Patents by Inventor Stanley J. Wright

Stanley J. Wright 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).

  • Patent number: 4170326
    Abstract: A fixture is provided for holding a hybrid substrate having a plurality of components already soldered to conductive patterns and/or lands on the front side thereof and having fingers of a lead frame pressed over one edge thereof for dip soldering lead frame fingers to lands. The fixture comprises a flat plate having a plurality of titanium clips or hook elements extending below the bottom edge of the plate, assembled hybrid substrates being loaded into the fixture with the base of the lead frame resting on the hooks. Slots cut in the front of the plate define a rib that extends over the length of the plate near the bottom edge. The rib contacts the backside of a substrate to form an air gap that prevents flux and solder wicking up it. A hinged cover rests against components on a substrate to hold the latter in place. Only the hook ends of the titanium clips, the lead frame, and a portion of the substrate adjacent the one edge are dipped into molten solder to solder lead fingers to associated lands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1979
    Assignee: GTE Automatic Electric Laboratories Incorporated
    Inventor: Stanley J. Wright