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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:
Mar. 27, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
George K. Lucey, Jr., Burtonsville, MD (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/00 ;
Abstract
A method and system for extending the life cycle of an circuit including the positioning of a circuit on an an elevated pedestal in a container, filling the container with a hydrophobic fluid sufficiently to form a bubble at the top of the package, and sealing the package. On the contamination of the container by a condensate, the pedestal segregates the circuit from the condensate regardless of the containers orientation.