Method and apparatus for assembling electrical con

专利名称：Method and apparatus for assembling

electrical contact elements in an electricallyinsulative body

发明人：Thomas E. Evans申请号：US06/475778申请日：19830316公开号：US04523378A公开日：19850618

摘要：Electrical sockets used for mounting integrated circuits and the like areassembled by sequentially feeding electrically insulative bodies onto a track between apair of endless belts which transmit motion to the bodies forcing them to move along afirst path which extends beyond the belts. The socket bodies typically are provided withtwo parallel rows of contact receiving apertures which extend through the bodies fromthe top surface to the bottom surface thereof. A continuous carrier strip having spacedcontact elements depending therefrom is directed along a second path which

tangentially meets the first path so that the contact elements are sequentially receivedin one of the two rows of contact receiving apertures. The contact elements are securelyseated by means of a seating roller and are then staked in position by one or morestaking rollers after which the contact elements are severed from the carrier strip.Another carrier strip having similar spaced contact elements depending therefrom isdirected along a third path which tangentially meets the first path so that the contactelements are sequentially received in the other of the two rows of contact receivingapertures. The contact elements of the other row are then in turn seated, staked and

severed from the carrier strip in the same manner as in the one row. The assembledsockets are then placed in suitable storing or shipping containers for ultimate use.

申请人：TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED

代理人：John A. Haug,James P. McAndrews,Melvin Sharp

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