Patents by Inventor Alan W. Ainsbury

Alan W. Ainsbury 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).

  • Tandem circuit cards
    Patent number: 5528459
    Abstract: An extension module for tandem connection to a base circuit card having an external sheet material jacket girding the card. The module includes a module housing and a pair of spaced apart parallel support fingers extending from the housing. The outer sides of the support fingers are configured for slidable insertion into corresponding spaced apertures in the rearward end of the base circuit card to engage inner surfaces of the jacket adjacent opposite side edges of the jacket of the card. An electrical connector is located between the support fingers and is adapted for mating connection with a corresponding electrical connector located at the rearward end of the base circuit card, when the extension module is connected to the base circuit card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alan W. Ainsbury, Albert J. Kerklaan
  • Tandem circuit cards
    Patent number: 5513074
    Abstract: An extension module for tandem connection to a base circuit card having an external sheet material jacket girding the card. The module includes a module housing and a pair of spaced apart parallel support fingers extending from the housing. The outer sides of the support fingers are configured for slidable insertion into corresponding spaced apertures in the rearward end of the base circuit card to engage inner surfaces of the jacket adjacent opposite side edges of the jacket of the card. An electrical connector is located between the support fingers and is adapted for mating connection with a corresponding electrical connector located at the rearward end of the base circuit card, when the extension module is connected to the base circuit card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1996
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Alan W. Ainsbury, Albert J. Kerklaan