Patents by Inventor Travis Scott Ellis

Travis Scott Ellis 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: 9705273
    Abstract: A contact ribbon configured to connect a cable to a substrate includes a plurality of signal contacts, a ground plane, and at least one ground contact extending from the ground plane. The plurality of signal contacts are connected by a support member, and the support member is removable after the plurality of signal contacts are connected to the cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
    Inventors: Keith Richard Guetig, Brian Richard Vicich, Andrew Robert Collingwood, Travis Scott Ellis
  • Patent number: 9645172
    Abstract: A connector includes a connector body including a hole, a contact disposed in the hole and arranged such that, when the connector is connected to a substrate, the contact is connected to a corresponding electrical pad on the substrate, a conductive elastomeric interface arranged such that, when the connector is connected to the substrate, the conductive elastomeric interface is between the connector body and the substrate, and a cable connected to the contact. The contact includes a ground ferrule and a locking ferrule arranged to mate with the hole, and the hole of the connector body and the locking ferrule are at least partially threaded. When the connector is connected to the substrate and when the locking ferrule is threaded with the hole, the ground ferrule contacts at least one of the conductive elastomeric interface and the upper surface of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: SAMTEC, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Marine Santos, Jon Reiner Hoffman, Travis Scott Ellis, William Chieng Ouyang
  • Patent number: 6329892
    Abstract: A relay includes contacts residing within a glass tube. A coil surrounding the tube and a switch are connected in parallel between two terminals of the relay. A current source supplies a current to the coil and switch. When the switch is open, substantially all of the current passes through the coil and the coil produces a sufficient amount of magnetic flux to close the relay's contacts. When the switch closes, it shunts a sufficient amount of the current away from the coil to reduce the magnetic flux it produces below the level needed to keep the contacts closed. The current source is sized so that the coil requires relatively few turns, thereby allowing the relay to be relatively thin. The coil is formed by a conductor embedded in an insulating substrate surrounding the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2001
    Assignee: Credence Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Paul Dana Wohlfarth, Robert R. Hale, Travis Scott Ellis