Patents by Inventor Brian E. Swiggett

Brian E. Swiggett 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).

  • Wire scribed circuit boards and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 4859807
    Abstract: This invention relates to interconnection circuit boards and processes for making and modifying interconnection circuit boards wherein adhesive is applied to a wire used in scribing a conductor pattern. The adhesive is activated to a tacky state during the wire scribing operation which forms the conductor pattern, and can thereafter be cured to permanently bond the conductors to the board surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: Kollmorgen Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Brian E. Swiggett, Ronald Morino, Raymond J. Keogh, Jonathan C. Crowell, George Szenczy, Andrew J. Schoenberg, Marju L. Friedrich
  • Method for scribing conductors via laser
    Patent number: 4818322
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method of using laser energy for bonding and stripping conductors during the scribing operation. The method provides and directs discrete laser beam pulses of substantially the same energy content at a rate which continuously varies as the conductor feed rate continuously varies to provide a constant number of discrete pulses for each incremental length of conductor being scribed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: Kollmorgen Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Morino, Brian E. Swiggett, Raymond J. Keogh, Jonathan C. Crowell
  • Method of making wires scribed circuit boards
    Patent number: 4711026
    Abstract: This invention relates to interconnection circuit boards and processes for making and modifying interconnection circuit boards wherein adhesive is applied to a wire used in scribing a conductor pattern. The adhesive is activated to a tacky state during the wire scribing operation which forms the conductor pattern, and can thereafter be cured to permanently bond the conductors to the board surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Assignee: Kollmorgen Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Brian E. Swiggett, Ronald Morino, Raymond J. Keogh, Jonathan C. Crowell, George Czenczy, Andrew J. Schoenberg, Marju L. Friedrich
  • Apparatus for making scribed circuit boards and circuit board modifications
    Patent number: 4693778
    Abstract: This invention relates to an apparatus for making circuit boards in which insulated conductors are applied and bonded to a nonconductive surface to form a conductive path between contact points thereon in a predetermined precise pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1987
    Assignee: Kollmorgen Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Brian E. Swiggett, Ronald Morino, Raymond J. Keogh, Jonathan C. Crowell
  • Surgical stapler apparatus with flexible shaft
    Patent number: 4485817
    Abstract: A surgical stapler comprising a stapling section, an actuator section remote from the stapling section, and a longitudinally flexible shaft connecting the stapling and actuating assemblies is disclosed. The stapling section generates a force to staple tissue responsive to a much smaller force transmitted hydraulically from the actuator section via the flexible shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignee: United States Surgical Corporation
    Inventor: Brian E. Swiggett