Patents by Inventor Kent H. Frye

Kent H. Frye 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).

  • Patent number: 9633772
    Abstract: An inductive component having a printed circuit board (“PCB”) with a first side and a second side. An aperture extends through the PCB and a conductive winding is printed onto the PCB surrounding the aperture. A core is formed by a first core member and a second core member. The first core member includes a first base member with at least one joining surface which is solderable to the first side. A first core leg extends at least partially through the aperture. The second core member includes at least a second base member and is coupled to the first core member or the second side. To manufacture the PCB, the first core member is soldered to the first side and then the PCB is inverted. The second core member is then coupled to at least one of the first core member or the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert R. Turnbull, Andrew J. LeVesque, Kent H. Frye
  • Publication number: 20140266550
    Abstract: An inductive component having a printed circuit board (“PCB”) with a first side and a second side. An aperture extends through the PCB and a conductive winding is printed onto the PCB surrounding the aperture. A core is formed by a first core member and a second core member. The first core member includes a first base member with at least one joining surface which is solderable to the first side. A first core leg extends at least partially through the aperture. The second core member includes at least a second base member and is coupled to the first core member or the second side. To manufacture the PCB, the first core member is soldered to the first side and then the PCB is inverted. The second core member is then coupled to at least one of the first core member or the second side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Gentex Corporation
    Inventors: Robert R. Turnbull, Andrew J. LaVesque, Kent H. Frye
  • Patent number: 8646924
    Abstract: A rearview device mounting assembly including a mount configured to be operably coupled to a windshield. A first support extends downward from the mount. A second support is rotatably connected with the first support and is rotatable about a first axis of rotation. The second support includes a carrier that extends substantially orthogonal to the first axis of rotation. A rearview device assembly is operably connected to the carrier. The rearview device assembly is substantially vertically rotatable about the carrier and substantially horizontally rotatable about the first support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Gentex Corporation
    Inventors: Mark R. Roth, Peter N. Rizk, Danny L. Minikey, Jr., Kenneth R. Filipiak, Darin D. Tuttle, Kent H. Frye
  • Publication number: 20120218656
    Abstract: A rearview device mounting assembly including a mount configured to be operably coupled to a windshield. A first support extends downward from the mount. A second support is rotatably connected with the first support and is rotatable about a first axis of rotation. The second support includes a carrier that extends substantially orthogonal to the first axis of rotation. A rearview device assembly is operably connected to the carrier. The rearview device assembly is substantially vertically rotatable about the carrier and substantially horizontally rotatable about the first support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: GENTEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark R. Roth, Peter N. Rizk, Danny L. Minikey, JR., Kenneth R. Filipiak, Darin D. Tuttle, Kent H. Frye
  • Patent number: 4984278
    Abstract: An adjustable mount for a loudspeaker having a plate adapted for mounting on a surface or the open side of a junction box. The plate has an indented part-spherical surface which accommodates a ring with an outer part-spherical surface. The ring has an aperture extending therethrough and an elongated slot, and a first hollow tube is rotatably disposed in the aperture and a second hollow tube is translatably disposed in the slot. One of the tubes extends through an opening in the recess of the plate and the other tube is mounted on the loudspeaker with the conductor for energizing the loudspeaker extending through the first and second tubes. A web extends radially inward of the ring and has bifurcations at the end thereof disposed on opposite sides of the portion of the conductor between the first and second tubes. The first and second tubes have external threads which are engaged by locknuts for securing the ring on the plate and on the loudspeaker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1991
    Assignee: Electro-Voice, Inc.
    Inventors: Kent H. Frye, Wayne J. Kooy, Paul F. Fidlin
  • Patent number: 4775766
    Abstract: A power selector assembly for a loudspeaker includes in one embodiment an audio transformer upon which a printed circuit board (PCB) is mounted via connector strips having pins for both securing the PCB to the transformer, and for individually electrically connecting foil contacts of the PCB to the multi-tapped primary and the secondary windings of the transformer. The transformer is mounted within a housing. An electrical wiper contact is resiliently mounted between the PCB and a knob retained in an access hole through the housing, for permitting the knob to be rotated for positioning the wiper contact to selectively electrically connect a foil terminal receiving an input signal to one of a plurality of contact foils of the PCB, for connecting the input signal to one of the taps of the primary winding associated with a desired power level. Other electrical connections on the printed circuit board provide for connecting a loudspeaker to the secondary winding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1987
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1988
    Assignee: Electro-Voice, Incorporated
    Inventors: Wayne J. Kooy, Kent H. Frye, Paul F. Fidlin