Patents by Inventor Thor F. Olson

Thor F. Olson 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: 4503611
    Abstract: A circuit assembly and method of making the same involves locating a flat flexible circuit member with an electrically conducting region defined thereon between a pair of opposed, relatively rigid wafers with a pin conductor inserted through the member and the wafers. Each wafer includes an aperture extending through the wafer, the aperture of one wafer aligned with the aperture of the other wafer and arranged to abut with the conducting region at the point of desired termination. The pin conductor is forced into and is retained within each aperture in each wafer, piercing the conducting region on the flat flexible circuit member in the process and making electrical contact with the conducting region. A portion of the pin conductor extends outwardly of one of the wafers for electrical connection to a female connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 12, 1985
    Assignee: Molex Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen A. Sampson, Thor F. Olson