E.pak International, Inc.

Peak International Ltd.

Jason D Brown

Clifton C Haggard

James R Thomas

Gang Wang

Song Ping Chen

Michael Louis Hayden

Ru Zheng Liu

Qifang Yang

Mao Shi Khoo

A plastic cushion pad () includes at least one plastic spring portion () between oppositely facing contact surfaces (). In one example, the pad () is vacuum formed using a film of carbon-impregnated polystyrene material. The plastic spring portion () is configured to provide the desired amount of resiliency or cushion provided by the pad responsive to a compressive force. In one example, the plastic spring portion is designed to prevent any lateral deformation of the pad when a compressive force is applied.

Plastic packaging cushion

A component carrier, for holding for purposes of automated visual inspection an electrical component having a lead with a free end, includes a carrier substrate and a pocket recessed in the substrate for holding the component in the interior of the pocket. The pocket includes a wall, depending from the carrier substrate and defining a lateral boundary of the pocket, and a bottom. There is a lead-tip horizontal plane and a lead-tip vertical plane when a correctly constructed component of the type the carrier is intended to hold is properly oriented in the pocket. The lead-tip vertical plane is perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the pocket. The wall slopes down and inwardly at a first angle relative to the substrate through the lead-tip horizontal plane and at a second angle relative to the substrate through the lead-tip vertical plane. The first angle is greater than or equal to approximately 75.degree. and less than or equal to 90.degree., and the second angle is less than 90.degree. and not greater than the first angle.

Component carrier having anti-reflective pocket

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Jason D Brown