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US 12,377,489 B2Granted
Ultrasonic welding systems, methods of using the same, and related workpieces including welded conductive pins
AssigneeKulicke and Soffa Industries, Inc.
InventorsTheodore J. Copperthite, Richard J. McCartney, Jr., Omid Niayesh
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Abstract
An ultrasonic welding system is provided. The ultrasonic welding system includes a support structure for supporting a workpiece. The ultrasonic welding system also includes a weld head assembly including an ultrasonic converter carrying a sonotrode. The ultrasonic welding system also includes a conductive pin supply configured to provide a plurality of conductive pins for welding using the sonotrode.
Claims20
An ultrasonic welding system comprising:
- a support structure configured for supporting a workpiece;
- a weld head assembly including an ultrasonic converter carrying a sonotrode, the sonotrode defining a channel, the sonotrode defining a keying feature within the channel configured to align with a corresponding feature of a conductive pin such that the conductive pin held by the sonotrode is properly aligned with respect to the sonotrode;
- and
- a conductive pin supply configured to provide the conductive pin for welding using the sonotrode.
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A method of operating an ultrasonic welding system, the method comprising the steps of:
- supporting a workpiece on a support structure of the ultrasonic welding system;
- and
- welding a conductive pin from a conductive pin supply of the ultrasonic welding system to the workpiece using a sonotrode of a weld head assembly of the ultrasonic welding system, the sonotrode defining a channel, the sonotrode defining a keying feature within the channel configured to align with a corresponding feature of the conductive pin such that the conductive pin held by the sonotrode is properly aligned with respect to the sonotrode, the conductive pin supply including a plurality of the conductive pins.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.