Patents by Inventor Stephen M. Bakke

Stephen M. Bakke 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: 5049084
    Abstract: A connector arrangement for providing electrical interconnection between corresponding contact pads of opposed first and second circuit boards includes an electrically nonconductive support member disposed between the boards, a bodily-rotatable, electrically conductive interconnect element, generally of dumbbell shape, extending through the thickness of the support and having a pair of pad engagement surfaces disposed to engage the respective contact pads, and a clamp for retaining the circuit boards in a clamped-together relationship with the support member in a compressed, reduced thickness state and with the interconnect member bodily rotated. The support member includes a resilient elastomeric material, has support surfaces respectively opposed to the board surfaces, and is adapted to be compressed by urging of the boards together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 17, 1991
    Assignee: Rogers Corporation
    Inventor: Stephen M. Bakke