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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:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Darrell J Slupek, Austin, TX (US);
Becky J Clowers, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell USA, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
174260 ; 361767 ;
Abstract
A surface mount pad and a component to be soldered onto the pad includes a main portion and two extension portions coupled to the main portion. The surface mount pad has an indentation which is defined by the extension portions. The portions extend from the main portion on opposing sides of the indentation. The extension portions are positioned to extend from underneath the component lead. The indentation extends underneath the component lead.