Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for unloading electronic circuit packages from zero insertion force sockets

US4660282A · kind A · utility

20Cited by
6References
27Claims
0Family size

Inventor

Key dates

Filing dateDec 16, 1985
Grant dateApr 28, 1987
Priority date
Expiry dateDec 16, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed are methods and apparatus for rapidly and automatically unloading electronic circuit packages from zero insertion force sockets on a burn-in board or the like by inverting the burn-in board and placing sequential rows of the sockets in compressive rolling contact with a roller supported beneath the burn-in board. Means are provided to capture the electronic circuit packages as they fall from the sockets and to store the packages in carrier tubes.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.