Patents by Inventor Kenneth William Ellis

Kenneth William Ellis 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).

  • Publication number: 20140060882
    Abstract: A communication cable including a cable jacket having a jacket end and a shielding layer having an electrically conductive exterior surface. The exterior surface extends along a length of the communication cable and interfaces with the cable jacket. The exterior surface has an exposed section that extends beyond the jacket end to a shielding end of the shielding layer. The communication cable also includes at least one insulated conductor that extends along the length of the communication cable and that is surrounded by the shielding layer and the cable jacket. The communication cable also includes an adhesive layer that surrounds the exposed section of the exterior surface. The adhesive layer is electrically conductive and is in intimate contact with the exterior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth William Ellis, Julia Anne Lachman, Eric Douglas Springston, II
  • Patent number: 8096828
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for terminating a coaxial cable. The electrical connector includes an electrically conductive housing extending a length between a cable-receiving end portion configured to engage an insulating cover of the coaxial cable and a mating end portion configured to engage another electrical connector. The housing includes an outer electrical contact. An insulating member is held by the housing. An inner electrical contact is held by the insulating member. The inner electrical contact includes a slot configured to receive an inner electrical conductor of the coaxial cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth William Ellis, Robert Neil Mulfinger, Edmund Luther Jacobs
  • Patent number: 7789703
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a cable, a connector and a resistance weld. The cable includes a conductor and a cable shield. The connector includes a contact and a shield. The shield includes conductive walls and a cradle. The walls extend from a mating interface to the cradle and at least partially surround the contact to shield the contact from electromagnetic interference. The mating interface is configured to receive a mating connector to mate the connector and mating connector. The cradle includes sidewalls interconnected by a coupling wall. The sidewalls and coupling wall extend from a loading interface toward the mating interface and are shaped to receive the cable through the loading interface. The resistance weld is between the cable shield and the cradle to electrically couple the shield to the cable shield. The shield is electrically connected to the electrical ground by the resistance weld and the cable shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Neil Mulfinger, John Joseph Consoli, Chad William Morgan, James Charles Shiffler, Kenneth William Ellis, Keith McQuilkin Murr
  • Publication number: 20100099301
    Abstract: A connector assembly includes a cable, a connector and a resistance weld. The cable includes a conductor and a cable shield. The connector includes a contact and a shield. The shield includes conductive walls and a cradle. The walls extend from a mating interface to the cradle and at least partially surround the contact to shield the contact from electromagnetic interference. The mating interface is configured to receive a mating connector to mate the connector and mating connector. The cradle includes sidewalls interconnected by a coupling wall. The sidewalls and coupling wall extend from a loading interface toward the mating interface and are shaped to receive the cable through the loading interface. The resistance weld is between the cable shield and the cradle to electrically couple the shield to the cable shield. The shield is electrically connected to the electrical ground by the resistance weld and the cable shield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2008
    Publication date: April 22, 2010
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: ROBERT NEIL MULFINGER, JOHN JOSEPH CONSOLI, CHAD WILLIAM MORGAN, JAMES CHARLES SHIFFLER, KENNETH WILLIAM ELLIS, KEITH MCQUILKIN MURR
  • Publication number: 20090318020
    Abstract: An adapter is provided for mating first and second coaxial cable connectors having first and second receptacle contacts, respectively. The adapter includes an inner electrical contact extending between opposite first and second plug contact end portions. The first plug contact end portion is configured to be received within the first receptacle contact of the first coaxial cable connector. The second plug contact end portion is configured to be received within the second receptacle contact of the second coaxial cable connector. The adapter also includes an outer electrical contact defining a receptacle. The outer electrical contact is configured to hold the inner electrical contact within the receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Neil Mulfinger, John Joseph Consoli, Edmund Luther Jacobs, Richard Allen Burgit, David Keay Fowler, Kenneth William Ellis, Alan Anthony Kordas, Troy Conner, Alice M. Conner
  • Publication number: 20090318021
    Abstract: An ultraminiature coax connector (UMCC) is provided for terminating a coaxial cable. The UMCC includes an electrically conductive housing extending between a cable-receiving end portion and a mating end portion. The cable-receiving end portion being is configured to engage an insulating cover of the coaxial cable. The mating end portion is configured to engage another UMCC. The housing includes an outer electrical contact at the mating end portion. The outer electrical contact includes an outer diameter in the range of approximately one millimeter to approximately four millimeters or an inner diameter in the range of approximately one millimeter to approximately four millimeters. An insulating member is by the housing. An inner electrical contact is held by the insulating member. The inner electrical contact includes a plug contact portion that is configured to be received by a receptacle contact portion of the other UMCC.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert Neil Mulfinger, John Joseph Consoli, Edmund Luther Jacobs, Richard Allen Burgit, David Keay Fowler, Kenneth William Ellis, Alan Anthony Kordas, Troy Conner, Alice M. Conner
  • Publication number: 20090318019
    Abstract: An electrical connector is provided for terminating a coaxial cable. The electrical connector includes an electrically conductive housing extending a length between a cable-receiving end portion configured to engage an insulating cover of the coaxial cable and a mating end portion configured to engage another electrical connector. The housing includes an outer electrical contact. An insulating member is held by the housing. An inner electrical contact is held by the insulating member. The inner electrical contact includes a slot configured to receive an inner electrical conductor of the coaxial cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenneth William Ellis, Robert Neil Mulfinger, Edmund Luther Jacobs