Patents by Inventor Theodore Paul Corbin

Theodore Paul Corbin 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).

  • Publication number: 20180310440
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a printed circuit board assembly including a printed circuit board, a first shielding structure located on a first surface of the printed circuit board and having a first extension element extending from the first shielding structure and through a first hole in the printed circuit board, a second shielding structure located on a second surface of the printed circuit board. According to at least one embodiment on the present disclosure, a first contacting element of the first extension element makes a mechanical and electrical contact between the first shielding structure and the second shielding structure in a contact region entirely located outside the first hole from which the first extension element is extending through.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Applicant: THOMSON Licensing
    Inventors: Mickey Jay HUNT, Randy Wayne CRAIG, Theodore Paul CORBIN, William John TESTIN, William Philip DERNIER
  • Publication number: 20170127580
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a vertical chassis wall having an aperture; a horizontal circuit board that extends toward the vertical chassis wall; an F-connector connected to the horizontal circuit board on a first side and extending out of the vertical chassis wall through the aperture; and an inner shield that shields a radiofrequency circuit components mounted on the first side of the circuit board. The inner shield includes tabs that extend partially into solder plated clearance holes in the horizontal circuit board and are reflow-soldered into the clearance holes. The tabs have distal ends that terminate between a plane of the first side and a plane of a second side of the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: William John TESTIN, Mickey Jay HUNT, William Hofmann BOSE, Theodore Paul CORBIN, Randy Wayne CRAIG
  • Patent number: 6490173
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for shielding electrical components mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) from electromagnetic and radio frequency interference by reducing the dissipation of heat away from solder joints. In an embodiment of the invention a radio frequency (RF) shield for a printed circuit board comprises a shield for RF shielding a portion of the PCB having electronic components mounted thereon. The shield has a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion has a reduced cross sectional area, for reducing heat conduction between the first and the second portion when the first portion of the shield is inserted into a first plurality of holes in the PCB, for soldering the first portion of the shield to a copper foil of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Thomson Licensing, S.A.
    Inventors: Russell Wayne Perkins, Mark Alan Yoder, Christopher Day States, Theodore Paul Corbin
  • Publication number: 20020075664
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for shielding electrical components mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) from electromagnetic and radio frequency interference by reducing the dissipation of heat away from solder joints. In an embodiment of the invention a radio frequency (RF) shield for a printed circuit board comprises a shield for RF shielding a portion of the PCB having electronic components mounted thereon. The shield has a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion has a reduced cross sectional area, for reducing heat conduction between the first and the second portion when the first portion of the shield is inserted into a first plurality of holes in the PCB, for soldering the first portion of the shield to a copper foil of the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Russell Wayne Perkins, Mark Alan Yoder, Christopher Day States, Theodore Paul Corbin