Patents by Inventor Kelli A. Wise

Kelli A. Wise 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).

  • Circuit board and slot connector assembly
    Patent number: 6930889
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a substrate and electrical contacts to mate with a slot connector. The contacts include a first set of contacts that are associated with the communication of power and second set of contacts that are associated with the communication of signals and are not used to communicate power. Adjacent contacts of the first set have a first spacing, and adjacent contacts of the second set have a second spacing different from the first spacing. The circuit board has a retention profile to engage a retention mechanism of the slot connector. A housing of the slot connector may be made from a material that has a thermal conductivity of at least 0.27 W/m·K, and the slot connector housing may include fins that are formed on the slot connector to conduct heat away from circuitry of the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Joe A. Harrison, Edward R. Stanford, Daniel S. Kingsley, Kelli A. Wise
  • Circuit board and slot connector assembly
    Publication number: 20020131243
    Abstract: A circuit board includes a substrate and electrical contacts to mate with a slot connector. The contacts include a first set of contacts that are associated with the communication of power and second set of contacts that are associated with the communication of signals and are not used to communicate power. Adjacent contacts of the first set have a first spacing, and adjacent contacts of the second set have a second spacing different from the first spacing. The circuit board has a retention profile to engage a retention mechanism of the slot connector. A housing of the slot connector may be made from a material that has a thermal conductivity of at least0.27 W/m·K, and the slot connector housing may include fins that are formed on the slot connector to conduct heat away from circuitry of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2001
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Inventors: Joe A. Harrison, Edward R. Stanford, Daniel S. Kingsley, Kelli A. Wise