Martin A Ross

US Patent:

20060238989, Oct 26, 2006

Filed:

Apr 25, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/113319

Inventors:

Kevin Manes - St. Charles MO, US
Gregory Wells - St. Charles MO, US
David Kuhn - St. Charles MO, US
Martin Ross - Wildwood MO, US

International Classification:

H05K 7/06

US Classification:

361760000, 361782000, 340572800

Abstract:

A method and apparatus for bonding an RFID strap to a substrate, one embodiment of the method comprising: applying a bonding tape with an adhesive on at least one side to an RFID strap so that the RFID strap is mechanically bonded to the bonding tape to result in a laminated bonding tape and RFID strap, wherein the strap includes an electrical chip and strap leads, and wherein the strap does not include an antenna; cutting the laminated bonding tape and RFID strap into a piece so that the bonding tape extends beyond opposite ends of the RFID strap for the piece; and mechanically bonding the bonding tape of the piece to the substrate in an orientation so that the RFID strap leads on the piece electrically couple to an antenna.

US Patent:

58161520, Oct 6, 1998

Filed:

Sep 2, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/922025

Inventors:

William James Nelgner - St. Charles MO
Joseph Randall Wiegner - Manchester MO
David Allen Langenberg - Union MO
Stephen George Palmer - Kirkwood MO
William Allen McCroskey - House Springs MO
Gary Wilson Teeter - St. Louis MO
Leonard Ronald Sanker - Foristell MO
Martin Alan Ross - Hazelwood MO
Steven Michael Dods - Bellville IL

Assignee:

Delaware Capital Formation, Inc. - Wilmington DE

International Classification:

B41F 506
B41F 516
B41F 1302

US Classification:

101181

Abstract:

A reconfigurable web processor, comprising: a first and a second base modules, each of the base modules including an external surface with at least one alignment structure disposed on the external surface; a plurality of pacing rolls, with a different one of the plurality of pacing rolls associated with each of the base modules to adjust the pace of a web moving within the associated base module; a plurality of transducers, with a different one of the plurality of transducers associated with a different one of the base modules and disposed to monitor a characteristic of the web at said associated base module and to generate a transducer signal in accordance therewith; a plurality of pacing servos, with a different one of the plurality of pacing servos associated with each different one of the pacing rolls, each of the pacing servos to adjust the pace of the web in accordance with a different pacing control signal for its associated the pacing roll; and a process head drive disposed to drive a drive roll in a portable process head that may be disposed on the respective external surface of the base modules in registry with the at least one alignment structure of the respective base modules.