Gear cutting – milling – or planing – Milling – Process
Reexamination Certificate
2006-11-07
2006-11-07
Cadugan, Erica (Department: 3722)
Gear cutting, milling, or planing
Milling
Process
C409S188000, C409S195000, C409S197000, C409S205000, C409S219000, C409S134000, C409S235000, C408S016000, C029S03300H
Reexamination Certificate
active
07131800
ABSTRACT:
A circuit board router (10) and method thereof. De-paneling of printed circuit boards (62) off a panel860) is efficiently increased by a router (40) which is positioned at a location above the panel (60). A fixture positions the panel860) below the router (40) on a base (16). A controller (64) activates a first drive mechanism (20), a second drive mechanism (26), and a third drive mechanism (32) to guide an X-arm (18), a Y-arm (24) and a Z-arm (10), respectively. The router (40), located on the Z-arm (30), moves downward to engage a router bit (42) to the panel (60) to depanel the printed circuit board (62) from the panel. A fixture chip (72), which has a preprogrammed pattern of the panel (60), is embedded inside the fixture (58). A radio frequency transmitter (80) transmits the pattern to a radio frequency receiver (82) that relays the pattern to the controller (64).
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Anderson William Neil
Delano William Richard
Stanard Michael Steven
Cadugan Erica
Tyco Electronics Corporation
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