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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. 23, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Marvin L. Otterson, Oxford, GA (US);
Forrest Starnes Mccanless, Oxford, GA (US);
Inventors:
Marvin L. Otterson, Oxford, GA (US);
Forrest Starnes McCanless, Oxford, GA (US);
Assignee:
ABL IP Holding LLC, Conyers, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F21V 21/00 (2006.01); H05K 3/22 (2006.01); H05K 7/18 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/0278 (2013.01);
Abstract
In certain embodiments there is provided a blank for a printed circuit board and methods pertaining to same. In some embodiments, the blank is provided in a generally straight configuration and is capable of being deformed in-plane into a bent configuration, such as, but not limited to, a generally ring-shaped configuration, a generally square shape, or a generally S-shape. In some embodiments, the PCB is used with a lighting fixture and is populated with light emitting diodes.