Patents by Inventor Michael Alan Koken

Michael Alan Koken 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: 5770822
    Abstract: An EMI bulk head gasket assembly includes a bulk head and a gasket adapted to snap fit together. The bulk head includes a base plate and first and second bulk head side walls, positioned at right angles to the bulk head base plate. The first bulk head side wall includes a plurality of bulk head apertures. The gasket includes a base plate and first and second gasket side walls wherein the first gasket side wall forms an angle slightly greater than ninety degrees with the gasket base plate. The gasket is adapted to snap fit between the first and second bulk head side walls. The first gasket side wall includes inwardly pointing tabs positioned and adapted to fit into the plurality of bulk head apertures. The tabs retain the gasket between the first and second bulk head side walls. The gasket includes spring fingers each of which include a spring bend between a proximal spring finger section and a distal spring finger section. The spring finger is spring loaded by the spring bend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1998
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Sarah Abolitz, Michael Alan Koken
  • Patent number: D429248
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Silicon Graphics, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Alan Koken, Max Chen, David K. Peschel