公开(公告)号：US20120287582A1

公开(公告)日：2012-11-15

申请号：US13105696

申请日：2011-05-11

申请人： Patrizio Vinciarelli ,  Michael B. Lafleur ,  Andrew T. D'Amico ,  Rudolph Mutter ,  Sean Timothy Fleming

发明人： Patrizio Vinciarelli ,  Michael B. Lafleur ,  Andrew T. D'Amico ,  Rudolph Mutter ,  Sean Timothy Fleming

IPC分类号： H05K7/00 ,  H05K5/00 ,  B29C33/20 ,  H01R43/00

CPC分类号： H05K3/284 ,  B23P15/007 ,  B29C45/0055 ,  B29C45/14639 ,  B29C45/1679 ,  B29C2045/0058 ,  B29C2045/169 ,  B29C2793/0009 ,  B29C2793/0027 ,  B29C2793/009 ,  H01F27/24 ,  H01F27/2804 ,  H01F2027/2809 ,  H01R43/24 ,  H05K1/0209 ,  H05K1/0298 ,  H05K1/115 ,  H05K1/181 ,  H05K5/0004 ,  H05K5/0065 ,  H05K5/0217 ,  H05K5/0247 ,  H05K5/04 ,  H05K5/064 ,  H05K7/1427 ,  H05K7/209 ,  H05K2201/066 ,  H05K2201/10545 ,  H05K2203/1316 ,  H05K2203/1327 ,  H05K2203/167 ,  Y10T29/49117 ,  Y10T29/49126 ,  Y10T29/4913 ,  Y10T29/49133 ,  Y10T29/49144 ,  Y10T29/49155

摘要： A method of encapsulating a panel of electronic components such as power converters reduces wasted printed circuit board area. The panel, which may include a plurality of components, may be cut into one or more individual pieces after encapsulation with the mold forming part of the finished product, e.g. providing heat sink fins or a surface mount solderable surface. Interconnection features provided along boundaries of individual circuits are exposed during the singulation process providing electrical connections to the components without wasting valuable PCB surface area. The molds may include various internal features such as registration features accurately locating the circuit board within the mold cavity, interlocking contours for structural integrity of the singulated module, contours to match component shapes and sizes enhancing heat removal from internal components and reducing the required volume of encapsulant, clearance channels providing safety agency spacing and setbacks for the interconnects. Wide cuts may be made in the molds after encapsulation reducing thermal stresses and reducing the thickness of material to be cut during subsequent singulation. External mold features can include various fin configurations for heat sinks, flat surfaces for surface mounting or soldering, etc. Blank mold panels may be machined to provide some or all of the above features in an on-demand manufacturing system. Connection adapters may be provided to use the modules in vertical or horizontal mounting positions in connector, through-hole, surface-mount solder variations. The interconnects may be plated to provide a connectorized module that may be inserted into a mating connector.

摘要翻译： 封装诸如功率转换器之类的电子部件的面板的方法减少了浪费的印刷电路板面积。 可以包括多个部件的面板可以在形成成品的一部分的模具包封之后被切割成一个或多个单独的部件。 提供散热鳍片或表面安装可焊接表面。 在分离过程中，单独电路边界处提供的互连特征暴露于提供与组件的电连接，而不浪费有价值的PCB表面积。 模具可以包括各种内部特征，例如将电路板精确地定位在模腔内的配准特征，用于单个模块的结构完整性的互锁轮廓，用于匹配部件形状的轮廓和增加从内部部件散热的尺寸，以及减小所需体积 密封剂，间隙通道为互连提供安全机构间距和挫折。 封装之后可以在模具中形成宽切削，从而降低热应力并减小在随后的切割过程中要切割的材料的厚度。 外部模具特征可以包括用于散热器的各种翅片配置，用于表面安装或焊接的平坦表面等。可以加工空白模具面板以在按需制造系统中提供部分或全部上述特征。 可以提供连接适配器，以在连接器，通孔，表面贴装焊料变化中的垂直或水平安装位置使用模块。 互连可以被电镀以提供可插入到配合连接器中的连接器化模块。

公开(公告)号：US08966747B2

公开(公告)日：2015-03-03

申请号：US13105696

申请日：2011-05-11

申请人： Patrizio Vinciarelli ,  Michael B. Lafleur ,  Sean Timothy Fleming ,  Rudolph Mutter ,  Andrew T. D'Amico

发明人： Patrizio Vinciarelli ,  Michael B. Lafleur ,  Sean Timothy Fleming ,  Rudolph Mutter ,  Andrew T. D'Amico

