Patents by Inventor Christopher Warren Shelly

Christopher Warren Shelly 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).

  • Right-angle board-mounted connectors
    Patent number: 8911240
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing including a conductive material, a base connected to the housing and including a base center hole and a base groove extending from the base center hole to an edge of the base, a center pin including a first portion and a second portion extending perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first portion, and a dielectric. The dielectric includes a first portion extending through the base center hole and including a dielectric center hole through which the first portion of the center pin extends and a second portion extending perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first portion of the dielectric along the base groove and including a dielectric groove along which the second portion of the center pin extends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Samtec, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Ellsworth Biddle, Christopher Warren Shelly
  • RIGHT-ANGLE BOARD-MOUNTED CONNECTORS
    Publication number: 20140273550
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing including a conductive material, a base connected to the housing and including a base center hole and a base groove extending from the base center hole to an edge of the base, a center pin including a first portion and a second portion extending perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first portion, and a dielectric. The dielectric includes a first portion extending through the base center hole and including a dielectric center hole through which the first portion of the center pin extends and a second portion extending perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to the first portion of the dielectric along the base groove and including a dielectric groove along which the second portion of the center pin extends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: SAMTEC, INC.
    Inventors: Gary Ellsworth BIDDLE, Christopher Warren SHELLY
  • Electrical connector strain relief with shield ground for multiple cables
    Patent number: 5855493
    Abstract: A cable connector (20) for terminating a plurality of cables (26) in a clamping manner and matable with a complementary connector (10). Cable connector (20) includes a housing (32) and a backshell subassembly (62) having a pair of covers (66,68) and a pair of inserts (70,72) and can include a ground assembly (120) for gang termination of ferrule-terminated braid portions of shielded signal cables. Ground assembly (120) includes a commoning strip (122) compressed between ferrules (58) of the two rows of cables (26), and further includes a conductor (124) extending to a ground terminal (128) in housing (32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher Warren Shelly