Patents by Inventor William Sheldon Taylor

William Sheldon Taylor 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).

  • Publication number: 20260143876
    Abstract: Light-emitting diode (LED) devices and more particularly LED devices with stress mitigation structures in lead frames for LED packages and related devices are disclosed. Stress mitigation structures include one or more leads that form floating bond pads for receiving at least one contact of a flip-chip LED. The floating bond pads are configured to be decoupled from bonding regions for corresponding LED packages. Leads that form floating bond pads are electrically coupled to other leads by way of electrical connectors with increased elasticity relative to the lead frame. During operation, transfer of stress associated with coefficient of thermal expansion differences between LED packages and associated mounting boards is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Seth Joseph Balkey, Eric William Knowles, William Sheldon Taylor
  • Patent number: D920934
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: CreeLED, Inc.
    Inventors: William Sheldon Taylor, Daniel Carleton Driscoll