Patents by Inventor Bruce W. Shoemaker

Bruce W. Shoemaker 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 of making an electrical terminal
    Patent number: 5452512
    Abstract: An electrical terminal (10) including a contact section (14) extending from a body section (12), and a pin section (16) extending from the body section to be inserted into a circuit board through hole (20). The pin section (16) is defined by a pair of spaced apart opposing legs (30) each having a compliant portion (42) defined by a pair of arcuate beams (48) spaced apart by a slot (50), the arcuate beam pair at outer edges (54) being larger in dimension than the through hole diameter. Insertion compresses the arcuate beams (48) of each pair together generating force in a first direction, and compresses the legs toward each other generating force in an orthogonal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: William F. Foley, Gregory G. Griffith, David H. Gutter, William E. McClusky, Steve Robbins, Bruce W. Shoemaker
  • Electrical terminal with compliant pin section
    Patent number: 5374204
    Abstract: An electrical terminal (10) including a contact section (14) extending from a body section (12), and a pin section (16) extending from the body section to be inserted into a circuit board through hole (20). The pin section (16) is defined by a pair of spaced apart opposing legs (30) each having a compliant portion (42) defined by a pair of arcuate beams (48) spaced apart by a slot (50), the arcuate beam pair at outer edges (54) being larger in dimension than the through hole diameter. Insertion compresses the arcuate beams (48) of each pair together generating force in a first direction, and compresses the legs toward each other generating force in an orthogonal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: The Whitake Corporation
    Inventors: William F. Foley, Gregory G. Griffith, David H. Gutter, William E. McClusky, Steve Robbins, Bruce W. Shoemaker