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Component substrate for a printed circuit board and method of assemblying the substrate and the circuit board

CA 2394403 C · Owner: C&D Charter Holdings, Inc. · Inventors: Gauthier, David Lorrain; Ho, Kai Kwong; Kerklaan, Albert John

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The invention provides a system and method for assembling an electrical module. The, module comprises a circuit board a substrate and an electrical component carried on the substrate, The , substrate is formed by a stamping process and is mounted at a location on the circuit board. The substrate , forms part of an electrical circuit with a circuit in the circuit board and dissipates heat from the circuit , board. The substrate and the circuit board are both initially carried in respective frames. Alignment , registered in the frames allows the frames to be aligned such that the substrate is positioned at the location on the circuit board.

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  • Filed July 22, 2002 and granted January 10, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 22, 2022.
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FiledJuly 22, 2002
GrantedJanuary 10, 2012
Term endedJuly 22, 2022
Patent numberCA 2394403 C
Classification (IPC)H05K3/00 +2 more

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