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Michael Eugene Shirk — 53 Patents

TCTyco Electronics Co.: 22 patents #39 of 1,364Top 3%
W&Whitaker &: 14 patents #20 of 1,437Top 2%
TCTe Connectivity Co.: 9 patents #75 of 595Top 15%
AMAmp: 3 patents #379 of 1,260Top 35%
ACAllen-Bradley Company: 3 patents #74 of 512Top 15%
TGTe Connectivity Services Gmbh: 1 patents #125 of 305Top 45%
MDMagellan Dis: 1 patents #14 of 26Top 55%
Grantville, PA: #1 of 12 inventorsTop 9%
Pennsylvania: #608 of 74,527 inventorsTop 1%
Overall (All Time): #48,528 of 4,157,543Top 2%
53 Patents All Time
Michael Eugene Shirk has been granted 53 US patents while listed as an inventor at Tyco Electronics Co.. The first was granted in 1987 and the most recent in September 2025. Michael Eugene Shirk ranks #48,528 of 4,157,543 US inventors in our database (top 1.2%). Patent records list Michael Eugene Shirk in Grantville, PA, US.

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 1–25 of 53 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDateApprox Value ⓘ
12424776 Card edge connector John Eugene Westman, Michael John Phillips, Sandeep Patel 2025-09-23
12249780 Card edge connector Nitish Balakrishnan, Michael John Phillips, Charles Jameson Valentine 2025-03-11
11735846 Stacked card edge connector having inner contact assembly and outer contact assembly Michael John Phillips 2023-08-22 $34,901,000
11626695 Electrical connector having ground structure John Eugene Westman, Ashika Pandankeril Shaji 2023-04-11 $21,045,000
11349237 Card edge connector Christopher William Blackburn, John Eugene Westman, Michael David Herring, Zachary Galbraith 2022-05-31 $20,130,000
10553971 Card edge connector having a contact positioner Michael John Phillips, Randall Robert Henry 2020-02-04 $19,397,000
10320102 Receptacle connector with contact assembly Michael John Phillips, Randall Robert Henry 2019-06-11 $18,989,000
9935385 Receptacle connector with contact assembly Michael John Phillips, Randall Robert Henry 2018-04-03 $13,231,000
9748681 Ground contact module for a contact module stack Bruce Allen Champion, Michael John Phillips 2017-08-29 $9,452,000
9640915 Electrical connector with a programmable ground tie bar Michael John Phillips, Thomas Taake de Boer 2017-05-02 $21,220,000
9559465 High speed signal-isolating electrical connector assembly Michael John Phillips, Bruce Allen Champion, Linda Ellen Shields 2017-01-31 $18,960,000
8879267 Transceiver assembly Randall Robert Henry 2014-11-04 $19,250,000
8684765 Connector assembly including a light pipe assembly Michael John Phillips, David S. Szczesny 2014-04-01 $19,411,000
8670236 Cage assembly for receiving a pluggable module David S. Szczesny 2014-03-11 $43,392,000
8599559 Cage with a heat sink mounted on its mounting side and an EMI gasket with its fingers electrically connected to the mounting side Matthew David Morrison, Michael John Phillips 2013-12-03 $10,984,000
8556658 Receptacle assembly for a pluggable module David S. Szczesny, Michael John Phillips 2013-10-15 $17,559,000
8545234 Electrical connector for a pluggable transceiver module David S. Szczesny 2013-10-01 $14,179,000
8535096 Die cast cage for a receptacle assembly Matthew David Morrison 2013-09-17 $7,809,000
8496486 Transceiver assembly David S. Szczesny, Bruce Allen Champion, Michael Frank Cina, Michael Warren Fogg 2013-07-30 $18,947,000
8444437 Electrical connector assembly with EMI gasket David S. Szczesny, Michael John Phillips 2013-05-21 $16,848,000
8371882 Straddle mount connector for a pluggable transceiver module David S. Szczesny, Michael John Phillips 2013-02-12 $21,294,000
8335416 Connector assembly including a floatable light pipe assembly Michael John Phillips, David S. Szczesny 2012-12-18 $10,806,000
8062073 Receptacle connector David S. Szczesny 2011-11-22 $8,528,000
7641515 Center plate for a connector assembly David S. Szczesny, Michael John Phillips, Keith McQuilkin Murr 2010-01-05 $36,880,000
7539018 Heat sink retaining clip for an electrical connector assembly Keith McQuilkin Murr 2009-05-26 $14,709,000