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Electrical connector with releasable pick-up device

US6439901B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 11, 2001
Grant dateAug 27, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S439/94
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A releasable pick-up device (30) for assisting in positioning an electrical connector (1) on a circuit board by a vacuum-suction nozzle, comprises a rectangular plate (31) having a flat upper surface (311) to be manipulated by the nozzle and an opposite lower surface (312), and a pair of retaining portions (32) extending from opposite transverse sides of the plate. Each retaining portion forms a pair of downwardly projecting legs (320) having a pair of respective retaining feet (321) formed at free ends thereof and protruding in directions opposite to each other.

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