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Minutely patterned structure
Assignee: NGK Insulators Ltd
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Filing: 1989-06-16
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Granted: 1991-06-11
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Expires: 2009-06-16
Abstract
Abstract A patterned structure including a plurality of patterned sheet members which have respective configurations and which are partially superposed on each other and which cooperate with each other to define a plurality of voids. At least one of the sheet members includes a thin-walled portion whose thickness is smaller than a thickness of the other portion. The thin-walled portion is formed by etching the appropriate sheet member or members. The thin-walled portion of one sheet member engages the corresponding thin-walled portion or the other portion of the other sheet member or members.
Inventors
- 👤 Yukihisa Takeuchi
- 👤 Tetsuo Watanabe
- 👤 Azuma Yamamoto
- 👤 Kazuo Shirakawa
- 👤 Takao Segawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 20:01
CPC Classifications
B; B41; B41J; B41J2/00; B41J2/385; B41J2/39; B41J2/395; H; H10; H10W; H10W70/00; H10W70/40; H10W70/421; H10W70/424; H10W70/442; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49121; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/12; Y10T428/12201
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
136 words
A patterned structure comprising a plurality of patterned sheet members each of which has a plurality of strip portions spaced apart from each other in a direction of a width thereof, said patterned sheet members being partially superposed on each other such that said strip portions of said patterned sheet members cooperate with each other to define a plurality of volts, and such that said strip portions of said patterned sheet members are separated from each other by said voids, said patterned sheet members having respective areas at which the sheet members are superposed on each other, at least a part of the area of at least one of said patterned sheet members including a thin-walled portion whose thickness is smaller than a thickness of the other portion of said at least one patterned sheet member.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
136 words
A patterned structure comprising a plurality of patterned sheet members each of which has a plurality of strip portions spaced apart from each other in a direction of a width thereof, said patterned sheet members being partially superposed on each other such that said strip portions of said patterned sheet members cooperate with each other to define a plurality of volts, and such that said strip portions of said patterned sheet members are separated from each other by said voids, said patterned sheet members having respective areas at which the sheet members are superposed on each other, at least a part of the area of at least one of said patterned sheet members including a thin-walled portion whose thickness is smaller than a thickness of the other portion of said at least one patterned sheet member.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
31 words
A patterned structure according to claim 1, wherein each of said patterned sheet members has said thin-walled portion, the thin-walled portions of said patterned sheet members are superposed on each other.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
87 words
A patterned structure according to claim 1, wherein said other portion of said at least one patterned sheet member includes said plurality of strip portions, said strip portions of one of said at least one patterned sheet member partially overlapping said strip portions of another of said at least one patterned sheet member, when viewed in a direction of thickness of said at least one patterned sheet member such that said patterned structure has a thickness which is substantially greater than said thickness of said strip portions.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
47 words
A patterned structure according to claim 1, wherein said other portion of said at least one patterned sheet member includes said plurality of strip portions, said patterned structure having a thickness substantially equal to said thickness of said other portion of the patterned sheet members strip portions.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
40 words
A patterned structure according to claim 1, which is a lead frame having a plurality of electrical lead portions each of which includes at least a part of a corresponding one of said strip portions of said patterned sheet members.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
26 words
A patterned structure according to claim 1, wherein each of said plurality of strip portions of said patterned sheet members consists of a generally elongate strip.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
A patterned structure according to claim 6, wherein each of said plurality of voids consists of a slit having a width smaller than said thickness of said strip portions.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
134 words
A patterned structure comprising a plurality of patterned sheet members each of which has a plurality of cutouts, said patterned sheet members being partially superposed on each other such that said cutouts of one of said patterned sheet members partially overlap said cutouts of another of said patterned sheet members, so that a plurality of mutually spaced-apart voids are defined by overlapping portions of said cutouts of said one patterned sheet member and said another patterned sheet member, said patterned sheet members having respective areas at which the sheet members are superposed on each other, at least a part of the area of at least one of said patterned sheet members including a thin-walled portion whose thickness is smaller than a thickness of the other portion of said at least one patterned sheet member.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
134 words
A patterned structure comprising a plurality of patterned sheet members each of which has a plurality of cutouts, said patterned sheet members being partially superposed on each other such that said cutouts of one of said patterned sheet members partially overlap said cutouts of another of said patterned sheet members, so that a plurality of mutually spaced-apart voids are defined by overlapping portions of said cutouts of said one patterned sheet member and said another patterned sheet member, said patterned sheet members having respective areas at which the sheet members are superposed on each other, at least a part of the area of at least one of said patterned sheet members including a thin-walled portion whose thickness is smaller than a thickness of the other portion of said at least one patterned sheet member.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
84 words
A patterned structure according to claim 8, wherein each of said patterned sheet members has an etched portion as said thin-walled portion, and a plurality of non-etched portions as said other portion, each of said non-etched portions of one of said patterned sheet member being fitted in said plurality of cutouts of another of said patterned sheet members, respectively, such that said voids are left in said overlapping portions of said cutouts of said one patterned sheet member and said another patterned sheet member.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
27 words
A patterned structure according to claim 8, wherein each of said plurality of cutouts is a rectangular cutout, and each of said voids is a rectangular void.
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