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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:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1997
Bruce J. Kilgore, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Thomas McKnight, Silver Springs, MD (US);
Roy Lynn O'Mohunddro, Wilsonville, OR (US);
John A. Battista, Jr., Boulder, CO (US);
Richard J. Petrucci, Denver, CO (US);
Zakaryae Fathi, Cary, NC (US);
Jianghua Wei, Raleigh, NC (US);
Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);
Abstract
Systems, methods and apparatus are disclosed for bonding a plurality of substrates via a solventless, curable adhesive. At least one of the substrates has a deformation temperature below the activation temperature of the adhesive. A workpiece is assembled from a plurality of substrates with the curable adhesive disposed therebetween. Pressure is applied to the workpiece and the workpiece is irradiated with variable frequency microwave energy. The workpiece is swept with at least one window of microwave frequencies selected to heat the adhesive without heating the substrates above their respective deformation temperatures.