Patents by Inventor Willi Recktenwald

Willi Recktenwald 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: 6812560
    Abstract: A press-fit integrated chip package is provided comprising a laminate base structure having plated through holes for introducing press-fit elements, and a laminate cover structure providing very fine conducting paths and having a top mounting plane for mounting chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Willi Recktenwald, Helmut Schettler
  • Patent number: 6811429
    Abstract: A cable connector assembly and method for making, wherein the assembly connects to a flat ribbon cable having a plurality of conductors and electrical insulation about the conductors. The cable connector assembly includes a plurality of electrical contacts, each including a terminal configured to connect to at least one of the conductors of the flat ribbon cable directly through the electrical insulation to form an electrical junction. Each contact is configured to electrically connect to an external member. The cable connector assembly has a housing for holding the contacts arranged in a first row and as second row where the contacts in the rows form a grid and are connected in an offset manner to minimize cross talk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2004
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Willi Recktenwald, Klaus Thumm
  • Publication number: 20040083605
    Abstract: A press-fit integrated chip package is provided comprising a laminate base structure having plated through holes for introducing press-fit elements, and a laminate cover structure providing very fine conducting paths and having a top mounting plane for mounting chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2003
    Publication date: May 6, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Willi Recktenwald, Helmut Schettler
  • Patent number: 6669488
    Abstract: An assembly for mounting elongated electrical contact elements to an integrated circuit package or printed circuit board. The assembly comprises a a base plate having a first surface and a multiplicity of recesses aligned with each other in the first surface. Each of the recesses is sized and configured to receive a respective one of the contact elements. The assembly also comprises first and second spaced apart supports extending from the base plate. The assembly also comprises first and second rods received by the first and second supports and supported parallel to each other. The first and second rods define an intervening slot aligned with the recesses. The assembly also comprises a multiplicity of the contact elements. One end of each of the contact elements is received in a respective one of the recesses. The contact elements are engaged by the first and second rods, whereby the contact elements are held in their respective recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dierk Kaller, Willi Recktenwald, Gerhard Ruehle
  • Patent number: 6644983
    Abstract: A contact assembly comprised of two parts bonded (e.g., welded) together, the first part including a male pin portion and the second part including a cylindrical jacket terminating in a flat end surface adapted for being electrically coupled (e.g., soldered) to a conductor (e.g., pad) on a substrate (e.g., PCB). Several contact assemblies may be positioned within a housing or substrate, to form a connector assembly which may then be positioned on and electrically coupled to a second substrate (e.g., a PCB), forming an electronic assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Willi Recktenwald, Gerhard Ruehle, Rene Frank Schrottenholzer
  • Publication number: 20030045162
    Abstract: Hence, according to the present invention a cable connector assembly for being connected to a flat ribbon cable including a plurality of conductors and electrical insulation about said conductors maintaining the latter electrically insulated from each other. The cable connector assembly comprises a plurality of electrical contacts, each including terminal means being configured to connect at least one of said conductors directly through said electrical insulation to form an electrical junction, and contacting means on each of said electrical contacts being configured to electrically connect each of said electrical contacts to an external member. It further comprises a housing for holding said contacting means arranged in a first row and a second row forming an orthogonal grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Willi Recktenwald, Klaus Thumm
  • Publication number: 20030015776
    Abstract: A press-fit integrated chip package is provided comprising a laminate base structure having plated through holes for introducing press-fit elements, and a laminate cover structure providing very fine conducting paths and having a top mounting plane for mounting chips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Willi Recktenwald, Helmut Schettler
  • Publication number: 20020111080
    Abstract: A contact assembly comprised of two parts bonded (e.g., welded) together, the first part including a male pin portion and the second part including a cylindrical jacket terminating in a flat end surface adapted for being electrically coupled (e.g., soldered) to a conductor (e.g., pad) on a substrate (e.g., PCB). Several contact assemblies may be positioned within a housing or substrate, to form a connector assembly which may then be positioned on and electrically coupled to a second substrate (e.g., a PCB), forming an electronic assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2002
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Willi Recktenwald, Gerhard Ruehle, Rene Frank Schrottenholzer
  • Publication number: 20020071257
    Abstract: An assembly for mounting elongated electrical contact elements to an integrated circuit package or printed circuit board. The assembly comprises a a base plate having a first surface and a multiplicity of recesses aligned with each other in the first surface. Each of the recesses is sized and configured to receive a respective one of the contact elements. The assembly also comprises first and second spaced apart supports extending from the base plate. The assembly also comprises first and second rods received by the first and second supports and supported parallel to each other. The first and second rods define an intervening slot aligned with the recesses. The assembly also comprises a multiplicity of the contact elements. One end of each of the contact elements is received in a respective one of the recesses. The contact elements are engaged by the first and second rods, whereby the contact elements are held in their respective recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Dierk Kaller, Willi Recktenwald, Gerhard Ruehle
  • Patent number: 5791917
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for establishing an electrical and/or optic connection of a first and a second component with a third component with connection means 14, 15 for electrical and/or optic connection of the first and second component with each other, whereby the connection means 14, 15 allow mechanical free-play between the first and second component, with a connection link 13, 16 each for the first and the second component for electrical and/or optic connection of the first and the second with a third component, and with an apparatus 31, 32, 33, 34 for limitation of the mechanical free-play between the first and the second component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 11, 1998
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Regina Eberhardt, Frank Notter, Willi Recktenwald, Andreas Renner