Patents by Inventor James B. Taylor, Jr.

James B. Taylor, Jr. 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).

  • Method of making an electronic calculator
    Patent number: 4141075
    Abstract: Electronic calculators are manufactured by affixing conductors on an insulated substrate, by attaching tape-mounted semiconductor logic and display devices to selected conductors and by interconnecting the conductors with a keyboard. By using the method disclosed, the number of holes provided in the insulated substrate can be reduced or the use of such holes eliminated. Various embodiments of methods of manufacturing calculators are disclosed, along with the structure of such calculators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 20, 1979
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: James B. Taylor, Jr., Galen F. Fritz
  • Method of making an electronic calculator
    Patent number: 4118858
    Abstract: Electronic calculators are manufactured by affixing conductors on an insulated substrate, by attaching a semiconductor logic and a tape-mounted display device to selected conductors and by interconnecting the conductors with a keyboard. The tape-mounted display device is provided with a plurality of leads carried by the tape different preselected distances from an axis of the display device. By using the method disclosed, the number of holes provided in the insulated substrate can be reduced or the use of such holes eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1978
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: James B. Taylor, Jr., Keith M. Cobb
  • Method of manufacturing an electronic calculator utilizing a flexible carrier
    Patent number: 4081898
    Abstract: Electronic calculators are manufactured by use of a flexible insulative carrier, the carrier being a tape-like-plastic substrate a single length of which is sufficient to manufacture a plurality of the electronic calculators, wherein conductor patterns are formed on the carrier, a keyboard is formed on the carrier using selected portions of the aforementioned conductors as keyboard switch contacts and semiconductor devices are interconnected with selected conductors formed on the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1978
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: James B. Taylor, Jr., Galen F. Fritz