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).

  • Compliant shaped EMI shield
    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
  • Circuit board mounted connector ground
    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
  • Circuit board mounted connector ground
    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