Patents by Inventor John M. Redfield
John M. Redfield 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).
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Patent number: 7140924Abstract: A insulation displacement connector (IDC) patch panel includes a circuit (PC) board with interdigitated capacitance for balancing out inherent capacitance found within IDCs of the panel. Unwanted cross-talk signals are reduced as a consequence.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2004Date of Patent: November 28, 2006Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: John M. Redfield, Jeffrey P. Seefried
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Patent number: 6786776Abstract: A connector jack having a body with a receptacle to receive a plug, a circuit board, and contact tines extending within the receptacle. Each tine has an end attached to the circuit board and a free end, and is moved in response to contact by a corresponding one of the plug contacts in a first direction as the plug is inserted into the receptacle. The jack includes resilient spring members extending within the receptacle, each positioned adjacent to a corresponding one of the tines to be engaged thereby when moved in the direction by the corresponding plug contact as the plug is inserted into the receptacle, and apply a supplemental force to increase contact force and tine resiliency. A tine contact portion has a pair of lateral members that receive a spring engagement portion therebetween and has a recess in which the spring engagement portion is positioned.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2003Date of Patent: September 7, 2004Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Michael M. Itano, William D. Regester, John M. Redfield
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Publication number: 20040127105Abstract: A connector jack having a body with a receptacle to receive a plug, a circuit board, and contact tines extending within the receptacle. Each tine has an end attached to the circuit board and a free end, and is moved in response to contact by a corresponding one of the plug contacts in a first direction as the plug is inserted into the receptacle. The jack includes resilient spring members extending within the receptacle, each positioned adjacent to a corresponding one of the tines to be engaged thereby when moved in the first direction by the corresponding plug contact as the plug is inserted into the receptacle, and apply a supplemental force to increase contact force and tine resiliency. A tine contact portion has a pair of lateral members that receive a spring engagement portion therebetween and has a recess in which the spring engagement portion is positioned.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2003Publication date: July 1, 2004Applicant: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Michael M. Itano, William D. Regester, John M. Redfield
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Patent number: 6641443Abstract: A connector jack usable with a plug having a plurality of plug contacts. The jack includes a body having a receptacle sized and configured to receive the plug therein, a circuit board, and a plurality of contact tines extending within the receptacle. Each tine has a first end fixedly attached to the circuit board and a second free end, and is positioned in the receptacle for contact by a corresponding one of the plug contacts and moved in response thereto in a first direction as the plug is inserted into the receptacle. The jack also includes a plurality of resilient spring members extending within the receptacle, each positioned adjacent to a corresponding one of the tines to be engaged thereby when moved in the first direction by the corresponding plug contact as the plug is inserted into the receptacle, and apply a supplemental force thereon to increase contact force and tine resiliency.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2002Date of Patent: November 4, 2003Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Michael M. Itano, William D. Regester, John M. Redfield
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Patent number: 6379157Abstract: A compensating jack connector includes a printed circuit (PC) board with wire trace layers for reducing unwanted crosstalk originating in wire pairs including those found within a conventional communication plug coupled to the compensating jack connector. Some embodiments of the PC board of the compensating jack connector include layers having inter-digitated capacitance to form compensative capacitive coupling and multi-point compensative coupling and inductance to form inductive coupling to reduce the unwanted crosstalk. Pairs of wire traces are so oriented in some of the PC board layers to couple inductance between one pair of wire traces with inductance between another pair of wire traces to contribute in reduction of unwanted crosstalk. Some embodiments of multi-point compensative coupling position inter-digitated capacitance at different time delay distances from origination points of unwanted crosstalk and having different polarities to contribute in reduction of unwanted crosstalk.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2000Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Cliff R. Curry, John M. Redfield
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Patent number: 5290175Abstract: A modular higher density communications coupling system including a universal platform for supporting multiple connectors from a single outlet hole is disclosed. The platform includes a main body member having a registration ridge extending forward of the main body member for extending into a standard sized outlet hole. A pair of apertures adjacent to each other extend through the main body member and are generally surrounded by the registration ridge. A pair of connector housings are attachable to the rear of the platform in alignment with the apertures for housing connectors. A pair of retaining members on two sides of the apertures hold the connector housings in position. A pair of support members extend rearwardly from the main body of the platform on the other two sides of the apertures. A termination plate is mounted in the support members, the termination plate having a plurality of electrical couplings for connecting the wire from a wall to the connector.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1991Date of Patent: March 1, 1994Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Scott T. Robinson, William K. Denning, John M. Redfield, John H. Garthwaite
