(12) United States Patent (cid:9)
`Burris (cid:9)
`
`(54) COAXIAL CABLE CONNECTOR WITH
`INTEGRAL RFI PROTECTION
`
`(71) Applicant: Corning Gilbert Inc., Glendale, AZ
`(US)
`
`(72)
`
`Inventor: Donald Andrew Burris, Peoria, AZ
`(US)
`
`(73) Assignee: Corning Gilbert Inc., Glendale, AZ
`(US)
`
`IIIII (cid:9)
`
`1111111111111g11911211111111111111111111
`
`(10) Patent No.: (cid:9)
`(45) Date of Patent: (cid:9)
`
`US 9,172,154 B2
`Oct. 27, 2015
`
`1,371,742 A (cid:9)
`1,488,175 A (cid:9)
`1,667,485 A (cid:9)
`1,766,869 A (cid:9)
`1,801,999 A (cid:9)
`1,885,761 A (cid:9)
`1,959,302 A (cid:9)
`2,013,526 A (cid:9)
`2,059,920 A (cid:9)
`
`3/1921 Dringman
`3/1924 Strandell
`4/1928 MacDonald
`6/1930 Austin
`4/1931 Bowman
`11/1932 Peirce, Jr.
`5/1934 Paige
`9/1935 Schmitt
`11/1936 Weatherhead, Jr.
`(Continued)
`
`FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
`
`(*) Notice: (cid:9)
`
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
`
`CA
`CN
`
`11/1994
`2096710 (cid:9)
`11/2008
`201149936 (cid:9)
`(Continued)
`
`(21) Appl. No.: 13/833,793
`
`(22) Filed: (cid:9)
`
`Mar. 15, 2013
`
`(65)
`
`Prior Publication Data
`
`US 2014/0273620 Al (cid:9)
`
`Sep. 18, 2014
`
`(51)
`
`Int. Cl.
`H01R 9/05 (cid:9)
`H01R 13/622 (cid:9)
`HO1R 4/30 (cid:9)
`(52) U.S. Cl.
`CPC (cid:9)
`
`(2006.01)
`(2006.01)
`(2006.01)
`
`H01R 9/05 (2013.01); H01R 9/0521
`(2013.01); H01R 13/622 (2013.01); H01R
`4/304 (2013.01)
`
`(58) Field of Classification Search
`USPC (cid:9)
` 439/585, 578, 582-584
`See application file for complete search history.
`
`(56)
`
`References Cited
`
`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
`
`331,169 A
`346,958 A
`459,951 A
`589,216 A
`
`11/1885 Thomas
`8/1886 Stone
`9/1891 Warner
`8/1897 McKee
`
`OTHER PUBLICATIONS
`
`Office Action dated Sep. 19, 2014 pertaining to U.S. Appl. No.
`13/795,780.
`
`(Continued)
`
`Primary Examiner — Jean F Duverne
`
`ABSTRACT
`(57) (cid:9)
`A coaxial cable connector for coupling an end of a coaxial
`cable to a terminal and providing RF shielding is disclosed.
`The coaxial cable connector has a coupler, body, post and/or
`retainer with an integral contacting portion that is monolithic
`with at least a portion of the post or retainer to establish
`electrical continuity. In this way, electrical continuity is estab-
`lished through the coupler, the post, and/or the retainer of the
`coaxial cable connector other than by the use of a component
`unattached from the coupler, the post, the body, and the
`retainer to provide RF shielding such that the integrity of an
`electrical signal transmitted through coaxial cable connector
`is maintained regardless of the tightness of the coupling of the
`connector to the terminal. When assembled the coupler and
`post or retainer provide at least one circuitous path resulting
`in RF shielding such that spurious RF signals are attenuated.
`
`23 Claims, 23 Drawing Sheets
`
`100
`
`310
`
`95 (cid:9)
`
`500 (cid:9)
`
`525
`
`605
`
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`

`
`(56) (cid:9)
`
`References Cited
`
`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
`
`2,102,495
`2,258,528
`2,258,737
`2,325,549
`2,480,963
`2,544,654
`2,549,647
`2,694,187
`2,705,652
`2,754,487
`2,755,331
`2,757,351
`2,762,025
`2,785,384
`2,805,399
`2,816,949
`2,870,420
`2,878,039
`2,881,406
`2,963,536
`3,001,169
`3,015,794
`3,051,925
`3,091,748
`3,094,364
`3,103,548
`3,106,548
`3,140,106
`3,184,706
`3,194,292
`3,196,382
`3,206,540
`3,245,027
`3,275,913
`3,278,890
`3,281,756
`3,281,757
`3,290,069
`3,292,136
`3,320,575
`3,321,732
`3,336,563
`3,348,186
`3,350,667
`3,350,677
`3,355,698
`3,372,364
`3,373,243
`3,390,374
`3,406,373
`3,430,184
`3,448,430
`3,453,376
`3,465,281
`3,475,545
`3,494,400
`3,498,647
`3,499,671
`3,501,737
`3,517,373
`3,526,871
`3,533,051
`3,537,065
`3,544,705
`3,551,882
`3,564,487
`3,587,033
`3,596,933
`3,601,776
`3,603,912
`3,614,711
`3,622,952
`3,629,792
`3,633,150
`3,646,502
`
`12/1937 England
`10/1941 Wurzburger
`10/1941 Browne
`7/1943 Ryzowitz
`9/1949 Quinn
`3/1951 Brown
`4/1951 Turenne
`11/1954 Nash
`4/1955 Kaiser
`7/1956 Carr et al.
`7/1956 Melcher
`7/1956 Klostermann
`9/1956 Melcher
`3/1957 Wickesser
`9/1957 Leeper
`12/1957 Curtiss
`1/1959 Malek
`3/1959 Hoegee et al.
`4/1959 Arson
`12/1960 Kokalas
`9/1961 Blonder
`1/1962 Kishbaugh
`8/1962 Felts
`5/1963 Takes et al.
`6/1963 Lingg
`9/1963 Concelman
`10/1963 Lavalou
`7/1964 Thomas et al.
`5/1965 Atkins
`7/1965 Borowsky
`7/1965 Morello, Jr.
`9/1965 Cohen
`4/1966 Ziegler, Jr.
`9/1966 Blanchard et al.
`10/1966 Cooney
`10/1966 O'Keefe et al.
`10/1966 Bonhomme
`12/1966 Davis
`12/1966 Somerset
`5/1967 Brown et al.
`5/1967 Forney, Jr.
`8/1967 Hyslop
`10/1967 Rosen
`10/1967 Shreve
`10/1967 Daum
`11/1967 Keller
`3/1968 O'Keefe et al.
`3/1968 Janowiak et al.
`6/1968 Forney, Jr.
`10/1968 Forney, Jr.
