Otis F. Boykin

1920–1982

What Otis contributed

Patented improved electrical resistors and control components used in electronic equipment.

The story

Boykin received patents for wire precision resistors and related electronic components. Some popular claims about specific devices exceed what surviving patent records establish, so this entry uses the documented inventions.

Why it matters

Reliable resistors helped regulate electrical current in devices used by consumers, industry, and medicine.

Patent record
U.S. Patents 2,891,227 and 3,191,108