Patents by Inventor Eric C. Mace

Eric C. Mace 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).

  • Intelligent milling path creation for panelization abstract
    Patent number: 6678878
    Abstract: A method is disclosed to integrate the creation of a milling path into printed circuit board (PCB) design. The method includes creating keepout regions based on a PCB outline and critical components components placed on the PCB design, calculating support tabs based on the created keepout regions, and then placing the support tabs along the border as calculated. A milling machine may then mill out the support tabs as designed without suffering the potentially undetectable defects in the milling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Inventors: Daniel J. Smith, Eric C. Mace
  • INTELLIGENT MILLING PATH CREATION FOR PANELIZATION ABSTRACT
    Publication number: 20030167453
    Abstract: A method is disclosed to integrate the creation of a milling path into printed circuit board (PCB) design. The method includes creating keepout regions based on a PCB outline and critical components components placed on the PCB design, calculating support tabs based on the created keepout regions, and then placing the support tabs along the border as calculated. A milling machine may then mill out the support tabs as designed without suffering the potentially undetectable defects in the milling process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventors: Daniel J. Smith, Eric C. Mace