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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. 22, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1977
Paul M Rostek, San Diego, CA (US);
John F Baeyertz, Escondido, CA (US);
NCR Corporation, Dayton, OH (US);
Abstract
A circuit board component, specifically a capacitor, which is configured to be machine insertable into apertures of a circuit board. The component is a cylindrical element having at least two recessed sectors in the outer surface of the cylindrical element which recessed surfaces are provided with an electrically conductive material. The conductive material either forms a part of the component such as capacitor plates and/or provides a contact surface for the connecting of an internally-mounted electrical component. An indexing means positioned on the one end of the cylindrical element provides a means whereby an automatic insertion machine can by indexing insure the correct orientation of the component with regard to corresponding electrical contacts on the circuit board. A flange extending from one end of the cylindrical element provides a stop in order to limit the travel of the component within the circuit board aperture when inserted by automatic means.