Patents by Inventor Joshua Ferry

Joshua Ferry 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 HAVING A GROUND PLANE WITH INDEPENDENTLY CONFIGURABLE CONTACTS
    Publication number: 20070042619
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, a plurality of contact pins, and at least one shield plane provided on the outside of the housing. Some of the contact pins are electrically connected to the at least one shield plane to define shield contact pins and some of the contact pins are not electrically connected to the at least one shield plane to define signal contact pins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicant: Samtec Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua FERRY, Brian VICICH, Julian FERRY
  • Compliant connector for land grid array
    Patent number: 6824396
    Abstract: A connector assembly for providing electrical continuity between an array of contacts on an electrical component and a corresponding array of contacts on a printed circuit board. The connector assembly includes a plurality of floating pins. Floatation of the pin within a receptacle of the component body provides a first mode of compliance for electrical components, connector assemblies and printed circuit boards that are not coplanar. For a second mode of compliance to account for non-planarity, each pin includes an elongated, elastically deformable cantilever beam. Each pin is adapted and configured to accommodate the deformed cantilever beam of an adjacent pin without mechanical or electrical contact or interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Assignee: Samtec, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Koopman, Joshua Ferry
  • Compliant connector for land grid array
    Publication number: 20040192081
    Abstract: A connector assembly for providing electrical continuity between an array of contacts on an electrical component and a corresponding array of contacts on a printed circuit board. The connector assembly includes a plurality of floating pins. Floatation of the pin within a receptacle of the component body provides a first mode of compliance for electrical components, connector assemblies and printed circuit boards that are not coplanar. For a second mode of compliance to account for non-planarity, each pin includes an elongated, elastically deformable cantilever beam. Each pin is adapted and configured to accommodate the deformed cantilever beam of an adjacent pin without mechanical or electrical contact or interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2004
    Publication date: September 30, 2004
    Applicant: SAMTEC, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Koopman, Joshua Ferry
  • Compliant connector for land grid array
    Patent number: 6758683
    Abstract: A connector assembly for providing electrical continuity between an array of contacts on an electrical component and a corresponding array of contacts on a printed circuit board. The connector assembly includes a plurality of floating pins. Floatation of the pin within a receptacle of the component body provides a first mode of compliance for electrical components, connector assemblies and printed circuit boards that are not coplanar. For a second mode of compliance to account for non-planarity, each pin includes an elongated, elastically deformable cantilever beam. Each pin is adapted and configured to accommodate the deformed cantilever beam of an adjacent pin without mechanical or electrical contact or interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Assignee: Samtec, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Koopman, Joshua Ferry
  • Compliant connector for land grid array
    Publication number: 20030203664
    Abstract: A connector assembly for providing electrical continuity between an array of contacts on an electrical component and a corresponding array of contacts on a printed circuit board. The connector assembly includes a plurality of floating pins. Floatation of the pin within a receptacle of the component body provides a first mode of compliance for electrical components, connector assemblies and printed circuit boards that are not coplanar. For a second mode of compliance to account for non-planarity, each pin includes an elongated, elastically deformable cantilever beam. Each pin is adapted and configured to accommodate the deformed cantilever beam of an adjacent pin without mechanical or electrical contact or interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2003
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Applicant: SAMTEC, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Koopman, Joshua Ferry
  • Compliant connector for land grid array
    Patent number: 6585527
    Abstract: A connector assembly for providing electrical continuity between an array of contacts on an electrical component and a corresponding array of contacts on a printed circuit board. The connector assembly includes a plurality of floating pins. Floatation of the pin within a receptacle of the component body provides a first mode of compliance for electrical components, connector assemblies and printed circuit boards that are not coplanar. For a second mode of compliance to account for non-planarity, each pin includes an elongated, elastically deformable cantilever beam. Each pin is adapted and configured to accommodate the deformed cantilever beam of an adjacent pin without mechanical or electrical contact or interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: Samtec, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen P. Koopman, Joshua Ferry