Patents by Inventor Charles T. Smith, III

Charles T. Smith, III 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: 20240146003
    Abstract: An electrical connector and a ground system which includes ground contacts and ground shields positioned proximate the ground contacts. The ground contacts have receiving sections, securing sections and mounting sections. The receiving sections have first engagement portions and second engagement portions. The ground shields have a nonplanar configuration, with portions of the ground shields passing between signal contacts. Surfaces of the securing sections of the ground contacts are positioned in mechanical and electrical engagement with surfaces of the ground shields, providing first ground contact areas across which ground currents may flow. The first engagement portions of the ground contacts are provided in electrical and mechanical engagement with the surfaces of the ground shields, providing second ground contact areas across which the ground currents may flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicant: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Keith Edwin MILLER, Scott Eric WALTON, Charles Raymond GINGRICH, III, Rodney T. SMITH
  • Patent number: 6685201
    Abstract: A road luge includes an elongated frame having a front end and a back end, a strut extending rearwardly and upwardly from the back end of the frame, a back axle supported on the strut and fixed in orientation relative to the frame, and a single back wheel rotationally mounted on the back axle along the centerline axis of elongation of the frame. The road luge has a front assembly attached to the frame at a location adjacent to the front end of the frame. The front assembly includes two rotationally mounted and steerable front wheels, with one front on either side of the frame. The road luge has a reclining body rest supported on the frame, so that a rider may recline on the body rest with the rider's torso in a substantially horizontal position, and with the rider's feet extending toward the front end of the frame, and the rider's head angled upwardly so as to permit vision toward the front end of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Inventor: Charles T. Smith, III