Patents by Inventor Terry Dean Thomason

Terry Dean Thomason 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).

  • Method for making an electrically shielded housing
    Patent number: 6625879
    Abstract: A method for making an electrically shielded housing for an electrical device includes the steps of at least partially forming an insert member having a non-conductive outer surface portion and a conductive inner surface portion, insert molding the at least partially formed insert member in a cavity of a non-conductive housing body member so that the conductive inner surface portion of the insert member is disposed adjacent an outer surface portion of the body member cavity and the non-conductive outer surface portion of the insert member forms a housing cavity. An electrical device received in the housing cavity is electrically shielded by the conductive inner surface portion of the insert member and insulated from the conductive inner surface portion of the insert member by the non-conductive outer surface portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Michael Frederick Collins, Terry Dean Thomason, Ralph A. Hausler
  • Electrically shielded housing
    Patent number: 6504729
    Abstract: An electrically shielded housing for an electrical device and method therefor having an insert member disposed in a cavity of a non-conductive housing body member. The insert member includes a conductive inner surface portion disposed adjacent an outer surface portion of the body member cavity. A non-conductive outer surface portion of the insert member forms a housing cavity for receiving an electrical device. The conductive inner surface portion of the insert member at least partially electrically shields the electrical device, and the non-conductive outer surface portion of the insert member insulates the electrical device from the conductive inner surface portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Michael Frederick Collins, Terry Dean Thomason, Ralph A. Hausler
  • Electrically shielded housing
    Patent number: 6157548
    Abstract: An electrically shielded housing for an electrical device and method therefor having an insert member disposed in a cavity of a non-conductive housing body member. The insert member includes a conductive inner surface portion disposed adjacent an outer surface portion of the body member cavity. A non-conductive outer surface portion of the insert member forms a housing cavity for receiving an electrical device. The conductive inner surface portion of the insert member at least partially electrically shields the electrical device, and the non-conductive outer surface portion of the insert member insulates the electrical device from the conductive inner surface portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2000
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Michael Frederick Collins, Terry Dean Thomason, Ralph A. Hausler