`2/1969 Acord
`6/1969 Kelly
`7/1969 Ziegler, Jr. et al.
`9/1969 Florer
`10/1969 Stark et al.
`2/1970 McCoy et al.
`3/1970 Schroder
`3/1970 Osborne
`3/1970 Harris et al.
`6/1970 Jamon
`9/1970 Hobart
`10/1970 Ziegler, Jr.
`10/1970 Winston
`12/1970 Winston
`12/1970 O'Keefe
`2/1971 Upstone et al.
`6/1971 Brorein et al.
`8/1971 Luckenbill
`8/1971 Curl
`9/1971 Kelly
`10/1971 Anderson et al.
`11/1971 Hilbert
`12/1971 Dorrell
`1/1972 Swartz
`2/1972 Huffer et al.
`
`US 9,172,154 B2
`Page 2
`
`3,663,926
`3,665,371
`3,668,612
`3,669,472
`3,671,922
`3,671,926
`3,678,444
`3,678,445
`3,680,034
`3,681,739
`3,683,320
`3,686,623
`3,694,792
`3,694,793
`3,697,930
`3,706,958
`3,708,186
`3,710,005
`3,739,076
`3,744,007
`3,744,011
`3,761,870
`3,778,535
`3,781,762
`3,781,898
`3,783,178
`3,787,796
`3,793,610
`3,798,589
`3,808,580
`3,810,076
`3,835,443
`3,836,700
`3,845,453
`3,846,738
`3,854,003
`3,854,789
`3,858,156
`3,879,102
`3,886,301
`3,907,335
`3,907,399
`3,910,673
`3,915,539
`3,936,132
`3,937,547
`3,953,097
`3,960,428
`3,963,320
`3,963,321
`3,970,355
`3,972,013
`3,976,352
`3,980,805
`3,985,418
`3,986,736
`4,017,139
`4,022,966
`4,030,742
`4,030,798
`4,032,177
`4,045,706
`4,046,451
`4,053,200
`4,056,043
`4,059,330
`4,079,343
`4,082,404
`4,090,028
`4,093,335
`4,100,943
`4,106,839
`4,109,126
`4,125,308
`4,126,372
`4,131,332
`4,136,897
`4,150,250
`4,153,320
`
`5/1972 Brandt
`5/1972 Cripps
`6/1972 Nepovim
`6/1972 Nadsady
`6/1972 Zerlin et al.
`6/1972 Nepovim
`7/1972 Stevens et al.
`7/1972 Brancaleone
`7/1972 Chow et al.
`8/1972 Kornick
`8/1972 Woods et al.
`8/1972 Nijman
`9/1972 Wallo
`9/1972 Concelman
`10/1972 Shirey
`12/1972 Blanchenot
`1/1973 Takagi et al.
`1/1973 French
`6/1973 Schwartz
`7/1973 Horak
`7/1973 Blanchenot
`9/1973 Drezin et al.
`12/1973 Forney, Jr.
`12/1973 Quackenbush
`12/1973 Holloway
`1/1974 Philibert et al.
`1/1974 Barr
`2/1974 Brishka
`3/1974 Deardurff
`4/1974 Johnson
`5/1974 Huffer
`9/1974 Arnold et al.
`9/1974 Niemeyer
`10/1974 Hemmer
`11/1974 Nepovim
`12/1974 Duret
`12/1974 Kaplan
`12/1974 Zarro
`4/1975 Horak
`5/1975 Cronin et al.
`9/1975 Burge et al.
`9/1975 Spinner
`10/1975 Stokes
`10/1975 Collins
`2/1976 Huffer
`2/1976 Lee-Kemp
`4/1976 Graham
`6/1976 Naus et al.
`6/1976 Spinner
`6/1976 Burger et al.
`7/1976 Pitschi
`7/1976 Shapiro
`8/1976 Spinner
`9/1976 Lipari
`10/1976 Spinner
`10/1976 Takagi et al.
`4/1977 Nelson
`5/1977 Gajajiva
`6/1977 Eidelberg et al.
`6/1977 Paoli
`6/1977 Anderson
`8/1977 Daffner et al.
`9/1977 Juds et al.
`10/1977 Pugner
`11/1977 Sriramamurty et al.
`11/1977 Shirey
`3/1978 Nijman
`4/1978 Flatt
`5/1978 Vontobel
`6/1978 Schwartz et al.
`7/1978 Terada et al.
`8/1978 Cooper
`8/1978 Halbeck
`11/1978 Schilling
`11/1978 Hashimoto et al.
`12/1978 Hogendobler et al.
`1/1979 Haluch
`4/1979 Lundeberg
`5/1979 Townshend
`
`

`
`US 9,172,154 B2
`Page 3
`
`4,616,900
`4,632,487
`4,634,213
`4,640,572
`4,645,281
`4,647,135
`4,650,228
`4,655,159
`4,655,534
`4,660,921
`4,666,190
`4,668,043
`4,673,236
`4,674,818
`4,676,577
`4,682,832
`4,684,201
`4,688,876
`4,688,878
`4,690,482
`4,691,976
`4,703,987
`4,703,988
`4,713,021
`4,717,355
`4,720,155
`4,728,301
`4,734,050
`4,734,666
`4,737,123
`4,738,009
`4,738,628
`4,739,126
`4,746,305
`4,747,656
`4,747,786
`4,749,821
`4,755,152
`4,757,297
`4,759,729
`4,761,146
`4,772,222
`4,789,355
`4,789,759
`4,795,360
`4,797,120
`4,806,116
`4,807,891
`4,808,128
`4,810,017
`4,813,886
`4,820,185
`4,834,675
`4,834,676
`4,835,342
`4,836,580
`4,836,801
`4,838,813
`4,846,731
`4,854,893
`4,857,014
`4,867,489
`4,867,706
`4,869,679
`4,874,331
`4,881,912
`4,892,275
`4,902,246
`4,906,207
`4,915,651
`4,921,447
`4,923,412
`4,925,403
`4,927,385
`4,929,188
`4,934,960
`4,938,718
`4,941,846
`4,952,174
`
`10/1986 Cairns
`12/1986 Wargula
`1/1987 Larsson et al.
`2/1987 Conlon
`2/1987 Burger
`3/1987 Reinhardt
`3/1987 McMills et al.
`4/1987 McMills
`4/1987 Stursa
`4/1987 Hauver
`5/1987 Yamabe et al.
`5/1987 Saba et al.
`6/1987 Musolff et al.
`6/1987 McMills et al.
`6/1987 Szegda
`7/1987 Punako et al.
`8/1987 Huffer
`8/1987 Morelli
`8/1987 Cohen et al.
`9/1987 Chamberland et al.
`9/1987 Cowen
`11/1987 Gallusser et al.
`11/1987 Raux et al.
