Patents by Inventor Richard E. Tuthill

Richard E. Tuthill 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).

  • System and method for effecting electrical interconnections using a flexible media with radially extending electrical conductors
    Patent number: 4380357
    Abstract: A flexible media having a plurality of electrical conductors extending radially outward from a central portion thereof with insulative material interposed between adjacent conductors. Radially inward portions of selected ones of the conductors are placed in contact with respective ones of a first set of electrical components disposed in a first predetermined pattern and radially outward portions of the selected conductors are placed in contact with respective ones of a second set of electrical components disposed in a second predetermined pattern, the second set of components being spaced farther apart than the first set of components. In one embodiment the media is comprised of a circular elastomer material having electrical conductors disposed at equal angular intervals over the circumference of the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1980
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1983
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Doyle R. Evans, Richard E. Tuthill