Patents by Inventor Patrick Joseph Prayne

Patrick Joseph Prayne 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 in a selective call radio with improved electromechanical interconnects
    Patent number: 6160713
    Abstract: A SCR (Selective Call Radio) (400) includes a circuit. The circuit in turn includes a component (102) having one or more bondable elements (104-108), and a substrate (110) coupled to the component (102). To substantially improve interconnect reliability, the substrate (110) includes a corresponding one or more bondable pads (108) for interconnecting with the one or more bondable elements (104-108) of the component (102), and one or more slotted openings (202) in the substrate (110) for relieving mechanical stress near one or more interconnects of the substrate (110) and the component (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Richard Floyd, Thomas A. Oberle, Patrick Joseph Prayne