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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
William A James, Pennington, NJ (US);
Stephen Breitkopf, North Brunswick, NJ (US);
William G Kelly, Middlesex, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
21912171 ;
Abstract
A method of forming an apertured support member is accomplished by directing a laser beam at a workpiece, focusing the laser beam at the top surface of the workpiece, moving the laser beam in a series of raster scans over the surface of the workpiece. During each scan, the laser is turned on at predetermined intervals to drill one or more discrete portions of each of the apertures to form apertures surrounded by a plateau on the resulting support member.