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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. 03, 1986
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1985
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles C Chen, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Components - Mostek Corporation, Carrollton, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
220307 ; 220D / ; 206328 ; 206334 ;
Abstract
A resilient stopper (40) for retaining IC's (12) in magazine (10) having a rectangular section (16) of height (h) and width (w) is disclosed. The stopper has a tubular body portion (42) of thickness (t), inner diameter (d) and width substantially (w); and a tab (50) within the stopper of thickness (b) and length (L) extending inwardly from a trailing edge area (46) of the body portion (42); wherein 2t+b>h to effect a positive interference fit of the stopper within the magazine.