Self align leadframe
CA 2187477 C · Owner: Beaumont, Guy Daniel · Inventors: Beaumont, Guy Daniel
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
The present invention relates to an improved leadframe and method of attaching leads of a leadframe to contract pads on a carrier. The leadframe includes resilient engaging means or fingers for engaging the carrier and for exerting forces on the carrier to thereby support the carrier and accurately position and align the contact pads on the carrier with the leads. This invention overcomes the expense and inaccuracies of known leadframe designs and techniques in attaching leads to carrier contact pads using such things as fixtures for positioning the leadframe and carrier, visual alignment procedures and retaining tabs.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed October 9, 1996 and granted July 30, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 9, 2016.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by October 9, 2018.
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