Patents by Inventor Claude Berneur

Claude Berneur 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).

  • Apparatus for selective tinning of substrate leads
    Patent number: 5081949
    Abstract: An apparatus for selectively tinning a zone of a plurality of leads overhanging a window of a substrate for a very large scale integrated circuit is provided, which employs a vise made up of a pair of hollow jaws forming a shaft when the jaws are in clamping position, wherein the shaft communicates with a supply of tin, a wave of tin being provided through the shaft to bathe the zone of the leads to be tinned, the apparatus further being adapted to send a jet of gas to the tinned zone of the leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1992
    Assignee: Bull S.A.
    Inventors: Claude Berneur, Jean-Pierre Boiteau
  • Substrate for very large scale integrated circuit and apparatus for selective tinning of the substrate leads
    Patent number: 4985749
    Abstract: The TAB substrate (10) of the very large scale integrated circuit (11) includes an insulating sheet (12) including a window (13) provided with leads (14) overhanging it, a tinned zone (19) in the window to facilitate the operation of outer lead bonding. The lead (14) may be bare or gold-plated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: January 15, 1991
    Assignee: Bull S.A.
    Inventors: Claude Berneur, Jean-Pierre Boiteau