Patents by Inventor Jim T. Ray

Jim T. Ray 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: 8569643
    Abstract: Generally described, one or more embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to switch assemblies and methods for switching from one state to another. In some examples, a switch assembly may switch from one electrical contact to another electrical contact by moving a conductive spring or member from a first conductive contact on a printed circuit board (PCB) to a second conductive contact on the PCB. For instance, in one embodiment, a conductive member moves within a slot in the PCB. In another embodiment, a compression force applied to a conductive spring is reduced while the conductive spring moves from a first conductive contact to a second conductive contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Fluke Corporation
    Inventors: Wilbur R. Ames, IV, Warren Haye Wong, Raymond D. Zoellick, Norbert Werner Jauch, Jim T. Ray
  • Publication number: 20120217146
    Abstract: Generally described, one or more embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to switch assemblies and methods for switching from one state to another. In some examples, a switch assembly may switch from one electrical contact to another electrical contact by moving a conductive spring or member from a first conductive contact on a printed circuit board (PCB) to a second conductive contact on the PCB. For instance, in one embodiment, a conductive member moves within a slot in the PCB. In another embodiment, a compression force applied to a conductive spring is reduced while the conductive spring moves from a first conductive contact to a second conductive contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: FLUKE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wilbur R. Ames, IV, Warren Haye Wong, Raymond D. Zoellick, Norbert Werner Jauch, Jim T. Ray
  • Patent number: 7392951
    Abstract: A reader such as a barcode reader identifies at least one potential target such as a barcode symbol in its field-of-view, and projects or transmits an indicator toward or proximate the potential target containing information about the respective potential target. Such information may include which target is currently active, the symbology in which the target is encoded, the relative position of the reader with respect to the target, the ability of the reader to decode the target, and/or ranked or sorted order information regarding the target and neighboring targets. The reader may rank, sort, prioritize or otherwise determine order based on various parameters, including symbology, position in field-of-view, size, etc., and may base such on past history of the reader and/or user, and may weight such.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: Intermec IP Corp.
    Inventors: Jim T. Ray, Robert A. Kohtz, Michael Dant, Jeffrey M. Hunt