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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:
Feb. 18, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Ditri, Huntingdon Valley, PA (US);
Assignee:
Kulicke & Soffa Investments, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 3/102 ; B23K 3/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K 3/102 ; B23K 3/700 ;
Abstract
A device and method for providing tension and a reserve wire reservoir to a bonding wire for use with a bonding machine. The device includes an outlet port providing fluid under pressure, and a surface along which the pressurized fluid flows in a direction away from the outlet port such that the bonding wire follows a path along the surface and the pressurized fluid places a uni-directional tension on the bonding wire while maintaining a reserve portion of wire in a slack loop.