Patents by Inventor Stephen E. Mitchell

Stephen E. Mitchell 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: 8365607
    Abstract: According to one configuration, a base component of a pressure sensor assembly includes a hollowed volume (e.g., chamber, bore, space, etc.) in which to house components such as a pressure sensor element and pressure sensor circuitry. Opposite an opening to the hollowed volume, the base component further includes a port through which to receive a fluid. An inside wall of the first end of the metallic base component includes grooves. The grooves can be created on the inner wall based on a metalworking operation known as broaching. To produce the pressure sensor assembly, at least a portion of the first end of the metallic base component including the grooves is crimped inward to fixedly couple a connector component to the metallic base component and retain the pressure sensor electronics and pressure sensor circuitry within the hollowed volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Sensata Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen E. Mitchell, Juan P. Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20130000413
    Abstract: According to one configuration, a base component of a pressure sensor assembly includes a hollowed volume (e.g., chamber, bore, space, etc.) in which to house components such as a pressure sensor element and pressure sensor circuitry. Opposite an opening to the hollowed volume, the base component further includes a port through which to receive a fluid. An inside wall of the first end of the metallic base component includes grooves. The grooves can be created on the inner wall based on a metalworking operation known as broaching. To produce the pressure sensor assembly, at least a portion of the first end of the metallic base component including the grooves is crimped inward to fixedly couple a connector component to the metallic base component and retain the pressure sensor electronics and pressure sensor circuitry within the hollowed volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Stephen E. Mitchell, Juan P. Sanchez
  • Patent number: 5277213
    Abstract: A foldable canopy, primarily for baby strollers and the like. The canopy comprises a top member, a rear n,,ember and a pair of side members formed from a unitary planar foldable material such as cardboard, plastic and the like. The material is cut and scored to provide a preselected pattern which when folded into its fully assembled configuration, provides a convenient means for attachment to a stroller for blocking sunlight, rain, snow and other inclement environmental conditions which might otherwise reach the child in the stroller to which the canopy is connected. The canopy is configured to be installed at a position above and separated from a child in the stroller so that it does not otherwise interfere with the safety and comfort of the child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Inventor: Stephen E. Mitchell