Patents by Inventor Scott A. Girkin

Scott A. Girkin 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).

  • Publication number: 20080232074
    Abstract: A method for assembling a circuit card assembly includes populating a plurality of components on a top side of a component layer, performing component-level testing on at least one component of the plurality of components populated on the component layer, adhering a bonding layer to a bottom side of the component layer, the bonding layer to facilitate bonding the component layer to an interconnect layer and to provide connectivity between the plurality of components and the interconnect layer, and forming a single-sided circuit card assembly by adhering the interconnect layer to the bonding layer, the interconnect layer having a top side and a bottom side, the bonding layer adhered to the top side of the interconnect layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Applicant: VIASAT, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Lee Schutz, Howell B. Schwartz, Conrad Claire Grell, Angie Sheelan Ng, Gregory Scott Girkins
  • Patent number: 5221167
    Abstract: An improved pin drive anchor has an elongated body, a lock nut, and a drive pin having a securing section. The outer end of the body is threaded to permit the lock nut to be threadable therein. When the drive pin is driven into the anchor, the security section is designed so that the outer section of the body is expanded, thereby locking the lock nut onto the anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Assignee: Diversified Fastening Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott A. Girkin, Teddy N. Trainer