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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4537461 | Lead having a solder-preform and preform-carrying finger engageable directly with a contact pad A solder-bearing lead (10) includes a contact clamping finger (20) having an arcuate, reverse-bent clamping portion (34) which is wrapped about a solder preform (12) so that a surface portion (24) of the preform and an outer end surface portion (22) of th... | 08/27/1985 |
| 4516318 | Methods of processing substrates A pair of spaced holes (32 and 34) are drilled in a substrate blank (10) diametrically along a line (14) defining a future locating edge (22) of a printed circuit board (12). When the substrate blank (10) is then sheared to form the printed circuit board ... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4503609 | Low-insertion force method of assembling a lead and a substrate A low-insertion force solder-bearing lead (10) includes a resilient clamping finger (20) having an inner planar surface (48) for engaging a planar surface (50) of a substrate circuit device (16) in parallel mating relationship. Respective portions (26 and... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4502745 | Progressively-increasing clamping force lead and lead-substrate assembly A progressively-increasing clamping force lead (10) includes a resilient contact finger (22) having an outer arcuate loop portion (26) and a locking tab (34) having a camming surface (70) projecting at an angle from an outer end of the arcuate loop portio... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4501368 | Substrate support module A substrate support module (10) includes a series of vertically arranged guide shelves (12, 14 and 16) having front, intermediate and rear circular bosses (34, 36 and 38) projecting from opposite ends thereof. The first and third bosses (34 and 38) are ta... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4500149 | Solder-bearing lead A solder-bearing lead (10) includes a contact clamping finger (20) having an arcuate, reverse-bent clamping portion (34) which is wrapped about a solder preform (12) so that a surface portion (22) of the preform directly engages a contact pad (14) on a su... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4494033 | Thin lead suspension for a piezoelectric resonator A mini-oscillator assembly (20) is formed by initially bonding ribbon leads (34) to contact pads (32) on a planar substrate (26) of a hybrid integrated circuit device (22) such that the leads project from the substrate in the plane thereof. Inverted V-sha... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4491509 | Methods of and apparatus for sputtering material onto a substrate An argon-nitrogen sputtering gas mixture is introduced into a cylindrical sputtering chamber (20) at essentially the geometric center of the chamber. The gas mixture then disperses through open areas in the chamber about upper and lower edges of a cylindr... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4489508 | Vapor condensation apparatus having condenser coil modules Vapor condensation mass soldering apparatus (46) is of modular construction and includes a primary vapor zone assembly (50), a secondary vapor zone assembly (52), an ambient air moisture-removal zone assembly (54) and a hood assembly (56) mounted in readi... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4489488 | Methods of and apparatus for assembling an article into a housing A substrate-lead subassembly (34S), having relatively fragile lead retaining hooks (68) which project from opposite sides of the subassembly outward beyond the edges of an opening (38) in a housing (36) of a housing subassembly (32) in which the hooks are... | 12/25/1984 |
| 4482197 | Low-insertion force solder-bearing lead A low-insertion force solder-bearing lead (10) includes a resilient clamping finger (20) having an inner planar surface (48) for engaging a planar surface (50) of a substrate circuit device (16) in parallel mating relationship. Respective portions (26 and... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4470552 | Selectively winding strands on a support member Wires (30-1, 30-2, 30-3 and 30-4), which may be of different gauges, are selectively wound on bobbins (32) either singly or in parallel with one another. More specifically, wire guides (364) for first wires (30-1) are selectively transferable between a wi... | 09/11/1984 |
| 4437605 | Methods of and apparatus for pumping solder The formation of dross in a molten solder bath (28) by surface agitation of the bath, and the adverse effects of dross on a solder pumping operation, are essentially eliminated by suspending a pump shaft (36) and an impeller (38) thereon for free rotation... | 03/20/1984 |
