Bonding and bonded products
First Claim
1. An electrical assembly including a first electrical or electronic component with a first plurality of conductors disposed in a first linear array and further including a second electrical or electronic component with a second plurality of conductors disposed in a second linear array, the conductors of said first linear array being aligned with and bonded to respective conductors of said second linear array, the bonding between the conductors being achieved by a friction bonding process wherein a rotating friction wheel in contact with an outer surface of one of said first and said second component is translated along a linear path to bond the conductors of said first array one after the other to the respective conductors of said second array, the conductors of said first array being in contact with the respective conductors of said second array during the translation of said friction wheel, the bonds between the conductors of said first array and the respective conductors of said second array being permanent conductive metallurgical bonds.
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Abstract
There is disclosed a method of permanently joining conductive electrical components comprising placing portions of the two components in surface to surface contact and passing a rapidly rotating wheel across a surface of one of the portions opposed to the said surface in contact, whereby instantaneously a high energy level is created at the surfaces in contact and a bond is formed between them. Particular importance for the method is in the attachment of flexible conductors to the terminal pads of printed circuit boards. The method can also be used in resoldering components together, and in cable-jointing operations. The electrical components thus bonded together are novel products.
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19 Claims
- 1. An electrical assembly including a first electrical or electronic component with a first plurality of conductors disposed in a first linear array and further including a second electrical or electronic component with a second plurality of conductors disposed in a second linear array, the conductors of said first linear array being aligned with and bonded to respective conductors of said second linear array, the bonding between the conductors being achieved by a friction bonding process wherein a rotating friction wheel in contact with an outer surface of one of said first and said second component is translated along a linear path to bond the conductors of said first array one after the other to the respective conductors of said second array, the conductors of said first array being in contact with the respective conductors of said second array during the translation of said friction wheel, the bonds between the conductors of said first array and the respective conductors of said second array being permanent conductive metallurgical bonds.
- 2. An electrical assembly of at least two components having predetermined forms and including an end portion of an outer conductor of an electrical cable and a cable jointing element bonded to one another, a surface of one of said components extending along the length thereof overlapping a surface of the other of said components extending along the length thereof, said cable jointing element being bonded to said outer conductor along the overlapping surfaces of said components by a friction bonding process wherein a relative rubbing movement is produced between a rotating friction wheel and an outer surface of one of said components facing away from an interface between said components while substantially maintaining the predetermined forms of said components, whereby a permanent conductive metallurgical bond is formed between said components.
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9. A method of manufacturing an electrical assembly including a first electrical or electronic component with a first plurality of conductors disposed in a first linear array and further including a second electrical or electronic component with a second plurality of conductors disposed in a second linear array, the conductors of said first linear array being aligned with and bonded to respective conductors of said second linear array, said method comprising the steps of:
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positioning said first and said second component with respect to one another so that the conductors of said first array are in contact with respective conductors of said second array; placing a rotating friction wheel in contact with an outer surface of one of said first and said second component; translating said rotating friction wheel along a linear path while maintaining said rotating friction wheel in contact with said outer surface of said one of said first and said second component to bond the conductors of said first array one after the other to the respective conductors of said second array; and holding the conductors of said first array in contact with the respective conductors of said second array during the translation of said friction wheel, the bonds between the conductors of said first array and the respective conductors of said second array being permanent conductive metallurgical bonds formed by a friction bonding process. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of manufacturing an electrical assembly of at least two components having predetermined forms and including an end portion of an outer conductor of an electrical cable and a cable jointing element bonded to one another, said method comprising the steps of:
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placing the end portion of the outer conductor of the electrical cable and the cable jointing element into contact with one another so that a surface of one of the components extending along the length thereof overlaps a surface of the other of said components extending along the length thereof; and placing a rotating friction wheel into contact with an outer surface of one of said components facing away from an interface between said components while maintaining contact between said cable jointing element and said outer conductor and while substantially maintaining the predetermined forms of said components to bond said cable jointing element to said outer conductor along the overlapping surfaces of said components by a friction bonding process wherein a relative rubbing movement is produced between the rotating friction wheel and said outer surface of said cable jointing element, whereby a permanent conductive metallurgical bond is formed between said outer conductor and said cable jointing element.
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- 15. An electrical assembly of at least two components including an end portion of an outer conductor of an electrical cable and a cable jointing element bonded to one another, said cable jointing element being a wire braid sleeve fitted over the end portion of said outer conductor, said wire braid sleeve being bonded to said outer conductor by a friction bonding process wherein a relative rubbing movement is produced between a rotating friction wheel and an outer surface of one of said components facing away from an interface between said components, whereby a permanent conductive metallurgical bond is formed between said components without substantial distortion of said components.
- 17. As assembly including a pair of electrical or electronic components provided respectively with a first conductor and a second conductor, one of said components being a printed circuit board and the other of said components being a chip or chip carrier, said first conductor being bonded to said second conductor through a brazing or soldering interlayer formed by reflow soldering of a brazing or soldering material previously deposited on one of said first and said second conductor, the reflow soldering and the bonding between the conductors being achieved by a friction bonding process wherein a relative rubbing movement is produced between a rotating friction wheel and an outer surface of one of said components facing away from the brazing or soldering material at an interface between said components, whereby a permanent metallurgical bond is formed between said components through said brazing or soldering interlayer without substantial distortion of said components.
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19. An assembly including a pair of components provided respectively with a first metallic element and a second metallic element, one of said components being a chip carrier and the other of said components being a chip carrier lid, said first metallic element being bonded to said second metallic element through a brazing or soldering interlayer formed by reflow soldering of a brazing or soldering material previously deposited on one of said first and said second metallic element, the reflow soldering and the bonding between the metallic elements being achieved by a friction bonding process wherein a relative rubbing movement is produced between a rotating friction wheel and an outer surface of one of said components facing away from the brazing or soldering material at an interface between said components, whereby a permanent metallurgical bond is formed between said components through said brazing or soldering interlayer without substantial distortion of said components.
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