Patents by Inventor Vertis C. Webb

Vertis C. Webb 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 bonding connector terminals to circuit boards
    Patent number: 4693408
    Abstract: A connector (10) having two rows of opposed terminals (11, 12) joined by a pair of solder bars (13, 14) is mounted on a printed circuit board (16) with the terminals overlaying circuit board edge contact pads (15, 19) on opposite sides of the board. The assembled connector and circuit board is placed in a fixture whereafter pairs of comb devices are manipulated to position the comb tines between adjoining pairs of terminals. The fixture is conveyed at a fast rate in a first direction past a pair of heaters (34, 35) for preheating the two rows of terminals, the solder bars, and the circuit board pads. Next, the fixture is returned in a second opposite direction at a slow rate past the heaters to melt and thereby solder bond the comb held terminals to their corresponding board pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1987
    Assignee: American Telephone and Telegraph, Company AT&T Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Dines, Vertis C. Webb
  • Method and apparatus for bonding connector terminals to circuit boards
    Patent number: 4653682
    Abstract: A connector (10) having two rows of opposed terminals (11, 12) joined by a pair of solder bars (13, 14) is mounted on a printed circuit board (16) with the terminals overlaying circuit board edge contact pads (15, 19) on opposite sides of the board. The assembled connector and circuit board is placed in a fixture whereafter pairs of comb devices are manipulated to position the comb tines between adjoining pairs of terminals. The fixture is conveyed at a fast rate in a first direction past a pair of heaters (34, 35) for preheating the two rows of terminals, the solder bars, and the circuit board pads. Next, the fixture is returned in a second opposite direction at a slow rate past the heaters to melt and thereby solder bond the comb held terminals to their corresponding board pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1987
    Assignee: AT&T Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Dines, Vertis C. Webb
  • System for loading and dispensing articles from a magazine
    Patent number: 4512707
    Abstract: A non-jamming magazine 51 supports bar-like articles 10 in inclined positions so that the lowermost articles may be successively withdrawn and the remainder of the stack will drop without cocking an article between side rails 22 and 23 to jam and preclude further withdrawal of the articles. A parallelogram fixture 50 is used to receive a supply of articles 10 and upon flexing of the fixture, the articles are placed in inclined positions for loading into the magazine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 23, 1985
    Assignee: AT&T Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: David R. Dines, Vertis C. Webb