the strain relief to the substrate. A cable termination assembly made by the process of molding a strain relief to a substrate having plural conductors in positional relation, said molding including leaving exposed connecting portions of respective conductors, subsequently attaching plural terminals respectively to exposed connecting portions of said conductors. A method of making a termination assembly includes molding a strain relief to a substrate having plural conductors in positional relation, said molding including leaving exposed connecting portions of respective conductors, subsequently attaching plural terminals respectively to exposed connecting portions of said conductors.

4964814, Oct 23, 1990

Apr 24, 1989

7/343113

John N. Tengler - Chico CA
Alan L. Roath - Madison OH
John T. Venaleck - Madison OH

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Co. - St. Paul MN

H01R 13652

439607

A coaxial cable termination system, includes a coaxial cable terminator including a coaxial cable having signal and shield conductors and insulation separating the conductors, an electrical contact electrically connected to the signal conductor, the electrical contact having a contacting portion for electrically connecting with an external member inserted to engagement with respect thereto, and a strain relief body molded directly to at least part of the coaxial cable and electrical contact for holding the same in relatively fixed positions with respect to each other; a housing having an opening for receiving therein at one end the terminator to hold the same in position to make electrical connection with an external member inserted into the housing means to engage the electrical contact; and an insulator inserted into the opening from the opposite end to insulate the contact from the housing wall bounding the opening. Novel tube-like insulators and bow type contacts also are included.

5316500, May 31, 1994

Jan 11, 1993

8/002659

Alan L. Roath - Madison OH

Ohio Associated Enterprises, Inc. - Painesville OH

H01R 1373

439567

A fastener for securing a connector body over a hole in a printed circuit board comprises a clip rigidly supported by the connector body and a wedge supported by the connector body for sliding movement along the clip. In one form, the clip includes a pair of resilient arms having free ends extending outside the body. The resilient arms have teeth or other means near their free ends for engaging the inner surfaces of the hole. The arms converge toward each other near their free ends to retract the teeth when the arms are in an unengaged condition. The wedge includes a portion which extends between the arms for spreading the arms and teeth as the wedge slides along the clip toward the free ends of the arms. The fastener is secured in the hole by inserting the clip arms into the hole and pressing the wedge into the hole toward the free ends of the arms. Advantages of the fastener include no protrusion through the opposite surface of the board, low insertion force and relative insensitivity to tolerance stack-ups.

4897046, Jan 30, 1990

Oct 3, 1986

6/914803

John N. Tengler - Chico CA
Alan L. Roath - Madison OH
John T. Venaleck - Madison OH

Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company - Saint Paul MN

H01R 1718

439579

A coaxial cable termination system, includes a coaxial cable terminator including a coaxial cable having signal and shield conductors and insulation separating the conductors, an electrical contact electrically connected to the signal conductor, the electrical contact having a contacting portion for electrically connecting with an external member inserted to engagement with respect thereto, a protective insulator for covering at least part of the contacting portion, and a strain relief body molded directly to at least part of the coaxial cable, electrical contact and protective insulator for holding the same in relatively fixed positions with respect to each other; and a housing for receiving therein the terminator to hold the same in position to make electrical connectioin with an external member inserted into the housing means to engage the electrical contact.

2013010, Apr 25, 2013

Oct 22, 2012

13/657211

Alan L. Roath - Madison OH, US

OHIO ASSOCIATED ENTERPRISES, LLC - Painesville OH

H01R 13/28

439295

An electrical connection between hermaphroditic contacts includes redundant contact points. Each of the contacts may have ridges on bent or curved portions, for making contact with straight portions of the other contact. The ridges may be parallel to one another. The mating allows both pairs of contact points to be maintained even when there is some misalignment between the contacts, due to beam rotation caused by torsional compliance. The connection provides great reliability.

6316954, Nov 13, 2001

Jul 13, 1999

9/352797

John T. Venaleck - Painesville OH
John Tengler - Chico CA
Alan L. Roath - Madison OH

Ohio Associated Enterprises, Inc. - Painesville OH

G01R 3102

324761

A test interface is used to connect an electronic device under test ("DUT"), such as a computer chip, to a tester. The interface utilizes a combination of spring forces and air pressure forces to extend and retract pogo pins, respectively. The pogo pins when extended contact conductive pads which are electrically connected to the DUT, perhaps via a DUT board. Springs are biased to extend the pins to contact the pads, and air pressure is used to retract the pins. Thus no air pressure or vacuum is required to maintain the pins in contact with the pads. When retracted, the pogo pins are shielded from damage by a shield, such as a board with holes in it for the pogo pins to pass through.

2007000, Jan 11, 2007

Jul 8, 2005

11/177564

Alan Roath - Madison OH, US
John Venaleck - Painesville OH, US

H01R 12/06

174267000, 439082000

A press-fit pin for making electrical contact with a via is a self-supporting pin having a serpentine shape. The pin may have at least two bends therein, so as to make contact with the via at multiple pairs of contact points separated longitudinally along the length of the pin. This use of a single-member contact with the via may allow use of smaller vias. In a direction longitudinally down the pin, successive pairs of contact points may be on opposite sides of the pin, so as to provide normal forces on opposite sides of the via and the pin, thus tending to provide some degree of balance in forces between the pin and the via. The pin may have rounded, coined corners and a tapered tip, in order to facilitate insertion of the pin into the via, without undue force, and without damage to either the pin or the via.

7316579, Jan 8, 2008

Sep 18, 2006

11/522685

Alan L. Roath - Madison OH, US
John T. Venaleck - Painesville OH, US

Ohio Associated Enterprises, LLC - Painesville OH

H01R 13/15

439260, 439265, 439267, 439268

An electrical connector includes a cable end connector which mates with a board mount connector. The cable end connector includes a plurality of header modules that each include pivotal contact-bearing headers. The headers are coupled to ribbon conductors in a parallel planar array. One end of each of the headers has conductors prepared to accept the welding of ribbonized coaxial cables. The other end of the conductors form compliant contacts for engagement with other compliant contacts or with pads arranged on the edge of a circuit board. Headers of each module have posts that emanate from lateral sides of a header body, distal from the compliant contact ends, that function as cam sliders. The cam sliders are located in slots, and engage ramps, which may be moved to urge the contacts of the headers together or apart.

7291031, Nov 6, 2007

Jul 8, 2005

11/177658

Larry M. Crofoot - Perry OH, US
Alan L. Roath - Madison OH, US
John T. Venaleck - Painesville OH, US

Ohio Associated Enterprises, LLC - Painesville OH

H01R 13/15, H01R 13/62

439265, 439259

A connector assembly includes a female dual row connector, and a male dual row connector configured to be inserted into the female dual row connector. The female connector is configured to be compression mounted onto a circuit card, and has conductive tails for being brought into contact with traces on the card or circuit board. The female connector may have a stiffener to help it maintain its shape. The rows of contacts of the male connector may be selectively brought together (collapsed) or moved apart (expanded). The rows of contacts are collapsed during insertion or removal of the male connector from the female connector, thus allowing zero force insertion of the male connector into the female connector. The collapsing and expanding of the rows for the male connector may be accomplished through any of a variety of mechanisms.