Patents by Inventor Lawrence P. Beer

Lawrence P. Beer 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).

  • Method for providing electrically conductive paths in polymer tubing
    Patent number: 7559137
    Abstract: A method for forming electrically conductive patterns to provide an electrically conductive path on a polymer tube is provided. The method includes the steps of establishing a polymer tube and mounting such in a displaceable and rotatable mounting that is adapted to provide both axial and rotational motion. This is followed by forming at least one channel having a predetermined pattern in the polymer tube with a focused energy beam, the channel then being filled with an electrically conductive paste or electrically conductive slurry material. The polymer tube is then heated to temperatures less than 250° C. to cure the electrically conductive paste or electrically conductive slurry material. The electrically conductive paste or electrically conductive slurry material is then covered with a polymer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Potomac Photonics, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence P. Beer, Michael Adelstein, C. Paul Christensen
  • Polymer tube with embedded electrically conductive patterns and method for providing electrically conductive paths in polymer tubing
    Publication number: 20080125754
    Abstract: A method for forming electrically conductive patterns to provide an electrically conductive path on a polymer tube is provided. The method includes the steps of establishing a polymer tube and mounting such in a displaceable and rotatable mounting that is adapted to provide both axial and rotational motion. This is followed by forming at least one channel having a predetermined pattern in the polymer tube with a focused energy beam, the channel then being filled with an electrically conductive paste or electrically conductive slurry material. The polymer tube is then heated to temperatures less than 250° C. to cure the electrically conductive paste or electrically conductive slurry material. The electrically conductive paste or electrically conductive slurry material is then covered with a polymer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Lawrence P. Beer, Michael Adelstein, C. Paul Christensen