Patents by Inventor David Wayne Henry

David Wayne Henry 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).

  • Electrical probe with rotatable plunger
    Patent number: 9209548
    Abstract: This disclosure provides for an electrical probe, which can include a shell extending along a longitudinal axis and defining an internal cavity with an opening at a first end, where the shell can include a neck portion defined by a hollow polygonal shaft twisted about the longitudinal axis to form an internal cam surface. The electrical probe can also include a plunger slidably received in the internal cavity. The plunger can include a tip configured to extend at least partially through the opening at the first end and a cam element integrally formed with the tip and having a cross-sectional shape substantially corresponding to a cross-sectional shape of the hollow polygonal shaft, such that, when the plunger is reciprocated along the longitudinal axis of the shell, the cam element can engage with the internal cam surface of the neck portion to cause rotation of the tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Interconnect Devices, Inc.
    Inventors: David Wayne Henry, Kiley Ray Beard
  • ELECTRICAL PROBE WITH ROTATABLE PLUNGER
    Publication number: 20150280344
    Abstract: This disclosure provides for an electrical probe, which can include a shell extending along a longitudinal axis and defining an internal cavity with an opening at a first end, where the shell can include a neck portion defined by a hollow polygonal shaft twisted about the longitudinal axis to form an internal cam surface. The electrical probe can also include a plunger slidably received in the internal cavity. The plunger can include a tip configured to extend at least partially through the opening at the first end and a cam element integrally formed with the tip and having a cross-sectional shape substantially corresponding to a cross-sectional shape of the hollow polygonal shaft, such that, when the plunger is reciprocated along the longitudinal axis of the shell, the cam element can engage with the internal cam surface of the neck portion to cause rotation of the tip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: INTERCONNECT DEVICES, INC.
    Inventors: David Wayne Henry, Kiley Ray BEARD