US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Feb. 10 for "Interposer electrical interconnect coupling methods, apparatuses, and systems" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,039, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Interposer electrical interconnect coupling methods, apparatuses, and systems" was invented by Dino Francesco Cuscuna (Reading, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and apparatuses for coupling a flexible circuit to a printed circuit board (PCB) with an interposer in an ultrasound probe are disclosed. A bolster plate configured to compress the PCB, interposer, and flexible circuit against a transducer mount is disclosed. A method of coupling a bolster plate to a transducer mount with fasteners is disclosed. Fasteners that do ...