Patents by Inventor Darrell Wayne Craig

Darrell Wayne Craig 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).

  • Sensor strip for a connectivity management system
    Patent number: 7695309
    Abstract: A network panel includes a panel having a plurality of openings and interconnect modules received in the openings. Each interconnect module has a mating face and a plurality of receptacle jacks. Each receptacle jack has an opening at the mating face defining a port configured to receive a plug of a patch cord having the sensing probes. The network panel also includes a sensor strip having one or more headers and one or more flexible circuits interconnecting a plurality of rigid circuit boards with the header. Each of the circuit boards have contact pads and the sensor strip is mounted to at least one of the panel and the interconnect modules such that the contact pads are aligned with respective receptacle jacks. The contact pads are configured to interface with sensing probes when the plug is mated with the receptacle jacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Darrell Wayne Craig, James Gregory Garrett, Tony Edward Beam
  • SENSOR STRIP FOR A CONNECTIVITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100055971
    Abstract: A network panel includes a panel having a plurality of openings and interconnect modules received in the openings. Each interconnect module has a mating face and a plurality of receptacle jacks. Each receptacle jack has an opening at the mating face defining a port configured to receive a plug of a patch cord having the sensing probes. The network panel also includes a sensor strip having one or more headers and one or more flexible circuits interconnecting a plurality of rigid circuit boards with the header. Each of the circuit boards have contact pads and the sensor strip is mounted to at least one of the panel and the interconnect modules such that the contact pads are aligned with respective receptacle jacks. The contact pads are configured to interface with sensing probes when the plug is mated with the receptacle jacks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Darrell Wayne Craig, James Gregory Garrett, Tony Edward Beam
  • ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH TETHERED COVER
    Publication number: 20090163058
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a connector having a housing and a receptacle for mating with a mating connector. The assembly also includes a cover configured to attach to the housing, and a tether linking the housing to the cover. The tether includes a housing mount for installing the tether onto the housing, a cover mount for installing the tether onto the cover, and a link connecting the housing mount to the cover mount. The link is non-metallic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Inventors: Darrell Wayne Craig, Christine Anne Dooley, Joseph E. Geniac
  • Ceiling fan box
    Patent number: D408906
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1999
    Assignee: Pass & Seymour, Inc.
    Inventors: James Toscano, Edward A. Ceraso, Darrell Wayne Craig, Thomas Fred Roy