Patents by Inventor Mark Swain Caviness

Mark Swain Caviness 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).

  • Decoupled BNC connector
    Patent number: 6036545
    Abstract: A board mountable BNC type electrical connector (10) is provided which offers enhanced performance, through direct grounding of the connector to the board and a spark gap feature that protects the connector against exposure to elevated voltages. A grounding clip (76) includes a board locking feature (84), a spark gap tab (74) that seats within the connector housing (12), and a pair of flexible arms (82) arranged to compressively hold a pair of capacitive elements (68) within the connector (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Swain Caviness, Michael Joseph Tomchak
  • Transformer board mount
    Patent number: 6010362
    Abstract: A board mount for an electrical transformer is provided by a unitary body having a wire termination section and a boardlock. The body is mountable to a transformer bobbin with an end of a transformer wire being terminated in the wire termination section and with the boardlock extending externally of the bobbin. The transformer can be electrically and mechanically mated with a circuit board by inserting the boardlock into a hole in the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2000
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Swain Caviness, Gary Douglas Porta