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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:
Oct. 21, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2001
John L. Colbert, Byron, MN (US);
John S. Corbin, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Roger D. Hamilton, Eyota, MN (US);
Danny E. Massey, Austin, TX (US);
Arvind K. Sinha, Rochester, MN (US);
Charles C. Stratton, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An installation apparatus of installing a land grid array (LGA) multi-chip module assembly to a printed wiring board is provided. A module holding member is attached to the printed wiring board. The module assembly is inserted into the module holding member. The module assembly is retained to the module holding member, which facilitates mechanical actuation of the LGA compression hardware. The module assembly is electrically grounded to the printed wiring board while the module assembly is retained to the module holding member.