Charles Stewart Crain

US Patent:

8556645, Oct 15, 2013

Filed:

Apr 16, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/447338

Inventors:

Charles Thomas Crain - Melissa TX, US

Assignee:

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina - Hickory NC

International Classification:

H01R 13/625

US Classification:

439352, 438258

Abstract:

A connector includes a body configured to latchingly connect to a complementary connector element in a latching direction and an arm projecting from the body at an angle to the axis. The arm is configured to shift from a first position with its distal end a first distance from the axis to a second position with its distal end a second distance from the axis, and the body is removable from the complementary connector element when the arm is in the second position. The connector includes a force redirection element connected to the body and an extension member in contact with the force redirection element. The force redirection element is configured such that when a force is applied to the extension member in a direction opposite the latching direction, the arm is shifted from the first position toward the second position.

US Patent:

20130034334, Feb 7, 2013

Filed:

Jul 24, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/556995

Inventors:

Patrick Lee Fariello - Murphy TX, US
Charles T. Crain - Melissa TX, US

International Classification:

G02B 6/46
A47B 96/02
H05K 5/02
F16M 13/00

US Classification:

385135, 2482741, 211134, 174520

Abstract:

A device includes a support, a first slide element slidably mounted on the support and shiftable in a first direction from a retracted position to an extended position relative to the support, and a flexible member having first and second ends and a central portion. The first end is attached to the first slide element, the second end is fixedly mounted to the support, and the central portion projects away from the first and second ends in the second direction. The second end remains fixed to the support and the first end moves with the first slide element when the first slide element is shifted from the retracted position to the extended position.

US Patent:

20140038448, Feb 6, 2014

Filed:

Oct 14, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/052910

Inventors:

Charles Thomas Crain - Melissa TX, US

Assignee:

CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina - Hickory NC

International Classification:

H01R 13/627

US Classification:

439352

Abstract:

A connector includes a body configured to latchingly connect to a complementary connector element in a latching direction and an arm projecting from the body at an angle to the axis. The arm is configured to shift from a first position with its distal end a first distance from the axis to a second position with its distal end a second distance from the axis, and the body is removable from the complementary connector element when the arm is in the second position. The connector includes a force redirection element connected to the body and an extension member in contact with the force redirection element. The force redirection element is configured such that when a force is applied to the extension member in a direction opposite the latching direction, the arm is shifted from the first position toward the second position.