Patents by Inventor Ernest R. Ritter, deceased

Ernest R. Ritter, deceased 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: 4802859
    Abstract: An electrical connecting device for use with a multiple layered circuit-containing device wherein at least two layers of the multiple layered circuit-containing device each contain a circuit including a plurality of circuit contacts to be electrically connected by the electrical connecting device. The electrical connecting device includes an upper longitudinal peripheral surface joined to a lower longitudinal peripheral surface by an intermediate longitudinal surface to form an elongated member which has a Z-shaped configuration in cross section and is formed from a plurality of Z-shaped connectors shaped from each other in a predetermined amount to effect a moire pattern when superimposed relative to the circuit contacts of at least one of the layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1989
    Assignee: GTE Products Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Gouldy, William C. Knoll, Ernest R. Ritter, deceased, Thomas M. Lynch, Ronald E. Steffey, Donald R. White, Robert E. Brown