Patents by Inventor Edward Messer

Edward Messer 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).

  • Process for making fill hole in a wall of an energy storage device
    Patent number: 8231991
    Abstract: A method of forming an energy storage device includes forming a fill hole in a wall of the energy storage device. The method also includes deforming the wall of the energy storage device to reduce a width of the fill hole. Moreover, the method includes sealing the fill hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2012
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Michael Boucher, Steven Edward Messer, Walter Carl Sunderland, Benjamin Adam Matter
  • PROCESS FOR MAKING FILL HOLE IN A WALL OF AN ENERGY STORAGE DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100304194
    Abstract: A method of forming an energy storage device includes forming a fill hole in a wall of the energy storage device. The method also includes deforming the wall of the energy storage device to reduce a width of the fill hole. Moreover, the method includes sealing the fill hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: MEDTRONIC, INC.
    Inventors: Paul Michael Boucher, Steven Edward Messer, Walter Carl Sunderland, Benjamin Adam Matter
  • Electrical connector having a ground plane with independently configurable contacts
    Patent number: 7121849
    Abstract: A customizably configurable electrical connector for electrically connecting a plurality of electrically conducting members through at least one electrically conducting ground plate. The ground plate is defined by a plurality of substantially parallel elongated, bendable fingers. Each finger is spaced from every other finger in the ground plate and may be independently bent toward the electrically conducting members to make electrical contact therewith. Preferably, the electrical connector includes a pair of ground plates oriented substantially in parallel, such that the fingers of each ground plate may be bent inwardly towards the opposite ground plate to both electrically and mechanically secure an electrically conducting member therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Samtec, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Vicich, Edward Messer
  • Electrical connector having a ground plane with independently configurable contacts
    Publication number: 20040198083
    Abstract: A customizably configurable electrical connector for electrically connecting a plurality of electrically conducting members through at least one electrically conducting ground plate. The ground plate is defined by a plurality of substantially parallel elongated, bendable fingers. Each finger is spaced from every other finger in the ground plate and may be independently bent toward the electrically conducting members to make electrical contact therewith. Preferably, the electrical connector includes a pair of ground plates oriented substantially in parallel, such that the fingers of each ground plate may be bent inwardly towards the opposite ground plate to both electrically and mechanically secure an electrically conducting member therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: October 7, 2004
    Applicant: SAMTEC, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Vicich, Edward Messer
  • Electrical connector having a ground plane with independently configurable contacts
    Patent number: 6739884
    Abstract: A customizably configurable electrical connector for electrically connecting a plurality of electrically conducting members through at least one electrically conducting ground plate. The ground plate is defined by a plurality of substantially parallel elongated, bendable fingers. Each finger is spaced from every other finger in the ground plate and may be independently bent toward the electrically conducting members to make electrical contact therewith. Preferably, the electrical connector includes a pair of ground plates oriented substantially in parallel, such that the fingers of each ground plate may be bent inwardly towards the opposite ground plate to both electrically and mechanically secure an electrically conducting member therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Samtec, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Vicich, Edward Messer
  • Electrical connector having a ground plane with independently configurable contacts
    Publication number: 20040009687
    Abstract: A customizably configurable electrical connector for electrically connecting a plurality of electrically conducting members through at least one electrically conducting ground plate. The ground plate is defined by a plurality of substantially parallel elongated, bendable fingers. Each finger is spaced from every other finger in the ground plate and may be independently bent toward the electrically conducting members to make electrical contact therewith. Preferably, the electrical connector includes a pair of ground plates oriented substantially in parallel, such that the fingers of each ground plate may be bent inwardly towards the opposite ground plate to both electrically and mechanically secure an electrically conducting member therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2001
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Brian Vicich, Edward Messer