Patents by Inventor Tero Kalevi Karkkainen

Tero Kalevi Karkkainen 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).

  • Electronic component assembly
    Patent number: 7479018
    Abstract: An electronic component assembly including an electrical connector and an electronic subassembly. The electrical connector has a housing with a receiving area, electrical contacts connected to the housing, and fusible elements. The electrical contacts include first electrical connection sections in the receiving area and second electrical connection sections proximate a first exterior side of the housing. The fusible elements are connected to the second electrical connection sections. The electronic subassembly includes a printed wiring assembly and electronic components connected to opposite sides of the printed wiring assembly. The printed wiring assembly includes a relatively rigid section with the electronic components connected thereto and a flex cable forming deflectable lateral side sections with contact areas contacting the first electrical connector sections of the electrical contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Tero Kalevi Karkkainen, Kalle Salokannel
  • Electronic component assembly
    Patent number: 7172454
    Abstract: An electronic component assembly including an electrical connector and an electronic subassembly. The electrical connector has a housing with a receiving area, electrical contacts connected to the housing, and fusible elements. The electrical contacts include first electrical connection sections in the receiving area and second electrical connection sections proximate a first exterior side of the housing. The fusible elements are connected to the second electrical connection sections. The electronic subassembly includes a printed wiring assembly and electronic components connected to opposite sides of the printed wiring assembly. The printed wiring assembly includes a relatively rigid section with the electronic components connected thereto and a flex cable forming deflectable lateral side sections with contact areas contacting the first electrical connector sections of the electrical contacts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Tero Kalevi Karkkainen, Kalle Salokannel