Patents by Inventor John Goudie

John Goudie 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).

  • Printed circuit with resilient contacts providing a ground path for common-mode filtration capacitors
    Patent number: 6016089
    Abstract: A printed circuit device comprising a printed circuit board carrying capacitors connected in use as common mode filters, a casing component supporting the printed circuit board and electrically grounded in use, and, a plurality of electrically conductive resilient contact elements resiliently engaging said casing component so as to make electrical connection thereto, each of said contact elements being physically secured to the printed circuit board and providing a ground path for a respective common mode filtration capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Assignee: Lucas Industries
    Inventor: Stephen John Goudie
  • Display frames
    Patent number: 4471548
    Abstract: A collapsible, portable display frame may be erected so that it has either a planar or non-planar face surface. Snap fasteners associated with pivot bodies on the face surface cooperate with stabilizing strips or graphics. Graphics may be easily hung in sheets which cover an entire column of structural units of the display frame, and magnetic strips hold the sheets in alignment along their edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1984
    Assignee: John Goudie Associates, Inc.
    Inventor: John Goudie