Steven A Fraley

US Patent:

7442081, Oct 28, 2008

Filed:

Jun 19, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/820402

Inventors:

Charles P. Burke - Humble TX, US
Ronald E. Taylor - Spring TX, US
Steven D. Fraley - Houston TX, US
James N. Spence - Montgomery TX, US
Martin L. Tomek - Humble TX, US
Trung Dinh Nguyen - Houston TX, US

Assignee:

Greene, Tweed of Delaware, Inc. - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

H01R 13/40

US Classification:

439589, 439935

Abstract:

A hermetic pressure connector which provides a pressure-tight, electrically conductive connection through a hole in a bulkhead. The connector includes a transverse support member having a high pressure side and an opposite low pressure side. A passage extends through the transverse support member between the opposite sides. A conductor pin having an axial portion extends through the passage. An insulating sleeve surrounds at least the axial portion of the conductor pin, thereby electrically insulating the transverse support member from the conductor pin. A molded connected body surrounds at least a central portion of the conductor pin at least at one of the high and low pressure sides to thereby mechanically support the conductor pin in the passage. The molded connector body is directly sealingly engaged with the conductor pin, the insulating sleeve and the transverse support member. The insulating sleeve may be formed as a two-piece insert that includes a ceramic piece on the high pressure side and a piece formed of polymeric material on the low pressure side.

US Patent:

20050202720, Sep 15, 2005

Filed:

Feb 28, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/068140

Inventors:

Charles Burke - Humble TX, US
Ronald Taylor - Spring TX, US
Steven Fraley - Houston TX, US
James Spence - Montgomery TX, US
Martin Tomek - Humble TX, US
Trung Nguyen - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

H01R009/05

US Classification:

439578000

Abstract:

A hermetic pressure connector which provides a pressure-tight, electrically conductive connection through a hole in a bulkhead. The connector includes a transverse support member having a high pressure side and an opposite low pressure side. A passage extends through the transverse support member between the opposite sides. A conductor pin having an axial portion extends through the passage. An insulating sleeve surrounds at least the axial portion of the conductor pin, thereby electrically insulating the transverse support member from the conductor pin. A molded connected body surrounds at least a central portion of the conductor pin at least at one of the high and low pressure sides to thereby mechanically support the conductor pin in the passage. The molded connector body is directly sealingly engaged with the conductor pin, the insulating sleeve and the transverse support member.