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US3197766A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Stacked circuit boards

Assignee: Control Data Corp
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Filing: 1962-03-08
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Granted: 1965-07-27
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Expires: 1982-03-08
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Edward S Stein
  • 👤 Arthur W Holt

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-06 16:00
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/14; H05K1/144; H03; H03M; H03M1/00; H05K7/00; H05K7/02; H05K7/06; H05K7/08; H03M1/06; H03M1/08; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/09; H05K2201/09209; H05K2201/095; H05K2201/09609; H05K2201/10; H05K2201/10227; H05K2201/10295; H05K2201/10303; H05K2201/10333

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 190 words
IN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF SIGNALS FROM A TOTAL ARRAY OF SOURCES WHEREIN SAID ARRAY INCLUDES A SIGNIFICANT SET OF SOURCES SMALLER THAN THE TOTAL ARRAY AND WHEREIN THE SIGNIFICANT SET CAN OCCUPY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF POSSIBLE POSITIONS IN THE ARRAY, A BASE, A PLURALITY OF PINS ATTACHED TO SAID BASE, THERE BEING ONE PIN FOR EACH SOURCE OF SAID TOTAL ARRAY, MEANS CONNECTING THE RESPECTIVE SOURCES OF SAID ARRAY TO THE RESPECTIVE PINS, A PLURALITY OF CITCUIT BOARD HAVING COMPONENTS THEREON, EACH CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING A SET OF APERTURES OF A SPACING TO RECEIVE SOME OF SAID PINS, THE CIRCUIT BOARD APERTURES BEING EQUAL IN NUMBER TO THE NUMBER OF SOURCES OF SAID SIGNIFICANT SET OF SOURCES WITHIN SAID TOTAL ARRAY SO THAT ONE BOARD CORRESPONDES TO A SAID SIGNIFICANT SET OF SOURCES, AT LEAST TWO OF SAID CIRCUIT BOARDS BEING POSITIONED ON SAID PLURALITY OF PINS AT DIFFERENT LATERAL POSITIONS WHICH CORRESPOND RESPECTIVELY TO TWO OF THE POSSIBLE POSITIONS WHICH SAID SIGNIFICANT SET OF SOURCES MAY ACCUPY IN SAID ARRAY, AND MEANS CONNECTING THE PINS IN CIRCUIT WITH THE COMPONENTS OF THE RESPECTIVE BOARDS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 190 words
IN ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT PROVIDING A PLURALITY OF SIGNALS FROM A TOTAL ARRAY OF SOURCES WHEREIN SAID ARRAY INCLUDES A SIGNIFICANT SET OF SOURCES SMALLER THAN THE TOTAL ARRAY AND WHEREIN THE SIGNIFICANT SET CAN OCCUPY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF POSSIBLE POSITIONS IN THE ARRAY, A BASE, A PLURALITY OF PINS ATTACHED TO SAID BASE, THERE BEING ONE PIN FOR EACH SOURCE OF SAID TOTAL ARRAY, MEANS CONNECTING THE RESPECTIVE SOURCES OF SAID ARRAY TO THE RESPECTIVE PINS, A PLURALITY OF CITCUIT BOARD HAVING COMPONENTS THEREON, EACH CIRCUIT BOARD HAVING A SET OF APERTURES OF A SPACING TO RECEIVE SOME OF SAID PINS, THE CIRCUIT BOARD APERTURES BEING EQUAL IN NUMBER TO THE NUMBER OF SOURCES OF SAID SIGNIFICANT SET OF SOURCES WITHIN SAID TOTAL ARRAY SO THAT ONE BOARD CORRESPONDES TO A SAID SIGNIFICANT SET OF SOURCES, AT LEAST TWO OF SAID CIRCUIT BOARDS BEING POSITIONED ON SAID PLURALITY OF PINS AT DIFFERENT LATERAL POSITIONS WHICH CORRESPOND RESPECTIVELY TO TWO OF THE POSSIBLE POSITIONS WHICH SAID SIGNIFICANT SET OF SOURCES MAY ACCUPY IN SAID ARRAY, AND MEANS CONNECTING THE PINS IN CIRCUIT WITH THE COMPONENTS OF THE RESPECTIVE BOARDS.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1968-07-26 1969-01-25 1969-07-27 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1972-07-26 1973-01-25 1973-07-27 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1976-07-26 1977-01-25 1977-07-27 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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