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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2002
Craig M. Kennedy, San Marcos, CA (US);
Gregory K. Torigian, Garnerville, NY (US);
Craig M. Kennedy, San Marcos, CA (US);
Gregory K. Torigian, Garnerville, NY (US);
Autosplice Systems, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A non-intrusive surface mount interconnect that provides a through-hole interconnect to the opposite side of a PCB board. A headed pin (head up/shank down) can be picked by standard placement equipment from a specially configured pocket tape using a hole that is tightly controlled for pin location. The head of the pin rests on top of the packaging tape preventing the pin from passing through the hole. A tapered section on the pin fits with minimal clearence assuring that a vacuum nozzle on the placement equipment when it descends sees and contacts the head top for vacuum nozzle pick-up.