Abstract:
High frequency noise is decoupled from a bus conductor which supplies power to an integrated circuit by insertion of a metallized ceramic chip in the space defined by the two parallel rows of leads extending from the circuit. The ceramic chip is provided with a pair of rectangular leads, connected to respective of the metalized opposite surfaces thereof, which are respectively connected to the power supply leads of the circuit.
Abstract:
An electronic device for an automobile is roughly divided into individual parts and control circuit elements which are mounted in a casing divided into two compartments, according to the present invention. The individual parts are arranged in one compartment and are covered with silicone rubber to improve their water resistance. The control circuit elements are arranged in the other compartment and are covered with a silicone gel to prevent any stresses acting upon the control circuit elements, such as ICs, and provide these elements with moisture resistance. The control circuit elements are bonded by high-temperature solder to improve their heat resistance, but the individual parts are bonded by eutectic solder.
Abstract:
A printed circuit heatsink technique and assembly is disclosed which increases the heat dissipating capabilities of a printed circuit assembly. A thermally conductive plate is etched using the same artwork or mask employed to define the patterns of terminals and conductive areas on one surface of a printed circuit board. The plate is etched in those regions corresponding to the terminal and conductive areas so that holes are produced in the terminal areas and channels are produced in the conductive areas. The plate is then bonded to the printed circuit board prior to the attachment of the leads of electronic components through the holes formed in the thermally conductive plate. The assembly absorbs heat generated by the electronic components and provides a greater surface area for dissipating that heat without the need for specially fabricated heatsink elements or complex milling procedures.
Abstract:
A miniaturized multilamp photoflash array includes an envelope with a printed circuit of spaced electrical conductors on an inner surface, a plurality of flashlamps each having a pair of electrically conductive leads and a reflector unit affixed to the envelope and having a formed member forcing the conductive leads against the printed circuit and a sonic projection sealed to the envelope intermediate the spaced electrical conductors of the printed circuit.
Abstract:
This invention relates to an arrangement for attaching discrete electrical components to a generally flat layer of sheet material. Both mechanical and electrical connections are provided by the attachment elements of the present invention. One form of the invention is directed to a membrane switch keyboard wherein one of the layers of the membrane switch has a tail extending therefrom. The tail has a free end which is adhesively secured to some portion of the keyboard. Conductive traces are formed on the tail and extend to the free end where they contact the leads of an electrical component. The component is held between the tail and the keyboard. In another aspect, which may be applied to the membrane switch keyboard just described, the invention includes a sheet material having two or more slits cut therein for each of the component's leads. The slits are cut in a portion of the sheet having conductive traces formed thereon. The leads of the component are then interlaced through the tabs created by the slits to both mechanically and electrically connect the component to the sheet.
Abstract:
A flexible printed circuit card assembly includes an insulating sheet positioned over the foil of a flexible printed circuit card and adapted to accommodate the passage of electronic component leads therethrough for soldering to the printed circuit card. A layer of protective insulating foam, having a backing thereon, is positioned over the components and the assembly is rolled into a spiral configuration with leads extending from at least one end.
Abstract:
A lead (12) of an electrical component (10) is formed with an arrowhead-shaped tip (20) that functions to mechanically fasten the lead and component to a substrate (14), such as a flexible printed circuit (11). The tip is formed with barbs (21) extending rearwardly from the end (22) of the tip and having a width (W) across the barbs greater than the diameter (d) of a mounting hole (13) in the substrate. With this arrangement, the barbed tips may be inserted into and through the hole, with the barbs being compressed relatively inward with respect to the hole as the tip passes through the hole, so as to fasten the tips to the substrate in preparation for a soldering operation, in which the tips are soldered (30) to conductive pad areas (16) deposited on the surface of the substrate adjacent to the tips.
Abstract:
A first fundamental electrical element array which has a plurality of columnar, fundamental electrical elements with opposite wire leads, and in which the fundamental electrical elements are electrically and mechanically connected at one wire lead to a conductive bar at predetermined intervals so that they lie side by side in a common plane, and in which the other wire leads of the fundamental electrical elements serve as terminals for connection with a printed-circuit board. A second fundamental electrical element array which has a plurality of columnar, fundamental electrical elements with opposite wire leads and at least one lead wire, and in which the fundamental electrical elements are electrically and mechanically connected at one wire lead to a conductive bar at predetermined intervals together with the lead wire so that they lie side by side in a common plane, and in which the other wire leads of the fundamental electrical elements serve as terminals for connection with a printed-circuit board. A third fundamental electrical element array which has a plurality of columnar, fundamental electrical elements with opposite wire leads and at least one columnar, short-circuiting means with opposite wire leads, and in which the fundamental electrical elements and the short-circuiting means are electrically and mechanically connected at one wire lead to a conductive bar at predetermined intervals so that they lie side by side in a common plane, and in which the other wire leads of the fundamental electrical elements serve as terminals for connection with a printed-circuit board.A plurality of such first fundamental electrical element arrays are mechanically coupled together so that they are aligned side by side in a common plane.At least one such first fundamental electrical element array and at least one such second or third fundamental electrical array are mechanically coupled together so that they are aligned side by side in a common plane.
Abstract:
Means are provided to repair one or more flash lamps in a linear type photoflash lamp array which have become disconnected from the circuit board member. Specifically, the disconnected in-lead is secured to the sequential firing circuitry located on the circuit board member with an adhesive deposit of an organic polymer and a surface conductive path thereafter established on said adhesive deposit between the in-lead and the adjacent circuitry. The surface conductive path can also be an organic polymer containing an electrically conductive filler.
Abstract:
To seat an electrical circuit element in a metallized opening of a circuit board and permit escape of solder gases, a bead is placed on the insertion pin and formed with a surface facing the support board which is non-symmetrical with respect to the axis of the pin, and of the insertion opening. Preferably, the surface is conical, and on adjacent pins the cone angles are tilted in opposite directions to provide for the non-symmetrical positioning of any one cone and centered placement of the insertion pins in the insertion openings.