Amp LLC

John Ambrose Ward

David C Johnson

Niels Junior Hansen

William Hintze

Extracting device for extracting a DIP from a DIP header comprises a normally flat member which is positioned between the opposed surfaces of the DIP and the DIP header. The flat member has movable portions which are arcuately movable away from the surface of the DIP header. The movable portions have projecting sections which extend beyond the DIP header. The projecting sections have integral levers which can be manipulated to cause the movable sections to move arcuately along axes which extend parallel to the DIP header. As the movable portions swing upwardly and away from the header, they extract the DIP leads from the terminals in the header.

Extraction device for extracting a DIP from a DIP header

An improved bimetal actuator is disclosed. A thin film resistor is fixed to the high expansion side of a bimetal element and, when energized, generates sufficient heat to actuate the bimetal. The resistor has a serpentine configuration formed by a continuous series of loops, each successive loop having a greater width from the fixed to the free end of the bimetal, to provide differential heating of the bimetal and thus a greater movement of its free end for the power dissipated in the resistor.

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Carlisle, PA, United States of America

John Ambrose Ward