Patents by Inventor Tom R. O'Connor

Tom R. O'Connor 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).

  • Low cost, hermetic pin grid array package
    Patent number: 4861944
    Abstract: A pin grid array package includes an electrically insulating, moisture impervious base having a plurality of bores therethrough, electrically conducting pins extending through the bores, metallic collars wedged between the pins and the bores adjacent the bottom side of the base, an electrically conducting trace formed of a silver-2 percent platinum alloy extending from each pin to the location for attachment of an electrical device, and a melted eutectic bond between the metal of the conducting path and the head of the pin at the top side of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: Cabot Electronics Ceramics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Jones, II, Tom R. O'Connor, Kenneth A. Trevellyan