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Method of and apparatus for mounting an electronic part

US4670979A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 9, 1985
Grant dateJun 9, 1987
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Expiry dateMay 9, 2005

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/53183
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A simplified method of and apparatus for mounting an electronic part such as a transistor on a circuit board. Two or more selected ones of terminals of an electronic part are angularly bent in prior, and when the electronic part is to be mounted on a circuit board, the terminals are forcibly inserted into through-holes of the circuit board to an extent wherein bent portions of the terminals are projected below the circuit board. As a result, if a weak force is applied to pull the part off, the bent portions of the terminals will frictionally engage with edges of the through-holes to prevent the part from being removed from the board.

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