Patents by Inventor Claude Courtin

Claude Courtin 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: 5143277
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for the mounting, on an flexible substrate, of miniature electronic components of the beam lead type. Said method consists, after a first connection lead of a component has been soldered to the substrate, in arching each of the other connection leads of the component considered during their soldering by pressing the connection lead considered on a metallized zone of the substrate by means of a tip of a soldering tool while, at the same time, making a approaching movement towards the body of the component considered with this tip before carrying out the soldering operation itself. Through this mounting method, the beam lead electronic components are no longer placed flat against the substrate with their connection leads in an extended position but are arched on these leads. This gives them a freedom of play that enables them to absorb mechanical stresses by adopting positions of greater flatness or lesser flatness on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1992
    Assignee: Thomson-CSF
    Inventors: Pascal Roche, Claude Courtin