Patents by Inventor Jochem K. Koenig

Jochem K. Koenig 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).

  • Cable attachment bracket with an attachment tab
    Patent number: 6354869
    Abstract: A connector is fastened to a central portion of a connector bracket adjacent a slot in a slotted bracket to provide a number of electrical circuits extending through the slot. A first end of the connector bracket is fastened to the slotted bracket by means of a screw. The central portion of the connector bracket extends inwardly along the slotted card bracket, adjacent the slot, which the central portion overlaps. An end tab of the card bracket, opposite the first end thereof, extends outwardly along a part of the slotted card bracket, which itself extends from an end of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: William V. Cranston, III, Philip E. Grady, Jochem K. Koenig, John E. McCloskey, James J. Tout, Jr.
  • Heat sink clamping string additionally holding a ZIF socket locked
    Patent number: 6175499
    Abstract: The locking member of a ZIF socket, which is movable between a locked position, in which high contact forces are present between contact springs within the socket and pins extending from an electronic module into the socket, and an unlocked position, in which the pins are released from the contact springs, is held in the locked position by means of a portion of a clamping spring inserted into a gap between the locking member and a portion of the housing of the ZIF socket. The clamping spring also holds a heat sink in place on the electronic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2001
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart Thomas Adams, William Vincent Cranston, III, Will Eugene Hamel, Jochem K. Koenig, John E. McCloskey
  • Heat sink clamping spring additionally holding a ZIF socket locked
    Patent number: 6118659
    Abstract: The locking member of a ZIF socket, which is movable between a locked position, in which high contact forces are present between contact springs within the socket and pins extending from an electronic module into the socket, and an unlocked position, in which the pins are released from the contact springs, is held in the locked position by means of a portion of a clamping spring inserted into a gap between the locking member and a portion of the housing of the ZIF socket. The clamping spring also holds a heat sink in place on the electronic module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart Thomas Adams, William Vincent Cranston, III, Will Eugene Hamel, Jochem K. Koenig, John E. McCloskey