Patent · US Expired

Component placement

US5933349A · kind A · utility

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29Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateDec 29, 1995
Grant dateAug 3, 1999
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Expiry dateDec 29, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/4913
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The placement of components on a circuit board may be controlled automatically by creating a group containing two or more types of components to be placed on the circuit board and by developing a placement path by which any component within the group may be placed on the circuit board at any point along the placement path.

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