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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 09, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2002
Keith Mcquilkin Murr, Etters, PA (US);
Michael Sullivan Resner, Etters, PA (US);
Alexander Matthews, Middletown, PA (US);
Robert Alan Kirker, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Keith McQuilkin Murr, Etters, PA (US);
Michael Sullivan Resner, Etters, PA (US);
Alexander Matthews, Middletown, PA (US);
Robert Alan Kirker, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
A cover connectable to an electric component is provided for assisting a tool in assembling the electrical component to another structure. The cover includes a body section configured to form a vacuum seal with a tool and a component retention member connected to the body section for releasably securing the body section to an electrical component. The component retention member may include a release arm normally biased toward an electrical component and deflectable away from an electrical component. The component retention member may further include a catch surface configured to be secured to a bottom of an electric component to retain the body section on an electric component. The component retention member may also include a stop beam that extends from an end of the body section at an acute angle to the top surface and is configured maintain an electrical component a desired distance from the body section.