| 4421265 | Wave-soldering a member to an article A solder mask (62) of special construction is mounted on each of a plurality of crystal filters (10) having continuous seams (16) defined by peripheral edges (20) of filter metal covers (14) and peripheral portions (18) of filter metal headers (12). The c... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4410867 | Alpha tantalum thin film circuit device Fabricating thin film RC networks (10) includes forming alpha tantalum capacitor base electrodes (14be) on a substrate (12), while simultaneously forming alpha tantalum anodization bus bars (14p and 14s) on the substrate. A portion of each base electrode ... | 10/18/1983 |
| 4400874 | Wiring connector plugs to produce a wire mult In the wiring of connector plugs (18) to produce a wire mult, a wire (16) is first positioned in a terminal guide slot (32) on one side of a first connector plug (18) and then offset-dressed about a camming pin (52) of a wire insertion-and-slack forming t... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4390137 | Forming a strand package having multiple coil lengths A cable package (20) which includes two coiled cable lengths (22 and 24) interconnected by an intermediate section (26), is formed by winding wire bundles (28 and 30) onto first and second winding sections (44 and 46) of a collapsible reel (42) in sequenc... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4372044 | Method of and apparatus for straightening terminal pins First end portions (22c) of terminal pins (22) are gripped in a gripping means (54) on one side of a substrate (24) and intermediate portions (22cs) of the pins then are inserted into the substrate. In the insertion operation, second opposite end portions... | 02/08/1983 |
| 4369944 | Universal strand clamp and strand clamp assembly A universal strand clamp (10) is provided for securing a strand or cable (12) to a wall panel (14) to provide strain relief for terminating ends (16) of individual conductors (18) of the cable. The cable (12) is secured into a body portion (22) of the cla... | 01/25/1983 |
| 4365398 | Method of and apparatus for assembling intermediate-web held terminal pins Terminal pins (18) in a terminal pin strip (16) are integrally interconnected by webs (22) located intermediate free insertion ends (18i) and free connector ends (18c) of the pins so that when the webs are severed to separate the terminal pins, the severi... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4366187 | Immersion curing of encapsulating material A method of curing a layer of RTV encapsulating material (24) disposed between a substrate (20) and a chip carrier (22), without the formation of voids in the material immediately adjacent opposed surfaces (32 and 34) of the substrate and the chip carrier... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4364788 | Method of forming a fiber ribbon cable unit A transition device (10) is provided to facilitate the forming of a lightguide ribbon cable unit (22) from a plurality of individual insulated light conductors (24). The light conductors (24), which each include a light-conductive glass fiber (12) surroun... | 12/21/1982 |
| 4360792 | Separable multi-unit crystal network device A crystal network device (10 or 200) includes a plurality of separable interconnected crystal resonator devices (12, 14, 16 and 18 or 202, 204 and 206) having different resonant frequencies. Each of the crystal resonator devices comprises a molded plastic... | 11/23/1982 |
| 4357069 | Solder-bearing lead having solder-confining stop means A solder-bearing lead (10 or 10') is provided with solder-confining stops (20 and 22 or 20' and 22') to preclude detrimental flow of molten solder from a solder preform (12 or 12') on a contact finger (26 or 26') of the lead, along a stem (18 or 18') of t... | 11/02/1982 |
| 4353469 | Support shelf for printed circuit boards A support shelf (12) having high strength and of unitary sheet metal construction, for supporting a plurality of closely-spaced printed circuit boards (28 and 29) and aligning the boards with respect to closely-spaced upper and lower connector plugs (24 a... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4353614 | Unitary molded plastic connector plug support member A unitary molded plastic backplane (12) having high strength and resistance to flexing, includes spaced pedestals which project from one side of a main body (34) and which support connector plugs (14) on the backplane (12). Stepped edge and center portion... | 10/12/1982 |
