Patents by Inventor Joseph Blair Shuey

Joseph Blair Shuey 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).

  • Electrical connector with elongated ground contacts
    Patent number: 7462924
    Abstract: In an electrical connector, cross talk between signal contacts in adjacent linear columns and rows may be reduced by changing the size of the lead portions of the contacts extending within a leadframe housing. For example, the height of the ground contact lead portions may be increased to further isolate signal contacts in adjacent columns from interfering electrical fields. The height of the signal contact lead portions may be decreased in order to accommodate the larger ground contact lead portions without increasing the overall size of the connector. Smaller signal contact lead portions may reduce the overall length differential between signal contacts in a differential pair, thereby minimizing signal skew.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2008
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph Blair Shuey
  • Electrical connector with elongated ground contacts
    Publication number: 20070296066
    Abstract: In an electrical connector, cross talk between signal contacts in adjacent linear columns and rows may be reduced by changing the size of the lead portions of the contacts extending within a leadframe housing. For example, the height of the ground contact lead portions may be increased to further isolate signal contacts in adjacent columns from interfering electrical fields. The height of the signal contact lead portions may be decreased in order to accommodate the larger ground contact lead portions without increasing the overall size of the connector. Smaller signal contact lead portions may reduce the overall length differential between signal contacts in a differential pair, thereby minimizing signal skew.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2006
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Inventor: Joseph Blair Shuey