DOUGLAS L WAGNER
Pilots at Delwood Ct, Thousand Oaks, CA

6402552, Jun 11, 2002

Aug 7, 2001

09/923938

Douglas L. Wagner - Newbury Park CA

FCI Americas Technology, Inc. - Reno NV

H01R 1358

439606, 439736

An electrical connector comprising a contact wafer having at least one electrical contact connected to a first housing piece; a second housing piece having a contact wafer receiving area with snap lock latching surfaces, and a third housing piece overmolded onto rear ends of the first and second housing pieces. The first housing piece is snap lock inserted into the contact wafer receiving area and forms a seal between the first and second housing pieces. The seal between the first and second housing pieces substantially prevents flash blow by between the first and second housing pieces of material that forms the third housing piece as the third housing piece is overmolded onto the first and second housing pieces.

6217347, Apr 17, 2001

Oct 1, 1999

9/411184

Mark S. Schell - Palatine IL
Donald W. McClune - York PA
Douglas L. Wagner - Newbury Park CA

BERG Technology, Inc. - Reno NV

H01R 1200

439 79

An electrical connector is adapted for use on a substantially planar surface. The connector comprises two arrays of electrical contacts coupled to the planar surface. One array is disposed directly above the other. Each contact in the lower array is mounted directly to the planar surface, with the mounting points arranged in a substantially straight line along the surface. The upper array of contacts is coupled to the planar surface by way of one or more mounting tabs fixed to the surface. The tabs elevate the upper array in relation to the planar surface and the first array. The mounting tabs are fixed to the planar surface along the same substantially straight line on which the first array is mounted. Thus, the mounting points for both arrays of contacts are disposed along the planar surface in a substantially co-liner relationship. The connector further comprises a housing that is fixed to the planar surface and engages the contacts.

6890221, May 10, 2005

Jan 27, 2003

10/353154

Douglas L. Wagner - Newbury Park CA, US

FCI Americas Technology, Inc. - Reno NV

H01R013/11

439855, 439825, 439947, 439 65, 439 78

A mating connector comprises both a receptacle connector and a plug connector. The receptacle connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive receptacle contact with a pair of spaced walls forming a plug contact receiving space. The plug connector has an insulative housing and at least one conductive contact having a pair of spaced walls that converge to form a projection engageable in the plug receiving space of the receptacle contact. In each case, the spaced walls are joined by a bridging structure that unites the walls. The plug and receptacle contacts are retained in a housing by engagement of opposed lateral edge portions of the contacts with the housings in a manner to enhance heat dissipation by convection by maintaining substantial portions of the contacts spaced from the housing walls and from each other. The bridging structure may include a retention element for engaging respective connector housings to retain the contact in the housing. The open structure of both the receptacle and plug contacts enhances heat dissipation and allows flexibility in achieving desired contact normal forces.

5632628, May 27, 1997

Jan 13, 1995

8/372576

Douglas L. Wagner - Newbury Park CA

Berg Technology, Inc. - Reno NV

H01R 909

439 78

Disclosed is a header which may be used on a disc drive base or on another such plate between a higher pressure space and a lower pressure space and which will effectively prevent or retard pressure loss from the higher pressure space. A molded plastic wafer member is positioned in an aperture in the plate. A fiberglass reinforced polymer board member is superimposed over the wafer. There are axially aligned transverse apertures in the board member and the wafer member and conductive pins pass through these aligned apertures. Adjacent the apertures in the board member are metallized surfaces and the pins are soldered to board member at this point to effect the pressurized seal.

2008017, Jul 17, 2008

Jan 17, 2007

11/624102

Louis D. Lauriano - Long Beach CA, US
Douglas L. Wagner - Newbury Park CA, US

FCI Americas Technology, Inc. - Reno NV

H01R 13/60

439567

A head stack assembly (HSA) that may eliminate the need for a plurality of separate components by molding all of the HSA parts together into a single connector is disclosed. Such an HSA may include a single connector having a mating interface and a fastener extending from a surface of the connector, a flex circuit attached to the connector, and a gasket seal placed on the upper surface of the connector. The fasteners may be compliant pegs that are pressed into a disc housing, thereby holding the gasket and connector in place. When the HSA is correctly oriented, the mating interface of the connector may mate with a printed circuit board (PCB) mount connector. Because a number of HSA components are molded into a single-piece connector, metal screws may not be required, thereby reducing the loading forces and warp on the PCB.

6860762, Mar 1, 2005

Jun 10, 2003

10/459313

Conway F. Spykerman - Singapore, SG
Steve Y. Wong - El Monte CA, US
Douglas L. Wagner - Newbury Park CA, US

FCI Americas Technology, Inc. - Reno NV

H01R013/66

439620, 363142, 439218, 439487, 4399241

An electrical cable and connector assembly having an electrical cable comprising a 12 Volt supply conductor and a 5 Volt supply conductor; and an electrical connector connected to the electrical cable. The electrical connector includes a 12 Volt supply contact connected to the 12 Volt supply conductor, a 5 Volt supply contact connected to the 5 Volt supply conductor, and a 3. 3 Volt supply contact connected to the 5 Volt supply conductor by a voltage step down system located inside a housing of the electrical connector. With this embodiment, the connector can be connected to a device, such as a disc drive, requiring 12 and 5 Volt inputs or alternatively can be connected to a device requiring 12 and 3. 3 Volt inputs.