Patents by Inventor Jerome P. Gianotti

Jerome P. Gianotti 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: 4808112
    Abstract: A high density connector in which the conductive leads of at least two circuit boards, two flexible circuits, or one of each are interconnected directly without the use of a traditional molded connector with pins captured therein. This is accomplished by overlapping the two boards with the conductive paths on each to be interconnected facing each other. An anisotropic elastomeric polymer material is inserted between the boards and then the sandwich is clamped together compressing the polymer material to provide a low electrical resistance path therethrough to interconnect the conductive paths on the respective circuit boards. One disclosed embodiment utilizes backing plates above and below the sandwich with a plurality of screws passing through registration holes to align the conductive paths and to provide closure of the connector. The other disclosed embodiment is designed to interconnect two boards along substantially the full width of the boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 1986
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Tektronix, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian J. Wood, Peter M. Compton, Jerome P. Gianotti