US5153050A
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Component of printed circuit boards
Assignee: Gould Electronics Inc
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Filing: 1991-08-27
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Granted: 1992-10-06
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Expires: 2011-08-27
Abstract
Abstract A component for use in manufacturing articles such as printed circuit boards comprising a laminate of a sheet of copper foil and a sheet of aluminum or the like. A band of flexible adhesive joins the sheets around their borders and creates a protected central zone at the interface of the sheets. Islands of adhesive are located inwardly of the edges of the sheets through which tooling pin holes may be formed to facilitate handling of the foil.
Inventors
- 👤 James A. Johnston
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 07:48
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B37/00; B32B37/14; B32B37/26; H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/02; H05K3/022; H05K3/025; H05K3/46; H05K3/4611; B32B2429/00; B32B2457/00; B32B2457/08; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/03; H05K2201/0332; H05K2201/0335; H05K2201/0355; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/01; H05K2203/0147; H05K2203/0152; H05K2203/05; H05K2203/0502; H05K2203/0522; H05K2203/06; H05K2203/068; H05K2203/07; H05K2203/0756; H05K2203/0769; H05K2203/0779; H05K2203/0786; H05K2203/15; H05K2203/1536; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/901; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49124; Y10T29/49126; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/14; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24777; Y10T428/24793; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24826; Y10T428/24917; Y10T428/31; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31678; Y10T428/31681
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
A component for use in manufacturing articles such as printed circuit boards comprising: a laminate constructed of a sheet of copper foil which, in a finished printed circuit board, constitutes a functional element and a sheet of aluminum which constitutes a discardable element; one surface of each of the copper sheet and the aluminum sheet being essentially uncontaminated and engageable with each other at an interface, a band of flexible adhesive joining the uncontaminated surfaces of the sheets together at their borders and defining a substantially uncontaminated central zone inwardly of the edges of the sheets and unjoined at the interface.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
101 words
A component for use in manufacturing articles such as printed circuit boards comprising: a laminate constructed of a sheet of copper foil which, in a finished printed circuit board, constitutes a functional element and a sheet of aluminum which constitutes a discardable element; one surface of each of the copper sheet and the aluminum sheet being essentially uncontaminated and engageable with each other at an interface, a band of flexible adhesive joining the uncontaminated surfaces of the sheets together at their borders and defining a substantially uncontaminated central zone inwardly of the edges of the sheets and unjoined at the interface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
114 words
A component for use in manufacturing articles such as printed circuit boards comprising: a laminate constructed of two sheets of copper foil which, in a finished printed circuit board, constitute functional elements and a sheet of aluminum which constitutes a discardable element; one surface of each of the copper sheets and both surfaces of the aluminum sheet being essentially uncontaminated and engageable with each other at interfaces, a band of flexible adhesive joining each of the uncontaminated surfaces of the copper sheets to opposite uncontaminated surfaces of the aluminum sheet at their borders and defining two substantially uncontaminated central zones inwardly of the edges of the sheets on opposite sides of the aluminum sheet.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
114 words
A component for use in manufacturing articles such as printed circuit boards comprising: a laminate constructed of two sheets of copper foil which, in a finished printed circuit board, constitute functional elements and a sheet of aluminum which constitutes a discardable element; one surface of each of the copper sheets and both surfaces of the aluminum sheet being essentially uncontaminated and engageable with each other at interfaces, a band of flexible adhesive joining each of the uncontaminated surfaces of the copper sheets to opposite uncontaminated surfaces of the aluminum sheet at their borders and defining two substantially uncontaminated central zones inwardly of the edges of the sheets on opposite sides of the aluminum sheet.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
95 words
A component for use in manufacturing articles such as printed circuit boards comprising: a laminate constructed of a sheet of copper foil which, in a finished printed circuit board, constitutes a functional element and a sheet of aluminum which constitutes a discardable element; one surface of each of the copper sheet and the aluminum sheet being essentially uncontaminated and engageable with each other at an interface, at least one island of flexible, water soluble, adhesive joining the uncontaminated surfaces of the sheets at a predetermined location spaced inwardly from an edge of the joined sheets.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
95 words
A component for use in manufacturing articles such as printed circuit boards comprising: a laminate constructed of a sheet of copper foil which, in a finished printed circuit board, constitutes a functional element and a sheet of aluminum which constitutes a discardable element; one surface of each of the copper sheet and the aluminum sheet being essentially uncontaminated and engageable with each other at an interface, at least one island of flexible, water soluble, adhesive joining the uncontaminated surfaces of the sheets at a predetermined location spaced inwardly from an edge of the joined sheets.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
