Package for DC-DC power converter or related circuitry

- VLT Corporation
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a package for a DC-DC power converter or related circuitry;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a side elevational view thereof, the opposite side being mirror image;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is an end elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is another end elevational view thereof, this end being opposite the end of FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 through 12 illustrate another embodiment, where the descriptions of FIGS. 7 through 12 correspond to the descriptions of FIGS. 1 through 6, respectively;

FIGS. 13 through 18 illustrate another embodiment, where the descriptions of FIGS. 13 through 18 correspond to the descriptions of FIGS. 1 through 6, respectively;

FIGS. 19 through 24 illustrate another embodiment, where the descriptions of FIGS. 19 through 24 correspond to the descriptions of FIGS. 1 through 6, respectively;

FIGS. 25 through 30 illustrate another embodiment, where the descriptions of FIGS. 25 through 30 correspond to the descriptions of FIGS. 1 through 6, respectively; and,

FIGS. 31 through 36 illustrate another embodiment, where the descriptions of FIGS. 31 through 36 correspond to the descriptions of FIGS. 1 through 6, respectively.

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Patent History
Patent number: D344928
Type: Grant
Filed: Jul 17, 1992
Date of Patent: Mar 8, 1994
Assignee: VLT Corporation (San Antonio, TX)
Inventors: Patrizio Vinciarelli (Boston, MA), Fred M. Finnemore (North Reading, MA)
Primary Examiner: Wallace R. Burke
Assistant Examiner: Joel Sincavage
Law Firm: Fish & Richardson
Application Number: 7/916,350
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