Patents by Inventor James A. Riddle

James A. Riddle 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).

  • Substrate lead strip mounting machine and method
    Patent number: 5333375
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for simultaneously mounting lead strip segments onto each side of a rectangular ceramic substrate. Four lead strip mounting assemblies are equally spaced 90 degrees apart around a central vertically oriented substrate support so that each assembly is perpendicular an edge of a substrate on the support. Lead strip feed assemblies located adjacent each mounting assemblies cuts lead strip segments and feeds the lead strip segments into the mounting assemblies. The four mounting assemblies simultaneously mount the lead strip segments on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1994
    Assignee: Die Tech, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard K. Dennis, Wade D. Myers, James A. Riddle