IPC分类号： H05K3/30 ,  H05K7/20 ,  H01R43/24 ,  H05K5/06 ,  B29C45/14 ,  B29C45/00

CPC分类号： H05K3/284 ,  B23P15/007 ,  B29C45/0055 ,  B29C45/14639 ,  B29C45/1679 ,  B29C2045/0058 ,  B29C2045/169 ,  B29C2793/0009 ,  B29C2793/0027 ,  B29C2793/009 ,  H01F27/24 ,  H01F27/2804 ,  H01F2027/2809 ,  H01R43/24 ,  H05K1/0209 ,  H05K1/0298 ,  H05K1/115 ,  H05K1/181 ,  H05K5/0004 ,  H05K5/0065 ,  H05K5/0217 ,  H05K5/0247 ,  H05K5/04 ,  H05K5/064 ,  H05K7/1427 ,  H05K7/209 ,  H05K2201/066 ,  H05K2201/10545 ,  H05K2203/1316 ,  H05K2203/1327 ,  H05K2203/167 ,  Y10T29/49117 ,  Y10T29/49126 ,  Y10T29/4913 ,  Y10T29/49133 ,  Y10T29/49144 ,  Y10T29/49155

摘要： A method of encapsulating a panel of electronic components such as power converters reduces wasted printed circuit board area. The panel, which may include a plurality of components, may be cut into one or more individual pieces after encapsulation with the mold forming part of the finished product, e.g. providing heat sink fins or a surface mount solderable surface. Interconnection features provided along boundaries of individual circuits are exposed during the singulation process providing electrical connections to the components without wasting valuable PCB surface area. The molds may include various internal features such as registration features accurately locating the circuit board within the mold cavity, interlocking contours for structural integrity of the singulated module, contours to match component shapes and sizes enhancing heat removal from internal components and reducing the required volume of encapsulant, clearance channels providing safety agency spacing and setbacks for the interconnects. Wide cuts may be made in the molds after encapsulation reducing thermal stresses and reducing the thickness of material to be cut during subsequent singulation. External mold features can include various fin configurations for heat sinks, flat surfaces for surface mounting or soldering, etc. Blank mold panels may be machined to provide some or all of the above features in an on-demand manufacturing system. Connection adapters may be provided to use the modules in vertical or horizontal mounting positions in connector, through-hole, surface-mount solder variations. The interconnects may be plated to provide a connectorized module that may be inserted into a mating connector.

摘要翻译： 封装诸如功率转换器之类的电子部件的面板的方法减少了浪费的印刷电路板面积。 可以包括多个部件的面板可以在形成成品的一部分的模具包封之后被切割成一个或多个单独的部件。 提供散热鳍片或表面安装可焊接表面。 在分离过程中，单独电路边界处提供的互连特征暴露于提供与组件的电连接，而不浪费有价值的PCB表面积。 模具可以包括各种内部特征，例如将电路板精确地定位在模腔内的配准特征，用于单个模块的结构完整性的互锁轮廓，用于匹配部件形状的轮廓和增加从内部部件散热的尺寸，以及减小所需体积 密封剂，间隙通道为互连提供安全机构间距和挫折。 封装之后可以在模具中形成宽切削，从而降低热应力并减小在随后的切割过程中要切割的材料的厚度。 外部模具特征可以包括用于散热器的各种翅片配置，用于表面安装或焊接的平坦表面等。可以加工空白模具面板以在按需制造系统中提供部分或全部上述特征。 可以提供连接适配器，以在连接器，通孔，表面贴装焊料变化中的垂直或水平安装位置使用模块。 互连可以被电镀以提供可插入到配合连接器中的连接器化模块。

公开(公告)号：US07267737B2

公开(公告)日：2007-09-11

申请号：US11276624

申请日：2006-03-08

申请人： Kenneth Neri ,  Rudolph Mutter

发明人： Kenneth Neri ,  Rudolph Mutter

IPC分类号： B32B37/00

CPC分类号： B32B37/00 ,  B41F16/00 ,  B41M5/0358 ,  B44C1/1712 ,  Y10T156/1705

摘要： The present invention provides an apparatus and method for applying preselected dye images to three dimensional objects, having plastic outer surfaces, utilizing flexible carrier sheets bearing dyes in the mirror images of the preselected images, where the sheets are overlaid in registration with the objects and maintained in pressurized engagement therewith while the sheets and the objects are heated. The present invention includes a bed for receiving at least one three-dimensional object member thereon with a flexible dye bearing carrier sheet placed in registration on the object and a resiliently flexible membrane, which is positionable over the sheet on the member. A vacuum assembly of the apparatus is operable to evacuate the area between the membrane and the bed in order to draw the membrane into pressurized engagement with the flexible sheet on the member thereby drawing the flexible sheet around the various surfaces of the three dimensional object. Radiant heating elements are operable both to preheat the carrier sheet, improving its flexibility and to heat the membrane after the vacuum assembly has been actuated, whereby the dye on the sheet is applied to the surfaces of the object to produce the preselected image thereon.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于将预选色素图像应用于具有塑料外表面的三维物体的设备和方法，利用在预选图像的镜像中承载染料的柔性载体片，其中片材被覆盖在与物体对准并保持 在片材和物体被加热的同时加压接合。 本发明包括一个床，用于在其上容纳至少一个三维物体构件，其上放置有物品上的柔性染料承载载体片，以及弹性柔性膜，其可定位在构件上的片材上。 该装置的真空组件可操作以排出膜与床之间的区域，以便将膜与该构件上的柔性片进行加压接合，从而将柔性片围绕三维物体的各个表面拉伸。 辐射加热元件可操作以在真空组件被致动之后预热载体片材，改善其柔性并加热膜片，由此将片材上的染料施加到物体的表面以在其上产生预选图像。

