Ted Goodfellow

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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 Title Inventors Assignee Filed Granted Links
Patent 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 Cliff Moulton 1952


References

  1. TekTalk October/November, 1953
  2. TekTalk October 14, 1956