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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7343940 | Wire comb A wire comb and method for assembling an organized bundle, such as a bundled cable, from a plurality of strands using the wire comb. The wire comb includes an inner component as a hub and an outer component as a collar. The hub has slots configured to accept the plu... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7299541 | Contact press-fitting apparatus It is an object of the present invention to provide a contact press-fitting apparatus which can perform the press-fitting of all of the contacts with high reliability, without leading to problems such as buckling of the contacts, even in cases where the array pitch ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7276073 | Straightening tools having guide templates for angled tissue cutting instruments and methods of using the same A straightening tool for straightening an elongate angled member of an angled tissue cutting instrument in which the elongate angled member has a proximal length portion and an initial bend connecting the proximal length portion to a distal length portion extending ... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7243688 | Device for reforming socket contacts An apparatus for reworking contacts of sockets is provided with an elongated member having a first formation tip, and a pair of arms having second formation tips, to respectively impart first and second profiles to first and second surfaces of a contact of a socket.... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7225530 | Connector press A connector press provides for learning a specified connector pressed position, adjusting a force based threshold, and simultaneously pressing multiple connector types into a circuit board. The force based threshold may be adjusted via a slider bar on a user interfa... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218096 | Adjusting device for chip adapter testing pin An adjusting device for a chip adapter. The adjusting device comprises a main body having a plurality of adjusting holes into which testing pins of the adapter are inserted and a slider disposed on the main body and sliding perpendicular to the top surface thereof f... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7200934 | Electronic assemblies with high capacity heat sinks and methods of manufacture An electronic assembly comprising one or more high performance integrated circuits includes at least one high capacity heat sink. The heat sink, which comprises a number of fins projecting substantially radially from a core, is structured to capture air from a fan a... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7187679 | Internet switch router An internet router is implemented as a network fabric of fabric routers and links. The internet router receives data packets from trunk lines or other internet links and analyzes header information in the data packets to route the data packets to output internet lin... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7131975 | Apparatus and methods for straightening angled tissue cutting instruments A straightening tool is disclosed for straightening angled tissue cutting instruments including an outer member having a proximal length portion and a pre-formed bend connecting the proximal length portion with a distal length portion extending from the bend at an a... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7120020 | Electronic assemblies with high capacity bent fin heat sinks An electronic assembly comprising one or more high performance integrated circuits includes at least one high capacity heat sink. The heat sink, which comprises a number of fins projecting substantially radially from a core, is structured to capture air from a fan a... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7093622 | Apparatus for deforming resilient contact structures on semiconductor components A method for testing and burning-in semiconductor components such as semiconductor dice on a semiconductor wafer, is provided. The method includes the step of providing all of the components on the wafer with resilient contact structures, such as metal pins having i... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7089971 | Guide tool for telecommunications cables A guide tool for organizing and identifying telecommunications cables during network cabling installation. Said guide tool is comprised of a solid, flexible material with multiple openings arranged in a curvilinear pattern around an arch. Cables are placed through t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7073541 | Cable/wire dressing tool A cable or wire dressing tool includes a main body in substantially the form of a doughnut-shaped member having a center hole and front and rear surfaces. The outer periphery of the doughnut-shaped member has spaced slots in it, with each of the slots sized to slidi... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7055555 | Cable layout tool A cable layout tool with a rectangular body, including a bottom panel, two opposing sides, two open sides, and a channel located between the two opposing sides. There is also a lid attached to the top of one of the opposing sides of the rectangular body with a hinge... | 06/06/2006 |
| 6976512 | Wire comb A wire comb and method for assembling an organized bundle, such as a bundled cable, from a plurality of strands using the wire comb. The wire comb includes an inner component as a hub and an outer component as a collar. The hub has slots configured to accept the plu... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6922435 | Method and apparatus for generating PN sequences at arbitrary phases Techniques to generate a pseudo-random number (PN) sequence at a desired phase using “masking” to adjust the phase of the PN sequence in coarse increments (e.g., 64-PN chip increments) to account for a large phase adjustment. Slewing may then be used to adjust t... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6662987 | Cable processing equipment with cable changer In a cable processing equipment a cable changer stands perpendicularly relative to a base plate, at which a straightening unit and a cable transport unit are arranged. The cable changer is movable upwardly or downwardly and consists of a frame with horizo... | 12/16/2003 |
