Patents by Inventor Daniel T. Tong

Daniel T. Tong 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).

  • Innovative cable termination scheme
    Patent number: 8292655
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention use a small piece of flex or rigid PCB as the cable plug. The wires of the cable are soldered onto the pads on the PCB with the pads so arranged that all the ground pads are tied together without needing a separate grounding bar. The signal and GND pads are so aligned such that minimum strip length is required for soldering and the symmetry of the differential signals is maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Yun Ling, Daniel T. Tong
  • INNOVATIVE CABLE TERMINATION SCHEME
    Publication number: 20120252266
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention use a small piece of flex or rigid PCB as the cable plug. The wires of the cable are soldered onto the pads on the PCB with the pads so arranged that all the ground pads are tied together without needing a separate grounding bar. The signal and GND pads are so aligned such that minimum strip length is required for soldering and the symmetry of the differential signals is maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Yun Ling, Daniel T. Tong
  • Low cost high speed board-to-board coaxial connector design with co-planar waveguide for PCB launch
    Patent number: 6700464
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a direct board-to-board coaxial connection fabricated from metal parts that have been stamped and formed is disclosed. The connection allows direct board-to-board coaxial connections with a low cost and ease of manufacturing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Yun Ling, Thomas G. Ruttan, Daniel T. Tong
  • Low cost high speed board-to-board coaxial connector design with co-planar waveguide for PCB launch
    Publication number: 20030155989
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a direct board-to-board coaxial connection fabricated from metal parts that have been stamped and formed is disclosed. The connection allows direct board-to-board coaxial connections with a low cost and ease of manufacturing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Publication date: August 21, 2003
    Inventors: Yun Ling, Thomas G. Ruttan, Daniel T. Tong
  • Novel lever design that combines module insertion, retention, ejection functions for add-in cards
    Publication number: 20030137811
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for reducing the user force needed to insert cards into card-edge connectors are displayed. The apparatus includes a card-edge connector having a slot therein to receive a card A first contact surface is included in the end of a card. A lever is movably coupled with the connector. A lever may include an engaging member and a second contact surface to join with the first contact surface to depress the card into the slot when the lever is moved from a first open position to a second service position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Publication date: July 24, 2003
    Inventors: Yun Ling, Daniel T. Tong