Patents by Inventor Steve M. Carey

Steve M. Carey 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).

  • Method for assembling an inductive device
    Patent number: 5625939
    Abstract: A method of assembling a leadless type ballast transformer having a connector at one end of the housing for accepting a mating connector which supplies voltage to the ballast and provides the operating voltage to the lamps controlled by the ballast. Uninsulated connection leads extending inwardly of the housing from the connector terminals to contact the lugs of a terminal board adjacent a transformer coil with the magnet wires of the transformer coils also being in contact with the terminal board lugs. The connection leads and magnet wires are permanently electrically connected to the terminal board lugs by ultrasonic welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 6, 1997
    Assignee: MagneTek, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve M. Carey, James H. Ball, Raymond H. VanWagener
  • Simplified ballast transformer assembly
    Patent number: 5510762
    Abstract: A leadless type ballast transformer having a connector at one end of the housing for accepting a mating connector which supplies voltage to the ballast and provides the operating voltage to the lamps controlled by the ballast. Uninsulated connection leads extending inwardly of the housing from the connector terminals to contact the lugs of a terminal board adjacent a transformer coil with the magnet wires of the transformer coils also being in contact with the terminal board lugs. The connection leads and magnet wires are permanently electrically connected to the terminal board lugs by ultrasonic welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1996
    Assignee: Magnetek, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve M. Carey, James H. Ball, Raymond H. VanWagener