Patents by Inventor Robert V. Hemann

Robert V. Hemann 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).

  • Implantable medical device including a surface-mount terminal array
    Patent number: 6963780
    Abstract: An implantable medical device comprises an enclosure, a first plurality of electrical contacts disposed within the enclosure, at least a first electrical component secured within the enclosure, a second plurality of electrical contacts on the first electrical component, and a terminal array for providing electrical coupling between the first and second plurality of electrical contacts. The terminal array comprises a housing having a plurality of apertures therethrough, the housing having a first side and a second opposite side. Each of a plurality of conductive terminals is positioned within one of the plurality of apertures and has a first contact region proximate the first side of the housing and a second contact region proximate the second side of the housing. The first contact region is electrically coupled to one of the first plurality of electrical contacts, and the second contact region is electrically coupled to one of the second plurality of contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Ruben, Andrew J. Ries, Juan G. Milla, Randy S. Roles, Terry W. Bruneau, Steve Craig Warren, David W. Parkin, John V. Anderson, II, John K. Day, Robert V. Hemann, Jr.
  • Implantable medical device including a surface-mount terminal array
    Publication number: 20030144707
    Abstract: An implantable medical device comprises an enclosure, a first plurality of electrical contacts disposed within the enclosure, at least a first electrical component secured within the enclosure, a second plurality of electrical contacts on the first electrical component, and a terminal array for providing electrical coupling between the first and second plurality of electrical contacts. The terminal array comprises a housing having a plurality of apertures therethrough, the housing having a first side and a second opposite side. Each of a plurality of conductive terminals is positioned within one of the plurality of apertures and has a first contact region proximate the first side of the housing and a second contact region proximate the second side of the housing. The first contact region is electrically coupled to one of the first plurality of electrical contacts, and the second contact region is electrically coupled to one of the second plurality of contacts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2002
    Publication date: July 31, 2003
    Inventors: David A. Ruben, Andrew J. Ries, Juan G. Milla, Randy S. Roles, Terry W. Bruneau, Steve Craig Warren, David W. Parkin, John V. Anderson, John K. Day, Robert V. Hemann