Patents by Inventor Mark A. Souto

Mark A. Souto 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).

  • Patent number: 5194698
    Abstract: A stainless steel mandrel (10) is etched with a negative pattern (16) of an electrical circuit that is to be made with the mandrel and then covered with Teflon (20) which is subsequently lapped to provide a coplanar surface of stainless steel and Teflon. A pattern of electrical conductors (30) is then electroformed, as by electrolytic or electroplating, on the exposed surfaces of the mandrel between the embedded Teflon. Surfaces of the electrical conductors of the circuit are then processed, as required for enhanced adhesion to a substrate, and a dielectric substrate of polyamide and acrylic is then laminated upon the surface of the mandrel over the electroformed conductors so that the dielectric substrate adheres to the conductors. The assembly of dielectric substrate and conductors is then separated from the planar surface of the mandrel and its embedded Teflon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1993
    Assignee: Hughes Aircraft Company
    Inventors: Mark A. Souto, Christopher M. Schreiber