Patents by Inventor Joe A. Fulton

Joe A. Fulton 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: 5304460
    Abstract: A first conductor array (24, FIG. 5) of an electronic device (21) such as an integrated circuit is interconnected to a second conductor array (25) of a first substrate (22) by, first, using photolithographic masking and etching to make an array of substantially uniformly spaced apertures (15, FIG. 2) in a mask (11). The mask is located over a second substrate (12), and the apertures are used to form an array of substantially uniformly spaced metal particles (19). The metal particles are joined with insulative material (11) to form a layer of anisotropic conductive material (20), and the anisotropic conductive material layer is removed from the second substrate. The conductors (24) in the first conductor array of the electronic device are registered with conductors (25) of the second conductor array of the first substrate (22), and the layer of anisotropic conductive materials is compressed between the first and second conductor arrays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1994
    Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventors: Joe A. Fulton, Hung N. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 4960612
    Abstract: A compressible thermally conductive member comprises a polymer field with thermally conducting-magnetically aligned particles comprising a base portion and a multiplicity of protrusions extending from at least one surface of the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 2, 1990
    Assignee: AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventors: Mark S. Dentini, Joe A. Fulton, Sungho Jin, John J. Mottine, Jr., Lloyd Shepherd, Richard C. Sherwood
  • Patent number: 4838347
    Abstract: A compressible thermally conductive member comprises a polymer field with thermally conducting magnetically aligned particles comprising a base portion and a multiplicity of protrusions extending from at least one surface of the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Assignee: American Telephone and Telegraph Company AT&T Bell Laboratories
    Inventors: Mark S. Dentini, Joe A. Fulton, Sungho Jin, John J. Mottine, Jr., Lloyd Shepherd, Richard C. Sherwood