Patents by Inventor Earl James Hayes

Earl James Hayes has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9523494
    Abstract: An LED lighting unit may include a flexible circuit substrate having a an obverse side and a reverse side. The obverse side may include a plurality of mounting points for LEDs and the reverse side may include a thermal conduction material. A plurality of LEDs may be mounted to the plurality of mounting points and may be in thermal communication with the thermal conduction material. A heat sink may be attached to the reverse side of the substrate and may have a hollow conical-frustum geometry. The heat sink may include a top circumference, a bottom circumference, a top opening, a bottom opening, at least one cooling fin extending into an interior of the heat sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: Flextronics AP, LLC
    Inventor: Earl James Hayes
  • Publication number: 20160238231
    Abstract: An LED lighting unit may include a flexible circuit substrate having a an obverse side and a reverse side. The obverse side may include a plurality of mounting points for LEDs and the reverse side may include a thermal conduction material. A plurality of LEDs may be mounted to the plurality of mounting points and may be in thermal communication with the thermal conduction material. A heat sink may be attached to the reverse side of the substrate and may have a hollow conical-frustum geometry. The heat sink may include a top circumference, a bottom circumference, a top opening, a bottom opening, at least one cooling fin extending into an interior of the heat sink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: FLEXTRONICS AP, LLC
    Inventor: Earl James Hayes
  • Patent number: 6932382
    Abstract: A Hall effect sensor assembly including a Hall effect sensor; an overmolded housing which is overmolded onto the Hall effect sensor; and a magnet movably connected to the Hall effect sensor by a movable connection with the overmolded housing. The movable connection restrains movement of the magnet to a path along and aligned with a Hall effect central sensing axis. The magnet is substantially prevented from tilting relative to the sensing axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Earl James Hayes, Raymond Bruce McLauchlan
  • Patent number: 6604966
    Abstract: An electrical connector housing including a main body having a receiving area which is sized and shaped to receive a flat conductor cable with contacts attached thereto into the receiving area; and a locking section connected to the main body by a living hinge. The locking section comprising a front end and a rear end. When the locking section is inserted into a receiving aperture of the main body, the front end is adapted to block withdrawal of at least one of the contacts located in the receiving area and, the rear end includes at least one strain relief projection which is sized and shaped to press the flat conductor cable against the main body to form a strain relief for the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2003
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Earl James Hayes, Michael Jerome Alloway, Raymond Bruce McLauchlan
  • Patent number: 6545861
    Abstract: A vehicle high voltage electrical distribution box including a housing and a lead frame assembly. The lead frame assembly is located in the housing. The lead frame assembly includes bus bars and an over molded frame which has been over molded onto the bus bars to connect the bus bars to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Earl James Hayes, Raymond Bruce McLachlan, Thomas Dziurlikowski