Patents by Inventor James Robert Bastow

James Robert Bastow 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).

  • Adaptive printed circuit board connector
    Patent number: 8472205
    Abstract: An adaptive printed circuit board (PCB) connector consists of an adapter. The adapter comprises a printed circuit board having connectors connectable to battery terminals of a battery terminal structure of a populated circuit board (POP) of a mobile device. The adapter can have an opening shaped or adapted to receive the battery terminal structure of the POP. Battery terminals can be spring loaded. Spring loaded battery terminals can provide connective stability between POP and adapter by pushing against edge inside of opening of the adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Robert Michael Philip Gondosch, James Robert Bastow
  • ADAPTIVE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20120171886
    Abstract: An adaptive printed circuit board (PCB) connector consists of an adapter. The adapter comprises a printed circuit board having connectors connectable to battery terminals of a battery terminal structure of a populated circuit board (POP) of a mobile device. The adapter can have an opening shaped or adapted to receive the battery terminal structure of the POP. Battery terminals can be spring loaded. Spring loaded battery terminals can provide connective stability between POP and adapter by pushing against edge inside of opening of the adapter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Applicant: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Robert Michael Philip Gondosch, James Robert Bastow