`12/1987 Kobler
`1/1988 Mattis
`1/1988 Schildkraut et al.
`3/1988 Hemmer et al.
`3/1988 Negre et al.
`3/1988 Ohya et al.
`4/1988 Paler et al.
`4/1988 Down et al.
`4/1988 Rees
`4/1988 Gutter et al.
`5/1988 Nomura
`5/1988 Miyahara et al.
`5/1988 Hayashi et al.
`6/1988 Linton et al.
`7/1988 Elliot et al.
`7/1988 Frawley
`7/1988 Kemppainen et al.
`8/1988 Sohoel
`9/1988 Laudig et al.
`12/1988 Lee
`12/1988 Jones
`1/1989 Newman et al.
`1/1989 Ulery
`2/1989 Ackerman
`2/1989 Neher
`2/1989 Werth
`3/1989 Knak et al.
`3/1989 Roos et al.
`4/1989 Moulin
`5/1989 Samchisen
`5/1989 Tackett
`5/1989 Guginsky
`6/1989 Farrell
`6/1989 Ramirez
`6/1989 Pauza et al.
`7/1989 Alwine
`8/1989 Morris
`8/1989 Alf et al.
`9/1989 Patel
`9/1989 Tang
`9/1989 Szegda
`10/1989 Iverson
`11/1989 Thommen et al.
`1/1990 Szegda
`2/1990 Samchisen
`3/1990 Banning et al.
`4/1990 Bout
`5/1990 Capp et al.
`5/1990 Morris
`5/1990 Zorzy
`5/1990 Cheng
`5/1990 Lionetto et al.
`6/1990 Capp et al.
`7/1990 Guendel
`7/1990 Guimond et al.
`8/1990 Sucht et al.
`
`(56) (cid:9)
`
`References Cited
`
`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
`
`5/1979 Aujla
`8/1979 Laudig
`9/1979 Blanchard
`11/1979 Fenn et al.
`11/1979 Wilson et al.
`2/1980 Boutros
`3/1980 Herrmann, Jr.
`3/1980 Trafton
`6/1980 English et al.
`7/1980 Jones et al.
`9/1980 Dola
`10/1980 Neumann et al.
`10/1980 Yu
`2/1981 Kitagawa
`6/1981 Law
`7/1981 Hemmer
`8/1981 Spinner
`9/1981 Fowler et al.
`10/1981 Herrmann, Jr.
`12/1981 Smith
`1/1982 Legris
`1/1982 Bunnell et al.
`3/1982 Riches et al.
`4/1982 Dorsey et al.
`6/1982 Colwell et al.
`7/1982 Dayton
`8/1982 Blanchard
`10/1982 Luzzi
`11/1982 Dreyer
`2/1983 Cairns
`6/1983 Gallusser et al.
`8/1983 Hayward
`10/1983 Holman
`10/1983 Forney, Jr.
`10/1983 Nikitas
`11/1983 Monroe
`12/1983 Spinner
`1/1984 Kubota
`4/1984 Kirby et al.
`6/1984 Forney, Jr.
`6/1984 Pitcher et al.
`7/1984 Flederbach et al.
`8/1984 Werth et al.
`8/1984 Collins
`9/1984 Ackerman
`9/1984 Deacon
`10/1984 Moser et al.
`11/1984 Tengler et al.
`11/1984 Sato et al.
`12/1984 Bolante et al.
`3/1985 Drogo
`5/1985 Smit
`6/1985 Schildkraut et al.
`7/1985 Selvin
`7/1985 Werth
`8/1985 Blackwood
`9/1985 Forney, Jr.
`10/1985 Ball
`10/1985 McGeary
`10/1985 Bosshard et al.
`3/1986 Hayward
`4/1986 Johnson
`4/1986 Fryberger
`4/1986 McMills
`4/1986 Bocher
`5/1986 Schildkraut et al.
`6/1986 Forney, Jr. et al.
`6/1986 Saba et al.
`6/1986 Bickford
`7/1986 Burns
`7/1986 Selvin
`7/1986 Cohen
`7/1986 DeChamp et al.
`9/1986 McGeary
`9/1986 Baker
`
`4,156,554
`4,165,911
`4,168,921
`4,173,385
`4,174,875
`4,187,481
`4,193,655
`4,194,338
`4,206,963
`4,212,487
`4,225,162
`4,227,765
`4,229,714
`4,250,348
`4,273,405
`4,280,749
`4,285,564
`4,290,663
`4,296,986
`4,307,926
`4,309,050
`4,310,211
`4,322,121
`4,326,769
`4,334,730
`4,339,166
`4,346,958
`4,354,721
`4,358,174
`4,373,767
`4,389,081
`4,400,050
`4,407,529
`4,408,821
`4,408,822
`4,412,717
`4,421,377
`4,426,127
`4,444,453
`4,452,503
`4,456,323
`4,462,653
`4,464,000
`4,464,001
`4,469,386
`4,470,657
`4,477,132
`4,484,792
`4,484,796
`4,490,576
`4,506,943
`4,515,427
`4,525,017
`4,531,790
`4,531,805
`4,533,191
`4,540,231
`RE31,995
`4,545,633
`4,545,637
`4,575,274
`4,580,862
`4,580,865
`4,583,811
`4,585,289
`4,588,246
`4,593,964
`4,596,434
`4,596,435
`4,597,621
`4,598,959
`4,598,961
`4,600,263
`4,613,199
`4,614,390
`
`r71
`
`

`
`(56) (cid:9)
`
`References Cited
`
`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
`
`4,957,456
`4,973,265
`4,979,911
`4,990,104
`4,990,105
`4,990,106
`4,992,061
`5,002,503
`5,007,861
`5,011,422
`5,011,432
`5,018,822
`5,021,010
`5,024,606
`5,030,126
`5,037,328
`5,046,964
`5,052,947
`5,055,060
`5,059,139
`5,059,747
`5,062,804
`5,066,248
`5,067,912
`5,073,129
`5,080,600
`5,083,943
`5,120,260
`5,127,853
`5,131,862
`5,137,470
`5,137,471
`5,141,448
`5,141,451
`5,149,274
`5,150,924
`5,154,636
`5,161,993
`5,166,477
`5,167,545
`5,169,323
`5,181,161
`5,183,417
`5,186,501
`5,186,655
`5,195,905
`5,195,906
`5,205,547
`5,205,761
`5,207,602
`5,215,477
`5,217,391
`5,217,392
`5,217,393
`5,221,216
`5,227,587
`5,247,424
`5,269,701
`5,281,762
`5,283,853
`5,284,449
`5,294,864
`5,295,864
`5,316,348
`5,316,494
`5,318,459
`5,321,205
`5,334,032
`5,334,051
`5,338,225
`5,342,218
`5,354,217
`5,362,250
`5,362,251
`5,366,260
`
`9/1990 Olson et al.
