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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:
Mar. 29, 1988
Filed:
May. 29, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Norio Kawatani, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ; B23P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29840 ; 29759 ; 29834 ; 228 491 ; 269 21 ; 269309 ; 269903 ; 294 641 ; 361404 ; 361405 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for positioning circuit components such as flat package IC's at predetermined positions of a printed circuit board and a method therefor are disclosed. In the apparatus, a guide body is provided on the printed circuit board and a positioning member is installed on a retainer plate which holds one of the circuit components. The guide portion guides the positioning member to a point where the component coincides with the predetermined position.