Patents by Inventor Ricky Edward Brown
Ricky Edward Brown 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).
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Patent number: 8550838Abstract: An electrical connector is provided including a housing having a receptacle for receiving a wire. A fixed contact is positioned within the housing and has a termination contact configured to electrically couple to a signal path. A moveable contact is electrically coupled to the fixed contact. The moveable contact has a contact interface for engaging the wire. The contact interface is moveable between a connection position, wherein the contact interface engages the wire, and a release position, wherein the contact interface is disengaged from the wire to enable the wire to be removed from the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2011Date of Patent: October 8, 2013Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Osenaga Jerry Osagle, Matthew Edward Mostoller, Ricky Edward Brown, Ronald Martin Weber, Christopher G. Daily
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Patent number: 8540391Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) interconnection system is provided. The system includes a cable having a driver end and a termination end. The cable has conductive pathways extending between the driver end and the termination end. The driver end is configured to engage a driver to carry an electrical current to the conductive pathways. The termination end is configured to terminate the conductive pathways. A connector is provided having a cable contact and a LED contact joined to the cable contact. The cable contact pierces the cable and engages the conductive pathways to electrically join the connector to the conductive pathways. A LED board is provided having a circuit board including circuit board contacts. A LED is positioned on the circuit board and electrically joined to the circuit board contacts. The LED contact of the connector engages the circuit board contacts to electrically join the connector to the LED.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2010Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Ricky Edward Brown, Christopher George Daily, Rohan Narang, Robert D. Rix
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Publication number: 20130029529Abstract: An electrical connector is provided including a housing having a receptacle for receiving a wire. A fixed contact is positioned within the housing and has a termination contact configured to electrically couple to a signal path. A moveable contact is electrically coupled to the fixed contact. The moveable contact has a contact interface for engaging the wire. The contact interface is moveable between a connection position, wherein the contact interface engages the wire, and a release position, wherein the contact interface is disengaged from the wire to enable the wire to be removed from the receptacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2011Publication date: January 31, 2013Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: OSENAGA JERRY OSAGIE, MATTHEW EDWARD MOSTOLLER, RICKY EDWARD BROWN, RONALD MARTIN WEBER, CHRISTOPHER G. DAILY
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Patent number: 8232724Abstract: An end cap assembly for a light tube that has a circuit board with one or more solid state lighting devices mounted thereto and a lens covering the circuit board includes an end cap body having a lens engagement surface configured to engage the lens and an external mating interface configured to mate with a socket connector of a fixture. An end cap connector extends from the end cap body. The end cap connector holds contacts having first mating portions configured to be electrically connected to the circuit board and second mating portions configured to be electrically connected to the socket connector.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2009Date of Patent: July 31, 2012Assignee: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: Matthew Edward Mostoller, Charles Raymond Gingrich, III, Christopher G. Daily, Ronald Martin Weber, Ricky Edward Brown
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Publication number: 20110310628Abstract: A light emitting diode (LED) interconnection system is provided. The system includes a cable having a driver end and a termination end. The cable has conductive pathways extending between the driver end and the termination end. The driver end is configured to engage a driver to carry an electrical current to the conductive pathways. The termination end is configured to terminate the conductive pathways. A connector is provided having a cable contact and a LED contact joined to the cable contact. The cable contact pierces the cable and engages the conductive pathways to electrically join the connector to the conductive pathways. A LED board is provided having a circuit board including circuit board contacts. A LED is positioned on the circuit board and electrically joined to the circuit board contacts. The LED contact of the connector engages the circuit board contacts to electrically join the connector to the LED.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2010Publication date: December 22, 2011Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: MATTHEW EDWARD MOSTOLLER, RICKY EDWARD BROWN, CHRISTOPHER GEORGE DAILY, ROHAN NARANG, ROBERT D. RIX
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Publication number: 20100201239Abstract: An end cap assembly for a light tube that has a circuit board with one or more solid state lighting devices mounted thereto and a lens covering the circuit board includes an end cap body having a lens engagement surface configured to engage the lens and an external mating interface configured to mate with a socket connector of a fixture. An end cap connector extends from the end cap body. The end cap connector holds contacts having first mating portions configured to be electrically connected to the circuit board and second mating portions configured to be electrically connected to the socket connector.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicant: Tyco Electronics CorporationInventors: MATTHEW EDWARD MOSTOLLER, CHARLES RAYMOND GINGRINCH, III, CHRISTOPHER G. DAILY, RONALD MARTIN WEBER, RICKY EDWARD BROWN
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Patent number: 5836792Abstract: A connector (10) including a housing (12) and a plurality of terminals (40) extending in respective passageways (30) through the housing (12) from a mating face (14) to a board-mounting face (16) , the terminals (40) having board-mounting sections (60) extending beyond the board-mounting face (16) . Each passageway (30) has a preselected dimension from an outer housing wall (20) to an inner housing wall (26) . Each terminal (40) has a thickness dimension less than the passageway dimension. The board-mounting section (60) and at least a portion of the body section (50) of the terminal (40) adjacent thereto is embossed laterally from the plane of the body section a selected distance. Upon staking the terminals (40) in the respective passageways (30) , the embossed portion (52) of each terminal (40) is disposed adjacent the outer housing wall (20) and the remaining portion of the body section (50) is disposed adjacent an inner housing wall (26) .Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 1996Date of Patent: November 17, 1998Assignee: The Whitaker CorporationInventors: Mark Richard Thumma, Daniel Gerard Grab, Charles Dudley Cooper, Matthew Moo Uoong Cho, Ricky Edward Brown