`11/1990 Heeren
`12/1990 Spencer
`2/1991 Schieferly
`2/1991 Karlovich
`2/1991 Szegda
`2/1991 Brush, Jr. et al.
`3/1991 Campbell et al.
`4/1991 Stirling
`4/1991 Yeh
`4/1991 Sucht et al.
`5/1991 Freismuth et al.
`6/1991 Wright
`6/1991 Ming-Hwa
`7/1991 Hanlon
`8/1991 Karlovich
`9/1991 Welsh et al.
`10/1991 Brodie et al.
`10/1991 Down et al.
`10/1991 Spinner
`10/1991 Bawa et al.
`11/1991 Jamet et al.
`11/1991 Gayer, Jr. et al.
`11/1991 Bickford et al.
`12/1991 Szegda
`1/1992 Baker et al.
`1/1992 Tarrant
`6/1992 Jackson
`7/1992 McMills et al.
`7/1992 Gershfeld
`8/1992 Doles
`8/1992 Verespej et al.
`8/1992 Mattingly et al.
`8/1992 Down
`9/1992 Gallusser et al.
`9/1992 Yokomatsu et al.
`10/1992 Vaccaro et al.
`11/1992 Leibfried, Jr.
`11/1992 Perin, Jr. et al.
`12/1992 O'Brien et al.
`12/1992 Kawai et al.
`1/1993 Hirose et al.
`2/1993 Bools
`2/1993 Mano
`2/1993 Glenday et al.
`3/1993 Pesci
`3/1993 Szegda
`4/1993 Mattingly
`4/1993 Nilsson
`5/1993 McMills et al.
`6/1993 Weber et al.
`6/1993 Fisher, Jr.
`6/1993 Hosler, Sr.
`6/1993 Del Negro et al.
`6/1993 Gabany et al.
`7/1993 Paterek
`9/1993 Harris et al.
`12/1993 Leibfried, Jr.
`1/1994 Long et al.
`2/1994 Szegda
`2/1994 Vaccaro
`3/1994 Do
`3/1994 Birch et al.
`5/1994 Franklin
`5/1994 Flanagan et al.
`6/1994 Shields
`6/1994 Bawa et al.
`8/1994 Myers et al.
`8/1994 Devine et al.
`8/1994 Jacobsen et al.
`8/1994 McMills et al.
`10/1994 Gabel et al.
`11/1994 McMills et al.
`11/1994 Bielak
`11/1994 Wartluft
`
`US 9,172,154 B2
`Page 4
`
`5,371,819
`5,371,821
`5,371,827
`5,380,211
`5,389,005
`5,393,244
`5,397,252
`5,413,504
`5,431,583
`5,435,745
`5,435,751
`5,435,760
`5,439,386
`5,444,810
`5,455,548
`5,456,611
`5,456,614
`5,466,173
`5,470,257
`5,474,478
`5,488,268
`5,490,033
`5,490,801
`5,494,454
`5,499,934
`5,501,616
`5,516,303
`5,525,076
`5,542,861
`5,548,088
`5,550,521
`5,564,938
`5,571,028
`5,586,910
`5,595,499
`5,598,132
`5,607,320
`5,607,325
`5,609,501
`5,620,339
`5,632,637
`5,632,651
`5,644,104
`5,649,723
`5,651,698
`5,651,699
`5,653,605
`5,667,405
`5,681,172
`5,683,263
`5,702,263
`5,722,856
`5,735,704
`5,743,131
`5,746,617
`5,746,619
`5,769,652
`5,774,344
`5,775,927
`5,788,289
`5,791,698
`5,797,633
`5,817,978
`5,863,220
`5,877,452
`5,879,191
`5,882,226
`5,897,795
`5,906,511
`5,917,153
`5,921,793
`5,938,465
`5,944,548
`5,951,327
`5,954,708
`5,957,716
`5,967,852
`5,975,479
`5,975,591
`
`12/1994 Szegda
`12/1994 Szegda
`12/1994 Szegda
`1/1995 Kawaguchi et al.
`2/1995 Kodama
`2/1995 Szegda
`3/1995 Wang
`5/1995 Kloecker et al.
`7/1995 Szegda
`7/1995 Booth
`7/1995 Papenheim et al.
`7/1995 Miklos
`8/1995 Ellis et al.
`8/1995 Szegda
`10/1995 Grandchamp et al.
`10/1995 Henry et al.
`10/1995 Szegda
`11/1995 Down
`11/1995 Szegda
`12/1995 Ballog
`1/1996 Bauer et al.
`2/1996 Cronin
`2/1996 Fisher, Jr. et al.
`2/1996 Johnsen
`3/1996 Jacobsen et al.
`3/1996 Holliday
`5/1996 Yohn et al.
`6/1996 Down
`8/1996 Anhalt et al.
`8/1996 Gray et al.
`8/1996 Bernaud et al.
`10/1996 Shenkal et al.
`11/1996 Szegda
`12/1996 Del Negro et al.
`1/1997 Zander et al.
`1/1997 Stabile
`3/1997 Wright
`3/1997 Toma
`3/1997 McMills et al.
`4/1997 Gray et al.
`5/1997 Diener
`5/1997 Szegda
`7/1997 Porter et al.
`7/1997 Larsson
`7/1997 Locati et al.
`7/1997 Holliday
`8/1997 Woehl et al.
`9/1997 Holliday
`10/1997 Moldenhauer
`11/1997 Hsu
`12/1997 Baumann et al.
`3/1998 Fuchs et al.
`4/1998 Anthony
`4/1998 Holliday et al.
`5/1998 Porter, Jr. et al.
`5/1998 Harting et al.
`6/1998 Wider
`6/1998 Casebolt
`7/1998 Wider
`8/1998 Cronley
`8/1998 Wartluft et al.
`8/1998 Katzer et al.
`10/1998 Hermant et al.
`1/1999 Holliday
`3/1999 McConnell
`3/1999 Burris
`3/1999 Bell et al.
`4/1999 Lu et al.
`5/1999 Bozzer et al.
`6/1999 Geroldinger
`7/1999 Phillips
`8/1999 Fox, Sr.
`8/1999 Saito
`9/1999 Marik
`9/1999 Lopez et al.
`9/1999 Buckley et al.
`10/1999 Follingstad et al.
