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US 12,597,555 B2Granted
Edge-fit pins
AssigneeMurata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
InventorLee Francis
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Abstract
A pin includes a head, a base connected to the head, a tail connected to the base, and clasps extending from the tail. The head includes two or more of the following: a hook, a first side notch, a second side notch, and an end notch. A module includes a substrate, a first pin mounted to the substrate at a first location, and a second pin mounted to the substrate at a second location. A distance between a tip of the first pin and a tip of the second pin is greater than a distance between the first location and the second location.
Claims19
A module comprising:
- a substrate;
- a pin mounted to the substrate and including:
- a head;
- a base connected to the head;
- a tail connected to base;
- clasps extending from the tail;
- and
- a first bend that connects the base and the head;
- and
- a wire wound around the pin, wherein
- the head includes two or more structures selected from a group consisting of a hook, a first side notch, a second side notch, and an end notch.
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A strip comprising:
- first and second pins, each pin including:
- a head;
- a base connected to the head;
- a tail connected to base;
- clasps extending from the tail;
- and
- a first bend that connects the base and the head;
- wherein
- the head includes two or more structures selected from a group consisting of a hook, a first side notch, a second side notch, and an end notch;
- and
- when the first and second pins are respectively mounted to first and second locations on a substrate, a distance between tips of the first and second pins is greater than a distance between the first and second locations.
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A module comprising:
- a substrate;
- a first pin mounted to the substrate at a first location;
- and
- a second pin mounted to the substrate at a second location;
- wherein
- a distance between a tip of the first pin and a tip of the second pin is greater than a distance between the first location and the second location;
- and
- each of the first pin and the second pin includes two or more structures selected from a group consisting of a hook, a first side notch, a second side notch, and an end notch.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.