Patents by Inventor Mike A. Vilhauer

Mike A. Vilhauer 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: 8887944
    Abstract: Apparatus for use with substantially thermally sealed storage containers are described herein. These include an apparatus comprising a stored material module, a stabilizer unit, a stored material module cap and a central stabilizer unit. The apparatus also include a transportation stabilizer unit with dimensions corresponding to a substantially thermally sealed storage container with a flexible conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Tokitae LLC
    Inventors: Geoffrey F. Deane, Lawrence Morgan Fowler, William Gates, Jenny Ezu Hu, Roderick A. Hyde, Edward K. Y. Jung, Jordin T. Kare, Mark K. Kuiper, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Nathan Pegram, Nels R. Peterson, Clarence T. Tegreene, Mike Vilhauer, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, Jr., Ozgur Emek Yildirim
  • Publication number: 20120000918
    Abstract: Apparatus for use with substantially thermally sealed storage containers are described herein. These include an apparatus comprising a stored material module, a stabilizer unit, a stored material module cap and a central stabilizer unit. The apparatus also include a transportation stabilizer unit with dimensions corresponding to a substantially thermally sealed storage container with a flexible conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Geoffrey F. Deane, Lawrence Morgan Fowler, William Gates, Jenny Ezu Hu, Roderick A. Hyde, Edward K.Y. Jung, Jordin T. Kare, Mark K. Kuiper, Nathan P. Myhrvold, Nathan Pegram, Nels R. Peterson, Clarence T. Tegreene, Mike Vilhauer, Charles Whitmer, Lowell L. Wood, JR., Ozgur Emek Yildirim
  • Patent number: 6636054
    Abstract: A low capacitance probe contact has electrically conductive contacts having fingers with opposing interior flat surfaces forming a slit there between. The fingers extend in a first direction with a mounting member extending in the opposite direction having a flat surface that is parallel to the flat surfaces of the fingers. The first and second electrically conductive contacts are secured to respective first and second electrically conductive contact pads formed on a substrate with the flat surfaces of the mounting members being positioned on the contact pads. The substrate and the electrically conductive contacts are captured within a housing having first and second members. One member has a base and extending sidewalls forming a recess that receives the substrate and the electrically conductive contacts and the other member has a periphery coextensive with the first member to capture the substrate and the electrically conductive contacts therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: J. Steve Lyford, Mike A. Vilhauer
  • Publication number: 20030094960
    Abstract: A low capacitance probe contact has electrically conductive contacts having fingers with opposing interior flat surfaces forming a slit there between. The fingers extend in a first direction with a mounting member extending in the opposite direction having a flat surface that is parallel to the flat surfaces of the fingers. The first and second electrically conductive contacts are secured to respective first and second electrically conductive contact pads formed on a substrate with the flat surfaces of the mounting members being positioned on the contact pads. The substrate and the electrically conductive contacts are captured within a housing having first and second members. One member has a base and extending sidewalls forming a recess that receives the substrate and the electrically conductive contacts and the other member has a periphery coextensive with the first member to capture the substrate and the electrically conductive contacts therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2001
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: J. Steve Lyford, Mike A. Vilhauer
  • Patent number: 6543098
    Abstract: A facility for mounting an electronic component includes a first circuit board having of mounting apertures. A mounting element is associate with each aperture, and includes a boss defining a bore. The boss has a first surface contacting a major surface of the first circuit board, and a second surface opposite the first surface. A pin is received in the bore, and has a lower portion protruding from the first surface of the boss and into one of the apertures. The pins lower portion definves a spece to capture a portion of the first circuit board. A fastener connected to the pin may generate compression between the spece and the boss to secure the board, and a corner-shaped protrusion on the second surface may constrain the corner periphery of a second board resting on the second surface, with the fastener also securing the second board against the boss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2003
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel B. Meyer, Kevin Taylor, Mike A. Vilhauer, J. Steve Lyford
  • Publication number: 20020121008
    Abstract: A facility for mounting an electronic component includes a first circuit board having of mounting apertures. A mounting element is associated with each aperture, and includes a boss defining a bore. The boss has a first surface contacting a major surface of the first circuit board, and a second surface opposite the first surface. A pin is received in the bore, and has a lower portion protruding from the first surface of the boss and into one of the apertures. The pin's lower portion defines a space to capture a portion of the first circuit board. A fastener connected to the pin may generate compression between the space and the boss to secure the board, and a corner-shaped protrusion on the second surface may constrain the corner periphery of a second board resting on the second surface, with the fastener also securing the second board against the boss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Daniel B. Meyer, Kevin Taylor, Mike A. Vilhauer, J. Steve Lyford