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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:
Aug. 18, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark E Rossmeisl, Beverly, MA (US);
Edna M Murby, N. Kingstown, RI (US);
Assignee:
MPM Corporation, Franklin, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ; H05K / ; H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
29743 ; 29703 ; 29837 ; 294 641 ;
Abstract
Pin placement and support apparatus for a circuit board that has a rigid support table, a supply of pins, a pin placement head, and an X-Y transporter that moves the pin placement head relative to the table so as to place the pins at desired and variable locations on the table. To facilitate defining pin locations, the apparatus includes a computer that is programmed to display a board area of the table and pins at user-selected locations within the board area.