Patents by Inventor William Crusey Van Scyoc

William Crusey Van Scyoc 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: 7942707
    Abstract: An electrical contact includes a body extending a length from a contacting end to a terminating end. The body includes a base extending between the contacting and terminating ends. A passageway extends through at least a portion of the length of the body. A locking barb is connected to the base of the body. The locking barb extends a length from an engagement end to a locking end. The locking barb is connected to the base of the body at a pivot point located along the locking barb between the engagement and locking ends. The locking barb is pivotable about the pivot point between a locked and an unlocked position. The engagement end of the locking barb extends into the passageway of the body when the locking barb is in the locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: David Patrick Orris, William Crusey Van Scyoc
  • Publication number: 20100273363
    Abstract: An electrical contact includes a body extending a length from a contacting end to a terminating end. The body includes a base extending between the contacting and terminating ends. A passageway extends through at least a portion of the length of the body. A locking barb is connected to the base of the body. The locking barb extends a length from an engagement end to a locking end. The locking barb is connected to the base of the body at a pivot point located along the locking barb between the engagement and locking ends. The locking barb is pivotable about the pivot point between a locked and an unlocked position. The engagement end of the locking barb extends into the passageway of the body when the locking barb is in the locked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: David Patrick Orris, William Crusey Van Scyoc
  • Patent number: 7247058
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a main housing having a forward mating face and a rearward mounting face, and a plurality of contact modules received in the main housing. Each contact module includes an upper contact module and a lower contact module joined to the upper contact module along side edges of the upper and lower contact modules. Each upper and lower contact module includes a contact housing holding rows of contacts including pairs of signal contacts and individual ground contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Nancy Lee Reeser, William Crusey Van Scyoc, Michael Warren Fogg
  • Patent number: 6776668
    Abstract: A low profile electrical connector includes a center contact assembly having an integral housing and a spring loaded plunger contact therein; and a shield assembly coaxial with the center contact assembly. The shield assembly includes a slotted shield base to be coupled stationary to a circuit board, and a contact ring reciprocally mounted to the shield base for relative movement thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: William Crusey Van Scyoc, Michael John Phillips
  • Patent number: 5859766
    Abstract: An electrical housing (12) for a circuit board assembly (14) comprises interfitting upper and lower housing members (16,18) along which the circuit board assembly is disposed when the housing members are fitted and secured together. End members (56,58) are secured to the respective ends of housing (12) with outer ends of connectors (52,54) extending through slots (65) in the end members. Jack screws (64) have shafts (66) extending through holes (63) of the end members, through channels in the housing members formed by opposing arcuate recesses (40,48) in the housing members (16,18) and clips (69) are pressed onto the shafts (66) to secure and capture the jack screws (64) in housing (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: William Crusey Van Scyoc, Ronald Martin Weber