James R Coller

US Patent:

40831019, Apr 11, 1978

Filed:

Dec 27, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/754307

Inventors:

James Ray Coller - Mechanicsburg PA

Assignee:

AMP Incorporated - Harrisburg PA

International Classification:

H05K 330

US Classification:

29739

Abstract:

A tool set for installing and removing individual connector pins mounted in an electrical circuit board and the like and within a connector housing wherein the pin to be removed or installed is part of a row of pin pairs enclosed within a housing. A pin is installed and/or removed with the present tools without housing removal or disturbing of other pins within the housing, regardless of the type of pin damage encountered. There is also a tool for inserting tie pins in a circuit board in aligned relationship.

US Patent:

44706537, Sep 11, 1984

Filed:

Aug 9, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/406682

Inventors:

James R. Coller - Carlisle PA
Joseph S. DiOrazio - Harrisburg PA

Assignee:

AMP Incorporated - Harrisburg PA

International Classification:

H01R 1320

US Classification:

339 74R

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a device for securing stacked printed circuit boards together utilizing signal transferring connectors mounted on the boards. More particularly, the device includes depending pins having grooves thereon and movable latching means on the connector, said means engaging the grooves to releasably latch the board and connector together.

US Patent:

40774430, Mar 7, 1978

Filed:

Oct 4, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/729548

Inventors:

James Ray Coller - Mechanicsburg PA
Suel Grant Shannon - Harrisburg PA

Assignee:

AMP Incorporated - Harrisburg PA

International Classification:

B05C 700

US Classification:

141111

Abstract:

A machine and a method for applying a solder resistant material or solder resist to predetermined portions of miniature connector structures are disclosed. The machine permits large numbers of the miniature connector structures to be precisely treated with the solder resist without the need for costly and time consuming masking procedures. More particularly, the miniature connector structures attached to a carrier strip are fed through a hybrid fluid dispensing assembly similar to a bath, which is continuously supplied with the solder resistant material. The quantity of material supplied to the hybrid fluid dispenser or bath is coordinated with the speed at which the miniature connector structures are driven through the bath so that each of the miniature structures absorbs a predetermined amount of solder resistant material by capillary action. The quantity of material absorbed by each of the miniature connector structures is controlled so that it is just sufficient to fill a desired area. The filled connectors are subsequently heated to cure the solder resistant material.

US Patent:

40683745, Jan 17, 1978

Filed:

Dec 27, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/754308

Inventors:

James Ray Coller - Mechanicsburg PA

Assignee:

AMP Incorporated - Harrisburg PA

International Classification:

H01R 4300

US Classification:

29747

Abstract:

The disclosure relates to a tool for installing and removing a housing which is positioned over a row of connector pairs and frictionally engaged with the rows of connector pairs, there being no integral connection between the housing and the contacts. The tool is designed to remove the housing when positioned over the contact members by utilizing a wedge on the tool which separates the contact members so that the housing can be pulled up over the contact members without rubbing thereagainst to remove any plating layers thereon. The housing is installed by the same tool wherein the housing is gripped and, upon insertion of the housing over the contact members, the wedge first spreads the contact members apart and the housing is disposed thereover without rubbing against the contact members. In the case of installation and removal of the housing member, the wedge is designed to push the contacts sufficiently far back so that they do not rest upon a preloading bar disposed within the housing. In this way, the housing can be removed by merely gripping the housing with the tool while the contacts are spread apart and then rocking the housing back and forth so that it can be removed upwardly over the contact members without sliding over the edges of the contact members.