Patents by Inventor Johan De Baets

Johan De Baets 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).

  • Methods for electrically connecting textile integrated conductive yarns
    Patent number: 10458050
    Abstract: A textile fabric containing a first electrically conductive thread and a second electrically conductive thread is disclosed. In one aspect, the first electrically conductive thread and the second electrically conductive thread cross at a first crossover point, wherein the textile fabric further contains an electrical connector establishing an electrical connection between the first electrically conductive thread and the second electrically conductive thread. The electrical connector contains a first contact pad in electrical contact with the first electrically conductive thread, a second contact pad in electrical contact with the second electrically conductive thread, and a first stretchable electrical interconnection connecting the first contact pad with the second contact pad. The first contact pad and the second contact pad are provided at a location different from the location of the first crossover point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: IMEC vzw, Universiteit Gent
    Inventors: Bjorn Van Keymeulen, Frederick Bossuyt, Thomas Vervust, Johan De Baets
  • METHODS FOR ELECTRICALLY CONNECTING TEXTILE INTEGRATED CONDUCTIVE YARNS
    Publication number: 20160160403
    Abstract: A textile fabric containing a first electrically conductive thread and a second electrically conductive thread is disclosed. In one aspect, the first electrically conductive thread and the second electrically conductive thread cross at a first crossover point, wherein the textile fabric further contains an electrical connector establishing an electrical connection between the first electrically conductive thread and the second electrically conductive thread. The electrical connector contains a first contact pad in electrical contact with the first electrically conductive thread, a second contact pad in electrical contact with the second electrically conductive thread, and a first stretchable electrical interconnection connecting the first contact pad with the second contact pad. The first contact pad and the second contact pad are provided at a location different from the location of the first crossover point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Bjorn Van Keymeulen, Frederick Bossuyt, Thomas Vervust, Johan De Baets
  • Process to create metallic stand-offs on an electronic circuit
    Patent number: 6036836
    Abstract: A process to create metallic stand-offs or studs on a printed circuit board (PCB). The process allows to obtain studs constituted by three successive layers of metal (Cu1, Cu2 and Cu3 or Ni) of which at least the two first layers are made of copper. The height of the so-created stand-off is sufficient to use it in the flip chip technology to assemble chips to a printed circuit board. The present process is implemented according either to the electro-plating (galvano-plating) or to the electrochemical-plating technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Inventors: Joris Antonia Franciscus Peeters, Louis Joseph Vandam, Koenraad Juliaan Georges Allaert, Ann Marie Ackaert, Andre Michel Van Calster, Maria Eugenie Andre Vereeken, Suixin Zhang, Johan De Baets, Bart Leo Alfons Maurice Vandevelde