Patents by Inventor Gerhard E. Hoenig

Gerhard E. Hoenig 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).

  • Methods of solid-phase bonding mating members through an interposed pre-shaped compliant medium
    Patent number: 3939559
    Abstract: Methods of producing consistently uniform and high strength solid-phase (preferably thermocompression) bonds between two mating members and, in particular, between multiple micro-size lead-frame-fabricated electrical ribbon leads and thin film terminals formed on glass or ceramic circuit substrates, for example, through the utilization of at least one, but preferably two or more, interposed and specially contoured compliant contacts per lead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1976
    Assignees: Western Electric Company, Inc., Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard L. Fendley, Gerhard E. Hoenig, George Poehlmann, John M. Prendergast, Jr.