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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:
Nov. 30, 1993
Filed:
May. 14, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kurt C Hetzel, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Patrick H Harper, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Precision Connector Designs, Inc., Peabody, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439 72 ; 439331 ; 439 83 ;
Abstract
A system for protecting a gull-wing IC providing a carrier (5) that mates to a programming socket (21) and to a development socket (40). The IC need not be removed from carrier throughout the handling, test/burn-in, programming, and final assembly on the PC board. Moreover, the footprint of the output electrical contacts on the development socket match the footprint of the IC leads, so that the etched PC board pads will accept the IC leads or the development socket output contacts, wherein the assembler may mount the IC using the carrier and the SMT socket or not.