Patents by Inventor Jim Spooner

Jim Spooner 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).

  • Impedance controlled test socket
    Patent number: 11221348
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for electrical connector assemblies. The assemblies include a socket defining a signal cavity, the socket having a first socket opening and a second socket opening. The assemblies include a signal contact probe located within the signal cavity. The signal contact probe includes a first plunger received in the shell cavity and extending through a first shell opening and located in the first socket opening. The signal contact probe includes a second plunger received in the shell cavity and extending through a second shell opening and located in the second socket opening. The assemblies include an end insulation ring located in the second socket opening and around the second plunger, the end insulation ring configured to facilitate substantially constant impedance through the signal spring probe, and configured to restrict lateral movement of the second plunger within the second socket opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: SMITHS INTERCONNECT AMERICAS, INC.
    Inventors: Jiachun Zhou, Dexian Liu, Kevin Deford, Jim Spooner, Bo Shi
  • IMPEDANCE CONTROLLED TEST SOCKET
    Publication number: 20200088763
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatus for electrical connector assemblies. The assemblies include a socket defining a signal cavity, the socket having a first socket opening and a second socket opening. The assemblies include a signal contact probe located within the signal cavity. The signal contact probe includes a first plunger received in the shell cavity and extending through a first shell opening and located in the first socket opening. The signal contact probe includes a second plunger received in the shell cavity and extending through a second shell opening and located in the second socket opening. The assemblies include an end insulation ring located in the second socket opening and around the second plunger, the end insulation ring configured to facilitate substantially constant impedance through the signal spring probe, and configured to restrict lateral movement of the second plunger within the second socket opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Jiachun Zhou, Dexian Liu, Kevin Deford, Jim Spooner, Bo Shi