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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:
Jun. 10, 1980
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
William M Chisholm, Midlothian, VA (US);
Assignee:
Western Electric Company, Inc., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29739 ; 29758 ;
Abstract
A pin-insertion tool 30 for inserting a replacement pin 12a into a vacant aperture 26a of a wiring board 10 includes a guide member 32 having alignment slots 74 for aligning the tool with a row of in-board pins 12. A pin-insertion member 36 is slidably mounted adjacent to the guide member 32 and includes a pin-retaining means 50 for releasably retaining portion of the replacement pin 12a. The pin-retaining means 50 is positionable in the plane of the alignment slots 74 of the guide member 32 to facilitate insertion of the replacement pin 12a at a uniform orientation with the row of in-board pins 12.