Patents by Inventor Herbert J. Fick

Herbert J. Fick 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: 4842911
    Abstract: Withdrawal and dissipation of heat from an electronic solid-state device by an associated heat-sink structure are promoted by a relatively thin broad-area dielectric interfacing composed of dual filled layers of compliant silicone rubber in sandwiching relation to a porous glass-cloth carrier, one of the layers being pre-vulcanized and the other being subsequently cured and bonded in place once the composite interfacing has been applied to heat-sink surfaces adapted for abutment with the device for the intended heat transfer. The soft rubber interfacing offers good dielectric and insulating and voltage-breakdown characteristics even when well loaded with thermally-conductive oxides, and intimate voidless surface contacts and high-quality thermal matching are fostered both along abutting compliant surfaces of the pre-cured portion of the interfacing and along fully bonded surfaces of the portion cured in situ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1989
    Assignee: The Bergquist Company
    Inventor: Herbert J. Fick
  • Patent number: 4810563
    Abstract: A thermally conductive laminate structure for use as a mounting base and/or chassis attachment member in combination with solid-state electronic devices, the laminate preferably comprising up to five layers including a pair of outer metallic layers disposed on opposite sides of center composite layers of electrically insulative layers separated by an interposed metallic layer. The center insulative layers are films of polyimide(amide) material, with the polyimide(amide) film being filled with a quantity of aluminum oxide, boron nitride, or other suitable particulate solid in an amount ranging from between about 30% and 100% by weight of polyimide(amide) solids. The outer layers are metallic, with the base member being a metallic pad of copper or aluminum, and with the opposed metallic layer being copper and arranged in a printed circuitry pattern or array.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignee: The Bergquist Company
    Inventors: David C. DeGree, Herbert J. Fick, Bruce H. Juenger
  • Patent number: 4685987
    Abstract: A relatively thin broad-area dielectric interfacing composed of dual filled layers of compliant silicone rubber in sandwiching relation to a porous glass-cloth carrier, one of the layers being pre-vulcanized and the other being subsequently cured and bonded in place once the composite interfacing has been applied to heat-sink surfaces adapted for abutment with the device for the intended heat transfer. The soft rubber interfacing offers good dielectric and insulating and voltage-breakdown characteristics even when well loaded with thermally-conductive oxides, and intimate voidless surface contacts and high-quality thermal matching are fostered both along abutting compliant surfaces of the pre-cured portion of the interfacing and along fully bonded surfaces of the portion cured in situ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1987
    Assignee: The Bergquist Company
    Inventor: Herbert J. Fick
  • Patent number: 4602678
    Abstract: A relatively thin broad-area dielectric interfacing composed of dual filled layers of compliant silicone rubber in sandwiching relation to a porous glass-cloth carrier, one of the layers being pre-vulcanized and the other being subsequently cured and bonded in place once the composite interfacing has been applied to heat-sink surfaces adapted for abutment with the device for the intended heat transfer. The soft rubber interfacing offers good dielectric and insulating and voltage-breakdown characteristics even when well loaded with thermally-conductive oxides, and intimate voidless surface contacts and high-quality thermal matching are fostered both along abutting compliant surfaces of the pre-cured portion of the interfacing and along fully bonded surfaces of the portion cured in situ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 29, 1986
    Assignee: The Bergquist Company
    Inventor: Herbert J. Fick
  • Patent number: 4574879
    Abstract: A thermally conductive electrically insulative laminate for use as chassis barriers in combination with solid-state electronic devices, the laminate comprising at least three layers and including a pair of outer layers disposed on opposite sides of a center layer. The center layer comprises a film of a polyimide (amide) filled with a quantity of either aluminum oxide or boron nitride particulate solids and included in an amount ranging from between about 10% to about 50% by volume. The outer layers consist essentially of silicone base rubber, and are preferably filled with a quantity of aluminum oxide or boron nitride particulate solids in an amount ranging from between about 25% and 50% by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1986
    Assignee: The Bergquist Company
    Inventors: David C. DeGree, Herbert J. Fick, Bruce H. Juenger
  • Patent number: 3940534
    Abstract: A mechanically sound electrically stable substrate for use in an electrical laminate wherein the substrate supports at least one electrically conductive metallic layer. The substrate portion comprises a woven glass cloth base pad which is interposed between a pair of outer substrate layers of a polyester mat. The polyester mat comprises a mat of spunbonded continuous filament polyester fibers, preferably polyethylene terephthalate fibers, calendered, with the fibers including a mixture of bulk fibers of relatively high melting point retained in place or bonded by a binder fiber of essentially the same polyester material but with a relatively lower melting point. In fabrication, the mat, along with the glass cloth, is saturated with a curable resin, for example a heat curable resin, preferably polybutadiene, which is cured in-situ.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1976
    Assignee: G. T. Schjeldahl Company
    Inventors: Herbert J. Fick, Edward J. Mahagnoul