CHARLES CONRAD BYER, II
Pilots at Hamilton Ave, Palo Alto, CA

2007011, May 24, 2007

Oct 31, 2006

11/590117

Charles Byer - Palo Alto CA, US
Michael Wilmer - Portola Valley CA, US

H04L 12/50, H04Q 11/00

370360000

An integrated, modular equipment system including a communication component configured to allow voice and data communication, a navigation component configured to provide location and directional information, a central processor in communication with the communication component and the navigation component, the central processor comprising software for providing information about a user's surroundings, and a power source operatively connected to the central processor. The central processor, communication component, navigation component, and power source of the system are integrated into a stock of a weapon.

5505625, Apr 9, 1996

May 17, 1994

8/243877

Charles Byer - Palo Alto CA
Gary Yasumura - Santa Clara CA
Mike Perry - Woodside CA
Russell Larsen - San Jose CA

Beta Phase, Inc. - Menlo Park CA

H01R 909

439 62

A connector assembly for electrically interconnecting first and second printed circuit board like members having electrical contacts thereon includes an elongated biasing member for being mounted on the first printed circuit board like member and flexible circuitry mounted on the biasing member. The biasing member possesses arm portions which are spaced apart to define therebetween a longitudinal opening for receiving a second printed circuit board like member. The flexible circuitry mounted on the biasing member includes a plurality of generally parallel-spaced electrical conductors for being electrically connected with the electrical contacts on the first printed circuit board like member when the biasing member is mounted on the first printed circuit board like member. The electrical conductors on the flexible circuitry each terminate at a contact pad and the flexible circuitry is positioned on the biasing member so that the contact pads are positioned on opposite sides of the longitudinal opening to effect an electrical connection with the electrical contacts on the second printed circuit board like member when the second printed circuit board like member is received within the longitudinal opening. An elastomer sheet is positioned between the contact pads of the flexible circuitry and the arm portions of the biasing member for allowing individual contact pads to move relative to other contact pads so as to compensate for height variations of the various electrical conductors on the second printed circuit board like member and thickness variations in the second printed circuit board like member.

8120926, Feb 21, 2012

Nov 20, 2008

12/275051

Timothy A. Lemke - Dillsburg PA, US
Charles C. Byer - Palo Alto CA, US

Z-Plane, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

H05K 1/14

361788

A backplane has through holes for conductors to project through the backplane in arrays corresponding to respective circuit boards arranged along the front side of the backplane. The through holes include ground holes for receiving ground conductors in connection with a ground plane, and signal holes for receiving signal conductors free of connections with the ground plane. In accordance with a principal feature, the backplane is free of circuitry configured to interconnect signal conductors in the signal holes. This avoids problems associated with circuit density within the structure of a backplane. In accordance with another principal feature, each signal hole is wide enough to provide clearance for a respective signal conductor to extend fully through the signal hole free of contact with the backplane. The clearance contains air that serves as a dielectric to increase the impedance between adjacent signal holes, and thereby to reduce crosstalk and other problems associated with close proximity between signal holes. Additional through holes provide additional impedance at locations between adjacent conductor through holes.

2013003, Feb 7, 2013

Jul 30, 2012

13/561522

Timothy A. Lemke - Dillsburg PA, US
Charles C. Byer - Palo Alto CA, US

H01R 13/648

439108

An apparatus includes a backplane having a ground plane. Conductor through holes extend through the backplane in rows and columns for conductors to project through the backplane in orthogonal arrays. Each row and column of the conductor through holes includes ground holes, each of which is sized to receive only a single ground conductor, with the single ground conductor in connection with the ground plane. Each row and column of the conductor through holes also includes signal holes, each of which is sized to receive only a single signal conductor, with the single signal conductor free of a connection with the ground plane. The backplane further has a plurality of nonconductor through holes at locations between and offset from the rows and columns of conductor through holes, with each of the plurality of nonconductor through holes having plating electrically connected to the ground plane.