Electronic fuze package and method
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsMonty W. Bai, Danny E. Minks
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Abstract
An electronic fuze package and method includes a left casing comprising a substantially flat left surface having left casing recesses and a right casing comprising a substantially flat right surface having right casing recesses. The combination of the left casing and the right casing defines a fuze casing for the mounting of fuze components. The fuze package also includes plated-on electrical tracks on the left casing, including component connections immediately adjacent to the casing recesses for electrically coupling the fuze components in a fuze circuit. The fuze package can be made of thermoplastic left and right casings which can be epoxy-glued together. Copper can be used for the plated-on electrical tracks.
Claims18
An electronic fuze package comprising:
- a three-dimensional molded circuit board comprising thermoplastic material and an integrated circuit microprocessor;
- a circuit track antenna coupled to the three-dimensional molded circuit board;
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- an outer fuze casing in which the three-dimensional molded circuit board and the electrical circuit track antenna are housed.
An electric fuze package comprising:
- a left casing comprising a substantially flat left surface having a plurality of left casing recesses;
- a right casing comprising a substantially flat right surface having a plurality of right casing recesses, wherein the combination of the left casing and the right casing, positioned with the substantially flat surface placed against the substantially flat right surface, defines a fuze casing having a plurality of casing recesses formed from the combination of the plurality of left casing recesses and the plurality of right casing recesses, the plurality of casing recesses confined within the fuze casing for the mounting of a plurality of fuze components;
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- a plurality of plated-on electrical tracks on the left casing, the plurality of plated-on electrical tracks including a plurality of component connections immediately adjacent to the plurality of casing recesses for electrically coupling the plurality of fuze components in a fuze circuit when the plurality of fuze components are mounted within the fuze casing.
A method for making an electronic fuze package comprising the steps of:
- molding a left casing comprising a substantially flat left surface having a plurality of left casing recesses;
- molding a right casing comprising a substantially flat right surface having a plurality of right recesses, wherein the combination of the left casing and the right casing, positioned with the substantially flat left surface placed against the substantially flat right surface, defines a fuze casing having a plurality of casing recesses formed from the combination of the plurality of left casing recesses and the plurality of right casing recesses, the plurality of casing recesses for the mounting of a plurality of fuze components;
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- plating on a plurality of electrical tracks on the left casing, the plurality of plated-on electrical tracks including a plurality of component connections immediately adjacent to the plurality of casing recesses for electrically coupling the plurality of fuze components in a fuze circuit when the plurality of fuze components are mounted within the fuze casing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.