公开(公告)号：US20060137811A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-29

申请号：US11276624

申请日：2006-03-08

申请人： Kenneth Neri ,  Rudolph Mutter

发明人： Kenneth Neri ,  Rudolph Mutter

IPC分类号： B32B37/00 ,  B44C1/17

CPC分类号： B32B37/00 ,  B41F16/00 ,  B41M5/0358 ,  B44C1/1712 ,  Y10T156/1705

摘要： The present invention provides an apparatus and method for applying preselected dye images to three dimensional objects, having plastic outer surfaces, utilizing flexible carrier sheets bearing dyes in the mirror images of the preselected images, where the sheets are overlaid in registration with the objects and maintained in pressurized engagement therewith while the sheets and the objects are heated. The present invention includes a bed for receiving at least one three-dimensional object member thereon with a flexible dye bearing carrier sheet placed in registration on the object and a resiliently flexible membrane, which is positionable over the sheet on the member. A vacuum assembly of the apparatus is operable to evacuate the area between the membrane and the bed in order to draw the membrane into pressurized engagement with the flexible sheet on the member thereby drawing the flexible sheet around the various surfaces of the three dimensional object. Radiant heating elements are operable both to preheat the carrier sheet, improving its flexibility and to heat the membrane after the vacuum assembly has been actuated, whereby the dye on the sheet is applied to the surfaces of the object to produce the preselected image thereon.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于将预选色素图像应用于具有塑料外表面的三维物体的设备和方法，利用在预选图像的镜像中承载染料的柔性载体片，其中片材被覆盖在与物体对准并保持 在片材和物体被加热的同时加压接合。 本发明包括一个床，用于在其上容纳至少一个三维物体构件，其上放置有物品上的柔性染料承载载体片，以及弹性柔性膜，其可定位在构件上的片材上。 该装置的真空组件可操作以排出膜与床之间的区域，以便将膜与该构件上的柔性片进行加压接合，从而将柔性片围绕三维物体的各个表面拉伸。 辐射加热元件可操作以在真空组件被致动之后预热载体片材，改善其柔性并加热膜片，由此将片材上的染料施加到物体的表面以在其上产生预选图像。

公开(公告)号：US07137426B2

公开(公告)日：2006-11-21

申请号：US10097717

申请日：2002-03-14

申请人： Kenneth Neri ,  Rudolph Mutter

发明人： Kenneth Neri ,  Rudolph Mutter

IPC分类号： B32B37/00

CPC分类号： B32B37/00 ,  B41F16/00 ,  B41M5/0358 ,  B44C1/1712 ,  Y10T156/1705

摘要： The present invention provides an apparatus and method for applying preselected dye images to three dimensional objects, having plastic outer surfaces, utilizing flexible carrier sheets bearing dyes in the mirror images of the preselected images, where the sheets are overlaid in registration with the objects and maintained in pressurized engagement therewith while the sheets and the objects are heated. The present invention includes a bed for receiving at least one three-dimensional object member thereon with a flexible dye bearing carrier sheet placed in registration on the object and a resiliently flexible membrane, which is positionable over the sheet on the member. A vacuum assembly of the apparatus is operable to evacuate the area between the membrane and the bed in order to draw the membrane into pressurized engagement with the flexible sheet on the member thereby drawing the flexible sheet around the various surfaces of the three dimensional object. Radiant heating elements are operable both to preheat the carrier sheet, improving its flexibility and to heat the membrane after the vacuum assembly has been actuated, whereby the dye on the sheet is applied to the surfaces of the object to produce the preselected image thereon.

摘要翻译： 本发明提供了一种用于将预选色素图像应用于具有塑料外表面的三维物体的设备和方法，利用在预选图像的镜像中承载染料的柔性载体片，其中片材被覆盖在与物体对准并保持 在片材和物体被加热的同时加压接合。 本发明包括一个床，用于在其上容纳至少一个三维物体构件，其上放置有物品上的柔性染料承载载体片，以及弹性柔性膜，其可定位在构件上的片材上。 该装置的真空组件可操作以排出膜与床之间的区域，以便将膜与该构件上的柔性片进行加压接合，从而将柔性片围绕三维物体的各个表面拉伸。 辐射加热元件可操作以在真空组件被致动之后预热载体片材，改善其柔性并加热膜片，由此将片材上的染料施加到物体的表面以在其上产生预选图像。