`11/1999 Suter
`11/1999 Guest
`
`

`
`(56)
`
`References Cited
`
`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
`
`5,975,949 A (cid:9)
`5,975,951 A (cid:9)
`5,977,841 A (cid:9)
`5,997,350 A (cid:9)
`6,010,349 A (cid:9)
`6,019,635 A (cid:9)
`6,022,237 A (cid:9)
`6,032,358 A (cid:9)
`6,036,540 A (cid:9)
`6,042,422 A (cid:9)
`6,048,229 A (cid:9)
`6,053,743 A (cid:9)
`6,053,769 A (cid:9)
`6,053,777 A (cid:9)
`6,062,607 A (cid:9)
`6,080,015 A (cid:9)
`6,083,053 A (cid:9)
`6,089,903 A (cid:9)
`6,089,912 A (cid:9)
`6,089,913 A (cid:9)
`6,093,043 A (cid:9)
`6,095,828 A (cid:9)
`6,095,841 A (cid:9)
`6,123,550 A (cid:9)
`6,123,567 A (cid:9)
`6,132,234 A (cid:9)
`6,146,197 A (cid:9)
`6,152,752 A (cid:9)
`6,152,753 A (cid:9)
`6,153,830 A (cid:9)
`6,162,995 A (cid:9)
`6,164,977 A (cid:9)
`6,174,206 B1 (cid:9)
`6,183,298 B1 (cid:9)
`6,199,913 B1 (cid:9)
`6,199,920 B1 (cid:9)
`6,210,216 Bi (cid:9)
`6,210,219 B1 (cid:9)
`6,210,222 B1 (cid:9)
`6,217,383 B1 (cid:9)
`6,238,240 B1 (cid:9)
`6,239,359 B1 (cid:9)
`6,241,553 B1 (cid:9)
`6,250,974 B1 (cid:9)
`6,257,923 B1 (cid:9)
`6,261,126 Bi (cid:9)
`6,267,612 B1 (cid:9)
`6,271,464 B1 (cid:9)
`6,331,123 B1 (cid:9)
`6,332,815 B1 (cid:9)
`6,352,448 B1 (cid:9)
`6,358,077 B1 (cid:9)
`6,361,348 B1 (cid:9)
`6,361,364 B1 (cid:9)
`6,375,509 B2 (cid:9)
`6,394,840 B1 (cid:9)
`6,396,367 B1 (cid:9)
`D458,904 S (cid:9)
`6,406,330 B2 (cid:9)
`6,409,534 B1 (cid:9)
`D460,739 S (cid:9)
`D460,740 S (cid:9)
`D460,946 S (cid:9)
`D460,947 S (cid:9)
`D460,948 S (cid:9)
`6,422,884 B1 (cid:9)
`6,422,900 B1 (cid:9)
`6,425,782 B1 (cid:9)
`D461,166 S (cid:9)
`D461,167 S (cid:9)
`D461,778 S (cid:9)
`D462,058 S (cid:9)
`D462,060 S (cid:9)
`6,439,899 B1 (cid:9)
`D462,327 S (cid:9)
`
`11/1999 Holliday et al.
`11/1999 Burris et al.
`11/1999 Lee et al.
`12/1999 Burris et al.
`1/2000 Porter, Jr.
`2/2000 Nelson
`2/2000 Esh
`3/2000 Wild
`3/2000 Beloritsky
`3/2000 Youtsey
`4/2000 Lazaro, Jr.
`4/2000 Mitchell et al.
`4/2000 Kubota et al.
`4/2000 Boyle
`5/2000 Bartholomew
`6/2000 Andreescu
`7/2000 Anderson, Jr. et al.
`7/2000 Stafford Gray et al.
`7/2000 Tallis et al.
`7/2000 Holliday
`7/2000 Gray et al.
`8/2000 Burland
`8/2000 Felps
`9/2000 Burkert et al.
`9/2000 McCarthy
`10/2000 Waidner et al.
`11/2000 Holliday et al.
`11/2000 Fukuda
`11/2000 Johnson et al.
`11/2000 Montena
`12/2000 Bachle et al.
`12/2000 Lester
`1/2001 Yentile et al.
`2/2001 Henningsen
`3/2001 Wang
`3/2001 Neustadtl
`4/2001 Tso-Chin et al.
`4/2001 Zhu et al.
`4/2001 Langham et al.
`4/2001 Holland et al.
`5/2001 Yu
`5/2001 Lilienthal, II et al.
`6/2001 Hsia
`6/2001 Kerek
`7/2001 Stone et al.
`7/2001 Stirling
`7/2001 Arcykiewicz et al.
`8/2001 Cunningham
`12/2001 Rodrigues
`12/2001 Bruce
`3/2002 Holliday et al.
`3/2002 Young
`3/2002 Hall et al.
`3/2002 Holland et al.
`4/2002 Mountford
`5/2002 Gassauer et al.
`5/2002 Rosenberger
`6/2002 Montena
`6/2002 Bruce
`6/2002 Weisz-Margulescu
`7/2002 Fox
`7/2002 Montena
`7/2002 Montena
`7/2002 Montena
`7/2002 Montena
`7/2002 Babasick et al.
`7/2002 Hogan
`7/2002 Holland
`8/2002 Montena
`8/2002 Montena
`8/2002 Fox
`8/2002 Montena
`8/2002 Fox
`8/2002 Muzslay et al.
`9/2002 Montena
`
`US 9,172,154 B2
`Page 5
`
`6,450,829 B1
`6,454,463 B1
`6,464,526 B1
`6,467,816 B1
`6,468,100 B1
`6,491,546 B1
`D468,696 S (cid:9)
`6,506,083 B1
`6,520,800 B1
`6,530,807 B2
`6,540,531 B2
`6,558,194 B2
`6,572,419 B2
`6,576,833 B2
`6,619,876 B2
`6,634,906 B1
`6,663,397 B1
`6,676,446 B2
`6,683,253 B1
`6,692,285 B2
`6,692,286 B1
`6,695,636 B2
`6,705,875 B2
`6,705,884 B1
`6,709,280 B1
`6,712,631 B1
`6,716,041 B2
`6,716,062 B1
`6,733,336 B1
`6,733,337 B2
`6,752,633 B2
`6,761,571 B2
`6,767,248 B1
`6,769,926 B1
`6,780,029 B1
`6,780,042 B1
`6,780,052 B2
`6,780,068 B2
`6,783,394 B1
`6,786,767 B1
`6,790,081 B2
`6,793,528 B2
`6,802,738 B1
`6,805,581 B2
`6,805,583 B2
`6,805,584 B1
`6,808,415 B1
`6,817,272 B2
`6,817,896 B2
`6,817,897 B2
`6,827,608 B2
`6,830,479 B2
`6,848,115 B2
`6,848,939 B2
`6,848,940 B2
`6,848,941 B2
`6,884,113 B1
`6,884,115 B2
`6,887,102 B1
`6,929,265 B2
`6,929,508 B1
`6,935,866 B2
`6,939,169 B2
`6,942,516 B2
`6,942,520 B2
`6,945,805 B1
`6,948,976 B2
`6,953,371 B2
`6,955,563 B1
`6,971,912 B2
`7,008,263 B2
`7,018,216 B1
`7,018,235 B1
`7,029,326 B2
`7,063,565 B2
`7,070,447 B1
`7,077,697 B2
`7,086,897 B2
`7,090,525 B1
`
`Weisz-Margulescu
`9/2002
`Halbach et al.
