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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:
Sep. 17, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
James L. Tracy, Coral Springs, FL (US);
James A. Zollo, Weston, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 9/00 ; H05K 1/14 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 9/00 ; H05K 1/14 ;
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for adding additional circuitry ( ) to a circuit board ( ) having a radiation shield ( ) associated therewith include the additional circuitry ( ) mounted onto a flex circuit ( ) which in turn is mounted on the radiation shield ( ). A conductor ( ) containing portion ( ) of the flex circuit ( ) extends therefrom and is routed around and through a cutout ( ) in the bottom surface of the radiation shield ( ). The conductor ( ) is connected to the printed circuit board ( ) at the location of the cutout ( ) in the radiation shield ( ).