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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. 03, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Josephus M Van Gastel, Eindhoven, NL;
Jaap Oudes, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, NY, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1983453 ; 1983451 ;
Abstract
A method of positioning a printed circuit board in a component placement machine and holding it in a plane condition. The exertion of a couple on two mutually opposed edge portions of a printed circuit board presses the printed circuit board flat onto a support.