Patents by Inventor William Stickney

William Stickney 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: 20230202384
    Abstract: Control device for controlling an auxiliary light mounted to a vehicle having a first manually operable user input device (not shown) operable to cause generating a first signal and a second signal. The control device includes: at least two inputs including a first input configured to receive the first signal, and a second input configured to receive the second signal; an output configured to operably couple to the light to provide a control signal to cause the driving light to illuminate; and a logic circuit coupling each input to the output. The logic circuit includes a nonmechanical electronic switch operable to generate the control signal and provide the control signal to the output. The logic circuit operates the switch to generate the control signal responsive to the first input receiving the first signal, and the second input receiving the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: ARB Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Harry Brown, John Desmond CLARK, Simon John William STICKNEY
  • Patent number: 11330903
    Abstract: A receptacle runner assembly including a pair of opposed sub-assemblies configured to be arranged in a spaced relationship at opposed sides of the receptacle, each sub-assembly including a runner configured to be carried along a first track to be movable in a first direction, a first linkage being pivotally connectable to each of the receptacle and the runner, a bearing securable relative to the receptacle, and a bearing surface configured to be arranged, in use, to extend transverse to the first direction to allow carrying the bearing, wherein the bearings and bearing surfaces are configured to cooperate to displace the receptacle in a direction perpendicular to the first direction while the runners are moving in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: ARB Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Simon John William Stickney, James Kenneth Robert Luke, John Desmond Clark, Andrew Harry Brown
  • Publication number: 20210030150
    Abstract: A receptacle runner assembly including a pair of opposed sub-assemblies configured to be arranged in a spaced relationship at opposed sides of the receptacle, each sub-assembly including a runner configured to be carried along a first track to be movable in a first direction, a first linkage being pivotally connectable to each of the receptacle and the runner, a bearing securable relative to the receptacle, and a bearing surface configured to be arranged, in use, to extend transverse to the first direction to allow carrying the bearing, wherein the bearings and bearing surfaces are configured to cooperate to displace the receptacle in a direction perpendicular to the first direction while the runners are moving in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: ARB Corporation Limited
    Inventors: Simon John William STICKNEY, James Kenneth Robert LUKE, John Desmond CLARK, Andrew Harry BROWN
  • Patent number: 6713672
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices for shielding one or more connection ports from electromagnetic interference emissions. In one embodiment, the device includes a conformal member having a proximal aperture, a distal aperture, and a channel extending therethrough. The distal aperture has a maximum cross-sectional dimension that is less than about one half of a cutoff wavelength, thereby forming a waveguide for attenuating EMI signals that have a wavelength greater than a predetermined cutoff wavelength. In another embodiment, the conformable member includes first conformable element and a second conformable element. The conformable elements, when mated, form a proximal aperture, a distal aperture, and a channel extending therethrough having substantially the dimensional characteristics described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Assignee: Laird Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: William Stickney
  • Patent number: 6343956
    Abstract: A connector ground for mounting on a circuit board is provided which includes an upper surface with a U-shaped slot defining a tab. The upper surface further includes an obliquely upwardly extending spring finger. When the spring finger is free of external contact, the tab is coplanar with the upper surface so that the tab does not contact a shielded connector which is mounted to the circuit board and straddled by the connector ground. However, when the spring finger contacts the face plate or similar structure of the enclosure after the circuit board has been installed, both the spring finger and the tab rotate so that the tab contacts the shielded connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: Laird Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: William Stickney
  • Publication number: 20010049230
    Abstract: A connector ground for mounting on a circuit board is provided which includes an upper surface with a U-shaped slot defining a tab. The upper surface further includes an obliquely upwardly extending spring finger. When the spring finger is free of external contact, the tab is coplanar with the upper surface so that the tab does not contact a shielded connector which is mounted to the circuit board and straddled by the connector ground. However, when the spring finger contacts the face plate or similar structure of the enclosure after the circuit board has been installed, both the spring finger and the tab rotate so that the tab contacts the shielded connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Inventor: William Stickney
  • Patent number: 6311639
    Abstract: The device is a dog bone holder. In the preferred embodiment device is cubical in shape with an opening at the top or bottom or both. A channel from the top is cut in one or more of the sides. If the channel runs from the top, the channel is shaped like a “z” lying on its side. If the channel runs from the bottom the channel is shaped as a upside down “u” with one side not fully extending. A bone is placed in these channels for the dog to chew upon. The channels will hold the bone firmly in place. In another embodiment of the invention, the channel is short and straight. Only approximately a long a the bone is wide. In this embodiment a covering for the open top or bottom holds the bone in place. On the bottom or side of the bone holder are suction cups, or glue or some other method to hold the bone holder to the floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Inventor: Michael William Stickney