Patents by Inventor Ralph Talmadge Bentley, II

Ralph Talmadge Bentley, II 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: 5878891
    Abstract: A transfer tray or tube assembly 2 is formed by an upper thermoformed sheet 4 that is bonded to a lower thermoformed sheet 6. Each sheet includes protrusions that form interior walls 10 and exterior walls 12 that in turn define channels 8 in which a number of components, such as electrical connectors, can be loaded, unloaded, stored and transferred or shipped. The thermoformed sheets 4 and 6 are bonding along adjoining dual wall sections that form the interior and exterior walls 10 and 12. Discrete bonds 34 are formed at upper and lower levels along flat abutting surfaces at the tops and bottoms of staggered trapezoidal segments 18 and 20 on the top and bottom sheets. These spaced apart discrete bonds 34 reduce warping and bowing due to stressed induced by RF bonds or welds. Interior walls 10 are joined by continuous bonds 36 that are confined to the intersection of a male ridge 42 on one member with a recessed female section 38 on the other member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventor: Ralph Talmadge Bentley, II
  • Patent number: 5746611
    Abstract: An electrical connector seal cap assembly (10), includes a seal cap (20) with a seal cap gasket (28) bonded thereto, which cap is assembled to an electrical connector (30). The seal cap (20) is pressed into engagement with the electrical connector (30) by action of screw (19). As this occurs, seal cap gasket (28) is sealingly pressed against sealing interface surface (38) of electrical connector (30). Gussets (22) of seal cap (20) advantageously distribute the compressive forces generated by screw (19) in the area of the interface between seal interface (38) and seal cap gasket (28) thereby creating an effective seal against sprays or other air-borne, high velocity contaminants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Dale Brown, Frank Louis Duncan, Ralph Talmadge Bentley, II