`9/2002
`Seufert et al.
`10/2002
`Huang
`10/2002
`10/2002 Meyer et al.
`12/2002 Perry
`1/2003 Montena
`1/2003 Bickford et al.
`2/2003 Michelbach et al.
`3/2003 Rodrigues et al.
`4/2003 Syed et al.
`5/2003 Montena
`6/2003 Feye-Homann
`6/2003 Covaro et al.
`9/2003 Vaitkus et al.
`10/2003 Yeh
`12/2003 Lin et al.
`1/2004 Montena
`1/2004 Lee
`2/2004 Islam
`2/2004 De Cet
`2/2004 Hall et al.
`3/2004 Berghorn et al.
`3/2004 McCarthy
`3/2004 Gretz
`3/2004 Youtsey
`4/2004 Ferderer et al.
`4/2004 Palinkas et al.
`5/2004 Montena et al.
`5/2004 Kodaira
`6/2004 Aizawa et al.
`7/2004 Hida
`7/2004 Hung
`8/2004 Montena
`8/2004 Gretz
`8/2004 Badescu et al.
`8/2004 Montena et al.
`8/2004 Bartholoma et al.
`8/2004 Holliday
`9/2004 Fuks et al.
`9/2004 Burris et al.
`9/2004 Lin et al.
`10/2004 Henningsen
`10/2004 Love
`10/2004 Holliday et al.
`10/2004 Chen
`10/2004 Montena
`11/2004 Holland
`11/2004 Derenthal
`11/2004 Chee
`12/2004 Hall et al.
`12/2004 Holliday
`1/2005 Sugiura et al.
`2/2005 Stirling
`2/2005 Montena
`2/2005 Wlos et al.
`4/2005 Montena
`4/2005 Malloy
`5/2005 Burris et al.
`8/2005 Holland et al.
`8/2005 Holland
`8/2005 Kerekes et al.
`9/2005 Islam et al.
`9/2005 Shimoyama et al.
`9/2005 Barlian et al.
`9/2005 Bollinger
`9/2005 Goodwin et al.
`10/2005 Baker et al.
`10/2005 Croan
`12/2005 Montena et al.
`3/2006 Holland
`3/2006 Clark et al.
`3/2006 Burris et al.
`4/2006 Montena
`6/2006 Ward
`7/2006 Montena
`7/2006 Kooiman
`8/2006 Montena
`8/2006 Morana
`
`

`
`US 9,172,154 B2
`Page 6
`
`(56)
`
`References Cited
`
`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
`
`7,094,114 B2
`7,097,499 B1
`7,102,868 B2
`7,108,547 B2
`7,112,078 B2
`7,112,093 B1
`7,114,990 B2
`7,118,285 B2
`7,118,382 B2
`7,118,416 B2
`7,125,283 B1
`7,128,604 B2
`7,131,867 B1
`7,131,868 B2
`7,140,645 B2
`7,144,271 B1
`7,147,509 B1
`7,156,696 B1
`7,161,785 B2
`7,165,974 B2
`7,173,121 B2
`7,179,121 (cid:9) B1
`7,179,122 B2
`7,182,639 B2
`7,189,114 B1
`7,192,308 B2
`7,229,303 B2
`7,238,047 B2
`7,252,536 B2
`7,252,546 B1
`7,255,598 B2
`7,261,594 B2
`7,264,502 B2
`7,278,882 B1
`7,288,002 B2
`7,291,033 B2
`7,297,023 B2
`7,299,550 B2
`7,318,609 B2
`7,322,846 B2
`7,322,851 B2
`7,329,139 B2
`7,335,058 B1
`7,347,129 B1
`7,347,726 B2
`7,347,727 B2
`7,347,729 B2
`7,351,088 B1
`7,357,641 B2
`7,364,462 B2
`7,371,112 B2
`7,375,533 B2
`7,387,524 B2
`7,393,245 B2
`7,396,249 B2
`7,404,737 B1
`7,410,389 B2
`7,416,415 B2
`7,438,327 B2
`7,452,239 B2
`7,455,550 B1
`7,458,850 B1
`7,458,851 B2
`7,462,068 B2
`7,467,980 B2
`7,476,127 B1
`7,478,475 B2
`7,479,033 B1
`7,479,035 B2
`7,484,988 B2
`7,484,997 B2
`7,488,210 B1
`7,494,355 B2
`7,497,729 B1
`7,500,868 B2
`
`8/2006 Kurimoto
`8/2006 Purdy
`9/2006 Montena
`9/2006 Kisling et al.
`9/2006 Czikora
`9/2006 Holland
`10/2006 Bence et al. (cid:9)
`10/2006 Fenwick et al.
`10/2006 Kerekes et al.
`10/2006 Montena et al.
`10/2006 Lin
`10/2006 Hall
`11/2006 Foster et al.
`11/2006 Montena
`11/2006 Cronley
`12/2006 Burris et al.
`12/2006 Burris et al.
`1/2007 Montena
`1/2007 Chawgo
`1/2007 Kooiman
`2/2007 Fang
`2/2007 Burris et al.
`2/2007 Holliday
`2/2007 Burris
`3/2007 Burris et al.
`3/2007 Rodrigues et al.
`6/2007 Vermoesen et al.
`7/2007 Saettele et al.
`8/2007 Lazaro, Jr. et al.
`8/2007 Holland
`8/2007 Montena et al.
`8/2007 Kodama et al.
`9/2007 Holland
`10/2007 Li
`10/2007 Rodrigues et al.
`11/2007 Hu
`11/2007 Chawgo
`11/2007 Montena
`1/2008 Naito et al.
`1/2008 Camelio
`1/2008 Broolcmire
`2/2008 Benham
`2/2008 Burris et al.
`3/2008 Youtsey
`3/2008 Wlos
`3/2008 Wlos et al.
`3/2008 Thomas et al.
`4/2008 Qu
`4/2008 Kerekes et al.
`4/2008 Holland
`5/2008 Burris et al.
`5/2008 Gale
`6/2008 Cheng
`7/2008 Palinkas et al.
`7/2008 Kauffman
`7/2008 Youtsey
`8/2008 Holliday
`8/2008 Hart et al.
`10/2008 Auray et al.
`11/2008 Montena
`11/2008 Sykes
`12/2008 Burris et al.
`12/2008 Montena
`12/2008 Amidon
`12/2008 Chiu
`1/2009 Wei
`1/2009 Hall
`1/2009 Sykes et al.
`1/2009 Bence et al. (cid:9)
`2/2009 Ma et al.
`2/2009 Hofling
`2/2009 Burris et al.
