Christopher W Ogden

US Patent:

62952013, Sep 25, 2001

Filed:

Jun 5, 2000

Appl. No.:

9/587751

Inventors:

Christopher Ogden - Cary IL
Denis M. Lindsey - Carpentersville IL
Michael Stibgen - Woodstock IL

Assignee:

Stratos Lightwave, Inc. - Chicago IL

International Classification:

H05K 720

US Classification:

361704

Abstract:

A bus bar assembly having a high-speed switching device, a bus bar, and a heat sink. The switching device is integrated into a cavity on the top surface of the bus bar, and the heat sink is mechanically coupled to the bottom surface of the bus bar. The bus bar may include capacitors that are positioned upside down on the top surface of the bus bar to more effectively communicate heat from the capacitor to the bus bar and then the heat sink. The heat sink may be formed from a pair of parallel plates that oppose each another to form a cooling channel, wherein a coolant, such as gas or water, may be passed through. An interior surface of one of the plates may incorporate a cooling structure such as grooves or fins.

US Patent:

55413803, Jul 30, 1996

Filed:

Sep 16, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/307945

Inventors:

Christopher Ogden - Cary IL
John A. Sider - Palatine IL
Dennis Lindsay - Carpentersville IL
Son Nguyen - Rolling Meadows IL

Assignee:

Methode Electronics, Inc. - Chicago IL

International Classification:

B23K 1111
B23K 1116

US Classification:

219 56

Abstract:

A flexible current carrying cable is provided comprising a cable and an end portion of the cable being solidified wherein the end portion is compressed into a unitary member having reduced voids and enabling brazing of the end portion to a current carrying apparatus. A method of forming a current carrying cable comprises the steps of inserting an end of a cable into a spot welding machine, solidifying the end of the cable within the spot welding machine at 1100. degree. F. -2000. degree. F. at 10-100 psi. An alternative embodiment of the present invention includes an oxidation bump.