Patents by Inventor Benjamin C. Williams

Benjamin C. Williams 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).

  • Publication number: 20240108124
    Abstract: One or more devices are provided that are configured to detachably engage within a modular system. The one or more devices are expandable to provide a surface to perform work.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Aaron S. Blumenthal, Aaron M. Williams, Ryan C. Dick, Tyler J. Smith, Benjamin T. Jones, George Barton, Matthew A. Lownik
  • Patent number: 11910870
    Abstract: An upper for an article of footwear may include one or more of the following: a knitted component forming a collar of the upper, the collar at least partially forming an opening for providing access to an interior of the article of footwear; and a first knit edge and a second knit edge that extend along the collar of the upper, wherein a knitted central portion of the collar extends between the first knit edge and the second knit edge. The collar may consist of a single seam to join together the first knit edge and the second knit edge. The single seam may be offset from a centerline at the rear-most portion of a heel area such that the knitted central portion of the collar extends through the centerline of the heel area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel A. Podhajny, Benjamin A. Shaffer, Erin E. Toraya, Robert C. Williams, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4175811
    Abstract: Electrical connector for connecting three wires to three terminal tabs and for connecting a network across two of the tabs comprises a housing having three terminal-receiving cavities extending therethrough in surrounding relationship to a network module cavity. Two of the terminals in the terminal-receiving cavities each have a main receptacle, which mates with one of the terminal tabs, and secondary receptacle which receives a terminal tab extending from the network module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 27, 1979
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel R. Coldren, Paul R. Krider, Benjamin C. Williams
  • Patent number: 4144430
    Abstract: A spring contact which is intended to be mounted on a circuit board comprises an elongated spring blade having a mounting end and an outer or free end. An integral mounting plate extends alongside the blade from the mounting end thereof to an intermediate location. A mounting pin is formed at the mounting end by two laterally extending leg portions, one on the spring blade and the other on the mounting plate, and a support pin extends from the mounting plate in spaced relationship to the mounting pin. The mounting plate has laterally extending support flanges which support the device on the printed circuit board when it is inserted into openings in the board. The spring contacts are manufactured as a continuous strip and can be inserted into circuit boards by automatic insertion machines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1978
    Date of Patent: March 13, 1979
    Assignee: AMP Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel R. Coldren, Benjamin C. Williams