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US 2018/0294117 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for a printed circuit board
AssigneeGE Aviation Systems LLC
InventorDavid Killin ROBERTS
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for a printed circuit board having a substrate, an electrical component disposed on the substrate and connected to an input, a wire bond connecting the electrical component to an output, and a gas-generating fuel disposed on the substrate proximate to the wire bond to account for an arc fault.
Claims20
A printed circuit board comprising:
- a substrate;
- an electrical component disposed on the substrate;
- a wire bond connected with the electrical component;
- and
- a gas-generating fuel disposed on the substrate proximate to the wire bond and operably activatable such that activation of the gas-generating fuel generates a jet of gas toward the wire bond.
2 more elements
A method of assembling a printed circuit board, comprising:
- disposing a gas-generating fuel on the substrate proximate to at least one wire bond, wherein the gas-generating fuel is operably activatable such that activation of the gas-generating fuel generates a jet of gas toward the at least one wire bond.
A method of extinguishing an arc fault of a wire bond, comprising:
- activating a gas-generating fuel disposed on a substrate, wherein the activation of the gas-generating fuel generates a jet of gas toward the wire bond configured to disrupt the arc fault.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.