Michael Douglas Gardner

US Patent:

45808678, Apr 8, 1986

Filed:

Feb 12, 1985

Appl. No.:

6/701044

Inventors:

Steve Wright - Glen Ellyn IL
Michael J. Gardner - Glen Ellyn IL

Assignee:

Molex Incorporated - Lisle IL

International Classification:

H01R 1350

US Classification:

339176MF

Abstract:

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for automatically terminating the end of a flat flexible cable in a reciprocably actuable low insertion force connector having a dielectric housing with a cable receiving cavity and a terminal member disposed in the cavity. The connector also includes a reciprocating cover having a cable receiving aperture and mounting for reciprocable movement between an open position for receiving the cable, and a closed position for terminating the cable within the connector. The apparatus includes an insertion head and an arrangement for automatically positioning the insertion head with respect to the cable receiving aperture of the connector cover. The insertion head further includes a reciprocable cable feeder which inserts the cable end through the cover aperture, and a reciprocable actuator which moves the cover upon insertion of the cable and the connector.

US Patent:

50768026, Dec 31, 1991

Filed:

Dec 31, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/636169

Inventors:

Stephen A. Colleran - Lisle IL
Michael J. Gardner - Rochester Hills MI
Bill B. Wilson - Montgomery IL

Assignee:

Molex Incorporated - Lisle IL

International Classification:

H01R 1358

US Classification:

439468

Abstract:

A wire dress cover is provided for an electrical connector. The connector includes a channel on the rear face into which the wire dress cover is slidably engagable. The wire dress cover includes a rib for slidable engagement in the channel and a locking projection for lockingly engaging the housing after a full seating thereon. The wire dress cover includes a slot extending centrally therein to enable the cover to be pinched for disengaging the locking prjections from the housing. In certain embodiments the wire dress cover is defined by a pair of wire dress cover shells which are lockingly engagable with one another.

US Patent:

49349635, Jun 19, 1990

Filed:

Aug 25, 1988

Appl. No.:

7/236428

Inventors:

Michael J. Gardner - Palatine IL
Lawrence E. Geib - Carol Stream IL

Assignee:

Molex Incorporated - Lisle IL

International Classification:

H01R 13436

US Classification:

439677

Abstract:

An improved electrical connector includes a housing extending in an axial direction between a rear conductor entry end and a forward mating end. A plurality of terminal receiving recesses extend between the ends of the housing. A plurality of electrical terminals are slideably insertable into the recesses from the conductor entry end. A terminal lock is supported for movement on the housing between a terminal load position in which the terminal lock does not obstruct the recesses and a lock position in which the terminal lock engages terminals in the recesses. The improvement in accordance with which the terminal lock includes a forward portion disposed adjacent the forward end of the housing and permitting mating of the mating end of the housing only when the terminal lock is in the lock position. An electrical connection assembly includes in combination first and second electrical connectors releasably mateable with one another. Each of said connectors includes a housing supporting a plurality of electrical terminals.

US Patent:

59008296, May 4, 1999

Filed:

Jul 23, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/685122

Inventors:

Michael Robert Gardner - Mount Prospect IL
Robert Michael Johnson - Lake Zurich IL
Mark John Lachiw - Wauconda IL

Assignee:

Motorola, Inc. - Schaumburg IL

International Classification:

H03K 1794

US Classification:

341 26

Abstract:

An electronic device (100) includes at least L keys (114) and a processor (506) having at least M inputs (600). Upon actuation, each one of the at least L keys (114) toggles a unique combination of N inputs of the at least M inputs (600), where each unique combination is taken from all possible combinations thereof. The at least M inputs (600) are read by the processor (506) and compared to a plurality of predetermined key patterns (806). Upon a match between the at least M inputs (600) and one of the plurality of predetermined key patterns (806), a key actuation is detected and a predetermined function may be processed in response thereto. The processor (506) may ignore simultaneous key actuations where combinations of inputs greater than N are toggled.

US Patent:

20160029100, Jan 28, 2016

Filed:

Jul 28, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/810884

Inventors:

- Mount Prospect IL, US
Michael Gardner - Mount Prospect IL, US
Jeffrey Beu - Mount Prospect IL, US
Robert Tenney - Mount Prospect IL, US
Ian Dominicis - Mount Prospect IL, US
Peter Wright - Mount Prospect IL, US
Ryan Harris - Mount Prospect IL, US

Assignee:

Suzo-Happ Group - Mount Prospect IL

International Classification:

H04N 21/485
H04N 21/439
H04N 21/436
H04N 21/422

Abstract:

A multidimensional sound system coordinates the playback of audio streams on a device that outputs more than one video stream simultaneously. The system provides a method for splitting and directing sound so that multiple users viewing multiple content streams on a single device can hear audio relevant to the video content they wish to view. The system also provides methods directed to allowing users to share audio relevant to their respective video streams with other users on the same device, and allows users to reject such sharing requests.

US Patent:

20140294395, Oct 2, 2014

Filed:

Nov 15, 2012

Appl. No.:

14/358070

Inventors:

- Lisle IL, US
Malcolm H. Hodge - Chicago IL, US
Wenzong Chen - Naperville IL, US
Dean A. Richardson - Wilmette IL, US
Jannick Armand - Ettlingen, DE
Michael J. Gardner - Geneva IL, US

Assignee:

Molex Incorporated - Lisle IL

International Classification:

H04B 10/2575
H04B 10/40
G02B 6/38

US Classification:

398115, 385 78, 385 79

Abstract:

An optical fiber assembly comprises an optical fiber having a forward end, a ferrule supporting the optical fiber, a beam expanding element aligned with the forward end of the optical fiber, and a thermal expansion compensation element adjacent the optical fiber to compensate for thermal expansion differences between the optical fiber and the ferrule.