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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2016
Epcos Ag, Munich, DE;
Florian Velden, Kirchheim, DE;
Guenter Feist, Gingen/Fils, DE;
EPCOS AG, München, DE;
Abstract
A device for orienting contact terminals on an electrical component such that they fit to a circuit board of an electric circuit is disclosed. In an embodiment the device includes a carrier element configured to receive the electrical component and a plurality of bending elements, wherein the carrier element has a plurality of holes, each hole penetrating the carrier element from an upper side to an underside, wherein a respective section of the bending elements is secured to the carrier element and a respective end of the bending elements projects into a respective hole of the carrier element, and wherein the bending elements are configured such that the respective end of the bending elements, upon insertion of a respective contact terminal of the electrical component into the respective hole from the upper side of the carrier element, is bent within the hole and clamps the respective contact terminal.