Circuit board spacer

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1990-10-25

1993-10-19

Picard, Leo P.

Electricity: electrical systems and devices

Housing or mounting assemblies with diverse electrical...

For electronic systems and devices

174138D, 174138E, 2281801, 361758, 361808, 361760, H05K 710, B23K 3102

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ABSTRACT:
A solder spacer device and method for use in positioning a grid pin array having a plurality of pins over a circuit board having a plurality of pin holes respectively receiving the pins. The spacer is pulled through a central opening in the circuit board after the pins are soldered in the holes to the circuit board. The spacer has a cylindrical body which is positioned in the central opening and has a plurality of radial legs having respective flexure portions for separating the pin grid array from the circuit board during soldering and for folding into the central opening during extraction through the central opening after the soldering is finished.

REFERENCES:
patent: 3263200 (1966-07-01), Kocmich
BiVar Inc. "Dissopad Wash Away Spacers" Oct. 1969.
BiVar Inc. "Component Mounting Spacers, Printed Cricuit Board Card Guides, Card Ejectors and Miniature Terminal Blocks" Code Identification No. 32559 1983.
IBM Technical Disclosure "Transistor Spacer" by N. G. Jones vol. 8 No. 9 Feb. 1966.

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