Continuous molded electronic circuits
US6436517B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 8, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 20, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 8, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/24917
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A continuous electrical connector or component strip of plastic or other moldable material serving as substrates and manufactured by injection molding of axial segments in sequence by a scheme providing for interlocking or interconnecting adjacent segments. Into the surface of the plastic or moldable part and tightly bonded thereto is surface-embedded a metal pattern or other metal structure. The metal structure may be metal traces serving as active parts of circuit traces of a printed circuit, with the resultant substrate with metal traces when severed from the strip functioning as a PCB to which may be added electrical components by automatic machinery. The strip can be processed by efficient reel-to-reel techniques.
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