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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. 25, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 23, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph A McKenzie, Jr, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01K / ; H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29852 ; 29412 ; 29413 ; 174263 ; 174266 ; 361403 ; 361404 ; 361406 ; 361424 ; 427 97 ;
Abstract
During the manufacture of a printed circuit board, holes are drilled not only in accordance with a particular circuit board pattern, but also along the lines which will define edges of the board at the positions where traces are to appear. All of the holes are then plated through. The holes along the edges of the board are completely filled with solder. The board is then cut along the previously defined edge lines to cut the solder filled holes in half. This creates a trace and a solder reservoir along the edge of the board.