Patents by Inventor Ford J. Brown

Ford J. Brown 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).

  • Apparatus for positioning articles in a treating medium to form layers of fusible metal thereon
    Patent number: 3995588
    Abstract: In fabricating sealed contacts, often their axially extending leads are solder coated to protect them from contamination and to enhance their solderability into circuits. An apparatus for solder coating the leads, which minimizes their bending, includes a conveying apparatus that moves the contacts through various stages of the solder coating apparatus to form layers of solder on the leads. These layers, which are carefully controlled, are no greater than a certain maximum thickness, and are thinner on the ends of the leads than on the side surfaces thereof.To coat the leads, the contacts are individually mounted in a plurality of holders, each of which is fixed to an individual bead of an endless bead chain of the conveying apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1976
    Assignee: Western Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Booz, Ford J. Brown, Richard J. Merwarth
  • Apparatus for conveying articles to form layers of fusible metal thereon
    Patent number: 3981392
    Abstract: In fabricating sealed contacts, often their axially extending leads are solder coated to protect them from contamination and to enhance their solderability into circuits. An apparatus for solder coating the leads, which minimizes their bending, includes a conveying apparatus that moves the contacts through various stages of the solder coating apparatus to form layers of solder on the leads. These layers, which are carefully controlled, are no greater than a certain maximum thickness, and are thinner on the ends of the leads than on the side surfaces thereof.To coat the leads, the contacts are individually mounted in a plurality of holders, each of which is fixed to an individual bead of an endless bead chain of the conveying apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1976
    Assignee: Western Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Booz, Ford J. Brown, Richard J. Merwarth