Patent · US Expired

Electric component insertion apparatus

US5898983A · kind A · utility

5Cited by
10References
8Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJan 3, 1997
Grant dateMay 4, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateJan 3, 2017

Classification

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

Abstract

An insertion machine of the type used to form and insert the lead-wires of an electronic component into openings of a printed circuit board insertion machine comprising a frame and a head assembly. The head assembly receives an electronic component and includes means for forming the lead-wires into a predetermined shape and means for inserting the lead-wires into the openings of the printed circuit board. A clinching assembly is positioned below the head assembly and includes means for trimming the lead-wires and means for clinching the lead-wires. A work-support table for holding the printed circuit board is rotatable about a vertical axis and is positioned between the clinching assembly and the head assembly.

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