Patents by Inventor William G. Shumate

William G. Shumate 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: 4772769
    Abstract: An apparatus for selective backlighting individual transluscent keys of a terminal keyboard includes a horizontal, double-sided printed circuit board having a number of right angle LEDs equal to the number of backlit keys mounted on its bottom surface. A plurality of clearance holes in the printed circuit board admit a plurality of vertical light pipes that are integral with a transparent substrate. Integral alignment bosses on a bottom surface of the substrate fit precisely in corresponding holes of the printed circuit board. Each light pipe has a rectangular cross section and a 45 degree inclined bottom surface. A horizontal light beam emitted by a LED passes through a vertical wall of a light pipe, strikes its inclined bottom surface, and is reflected up through the light pipe into a recess within a key. The substrate supports a rubber sheet in which the keys are molded and a switch contact layer with printed conductors thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: September 20, 1988
    Assignee: Burr-Brown Corporation
    Inventor: William G. Shumate
  • Patent number: 4179351
    Abstract: Placement of cylindrical magnets inside of a cylindrical cathode comprising a source of depositing material for sputter depositing of the material upon the interior surface of a substantially cylindrical workpiece, results in improved deposition rates, low power requirements, low workpiece temperatures and purity and cohesiveness in the deposited layer of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 18, 1979
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company
    Inventors: John T. Hawton, Jr., William G. Shumate
  • Patent number: D330424
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Acoustic Imaging Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Bradley C. Davis, William G. Shumate, Roy Fischer, Randall Toltzman
  • Patent number: D330425
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1992
    Assignee: Acoustic Imaging Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Bradley C. Davis, William G. Shumate, Roy Fischer, Randall Toltzman
  • Patent number: D334062
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Acoustic Imaging Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Bradley C. Davis, William G. Shumate, Roy Fischer, Randall Toltzman
  • Patent number: D334981
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Assignee: Acoustic Imaging Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Bradley C. Davis, William G. Shumate, Roy Fischer, Randall Toltzman