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}}, a musician with ceramics as a hobby, suggested making a [[Ceramic Strips|ceramic strip with silvered notches]] to act as insulator and support for the components.
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Goodfellow joined Tek in August 1950.  He had studied for four years with Dr. H.L.West of Stoke-on-Trent, England, a retired ceramics engineer.
He later spent five years making pottery and stoneware, as well as designing and building porcelain firing kilns for sale <ref>TekTalk October/November, 1953 (https://7vmc31.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/CeramicsDeptPeople_TekTalk_OctNov1953.jpg)</ref>.
Tek ceramic strips were produced in electric kilns designed by Ted and built in-house<ref>TekTalk October 14, 1956 (https://7vmc31.p3cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/CeramicsProcess_TekTalk_10141956.jpg)</ref>.
Ted was also a ham radio operator (W7YEP).


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Latest revision as of 00:13, 28 April 2023

Ted Goodfellow

Marion Ted Goodfellow (? – ?) , a musician with ceramics as a hobby, suggested making ceramic strips with silvered notches to act as insulator and support for the components.

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Goodfellow joined Tek in August 1950. He had studied for four years with Dr. H.L.West of Stoke-on-Trent, England, a retired ceramics engineer. He later spent five years making pottery and stoneware, as well as designing and building porcelain firing kilns for sale [1].

Tek ceramic strips were produced in electric kilns designed by Ted and built in-house[2].

Ted was also a ham radio operator (W7YEP).

Patents by Ted Goodfellow

Page Office Number Title Inventors Company Filing date Grant date
Patent US 2836807A US 2836807A Ceramic terminal mount Ted Goodfellow Robert J Davis Tektronix Inc 1953-04-20 1958-05-27

Products by Ted Goodfellow

Manufacturer Model Description Designers Introduced
Tektronix 315 "Portable" tube scope Frank Hood Dick Ropiequet John Kobbe Ted Goodfellow Jim Morrow 1952

Components by Ted Goodfellow

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