Patents by Inventor Geoffrey William Gates

Geoffrey William Gates 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: 6524115
    Abstract: A contact set and compressible interposer, methods for producing them and a compliant interconnect assembly for providing electrical connection of a first electronic device to a second electronic device. The compliant interconnect assembly comprises a contact set and a compressible interposer. The contact set includes an electrically insulating, flexible film with at least one conductive contact suspended therein to provide an electrically conductive path through the film. Formation of at least one de-coupling hole in the flexible film, close to a conductive contact, further contributes to independent movement of the conductive contact. A compressible interposer in the form of an electrically insulating elastomer matrix, surrounding electrically isolated conducting elastic columns, provides a localized conductive path through the thickness of the elastomer sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Geoffrey William Gates, Frank E. Bumb, Jr.