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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David W Carroll, Northfield, MN (US);
Wendell L Carroll, Minneapolis, MN (US);
James L Carroll, Northfield, MN (US);
Assignee:
ViA, Inc., Northfield, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ; H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361752 ; 361736 ; 361749 ; 361789 ; 439 77 ; 439 91 ; 174254 ; 174268 ;
Abstract
A computing device unit includes an upper casing, at least one integrated chip module electrically mounted on an interior side of the upper casing, a lower casing selectively engageable with the upper casing, and a flexible circuity ribbon extending through the upper casing and the lower casing, and being electrically connected to the at least one chip module within the lower and upper casing. Related devices and methods provide similar advantages.