Patents by Inventor Maureen B. Schmidt

Maureen B. Schmidt 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).

  • Interconnection method and apparatus
    Patent number: 5417577
    Abstract: An improved electrical connection between each of a set of metallized areas (16) on a first substrate (11 ) and those on a second substrate (12), via a layer of anisotropically conductive material (22) sandwiched therebetween, is obtained by arraying the metallized areas in concentric rings about each of a plurality of fasteners (28) extending through both substrates and the material. By arraying the metallized areas in concentric rings about each fastener, the anisotropically conductive material in contact with the metallized areas arrayed in each ring will advantageously be subjected to a uniform pressure by the fastener, improving the conductivity of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: AT&T Corp.
    Inventors: Albert Holliday, Maureen B. Schmidt, Fred W. Verdi