DONALD SANTOS
Broker in Rehoboth, MA

5429511, Jul 4, 1995

May 12, 1994

8/241510

Stephen D. DelPrete - Rehoboth MA
Donald Santos - Rehoboth MA
Kerry D. Arnold - Clarksville AR
Thomas D. Selgas - Garland TX
Sean Crowley - Plano TX

Augat Inc. - Mansfield MA
Cyrix Corporation - Richardson TX

H01R 1372

439 69

A component carrier and mating system is disclosed for aligning and mating closely spaced leads of integrated circuit (IC) packages, which protects the integrated circuit packages and permits easy installation. The system is particularly adapted for aligning and mating integrated circuits which have high pin counts. A carrier assembly aligns for mating and interconnecting at least two integrated circuit packages having a plurality of leads extending from the packages. A protective shroud covers the stacked packages to maintain the packages in electrical and mechanical engagement and to assure that no damage occurs to the integrated circuit packages. In one embodiment, a first package is installed on the carrier assembly and coupled with the protective shroud to form a pre-engagement assembly, the pre-engagement assembly is then engaged with a second package mounted on a printed circuit board. An extraction tool facilitates disengagement of the assembly from the second package mounted on the printed circuit board.

5318451, Jun 7, 1994

Jan 25, 1993

8/008208

Stephen D. DelPrete - Rehoboth MA
Donald Santos - Rehoboth MA
Kerry D. Arnold - Clarksville AR
Thomas D. Selgas - Garland TX
Sean Crowley - Plano TX

Augat Inc. - Mansfield MA
Cyrix Corporation - Richardson TX

H01R 2372

439 69

A component carrier and mating system is disclosed for aligning and mating closely spaced leads of integrated circuit (IC) packages, which protects the integrated circuit packages and permits easy installation. The system is particularly adapted for aligning and mating integrated circuits which have high pin counts. A carrier assembly aligns for mating and interconnecting at least two integrated circuit packages having a plurality of leads extending from the packages. A protective shroud covers the stacked packages to maintain the packages in electrical and mechanical engagement and to assure that no damage occurs to the integrated circuit packages. In one embodiment, a first package is installed on the carrier assembly and coupled with the protective shroud to form a pre-engagement assembly, the pre-engagement assembly is then engaged with a second package mounted on a printed circuit board. An extraction tool facilitates disengagement of the assembly from the second package mounted on the printed circuit board.

5350306, Sep 27, 1994

Dec 23, 1992

7/995972

Stephen D. DelPrete - Rehoboth MA
Donald Santos - Rehoboth MA

Augat Inc. - Mansfield MA

H01R 2372

439 69

A component carrier and mating system is disclosed for aligning and mating closely spaced leads of integrated circuit (IC) packages, which protects the integrated circuit packages and permits easy installation. The system is particularly adapted for aligning and mating integrated circuits which have high pin counts. A carrier assembly (100) aligns for mating and interconnecting at least two integrated circuit packages (102a, 102b) having a plurality of leads extending from the packages. A protective shroud (101) covers the stacked packages to maintain the packages in electrical and mechanical engagement and to assure that no damage occurs to the integrated circuit packages. In one embodiment, a first package is installed on the carrier assembly and coupled with the protective shroud to form a pre-engagement assembly, the pre-engagement assembly is then engaged with a second package mounted on a printed circuit board. Resilient latches (534) on the protective shroud deflect to engage bumpers (210) on the second package to maintain the assembly on the circuit board. An extraction tool facilitates disengagement of the assembly from the second package mounted on the printed circuit board.

8480323, Jul 9, 2013

Apr 30, 2010

12/771509

Rebecca Gregory - Wrentham MA, US
George Reekie - Bristol RI, US
Michael Roberts - Tiverton RI, US
Donald Santos - Rehoboth MA, US
Frank Torngren - Attleboro MA, US

A.T.X. International, Inc. - Lincoln RI

B43K 24/04, B43K 24/00

401117, 401116

An expandable writing instrument has a writing end body section and a rear body section mounted to the writing end body section for relative axial and non-rotational movement between an extended position with the rear body section spaced away from the writing end body section, and a retracted position with the rear body section closer to the writing end body section. A spring in the writing end body section biases the cartridge upwardly. A helix cylinder is mounted for rotation and axial movement in the rear body section with a peg of the rear body section sliding in a track of the helix cylinder. The track is a closed loop with left and right hand helixes so that axial movement of the rear body section causes rotation of the helix cylinder continuously in one rotational direction. A shuttle receives a cartridge body and is mounted for axial movement in the helix cylinder. A shuttle cam on the shuttle is mounted for axial non-rotational movement to the writing end body section.

5419712, May 30, 1995

Mar 10, 1994

8/209991

Michael J. Bellomo - Millis MA
Donald Santos - Rehoboth MA
Wayne Johnson - Dover MA

Augat Inc. - Mansfield MA

H01R 1362

439327

An edge card interconnection system provides enhanced electrical interconnection between a module and a circuit board. Electrical contact length is minimized and deflection of the contacts is controlled as the system is configured to eliminate the need for the contacts to absorb module thickness tolerances. A latching mechanism is easily manipulated and provides significant protection to modules being installed/extracted. A hold-down mechanism facilitates enhanced engagement of the connector with the printed circuit board. An insulative connector portion includes a back-up spring that pushes an inserted module against a set of contacts. Deflection of the contacts is controlled by a wall of the connector portion that prohibits the module from deflecting the contacts beyond a preset amount. The back-up spring absorbs any tolerance(s) in board thickness. A module latch and protection mechanism includes latch arms for engagement with a connector body, the latch arms have tabs disposed thereon upon which manual forces are exerted to release the latch arms from the associated connector body latch mating portion.

6146038, Nov 14, 2000

Apr 22, 1999

9/296730

Gregor Mittersinker - Warwick RI
Richard D'Amico - Granston RI
Mitchell Seamans - Cumberland RI
Donald Santos - Rehoboth MA
Ralph Graves - North Kingston RI

A.T.X. International, Inc. - Lincoln RI

A40B 502

401 6

A hand instrument with variable grip arrangement has an instrument body of the type to be held between the fingers of the hand for use, the body having an active end and an opposite end. A resilient material forms a grip around the body near the active end. Radial expansion beams are under the grip for bending radially outwardly for expanding the grip into an expanded ergonomic position and for resiliently returning to a straightened condition for contracting the grip into a contracted storage position. Cams or threads or other mechanisms engage the beams for moving them between the expanded and the contracted positions with rotation of a part of the instrument body.

5449297, Sep 12, 1995

May 12, 1994

8/241501

Michael J. Bellomo - Millis MA
Donald Santos - Rehoboth MA
Wayne Johnson - Dover MA

Augat Inc. - Mansfield MA

H01R 1362

439630

An edge card interconnection system provides enhanced electrical interconnection between a module and a circuit board. Electrical contact length is minimized and deflection of the contacts is controlled as the system is configured to eliminate the need for the contacts to absorb module thickness tolerances. A latching mechanism is easily manipulated and provides significant protection to modules being installed/extracted. A hold-down mechanism facilitates enhanced engagement of the connector with the printed circuit board. An insulative connector portion includes a back-up spring that pushes an inserted module against a set of contacts. Deflection of the contacts is controlled by a wall of the connector portion that prohibits the module from deflecting the contacts beyond a preset amount. The back-up spring absorbs any tolerance(s) in board thickness. A module latch and protection mechanism includes latch arms for engagement with a connector body, the latch arms have tabs disposed thereon upon which manual forces are exerted to release the latch arms from the associated connector body latch mating portion.