Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Ream

Thomas A. Ream 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).

  • Apparatus for interfacing with plasma type display panels
    Patent number: 4121135
    Abstract: In a plasma type display panel of the type having a plurality of parallel row and parallel column electrical conductors forming an array of matrix cross points for providing discrete discharge and light emitting sites upon selection and addressing one or more said sites by selection and addressing circuit means electrically connected to the panel conductors, an improved method and apparatus for providing all or part of the selection and addressing circuit means in one or more high density thick film circuit modules adapted to be detachably engaged with the panel and having conductors thereon in superposed relationship with the parallel panel conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 17, 1978
    Assignee: The Magnavox Company
    Inventors: Raymond L. Hunt, Ben H. Lin, Thomas A. Ream, Gene D. Robertson, John H. Young