Patents by Inventor David E. McElroy

David E. McElroy 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: 3992761
    Abstract: A multi-layer capacitor includes a body of alternate layers of a dielectric and a conductor with each conductor layer being sandwiched between a pair of dielectric layers and with alternate ones of the conductor layers extending to opposite ends of the body. A nickel termination film is on each end of the body and contacts the conductor layers which extend to the respective end of the body and a solder film is on each termination layer. The capacitor bodies are terminated by mounting a plurality of the bodies on a support sheet and encapsulating the support sheet and capacitor bodies in a plastic block with the ends of the capacitor bodies being exposed at opposed surfaces of the block. The exposed ends of the capacitor bodes are simultaneously coated with the termination film and then the solder film, and the terminated capacitor bodies are removed from the block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1974
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1976
    Assignee: TRW Inc.
    Inventors: David E. McElroy, George D. Mackenzie