ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,011, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Littelfuse Inc. (Rosemont, Ill.).
"Methods of preparing metal sheets for a DCB / DAB substrate bonding process" was invented by Thomas Spann (Chicago).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novel methods of preparing a metal bonded substrate. A method may include providing a ceramic substrate, the ceramic substrate comprising a ceramic body. The method may include bonding a thick metal sheet to the ceramic substrate, wherein the bonding comprises forming a metal oxide layer by powder deposition on a metal surface, and bringing the ceramic substrate and thick metal sheet together, wherein the metal oxide...