Patents by Inventor Kevin Snead

Kevin Snead 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).

  • Socket having an auxiliary electrical component mounted thereon
    Patent number: 5439384
    Abstract: A socket for an electrical component comprises a dielectric housing (10) having contact retention cavities (12) and contacts (20) disposed in respective ones of the cavities. At least two of the contacts (20) each comprises a generally U-shaped configuration having first and second legs (21, 22) with a transverse element (23) joining together said legs. An extension (24) of the first leg (21) is bent back toward the second leg (22) and arranged to engage a lead of the electrical component. A tab (26) sheared from a center portion of the transverse element (23) and the first leg (21) extends downwardly from the second leg (22) through an aperture in a bottom of its respective cavity, thereby defining a slot (27) in the center portion of the transverse element and the first leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 8, 1995
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Roger L. Thrush, Kevin Snead
  • Socket having an auxiliary electrical component mounted thereon
    Patent number: 5403195
    Abstract: A socket for an electrical component comprises a dielectric housing (10) having contact retention cavities (12) and contacts (20) disposed in respective ones of the cavities. At least two of the contacts (20) each comprises a generally U-shaped configuration having first and second legs (21, 22) with a transverse element (23) joining together said legs. An extension (24) of the first leg (21) is bent back toward the second leg (22) and arranged to engage a lead of the electrical component. A tab (26) sheared from a center portion of the transverse element (23) and the first leg (21) extends downwardly from the second leg (22) through an aperture in a bottom of its respective cavity, thereby defining a slot (27) in the center portion of the transverse element and the first leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Roger L. Thrush, Kevin Snead