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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:
Feb. 19, 1985
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard B Maxner, Danvers, MA (US);
Assignee:
USM Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ; B21F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
295663 ; 295648 ; 29715 ; 250227 ;
Abstract
A mechanism for sensing that all the leads of a dual-in-line electrical component are in their proper position projecting through the appropriate openings in a printed circuit board. The sensor uses fiber optics to indicate that all the leads are properly positioned by using light reflected from the lead to activate a photo transistor which indicates to the computer controlling the machine operation that all the leads are properly positioned.