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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:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
May. 11, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bobby Dean Landreth, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (US);
Steven D. Pratt, Plantation, FL (US);
Sivakumar Muthuswamy, Plantation, FL (US);
Ronald J. Kelley, Coral Springs, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/118 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/118 ;
Abstract
An ultrasonically welded joint is made by placing a thermoplastic film (,) between two thermoplastic members (,). The two thermoplastic members each have a mating part of a complex joint. One part of the joint, known as the shear joint (,), serves to shear away part (,) of the film when the two members come together, and another section of the same joint, known as the mash joint (,), serves to bond the film and the two members all together during the ultrasonic welding process.