Patents by Inventor Caroline Ann Kovac

Caroline Ann Kovac 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: 5786986
    Abstract: Structure for mounting electronic devices thereon. The structure is fabricated from a plurality of substrates each having a thermally and/or electrically conductive core surrounded by a dielectric material. The substrates can be adherently placed together with the electrically conductive cores providing ground and power planes or the substrates can be mounted together with connectors electrically interconnecting adjacent substrates and spacing the adjacent substrates apart providing a space through which a fluid can flow to extract heat generated by the electronic devices mounted thereon. The conductive cores provide both power and ground planes to the structure and a means for thermally dissipating the generated heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Fielding Bregman, Stephen Leslie Buchwalter, Karl Hermann, Caroline Ann Kovac, Paige Adams Poore, Alfred Viehbeck