| 6634392 | Pin straightening tool A pin straightening tool including a shaft terminating in an end assembly, a chamber in the end assembly for receiving a bent pin therein, the chamber terminating in a shelf inside the end assembly, and a bore located in the chamber for straightening the ... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6615482 | System for wrapping transformer cores from amorphous metal strips An amorphous magnetic core is produced by wrapping cut strips of amorphous metal about a mandrel to form a distributed gap core. The cut strips are secured to the mandrel during assembly by wrapping the strips with amorphous metal ribbons that have been w... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6397457 | Apparatus for removing a connector from a printed circuit board For the removal of a connector from a printed circuit board (12, 28) wherein the connector consist of a connector housing (14) including contact pins (16) being of the right angle type (bent at an angle of about 90°), whereby a portion of the contact pin... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6227260 | Wire curvature correcting device in pressure connection of wire When a wire "a" is pressed into a pressure connection terminal of a connector C, an end portion of the wire "a" is clamped by a wire curvature correcting chuck 47, and the wire curvature correcting chuck 47 is slid in a pulling direction along the surface... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6155311 | Lead conditioning system A system for conditioning the leads of a semiconductor device. The system includes a base having anvil surfaces configured to form the leads to a predetermined shape, and forming arms mounted to the base. An actuator is movable relative to the base to mov... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6131620 | Badge pin straightening and aligning tool A badge pin straightening and aligning tool for straightening and aligning bent pins on badges, service ribbons and decorations. The badge pin straightening and aligning tool includes a plate with first and second faces, a spaced apart pair of end edges, ... | 10/17/2000 |
| 6122949 | Refurbishing device for a fish tape A refurbishing device (10) for a fish tape (12) comprising a base (14) and three studs (16). An assembly (18) is for attaching the studs (16) in equally spaced apart locations through the base (14), so that the studs (16) will extend from a bottom side (2... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6067835 | Wire straightener A wire straightener is provided which uses three roller sets in one plane to apply deflection forces to a wire, which may have bends or coiling memory in more than one plane, so that the wire exits the wire straightener essentially straight, and free of b... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5933943 | Pin leading device A pin leading device (1) comprises a hollow plate holder (8) having a hollow frame (9) and a hollow cylinder (10) disposed on the hollow frame (9), a threaded hole (101) formed in the hollow cylinder (10), a sleeve (2) having a recess hole (21) and a thre... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5904059 | Straightening apparatus Apparatus for straightening elongate material, such as wire, has a rotary member which includes an internal passage through which the material is passed. Guide means in the rotary member guide the material through the passage and include deflection means ... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5826630 | J-lead conditioning method and apparatus An electronic device package lead conditioning method and system corrects bowed-in J-leads (36) of an electronic device package (30) by inserting between a bowed-in J-lead (36) and electronic device package (36) a comb-like tooth (42) having a graduating-... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5806571 | Apparatus and method for forming the external leads of an integrated circuit An apparatus and method is provided for forming the external leads of an IC, wherein the coplanarity of the tips of the plurality of external leads after external lead formation can be improved even with an IC in which the resin portion is curved. The app... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5787939 | Method and apparatus for reforming radial leaded components A method and apparatus for reforming a radial lead of an electronic device and for being mounted on an assembly of a sequencer inserter machine, include first and second die bars, the second die bar being a movable die bar actuated by a stroke of the asse... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5778947 | Bent lead repair tool for electronic components An apparatus and method for straightening bent leads for an electrical component having a tiebar attached to the distal end of the component leads includes a repair surface with a repair stage mounted thereon. The repair stage has a series of combs projec... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5777886 | Programmable lead conditioner A lead conditioning system (10) conditions leads (74) of electronic component package (30) and includes a rotary table (16) for holding electronic component package (30) and making accessible the leads (74). A conditioning tool (20) includes conditioner a... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5771945 | Wire preparation tool A wire preparation tool comprising a planar base member with two adjacent projections extending upwardly at one end of the base, a wire path defined between the projections and a plurality of wire grooves disposed below the wire path.... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5768773 | Fixture and method for repositioning components on a circuit board A fixture (90) is disclosed for repositioning at least one mispositioned component (28, 78) mounted via at least one deformable connector (74,76) on and extended outward from a circuit board (20). The fixture includes a base (92); means (94-116, 126-134) ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5730191 | Pin straightening tool for a multi-pin connector A pin straightening tool for aligning a pin in a multi-pin connector. The pin straightening tool includes an electrically conductive handle having a beveled end and a hollow recess extending longitudinally into the beveled end. An alignment tip is connect... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5671878 | Ceramic-made guide for rolling line A ceramic guide for a rolling line, used for wire rod transfer in a rolling line, which has a cylindrical contour and a throughhole for wire rod transfer. The throughhole includes a tapered hole and a straight hole of constant diameter, the tapered hole b... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5613531 | Device for aligning the contact feet arranged on the edge of an IC component A device for aligning contact feet extending from the edge of an integrated circuit (IC) component has a toothed adjusting tool whose prongs are moved in the gaps between the contact feet. When the adjusting tool moves upward in the direction of the Z axi... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5601123 | SOJ reforming and reconditioning method and apparatus A method for aligning leads of an SOJ device having a body portion and a plurality of leads extending from the body portion having inwardly curled terminal ends consisting of the steps of supporting the component body between an anvil having reforming sur... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5570727 | PLCC reforming and reconditioning system, method and apparatus In a system, method and apparatus for reforming leads of a device having a plurality of generally straight sides and rows of leads of J-shaped configuration extending from the sides of the body portion reforming the leads of a pair of first opposing rows ... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5564299 | Wire straightening apparatus with long-life dies Wire is straightened as an incident to being pulled through axially spaced upstream, intermediate and downstream straightening dies carried within a rotating arbor. Each die is formed with a groove which is specially shaped to cause the wire to tend to fo... | 10/15/1996 |
