Patents by Inventor Dale L. Burgess

Dale L. Burgess 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).

  • Plastic leaded chip carrier connectors
    Patent number: 5030112
    Abstract: A plastic leaded chip carrier connector of a base having a plurality of apertures for receiving and orienting a plurality of wire pins therein, and a plurality of wire pins each of a predetermined configuration lockingly engaged within a corresponding aperture of the base for transmitting electrical information therethrough. The wire pins, which are of circular cross section are formed to have a generally U-shaped portion which permits the pins to be held in place in the electrical insulating body of the chip carrier in a snap-locking manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1991
    Assignee: Barnes Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald A. Smith, William H. Carter, Howard E. Dingfelder, Dale L. Burgess, Alan B. Gates
  • Apparatus for making plastic leaded chip carrier connectors
    Patent number: 4928378
    Abstract: A plastic leaded chip carrier connector of a base having a plurality of apertures for receiving and orienting a plurality of wire pins therein, and a plurality of wire pins each of a predetermined configuration lockingly engaged within a corresponding aperture of the base for transmitting electrical information therethrough. A method for making such connectors by aligning the base with a wire feed device, advancing one end of a wire from the wire feed device on one side of the base through an aperture in the base to the opposite side of the base, forming a predetermined configuration of the wire end, retracting the formed wire into the aperture to lockingly engage said formed wire end therein, cutting the wire to form a pin locked in the aperture, and repeating the previous steps to form a pin in each aperture of the base. Also, an apparatus for carrying out this method to manufacture the desired connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 29, 1990
    Assignee: Barnes Group Inc.
    Inventors: Donald A. Smith, William H. Carter, Howard E. Dingfelder, Dale L. Burgess, Alan B. Gates
  • Method for making plastic leaded chip carrier
    Patent number: 4879808
    Abstract: A plastic leaded chip carrier connector of a base having a plurality of apertures for receiving and orienting a plurality of wire pins therein, and a plurality of wire pins each of a predetermined configuration lockingly engaged within a corresponding aperture of the base for transmitting electrical information therethrough. A method for making such connectors by aligning the base with a wire feed device, advancing one end of a wire from the wire feed device on one side of the base through an aperture in the base to the opposite side of the base, forming a predetermined configuration of the wire end, retracting the formed wire into the aperture to lockingly engage said formed wire end therein, cutting the wire to form a pin locked in the aperture, and repeating the previous steps to form a pin in each aperture of the base. Also, an apparatus for carrying out this method to manufacture the desired connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1989
    Assignee: Barnes Group Inc.
    Inventors: Donald A. Smith, William H. Carter, Howard E. Dingfelder, Dale L. Burgess, Alan B. Gates