Patents by Inventor Eric Scott Smolen

Eric Scott Smolen 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).

  • Patent number: 10044022
    Abstract: A fuse assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a housing, a fuse received within a receptacle of the housing and a retention device configured to retain the fuse within the receptacle and cover a conductive surface of the fuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Wesley Edward Burkman, Eric Scott Smolen
  • Publication number: 20170125785
    Abstract: A fuse assembly according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a housing, a fuse received within a receptacle of the housing and a retention device configured to retain the fuse within the receptacle and cover a conductive surface of the fuse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Wesley Edward Burkman, Eric Scott Smolen
  • Patent number: 8690588
    Abstract: A junction box assembly includes a housing member and an electrical component. The housing member has a housing surface and a component receptacle having a pair of opposing sidewalls coupled to the housing surface. Each sidewall has a locking opening disposed therein and each locking opening defines a locking surface. A post is arranged within the component receptacle and extends from the housing surface for a predetermined distance to a post surface. The electrical component is received in the component receptacle and has a component surface adjacent the post surface and a barb received in each locking opening. The post applies a force to the electrical component for retaining the barb against the locking surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventors: James Thomas Jetton, Eric Scott Smolen, Jason Robert Degen
  • Publication number: 20130153288
    Abstract: A junction box assembly includes a housing member and an electrical component. The housing member has a housing surface and a component receptacle having a pair of opposing sidewalls coupled to the housing surface. Each sidewall has a locking opening disposed therein and each locking opening defines a locking surface. A post is arranged within the component receptacle and extends from the housing surface for a predetermined distance to a post surface. The electrical component is received in the component receptacle and has a component surface adjacent the post surface and a barb received in each locking opening. The post applies a force to the electrical component for retaining the barb against the locking surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: YAZAKI NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: James Thomas Jetton, Eric Scott Smolen, Jason Robert Degen
  • Patent number: 7361841
    Abstract: A bussed electrical center (BEC) has a lateral appendage for a positive battery terminal to be used for jump starting purposes. A cover for the terminal is hingedly attached to the lateral appendage of the BEC by way of a relatively rotatable axle and bearing combination as well as facially abutting complemental locking surfaces each having alternatively raised and unraised sectors which interfit in each of two locking positions 180 degrees apart so that the cover can be locked fully open or fully closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: Yazaki North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Scott Smolen, Takeshi Takahashi