Patents by Inventor John R. Fowler, Jr.

John R. Fowler, Jr. 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: 6209398
    Abstract: A fluid pressure transducer assembly (10) includes an exemplary silicon or ceramic capacitive transducer (22) having a relatively flexible diaphragm portion (22e) mounted on a ceramic substrate or circuit board (18) over a bore (18a) so that the diaphragm is exposed to fluid pressure from a port (12m) received through the bore. The circuit board is received in a plastic housing (12) laterally positioned by guides (12e, 12f) on three height control pins (12d) to vertically position the circuit board a defined, precise distance above a platform (12b) on which a bead of adhesive sealing material has previously been placed, the sealing material having a height greater than the distance between a plane in which the free end of the height control pins lie and a plane in which the top surface of the platform lies. As a result, the circuit board is sealed to the plastic housing through a bead having a uniform, precise height all around its circumference to isolate temperature expansion stresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: John R. Fowler, Jr., James L. Tomlinson, Gerald F. Davis