Patents by Inventor Brian Ronald Smith

Brian Ronald Smith 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).

  • Patent number: 6972955
    Abstract: An electro-fluidic device may include a substrate having at least one substrate fluid passageway therein, and at least one substrate electrical conductor carried by the substrate. Moreover, an external interface may be spaced from the substrate and include at least one interface electrical conductor. The electro-fluidic device may also include at least one electro-fluidic interconnect extending between the substrate and the external interface. More particularly, the at least one electro-fluidic interconnect may include an interconnect body having at least one interconnect fluid passageway extending therethrough and connected to the at least one substrate fluid passageway, and at least one interconnect electrical conductor carried by the interconnect body. The at least one interconnect electrical conductor may connect the at least one substrate electrical conductor and the at least one interface electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Michael David Pleskach, Paul Bryant Koeneman, Brian Ronald Smith, Charles Michael Newton, Carol Ann Gamlen
  • Patent number: 6452798
    Abstract: A method for making an electronic module includes forming a cooling substrate having a fluid cooling circuit therein having a vertical passageway. The cooling substrate may be formed by forming a plurality of unsintered ceramic layers having passageways therein. The plurality of unsintered ceramic layers and at least one resistive element may be assembled in stacked relation so that the passageways align to define the fluid cooling circuit and so that the at least one resistive element extends in a cantilever fashion into the vertical passageway. Furthermore, the unsintered ceramic layers and the at least one resistive element may be heated to sinter and to cause the at least one resistive element to soften and deform downwardly adjacent vertical sidewall portions of the vertical passageway. The method may also include mounting at least one electronic device on the cooling substrate in thermal communication with the fluid cooling circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Harris Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Ronald Smith, Raymond Charles Rumpf, Charles Michael Newton