Patents by Inventor Bruce F. Stacy

Bruce F. Stacy has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Multi-purpose finish for printed wiring boards and method of manufacture of such boards
    Patent number: 6534192
    Abstract: A printed wiring board (PWB) and a method of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, the PWB includes: (1) a substrate having a conductive trace located thereon and (2) a multi-purpose finish including palladium alloy where palladium is alloyed with cobalt or a platinum group metal and is located on at least a portion of the conductive trace, which forms both a non-contact finish and a contact finish for the PWB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Abys, Chonglun Fan, Brian T. Smith, Bruce F. Stacy, Chen Xu
  • Method of manufacture of printed wiring boards having multi-purpose finish
    Patent number: 6517893
    Abstract: A printed wiring board (PWB) and a method of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, the PWB includes: (1) a substrate having a conductive trace located thereon and (2) a multi-purpose finish including palladium alloy where palladium is alloyed with cobalt or a platinum group metal and is located on at least a portion of the conductive trace, which forms both a non-contact finish and a contact finish for the PWB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Lucent Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph A. Abys, Chonglun Fan, Brian T. Smith, Bruce F. Stacy, Chen Xu
  • Multi-purpose finish for printed wiring boards and method of manufacture of such boards
    Publication number: 20020015782
    Abstract: A printed wiring board (PWB) and a method of manufacturing the same. In one embodiment, the PWB includes: (1) a substrate having a conductive trace located thereon and (2) a multi-purpose finish including palladium alloy where palladium is alloyed with cobalt or a platinum group metal and is located on at least a portion of the conductive trace, which forms both a non-contact finish and a contact finish for the PWB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2001
    Publication date: February 7, 2002
    Inventors: Joseph A. Abys, Chonglun Fan, Brian T. Smith, Bruce F. Stacy, Chen Xu