| 4345814 | Solder-bearing lead having solder flow-control stop means A solder-bearing lead (10) is provided with solder flow-control stops (20 and 22) on opposite surfaces of a contact finger (18) closely adjacent a flux-bearing solder preform (12) on the contact finger, to preclude flow of molten solder from the solder pr... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4343827 | Method of fine-tuning a monolithic crystal filter A method of fine-tuning a monolithic crystal filter (11) having a solid electrode (16) on one side of a crystal wafer (13) and a pair of split electrodes (12-1 and 12-2) on an opposite side of the wafer, to define a pair of resonators (19 and 21), involve... | 08/10/1982 |
| 4320876 | Selectively winding strands on a support member Wires (30-1, 30-2, 30-3 and 30-4), which may be of different gauges, are selectively wound on bobbins (32) either singly or in parallel with one another. More specifically, wire guides (364) for first wires (30-1) are selectively transferable between a wi... | 03/23/1982 |
| 4319473 | Apparatus for corrugating a metal tape A pair of opposed corrugating rollers (22 and 24) are supported on a frame (52) for corrugating a metal tape (20). The corrugating rollers (22 and 24) are supported for continuous reciprocating movement laterally of the tape (20) during the corrugating op... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4319923 | Recovery of gold and/or palladium from an iodide-iodine etching solution A method of recovering gold and palladium from a spent aqueous potassium iodide-iodine etching solution, and regenerating the etching solution for reuse, involves adjusting the spent solution to a strongly basic pH (e.g., 12.5) by the addition of an alkal... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4319922 | Recovery of gold from an etching solution A method of recovering gold and palladium from a spent aqueous potassium iodide-iodine etching solution, and regenerating the etching solution for reuse, involves adjusting the spent solution to a strongly basic pH (e.g., 12.5) by the addition of an alkal... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4305642 | Optical fiber transition device and assembly A transition device (10) is provided to facilitate the forming of a lightguide ribbon cable unit (22) from a plurality of individual insulated light conductors (24). The light conductors (24), which each include a light-conductive glass fiber (12) surroun... | 12/15/1981 |
| 4265508 | Intermediate-web held terminal pins Terminal pins (18) in a terminal pin strip (16) are integrally interconnected by webs (22) located intermediate free insertion ends (18i) and free connector ends (18c) of the pins so that when the webs are severed to separate the terminal pins, the severi... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4251326 | Fabricating an RC network utilizing alpha tantalum Fabricating thin film RC networks (10) includes forming alpha tantalum capacitor base electrodes (14be) on a substrate (12), while simultaneously forming alpha tantalum anodization bus bars (14p and 14s) on the substrate. A portion of each base electrode ... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4204737 | Substrate straightening adaptor for electrical connector assembly A molded plastic adapter (10) for an electrical connector assembly (14) includes a rectangular first slot (26) for receiving a terminal support block (12) having electrical terminals (18) mounted therein. Guide portions (30) of the assembled adaptor (10) ... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4177554 | Assembling leads to a substrate Solderable leads (22) of the type which project in parallel relationship from a continuous independent support rail (30) are rapidly and efficiently assembled to substrates (26) by simultaneously feeding a pair of the independent support rails (30) and th... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4148677 | Method of and apparatus for taping an article In winding tape on an article a preselected length of the tape is collected from a tape supply and the collected tape is severed from the supply to form a trailing end portion on the collected tape. The trailing end portion of the collected tape then is a... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4131484 | Frequency adjusting a piezoelectric device by lasering Electrode material is laser machined from a piezoelectric device (10) to adjust its resonant frequency to a nominal value. At the same time the device (10) is electronically cleaned by overdriving the device at a high current level to prevent loosely adhe... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4112147 | Method of manufacturing a monolithic crystal filter A method of manufacturing a monolithic crystal filter, and particularly a filter having a high midband frequency (e.g., 20 MHz or above) and a wide resonator coupling (e.g., 4 KHz or above), involves the plating of additional electrode material onto a pai... | 09/05/1978 |
