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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1999
Charles Joseph Buondelmonte, Yardley, PA (US);
Walter J. Picot, Boonton, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A printed wiring board assembly includes a pallet that is coupled to the bottom surface of a printed wiring board. An insert is provided having a first portion that is slidably mounted to the pallet and a second portion that is bonded to the bottom surface of the printed wiring board so that the insert is movable, relative to the pallet, in a plane parallel to the PWB. In one embodiment, the pallet includes an opening having a first portion and a second portion that is larger than the first portion, and the first and second portions of the insert fit at least partially in the respective first and second portions of the pallet opening. In another embodiment, the insert has a thickness that is equal to or greater than the thickness of the pallet.