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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. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Becky Dugan, Round Rock, TX (US);
Darrell J Slupek, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell USA, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; H05K / ; H05K / ; H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428209 ; 361777 ; 361767 ; 361772 ; 361774 ; 361760 ; 361761 ; 361768 ; 174261 ; 174268 ; 174263 ; 2281791 ; 2281801 ; 22818021 ; 22818022 ; 428901 ;
Abstract
A printed circuit board includes a multi-component mounting footprint for mounting one of several possible differently sized discrete component packages on the circuit board. The multi-component mounting footprint includes a first mounting pad which has two connection points for mounting a connector on one of two different sized components. The footprint also includes a second mounting pad which is symmetric to the first mounting pad. About the mounting pads are cut outs which prevent solder buildup when either one of two different sized components are mounted thereon.