Patents by Inventor William B. Scott, Jr.

William B. Scott, Jr. 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).

  • Film gate apparatus for a virtual contact color film scanner
    Patent number: 5267043
    Abstract: Film gate for a virtual contact scanner includes a base having a precision site adapted to receive a solid-state scanner assembly so as to position the sensor photosites at a precise spacing from the film image plane. A separate circuit board carrying control circuits for the scanner assembly is clamped over the scanner with contact terminals aligned with mating input/output terminals of the scanner assembly. Preferably the scanner terminals are aligned with open slots in the substrate and electrical contact is made between the scanner and circuit board terminals by means of compressible electrically conductive pads. Clamping force is concentrated over the region of electrical contact between the circuit board and scanner terminals to assure good electrical contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: November 30, 1993
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: Bruce E. Rottner, Alan R. Nugent, Deborah M. Dawson, William B. Scott, Jr.
  • Method of making LED array printhead with tab bonded wiring
    Patent number: 4899174
    Abstract: An LED array module for use in an LED array printhead is fabricated on a frame of tape-automated bonding (TAB) tape that provides all of the wiring for connecting the chips together, for connecting the module to one or more external circuit boards and for testing the module; thereby protecting the delicate components and allowing the module to be completely tested prior to excising it from the TAB frame and mounting it to the printhead support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1990
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David A. Newman, William R. Laubengayer, William B. Scott, Jr.
  • Light emitting diode printhead
    Patent number: 4896168
    Abstract: An LED array printhead comprises an elongate support bar of generally rectangular cross section with a row of LED array chips mounted end-to-end along one of the narrow elongate edge faces of the bar. The bar is sandwiched between heat sink members confronting its wide faces. The heat sink members dissipate heat from the bar and also support circuit board means electrically connected to the LED chips.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1990
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David A. Newman, William B. Scott, Jr., Thomas E. Przybylowicz, Bryan A. Beaman, Wesley H. Bacon
  • Led array printhead with tab bonded wiring
    Patent number: 4851862
    Abstract: An LED array module for use in an LED array printhead is fabricated on a frame of tape-automated bonding (TAB) tape that provides all of the wiring for connecting the chips together, for connecting the module to one or more external circuit boards and for testing the module; thereby protecting the delicate components and allowing the module to be completely tested prior to excising it from the TAB frame and mounting it to the printhead support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1989
    Assignee: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventors: David A. Newman, William R. Laubengayer, William B. Scott, Jr.