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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:
Apr. 21, 1998
Filed:
Oct. 04, 1995
James V Murphy, Warwick, RI (US);
Robert N Taylor, Coventry, RI (US);
Advanced Interconnections Corporation, West Warwick, RI (US);
Abstract
A socket/adapter assembly includes a insulative support member for supporting terminals soldered to connection regions of a leadless integrated circuit (IC) package, a printed circuit board, or another intercoupling component. The insulative support member is removable/replaceable from the terminals to allow visual inspection of the solder connections between the terminals and connection regions. The terminals of the socket/adapter assembly are retained by the insulative support member before the connections soldered. The insulative support member is then removed so that the individual solder connections can be examined for defective solder joints and repaired, if necessary.