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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2019
Applicant:
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Inventors:
Erich W. Bierbrauer, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Scott J. Cray, Winsted, MN (US);
Peter F. Ladwig, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Clark T. Olsen, Dassel, MN (US);
Zachary A. Pokornowski, Cokato, MN (US);
Assignee:
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/14 (2006.01); B65B 15/04 (2006.01); H05K 3/00 (2006.01); H05K 13/00 (2006.01); B29C 63/00 (2006.01); H01L 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 15/04 (2013.01); B29C 63/0013 (2013.01); H01L 21/00 (2013.01); H05K 1/14 (2013.01); H05K 3/007 (2013.01); H05K 3/0026 (2013.01); H05K 13/0061 (2013.01); H05K 13/0084 (2013.01); H05K 2203/0156 (2013.01); H05K 2203/068 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of making a component includes applying a clamping force to the component, the component coupled to a carrier strip of a panel via a polymeric tab and separating a portion of the polymeric tab from a substrate of the component, thereby causing the component to be detached from the panel.