Patents by Inventor Edward MacPherson

Edward MacPherson 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).

  • Electrical interconnect device utilizing contact caps
    Patent number: 7549870
    Abstract: An electrical interconnect device includes a substrate having opposite outer surfaces and an array of conductive elastomeric columns held by the substrate. Each of the columns have opposite ends that extend beyond respective ones of the outer surfaces of the substrate. Conductive contact caps are disposed over the opposite ends of each said column. An electrical path is defined from one of the contact caps, through the conductive elastomeric column, to another of the contact caps. Optionally, the contact caps may be sized and shaped substantially similarly as the ends of the elastomeric columns. The contact caps may be adhered to the ends of the columns, or alternatively, the contact caps may be adhered to the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery W. Mason, Wayne Stewart Alden, III, Chuan Yue, Shiraz Sameja, Peter Wapenski, Vishwa N. Shukla, Edward MacPherson, Robert D. Hilty, George Chou
  • Electrical interconnect device utilizing contact caps
    Publication number: 20080160794
    Abstract: An electrical interconnect device includes a substrate having opposite outer surfaces and an array of conductive elastomeric columns held by the substrate. Each of the columns have opposite ends that extend beyond respective ones of the outer surfaces of the substrate. Conductive contact caps are disposed over the opposite ends of each said column. An electrical path is defined from one of the contact caps, through the conductive elastomeric column, to another of the contact caps. Optionally, the contact caps may be sized and shaped substantially similarly as the ends of the elastomeric columns. The contact caps may be adhered to the ends of the columns, or alternatively, the contact caps may be adhered to the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Inventors: Jeffery W. Mason, Wayne Stewart Alden, Chuan Yue, Shiraz Sameja, Peter Wapenski, Vishwa N. Shukla, Edward MacPherson, Robert D. Hilty, George Chou