Patents by Inventor James W. Cassarly

James W. Cassarly 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: 4433886
    Abstract: A connector mounting for an integrated circuit chip package having pad-type terminal contacts around its periphery, has a flat synthetic resin housing provided with a recess in its top side for receiving the chip package with its terminal contacts facing downwardly for electrical contact with laterally extending flexible spring contact arm portions of respective contact members mounted in the housing. An electrically conductive metal clamp or cover member is hingedly mounted on the housing to engage and press the chip package downwardly in the housing recess into contact member-engaging position therein. The contact members have rigid contact pin portions firmly anchored in the housing bottom and projecting perpendicularly downward therefrom in row alignment around the housing for plugging into a printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1984
    Assignee: Elco Corporation
    Inventors: James W. Cassarly, Robert W. Rollings, Frank C. Youngfleish