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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norman G Ainslie, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Swie-In Tan, Bedford Hills, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ; B23K / ; B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156 731 ; 1562728 ; 1563796 ; 1565801 ; 1565831 ; 219 561 ; 219 5622 ; 2191 / ; 2191 / ; 2191 / ; 2191 / ; 219243 ; 228110 ; 228242 ; 228904 ; 228-11 ;
Abstract
Apparatus and method for bonding surfaces together. A laser beam is applied to the opening in a bonding tip. The bonding tip includes a central cavity forming a black body tapered from the opening to a second tip end. The heated tip end is applied to the fuseable surfaces in either a thermocompression or thermosonic bonding operation.