Patents by Inventor Ron Jay Barnett
Ron Jay Barnett 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).
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Patent number: 9520691Abstract: A connector is disclosed. The connector includes a conductive housing. The conductive housing includes a wall region enclosing a space for receiving an adapter. The conductive housing also includes an annular end piece extending radially inward from a first end of the wall region and terminating the space. The annular end piece includes a flat annular surface, and a raised deformable annulus mounted on the flat annular surface. The raised deformable annulus is of a height such that an insertion of the adapter into the space deforms the raised deformable annulus to generate a physical contact connection between the flat annular surface and the adapter.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: National Instruments CorporationInventors: Ron Jay Barnett, Gregory Stephen Gonzales
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Publication number: 20150207288Abstract: A connector is disclosed. The connector includes a conductive housing. The conductive housing includes a wall region enclosing a space for receiving an adapter. The conductive housing also includes an annular end piece extending radially inward from a first end of the wall region and terminating the space. The annular end piece includes a flat annular surface, and a raised deformable annulus mounted on the flat annular surface. The raised deformable annulus is of a height such that an insertion of the adapter into the space deforms the raised deformable annulus to generate a physical contact connection between the flat annular surface and the adapter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Ron Jay Barnett, Gregory Stephen Gonzales
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Patent number: 8957309Abstract: A measurement apparatus is disclosed. The measurement apparatus includes a lid configured to be removably affixed to a case. The lid is formed from a substrate composed of a first material. An interior surface of the lid includes a surface coating of a second material. A raised seal is affixed to the substrate and extends beyond the interior surface in a direction orthogonal to the interior surface. The raised seal includes an elastic deformable layer adjacent to the substrate. The raised seal also includes a surface conforming layer configured such that, when the lid is affixed to the case, the surface conforming layer is adjacent to the case along a side opposite the elastic deformable layer. The surface conforming layer is composed of a material of a yield strength less than a normal force generated by fixation of the lid to the case.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: National Instruments CorporationInventors: Ron Jay Barnett, Gregory Stephen Gonzales
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Patent number: 8847616Abstract: A measurement apparatus is disclosed. The measurement apparatus includes a lid configured to be removably affixed to a microcircuit case. One or more penetrations through the lid allow insertion of a signal-conducting probe. The probe is removably affixed to the lid at the site of the penetration. The probe includes a central conductive pin. The central conductive pin transmits to a connection outside the case a radio-frequency signal inductively received from a source inside the case. The probe also includes a dielectric region radially surrounding a portion of the central conductive pin, and a grounded outer conductive housing radially surrounding the dielectric region and electrically isolated from the central conductive pin by the dielectric region.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2011Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: National Instruments CorporationInventor: Ron Jay Barnett
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Patent number: 8754725Abstract: An apparatus for filtering a signal is disclosed. The apparatus includes a conductive line affixed to a surface of a substrate. For a signal received at an end of the conductive line, the apparatus is configured to filter at least a portion of the frequency components of the signal. First and second resistive films are adjacent to a respective side of the conductive line along a first side of each of the first and second resistive films, respectively. The first and second resistive films have a first resistivity. Third and fourth resistive films adjacent to a respective one of the first and second resistive films along a second side of each of the first and second resistive films. Each second side of the first and second resistive films extends beyond the third and fourth resistive films. The third and fourth resistive films have a second resistivity.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2011Date of Patent: June 17, 2014Assignee: National Instruments CorporationInventor: Ron Jay Barnett
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Patent number: 8530758Abstract: A connector is disclosed. The connector includes a conductive housing. The conductive housing includes a wall region enclosing a space for receiving an adapter. The conductive housing also includes an annular end piece extending radially inward from a first end of the wall region and terminating the space. The annular end piece includes a flat annular surface, and a raised deformable annulus mounted on the flat annular surface. The raised deformable annulus is of a height such that an insertion of the adapter into the space deforms the raised deformable annulus to generate a physical contact connection between the flat annular surface and the adapter.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2011Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: National Instruments CorporationInventors: Ron Jay Barnett, Gregory Stephen Gonzales
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Publication number: 20120152956Abstract: A measurement apparatus is disclosed. The measurement apparatus includes a lid configured to be removably affixed to a case. The lid is formed from a substrate composed of a first material. An interior surface of the lid includes a surface coating of a second material. A raised seal is affixed to the substrate and extends beyond the interior surface in a direction orthogonal to the interior surface. The raised seal includes an elastic deformable layer adjacent to the substrate. The raised seal also includes a surface conforming layer configured such that, when the lid is affixed to the case, the surface conforming layer is adjacent to the case along a side opposite the elastic deformable layer. The surface conforming layer is composed of a material of a yield strength less than a normal force generated by fixation of the lid to the case.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventors: Ron Jay Barnett, Gregory Stephen Gonzales
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Publication number: 20120153979Abstract: A measurement apparatus is disclosed. The measurement apparatus includes a lid configured to be removably affixed to a microcircuit case. One or more penetrations through the lid allow insertion of a signal-conducting probe. The probe is removably affixed to the lid at the site of the penetration. The probe includes a central conductive pin. The central conductive pin transmits to a connection outside the case a radio-frequency signal inductively received from a source inside the case. The probe also includes a dielectric region radially surrounding a portion of the central conductive pin, and a grounded outer conductive housing radially surrounding the dielectric region and electrically isolated from the central conductive pin by the dielectric region.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventor: Ron Jay Barnett
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Publication number: 20120024592Abstract: A connector is disclosed. The connector includes a conductive housing. The conductive housing includes a wall region enclosing a space for receiving an adapter. The conductive housing also includes an annular end piece extending radially inward from a first end of the wall region and terminating the space. The annular end piece includes a flat annular surface, and a raised deformable annulus mounted on the flat annular surface. The raised deformable annulus is of a height such that an insertion of the adapter into the space deforms the raised deformable annulus to generate a physical contact connection between the flat annular surface and the adapter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventors: Ron Jay Barnett, Gregory Stephen Gonzales
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Publication number: 20120025932Abstract: An apparatus for filtering a signal is disclosed. The apparatus includes a conductive line affixed to a surface of a substrate. For a signal received at an end of the conductive line, the apparatus is configured to filter at least a portion of the frequency components of the signal. First and second resistive films are adjacent to a respective side of the conductive line along a first side of each of the first and second resistive films, respectively. The first and second resistive films have a first resistivity. Third and fourth resistive films adjacent to a respective one of the first and second resistive films along a second side of each of the first and second resistive films. Each second side of the first and second resistive films extends beyond the third and fourth resistive films. The third and fourth resistive films have a second resistivity.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2011Publication date: February 2, 2012Inventor: Ron Jay Barnett