Abstract: The subject electronic device packaging arrangement is designed to enhance heat transfer from an electronic device to the printed circuit board to which it is attached. This is accomplished by employing a thermally conductive base having a depression in the top thereof into which the electronic device is placed and bonded. The base has a protuberance in the bottom thereof corresponding to the depression in the top, which protuberance is attached to the associated printed circuit board. The protuberance on the base is formed to be in contact with the printed circuit board surface to provide thermal dissipation into the board by conduction processes. Continuous or segmented conductors are bonded both to the electronic device and to the base. These conductors are bent over the edge of the base to the bottom of the base where they align with corresponding contact points on the printed circuit board.

Abstract: A method of fabricating a body having a plurality of conductors is disclosed. The method comprises forming a dielectric base which has a plurality of extensions projecting therefrom, the extensions corresponding to the desired plurality of conductors. A conductive path is then formed on each of the extensions.

Abstract: A fluid bearing for supporting, independently of each other, a plurality of webs. The bearing comprises a housing, for containing a fluid within its interior, having an outer surface for cooperating with a surface of each web of the plurality of webs. A guide flange is provided on the outer surface, defining with the outer surface a support channel. The guide flange maintains the plurality of webs within the boundaries of the defined support channel. A fluid outlet and a fluid inlet are provided for passing the fluid from the interior of the housing through the outer surface, within the channel, to form a fluid layer thereover having a fluid spike therein, for independently supporting each web.

Abstract: A fluid bearing for supporting, independently of each other, a plurality of webs. The bearing comprises a housing, for containing a fluid within its interior, having an outer surface for cooperating with a surface of each web of the plurality of webs. A guide flange is provided on the outer surface, defining with the outer surface a support channel. The guide flange maintains the plurality of webs within the boundaries of the defined support channel. A fluid outlet and a fluid inlet are provided for passing the fluid from the interior of the housing through the outer surface, within the channel, to form a fluid layer thereover having a fluid spike therein, for independently supporting each web.