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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1976
Clyde A Lofdahl, Los Altos, CA (US);
Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method employing a plurality of heating boats to provide for the soldered assembly of leads, electronic components and plastic jackets without intermediate handling steps. Two heating boats are positioned on either side of a jacket retaining block such that the heating cavities of the first boat are aligned in an opposed relationship with the heating cavities of the second boat. Passageways through the plate extend between the opposed heating cavities. The heating cavities of the first boat receive leads, electronic components and solder wafers which are heated to form assembled electronic devices. The assembled devices are then moved through the passageways in the plate into the second boat where jackets, previously positioned in the heating cavities of the second boat, are heated to recover about the leads and components. The leads are maintained in alignment in passageways extending from the closed ends of the heating cavities to prevent premature bending loads on the assembled components.