Patents by Inventor Ram P. Goel

Ram P. Goel 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).

  • Electrical overstress protection apparatus and method
    Patent number: 5483407
    Abstract: An electrical overstress protection apparatus and method includes the provision of an overstress element (22) comprised of a lamination including a conducting ground path (26) and a dielectric sheet (30) engaging discrete signal paths (16) connected to contacts (44), the sheet (30) containing holes (32) or pores or thread or fiber interstices filled with an electrical overstress protection material (36) with the sheet thickness and hole area in conjunction with area of signal and ground paths and characteristics of the material adapted to provide breakdown and clamping voltages via a path to ground from signal contacts to ground to protect components from excessive voltage levels. Electrical connectors (40,40', 40") incorporate the apparatus in different embodiments of housing (42,42') and contact (44) configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 9, 1996
    Assignee: The Whitaker Corporation
    Inventors: Paul J. Anastasio, James M. English, John C. Farrar, Ram P. Goel, Bernard J. Janoss, Christopher J. Collins, Richard K. Childers, John H. Bunch