Claims
- 1. A method of manufacturing a reflectron, comprising the steps of:wrapping a flexible circuit board around a mandrel, leaving a connector end of said flexible circuit board unwrapped; wrapping one or more plies of uncured composite material around said circuit board, so that all of the exposed portion of said circuit board, except for said unwrapped connector end, is covered by said composite material ply(s); curing said composite material on said mandrel; and removing said flexible circuit board and composite material from said mandrel.
- 2. A method of manufacturing a reflectron as set forth in claim 1, wherein said composite material comprises fiberglass.
- 3. A method of manufacturing a reflectron as set forth in claim 1, wherein said reflectron forms a circular cylinder.
- 4. A method of manufacturing a reflectron as set forth in claim 1, wherein said reflectron forms a rectangular cylinder.
- 5. A method of manufacturing a reflectron, comprising the steps of:photo-etching a plurality of conducting traces onto a flexible substrate sheet; wrapping said photo-etched substrate sheet around a mandrel so that said plural conducting traces coincide to form a plurality of rings surrounding said mandrel, leaving a connector end of said flexible substrate sheet unwrapped; wrapping one or more plies of uncured, pre-impregnated composite material around said substrate, so that all of the exposed portion of said substrate, except for said unwrapped connector end, is covered by said composite material ply(s); curing said photo-etched substrate and composite material on said mandrel; and removing said cured photo-etched substrate and composite material from said mandrel to form a rigid tubular reflectron.
- 6. A method of manufacturing a reflectron as set forth in claim 5, wherein said pre-impregnated composite material comprises fiberglass.
- 7. A method of manufacturing a reflectron as set forth in claim 5, wherein said rigid tubular reflectron forms a circular cylinder.
- 8. A method of manufacturing a reflectron as set forth in claim 5, wherein said rigid tubular reflectron forms a rectangular cylinder.
Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/639,145, filed on Aug. 16, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,369,383, benefit of provisional application No. 60/149,103 filed Aug. 16, 1999 the entire disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
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Provisional Applications (1)
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