Patents by Inventor Douglas Edward Riddle

Douglas Edward Riddle 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).

  • Solderless electrical connector
    Patent number: 5971773
    Abstract: An electrical connector has a flexible printed circuit for interconnecting a mother board and two daughter boards. The electrical connector includes a connector housing that is attached to the bottom of a heat frame that holds the two daughter boards. The connector is secured to the mother board. The flexible printed circuit is looped around a compression plate in the housing and attached to the heat frame and daughter boards at each end by compression assemblies that press gold dot contacts of the flexible printed circuit against the daughter boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: Packard Hughes Interconnect Company
    Inventor: Douglas Edward Riddle