Patents by Inventor Kathleen Hinge

Kathleen Hinge 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).

  • Publication number: 20070054512
    Abstract: LGA connectors are fabricated with buttons or spring contacts preformed to different heights to accommodate the initial topography of a typical module or PCB of a particular product type. This is accomplished during fabrication by measuring topographies of mating surfaces of a first electronic device and of a second electronic device; fabricating interposer contacts to form opposing non-planar sides having respective inverse topographies for contacting the mating surfaces; and sandwiching the interposer between the first and second electronic devices with the opposing sides in contact with respective mating serfaces. For those LGA types made by molding techniques such as the metal-in-polymer type (eg. Tyco Electronics MPI, or Shin Etsu RP) or the Metal-on-Elastomer type (IBM), using molds with the desired topography provides the desired LGA topography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gareth Hougham, Brian Beaman, John Corbin, Paul Coteus, Shawn Hall, Kathleen Hinge, Theron Lewis, Frank Libsch, Amanda Mikhail
  • Publication number: 20060255442
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods are provided for constructing balanced semiconductor chip package structures that minimize bowing, in-plane strain and/or other thermally induced mechanical strains that may arise during thermal cycling, to thus prevent structural damage to chip package structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Publication date: November 16, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Gaynes, Kathleen Hinge, John Knickerbocker
  • Publication number: 20060177568
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to semiconductor, integrated circuits, and particularly, but not by way of limitation, to centrifugal methods of filling high-aspect ratio vias and trenches with powders, pastes, suspensions of materials to act as any of a conducting, structural support, or protective member of an electronic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2005
    Publication date: August 10, 2006
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Gareth Hougham, Leena Buchwalter, Stephen Buchwalter, Jon Casey, Claudius Feger, Matteo Flotta, Jeffrey Gelorme, Kathleen Hinge, Anurag Jain, Sung Kang, John Knickerbocker