`2/2009 Hughes et al.
`3/2009 Wei
`3/2009 Holland et al.
`
`
`
`439/583
`
`
`
`439/583
`
`7,500,873 B1 (cid:9)
`7,507,116 B2 (cid:9)
`7,507,117 B2 (cid:9)
`7,513,788 B2 (cid:9)
`7,544,094 B1 (cid:9)
`7,563,133 B2 (cid:9)
`7,566,236 B2 (cid:9)
`7,568,945 B2 (cid:9)
`7,578,693 B2 (cid:9)
`7,588,454 B2 (cid:9)
`7,607,942 B1 (cid:9)
`7,625,227 B1 (cid:9)
`7,632,143 B1 (cid:9)
`7,635,283 B1 (cid:9)
`7,651,376 B2 (cid:9)
`7,674,132 B1 (cid:9)
`7,682,177 B2 (cid:9)
`7,714,229 B2 (cid:9)
`7,727,011 B2 (cid:9)
`7,749,021 B2 (cid:9)
`7,753,705 B2 (cid:9)
`7,753,710 B2 (cid:9)
`7,753,727 B1 (cid:9)
`7,758,370 B1 (cid:9)
`7,794,275 B2 (cid:9)
`7,806,714 B2 (cid:9)
`7,806,725 B1 (cid:9)
`7,811,133 B2 (cid:9)
`D626,920 S (cid:9)
`7,824,216 B2 (cid:9)
`7,828,595 B2 (cid:9)
`7,830,154 B2 (cid:9)
`7,833,053 B2 (cid:9)
`7,845,976 B2 (cid:9)
`7,845,978 B1 (cid:9)
`7,845,980 B1 (cid:9)
`7,850,472 B2 (cid:9)
`7,850,487 B1 (cid:9)
`7,857,661 B1 (cid:9)
`7,874,870 B1 (cid:9)
`7,887,354 B2 (cid:9)
`7,892,004 B2 (cid:9)
`7,892,005 B2 (cid:9)
`7,892,024 B1 (cid:9)
`7,914,326 B2 (cid:9)
`7,918,687 B2 (cid:9)
`7,927,135 B1 (cid:9)
`7,934,955 B1 (cid:9)
`7,942,695 B1 (cid:9)
`7,950,958 B2 (cid:9)
`7,955,126 B2 (cid:9)
`7,972,158 B2 (cid:9)
`7,972,176 B2 (cid:9)
`7,982,005 B2 (cid:9)
`8,011,955 B1 (cid:9)
`8,025,518 B2 (cid:9)
`8,029,315 B2 (cid:9)
`8,029,316 B2 (cid:9)
`8,062,044 B2 (cid:9)
`8,062,063 B2 (cid:9)
`8,070,504 B2 (cid:9)
`8,075,337 B2 (cid:9)
`8,075,338 B1 (cid:9)
`8,079,860 B1 (cid:9)
`8,087,954 B2 (cid:9)
`8,113,875 B2 (cid:9)
`8,113,879 B1 (cid:9)
`8,157,587 B2 (cid:9)
`8,157,588 B1 (cid:9)
`8,167,635 B1 (cid:9)
`8,167,636 B1 (cid:9)
`8,172,612 B2 (cid:9)
`8,177,572 B2 (cid:9)
`8,192,237 B2 (cid:9)
`8,206,172 B2 (cid:9)
`D662,893 S (cid:9)
`8,231,412 B2 (cid:9)
`8,262,408 B1 (cid:9)
`8,272,893 B2 (cid:9)
`
`Hart
`3/2009
`Laerke et al.
`3/2009
`Amidon
`3/2009
`Camelio
`4/2009
`6/2009 Paglia et al.
`7/2009 Stein
`7/2009 Malloy et al.
`8/2009 Chee et al.
`8/2009 Yoshida et al.
`9/2009 Nakata et al.
`10/2009 Van Swearingen
`12/2009 Henderson et al.
`12/2009 Islam
`12/2009 Islam
`1/2010 Schreier
`3/2010 Chen
`3/2010 Berthet
`5/2010 Burris et al.
`6/2010 Montena et al.
`7/2010 Brodeur
`7/2010 Montena
`7/2010 George
`7/2010 Islam et al.
`7/2010 Flaherty
`9/2010 Rodrigues
`10/2010 Williams et al.
`10/2010 Chen
`10/2010 Gray
`11/2010 Purdy et al.
`11/2010 Purdy (cid:9)
`11/2010 Mathews
`11/2010 Gale
`11/2010 Mathews
`12/2010 Mathews
`12/2010 Chen
`12/2010 Amidon
`12/2010 Friedrich et al.
`12/2010 Wei
`12/2010 Islam
`1/2011 Chen
`2/2011 Holliday
`2/2011 Hertzler et al.
`2/2011 Haube (cid:9)
`2/2011 Chen
`3/2011 Sutter
`4/2011 Paynter et al.
`4/2011 Wlos
`5/2011 Hsia
`5/2011 Lu
`5/2011 Mathews
`6/2011 Bence et al.
`7/2011 Wild et al.
`7/2011 Burris et al.
`7/2011 Ames et al.
`9/2011 Lu
`9/2011 Burris et al.
`10/2011 Purdy et al.
`10/2011 Snyder et al.
`11/2011 Montena et al.
`11/2011 Malloy et al.
`12/2011 Amidon et al.
`12/2011 Malloy et al.
`12/2011 Montena (cid:9)
`12/2011 Zraik
`1/2012 Fuchs
`2/2012 Malloy et al.
`2/2012 Zraik
`4/2012 Paynter et al.
`4/2012 Rodrigues et al.
`5/2012 Mathews
`5/2012 Montena
`5/2012 Bence et al.
`5/2012 Feye-Hohmann
`6/2012 Purdy et al. (cid:9)
`6/2012 Katagiri et al.
`7/2012 Haberek et al.
`7/2012 Paglia et al.
`9/2012 Kelly
`9/2012 Burris et al.
`
` 439/578
`
` 439/321
`
` 439/578
`
` 439/792
`
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`(cid:9)
`

`
`US 9,172,154 B2
`Page 7
`
`
`
`439/578
`
`
`
`
`439/322
`439/578
`
`(56) (cid:9)
`
`References Cited
`
`U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
`
`10/2012 Purdy et al.
`8,287,320 B2 (cid:9)
`11/2012 Purdy
`8,313,345 B2 (cid:9)
`11/2012 Purdy et al.
`8,313,353 B2 (cid:9)
`11/2012 Stein
`8,317,539 B2 (cid:9)
`12/2012 Montena
`8,323,053 B2 (cid:9)
`12/2012 Flaherty et al.
`8,323,058 B2 (cid:9)
`12/2012 Purdy et al.
