Patents by Inventor Terry Richard Fleegle

Terry Richard Fleegle 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).

  • Method for accurately aligning and attaching an electrical part to a surface mount circuit
    Patent number: 6131277
    Abstract: An electrical circuit includes a substrate having at least two alignment pads on the substrate that are accurately aligned with a first set of electrical interconnect pads, and also includes a corresponding number of alignment posts that are cylindrical and have flat bases that are geometrically similar to and smaller than a corresponding shape of each of the at least two alignment pads by a predetermined solder fillet radius. Each of the at least two alignment posts is reflow soldered to one of the at least two alignment pads. An electrical part can be accurately aligned to the substrate using the alignment posts, during attachment of the electrical part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Motorola
    Inventors: Jonathan Cadenhead, Terry Richard Fleegle, Michael Carlos Menard
  • Means for accurately aligning and attaching an electrical part to a surface mount circuit
    Patent number: 6045368
    Abstract: An electrical circuit includes a substrate having at least two alignment pads on the substrate that are accurately aligned with a first set of electrical interconnect pads, and also includes a corresponding number of alignment posts that are cylindrical and have flat bases that are geometrically similar to and smaller than a corresponding shape of each of the at least two alignment pads by a predetermined solder fillet radius. Each of the at least two alignment posts is reflow soldered to one of the at least two alignment pads. An electrical part can be accurately aligned to the substrate using the alignment posts, during attachment of the electrical part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Inventors: Jonathan Cadenhead, Terry Richard Fleegle, Michael Carlos Menard