Patents by Inventor Rome Bloomfield

Rome Bloomfield 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).

  • Method and apparatus for grounding a processor board
    Patent number: 6799980
    Abstract: The present invention is adapted for electrically grounding a printed circuit board to a chassis having mounting studs with each stud having an upper nose. The ground clip of the present invention has a generally circular upper body portion with a side opening, and a plurality of retentive leads extending from the upper body portion. Each ground clip is connected to the circuit board around a portion of a mounting hole such that the upper body portion contacts the upper nose to provide electrical grounding of the circuit board to the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2004
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Rome Bloomfield, Joseph R. Fester
  • Method and apparatus for grounding a processor board
    Publication number: 20030124887
    Abstract: The present invention is adapted for electrically grounding a printed circuit board to a chassis having mounting studs with each stud having an upper nose. The ground clip of the present invention has a generally circular upper body portion with a side opening, and a plurality of retentive leads extending from the upper body portion. Each ground clip is connected to the circuit board around a portion of a mounting hole such that the upper body portion contacts the upper nose to provide electrical grounding of the circuit board to the chassis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2001
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Rome Bloomfield, Joseph R. Fester