Patents by Inventor Thomas Vencill

Thomas Vencill 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: 8208265
    Abstract: An assembly for retaining a board such as a printed circuit board in the groove of a plate such as a cold plate. The retaining assembly includes an elongate open bracket or sleeve defining an interior channel which houses an elongate rod and an elongate cradle for the rod. In one embodiment, the cradle is defined by a separate beam which is seated in the channel and the open bracket is a generally U-shaped unitary strip of material which includes a flexible wall which is deflected outwardly in response to rotation of the rod into engagement with an interior wall of the cold plate for locking the board in the groove of the cold plate. The open bracket also includes a securement wall opposite the flexible wall which, in one embodiment, is secured to the cold plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: CTS Corporation
    Inventors: Marshall Suarez, Gary Kellam, Thomas Vencill
  • Publication number: 20100226106
    Abstract: An assembly for retaining a board such as a printed circuit board in the groove of a plate such as a cold plate. The retaining assembly includes an elongate open bracket or sleeve defining an interior channel which houses an elongate rod and an elongate cradle for the rod. In one embodiment, the cradle is defined by a separate beam which is seated in the channel and the open bracket is a generally U-shaped unitary strip of material which includes a flexible wall which is deflected outwardly in response to rotation of the rod into engagement with an interior wall of the cold plate for locking the board in the groove of the cold plate. The open bracket also includes a securement wall opposite the flexible wall which, in one embodiment, is secured to the cold plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Marshall Suarez, Gary Kellam, Thomas Vencill
  • Publication number: 20060233700
    Abstract: A hydrogen generator comprising a hydrogen membrane reactor, a fuel supply, a reaction fuel supply line, an air supply, an air supply line, a combustion fuel supply line, a tail gas supply line, a combustion by-product line for transporting combustion by-products from the combustion chamber, and a reaction product line. A membrane assembly to be joined to a reactor chamber of a hydrogen generator, which comprises a membrane; and a membrane support comprising a sintered porous metal. A reactor assembly comprising a reaction chamber containing a porous metal substrate, two membrane assemblies, a fuel supply, a reaction fuel supply line, and a tail gas supply line and a reaction product line. Methods associated with the hydrogen generator, membrane assembly and reactor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Anand Chellappa, Thomas Vencill, Michael Powell, Ned Godshall