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Patent number: 5106325Abstract: A modular higher density communications coupling system including a universal platform for supporting multiple connectors from a single outlet hole is disclosed. The platform includes a main body member having a registration ridge extending forward of the main body member for extending into a standard sized outlet hole. A pair of apertures adjacent to each other extend through the main body member and are generally surrounded by the registration ridge. A pair of connector housings are attachable to the rear of the platform in alignment with the apertures for housing connectors. A pair of retaining members on two sides of the apertures hold the connector housings in position. A pair of support members extend rearwardly from the main body of the platform on the other two sides of the apertures. A termination plate is mounted in the support members, the termination plate having a plurality of electrical couplings for connecting the wire from a wall to the connector.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 1991Date of Patent: April 21, 1992Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co. Inc.Inventors: Scott T. Robinson, William K. Denning, John M. Redfield, John H. Garthwaite
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Patent number: 5007860Abstract: A modular higher density communications coupling system including a universal platform for supporting multiple connectors from a single outlet hole is disclosed. The platform includes a main body member having a registration ridge extending forward of the main body member for extending into a standard sized outlet hole. A pair of apertures adjacent to each other extend through the main body member and are generally surrounded by the registration ridge. A pair of connector housings are attachable to the rear of the platform in alignment with the aperatures for housing connectors. A pair of retaining members on two sides of the apertures hold the connector housings in position. A pair of support members extend rearwardly from the main body of the platform on the other two sides of the apertures. A termination plate is mounted in the support members, the termination plate having a plurality of electrical couplings for connecting the wire from a wall to the connector.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 1990Date of Patent: April 16, 1991Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Scott T. Robinson, William K. Denning, John M. Redfield, John H. Garthwaite
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Patent number: 4830922Abstract: Easily removable conformable coatings having a controlled thickness with a predetermined minimum value are obtained by the application of a composition comprising a mixture of a viscous carrier material and small particles of a second material by any known method. When both the carrier material and the particulate material mixed therewith are selected to have high dielectric constants, the mixture may be used to obtain coatings suitable for protection of circuit boards supporting high impedance electrical circuits. A mixture of a commercially available grease, e.g., Amoco RYKON (TM), with glass microspheres comprising up to 50% of the volume and preferably in the size range 3-5 mils, provides excellent dielectric conformal coatings for high impedance circuit boards. By contrast, by selecting both the viscous carrier material and the particulate matter mixed therein to have high conductivity, electrically conductive coatings for particularized users may likewise be obtained according to this invention.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1986Date of Patent: May 16, 1989Inventors: Bryan L. Sparrowhawk, John M. Redfield, Jr.
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Patent number: 4718777Abstract: In a temperature measurement system using a thermocouple connected to a pair of circuit wires coupled to a voltmeter for providing an output reading, an isothermal block (48) formed of alumina ceramic contains a series of openings (58-66) in linear juxtaposition. Metal connectors (68) located in two of the openings to interconnect the thermocouple and printed circuit wires of a circuit board (52) establish a reference junction. A temperature sensor (50), preferably a transistor, in a third opening measures the temperature of the isothermal block (48) to compensate the output reading for error created by the reference junction. The connectors (68) are in resilient contact with the interior wall of the isothermal block (48) to maintain good heat conductivity between the connectors and the temperature sensor (50). Portions of the connectors (68) extending outside the isothermal block (48) retain the isothermal block (48) to the circuit board (52).Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 1986Date of Patent: January 12, 1988Assignee: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.Inventors: Steven T. Mydynski, John M. Redfield, Jr., Bryan L. Sparrowhawk, Alfred T. Volberding
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Patent number: D511325Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2003Date of Patent: November 8, 2005Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Michael M. Itano, John M. Redfield
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Patent number: D332575Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 1991Date of Patent: January 19, 1993Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing CorporationInventors: John M. Redfield, David M. Rollins, Clay A. Stocklin, Wayne R. Fukahara, Denis M. Stack
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Patent number: RE41699Abstract: A connector jack usable with a plug having a plurality of plug contacts. The jack includes a body having a receptacle sized and configured to receive the plug therein, a circuit board, and a plurality of contact tines extending within the receptacle. Each tine has a first end fixedly attached to the circuit board and a second free end, and is positioned in the receptacle for contact by a corresponding one of the plug contacts and moved in response thereto in a first direction as the plug is inserted into the receptacle. The jack also includes a plurality of resilient spring members extending within the receptacle, each positioned adjacent to a corresponding one of the tines to be engaged thereby when moved in the first direction by the corresponding plug contact as the plug is inserted into the receptacle, and apply a supplemental force thereto to increase contact force and tine resiliency.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2005Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventors: Michael M. Itano, William D. Regester, John M. Redfield