Patents by Inventor Joe D. Johnson

Joe D. Johnson 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: 5277612
    Abstract: This carrier for a plurality of transistors or other semiconductor devices comprises a unitized body of plastics material having inclined guide surfaces between adjacent guide walls of laterally spaced positioning blocks extending upwardly from a base of the carrier. These guide surfaces and walls guide the leads of the transistors into laterally spaced openings formed through the carrier base which align with openings in a printed circuit board after the carrier is attached to the board by snap-in fasteners. The transistors are seated and held in an upright and aligned position on the carrier by integral leaf-type springs which bias them against the front walls of the blocks for subsequent handling and wave soldering to the board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: Chrysler Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald O. Windham, Jr., Joseph T. Betterton, Joe D. Johnson