Component retainer

US5996985A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• James G. Balz · Maybrook, US
• Mark J. LaPlante · Montgomery, US
• David C. Long · Wappingers Falls, US
• Brenda Peterson · Wappingers Falls, US
• Donald R. Wall · Poughkeepsie, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 6, 1998
• Grant date: Dec 7, 1999
• Expiry date: Jul 6, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B32B2457/00
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for accurately positioning and retaining at least one component, comprising a substantially rigid frame comprising a side having at least one opening therein that is larger in size than the component, a layer of compliant material attached to the side of the frame and having at least one opening therein, the frame opening and the layer opening cooperating to define a component receiving opening sized for receiving the component, said component receiving opening having an inner sidewall having at least a portion thereof consisting of compliant material, the compliant material being in substantially uniform contact with the side of the frame.