Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – Means to assemble electrical device
Patent
1994-11-17
1997-02-11
Vo, Peter
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
Means to assemble electrical device
29747, 29760, 269903, B23P 1902, H01R 4300, H05K 332
Patent
active
056008813
ABSTRACT:
A press apparatus is described for forcefully pressing a connector (14, FIG. 1) against a circuit board (12) to press projections (34) of the connector into circuit board holes (22), which minimizes set up time. The press includes a pair of platforms (60, 62, FIG. 2) on which a circuit board with a connector thereon is laid, an upper tooling arrangement (102) mounted on a ram, and a lower tooling arrangement (100) mounted on a stationary base (78). When the ram is lowered, it causes the circuit board and the connector thereon to move down against the lower tooling arrangement, and then seat the connector. The force of the ram is transmitted through the connector and circuit board to the lower tooling arrangement, so in many cases the stroke of the ram does not have to be adjusted for the thickness of the particular circuit board or connector. The two platforms have adjustable edge guides (66, 68) that abut opposite side edges of the circuit board, the platforms being movable together and apart to accommodate different circuit board widths, and each platform being downwardly movable against the force of a spring (74). A pair of retainers (132, 134) mounted on the ram, first engage opposite edge portions of the circuit board and move down the platforms, before the ram engages and pushes down the connector.
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ITT Corporation
Peterson Thomas L.
Vo Peter
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