Patents by Inventor James H. Bostrom

James H. Bostrom 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).

  • Card cage shielding contactor
    Patent number: 5856632
    Abstract: A card cage shielding contactor for being interposed between a circuit card bracket and a computer chassis to enhance an electrical shielding connection between the circuit card bracket and the computer chassis when the card cage bracket is juxtaposed with the computer chassis, the card cage shielding contactor including a relatively thin, flexible sheet of electrically conductive material having a multiplicity of contactors in the form of resiliently deflectable fingers located along bands in the sheet and projecting from the bands to establish contact forces enhancing electrical shielding contact between the circuit card bracket and the computer chassis through the card cage shielding contactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1999
    Assignee: A K Stamping Co. Inc.
    Inventors: James H. Bostrom, Leonard G. Meier, Mark Andrews