Patents by Inventor Jean C. Vallet

Jean C. Vallet 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: 4959900
    Abstract: For flat mounting of electronic microcomponents, such as chip carriers, on a printed circuit support, the electrical contacts of the microcomponent are connected to pads on the printed circuit, microcomponents having solderable contacts on a lower face thereof, comprising electrically connecting said solderable contacts of the microcomponent to respective pads on the printed circuit through sections of flexible wires having a sufficient degree of curvature for mechanically uncoupling said microcomponents from said printed circuit support and mechanically connecting the microcomponent to the support through a spacer having planar dimensions lower than planar dimensions of a base of said microcomponent for providing access to said contacts for connecting said sections thereto. An intermediate product includes the chip carrier and a grid conencted to the lower face thereof, including connecting sections and an edge strip connecting the external ends of all sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1990
    Assignee: MATRA
    Inventors: Jacques de Givry, Jean C. Vallet, Jean P. Lalfer