`8,323,060 B2 (cid:9)
`12/2012 Montena
`8,337,229 B2 (cid:9)
`2/2013 Ehret et al.
`8,366,481 B2 (cid:9)
`2/2013 Holland et al.
`8,376,769 B2 (cid:9)
`3/2013 Haberek
`D678,844 S (cid:9)
`3/2013 Haberek et al.
`8,398,421 B2 (cid:9)
`5/2013 Holland et al.
`8,449,326 B2 (cid:9)
`6/2013 Purdy
`8,465,322 B2 (cid:9)
`6/2013 Rodrigues et al.
`8,469,739 B2 (cid:9)
`6/2013 Ehret et al.
`8,469,740 B2 (cid:9)
`7/2013 Haberek et al.
`D686,164 S (cid:9)
`7/2013 Haberek et al.
`D686,576 S (cid:9)
`7/2013 Ehret et al.
`8,475,205 B2 (cid:9)
`7/2013 Ehret et al. (cid:9)
`8,480,430 B2 * (cid:9)
`7/2013 Ehret et al.
`8,480,431 B2 (cid:9)
`7/2013 Ehret et al.
`8,485,845 B2 (cid:9)
`8/2013 Malloy et al.
`8,506,325 B2 (cid:9)
`8/2013 Burris et al.
`8,517,763 B2 (cid:9)
`8/2013 Wei et al.
`8,517,764 B2 (cid:9)
`9/2013 Montena
`8,529,279 B2 (cid:9)
`10/2013 Montena
`8,550,835 B2 (cid:9)
`10/2013 Burris et al.
`8,568,163 B2 (cid:9)
`10/2013 Wei et al.
`8,568,165 B2 (cid:9)
`11/2013 Thomas et al.
`8,591,244 B2 (cid:9)
`12/2013 Flaherty et al.
`8,597,050 B2 (cid:9)
`1/2014 Stein
`8,636,529 B2 (cid:9)
`1/2014 Chastain et al.
`8,636,541 B2 (cid:9)
`2/2014 Purdy et al.
`8,647,136 B2 (cid:9)
`4/2014 Bence et al.
`8,690,603 B2 (cid:9)
`5/2014 Holland
`8,721,365 B2 (cid:9)
`5/2014 Holland et al.
`8,727,800 B2 (cid:9)
`7/2014 Holland et al.
`8,777,658 B2 (cid:9)
`7/2014 Holland et al.
`8,777,661 B2 (cid:9)
`8,858,251 B2* (cid:9) 10/2014 Montena (cid:9)
`8,888,526 B2 * (cid:9) 11/2014 Burris (cid:9)
`8,920,192 B2 (cid:9)
`12/2014 Montena
`9,017,101 B2 (cid:9)
`4/2015 Ehret et al.
`2001/0034143 Al (cid:9)
`10/2001 Annequin
`2001/0046802 Al (cid:9)
`11/2001 Perry et al.
`2001/0051448 Al (cid:9)
`12/2001 Gonzalez
`2002/0013088 Al (cid:9)
`1/2002 Rodrigues et al.
`2002/0019161 Al (cid:9)
`2/2002 Finke et al.
`2002/0038720 Al (cid:9)
`4/2002 Kai et al.
`2002/0146935 Al (cid:9)
`10/2002 Wong
`2003/0110977 Al (cid:9)
`6/2003 Batlaw
`2003/0119358 Al (cid:9)
`6/2003 Henningsen
`2003/0139081 Al (cid:9)
`7/2003 Hall et al.
`2003/0194890 Al (cid:9)
`10/2003 Ferderer et al.
`2003/0214370 Al (cid:9)
`11/2003 Allison et al.
`2003/0224657 Al (cid:9)
`12/2003 Malloy
`2004/0031144 Al (cid:9)
`2/2004 Holland
`2004/0077215 Al (cid:9)
`4/2004 Palinkas et al.
`2004/0102089 Al (cid:9)
`5/2004 Chee
`2004/0157499 Al (cid:9)
`8/2004 Nania et al.
`2004/0194585 Al (cid:9)
`10/2004 Clark
`2004/0209516 Al (cid:9)
`10/2004 Burris et al.
`2004/0219833 Al (cid:9)
`11/2004 Burris et al.
`2004/0229504 Al (cid:9)
`11/2004 Liu
`2005/0042919 Al (cid:9)
`2/2005 Montena
`2005/0079762 Al (cid:9)
`4/2005 Hsia
`2005/0159045 Al (cid:9)
`7/2005 Huang
`2005/0170692 Al (cid:9)
`8/2005 Montena
`2005/0181652 Al (cid:9)
`8/2005 Montena et al.
`2005/0181668 Al (cid:9)
`8/2005 Montena et al.
`2005/0208827 Al (cid:9)
`9/2005 Burris et al.
`2005/0233636 Al (cid:9)
`10/2005 Rodrigues et al.
`2006/0014425 Al (cid:9)
`1/2006 Montena
`2006/0099853 Al (cid:9)
`5/2006 Sattele et al.
`2006/0110977 Al (cid:9)
`5/2006 Matthews
`
`2006/0154519 Al *
`2006/0166552 Al
`2006/0178046 Al
`2006/0194465 Al
`2006/0223355 Al
`2006/0246774 Al
`2006/0258209 Al
`2006/0276079 Al
`2007/0004276 Al
`2007/0026734 Al
`2007/0049113 Al
`2007/0054535 Al
`2007/0059968 Al
`2007/0082533 Al
`2007/0087613 Al
`2007/0123101 Al
`2007/0155232 Al
`2007/0173100 Al
`2007/0175027 Al
`2007/0232117 Al
`2007/0243759 Al
`2007/0243762 Al
`2007/0287328 Al
`2008/0032556 Al
`2008/0102696 Al
`2008/0171466 Al
`2008/0200066 Al
`2008/0200068 Al
`2008/0214040 Al
`2008/0289470 Al
`2009/0029590 Al
`2009/0098770 Al
`2009/0104801 Al
`2009/0163075 Al
`2009/0186505 Al
`2009/0264003 Al
`2009/0305560 Al
`2010/0007441 Al
`2010/0022125 Al
`2010/0028563 Al
`2010/0055978 Al
`2010/0080563 Al
`2010/0081321 Al
`2010/0081322 Al
`2010/0087071 Al
`2010/0105246 Al
`2010/0124839 Al
`2010/0130060 Al
`2010/0178799 Al
`2010/0216339 Al
`2010/0233901 Al
`2010/0233902 Al
`2010/0233903 Al
`2010/0255719 Al
`2010/0255721 Al
`2010/0279548 Al
`2010/0297871 Al
`2010/0297875 Al
`2010/0304579 Al
`2010/0323541 Al
`2011/0021072 Al
`2011/0021075 Al
`2011/0027039 Al
`2011/0039448 Al
`20