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US 2004/0104040 A1Published application
Injection molded conductor carrying means and a method for the manufacture thereof
AssigneeFesto AG & Co.
InventorStephan Schauz
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AssigneeFesto AG & Co.
InventorStephan Schauz
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A method making possible the production of an injection molded conductor carrying means composed of a first supporting substrate and a second supporting substrate. The first supporting substrate comprises a basically metallizeable plastic material and the second supporting substrate a basically non-metallizeable plastic material. However the plastic material of the second supporting substrate is able to be activated by a laser beam. The laser activation produces a metallization pattern on it and such pattern is connected with uncovered areas of the first supporting substrate, following which a common treatment takes place which results in an electrical conductor arrangement being produced. The invention furthermore relates to a conductor carrying means produced by the method.
An injection molded conductor carrying means comprising a first supporting substrate consisting of a first plastic material able in principle to be metallized, on which by using injection molding a second supporting substrate is so formed that the first supporting substrate remains partially uncovered, the second supporting substrate consisting of a second plastic material in principle not able to be metallized while however being able to be activated by a laser beam, and an electrical conductor arrangement extending over the two supporting substrates, such electrical conductor arrangement consisting of a metallized layer deposited on uncovered areas of the first supporting substrate and on areas, activated by a laser beam, of the second supporting substrate.
A method for the production of an injection molded conductor carrying means with the use of a dual component injection molding method, in the case of which a first plastic material, which is in principle able to be metallized, and a second plastic material, which is in principle not able to be metallized but is able to be activated by a laser beam, are so formed or molded on each other that a substrate body is produced, which includes a first supporting substrate consisting of the first plastic material and a second supporting substrate partially covering the first supporting substrate consisting of the second plastic material, following which a metallized pattern is produced on the second supporting substrate by laser beam activation, which pattern at least partially adjoins one or more uncovered areas of the first supporting substrate and following which a metallized layer is deposited simultaneously on the metallization pattern and on the uncovered areas, such metallized layer being able to be utilized as an electrical conductor arrangement
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