Patents by Inventor Ralph Glenn Vestal

Ralph Glenn Vestal 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: 9865419
    Abstract: An electrical relay device includes a housing, a wire coil, an actuator assembly, and a shell. The housing extends between a closed end and an open end and defines a chamber. The wire coil and the actuator assembly are within the chamber. The actuator assembly is configured to move between a first position, in which a movable contact is spaced apart from at least one stationary contact, and a second position, in which the movable contact engages the at least one stationary contact, based on a magnetic field induced by current through the wire coil. The shell seals the open end of the housing to seal the chamber. The shell has a pressure relief valve in flow communication with the chamber. The pressure relief valve is configured to open in response to a pressure within the chamber exceeding a threshold set pressure to reduce the pressure within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
    Inventors: Terrance Edward Blackmon, Roger L. Thrush, Ralph Glenn Vestal, Douglas Foster Brandon
  • Publication number: 20160365210
    Abstract: An electrical relay device includes a housing, a wire coil, an actuator assembly, and a shell. The housing extends between a closed end and an open end and defines a chamber. The wire coil and the actuator assembly are within the chamber. The actuator assembly is configured to move between a first position, in which a movable contact is spaced apart from at least one stationary contact, and a second position, in which the movable contact engages the at least one stationary contact, based on a magnetic field induced by current through the wire coil. The shell seals the open end of the housing to seal the chamber. The shell has a pressure relief valve in flow communication with the chamber. The pressure relief valve is configured to open in response to a pressure within the chamber exceeding a threshold set pressure to reduce the pressure within the chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Terrance Edward Blackmon, Roger L. Thrush, Ralph Glenn Vestal, Douglas Foster Brandon
  • Patent number: 5984721
    Abstract: A panel mount electrical connector has a flange (24) and a locking ramp (40) forward of the flange. The flange and the locking ramp are arranged to be disposed on opposite sides of a mounting panel when the connector is disposed in a cutout of the panel. The locking ramp is inclined with respect to the flange such that the panel will become captured between the locking ramp and the flange when the connector is twisted in the cutout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1999
    Assignee: Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Daines Milfred Self, Jr., Ralph Glenn Vestal