Patents by Inventor Stuart Craig Stoner

Stuart Craig Stoner 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).

  • Electrical connector system having a continuous ground at the mating interface thereof
    Patent number: 7811100
    Abstract: A connector interface may include an arrangement of contacts in a first connector, and a corresponding, complementary arrangement of contacts in a second connector mating with the contacts of the first connector. The contacts may be signal contacts or ground contacts. When the connectors are mated, a ground may be established between the connectors by the mating of the ground contacts from the respective connectors. The ground contacts in the first connector may be shaped to bridge together an array of ground contacts in the second connector when the connectors are mated. Such bridging tends to establish a continuous ground along the array of ground contacts, creating a more robust ground than in an otherwise identical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: Stuart Craig Stoner
  • ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM HAVING A CONTINUOUS GROUND AT THE MATING INTERFACE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20090017652
    Abstract: A connector interface may include an arrangement of contacts in a first connector, and a corresponding, complementary arrangement of contacts in a second connector mating with the contacts of the first connector. The contacts may be signal contacts or ground contacts. When the connectors are mated, a ground may be established between the connectors by the mating of the ground contacts from the respective connectors. The ground contacts in the first connector may be shaped to bridge together an array of ground contacts in the second connector when the connectors are mated. Such bridging tends to establish a continuous ground along the array of ground contacts, creating a more robust ground than in an otherwise identical connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Applicant: FCI AMERICAS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Stuart Craig Stoner
  • Connector for electrical isolation in a condensed area
    Patent number: 6322379
    Abstract: A connector system having a header connector and a receptacle connector. The header connector has an array of pins. The modular receptacle connector comprises a ground receptacle contact that contacts adjacent mating surfaces of a pin, and a signal receptacle contact for engaging another pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: FCI Americas Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose L. Ortega, Stuart Craig Stoner
  • Connector for electrical isolation in a condensed area
    Patent number: 6116926
    Abstract: A connector system having a header connector and a receptacle connector. The header connector has an array of pins. The modular receptacle connector comprises a ground receptacle contact that contacts adjacent mating surfaces of a pin, and a signal receptacle contact for engaging another pin. The ground and signal receptacle contacts engage respective pins to produce an unbalanced force. The unbalanced force is offset by another unbalanced force produced by neighboring contacts to provide a balanced connector system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: BERG Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose L. Ortega, Stuart Craig Stoner