The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
May. 15, 1984
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Istvan Priscsak, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Assignee:
Contact Systems, Inc., Danbury, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
295663 ; 29739 ; 140105 ;
Abstract
The lead of an electrical component that extends from the bottom of a printed circuit board that is being assembled is inserted through an aperture in a fixed, rigid cutting finger. A cutting sleeve fits over the finger and is rotatable coaxially thereabout. A cutting blade on the rotatable sleeve wipes past the aperture and cuts the lead. As the blade cuts the lead it also clinches, or bends, the lead toward the bottom of the circuit board. Two such mechanisms operate simultaneously to cut and clinch both leads of an electrical component such as a capacitor or resistor.