Inventor · Stewartville, MN, US

Thomas D. Kidd

16Patents
7h-index
26Co-inventors
66Inventor score

Filing activity: Feb 15, 1994 → Jun 1, 2016

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US5446960A Alignment apparatus and method for placing modules on a circuit board Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 31 Expired
US5873512A Application of low temperature metallurgical paste to form a bond structure to attach an electronic component to a carrier Electricity 24 Expired
US5513073A Optical device heat spreader and thermal isolation apparatus Physics 20 Expired
US6024580A High performance pad on pad connector for flex circuit packaging Electricity 17 Expired
US5806753A Application of low temperature metallurgical paste to form a bond structure to attach an electronic component to a carrier Electricity 15 Expired
US7086869B1 Flexible cable interconnect with integrated EMC shielding Electricity 13 Expired
US6224395A Flex cables with increased three-dimensional conformity and design flexibility Electricity 9 Expired
US7977582B2 Flexible multilayer printed circuit assembly with reduced EMI emissions Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 4 Active
US9421946B2 Wiper control mechanism Electricity 3 Active
US9265155B2 Flexible rework device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 1 Active
US9554474B2 Debug probing device and technique for use with flexible rework device Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8106300B2 Split flex cable Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US8251749B2 Implementing impedance gradient connector for board-to-board applications Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US10479322B2 Wiper control mechanism Electricity 0 Active
US9032617B2 Method for manufacturing split flex cable Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 0 Active
US10150449B2 Wiper control mechanism Electricity 0 Active

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.