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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:
Apr. 20, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
William E. Coleman, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Stanley J. Allen, Peyton, CO (US);
Michele Gaddy, Saint Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Photo Stencil, LLC, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B41N 1/24 ; B41M 1/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B41N 1/24 ; B41M 1/12 ;
Abstract
A stencil comprising two or more layers is disclosed for applying surface mount materials onto printed circuit boards, flexible circuits, wafers or other substrates. The stencil can accommodate preexisting surface mount components and materials. The stencil utilizes material reservoirs, relief areas and delivery apertures and can be used for depositing surface mount materials such as adhesives, conductive glues, solder paste and solder balls.