105 words
A component for use in manufacturing articles such as printed circuit boards comprising: a laminate constructed of two sheets of copper foil which, in a finished printed circuit board, constitute functional elements and a sheet of aluminum which constitutes a discardable element; one surface of each of the copper sheets and both surfaces of the aluminum sheet being essentially uncontaminated and engageable with each other at an interface, and at least one island of flexible, water soluble, adhesive on each side of the aluminum sheet joining the uncontaminated surfaces of the sheets at a predetermined location spaced inwardly from an edge of the joined sheets.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
105 words
A component for use in manufacturing articles such as printed circuit boards comprising: a laminate constructed of two sheets of copper foil which, in a finished printed circuit board, constitute functional elements and a sheet of aluminum which constitutes a discardable element; one surface of each of the copper sheets and both surfaces of the aluminum sheet being essentially uncontaminated and engageable with each other at an interface, and at least one island of flexible, water soluble, adhesive on each side of the aluminum sheet joining the uncontaminated surfaces of the sheets at a predetermined location spaced inwardly from an edge of the joined sheets.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
127 words
A component for use in manufacturing articles such as printed circuit boards comprising: a laminate constructed of a sheet of copper foil which, in a finished printed circuit board, constitutes a functional element and a sheet of aluminum which constitutes a discardable element; one surface of each of the copper sheet and the aluminum sheet being essentially uncontaminated and engageable with each other at an interface, a band of flexible adhesive joining the uncontaminated surfaces of the sheets together at their borders and defining a substantially uncontaminated central zone inwardly of the edges of the sheets and unjoined at the interface, and at least one island of flexible, water soluble adhesive joining the uncontaminated surfaces of the sheets at a predetermined location spaced inwardly from the band.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
127 words
A component for use in manufacturing articles such as printed circuit boards comprising: a laminate constructed of a sheet of copper foil which, in a finished printed circuit board, constitutes a functional element and a sheet of aluminum which constitutes a discardable element; one surface of each of the copper sheet and the aluminum sheet being essentially uncontaminated and engageable with each other at an interface, a band of flexible adhesive joining the uncontaminated surfaces of the sheets together at their borders and defining a substantially uncontaminated central zone inwardly of the edges of the sheets and unjoined at the interface, and at least one island of flexible, water soluble adhesive joining the uncontaminated surfaces of the sheets at a predetermined location spaced inwardly from the band.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
147 words
A component for use in manufacturing articles such as printed circuit boards comprising: a laminate constructed of two sheets of copper foil which, in a finished printed circuit board, constitute functional elements and a sheet of aluminum which constitutes a discardable element; one surface of each of the copper sheets and both surfaces of the aluminum sheet being essentially uncontaminated and engageable with each other at interfaces, a band of flexible adhesive joining each of the uncontaminated surfaces of the copper sheets to opposite uncontaminated surfaces of the aluminum sheet at their borders and defining two substantially uncontaminated central zones inwardly of the edges of the sheets on opposite sides of the aluminum sheet, and a plurality of islands of flexible, water soluble, adhesive on each side of the aluminum sheet joining the uncontaminated surfaces of the sheets at a predetermined location spaced inwardly from the bands.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
147 words
A component for use in manufacturing articles such as printed circuit boards comprising: a laminate constructed of two sheets of copper foil which, in a finished printed circuit board, constitute functional elements and a sheet of aluminum which constitutes a discardable element; one surface of each of the copper sheets and both surfaces of the aluminum sheet being essentially uncontaminated and engageable with each other at interfaces, a band of flexible adhesive joining each of the uncontaminated surfaces of the copper sheets to opposite uncontaminated surfaces of the aluminum sheet at their borders and defining two substantially uncontaminated central zones inwardly of the edges of the sheets on opposite sides of the aluminum sheet, and a plurality of islands of flexible, water soluble, adhesive on each side of the aluminum sheet joining the uncontaminated surfaces of the sheets at a predetermined location spaced inwardly from the bands.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
42 words
A component for use in manufacturing articles according to claims 1, 2, 5 or 6 in which the band of flexible adhesive is from approximately 0.010 inches to approximately 0.500 inches wide and from approximately 0.001 inches to approximately 0.002 inches thick.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
44 words
A component for use in manufacturing articles according to claims 3, 4, 5 or 6 in which the islands of flexible, water soluble adhesive are from about 0.1 inches square to about 1.0 inches square and from approximately 0.0005 to approximately 0.005 inches thick.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1995-10-06 | 1996-04-06 | 1996-10-06 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1999-10-06 | 2000-04-06 | 2000-10-06 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2003-10-06 | 2004-04-06 | 2004-10-06 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |