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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:
May. 26, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2006
Applicant:
Theodore J. Copperthite, Irvine, CA (US);
Inventor:
Theodore J. Copperthite, Irvine, CA (US);
Assignee:
Orthodyne Electronics Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 1/06 (2006.01); B23K 37/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A ribbon bond head capable of deep access bonding is configured to pass the bonding ribbon outside the transducer, e.g., in front of the transducer, instead of through the transducer. A clamping mechanism includes a stationary flat clamp base and a movable clamp arm with an opening, where the bonding ribbon passes through, not around, the clamp arm. The ribbon is clamped between the movable clamp and the stationary clamp and held securely during looping.