Patents by Inventor Steve B. Hunter

Steve B. Hunter 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).

  • Tamper respondent sensor and enclosure
    Patent number: 7760086
    Abstract: A tamper respondent enclosure including (a) a circuit board; (b) an enclosure surrounding the circuit board; (c) a tamper respondent sensor having (i) a substrate with first and second sides; (ii) a first layer of conductive traces on the first side; (d) wherein the tamper respondent sensor is wrapped around the enclosure with at least one overlap region; and (e) wherein only at the at least one overlap region the tamper respondent sensor has a second layer of conductive traces on the second side. Preferably, the substrate is insulating and made of opaque PET, and the first layer is adjacent the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc
    Inventors: Steve B. Hunter, John A Voltz, Brent W. Lewis, Harold S. Wylie
  • Tamper respondent sensor and enclosure
    Publication number: 20080106400
    Abstract: A tamper respondent enclosure including (a) a circuit board; (b) an enclosure surrounding the circuit board; (c) a tamper respondent sensor having (i) a substrate with first and second sides; (ii) a first layer of conductive traces on the first side; (d) wherein the tamper respondent sensor is wrapped around the enclosure with at least one overlap region; and (e) wherein only at the at least one overlap region the tamper respondent sensor has a second layer of conductive traces on the second side. Preferably, the substrate is insulating and made of opaque PET, and the first layer is adjacent the enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2006
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Inventors: Steve B. Hunter, John A. Voltz, Brent W. Lewis, Harold S. Wylie
  • Reusable tamper respondent enclosure
    Patent number: 7323986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tamper respondent enclosure which may be opened and closed as many times as necessary. In particular, the present invention relates to a re-usable tamper respondent enclosure comprising a first sensing means and a second sensing means wherein the first sensing means detects any attempt to breach the enclosure or to compromise the second sensing means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Steve B. Hunter, Dale D. Murray, John A. Voltz, Harold S. Wylie