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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:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 09, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jim Talbot, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Oren Shelley, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sevig Ayter, Cupertino, CA (US);
Marilou F. Camacho, Union City, CA (US);
John William Sliwa, Jr., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Walter T. Wilser, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
Acuson Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 4/100 ;
Abstract
A method for improving the coupling of an acoustic window or lens to a RFI shield by modifying the surface of the shield to promote adhesion. The surface of the shield can be chemically modified with an epoxy and/or mechanically modified by creating an unsmooth top surface.