Patents by Inventor Orr Randy L.

Orr Randy L. 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: 5133495
    Abstract: A method of bonding a flexible circuitized substrate to a circuitized substrate (e.g., printed circuit board) to interconnect selected circuitry of both substrates using solder. Solder paste is applied over conductive pads on the circuitized substrate and organic dewetting material (e.g., epoxy coating) adjacent thereto. The flexible substrate, having conductors located within and/or traversing an aperture in the flexible substrate's dielectric, is positioned above the solder paste and heat is applied (e.g., in an oven). The paste, dewetting from the organic material, forms a substantially spherical ball and connects to the flexible circuit's conductor, connecting the two. In an alternative embodiment, the solder ball is formed to its desired shape and cooled (to solidification), separate from the flexible circuitized substrate. The flexible substrate is then lowered until the conductor engages the solder ball's upper surface. Heat is then applied to bond solder and conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1992
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher G. Angulas, Patrick T. Flynn, Thomas E. Kindl, Orr Randy L.