Patents by Inventor Jeffrey K. Barcza

Jeffrey K. Barcza 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).

  • Low partial discharge high voltage connector and methods
    Patent number: 11862900
    Abstract: Various techniques are provided for displacing air from partial discharge sensitive regions of a connector of a low partial discharge high voltage connector to other regions of the low partial discharge high voltage connector where electrical flux is reduced. A plug member is mated with a receptacle member to provide the connector, with a seal member disposed in a cavity provided by the plug member and/or the receptacle member. In response to the mating, the seal member is compressed at an initial contact region between an innermost layer and an outermost layer of the seal member. In response to the compressing, air is forced radially inward toward the innermost layer and radially outward toward the outermost layer away from the initial contact region to reduce partial discharge associated with the connector. Additional methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Teledyne Defense Electronics, LLC
    Inventors: Samnang Bou, Hamahito Hokyo, Rafael A. Montalvo, Jeffrey K. Barcza, Gary S. Yoshioka
  • LOW PARTIAL DISCHARGE HIGH VOLTAGE CONNECTOR AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20230108394
    Abstract: Various techniques are provided for displacing air from partial discharge sensitive regions of a connector of a low partial discharge high voltage connector to other regions of the low partial discharge high voltage connector where electrical flux is reduced. A plug member is mated with a receptacle member to provide the connector, with a seal member disposed in a cavity provided by the plug member and/or the receptacle member. In response to the mating, the seal member is compressed at an initial contact region between an innermost layer and an outermost layer of the seal member. In response to the compressing, air is forced radially inward toward the innermost layer and radially outward toward the outermost layer away from the initial contact region to reduce partial discharge associated with the connector. Additional methods and systems are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Samnang Bou, Hamahito Hokyo, Rafael A. Montalvo, Jeffrey K. Barcza, Gary S. Yoshioka