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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 03, 1997
William S Clark, Hamilton, MA (US);
Rodney Peter Jackson, Auburn, NH (US);
Scott L Sullivan, New York, NY (US);
TDK Corporation of America, Mount Prospect, IL (US);
Abstract
A clinching assembly for use with an insertion machine of the type used to form and insert the lead-wires of an electronic component into openings of a printed circuit board insertion machine. The clinching assembly includes two clinch heads that are selectively movable along a U-axis, parallel to the circuit board. Each clinching assembly is further selectively movable along a Z-axis, perpendicular to the circuit board. A single pneumatic actuator is used to raise and lower both clinch heads simultaneously. A T-shaped linkage attaches each clinch head with the single pneumatic actuator. Vertical movement of the pneumatic actuator is translated through the T-shaped linkage to vertically displace both clinch heads, and simultaneously, allow horizontal displacement of each clinch head, independent of the vertical location of the T-shaped linkage.