Patents by Inventor Christopher A. Brandon

Christopher A. Brandon 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: 7864544
    Abstract: A printed circuit board assembly includes a first printed circuit board having a plurality of electrical traces that is attached to a second printed circuit board having a plurality of electrical traces in a substantially perpendicular fashion. The first printed circuit board has a plurality of male terminal tabs that fit into a plurality of female terminal slots of the second printed circuit board to make a plurality of electrical connections between the electrical traces of the first printed circuit board and the electrical traces of the second printed circuit board. The assembly has at least two mechanical connections between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board comprising connector blades that are substantially perpendicular to the first printed circuit board and to the second printed circuit board. The connector blades may also make electrical connections between electrical traces of the first and second printed circuit boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark W. Smith, Christopher A. Brandon
  • Publication number: 20090034222
    Abstract: A printed circuit board assembly includes a first printed circuit board having a plurality of electrical traces that is attached to a second printed circuit board having a plurality of electrical traces in a substantially perpendicular fashion. The first printed circuit board has a plurality of male terminal tabs that fit into a plurality of female terminal slots of the second printed circuit board to make a plurality of electrical connections between the electrical traces of the first printed circuit board and the electrical traces of the second printed circuit board. The assembly has at least two mechanical connections between the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board comprising connector blades that are substantially perpendicular to the first printed circuit board and to the second printed circuit board. The connector blades may also make electrical connections between electrical traces of the first and second printed circuit boards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Mark W. Smith, Christopher A. Brandon
  • Patent number: 5038123
    Abstract: A flat electromagnetic relay comprises a lead frame having six stamped insert molded circuit leads, an armature frame pivotally supporting a balanced beam armature which carries two contact bars, a coil assembly and an electromagnetic frame having two diagonally arranged pole wings which are inside the armature frame adjacent opposite side ends of the armature. The armature is torsionally biased into a first operative position where the contact bar at one end shunts two circuit leads. When the coil is energized, the armature is pivoted to a second operative position where the contact bar at the other end shunts two other circuit leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher A. Brandon