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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:
Sep. 26, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Henry F Liebman, Tamarac, FL (US);
Peter E Albertson, Cooper City, FL (US);
Assignee:
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
174261 ; 361767 ; 361768 ; 361808 ;
Abstract
A pad arrangement (100) for aligning and attaching a surface mount component (402) with other circuitry includes a substrate (102) upon which opposing pads (108) are attached. Each of the pads occupies a substantially rectangular area (110) having four sides. In order to facilitate alignment of the surface mount component the substantially rectangular area has two opposing flat sides an outwardly extending arcuate area (112) along at least one of the other two sides.