Patents by Inventor J. Steven Lyford

J. Steven Lyford 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).

  • Method of manufacturing an electrical contact assembly
    Patent number: 8640333
    Abstract: An electrical contact assembly has a plurality of formed elongate closed seam tubular elements attached to a carrier with each of the elongate tubular elements attached to the carrier via a tab. Scored creases are formed in the tabs for separating the elongate tubular elements from the assembly and scored creases are formed in the carrier for defining carrier strips. The carrier strip had a plurality of grouped elongate tubular elements. The electrical contact assembly is placed in a crimping die where at least one or more wires are inserting into selected elongate tubular elements. Pressure is applied to least one or more of the selected elongate tubular elements to produce bulk material deformation along a substantial portion of the elongate tubular elements to crimp the elongate tubular elements to the wires as electrical contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2014
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Steven Lyford, Neil Clayton
  • Plug for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D663271
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Steven Lyford, Robert R. Kreitzer, Preston S. Gabel, Kenneth P. Dobyns
  • Plug for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D663690
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Steven Lyford, Robert R. Kreitzer
  • Plug for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D668225
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Steven Lyford, Robert R. Kreitzer, Preston S. Gabel, Kenneth P. Dobyns
  • Plug for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D668226
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Steven Lyford, Robert R. Kreitzer
  • Plug for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D672718
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Steven Lyford, Robert R. Kreitzer
  • Plug for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D672719
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Steven Lyford, Robert R. Kreitzer
  • Plug for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D672720
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Steven Lyford, Robert R. Kreitzer
  • Keyed plug for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D672721
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. Kreitzer, Kevin C. Ayers, Marc A. Gessford, Jim L. Martin, J. Steven Lyford
  • Keyed plug for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D672722
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Inventors: Robert R. Kreitzer, Kevin C. Ayers, Marc A. Gessford, Jim L. Martin, J. Steven Lyford
  • Keyed plug for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D672723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. Kreitzer, Kevin C. Ayers, Marc A. Gessford, Jim L. Martin, J. Steven Lyford
  • Plug for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D673119
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Steven Lyford, Robert R. Kreitzer, Preston S. Gabel, Kenneth P. Dobyns
  • Plug for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D673120
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Steven Lyford, Robert R. Kreitzer, Preston S. Gabel, Kenneth P. Dobyns
  • Plug for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D673121
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Steven Lyford, Robert R. Kreitzer, Preston S. Gabel, Kenneth P. Dobyns
  • Plug for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D682787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Steven Lyford, Robert R. Kreitzer, Preston S. Gabel, Kenneth P. Dobyns
  • Keyed receptacle for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D684928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert R. Kreitzer, Kevin C. Ayers, Marc A. Gessford, J. Steven Lyford, Jim L. Martin
  • Plug for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D689437
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Steven Lyford, Robert R. Kreitzer, Preston S. Gabel, Kenneth P. Dobyns
  • Plug for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D697480
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Steven Lyford, Robert R. Kreitzer, Preston S. Gabel, Kenneth P. Dobyns
  • Receptacle for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D743343
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: TEKTRONIX, INC.
    Inventors: Robert R. Kreitzer, Kenneth P. Dobyns, Kevin C. Ayers, J. Steven Lyford
  • Plug for accessory-host interface
    Patent number: D758370
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: TEKTRONIX, INC.
    Inventors: Robert R. Kreitzer, Kenneth P. Dobyns, Kevin C. Ayers, J. Steven Lyford