Patents by Inventor Richard N. Shaw

Richard N. Shaw 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: 5173845
    Abstract: A novel frontplane structure for use with a plurality of parallelly mounted printed circuit boards having respective sets of a plurality of electrical connectors mounted to the front edge of the printed circuit boards is disclosed in which a multi-layer printed circuit board is mounted to a sheet metal sub-chassis that includes integral injector/ejector devices which, by means of a cam action, produce a reduction in the mechanical effort required to mate the frontplane with each of the connectors contained on the plurality of printed circuit board assemblies installed into a card cage assembly or computer chassis to which the frontplane is to be connected is disclosed. A plurality of high density printed circuit connectors are mounted to the multi-layer printed circuit board for interconnecting with the sets of connectors mounted to the front edges of the printed circuit board assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1992
    Assignee: Star Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard N. Shaw