Patents by Inventor Kenneth H. Billingham

Kenneth H. Billingham 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).

  • Adjustable X-Y stage
    Patent number: 5281884
    Abstract: An adjustable X-Y stage (10) comprises a single monolithic member from which regions have been cut to define a central mounting portion (19), a peripheral frame portion (20) a plurality of moveable portions (21), each located between the central mounting portion and the peripheral frame portion, a plurality of first spring portions (22), each interconnecting one of the moveable portions to the central mounting portion, and a plurality of second spring portions (23), each being adjacent a moveable portion and each interconnecting the peripheral frame portion to the central mounting portion. A plurality of screws (12-15), each adapted to extend through the peripheral frame portion (20), engages one of the moveable portions (21) to permit adjustments of the central mounting portion (19) in transverse X and Y directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1994
    Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventors: Nagesh R. Basavanhally, Kenneth H. Billingham
  • Method and apparatus for attaching a connector
    Patent number: 4965932
    Abstract: An apparatus for attaching each of a successive pair of wires (12) to each of a pair of contacts (13), seated in opposed recesses (14) in a connector (16). The apparatus comprises a base (18) on which a connector-carrying carriage (26) is slidably mounted for movement along an axis (24). Each of a pair of ram assemblies (32) is mounted on opposite sides of the path of travel of the carriage (26). Adjacent to each ram assembly (32) is a wire guide (58) which has an upwardly inclined pin (74) which provides a path for pulling a wire into alignment with a separate one of the ram assemblies (32). Once aligned with the ram assemblies, the wires (12) are then rammed by the ram assemblies against the corresponding contacts (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 30, 1990
    Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventors: Kenneth H. Billingham, James E. Franks, Ivan Pawlenko, Frank J. Schiller, Alexander Shemarovsky
  • Apparatus for attaching a connector
    Patent number: 4903399
    Abstract: An apparatus for attaching each of a successive pair of wires (12) to each of a pair of contacts (13), seated in opposed recesses (14) in a connector (16), comprises a base (18) on which a connector-carrying carriage (26) is slidably mounted for movement along an axis (24). Each of a pair of ram assemblies (32) is mounted on opposite sides of the path of travel of the carriage (26). Adjacent to each ram assembly (32) is a wire guide (58) which has an upwardly inclined pin (74) which provides a path for pulling a wire into alignment with a separate one of the ram assemblies (32). Once aligned with the ram assemblies, the wires 12 are then rammed by the ram assemblies against the corresponding contacts (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1990
    Assignee: American Telephone and Telegraph Company
    Inventors: Kenneth H. Billingham, James E. Franks, Ivan Pawlenko, Frank J. Schiller, Alexander Shemarovsky