Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
197 words
A circuit board comprising an insulating planar base, a plurality of longitudinally and transversely spaced points on the surface of said base each defining a terminal point, a plurality of thin, elongated, preformed conductors, at least one of said conductors having an insulating coating extending along its length, means adhering said plurality of conductors to said surface of said base in a common plane and in fixed position relative to each other and to said terminal points, at least one of said plurality of conductors extending in said common plane along an inflected path between a pair of terminal points spaced longitudinally and transversely from each other, said adhering means adhering the inflected conductor to the surface of said base including means at the inflection of said conductor in said inflected path for adhering said inflected conductor at said inflection to said base, at least one of said conductors extending between a pair of terminal points crossing over a second conductor extending between a second pair of terminal points, said crossing conductor being insulated from each other where said conductors cross by the insulating coating extending along the length of at least one of said crossing conductors.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
197 words
A circuit board comprising an insulating planar base, a plurality of longitudinally and transversely spaced points on the surface of said base each defining a terminal point, a plurality of thin, elongated, preformed conductors, at least one of said conductors having an insulating coating extending along its length, means adhering said plurality of conductors to said surface of said base in a common plane and in fixed position relative to each other and to said terminal points, at least one of said plurality of conductors extending in said common plane along an inflected path between a pair of terminal points spaced longitudinally and transversely from each other, said adhering means adhering the inflected conductor to the surface of said base including means at the inflection of said conductor in said inflected path for adhering said inflected conductor at said inflection to said base, at least one of said conductors extending between a pair of terminal points crossing over a second conductor extending between a second pair of terminal points, said crossing conductor being insulated from each other where said conductors cross by the insulating coating extending along the length of at least one of said crossing conductors.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A circuit board as recited in claim 1 in which said conductor is a light transmitting optical fiber.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A circuit board as recited in claim 2 in which said insulating coating is a non-light transmitting coating.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
A circuit board as recited in claim 3 in which said adhering means is an adhesive coating on the surface of said base.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
A circuit board as recited in claim 4 in which said adhesive coating adhering said conductors to said base is a thermosetting coating.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
A circuit board as recited in claim 5 in which said conductors are at least partially embedded in said thermosetting coating.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
A circuit board as recited in claim 1 in which said conductor is an electrical transmitting wire.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A circuit board as recited in claim 7 in which said adhering means is an adhesive coating on the surface of said base.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
24 words
A circuit board as recited in claim 8 in which said adhesive coating adhering said conductors to said base is a thermosetting adhesive coating.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
A circuit board as recited in claim 9 in which said conductors are at least partially embedded in said thermosetting coating.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
23 words
A circuit board as recited in claim 10 in which at least some of said terminal points comprise holes extending into said base.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
23 words
A circuit board as recited in claim 11 in which the walls of said holes are coated with a conductive, electrolessly deposited metal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
55 words
A circuit board as recited in claim 12 in which at least one end of a preformed conductor terminates at the wall of one of said holes, said electrolessly deposited metal being coated on the walls of said hole and the end of said conductor to thereby bond said conductor end to said hole walls.